[Hardware support] Dell Vostro 15 3530

2024-07-17 Thread Erik Eduardo Alcala Salero
Good day, I have been using Debian 12 stable in my dell vostro 15 3530, I wanted to ask if some one else is using this machine or having issues with the keyboard, I have manjaro installed also, when I boot and see the manjaro boot-loader the keyboard does not work, this was not the case in the p

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-07-27 Thread Erik Mathis
I would look at the UEFI vs BIOS boot options in the "backup" server and compare it to the "broken" server and make sure they are the same. Also check for BIOS updates and such. -Erik- On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 7:59 AM tony wrote: > Hi, > > I turned on my main

Key decision makers

2022-01-19 Thread Erik Thomas
, Marketing, IT, Purchasing, HR, Finance etc. Let me know your target industries and job titles. We will run the number of people you can contact by email & phone and send the list details. Look forward to your response. Regards, Erik Thomas | Marketing Consultant Reply only opt-out in

Debian 11 on Raspberry Pi3 Can't login

2021-10-05 Thread Jan-Erik Schröder
Good Morning, yesterday we installed Debian 11 on our raspberry pi3's as part of our Youth Programming Course and cannot login. Thank you in advance Greetings, Schröder

Re: Preseeding Postfix for No configuration

2020-12-16 Thread Erik
On 16-12-2020 18:24, Dan Ritter wrote: Erik wrote: I am doing an unattended install of Debian Buster with postfix being added using apt-install in the preseed/late_command. Without a postfix preseed definition in my preeseed file, I get the expected question about what kind of mail

Preseeding Postfix for No configuration

2020-12-16 Thread Erik
interpreted as "No configuration". Any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong, or where to better ask my question if this is not the right place? regards, Erik

Re: how to seamlessly play audio clip

2020-02-08 Thread Erik Christiansen
l. And it's cheaper than double or triple glazing. Erik

Re: Howto?

2020-01-26 Thread Erik Christiansen
with a "xz directory compression" google use tar, I figure. (Like in the old days.) Now we know what "similar" means. Erik

Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

2020-01-25 Thread Erik Christiansen
U / L i n u x 02037205c20206e6c5c0a0a 7 \ n \ l \n \n 032 There are options for fudging the offsets, if needed. Erik

Re: sed question

2019-12-06 Thread Erik Christiansen
Section 2.8 of the pdf manual floating about out there.) With its C-like syntax, it's less write-only than perl, perhaps because it is of the same vintage as sed. (And from the same stable.) It does admittedly tend to view its input stream a line at the time. Erik

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-05 Thread Erik Christiansen
ine in .fetchmailrc, AFAIR. And multiple recipients just needs multidrop-mode, which it enters on finding more than one "user" line in the config file. So it should be pretty straightforward. If you really wanted to do it, that is. Erik

Re: is it possible run 32-bit app on 64-bit amd system??

2019-08-13 Thread Erik Christiansen
> parameter. Yes, to those of us who have done a bit of reading, especially from the days when clarity of written expression was more highly valued. (Or at least given greater formality.) But not everyone has been exposed to the above long and widely established substitute for italics or similar to denote non-literal text, so your "teaching moment" is an act of generosity. Erik

Re: Error with logrotate.

2019-08-12 Thread Erik Christiansen
them all able to wallop /var/log? And what if it were a tribe of uni students? (I think I have you sufficiently worried now, Gene.) Erik (Who was both, once.)

Re: 3 phase power (was Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?

2019-07-31 Thread Erik Christiansen
produce 120 volts (RMS > nominal), but out of phase with each other by 180 degrees. Those details on this thread have been interesting, because 120v is unknown down under - and, I think, in the UK. Erik

Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?

2019-07-30 Thread Erik Christiansen
. (Much cheaper than batteries.) Should have no power-line signal leakage on my new build, it's off-grid, with a mile to the nearest neighbour. ;-) Erik

Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?

