Re: Debian 12.9 and use of sudo for regular accounts

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

Re: Debian 12.9 and use of sudo for regular accounts

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,

Re: SMTP servers

ank you very much, Chris--that's what I was afraid of. But, can your Kobo reader handle the Kindle format? What model do you recommend? -Tom

Re: SMTP servers

l his books in the Kindle format any more. I have tried converting ebooks to Kindle with varying results. Has anyone been able to buy the ebook and convert it to Kindle satisfactorily? Thanks. -Tom

Re: Anyone using a fixed KVM extender system for home use for one computer?

On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 04:43 Frank Guthausen wrote: ... An option is: x2go > Thanks, I vaguely remember looking at that many years ago. Is it reasonaby usable? I would still need some kind of mini-PC to be the client, correct? -Tom

Anyone using a fixed KVM extender system for home use for one computer?

close the closet entrance with no connections interfering. The max distance between the two Cat-5e outlets is no more than 25 ft. Any recommendations? Thanks. -Tom

Re: job is killed

I looked at my records yesterday and see that server has been running for almost 11 years, and it started with Debian 7 as I recall (and was at Debian 11 when it failed). Sorry for the misunderstanding. Happy New Year to all my Debian friiends! -Tom

Re: Recovery help needed for remote server: file system mounted read-only

On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 05:37 Alain D D Williams wrote: > On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 05:29:05AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > > I suspect a failing disk, > > My main home PC is 10 years old and still going strong (I over specced it > when > I bought it). A few years ago I h

Recovery help needed for remote server: file system mounted read-only

server. I can login and su to root. I have not been able to inspect logs yet due to time. I see a 2023 Debian thread getting into lots of low-level fsck and other things, but can my old brain and trembly fingers hack it without compounding the problem? Opinions requested, please. -Tom Oh,

Re: restart lasts maybe a minute till next freeze

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

Re: restart lasts maybe a minute till next freeze

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.

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

tty hairy ;-D Thanks, ebe, I'll save this for later. -Tom

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 08:21 Tom Browder wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 07:14 Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Tom Browder wrote: > > ... > >> > I can ssh in, reboot, and all is well. Is there any way to completely >> turn >> > off the screen saver and i

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 07:14 Dan Ritter wrote: > Tom Browder wrote: ... > > I can ssh in, reboot, and all is well. Is there any way to completely > turn > > off the screen saver and its timer via system settings? > > There are three things that could be called screen

PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

t I'm sometimes "forced" to as a "honey do" task). Thanks. -Tom

Re: sources.list for Mozilla VPN

ia64. What architecture are you on? Cheers, Tom -- Not to laugh, not to lament, not to curse, but to understand. -- Spinoza signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Swap a good drive to another computer

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 10:46 songbird wrote: … > you may still have some issues, but i'd say it would be > worth a try. > > you may need to change your bios or efi settings. > Thanks, songbird! Best Regards, -Tom

Re: Swap a good drive to another computer

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 06:59 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: … may break. However, you should have a sufficiently functional system to > be able to deal with those things. Thanks, Roberto! Best regards, -Tom

Re: Swap a good drive to another computer

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 06:59 wrote: … > Most probably you won't break anything -- but doing a backup is a good > idea anyway, if you hold your data dear. Thanks, Tomas, I do have good backups! Best regards, -Tom

Swap a good drive to another computer

My main computer is acting strangely as if it has either memory issues or some other hardware problem. I have not had any time to do any diagnosis. As a quick solution, could I swap the single SSD to another computer and expect it to boot up? Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving! -Tom

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

n doesn't have much impact, it occasionally does. Whether it's often enough to make a difference I can't say, as I haven't done a study on the matter. Cheers, Tom -- Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 03:38:56PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Rh Kramer > > -- > rhk > > | Sorry about the sig -- some people think it is too long -- it is my soapbox. No, you aren't, and you know you aren't. So drop the fake apology. Over 40 lines of sig on an approx 20 line email! At

Re: debian for limited ram

On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 05:30:08PM +0800, Bitfox wrote: > I got a vps from BF flash sale (vps dot blackfriday) which has only 512mb > ram. > for this limited ram what debian release should be better to install? The current one, bookworm, unless you mean something else by "release&qu

Re: new Xerox printer doesn't print

also wound up rebooting my printer more than once. -Tom P.S. I feel your pain, Doc.

