Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-12-05 Thread Chris Green
Karl Vogel wrote: > Sorry, I'm a bit behind on mail. > > On Sun 17 Nov 2024 at 10:50:31 (-0500), Chris Green wrote: > > I'm running Debian 12 on two systems, on both of them I use large > > terminal (xfce4) windows quite extensively and I use a light grey > > background in the terminal windows.

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-12-05 Thread Karl Vogel
Sorry, I'm a bit behind on mail. On Sun 17 Nov 2024 at 10:50:31 (-0500), Chris Green wrote: > I'm running Debian 12 on two systems, on both of them I use large > terminal (xfce4) windows quite extensively and I use a light grey > background in the terminal windows. This means that the default X >

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-20 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Dear community, Am Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 09:57:18AM + schrieb Eric S Fraga: > Response below/inline for email Chris Green wrote: > > (original email sent 17 Nov 2024 at 21:13) > > > > Felix Miata wrote: > >> I use dmz-cursor-theme in Debian and elsewhere that offer it. It comes in > >> variou

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-19 Thread David Wright
On Mon 18 Nov 2024 at 21:17:48 (+), Chris Green wrote: > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > > Thus I have managed to improve the visibility of the mouse cursor on > > > terminal windows by changing to the DMZ (White) theme and increasing > > > the cursor size a bit.

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-19 Thread Jonathan Dowland
I'm not aware of an existing theme that provides an I-bar that you describe, but, I found writing my own cursor theme (in my case to override just the pointer) relatively straightforward, so I would encourage you to try. The themes can inherit from others so you would only need to describe the I-ba

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread Fred
On 11/18/24 14:17, Chris Green wrote: debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Chris Green wrote: Chris Green wrote: Charles Curley wrote: On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 + Chris Green wrote: So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually change the I-Beam cursor? I've looked

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread Chris Green
debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > > Charles Curley wrote: > > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 + > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > > > So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually > > > > > change the I-Beam cursor?

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Charles Curley wrote: > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 + > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually > > > > change the I-Beam cursor? I've looked at a couple of other > > > > sets of c

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 08:25:33PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color > > > > > when t

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread tomas
On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 08:25:33PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color when > > > > the cursor is in them. In the se

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread Eric S Fraga
Response below/inline for email Chris Green wrote: > (original email sent 17 Nov 2024 at 21:13) > > Felix Miata wrote: >> I use dmz-cursor-theme in Debian and elsewhere that offer it. It comes in >> various >> sizes, plus two colors, black and white. >> >> On Debian I typically add >> >>

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Chris Green
Chris Green wrote: > Charles Curley wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 + > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually change the > > > I-Beam cursor? I've looked at a couple of other sets of cursor themes > > > and they don't change the I

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Chris Green
Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 + > Chris Green wrote: > > > So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually change the > > I-Beam cursor? I've looked at a couple of other sets of cursor themes > > and they don't change the I-Beam at all, they just change all

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 + Chris Green wrote: > So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually change the > I-Beam cursor? I've looked at a couple of other sets of cursor themes > and they don't change the I-Beam at all, they just change all the > other ones. Yes. I get a ni

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Chris Green
Felix Miata wrote: > Chris Green composed on 2024-11-17 15:40 (UTC): > > > I'm running Debian 12 on two systems, on both of them I use large > > terminal (xfce4) windows quite extensively and I use a light grey > > background in the terminal windows. > > > This means that the default X cursor is

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
Dan Ritter wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color when > > > the cursor is in them. In the settings for xfterminal, I'm > > > pretty sure you can set that. Go look? > > > > > It's

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Felix Miata
Chris Green composed on 2024-11-17 15:40 (UTC): > I'm running Debian 12 on two systems, on both of them I use large > terminal (xfce4) windows quite extensively and I use a light grey > background in the terminal windows. > This means that the default X cursor isn't very visible when it's > somew

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Darac Marjal
You might try the "chameleon-cursor-theme" package. There are several coloured cursors in that, hopefully one of theme is more visible. On 17/11/2024 15:40, Chris Green wrote: I'm running Debian 12 on two systems, on both of them I use large terminal (xfce4) windows quite extensively and I use