2019-07-29 Thread Erik Christiansen
and with much larger loop area between conductors, radiate much better. Acting against that is masking RF noise from everything else in the street, requiring either selectivity or at least a capacitive connection in the street or the comfort of a neighbour's house. But even if you have a wireless keyboard, the your passwords are out there several times per day, I figure. Erik

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-07-16 Thread Erik Josefsson
Hi David, which "driver doesn't seem to have a clue"? //Erik sorry for top posting On 17 July 2019 01:22:52 CEST, David Wright wrote: >On Sat 11 May 2019 at 10:10:42 (+0200), Erik Josefsson wrote: >> […] >> That encourages me to ask another stupid questio

Re: xfce4-screenshooter does not copy images to clipboard

2019-07-07 Thread Erik Dobák
same behavior with xclip -o --selection clip-board > clip10.txt On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 at 21:30, Nicolas George wrote: > Erik Dobák (12019-07-07): > > Hi i have this problem for some months now. If i do a screenshot and copy > > it to clipboard it does not arrive there. > >

xfce4-screenshooter does not copy images to clipboard

2019-07-07 Thread Erik Dobák
Hi i have this problem for some months now. If i do a screenshot and copy it to clipboard it does not arrive there. Checked by xclip -o > screenshot.txt either there is nothing or something old. Tested on debian stretch and buster. I tried to upgrade xfce4-goodies but nothing more recent in test

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-23 Thread Erik Josefsson
browsers installed, as long as you don't use them at the same time! Best regards. //Erik

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-22 Thread Erik Josefsson
Hi Andy, thanks for taking time and for your advise! On 6/22/19 10:22 PM, Andy Smith wrote: Hi Erik, On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 03:02:46PM +0200, Erik Josefsson wrote: Maybe flashbench cannot tell me anything about that anyway? Are there other tools? I'm not familiar with flashbench. I

Off-topic: Action [Was: Re: Off topic: remaja (teens)

2019-06-22 Thread Erik Christiansen
ion's fate: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-22/chennais-telling-the-globe-a-story-about-water-scarcity/11229084 Erik

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-22 Thread Erik Josefsson
ompared to other pressing needs of the community. My use case seems minimal and/or unrealistic. Best regards. //Erik On 22 June 2019 01:00:51 CEST, David Christensen wrote: >On 6/21/19 12:28 AM, Erik Josefsson wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> On 6/19/19 3:38 AM, David Christensen

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-21 Thread Erik Josefsson
On 6/21/19 12:17 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Erik Josefsson (2019-06-21 09:28:38) On 6/19/19 3:38 AM, David Christensen wrote: The best way to answer your question regarding performance of a size N SD card vs. a size 2*N SD card is to buy two cards and benchmark them using your

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-21 Thread Erik Josefsson
Ultra  32GB  [1]  HC I  (10)  A1 I can send a picture of the cards off list if this is unclear. So the question is, which card should I use for Teres-I ? If there are further benchmarks or tests that could help determine which SD card is the best, I'd be happy to run them. Best regar

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-19 Thread Erik Josefsson
a single step so from then on running without SD card is possible.". Somehow the Olimex folks managed to make Teres-I run Ubuntu without SD card. Grateful for advice who to talk to! Best regards. //Erik

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-19 Thread Erik Josefsson
that is a must. The images Erik has used until now -http://box.redpill.dk/ - are also built with debootstrap (or rather the more flexible multistrap) using the framework I referenced in my previous post: https://salsa.debian.org/tinker-team/box My point in above quote is which_medium_ you want

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-19 Thread Erik Josefsson
Hi Dan, On 6/18/19 11:57 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Tue, Jun 18, 2019, 4:10 PM Erik Josefsson < erik.hjalmar.josefs...@gmail.com> wrote: The Ubuntu version that Teres-I comes with feels almost as good, which is why I still don't understand why running Debi

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-18 Thread Erik Josefsson
hical laptop I know of are the ones you can buy from puri.sm. Because PureOS is a Debian Pure Blend, isn't it? //Erik

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-18 Thread Erik Josefsson
p perform almost as good as a Lenovo N22-20 Chromebook model 80SF (which is what the kids had last year). Or drop Teres-I. //Erik

Re: System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-18 Thread Erik Josefsson
yield different performance results, but that does not seem to be the case! What are you trying to achieve? I want to make up my mind whether I will have the time to use Teres-I with redpill RC3 at work (i.e. in school). Thanks again! //Erik

System on a chip - performance relative size and setup (how can the (Debian) setup make a difference?)

