Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

2025-04-05 Thread hlyg
, installer isn't fool-proof for me your advanced technique of booting very old laptop is too complex to me perhaps trixie is about to become stable, i will install it from scratch

Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

2025-04-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
. > > > Thank Wright! i have solved it on my own > > i am new user of gpt, fatal error is caused by my failure to create efi > partition > Make it simple for yourself. If you are at all unsure when you install, just take guided partitioning. That should set up a 512M partit

Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

2025-04-05 Thread David Wright
On Sun 30 Mar 2025 at 11:50:52 (+0800), hlyg wrote: > i install with debian-12.10.0-amd64-netinst.iso > > during final stage of installation, it fails to install grub > > "Executing 'grub-install dummy' failed." > "This is a fatal error." > &g

Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

2025-04-05 Thread hlyg
On 4/1/25 05:20, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Make it simple for yourself. If you are at all unsure when you install, just take guided partitioning. That should set up a 512M partition for boot, a 1G partition for swap and the rest of the disk for / Unless you *really have* to partition things

Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

2025-04-01 Thread hlyg
Thank Nikulin! i read wiki page you mention, it is too technical, as end user, i am not expected to worry such details it seems to me that efi isn't very mature at present it doesn't offer any benefits to me though it is superior to mbr

Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

2025-03-31 Thread David Wright
On Tue 01 Apr 2025 at 04:09:31 (+0800), hlyg wrote: > On 3/31/25 10:50, David Wright wrote: > > Presumably that error message was from the screen. Have you looked > > at /var/log/installer/syslog for more expansive error messages? > > > Thank Wright! i have solved it on my own > > i am new user o

Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

2025-03-31 Thread Max Nikulin
On 01/04/2025 03:09, hlyg wrote: in the end i use mbr, as one of my PCs doesn't support gpt It depends on firmware, but I expect that UEFI spec describes requirements for ESP in the case of MBR partitions. btw what is recommended size of efi partition? default size is 512M sgdisk(8)

Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

2025-03-31 Thread hlyg
On 3/31/25 10:50, David Wright wrote: Presumably that error message was from the screen. Have you looked at /var/log/installer/syslog for more expansive error messages? Cheers, David. Thank Wright! i have solved it on my own i am new user of gpt, fatal error is caused by my failure to creat

Unable to install GRUB in dummy

2025-03-29 Thread hlyg
i install with debian-12.10.0-amd64-netinst.iso during final stage of installation, it fails to install grub "Executing 'grub-install dummy' failed." "This is a fatal error." how to solve it? i bet it is caused by other bootloader in installation target disk

Re: Linux image package install failure

2025-03-24 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM Xiyue Deng wrote: > > Nicolas George writes: > > > Barry Newberger (HE12025-03-24): > >> package: dpkg > >> version: 1.21.22 (amd64) > >> > >> Using Discover update following error occurred: > >> > >> Package failed to install:Error while installing package: > >>

Re: Linux image package install failure

2025-03-24 Thread Xiyue Deng
Nicolas George writes: > Barry Newberger (HE12025-03-24): >> package: dpkg >> version: 1.21.22 (amd64) >> >> Using Discover update following error occurred: >> >> Package failed to install:Error while installing package: >> installed linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 package post-installation script

Re: Linux image package install failure

2025-03-24 Thread Erwan David
1.0-31-amd64. > > /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: > > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-31-amd64 > > cpio: write error: No space left on device > ... > > It's not uncommon that one discovers he has let freespace get too low by > encou

Re: Linux image package install failure

2025-03-24 Thread Felix Miata
t; cpio: write error: No space left on device ... It's not uncommon that one discovers he has let freespace get too low by encountering a failure to install that leaves the new package's contents on disk taking up valuable space without completing associated setup tasks. One then logicall

Re: Linux image package install failure

2025-03-24 Thread Nicolas George
Barry Newberger (HE12025-03-24): > package: dpkg > version: 1.21.22 (amd64) > > Using Discover update following error occurred: > > Package failed to install:Error while installing package: > installed linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 package post-installation script > subprocess returned error exit s

Re: Linux image package install failure

2025-03-24 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 08:05:32 -0500, Barry Newberger wrote: > Setting up linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 (6.1.129-1) ... > /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms: > dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.1.0-32-amd64. > dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.1.0-32-amd64. > /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initram

Linux image package install failure

2025-03-24 Thread Barry Newberger
package: dpkg version: 1.21.22 (amd64) Using Discover update following error occurred: Package failed to install:Error while installing package: installed linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Ran following: uname -r 6.1.0-31-amd64

