On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 11:28:03AM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
> Charles Curley wrote:
[...]
> > E.g. gaining root privileges with "su" vs. "su -i".
>
> Isn't -i a sudo option rather than an su option?
Yes:
tomas@trotzki:~$ su -i
su: invalid option -- 'i'
Try 'su --help' fo
Charles Curley wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:47:00 +
> "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
>
> > At this point, you are not root and so dpkg -i complains.
>
> Actually she is root (the # in the prompt, and the username@host at
> the beginning of the prompt, assuming she hasn't played with her
> p
On 06/09/2023 05:32, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE
802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Does it mean that your Intel wifi card is a USB one?
dpkg-query --show firmware-iwlwifi
but it is not found
root@debiandesktop-4:/home/
On 06/09/2023 10:12, Michel Verdier wrote:
On 2023-09-05, Charles Curley wrote:
E.g. gaining root privileges with "su" vs. "su -i".
You mean vs "su -" or "su -l" or "su --login" :)
Or "sudo -i" ("sudo --login")
On 2023-09-05, Charles Curley wrote:
> E.g. gaining root privileges with "su" vs. "su -i".
You mean vs "su -" or "su -l" or "su --login" :)
On 2023-09-05, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> You used "su" to become root, I believe. Unfortunately, beginning
> with Debian 9, "su" with no arguments and no configuration doesn't
> behave the way it used to behave. Specifically, it no longer sets the
> PATH variable properly. And so you get the above
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 18:32:08 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE
> 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Bingo. Here's the vendor's information:
https://www.realtek.com/en/products/communications-network-ics/item/rtl8821ce
With
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 06:32:08PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> Here it is and no mention of the wifi.
>
> ~$ lspci
[...]
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE
> 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
It's right there. ^^ See, it says "Wireless" and "Network
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 18:16:54 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> so what you are saying is I should have used su -i and not just su.
Correct.
>
> also I downloaded the file for Bookworm, I did not use the one from
> SID.
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Here it is and no mention of the wifi.
~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core 4-core Desktop
Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [Coffee Lake S] (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-S GT2
[UHD Graphics 630]
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel
so what you are saying is I should have used su -i and not just su.
also I downloaded the file for Bookworm, I did not use the one from SID.
On 9/5/23 4:21 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:47:00 +
"Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
At this point, you are not root and so dpkg -i co
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 10:59:06PM +0100, piorunz wrote:
> On 05/09/2023 05:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> > I tied su and then apt-install and that didn't
> > work.
>
> 1. Yo logged to root incorrectly. Anyway, I suggest to never use root
> account for anything. Use sudo.
That's one valid solutio
On 05/09/2023 05:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I keep getting messages that it is not installed.
Where? Show exact error.
So I went on line and
found a link but it was for Sid. I have bookworm. I did not use it but
I downloaded the one for bookworm, at least I think I did. It is in a
folde
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:43:25 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> I ran it and got
>
> dpkg-query --show firmware-iwlwifi
>
> but it is not found
Ah. Thank you. Now we need to know if you actually need it. Run lspci,
and look over the output for likely keywords: wifi, wireless, 802.11,
etc. On the l
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 03:39:59PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> This is what I did and the errors it produced.
>
> root@debiandesktop-4:/home/maureen/Debian# dpkg -i
> firmware-iwlwifi_20210315-3_all.deb
> dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: warning: 'start-st
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:47:00 +
"Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
> At this point, you are not root and so dpkg -i complains.
Actually she is root (the # in the prompt, and the username@host at the
beginning of the prompt, assuming she hasn't played with her prompts).
What she does not have, apparent
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 03:39:59PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> This is what I did and the errors it produced.
>
> root@debiandesktop-4:/home/maureen/Debian# dpkg -i
> firmware-iwlwifi_20210315-3_all.deb
> dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: warning: 'start-st
I ran it and got
dpkg-query --show firmware-iwlwifi
but it is not found
On 9/5/23 11:12 AM, Charles Curley wrote:
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 00:23:49 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I keep getting messages that [iwlwifi_20230515-3] is not installed. …
Is it important or can I ignore it[?] I do have
This is what I did and the errors it produced.
root@debiandesktop-4:/home/maureen/Debian# dpkg -i
firmware-iwlwifi_20210315-3_all.deb
dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
dpkg: error: 2 expected prog
Yes it is a .deb file and I tried the sudo dpkg -i but did not do the
apt --fix-broken install I will try using both and see what happens.