Re: Modern HP MFD printers and Debian

On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 8:45 AM Tom Browder wrote: ... > Now I can do it all. BTW, the program 'simple-scanner' shows in my MATE desktop "Applications/Graphics" menu as 'Document Scanner'. -Tom

Re: Modern HP MFD printers and Debian

color, too. Now I can do it all. Thank you Timothy! -Tom

Re: Modern HP MFD printers and Debian

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 08:36 Tom Browder wrote: … So far I cannot get scanning or copying to use the ADF in two-sided mode. > Sorry, I lied about two-sided copying: I can do that, but menu is not easy to use. -Tom

Re: Modern HP MFD printers and Debian

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 7:46 AM Tom Browder wrote: ... I wound up, after some fumbling, to set up everything using some basic info from HP documentation that came with the printer. I used Firefox to go to the network address of my printer and it magically showed me the proper setup screen where

Re: Modern HP MFD printers and Debian

but I will do that again to see if it helps. Unfortunately, I did do that earlier with the manually downloaded HPLIP package and it created the mess I'm still trying to fix. I believe it takes some other Debian packages, but we'll see. Thanks. -Tom

Re: Modern HP MFD printers and Debian

On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 17:48 Charles Curley wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:19:59 -0600 > Tom Browder wrote: > > > I'm going to try installing the OpenPrinting snap HPLIP on top of my > > current mess and see what happens. > > I suggest you use the debian p

Re: Modern HP MFD printers and Debian

On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 09:49 Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:40:54 -0600 > Tom Browder wrote: > > > I just bought a new printer, an HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw, to > > replace my nine-year old HP MFP black and

Modern HP MFD printers and Debian

--in the worst case I could always delete it and go back to the current (ugh) solution. BTW, I put the 'HP Smart' app on my wife's phone and the new printer works fine with my current setup (if you know which printer to select). Best regards, -Tom [@tbrowder on IRC #raku]

control brightness and contrast

How do I control brightness and contrast in Debian? xrandr does not work. ___ I am working as a volunteer for Kamala Harris. You can help her too. The page at this link will tell you how: https://www.mobilize.us/forwardfacinginitiatives/

Re: Minimalist HTML 4 viewer available?

How do I control brightness and contrast in Debian? xrandr does not work.

Re: asciidoctor-pdf

On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 11:05 wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 10:06:10AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > > I am running Debian 11 and trying to run asciidoctor and > > asciidoctor-pdf with no luck so far. > > [...] > > > `block (2 levels) in parse!' > >

asciidoctor-pdf

ity but no response so far. Anyone here running asciidoctor have any suggestions? Thanks. -Tom

I can't setup my LG-HBS-XL7 bluetooth headset with "headset" used for both output and input

I can't setup my LG-HBS-XL7 bluetooth headset with "headset" used for both output and input. I'm using the Gnome Settings app trying to do it. Debian 12 040:~/dl$ ps -A |grep pipe >tmp.txt 1993 ?00:01:48 pipewire 1996 ?00:01:59 pipewire-pulse 040:~/dl$ apropos sound alsabat

Re: can't get the sound settings stable for my headset

://events.democrats.org On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 8:03 AM Max Nikulin wrote: > On 25/09/2024 14:24, Anssi Saari wrote: > > Max Nikulin writes: > > > >> On 25/09/2024 02:27, tom arnall wrote: > >>> immediately changes to handsfree, which produces only a hum in mono > >&

Re: can't get the sound settings stable for my headset

Gad! I totally forgot about the headset hw: LG-HBS-XL7. On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 12:27 PM tom arnall wrote: > > I can't get the sound settings stable for my headset. When I set output to > headset and then set input to headset, the output setting immediately > changes to

Re: can't get the sound settings stable for my headset

24 at 12:27 PM tom arnall wrote: > > I can't get the sound settings stable for my headset. When I set output to > headset and then set input to headset, the output setting immediately > changes to handsfree, which produces only a hum in mono when I test it. > I'm using the

can't get the sound settings stable for my headset

I can't get the sound settings stable for my headset. When I set output to headset and then set input to headset, the output setting immediately changes to handsfree, which produces only a hum in mono when I test it. I'm using the Gnome Settings gui app to make the settings.