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Chris Green wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color when > > the cursor is in them. In the settings for xfterminal, I'm > > pretty sure you can set that. Go look? > > > It's not the terminal cursor so I don't think

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Chris Green
Dan Ritter wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color when > the cursor is in them. In the settings for xfterminal, I'm > pretty sure you can set that. Go look? > It's not the terminal cursor so I don't think the terminal can do anything aboout

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Chris Green wrote: Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color when the cursor is in them. In the settings for xfterminal, I'm pretty sure you can set that. Go look? -dsr-

Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread Chris Green
I'm running Debian 12 on two systems, on both of them I use large terminal (xfce4) windows quite extensively and I use a light grey background in the terminal windows. This means that the default X cursor isn't very visible when it's somewhere in one of the terminal windows and I often have troubl

Re: Looking for a qr code reader/displayer

2024-07-30 Thread gene heskett
On 7/30/24 07:12, gene heskett wrote: On 7/29/24 21:57, Dan Ritter wrote: gene heskett wrote: Un-fortunately, in synaptic, only the first hit seems to have a displayable screenshot. All the rest only have an empty box. So assuming i'm missing the display things, what am I missing? And assumi

Re: Looking for a qr code reader/displayer

2024-07-30 Thread gene heskett
On 7/29/24 21:57, Dan Ritter wrote: gene heskett wrote: Un-fortunately, in synaptic, only the first hit seems to have a displayable screenshot. All the rest only have an empty box. So assuming i'm missing the display things, what am I missing? And assuming I could display them since the first

Re: Looking for a qr code reader/displayer

2024-07-29 Thread gene heskett
don''t have it yet.. Installed quite a list of new stuff, including kernel. should reboot. Later, after reboot. *From:* gene heskett *Sent:* Monday, July 29, 2024 4:15 PM *To:* debian-user@lists.debian.org *Subject:*

Re: Looking for a qr code reader/displayer

2024-07-29 Thread Dan Ritter
gene heskett wrote: > Un-fortunately, in synaptic, only the first hit seems to have a displayable > screenshot. All the rest only have an empty box. > > So assuming i'm missing the display things, what am I missing? > > And assuming I could display them since the first hit seems to have a > scre

Re: Looking for a qr code reader/displayer

2024-07-29 Thread allan grossman
zbarcam-gtk or zbarcam-qt should get you where you need to be but I've never used them. cheers - From: gene heskett Sent: Monday, July 29, 2024 4:15 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Looking for a qr code reader/displayer Un-fortunatel

Looking for a qr code reader/displayer

2024-07-29 Thread gene heskett
Un-fortunately, in synaptic, only the first hit seems to have a displayable screenshot. All the rest only have an empty box. So assuming i'm missing the display things, what am I missing? And assuming I could display them since the first hit seems to have a screenshot, which seems to be random

Re: Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external display actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2?

2024-06-08 Thread Max Nikulin
On 06/06/2024 16:57, Lists wrote: As I don't do anything remotely graphically taxing I don't need a speedy GPU. More powerful GPU may mean better quality of local (offline) AI assistant. Perhaps it is too early to say that it is must have, but it seems changes are coming.

Re: Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external display actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2?

2024-06-06 Thread Lists
On 2024-06-03 23:50, Felix Miata wrote: Lists composed on 2024-06-03 22:39 (UTC+0200): I am thinking of replacing my old workstation with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2. That's a model line, not a model. It's available with multiple CPU/GPU combinations. You are correct. That slipped by me wh

Re: Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external display actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2?

2024-06-03 Thread Felix Miata
Lists composed on 2024-06-03 22:39 (UTC+0200): > I am thinking of replacing my old workstation with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 > Gen 2. That's a model line, not a model. It's available with multiple CPU/GPU combinations. To use it as described, I suggest to get one with only one GPU. Most problems

Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external display actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2?

