Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> Unfortunately I cannot install anything. I used the command line and
> the app but neither of them will work. I have no idea what to do next.
> I used su and sudo first. It just keeps saying it cannot connect with
> the base from which I get updates, etc. I used th
On 5/1/23 18:51, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
Unfortunately I cannot install anything. I used the command line and
the app but neither of them will work. I have no idea what to do next.
I used su and sudo first. It just keeps saying it cannot connect with
the base from which I get updates, etc.
Hi,
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> I used the reinstall on brasero and it just said that it was up to date.
What error message does Brasero issue before refusing to work ?
What optical medium type do you give Brasero for burning ?
I can probably help with composing a xorriso run which performs a simi
On 5/1/23 19:51, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
Unfortunately I cannot install anything. I used the command line and the app
but neither of them will work. I have no idea what to do next. I used su and
sudo first. It just keeps saying it cannot connect with the base from which I
get updates, et
On 2023-05-01 at 21:51, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> Unfortunately I cannot install anything. I used the command line and
> the app but neither of them will work.
I suspect that if you don't have the various directories under /var/,
you may not be able to use apt or aptitude or synaptic or the like
Unfortunately I cannot install anything. I used the command line and
the app but neither of them will work. I have no idea what to do next.
I used su and sudo first. It just keeps saying it cannot connect with
the base from which I get updates, etc. I used the reinstall on brasero
and it j
This Debian-user thread seems to have gone silent, but it is not clear whether
your problem is solved. If it is, just ignore this and move on. If not:
The Wanderer, in an earlier post (04/28/2023 at 19;02), suggested reinstalling
the base-files package. I believe this is the correct procedure,
On 4/28/23 17:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I am 72 and have forgotten a few things. I looked up debian/var and was
told I could delete /var/log/
and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/. I left cores alone and deleted the other
two. Now I cannot burn a backup, download files and even go to web
sites f
On Fri 28 Apr 2023 at 22:36:39 (-0400), Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> Here is what I got.
>
> root@debian:/var# /bin/ls -ld */
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 28 15:46 backups/
> drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Apr 12 20:20 cache/
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 28 20:59 cores/
> drwxr-xr-x
Hi,
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> even after a reboot I still cannot burn a back up disk.
In case the crisis lasts longer or you need to make a backup before its
solution:
What program do you use to burn your backups and what does it report
when failing ?
What kind of media shall be burnt ?
Have a
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 10:05:01PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> Yes my figures are very similar to yours. But even after a reboot I still
> cannot burn a back up disk.
One problem may be that /var/log has subdirectories which don't
belong to root. Applications trying to write their logs might
Here is what I got.
root@debian:/var# /bin/ls -ld */
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 28 15:46 backups/
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Apr 12 20:20 cache/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 28 20:59 cores/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 13 2020 games/
drwxr-xr-x 62 root root 4096 Apr 12
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 10:05:01PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> Yes my figures are very similar to yours. But even after a reboot I still
> cannot burn a back up disk.
Do not look at the NUMBERS.
OWNER.
GROUP.
PERMISSIONS.
The numbers mean nothing.
> On 4/28/23 9:04 PM, Greg Wooledge wro
Yes my figures are very similar to yours. But even after a reboot I
still cannot burn a back up disk.
On 4/28/23 9:04 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 08:57:47PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is running
out of roo
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 08:57:47PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is running
> out of room. All I could find is the directions to delete said files. I
> will put them back, now.
Make sure you get the ownership and permissions corre
On 2023-04-28 at 20:46, Jeremy Ardley wrote:
> On 29/4/23 08:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
>
>> I am 72 and have forgotten a few things. I looked up debian/var and
>> was told I could delete /var/log/
>>
>> and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/.
I'd guess that this was *probably* meant as a direction to
OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is
running out of room. All I could find is the directions to delete said
files. I will put them back, now.
On 4/28/23 8:46 PM, Jeremy Ardley wrote:
On 29/4/23 08:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I am 72 and have forgotten a few thi
Dear Mrs. Thomas,
Maureen L Thomas writes:
> (...)
> I was thinking of upgrading
> online but don't want to loose my data.
First of all, please do back-up your *important* data.
Such as pictures, video clips, diary, some text docs, etc.
(Also i'm Debian user with Debian Bullseye under ThinkPad
On 29/4/23 08:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I am 72 and have forgotten a few things. I looked up debian/var and
was told I could delete /var/log/
and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/. I left cores alone and deleted the
other two. Now I cannot burn a backup, download files and even go to
web sites
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