Re: need jigdo help

recrate an ISO from jigdo you probbly want to look at jigdo-lite, from the same package. As far as I know, jigdo-file is for creating the jigdo files. Cheers, Tom -- A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. Include me out. -Samuel Goldwyn signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Lost internet access on Trixie this morning.

can't find any site, > Thunderbird still reports no connectionss. Actually, it doesn't look good - you don't have any ip addresses on eno1, the interface is down. You're going to have to find out why that is. Cheers, Tom -- Boucher's Observation: He wh

Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

> faster than it would have been back in the day over dialup but > definitely not a high speed archive :-) https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/ has images going all the way back to 1.3. Prior to 3.0 is in the "older-contrib" directory. Cheers, Tom -- Sometimes I worry a

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

27;ve been audited twice by the IRS, so I'm pretty reliant on a good tax program. I tried going with a CPA once, but he had more forms for me to fill out than the tax programs, and wanted a large fee besides. Thanks, all respondents, for good advice on my laptop quest. -Tom

Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

x27;s all most adults and young people have been exposed to. Note I do not want to get involved with Chromebooks. Thanks for any suggestions. -Tom

Re: MAC filter

; For what it is worth: > > $ ip --brief link > lo UNKNOWN00:00:00:00:00:00 And if you're interested in only the interface name and MAC address, pipe that result to awk, so... ip -br l | awk '{print $1,$3}' Cheers, Tom -- Many people are unenthusiastic about their work. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Direct Messaging

On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 15:05 john doe wrote: > On 8/31/24 17:01, Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 03:18:10PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > >> On 31/08/2024 14:26, Tom Browder wrote: > >>> Anyone know of a way to send text messages to willing r

Re: Simple group email list

On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 08:43 Geert Stappers wrote: … Yes, I also used Mailman2, but hoped MM3 would cure its warts—unfortunately it ruined it for me. Maybe I should revisit it. -Tom

Direct Messaging

Anyone know of a way to send text messages to willing recipients from one’s own website and server without hiring DM provider? Thanks. -Tom

Simple group email list

that’s easily done now without lots of hoop jumping. Anyone have a pointer to a recipe for doing that? I’m running multiple virtual hosts with modern Apache with https on my own remote server running Debian. My DNS provider is Namecheap. Thanks. -Tom

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 14:55 Tom Browder wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 08:06 Michael Grant > … I’m too lazy at the moment to self-host. Anyone suggest a provider that is in the US? -Tom

Re: printer replacement

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.

Re: Request for Download Link for Debian 10 Installer

tart at https://get.debian.org/images/archive/ 10.13.0 is the last release of Buster. Cheers, Tom -- History repeats itself only if one does not listen the first time. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: internal keyboard does not work

On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 11:52:23PM +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote: > On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 07:54:13PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > > Nilesh Patra (12024-08-23): > > > What drives such a hostile and uncalled-for reply? > > > > It was sarcastic, but in no way hostile. > > I encourage you to re-read

Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]

/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

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 12:36 Dan Ritter wrote: > Michael Kj??rling wrote: > > On 14 Aug 2024 21:22 -0600, from charlescur...@charlescurley.com > (Charles Curley): ... I don't really need any Linux support as long as the app supports Gmail and Google contacts. -Tom

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

ian Bookworm repos (though it is free and > > open source). Thanks Micheal and Charles! I'll check it out. Debianly yours, -Tom

Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

have a better solution to recommend? Note I spend most of my computer time via the Termius iOS app to my local and remote Debian servers and usually have an iPhone readily available. Thanks for any help you can provide. Best regards, -Tom

Re: VirtualBox (VB) and Windows on Debian

On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 06:20 Tom Browder wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 01:45 jeremy ardley > wrote: > ... > > I appreciate your and others views on the Windows version I'm using. I am > using > 10 only because it's the only one I still have a key for, and I wa