2024-06-03 Thread Lists
Hi all, I am thinking of replacing my old workstation with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2. There's one thing that makes me hesitate though: on my current laptop (Thinkpad P1 Gen 1) the external display is hardwired to a specific port. Sadly, I have never been able to use any external display wit

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to optical discs

2024-01-25 Thread Anders Andersson
On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 4:03 PM Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > About timestamps and incremental backup: > > If you only go for mtime, them you miss changes of file attributes > which are indicated by ctime. > Even more, timestamps alone are not a reliable way to determine which > files are new at their

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to optical discs

2024-01-23 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, David Christensen wrote: > I have a SOHO file server with ~1 TB of data. I would like archive the data > by burning it to a series of optical discs organized by time (e.g. mtime). > I expect to periodically burn additional discs in the future, each covering > a span of time from the previous

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to optical discs

2024-01-22 Thread David Christensen
burn additional discs in the future, each covering a span of time from the previous last disc to the then-current time. I am looking for FOSS software for Unix platforms that goes beyond a disc burner with multi-volume spanning. The term "archive management system" comes to mind. C

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to opticaldiscs

2024-01-22 Thread David Christensen
discs in the future, each covering a span of time from the previous last disc to the then-current time. I am looking for FOSS software for Unix platforms that goes beyond a disc burner with multi-volume spanning.  The term "archive management system" comes to mind. Comments or s

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to optical discs

2024-01-22 Thread Charles Curley
al discs in the > future, each covering a span of time from the previous last disc to > the then-current time. > > > I am looking for FOSS software for Unix platforms that goes beyond a > disc burner with multi-volume spanning. The term "archive management > system"

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to opticaldiscs

2024-01-22 Thread gene heskett
of time from the previous last disc to the then-current time. I am looking for FOSS software for Unix platforms that goes beyond a disc burner with multi-volume spanning.  The term "archive management system" comes to mind. Comments or suggestions? Take a look at amanda, al

Looking for archive management system for backups burned to optical discs

2024-01-22 Thread David Christensen
then-current time. I am looking for FOSS software for Unix platforms that goes beyond a disc burner with multi-volume spanning. The term "archive management system" comes to mind. Comments or suggestions? David

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-24 Thread Christoph K.
Hi Marco, thanks for taking the time to reply. Am Tue, 22 Aug 2023 20:24:39 +0200 schrieb Marco Möller : > Having had the same problem to solve for myself I ended up to use: > Noto sans for all my GUI > Liberation Mono for coding The "Noto Sans" has an almost identical

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-22 Thread Marco Möller
On 19.08.23 21:19, Christoph K. wrote: Could you please recommend a "suitable" sans-serif font that a) (...) b) (...) c) (...) d) (...) Thanks, Christoph Having had the same problem to solve for myself I ended up to use: Noto sans for all my GUI Liberation Mono for coding

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-22 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 09:19:48PM +0200, Christoph K. wrote: Could you please recommend a "suitable" sans-serif font that A lot of your criteria are rather subjective. For packaged fonts you might look at "hack" (https://source-foundry.github.io/Hack/font-specimen.html) or "go" (https://go.

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-21 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Mon Aug 21 16:23:25 2023 "Christoph K." wrote: > Am Sun, 20 Aug 2023 21:41:04 + > schrieb "Russell L. Harris" : > >> On the 3, 5, 6, and 9, open the end of the loops, and shorten the >> horizontal stroke on top of the 5 so the 5 is not mistaken for an S. >> Always put horizontal strokes o

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-21 Thread Richmond
debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Cindy Sue Causey wrote: >> My own mind went to the place of thinking sans serif was about those >> very lines. I just didn't make it to thinking that would make it hard >> to find any alternate in that family. My long time preference is >> developer-weary-eye-f

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-21 Thread Christoph K.
Am Sun, 20 Aug 2023 21:41:04 + schrieb "Russell L. Harris" : > On the 3, 5, 6, and 9, open the end of the loops, and shorten the > horizontal stroke on top of the 5 so the 5 is not mistaken for an S. > Always put horizontal strokes on I. Make the 1 with a flag on the > upper end and put a hor