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-04 Thread Yassine Chaouche
Le 3/3/25 à 16:40, Greg Wooledge a écrit : On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 15:44:11 +0100, Yassine Chaouche wrote: dpkg won't install missing dependencies. gdebi will. So will apt-get and apt. It's just undocumented. apt install ./filename.deb apt-get install ./filename.deb The pathname

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Darac Marjal
On 03/03/2025 11:49, Steven Speek wrote: I would like this feature in apt-get. Counter Proposal: Ask whomever is providing you the packge, to offer it as a Debian Repository. That way, your custom application is just a "extrepo enable " away. OpenPGP_signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digita

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 15:44:11 +0100, Yassine Chaouche wrote: > Le 3/3/25 à 15:25, Joe a écrit : > > You can install any random .deb package from any source using dpkg [...] > > dpkg won't install missing dependencies. > gdebi will. So will apt-get and apt. It&#x

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Yassine Chaouche
Le 3/3/25 à 15:25, Joe a écrit : You can also compile software source code[...]> This is not a trivial task. I find configure, make, sudo make install often very simple. So I'd say it depends on the software. Sometimes you're missing header files, in which case configure kin

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 3/3/25 15:42, Yassine Chaouche wrote: Le 3/3/25 à 15:25, Joe a écrit : You can also compile software source code[...]> This is not a trivial task. I find configure, make, sudo make install often very simple. So I'd say it depends on the software. Sometimes you're missing

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Yassine Chaouche
Le 3/3/25 à 15:25, Joe a écrit : You can install any random .deb package from any source using dpkg [...] dpkg won't install missing dependencies. gdebi will. Best, -- yassine -- sysadm http://about.me/ychaouche Looking for side gigs.

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Jeffrey Walton
configured to > allow users to use sudo to install packages from configured and trusted > repositories. If apt can install some random package from a random place > on the internet, the approach with sudo apt/apt-get is doomed. > So, please, no. ++. Don't turn Apt into Compose

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/3/25 7:10 AM, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 12:49:11PM +0100, Steven Speek wrote: I would like this feature in apt-get. Since this is just a mailing list of Debian users, no one here is empowered to do what you ask. The proper procedure would be to report it as a wishlis

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/3/25 5:49 AM, Steven Speek wrote: I would like this feature in apt-get. Exactly *WHAT* feature?? You supply *NO* context. Also this list is primarily user-to-user support.

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/3/25 6:56 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 06:14:40 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 3/3/25 5:49 AM, Steven Speek wrote: I would like this feature in apt-get. Exactly *WHAT* feature?? You supply *NO* context. This is why I advise people NOT to put the de

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 3/3/25 12:49, Steven Speek wrote: I would like this feature in apt-get. This is a disaster feature from my point of view. Debian packages are installed with root privileges, however, many systems are configured to allow users to use sudo to install packages from configured and trusted

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 12:49:11PM +0100, Steven Speek wrote: > I would like this feature in apt-get. Since this is just a mailing list of Debian users, no one here is empowered to do what you ask. The proper procedure would be to report it as a wishlist bug on apt-get in the Debian bug trac

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Yassine Chaouche
Le 3/3/25 à 13:14, Richard Owlett a écrit : On 3/3/25 5:49 AM, Steven Speek wrote: I would like this feature in apt-get. Exactly *WHAT* feature?? You supply *NO* context. Also this list is primarily user-to-user support. Happy now? Look how angry you made Steven Speek now.

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 06:14:40 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 3/3/25 5:49 AM, Steven Speek wrote: > > I would like this feature in apt-get. > > > > Exactly *WHAT* feature?? > You supply *NO* context. This is why I advise people NOT to put the details of their request only in

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Steven Speek wrote: > I would like this feature in apt-get. Until then, you can use wget to retrieve the URL and apt install to install from the filename. In general, this is rather dangerous, and should probably be avoided. There may be better solutions, depending on the context of where th

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Steven Speek
I would like this feature in apt-get.