Re: VirtualBox (VB) and Windows on Debian

it has the capability to build the libraries needed to run Rakudo. A brief search shows that Win 7 might work, and legit versions are available. But are legit isos around for ease of installation? Thanks. -Tom

Re: VirtualBox (VB) and Windows on Debian

I now have a good solution. -Tom

Re: VirtualBox (VB) and Windows on Debian

I gave the process 8 threads, 40 Gb of RAM, and 100 Gb of SSD space. It installed like a charm and I look forward to exercising it. Thanks all! -Tom

Re: VirtualBox (VB) and Windows on Debian

Ware product not so much. Thanks, Jeremy! -Tom

VirtualBox (VB) and Windows on Debian

legal copy of Win 10 on a CD as well as a portable DVD player with a USB connector.) Thank you my fellow Debian users! Best regards, -Tom

Re: Help installing gdb package using apt

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

Re: overthewire.org: safe to use?

On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 20:08 john doe wrote: > On 6/16/24 19:27, Tom Browder wrote: > > Anyone here have any cautionary advice about using the ssh to war games > on > > their site? > … According to [2], nothing needs to be installed. > Ah, I just noticed the port was

overthewire.org: safe to use?

any user prep except the installed package—and I’m not used to that at all. Thanks. -Tom

Re: about 10th new install of bullseye

On 6/9/24 00:14, gene heskett wrote: On 6/8/24 19:11, 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

Re: about 10th new install of bullseye

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

Re: about 10th new install of bullseye

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 6/4/24 04:26, gene heskett wrote: On 2/19/22 06:31, Andrew M.A. Cater

Re: about 10th new install of bullseye

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

Re: about 10th new install of bullseye

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

Re: about 10th new install of bullseye

;, 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.

Re: last(1) missing after upgrade from 12.5 to sid (util-linux 2.38.1 to 2.40.1-4)

subscribed to this list. > > Thanks for your help! > > Best! > > Tom > > <8> > > # Prior to upgrade, last(1) is present in 12.5 > > root@lol ~ # cat /etc/debian_version > > 12.5 > > root@lol ~ # which last > > /usr/

last(1) missing after upgrade from 12.5 to sid (util-linux 2.38.1 to 2.40.1-4)

Hello! last(1) seems to have disappeared following an upgrade from 12.5 to sid. More info is shown below. What is my mistake? Or, could it be a bug? Please send me copies of replies since I am not subscribed to this list. Thanks for your help! Best! Tom <8> # Pr

Re: Bookworm and its kernel: any updates coming?

On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 09:15 Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: > On 3 Jun 2024 08:40 -0500, from tom.brow...@gmail.com (Tom Browder): > > I keep getting emails concerning the serious kernel vulnerability in > > kernels 5.14 through 6.6. > > > > I ha

Re: Bookworm and its kernel: any updates coming?

ferent default pinnings in '/etc/apt/sources.list'. I'll double-check my pinnings. -Tom

Bookworm and its kernel: any updates coming?

I keep getting emails concerning the serious kernel vulnerability in kernels 5.14 through 6.6. I have not seen any updates and uname -a shows: 6.1.0-13-amd64 Anyone concerned? -Tom

Re: Solution for KVM via a cat 5 connection

es, just programming and > > office work. I need a bit more distance from my computer which must stay > in > > a closet, and conventional KVM equipment won’t work. > > You can do it without KVM, but using another computer connected to your > screen/keyboard/etc... Thanks, Stefan. That is a good solution. Best regards, -Tom

Solution for KVM via a cat 5 connection

a closet, and conventional KVM equipment won’t work. If so, I would appreciate knowing what brand and model devices you are using. Thanks so much. -Tom

Re: selinux on bookworm

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

Re: realpath quoting

ith spaces| file 2: |name with newlines| With Raku, it's easy to search the directory for the weird file names, open them, and use their contents. Raku also has many built-in quoting constructs to suit any situation. I'll be happy to demo any of that here. Best regards, -Tom