2019-06-18 Thread Erik Josefsson
, but would Pro also be faster than Plus for the task of running Thunderbird and Firefox at the same time? Best regards. //Erik

Re: Diagnosing what applications are doing

2019-06-15 Thread Erik Josefsson
including Gmail. Which email client comes with the Teres-I tui profile? Maybe I should just start to use that and drop gui email when I have learned how to live with tui email. Best regards. //Erik

Re: Reading pdf files

2019-06-15 Thread Erik Christiansen
quality in bits (0=off, 8=best) -p -password -r -resolution -A disable accelerated functions And that seems to need an update of my ancient debian version, as an "apt-get install mupdf" offers nothing newer. Procrastination does seem to catch up on one eventually. Erik

Re: Diagnosing what applications are doing

2019-06-14 Thread Erik Josefsson
and python-socks. Perhaps one is more lightweight than the other? Best regards. //Erik

Re: Reading pdf files

2019-06-14 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 14.06.19 10:51, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:50:22 +1000 > Erik Christiansen wrote: > > I only use mupdf for problem pdf files, but it's very nifty to have on > > hand. > > I actually love mupdf, and I use it as my main pdf reader. It's just so

Re: Forgot name of Debian "configuration" {wrong word?} file

2019-06-14 Thread Erik Christiansen
han looking in /etc/fstab is just running the "mount" command. The "df" command also includes what you seek in its output. Erik

Re: Reading pdf files

2019-06-14 Thread Erik Christiansen
,Bold' Error: Found a bad table definition on true type definition, trying to continue... after an initial: Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table... I only use mupdf for problem pdf files, but it's very nifty to have on hand. Erik

Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped?

2019-06-09 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 09.06.19 19:11, Brian wrote: > On Mon 10 Jun 2019 at 00:52:21 +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > > > On 09.06.19 06:59, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > And what do we call that Erik, thats much bigger than a normal foop, a > > > megafoop maybe? Good grief,

Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped?

2019-06-09 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 09.06.19 06:59, Gene Heskett wrote: > And what do we call that Erik, thats much bigger than a normal foop, a > megafoop maybe? Good grief, Charley Brown. And we're stuck with it. :( Well now, there are folks who have observed that not all progress is forward, and not all cod

Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped?

2019-06-09 Thread Erik Christiansen
hdot.org/story/19/05/25/0538206/systemd-now-has-more-than-12-million-lines-of-code Erik

Can any setting be changed after an "install Buster from scratch"-procedure?

2019-06-08 Thread Erik Josefsson
fully functional laptop, but as I wrote above, I need to tinker with it to get it to behave like it is a Swedish laptop. The most wonderful thing is that it looks as if I could do this with tethering via USB (with which my DNS-issues seems gone!). Thanks for helping out! Best rega

Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped?

2019-06-06 Thread Erik Christiansen
ead > scratcher right there. Nah, systemd replaces the traditional SysV init stuff, if you let it be installed. Then you have to learn new ways. Erik -- manual, n.: A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need is in the others. - Ray Simard

Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?)

2019-05-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 28.05.19 08:59, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 28 May 2019 08:34:37 am Erik Christiansen wrote: > > That said, one could upgrade just that one package, and try it out. If > > it is fixed, you're on a winner then and there. "Fixed" beats > > "reporte

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
buntu-ipv6-networking-configuration/ might be worth a try next, using an FE80 address, I figure. Use your google foo, Gene! There's so much chaff out there, and life's too short to be sorting the wheat out with tweezers. Erik

Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?)