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-20 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 15:45 James H. H. Lampert wrote: > What Herr Rönnquist said. > And given that I actually *do* set type with some regularity, ... > (And for the record, my "go-to fonts" are all versions of Garamond.) Wow, another Garamond lover! I do, too, love it (and bought a copy of

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:14:20PM +0200, Christoph K. wrote: And I loathe fonts in which the numerals 3, 5, 6, and 9 are not radically different. Interesting point. Didn't pay much attention to these numerals, yet. Back in the 1970's, I ran across a detailed study of character shape with res

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-20 Thread Christoph K.
`liberation > mono regular' looks promising. I do admit that I wasn't specific enough in my first question. When I wrote "sans serif", I meant "a not serif font". Actually I wasn't looking for a monospace font either (but didn't state that explicitly). For now "IBM Plex" seems to do a good job. Thanks, Christoph

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-20 Thread James H. H. Lampert
What Herr Rönnquist said. And given that I actually *do* set type with some regularity, I can say from experience that, with the exception of some monospaced examples that are only *nominally* sans-serif (e.g., Bitstream Swiss Monospaced), sans-serif fonts in which uppercase I and lowercase l

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-20 Thread Frank
Op 19-08-2023 om 21:19 schreef Christoph K.: I'm unsatisfied with the default sans font in debian for use in the graphical user interface (in my case XFCE). To be honest, I've long since forgotten what the default is. I've used Liberation Mono Regular everywhere in my Xfce DE for ages and I hav

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-20 Thread Karl Vogel
On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 03:29:22PM -0400, Christoph K. wrote: > > I'm unsatisfied with the default sans font in debian for use in the > graphical user interface (in my case XFCE). I use BSD and Linux, and my eyesight sucks. For console work (23" monitor that's about 2 feet away) I use an Xterm w

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Nate Bargmann
For a proportional font, Verdana, Regular seems to come close with, it seems to me, good differentiation between l, I, and 1. O and 0 are a bit problematic as 0 is not dotted or slashed but is more of an ellipse. On this GNOME desktop the interface is set to Cantarell, Regular, and while it has a

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 16:15 Russell L. Harris wrote: > bumper sticker: DYSLEXICS UNTIE! I concur on sans comments. You might take a look at the Free* fonts family (Debian packages “fonts-freefont-ttf” and “fonts-freefont-otf”). -Tom

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Russell L. Harris
bumper sticker: DYSLEXICS UNTIE!

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread debian-user
Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > My own mind went to the place of thinking sans serif was about those > very lines. I just didn't make it to thinking that would make it hard > to find any alternate in that family. > > My long time preference is developer-weary-eye-friendly > fonts-anonymous-pro for wha

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 8/19/23, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: > On Sat, 19 Aug 2023 21:19:48 +0200, > Christoph K. wrote: >> >>I'm unsatisfied with the default sans font in debian for use in the >>graphical user interface (in my case XFCE). >> >>My main concern with the default sans font (I guess it's Bitsream Vera, >>but

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am a XFCE user with a similar taste in fonts, but I have no need for umlaut. I am concerned primarily with the distinction between numeral 1 and lower case L. And I loathe fonts in which the numerals 3, 5, 6, and 9 are not radically different. Back in the 1970's, I ran across a detailed st

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
On Sat, 19 Aug 2023 21:19:48 +0200, Christoph K. wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm unsatisfied with the default sans font in debian for use in the >graphical user interface (in my case XFCE). > >My main concern with the default sans font (I guess it's Bitsream Vera, >but that doesn't really matter) is the th

Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Christoph K.
Hi all, I'm unsatisfied with the default sans font in debian for use in the graphical user interface (in my case XFCE). My main concern with the default sans font (I guess it's Bitsream Vera, but that doesn't really matter) is the the small 'L' and the capital 'i' look the same (mostly). Everyon