Re: Reproducing the problem on Bullseye install w/o network mirror

2025-02-21 Thread David Wright
On Sun 02 Feb 2025 at 12:14:08 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Feb 01, 2025 at 10:31:02PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 01 Feb 2025 at 15:29:13 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > I'm not sure this is a bug per se: if what you want is a fully offline

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-13 Thread Chris Green
"open", and xdg-open just use some of these options. > > > > There's also all the MIME confguration. > > Maybe you can see exactly what's going on by examining Epiphany's post install > script in /var/lib/dpkg/info/. > > For firefox-esr, it's

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-13 Thread Greg
7;s also all the MIME confguration. Maybe you can see exactly what's going on by examining Epiphany's post install script in /var/lib/dpkg/info/. For firefox-esr, it's #!/bin/sh -e if [ "$1" = "configure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-upgrade" ] ; then

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-13 Thread Max Nikulin
On 13/02/2025 09:19, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 08:56:47 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: - *browser alternatives - BROWSER environment - mailcap for text/html I have realized that I do not have an example of an application that determines https: scheme handler from mailcap (it is

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Chris Green
Max Nikulin wrote: > On 13/02/2025 01:26, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Now Debian has*two* completely separate > > ways to specify a default application for a role. > > I believed there are at least 4 ways (besides settings specific to > particular applications) > - *browser alternatives > - BROWSER

Re: How to choose which 'printer' to install

2025-02-12 Thread David Wright
On Wed 12 Feb 2025 at 16:40:24 (+), Chris Green wrote: > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > When I run CUPS 'add printer' with a new (to the network) Laserjet > > > M15W I see four possible printers to add:- > > > > > > HP LaserJet M15w (

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 08:56:47 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 13/02/2025 01:26, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Now Debian has*two* completely separate > > ways to specify a default application for a role. > > I believed there are at least 4 ways (besides settings specific to > particular applications)

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Max Nikulin
On 13/02/2025 01:26, Greg Wooledge wrote: Now Debian has*two* completely separate ways to specify a default application for a role. I believed there are at least 4 ways (besides settings specific to particular applications) - *browser alternatives - BROWSER environment - mailcap for text/html

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
r-xr-x 1 root root 1290 Jan 14 2023 /usr/bin/sensible-browser* ... it's NOT a symlink to /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser?? hobbit:~$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/sensible-browser sensible-utils: /usr/bin/sensible-browser Package: sensible-utils Status: install ok installed Priority: important [...] Ver

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg
On 2025-02-12, Nicolas George wrote: > Greg (HE12025-02-12): >> What is going on? You suggested examining the source code. > > No, I suggested reading the documentation. Others have suggested other > avenues that lead to understanding. These are good answers. The > suggestions to uninstall and ran

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Nicolas George
Greg (HE12025-02-12): > What is going on? You suggested examining the source code. No, I suggested reading the documentation. Others have suggested other avenues that lead to understanding. These are good answers. The suggestions to uninstall and randomly fiddle with the order are polluting the go

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg
On 2025-02-12, Nicolas George wrote: > > The only way to achieve a reliable result is to understand what is going > on. I am flabbergasted that so many people on this list do not start What is going on? You suggested examining the source code. For the end user, this might be arduous task at best.

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg
On 2025-02-12, David Wright wrote: >> > > >> > Unfortunately, as Greg Wooledge has already pointed out, there is no >> > universal standard. If there was, this thread would've stopped ages >> > ago. >> >> I am really surprised that this thread is so long. However I am still >> curious whether xf

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Nicolas George
Greg (HE12025-02-12): > Simply reversing the installation order of the two browsers seems the > most direct and easiest solution. It might achieve the result. A solution… What will the OP do if they install another browser to try something and it becomes the default one? Uninstall them a

Re: How to choose which 'printer' to install?

2025-02-12 Thread Chris Green
Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM Chris Green wrote: > > > > When I run CUPS 'add printer' with a new (to the network) Laserjet > > M15W I see four possible printers to add:- > > > > HP LaserJet M15w (FD27B6) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > > HP LaserJet M14-M17 (driverless) (HP L

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread David Wright
On Wed 12 Feb 2025 at 22:54:15 (+0700), Max Nikulin wrote: > On 12/02/2025 22:09, Greg wrote: > > On 2025-02-12, Max Nikulin wrote: > > > Certainly, but before delving into source code I would try the standard > > > (XDG) way to configure media types and applications associations. > > > > > Unfort

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg
On 2025-02-12, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:36:46 - (UTC) > Greg wrote: > > Hello Greg, > >>What exactly is he after? I was under the impression it was setting the >>default browser to Vivaldi. > > Yes, but as has been explained, there are multiple ways in which a > browser c

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Chris Green wrote: > Anssi Saari wrote: > > Chris Green writes: > > > > > Installing epiphany just added it as a choice but left vivaldi as the > > > configured browser, but still epiphany grabbed everything. > > > > Have you considered you may get better information if you actually > > define

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:36:46 - (UTC) Greg wrote: Hello Greg, >What exactly is he after? I was under the impression it was setting the >default browser to Vivaldi. Yes, but as has been explained, there are multiple ways in which a browser can be chosen. Some, most notably, circumventing sys

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Max Nikulin
On 12/02/2025 22:09, Greg wrote: On 2025-02-12, Max Nikulin wrote: Certainly, but before delving into source code I would try the standard (XDG) way to configure media types and applications associations. Unfortunately, as Greg Wooledge has already pointed out, there is no universal standard.