2019-05-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
ude "It needs to be fixed in stable.", and hit 'y' to still file a report. After all, until it's backported to stable, it's still an outstanding bug. That said, one could upgrade just that one package, and try it out. If it is fixed, you're on a winner then and there. "Fixed" beats "reported", as you can get on with the next issue. Erik

Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?)

2019-05-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
ave placed other obstacles, but one less can only help in this case. Erik

Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

2019-05-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
ts on the others, I figure. (Haven't yet fussed with IPV6, myself.) Erik P.S. Yes, there's doubtless an "ip" way to show addresses too. BMG. -- Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs a step at a time.

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-24 Thread Erik Josefsson
. I should know basic stuff like that. Is the "Debian Designation" for the Intel Core i5-2400S processor "Intel x86-based" or "AMD 64 & Intel 64"? (I am looking at the table "2.1.1. Supported Architectures" in the Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide on the pages of d-i.debian.org/manual/) Best regards. //Erik

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Erik Josefsson
On 5/23/19 4:59 PM, Joe wrote: On Thu, 23 May 2019 15:17:15 + Erik Josefsson wrote: Thanks all for feedback, help and answers to many of my questions, but I feel my available time and my skills put together won't meet the threshold for being able to contribute to Debian in any meani

What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Erik Josefsson
ill.dk promise, but the combo of wireless- and DNS-issues is too steep. Next life maybe. Best regards. //Erik

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-22 Thread Erik Josefsson
On 5/22/19 12:40 PM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 22 May 2019 at 04:06:46 (+), Erik Josefsson wrote: On 5/5/19 7:21 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: I don't know if there is a screw loose in your laptop, or warewolves pissed on a USB plugs. Well, what comes out of one of the keyboards n

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-21 Thread Erik Josefsson
On 5/5/19 7:21 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: I don't know if there is a screw loose in your laptop, or warewolves pissed on a USB plugs. Well, what comes out of one of the keyboards now is p. Could be warewolf p's, or baby drool. It's magic either way. //Erik

Re: intermittent or not? "Could not resolve 'deb.debian.org'"

2019-05-19 Thread Erik Josefsson
On 5/19/19 7:11 AM, Erik Josefsson wrote: Maybe this is of general interest, so a code snippet with where wifi parameters are set could be interesting? And the default(?) DNS settings I guess. Best regards. //Erik

Re: intermittent or not? "Could not resolve 'deb.debian.org'"

2019-05-19 Thread Erik Josefsson
unately my Teres-I cannot reach the source code website either. Maybe this is of general interest, so a code snippet with where wifi parameters are set could be interesting? It would definitely be a great help for me. //Erik [source code] https://salsa.debian.org/tinker-team/box

Off topic: non zero error codes

2019-05-18 Thread Erik Josefsson
ument for creating it was that it then becomes handier to say "no errors, one error, two errors..." than to say "success, one error, two errors...". I mean: (0, 1, 2, ...) is handier than (1, 0, whatever, ...). Best regards. //Erik

clone a bootable image (was: Re: intermittent or not? "Could not resolve 'deb.debian.org'")

2019-05-13 Thread Erik Josefsson
: "Optionally tune ext4 filesystems for specific MicroSD NAND chip pattern." https://salsa.debian.org/tinker-team/box/commit/be07a3a1b0 If each card type (and size) talks back in its own way, then I guess I can only clone a card onto cards of identical type (and size)? Best regards. //Erik

Re: pmount could perhaps be of greater utility?

2019-05-12 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 12.05.19 13:45, Eric S Fraga wrote: > On Sunday, 12 May 2019 at 17:52, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > On 11.05.19 14:38, Eric S Fraga wrote: > >> This is nice; is there an equivalent for FAT file systems? Most of the > >> devices I mount using pmount are sd cards (ca

Re: pmount could perhaps be of greater utility?