I'm looking for a specific debian armhf / armel release

2023-06-17 Thread Mario Marietto
Hello to every Debian wonderful user. I've installed Ubuntu 14.04 + kernel 3.13 + kvm on my Samsung Chromebook ARM "SNOW" model XE303C12. Almost everything works (but not the mouse usb). My goal is to upgrade Ubuntu (kernel and userland and I want to keep kvm enabled). I would like to compile and

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-25 Thread DdB
Am 25.04.2023 um 15:43 schrieb David Wright: > On Tue 25 Apr 2023 at 09:11:23 (+0200), DdB wrote: (...) > > The problem lies with the user accounts 101–999 (and releated groups), > which are system accounts created in a somewhat random manner as > packages are installed on each system. Those ≤100

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-25 Thread David Wright
On Tue 25 Apr 2023 at 09:11:23 (+0200), DdB wrote: > Am 25.04.2023 um 02:18 schrieb David Christensen: > > I have a SOHO network with FreeBSD servers and Debian, Windows, macOS, > > and iOS clients.  The hardware is anywhere from new to 16 years old. > > Where possible, I install a 2.5" SATA 6 Gbps

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-25 Thread DdB
Am 25.04.2023 um 02:18 schrieb David Christensen: > I have a SOHO network with FreeBSD servers and Debian, Windows, macOS, > and iOS clients.  The hardware is anywhere from new to 16 years old. > Where possible, I install a 2.5" SATA 6 Gbps trayless mobile racks in > the computers and use 2.5" SATA

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 12:16:54AM +0200, DdB wrote: > Thank you for providing your take on this. > > Am 24.04.2023 um 19:46 schrieb Dan Ritter: > > Upgrade buster to bullseye, reboot, upgrade to bookworm. > > Read the release notes for bullseye. Change /etc/apt/sources.list to suit. Upgrade b

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread David Christensen
On 4/24/23 08:53, DdB wrote: Hi list, while still on debian buster (old-old-stable soon), i am approaching the point, where i will be ready to upgrade. I do have backup(s) from different points in time, and can carry out restore to a VM, that is almost identical to my main system, that i can use

Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread DdB
Am 24.04.2023 um 23:04 schrieb Timothy M Butterworth: > https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/update-upgrade-debian-10-to-debian-11-bullseye/  > > Usually this is the safest way. But why don't you upgrade sooner to > bullseye ? Do you have some problematic packages ? thank you for the link sugges

Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread DdB
Thank you for providing your take on this. Am 24.04.2023 um 19:46 schrieb Dan Ritter: > Upgrade buster to bullseye, reboot, upgrade to bookworm. > > Solve the final set of problems, not all the intermediates which > may have been fixed. interesting consideration there. :-) > (...) If you have own

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 1:06 PM Michel Verdier wrote: > Le 24 avril 2023 DdB a écrit : > > > 1. Upgrade from current configuration using upgrade path tools (apt) and > > plan only one step (going to bullseye) at a time, eventually having to > > upgrade a second time later. > https://www.cybercit

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread Dan Ritter
DdB wrote: > while still on debian buster (old-old-stable soon), i am approaching the > point, where i will be ready to upgrade. I do have backup(s) from > different points in time, and can carry out restore to a VM, that is > almost identical to my main system, that i can use as a playground for

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread Michel Verdier
Le 24 avril 2023 DdB a écrit : > 1. Upgrade from current configuration using upgrade path tools (apt) and > plan only one step (going to bullseye) at a time, eventually having to > upgrade a second time later. Usually this is the safest way. But why don't you upgrade sooner to bullseye ? Do you h

Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread DdB
Hi list, while still on debian buster (old-old-stable soon), i am approaching the point, where i will be ready to upgrade. I do have backup(s) from different points in time, and can carry out restore to a VM, that is almost identical to my main system, that i can use as a playground for playing th

Re: Looking for "Package Verification with dpkg: Implementation" Document

2023-03-07 Thread David Wright
On Tue 07 Mar 2023 at 12:19:21 (+0100), Cédric Van Rompay wrote: > > I was looking at [the debsig-verify project]( > https://salsa.debian.org/dpkg-team/debsig-verify) and I cannot find which > document is refered to in this part of the man pages: > > > This program implements the verification spe