On 9/5/23 1:40 AM, jeremy ardley wrote:
On 5/9/23 12:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a complete loss
On Tue 05 Sep 2023 at 09:12:58 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 00:23:49 -0400 Maureen L Thomas wrote:
>
> > I keep getting messages that [iwlwifi_20230515-3] is not installed. …
> > Is it important or can I ignore it[?] I do have wifi.
It might help if you write a little more
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 00:23:49 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> I keep getting messages that [iwlwifi_20230515-3] is not installed. …
> Is it important or can I ignore it[?] I do have wifi.
What leads you to think you need it? Please show us the exact error
message.
iwlwifi refers to certain Intel
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 01:40:55PM +0800, jeremy ardley wrote:
>
> On 5/9/23 12:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> > I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a complete loss.
>
>
> Assuming you downloaded a deb file, the usual mechansim is
>
> sudo dpkg - i .deb
>
> sudo apt --fix-bro
On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 3:55 AM Maureen L Thomas
wrote:
> I keep getting messages that it is not installed. So I went on line and
> found a link but it was for Sid. I have bookworm. I did not use it but I
> downloaded the one for bookworm, at least I think I did. It is in a folder
> marked Deb
On 5/9/23 12:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a complete loss.
Assuming you downloaded a deb file, the usual mechansim is
sudo dpkg - i .deb
sudo apt --fix-broken install
On Vi, 21 iun 13, 17:09:51, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> Any recommendation for a Torrent client?
I'm currently using transmission-daemon everywhere, mostly because it
runs as a daemon :)
I've had good results with rtorrent, but it's not easy to configure/use.
Ktorrent is a very versatile GUI app
On 21/06/2013 16:51, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> I don't run Debian at the moment and btdownload* seems to be something
> very hidden.
Sorry, replied-to-sender-only! Repost to list. Keyboard shortcuts >.<
http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=btdownloadcurses&mode=filename&suite
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 05:09:51PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 17:44 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Vi, 21 iun 13, 16:32:33, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > >
> > > Seriously, are there serious, legal torrents for something that is
> > > available by ftp/http/s too, so that we
On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 11:28 -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 05:09:51PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> > Any recommendation for a Torrent client? For downloads from http/ftp I
> > usually use wget and sometimes Firefox instead.
>
> I always use btdownloadcurses. Minimal overhead.
- Original Message -
> From: "Ralf Mardorf"
> Any recommendation for a Torrent client? For downloads from http/ftp
> I
> usually use wget and sometimes Firefox instead.
>
Transmission is pretty easy to get started with. I can't comment on whether
it's faster or slower than others.
-Ro
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 05:09:51PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Any recommendation for a Torrent client? For downloads from http/ftp I
> usually use wget and sometimes Firefox instead.
I always use btdownloadcurses. Minimal overhead.
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On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 10:56 -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> archive.org -- those are available via direct download and bittorrent.
> But I've noticed that some of the torrents are poorly seeded or not
> seeded at all.
Interesting website :), thank you.
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On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 17:44 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Vi, 21 iun 13, 16:32:33, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >
> > Seriously, are there serious, legal torrents for something that is
> > available by ftp/http/s too, so that we can do comparisons?
>
> Debian images.
Thank you, that's a good idea.
On Vi, 21 iun 13, 16:32:33, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> Seriously, are there serious, legal torrents for something that is
> available by ftp/http/s too, so that we can do comparisons?
Debian images.
Kind regards,
Andrei
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- Original Message -
> From: "Ralf Mardorf"
> Seriously, are there serious, legal torrents for something that is
> available by ftp/http/s too, so that we can do comparisons?
>
Linux ISOs -- Debian and CentOS at the very least. In my experience, these
torrents download very fast.