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Chris Green
Greg wrote: > On 2025-02-12, Nicolas George wrote: > > Max Nikulin (HE12025-02-12): > >> I would not be surprised if it is not explicitly documented. > > > > At worst, the source code is the documentation. > > I think Chris had the right idea. Install Epiphan

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg
On 2025-02-12, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:09:38 - (UTC) > Greg wrote: > > Hello Greg, > >>Simply reversing the installation order of the two browsers seems the >>most direct and easiest solution.=20 > > Still with, of course, no guarantee of successfully achieving exactly >

Re: How to choose which 'printer' to install?

2025-02-12 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM Chris Green wrote: > > When I run CUPS 'add printer' with a new (to the network) Laserjet > M15W I see four possible printers to add:- > > HP LaserJet M15w (FD27B6) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > HP LaserJet M14-M17 (driverless) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > HP LaserJet M14-M

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:09:38 - (UTC) Greg wrote: Hello Greg, >Simply reversing the installation order of the two browsers seems the >most direct and easiest solution. Still with, of course, no guarantee of successfully achieving exactly what Chris is after. -- Regards _ "Valid si

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg
On 2025-02-12, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 12/02/2025 20:55, Nicolas George wrote: >> Max Nikulin (HE12025-02-12): >>> I would not be surprised if it is not explicitly documented. >> >> At worst, the source code is the documentation. > > Certainly, but before delving into source code I would try the

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Max Nikulin
On 12/02/2025 20:55, Nicolas George wrote: Max Nikulin (HE12025-02-12): I would not be surprised if it is not explicitly documented. At worst, the source code is the documentation. Certainly, but before delving into source code I would try the standard (XDG) way to configure media types and

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg
On 2025-02-12, Nicolas George wrote: > Max Nikulin (HE12025-02-12): >> I would not be surprised if it is not explicitly documented. > > At worst, the source code is the documentation. I think Chris had the right idea. Install Epiphany first, and then Vivaldi, instead of the o

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg
On 2025-02-12, Chris Green wrote: >> >> If you want a Linux way to solve the issue: first, read the >> documentation of xfce-terminal to see how it decides which web browser >> to run; then read the documentation of that mechanism to see how to >> configure it. >> > I have looked in the xfce4-te

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Nicolas George
Max Nikulin (HE12025-02-12): > I would not be surprised if it is not explicitly documented. At worst, the source code is the documentation. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: How to choose which 'printer' to install?

2025-02-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 12, 2025, Chris Green wrote: > When I run CUPS 'add printer' with a new (to the network) Laserjet > M15W I see four possible printers to add:- > > HP LaserJet M15w (FD27B6) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > HP LaserJet M14-M17 (driverless) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > HP LaserJet M14-M17 (driverless) (

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Chris Green
Nicolas George wrote: > Chris Green (12025-02-12): > > I'm just wondering if a way round the issue may be to unistall > > vivaldi, then install epiphany, then re-install vivaldi. It might be > > that just doing 'apt reinstall vivaldi' will get me back to whe

How to choose which 'printer' to install?

2025-02-12 Thread Chris Green
When I run CUPS 'add printer' with a new (to the network) Laserjet M15W I see four possible printers to add:- HP LaserJet M15w (FD27B6) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) HP LaserJet M14-M17 (driverless) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) HP LaserJet M14-M17 (driverless) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) HP LaserJet M15w (HP Laser

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Chris Green
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:02:13 +, Chris Green wrote: > > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > > The other user does NOT have the same settings as me. They have > > > their own set of plugins and settings as Tomas has pointed out. You

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread tomas
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 07:18:23AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:06:53 +, Chris Green wrote: > > The specific thing that bit me when I installed epiphany was clicking > > on a web link in a terminal (xfce4-terminal) window. Instead of > > opening the link in the alrea