2019-05-12 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 11.05.19 14:38, Eric S Fraga wrote: > On Saturday, 4 May 2019 at 16:43, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > To provide that convenient automation, I use: > > > > $ which lmount > > lmount is a function > > lmount () > > { > > pmount $1 `e2la

intermittent or not? "Could not resolve 'deb.debian.org'"

2019-05-11 Thread Erik Josefsson
e same command of course works perfectly fine when I connect the Teres laptop directly to the internet with an ethernet cable (through USB). Best regards. //Erik [5 May Teres image] https://box.redpill.dk/nonfree/nonfree-teres1-buster-1.0rc1.img.gz

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-11 Thread Erik Josefsson
Den 2019-05-11 kl. 01:22, skrev Jonas Smedegaard: Quoting Erik Josefsson (2019-05-11 00:51:38) My original problem was that I could not figure out how to get both Swedish and pipe "|" at all (which Jonas duly noted by removing "¦" from the original subject line). I edited

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-10 Thread Erik Josefsson
Den 2019-05-10 kl. 18:21, skrev David Wright: On Fri 10 May 2019 at 15:45:34 (+0200), Erik Josefsson wrote: https://www.iso.org/standard/57852.html If it was compliant, then I guess that would make an informed choice of "Keyboard model" easier than it is now. The only rule

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-10 Thread Erik Josefsson
Hi David! Thanks for helping me sort out my thoughts! Den 2019-05-06 kl. 22:42, skrev David Wright: On Sun 05 May 2019 at 20:52:40 (+0200), Erik Josefsson wrote: Den 2019-05-05 kl. 16:26, skrev David Wright: Is this some sort of ticking off for wondering why the OP is*so* keen to be able to

Re: Netiquette [Was: Re: pmount could perhaps be of greater utility?

2019-05-07 Thread Erik Christiansen
ith your spelling - it's more consistent. But then English isn't famous for that. Erik

Netiquette [Was: Re: pmount could perhaps be of greater utility?

2019-05-07 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 07.05.19 07:38, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote off-list: > On Tuesday, May 07, 2019 12:01:49 AM Erik Christiansen wrote: > > only the author is dumb enough > > Why use language like that? (It does not contribute to the welcoming > environment that I'd like to see culti

Remove nautilus to stop automounts? [Was: Re: pmount could perhaps be of greater utility?

2019-05-07 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 04.05.19 13:48, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Erik Christiansen (2019-05-04 08:43:53) > > There doesn't seem to be an option for pmount to mount at > > /media/label_read_from_the_media ... > I don't personally use pmount since some years, but that sure soun

Re: pmount could perhaps be of greater utility?

2019-05-06 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 07.05.19 10:12, David wrote: > On Mon, 6 May 2019 at 23:53, Erik Christiansen > wrote: > > On 06.05.19 09:03, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Sat, May 04, 2019 at 01:48:01PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > > Quoting Erik Christiansen (2019-05-04 08:4

Re: pmount could perhaps be of greater utility?

2019-05-06 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 06.05.19 09:03, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, May 04, 2019 at 01:48:01PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Erik Christiansen (2019-05-04 08:43:53) > > > $ which lmount > > > lmount is a function > > > lmount () > > > { > >

Re: apache2 missing a file, won't run.

2019-05-06 Thread Erik Christiansen
take is: Use what works best for you, especially if you accept the consequences without complaint. But I figure I'm treading a parallel path to yours there. Erik

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread Erik Josefsson
" is. So already at the first menu choice of dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration I don't really know what I'm doing there. In the dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration menu there are [193 different keyboard models] to choose from. But two of them are the same, at least from th

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread Erik Josefsson
Den 2019-05-05 kl. 12:47, skrev Jonas Smedegaard: Quoting Erik Josefsson (2019-05-05 12:06:53) With some stickers to put onto the printed keys I'll be fine. Grateful for pointers to such. Did you try search the web e.g. for "keyboard stickers"? I did! And "sw

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-05 Thread Erik Josefsson
Den 2019-05-05 kl. 04:29, skrev Erik Josefsson: Den 2019-05-04 kl. 21:43, skrev Jonas Smedegaard: For danish, picking the layout "Danish (Win keys) has pipe key reachable as AltGr+= (where AltGr is the right Alt key). I also set "Menu" (which is the key between right Alt and