Also
On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 16:48 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> - bittorrent client (some clients are able to download the same torrent
> much faster)
So you perhaps can name some clients that are slow and others that are
fast? I seldom use BitTorrent, but sometimes and have tested several
clients,
On Jo, 20 iun 13, 09:18:29, Conrad Nelson wrote:
> (I have never in all my time seen a single torrent beat the speeds of
> straight up downloading.)
I have. I my experience it may depend on:
- bittorrent client (some clients are able to download the same torrent
much faster)
- seeder/leecher
On Jo, 20 iun 13, 23:22:23, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> I think I remember reading about a discussion of implementing a system
> where apt-get only downloads the changes to files. It wouldn't suprise
> me if something like this was implemented at some point way down the
> track.
apt-cache show deb
On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 14:43 -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> - Original Message -
> > From: "Conrad Nelson"
> >
> > I think the number one reason why Linux package management via
> > Torrent
> > never took off is because it is frankly an incredibly terrible idea.
> >
> > Look, peer-to-peer is a
PPS: And won't downloading and uploading at the same time slow it down
too compared to just downloading?
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> On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 14:43 -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> > Seems like this could be avoided if the existing repos simply seeded
> > every file that they host. Then you could always get the files via
> > BitTorrent even if no other regular users were seeding. Unless I'm
> > missing something, tor
On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 14:43 -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> Seems like this could be avoided if the existing repos simply seeded
> every file that they host. Then you could always get the files via
> BitTorrent even if no other regular users were seeding. Unless I'm
> missing something, torrent downlo
- Original Message -
> From: "Conrad Nelson"
>
> I think the number one reason why Linux package management via
> Torrent
> never took off is because it is frankly an incredibly terrible idea.
>
> Look, peer-to-peer is a great idea on paper, but it has several huge
> strikes against it:
On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 15:55 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Thursday 20 June 2013 15:18:29 Conrad Nelson wrote:
> > (I have never in all my time seen a single torrent beat the
> > speeds of straight up downloading.)
>
> I have never had one take as long. Torrent wins every time on time. And
> gen
On Thursday 20 June 2013 15:18:29 Conrad Nelson wrote:
> (I have never in all my time seen a single torrent beat the
> speeds of straight up downloading.)
I have never had one take as long. Torrent wins every time on time. And
generally, where there is a Torrent available, there is also a strai
On 06/20/2013 06:22 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 03:19:25PM +1000, Charlie wrote:
I don't know enough about this hope someone can help:
My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent:
http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
Is that correct?
Have you tried netselect-apt (I think that's the name), which
determines your fastest Debian mirror and builds a sources file for
you containing the fastest mirror?
On 20 June 2013 14:12, Charlie wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:02:39 -0400 (EDT) "Rob Owens row...@ptd.net"
> sent this:
>
>
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:02:39 -0400 (EDT) "Rob Owens row...@ptd.net"
sent this:
>- Original Message -
>> From: "Charlie"
>>
>> I don't know enough about this hope someone can help:
>>
>> My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent:
>> http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/
- Original Message -
> From: "Charlie"
>
> I don't know enough about this hope someone can help:
>
> My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent:
> http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
>
> Is that correct?
>
As others have already said: no, that is
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:22:23 +1200 "Chris Bannister
cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz" sent this:
>On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 03:19:25PM +1000, Charlie wrote:
>>
>> I don't know enough about this hope someone can help:
>>
>> My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent:
>> http://ftp.a
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 03:19:25PM +1000, Charlie wrote:
>
> I don't know enough about this hope someone can help:
>
> My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent:
> http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
>
> Is that correct?
No, he is confused.
http://en.wikipe
On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:59:18 -0700 "Alan Ianson agian...@gmail.com"
sent this:
>On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:19:25 +1000
>Charlie wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't know enough about this hope someone can help:
>>
>> My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent:
>> http://ftp.au.debian.org/deb
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:44:56 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf
ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net" sent this:
>On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 15:19 +1000, Charlie wrote:
>> I don't know enough about this hope someone can help:
>>
>> My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent:
>> http://ftp.au.debian.org/d
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:19:25 +1000
Charlie wrote:
>
> I don't know enough about this hope someone can help:
>
> My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent:
> http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
>
> Is that correct?