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:06:53 +, Chris Green wrote: > The specific thing that bit me when I installed epiphany was clicking > on a web link in a terminal (xfce4-terminal) window. Instead of > opening the link in the already running vivaldi, in another workspace > (which is the way I like it)

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Max Nikulin
On 12/02/2025 17:23, Nicolas George wrote: If you want a Linux way to solve the issue: first, read the documentation of xfce-terminal to see how it decides which web browser to run; I would not be surprised if it is not explicitly documented. Perhaps XFCE has a configuration menu. Most GUI app

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:02:13 +, Chris Green wrote: > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > The other user does NOT have the same settings as me. They have > > their own set of plugins and settings as Tomas has pointed out. You > > very much can install something for

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Chris Green
> terminal and then su - another_user) so I just have to type the > > > browser name if I want to use it. Or use up-arrow to access the > > > browser history. For me that seems to be a tolerable level of > > > effort. > > How does that help? The other user will have

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Nicolas George
Chris Green (12025-02-12): > I'm just wondering if a way round the issue may be to unistall > vivaldi, then install epiphany, then re-install vivaldi. It might be > that just doing 'apt reinstall vivaldi' will get me back to where I > want to be. That might be

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Chris Green
ondering if a way round the issue may be to unistall vivaldi, then install epiphany, then re-install vivaldi. It might be that just doing 'apt reinstall vivaldi' will get me back to where I want to be. When I get home tomorrow I'll try it, I'm a bit on the move at the moment. -- Chris Green ·

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread Anssi Saari
Chris Green writes: > Installing epiphany just added it as a choice but left vivaldi as the > configured browser, but still epiphany grabbed everything. Have you considered you may get better information if you actually define this "everything"? For me it's the small handful of apps I mentioned

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread tomas
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 07:24:28AM +, Chris Green wrote: [...] > Er, but that's the whole problem!!! I installed epiphany (using apt) > and it **did** force all 'the other users' (including me) to use it. > You have described the problem in a nutshell! :-) Then, it seems that it is alternat

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread debian-user
nother user to do > > > this rather defeats the object. > > > > I simply have a terminal already running as another user (I start a > > terminal and then su - another_user) so I just have to type the > > browser name if I want to use it. Or use up-arrow to access the

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-11 Thread Chris Green
; > > > > I simply have a terminal already running as another user (I start a > > > terminal and then su - another_user) so I just have to type the browser > > > name if I want to use it. Or use up-arrow to access the browser > > > history. For me that seems to

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-11 Thread tomas
to log out and log in to another user to do this rather defeats > > > the object. > > > > I simply have a terminal already running as another user (I start a > > terminal and then su - another_user) so I just have to type the browser > > name if I want to use it. Or

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-11 Thread Chris Green
as another user (I start a > terminal and then su - another_user) so I just have to type the browser > name if I want to use it. Or use up-arrow to access the browser > history. For me that seems to be a tolerable level of effort. > How does that help? The other user will have all the same default browser settings that you do. You can't install something for use by one user and not another user, at least not using apt you can't. -- Chris Green ·

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-11 Thread debian-user
Or use up-arrow to access the browser history. For me that seems to be a tolerable level of effort. > It might also take me down a never ending trail of 'is it the > environment/settings or is it the program?'. :-) > > I guess some sort of chrooted environment to install it (epiphany) in > might work (though still gives the environment/settings question).

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-11 Thread songbird
hany", > having to log out and log in to another user to do this rather defeats > the object. > > It might also take me down a never ending trail of 'is it the > environment/settings or is it the program?'. :-) > > I guess some sort of chrooted environment to inst

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-10 Thread Chris Green
efeats the object. It might also take me down a never ending trail of 'is it the environment/settings or is it the program?'. :-) I guess some sort of chrooted environment to install it (epiphany) in might work (though still gives the environment/settings question). -- Chris Green ·

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-10 Thread songbird
Chris Green wrote: ... > It would be much easier if I could simply tell epiphany (or another > browser) **not** to try and become the default for everything, rather > than having to try and unset all the changes it has made. Chris, for something like testing i would just set up another user.