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
ndard that looks current: https://www.iso.org/standard/57852.html So maybe the Teres keyboard is actually standard compliant, despite (or thanks to?) the penguin key? //Erik

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
    Menu key Use Control+Alt+Backspace to terminate the X server?  Those won't work for me, but there are a couple of Finnish options I will try. Thanks for taking time. //Erik

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|")

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
Den 2019-05-04 kl. 19:08, skrev Jonas Smedegaard: Quoting Kenneth Parker (2019-05-04 18:23:48) On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Erik Josefsson wrote: -> Generic 105-key PC (intl.) -> Other -> Swedish -> Swedish -> The default for the keyboard layout -> No compose key

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
Den 2019-05-04 kl. 18:23, skrev Kenneth Parker: On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM Erik Josefsson  wrote: -> Generic 105-key PC (intl.) -> Other -> Swedish -> Swedish -> The default for the keyboard layout -> No compose key -> Use Control+Alt+B

dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread Erik Josefsson
quot;? Maybe there is a "keyboard model" I can choose that is a better fit than "Generic 105-key PC (intl.)" and"Generic 102-key PC (intl.)"? Thank you for your time. //Erik [SD-cards for the Teres laptop] https://box.redpill.dk/nonfree/ Generic 105-key PC (in

pmount could perhaps be of greater utility?

2019-05-03 Thread Erik Christiansen
for off-site backups expects the backup media at the mountpoint which the automounter normally sets, based on the label. Just a thought. Erik

Re: which mutt?

2019-05-03 Thread Erik Christiansen
/html2text '%s'; copiousoutput; description=HTML Text which preserves the recipient's text experience, keeping display in mutt. (Yup, the real one - since late last millennium. ;-) Erik -- HTML is not email, and email doesn't contain HTML, so please turn HTML formatting OFF in your emai

Re: How do I trace changes in configuration files?

2019-05-01 Thread Erik Josefsson
Den 2019-05-01 kl. 13:29, skrev Dan Purgert: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Erik Josefsson wrote: I'm trying to learn how to set up my two Teres laptops so that they are identical. [...] I have tried to document my personal preferences before, but I have always ended up

How do I trace changes in configuration files?

2019-05-01 Thread Erik Josefsson
he idea is then to just replace the default configuration files with the files where my preferences have been saved. Thanks for taking time. //Erik [first steps] https://box.redpill.dk (I do box-add-gui, not box-add-tui )

Re: Net::DNS::Nameserver

2019-04-26 Thread Erik Christiansen
_ scope. The :: nomenclature first appeared (to my eyes) in C++ several decades ago. For perl to adopt an existing convention is a step forward for the language. Here's a brief exchange describing ::, the scope-resolution operator: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15649580/using-in-c Erik

iwd and DNS (was: Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;))

2019-04-25 Thread Erik Josefsson
a "temporary failure resolving 'deb.debian.org'". I'm not sure what exactly I'm asking for here. I guess I need the IP number of a DNS-server that some program can ask where deb.debian.org is located. Grateful for hints. Best regards. //Erik [text-based user interfac

Re: What's the device name of my microSD card?

2019-04-21 Thread Erik Josefsson
On 4/21/19 8:05 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sun 21 Apr 2019 at 18:30:28 (+), Erik Josefsson wrote: On 4/21/19 6:14 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote: From the command line, 'df' returns free disk space and lists all mounted devices by device name. (One of probably many ways to do it!)

Re: What's the device name of my microSD card?

2019-04-21 Thread Erik Josefsson
cd3a mmc-SN64G_0x3376cd3a-part1 mmc-SN64G_0x3376cd3a-part2 usb-Generic_STORAGE_DEVICE_1532-0:0 usb-Generic_STORAGE_DEVICE_1532-0:0-part1 It's the usb-Generic storage I want to copy the gz image to. Thanks for your help! //Erik

What's the device name of my microSD card?