Re: Looking for "Package Verification with dpkg: Implementation" Document

2023-03-07 Thread Max Nikulin
On 07/03/2023 18:19, Cédric Van Rompay wrote: > This program implements the verification specs defined in the document, "Package Verification with dpkg: Implementation", which is a more complete reference for the verification procedure. ... Any idea which document is this refering to? From

Looking for "Package Verification with dpkg: Implementation" Document

2023-03-07 Thread Cédric Van Rompay
Hi, I was looking at [the debsig-verify project]( https://salsa.debian.org/dpkg-team/debsig-verify) and I cannot find which document is refered to in this part of the man pages: > This program implements the verification specs defined in the document, "Package Verification with dpkg: Implementati

[SOLVED] Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2023-02-25 Thread piorunz
On 07/09/2022 09:41, piorunz wrote: and the there's anydesk, with conditions just as nomachine. anydesk.com [1] https://www.nomachine.com/ Thanks for your replies guys. These solutions are overkill to my needs, I just need reliable LAN access from one machine to another, as for WAN access

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-24 Thread Erwan David
Le 24/02/2023 à 18:41, Brian a écrit : On Fri 24 Feb 2023 at 18:25:24 +0100, Erwan David wrote: Le 24/02/2023 à 17:45, Brian a écrit : On Wed 22 Feb 2023 at 17:49:13 +0100, Erwan David wrote: Hi, hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/passw

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-24 Thread Erwan David
Le 24/02/2023 à 17:45, Brian a écrit : On Wed 22 Feb 2023 at 17:49:13 +0100, Erwan David wrote: Hi, hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 119, in __readAuthType     distro_name = get_distro_std_name(os_name)   

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-24 Thread Erwan David
Le 22/02/2023 à 18:46, Celejar a écrit : On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:49:13 +0100 Erwan David wrote: Hi, hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 119, in __readAuthType     distro_name = get_distro_std_name(os_name)    

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:49:13 +0100 Erwan David wrote: Hello Erwan, >I opend a bug for a missing dependency, but do someone know of a >workaround ? Further to Celejar's response, I can confirm that editing password.py as suggested in the bug report he mentions, does indeed work. -- Regards

Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-22 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:49:13 +0100 Erwan David wrote: > Hi, > > hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with > >   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 119, in __readAuthType >     distro_name = get_distro_std_name(os_name) >   ^^^ > Name

hplip : looking for a workaround

2023-02-22 Thread Erwan David
Hi, hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with   File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 119, in __readAuthType     distro_name = get_distro_std_name(os_name)   ^^^ NameError: name 'get_distro_std_name' is not defined. Did you mean: 'get_dist

Re: Looking for an advanced offline touch typing tutor

2023-02-21 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 9:04 AM Yassine Chaouche wrote: > > I've been thinking : > why does the space bar span 6 keys? The space originated as two keys, one on each side of the typewriter. When it was implemented, the designers decided to join the two keys into a bar. http://xahlee.info/kbd/type

Re: Looking for an advanced offline touch typing tutor

2023-02-20 Thread local10
Feb 20, 2023, 11:15 by ottavio2006-usenet2...@yahoo.com: > I've tried Klavaro, Gtypist and tipp10 but they all look too basic to me. > > I need an offline tutor that supports multiple layouts and has also exercises > on advanced characters. > > Is there any such a thing? > > [1] https://www.keybr

Re: Looking for an advanced offline touch typing tutor

2023-02-20 Thread Stefan Monnier
> why does the space bar span 6 keys? Because you chose a keyboard whose designers liked the number 6 for the space bar. The one I currently use only spans 5 keys, I'm sure others are shorter and yet others may be longer. Stefan

Re: Looking for an advanced offline touch typing tutor

2023-02-20 Thread Yassine Chaouche
Hello Ottavio, Recently, I've been thinking : why does the space bar span 6 keys? should I try another layout? I heard dvorak was optimal. What do you think about it? Best, -- yassine -- sysadm +213-779 06 06 23 http://about.me/ychaouche Looking for side gigs.