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-10 Thread Max Nikulin
On 10/02/2025 22:25, Chris Green wrote: It would be much easier if I could simply tell epiphany (or another browser) **not** to try and become the default for everything, rather than having to try and unset all the changes it has made. Installing an application may change order of candidates in

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-10 Thread Chris Green
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 12:45:06 +, Chris Green wrote: > > I had x-www-browser set to vivaldi but web links still got opened in > > epiphany, I tried changing just about every setting I could find for a > > browser to vivaldi but I still got epiphany. > > There isn't a

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-10 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 12:45:06 +, Chris Green wrote: > I had x-www-browser set to vivaldi but web links still got opened in > epiphany, I tried changing just about every setting I could find for a > browser to vivaldi but I still got epiphany. There isn't a single interface for defining what

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-10 Thread Chris Green
Anssi Saari wrote: > Chris Green writes: > > > However, when I install epiphany it takes over every single thing that > > web browsers can do which is very frustrating, I only want to run it > > explicitly for testing. Is there any way to prevent the install > >

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-10 Thread Anssi Saari
Chris Green writes: > However, when I install epiphany it takes over every single thing that > web browsers can do which is very frustrating, I only want to run it > explicitly for testing. Is there any way to prevent the install > changing all the mailcap and mime settings etc.

How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-10 Thread Chris Green
I use vivaldi as my my web browser and I have it set as the default application for everything web related. In particular it get's used to open web links when you use the context menu to open a web link in a text file. I want to install another browser (epiphany) as a backup/testing browser

Re: Reproducing the problem on Bullseye install w/o network mirror

2025-02-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
cdimage/archive/11.11.0/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-11.11.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso > > > > I made three attempts to install, as follows: > > > > 1. One text mode install, network connected > > This fails with the error previously described that an installation step has failed and a re

Re: Reproducing the problem on Bullseye install w/o network mirror

2025-02-01 Thread David Wright
gt; > > > > > This failure occurs during the "Select and install software" stage. The > > > > root cause is an attempt to install security updates from the security > > > > network repository *even when the user selects the default "No&

Reproducing the problem on Bullseye install w/o network mirror

2025-02-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:00:25PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 31 Jan 2025 at 23:30:52 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 02:55:56PM +0900, Mailing List wrote: > > > > > > This failure occurs during the "Select and install softw

Re: Debian 11 DVD ISO install requires mirror to avoid installation failure

2025-01-31 Thread David Wright
> from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step > > is: Select and install software > > > > This failure occurs during the "Select and install software" stage. The > > root cause is an attempt to install security updates from th

Re: Debian 11 DVD ISO install requires mirror to avoid installation failure

2025-01-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
om the official DVD ISO > fails with the following error: > > Installation step failed > An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again > from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step > is: Select and install software > > Thi

Re: Debian 11 DVD ISO install requires mirror to avoid installation failure

2025-01-31 Thread David Wright
om the official DVD ISO > fails with the following error: > > Installation step failed > An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again > from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step > is: Select and install software > > Thi

Re: Ente Auth install problems

2025-01-31 Thread Geert Stappers
the extra mile and provided a nice > repository and a /etc/apt/sources.list.d file/ for an automatic update > experience. > > > This should overwrite the previous executable enteauth. > > > > Without knowing what their package actually does and how good they are > at so

Debian 11 DVD ISO install requires mirror to avoid installation failure

2025-01-30 Thread Mailing List
ation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step is: Select and install software This failure occurs during the "Select and install software" stage. The root cause is an attempt to install security updates fr

Re: Ente Auth install problems [WAS Installing a debian file]

2025-01-30 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
nice repository and a /etc/apt/sources.list.d file/ for an automatic update experience. > This should overwrite the previous executable enteauth. > Without knowing what their package actually does and how good they are at sorting out their own files - that *should* but we don't kno

Re: Re: nvidia driver not loaded after install

2025-01-16 Thread Anil F Duggirala
Thanks Dan, I disabled Secure Boot and sure enough, the driver was loaded. I actually decided to make a clean install of Debian on this machine and left Secure boot disabled. I tried multiple times and was unable to get the driver to load. This is strange however because it did work before. I

Re: nvidia driver not loaded after install

2025-01-15 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jan 15, 2025, Anil F Duggirala wrote: > I am trying to install the Nvidia driver on my Dell XPS 9550 fresh > Debian 12 machine. > > [ 16.905450] Loading of module with unavailable key is rejected > ... > > Can anyone please help me out. Getting Debian to work in this la

nvidia driver not loaded after install

2025-01-15 Thread Anil F Duggirala
I am trying to install the Nvidia driver on my Dell XPS 9550 fresh Debian 12 machine. I followed all instructions in https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Debian_12_.22Bookworm.22 including: apt install linux-headers-amd64 Including the extra instructions given here: https

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