No, that is a debian mirror. :)
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On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 15:19 +1000, Charlie wrote:
> I don't know enough about this hope someone can help:
>
> My ISP CEO suggests that this address is BitTorrent:
> http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
>
> Is that correct?
This isn't a torrent!
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on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:53:57AM -0400, Brian Stults ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> >>BTW what does [ sed -e "s/^\([^,]*\).*$/\1/" ] accomplish? I'm just
> >>grooving on one liners lately and am curious. It seems like -
> >>awk -F : '{print $5}' /etc/passwd is all you need to spit out the full
>
BTW what does [ sed -e "s/^\([^,]*\).*$/\1/" ] accomplish? I'm just
grooving on one liners lately and am curious. It seems like -
awk -F : '{print $5}' /etc/passwd is all you need to spit out the full
names.
Not quite the same thing:
$ awk -F : '/karsten/ {print $5}' /etc/passwd
Karsten
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 08:07:01AM -0500, ktb wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:51:12PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 11:09:07PM -0500, ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:45:29PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > > >
> > > > * Brian Schramm (
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:51:12PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 11:09:07PM -0500, ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:45:29PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > >
> > > * Brian Schramm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:41]:
> > > > Is there a way that
on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 11:09:07PM -0500, ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:45:29PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> >
> > * Brian Schramm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:41]:
> > > Is there a way that I can take a passwd file and compare the full name
> > > data
> > > in it
* ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 21:14]:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:45:29PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> >
> > * Brian Schramm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:41]:
> > > Is there a way that I can take a passwd file and compare the full name
> > > data
> > > in it to the email ldap server and g
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:45:29PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
>
> * Brian Schramm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:41]:
> > Is there a way that I can take a passwd file and compare the full name data
> > in it to the email ldap server and give a a list of what it finds and what
> > it
> > misses?
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:45:29PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
>
> * Brian Schramm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:41]:
> > Is there a way that I can take a passwd file and compare the full name data
> > in it to the email ldap server and give a a list of what it finds and what
> > it
> > misses?
* Brian Schramm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:41]:
> Is there a way that I can take a passwd file and compare the full name data
> in it to the email ldap server and give a a list of what it finds and what it
> misses? I am doing this manually but with the number of users that there are
> inv
Nero does it quite well. You can find instructions on how to use it (and
other burners) at cdimage.debian.org
-Original Message-
From: Geoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 9:43 PM
To: Robert J. Zdebiak
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: just a
well by your email program... your using windoze... ok have you got Easy CD
Creator? Ok in both version 3.5 and 4 go to FILE... then CREATE CD FROM
DISK IMAGE. By default it looks for CIF files ...use the drop-down box and
chose ISO image files ...then just browse and find where you saved the ISO
i
Kent West wrote:
>
> Gustavo Minari wrote:
> >
> > May I have some problems using:
> >
> > Video: SiS 6326
> > Modem: LT Win Modem #2
> > Sound: Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V
> > Printer: Epson Stylus Color II
> > Scanner: Avision - Model: AV260C
> >
> > With your Linux package
> >
> > Please sen
:: On Sat, 27 May 2000 15:53:56 -0500, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> However, concerning the "LT Win Modem #2": winmodems are so named
> because they are designed to work with Microsoft Windows. Except in rare
> cases, they won't work with Linux, or OS/2, or Be, or DOS, or anything
> else
Gustavo Minari wrote:
>
> May I have some problems using:
>
> Video: SiS 6326
> Modem: LT Win Modem #2
> Sound: Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V
> Printer: Epson Stylus Color II
> Scanner: Avision - Model: AV260C
>
> With your Linux package
>
> Please send your response!!!
>
> I´m waiting!!!
>
Well, now I've seen it all... never mind newbie questions about Debian,
but newbie questions about Windows? On a Linux mailing list?
Not to mention the liberal use of the word 'download' :/
Where do these people even get the debian-user mailing list email
address from?
> Mason wrote:
>
> Hello,
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