Re: Reportbug Assisance

Just reminding whomever checks this mailbox, that I am still awaiting an answer to this question here. Thanks, On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 10:49 PM Tom wrote: > I originally filed this bug with the KDE team, but they asked me to file > with Debian. There was a decent amount of discussion w

Reportbug Assisance

I originally filed this bug with the KDE team, but they asked me to file with Debian. There was a decent amount of discussion which I will link here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481746. I need to know how to file this bug. Will I be filing under a package or one of the other categories? T

Re: man page for cut

Richmond writes: > In the man page for cut it says: > > -b, --bytes=LIST > select only these bytes > > But there is no equals sign in the actual syntax: > > echo hello|cut -b 2-5 > ello > > echo hello|cut -b=2-5 > cut: invalid byte/character position ‘=2-5’ > Try 'cut --help' for m

Re: No Release file for Security Update

Thomas George writes: > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-security  main non-free > non-free-firmware > Err:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm-security Release >   404  Not Found [IP: 151.101. Your source is incorrect. The security repo is at "http://security.debian.org/debian-secu

Re: /mnt usage

hw writes: > /tmp is volatile nowadays and not temporary. That's particularly Volatile storage is, by definition, temporary. > braindead when you want Libreoffice to be able to recover files after > a crash, which, by default, autosaves in /tmp. /tmp is a terrible place to store recovery data

Re: How to prevent rtkit from giving firefox higher priority?

hw writes: >> > > It says 'made thread ... (at nice level 0) owned by 1000'. This is > inconclusive at best: The thread is obviously _at_ some nice level or > _at_ some priority and was made owned by 1000. > > If it had changed the priority it should say that, but it doesn't. It does say that.

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

Felix Miata writes: > /dev/sdc 18 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Brother_MFC-J6920DW_BROG5F229909-0:0 # > How does a printer get a storage device assignment??? By having some kind of SD card slot or similar.

Re: How to prevent rtkit from giving firefox higher priority?

hw writes: > Aren't there going to be lots of problems with things not working when > you don't have dbus? Fewer than when things don't work when you *do* have dbus, apparently ;) There doesn't seem to be an overwhelming need for it once you step away from the DE's.

Re: nftables firewall question: matching udp in ipv6

Ralph Aichinger writes: > I am currently fighting with the following problem: I've got a system > that has 3 relevant interfaces: ppp0, en0 and en2, for external, > internal and dmz respectively. > > The dmz is IPv6 only, a homelab testbed more or less. > > I've got the follwing rules in /etc/nf

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

e I simply haven't found the right combination of switches to flip. Having said that, I'm no expert on Linux audio. I wouldn't attempt to run a modern DE on this system, but it seems happy with OpenBox. Even Firefox, Chromium, LibreOffice, etc. are usable - if not perhaps the smoothest experience. Cheers, Tom

Re: Test

Pocket writes: > On 12/22/23 16:08, Tixy wrote: >> On Fri, 2023-12-22 at 12:15 -0500, Pocket wrote: >>> This is a test of the emergency broadcast system >> Please stop spamming the 1000 or so people subscribed to this list. > > I am not spamming this list I am trying to determine if my email setu

Re: Zoom on Bookworm?

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

Re: raid10 is killing me, and applications that aren't willing towait for it to respond

nd its component devices? Is the filesystem on the raid healthy? Cheers, Tom

Re: raid10 is killing me, and applications that aren't willing to wait for it to respond

levant information) a DNS timeout. Cheers, Tom

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

less for a number of users. Expect blogposts about > that as well. Do we know yet which wifi drivers are "troublesome"? I haven't seen anything concrete yet anywhere. Cheers, Tom

Re: Boot Problem

"Stephen P. Molnar" writes: > On 12/05/2023 12:47 PM, Tom Furie wrote: >> "Stephen P. Molnar" writes: >> >>> I have Bookworm installed on a 1TB SSD. When I attempted logging this >>> morning I failed! Rather than opening my XFCE desktop I

Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince

useful. > The following seems to list most of the various programs discussed in this > thread, plus a > couple of others: > apt-cache search pdf-viewer Thanks so much Mike! And also many thanks to all my Debian friends who answered. I think my side of this thread is done now. "Merry Christmas to all and t all a good night!" -Tom

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