2019-04-21 Thread Erik Josefsson
ard" with "Fast method" b): sudo sh -c 'zcat core-lime2-1.0b17.img.gz > /dev/disk/by-id/my-sd-card' I guess that the placeholder "my-sd-card" is neither of the two names above. Basically: How do I find out the device name of my microSD card? Best rega

Re: Simple Linux to Linux(Debian) email

2019-04-08 Thread Erik Christiansen
nient for a mutterer, yet (out of ancient habit) I use mailx to fling off a quick short missive constructed on the command line, here any calendar events looming in the next fortnight: x=`calendar -l 14 -f ~/Personal/calendar` ( [ -n "$x" ] && echo "$x" | mail -s "$

Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file

2019-04-07 Thread Erik Christiansen
e implication of "assume" is to take something on faith, without supporting evidence, a safer word might be "surmise". A guess with an implication of thoughtful deliberation behind it leaves little for the overly opinionated to gnaw on. Erik

Re: text editors

2019-03-29 Thread Erik Christiansen
granted that dispensation, perhaps.) The only other editor I've used is the line editor, CREDIT. (Yes, everything was in capitals only, IIRC.) That was 1981, and it was on the Intel "Blue Box" MDS, complete with 8" floppy drives. (Harddrives were only know on mainframes and top end minicomputers back then.) Erik

Re: text editors

2019-03-29 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 29.03.19 10:50, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > >>>>> "EC" == Erik Christiansen writes: > > EC> Yes, yes, reflexive combativeness is jolly good fun, but > EC> understanding is more useful in the long term. > > In my experience, if the langua

Re: text editors

2019-03-29 Thread Erik Christiansen
ir editors to conform. Erik

Re: text editors

2019-03-29 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 29.03.19 08:47, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > >>>>> "EC" == Erik Christiansen writes: > > EC> On 28.03.19 21:32, Matyáš Bobek wrote: > >> I reckon writing vim extensions in C must be quite obscure... How > >> is it done? > > EC

Re: text editors

2019-03-29 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 29.03.19 17:26, Erik Christiansen wrote: > " Toggle relative line numbering. > function! NList_toggle() > if &rnu == 1 > set nornu" For absolute, elide the 'r'. > else > set rnu " For absolut

Re: text editors

2019-03-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
tle when you do that. Vimscript may look a little C-like in places, but that can't be helped. (Awk is also significantly C-like. Perl is much more successful at voiding the benefit of common language know-how.) Erik

Re: text editors

2019-03-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
e the minor tedium of installing them in the right place. The few bits of vimscript in my .vimrc are minimal, such as a function to append section length in lines or pages when the section is folded. Erik

Re: text editors

2019-03-28 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 28.03.19 12:34, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > Once you start using Emacs macros and see the benefit, you likely shall find > yourself creating and using numerous macros within each editing session. > You demonstrate once to the robot, and the robot faithfully mimics you, > without error. The onl

Re: text editors

2019-03-26 Thread Erik Christiansen
learning the first good one we came across, and the grating frustration and lost productivity of dropping to the bottom of the learning curve to switch to horse of a different colour but similar performance. The "typing chords" vs modality difference essentially becomes moot once you adapt to your choice. Probably. Erik

Re: text editors

2019-03-25 Thread Erik Christiansen
om a couple of archive posts from 2011,12. Including unnamedplus isn't good for the linux clipboard, though. If all else fails, the vim-use mailing list is a darned sight more knowledgeable on vim/windows stuff. Erik

Re: text editors

2019-03-24 Thread Erik Christiansen
't work, because then it'd appear on all folded paragraphs - unless you used foldmethod=manual, and only folded the troublesome blocks. In extremis, you could write a vimscript function to do all sorts of weird stuff on folding, but I think it would be a bit of work to put a password on unfolding. :help folding Erik

Re: Looking for advise to replacy Pan newsreader

2019-02-17 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 17.02.19 12:07, hdv@gmail wrote: > On 17/02/2019 11.58, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > On 17.02.19 10:16, hdv@gmail wrote: > >> On 17/02/2019 05.05, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > >>> Can your share with me what do you use for newsgroups reading. I do not > >>&

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