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-09 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/7/22 10:11 PM, David wrote: > On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 11:44, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/7/22 7:45 PM, David wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 02:49, Chuck Zmudzinski > > > wrote: > > > > On 9/7/2022 12:13 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > > > > > I use the tigervnc-standalone-serve

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread David
On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 11:44, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/7/22 7:45 PM, David wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 02:49, Chuck Zmudzinski > > wrote: > > > On 9/7/2022 12:13 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > > > I use the tigervnc-standalone-server which is in the Debian packages > > > > archi

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/7/22 7:45 PM, David wrote: > On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 02:49, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/7/2022 12:13 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > I use the tigervnc-standalone-server which is in the Debian packages > > > archives. I use it only on a trusted LAN network so I don't need an > > > enc

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread David
On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 02:49, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/7/2022 12:13 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > I use the tigervnc-standalone-server which is in the Debian packages > > archives. I use it only on a trusted LAN network so I don't need an > > encrypted vnc connection either, and I can acc

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/7/2022 12:13 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/7/2022 4:41 AM, piorunz wrote: > > On 07/09/2022 05:58, notoneofmyseeds wrote: > > > On 07.09.22 06:19, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > > > > >>> > > >> I've switched to NoMachine [1] a long time ago. > > >> It has all features I need, which ar

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/7/2022 4:41 AM, piorunz wrote: > On 07/09/2022 05:58, notoneofmyseeds wrote: > > On 07.09.22 06:19, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > > >>> > >> I've switched to NoMachine [1] a long time ago. > >> It has all features I need, which are multi-platform and cross-OS > >> support, public key authe

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 5:24 PM Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > >>> [1] https://www.nomachine.com/ > > > > Thanks for your replies guys. These solutions are overkill to my needs, > > I just need reliable LAN access from one machine to another, > NoMachine does exactly that. > It seems to be ver

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 07.09.2022 13:41, piorunz wrote: On 07/09/2022 05:58, notoneofmyseeds wrote: On 07.09.22 06:19, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: I've switched to NoMachine [1] a long time ago. It has all features I need, which are multi-platform and cross-OS support, public key authentication, reliable file

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 10:41 AM piorunz wrote: > > Thanks for your replies guys. These solutions are overkill to my needs, > I just need reliable LAN access from one machine to another, as for WAN > access I already have ssh tunnel which tunnels all traffic I want if > need be. So, I don't think

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Stanislav Vlasov
ср, 7 сент. 2022 г. в 13:41, piorunz : > > anydesk.com > >> [1] https://www.nomachine.com/ > > Thanks for your replies guys. These solutions are overkill to my needs, > I just need reliable LAN access from one machine to another, as for WAN > access I already have ssh tunnel which tunnels all traff

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread piorunz
On 07/09/2022 05:58, notoneofmyseeds wrote: On 07.09.22 06:19, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: I've switched to NoMachine [1] a long time ago. It has all features I need, which are multi-platform and cross-OS support, public key authentication, reliable file transfer between hosts, and complete

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-06 Thread notoneofmyseeds
On 07.09.22 06:19, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: I've switched to NoMachine [1] a long time ago. It has all features I need, which are multi-platform and cross-OS support, public key authentication, reliable file transfer between hosts, and completely free no strings attached license for perso

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-06 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 07.09.2022 01:49, piorunz wrote: Hi all, ... Any suggestions welcome! I've switched to NoMachine [1] a long time ago. It has all features I need, which are multi-platform and cross-OS support, public key authentication, reliable file transfer between hosts, and completely free no strings

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-06 Thread piorunz
I thought of one more thing: This could be remote client causing this. I almost exclusively use KRDC client to log into this VNC server, so maybe something is there which cause this. But I am willing to change a VNC server rather than debug a client - simply because a server should never crash. -

Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-06 Thread piorunz
Hi all, For years, out of inertia, I have been using x11vnc in a screen session to provide remote desktop access to my local home server. So simply speaking I see my logged in X session, with my desktop and running programs, and I can manage it remotely from another machine. my x11vnc in screen

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