Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-23 Thread Michael Howard
On 23/02/2021 08:13, Darac Marjal wrote: On 22/02/2021 22:56, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came thru in a pinch. Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone goofy?

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-23 Thread Darac Marjal
On 22/02/2021 22:56, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > >> I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came >> thru >> in a pinch. > > Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone > goofy? > > I went looking for duck

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:21:30 -0500 (EST) Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. > > Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I > specify 'Boston Red Sox'. > > Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? > > Thank you. just dow

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 2:15 PM Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came > thru > > in a pinch. > > Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has > gone goofy? Because I had

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came thru in a pinch. Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone goofy? I went looking for duckduckgo search syntax and found what I need, which is not

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came thru in a pinch. Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone goofy? I went looking for duckduckgo search syntax and found what I need, which is not

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Darac Marjal
On 22/02/2021 18:21, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. > > Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I specify > 'Boston Red Sox'. > > Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? This sounds like https://github.com/jarun/ddgr/issues

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 12:29 PM Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. > > Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I > specify 'Boston Red Sox'. > > Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? > Is this soothing enough? I had the same

'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Bob Bernstein
I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I specify 'Boston Red Sox'. Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? Thank you. -- RSB

Re: thunderbird / icedove directory snafu ?

2019-07-28 Thread Andrea Borgia
Il 22/07/19 08:24, Andrea Borgia ha scritto: Basically, the keep the TB version currently in testing happy, I need .icedove to be a symlink to .thunderbird even if I have completed the transition long ago. Filed a bug, even if I found a solution: 933274: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrep

thunderbird / icedove directory snafu ?

2019-07-21 Thread Andrea Borgia
Hi. I am aware TB in Debian went through a rebranding to Icedove and back to the original name because... well, reasons. The new userprofile directory is supposed to be .thunderbird and the system checks whether .icedove still exists and it's not a symlink: in this case it will abort and dis

Re: How to recover after unintentional 'dpkg --unpack' ? (was ... Re: Dpkg SNAFU was Re: Oops!)

2013-08-11 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013, Bob Proulx wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > have resulted in Gnome being install, too. More or less. So I > > > > just did as root in /root a 'dpkg --download,' and then an > > > > '--unpack' thinking that would uncompress the .deb file in /root > > > > from which I wo

Re: How to recover after unintentional 'dpkg --unpack' ? (was ... Re: Dpkg SNAFU was Re: Oops!)

2013-08-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > have resulted in Gnome being install, too. More or less. So I > > > just did as root in /root a 'dpkg --download,' and then an > > > '--unpack' thinking that would uncompress the .deb file in /root > > > from which I would get the single svg file I needed, and then jus

Re: How to recover after unintentional 'dpkg --unpack' ? (was ... Re: Dpkg SNAFU was Re: Oops!)

2013-08-11 Thread Patrick Bartek
gt;>>> Changing subject as suggested by Chris, and reposting original > >>>> question. > >>>> - > >>>> > >>> > >>> Still an unhelpful question, esp

Re: How to recover after unintentional 'dpkg --unpack' ? (was ... Re: Dpkg SNAFU was Re: Oops!)

2013-08-11 Thread Patrick Bartek
nd reposting original > >>> question. > >>> - > >> > >> Still an unhelpful question, esp when one knows the true meaning of > >> SNAFU > >> > >>> have resulted in Gno

Re: How to recover after unintentional 'dpkg --unpack' ? (was ... Re: Dpkg SNAFU was Re: Oops!)

2013-08-11 Thread Kailash
. - Still an unhelpful question, esp when one knows the true meaning of SNAFU have resulted in Gnome being install, too. More or less. So I just did as root in /root a 'dpkg --download,' and then an '--unpack' thinking that would

Re: How to recover after unintentional 'dpkg --unpack' ? (was ... Re: Dpkg SNAFU was Re: Oops!)

2013-08-10 Thread Dom
. - Still an unhelpful question, esp when one knows the true meaning of SNAFU have resulted in Gnome being install, too. More or less. So I just did as root in /root a 'dpkg --download,' and then an '--unpack' thinking that would uncompress the .deb file in /root from which I

Re: How to recover after unintentional 'dpkg --unpack' ? (was ... Re: Dpkg SNAFU was Re: Oops!)

2013-08-10 Thread Patrick Bartek
Still an unhelpful question, esp when one knows the true meaning of > SNAFU > > > have resulted in Gnome being install, too. More or less. So I > > just did as root in /root a 'dpkg --download,' and then an > > '--unpack' thinking that would uncompress

How to recover after unintentional 'dpkg --unpack' ? (was ... Re: Dpkg SNAFU was Re: Oops!)

2013-08-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 06:13:20PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Changing subject as suggested by Chris, and reposting original question. > - Still an unhelpful question, esp when one knows the true meaning of SNAFU

Dpkg SNAFU was Re: Oops!

2013-08-10 Thread Lisi Reisz
> This is the second try replying to your post. The first one failed to > send. Don't know why. > > I did. The original subject was "Oops! Dpkg SNAFU," but when I posted > it only "Oops!" showed up. Don't k

Re: upgrade snafu

2013-03-02 Thread Frank McCormick
On 01/03/13 05:30 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Frank McCormick wrote: localepurge: checking for existence of /var/cache/localepurge/localelist... localepurge: checking system for new locale ... Segmentation fault E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Post-Invoke 'if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps

Re: upgrade snafu

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Frank McCormick wrote: > localepurge: checking for existence of > /var/cache/localepurge/localelist... localepurge: > checking system for new locale ... > Segmentation fault E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Post-Invoke > 'if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | egrep -c > '(remove|

upgrade snafu

2013-03-01 Thread Frank McCormick
Did a quick apt-get update this afternoon: Haven't seem this in a while: localepurge: checking for existence of /var/cache/localepurge/localelist... localepurge: checking system for new locale ... Segmentation fault E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Post-Invoke 'if [ -x /usr/sbin/l

Re: ikiwiki + Apache 1.3 =?=> NFG/SNAFU

2009-07-28 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Is there any specific reason why you don't upgrade to Apache2? As noted, task-aversion. SOLUTION FOUND: # apt-get install apache2 :-) > Atrocities committed in Rwanda pervade my mind when I am discussing > mundanities with acquaintances.

Re: ikiwiki + Apache 1.3 =?=> NFG/SNAFU

2009-07-26 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote: > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/FAQ-F.html#premature-script-headers Thanks for the link. > Is there any specific reason why you don't upgrade to Apache2? I am task-aversive. Best, -- No no no, my fish's name is Eric, Eric the fi

Re: ikiwiki + Apache 1.3 =?= > NFG/SNAFU

2009-07-26 Thread Jochen Schulz
Eric d'Alibut: > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote: > >> Do you have any concrete problems or are you asking in advance? > > I should have posted the I was having, which concerns > running ikiwiki.cgi. I am getting "Premature end of script headers" > when this script is called

Re: ikiwiki + Apache 1.3 =?=> NFG/SNAFU

2009-07-25 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Do you have any concrete problems or are you asking in advance? I should have posted the I was having, which concerns running ikiwiki.cgi. I am getting "Premature end of script headers" when this script is called, for example, when I try to

Re: ikiwiki + Apache 1.3 =?=> NFG/SNAFU

2009-07-25 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 03:00 -0400, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > I notice the ikiwiki docs provide httpd server config hints only for > Apache 2 and lighttpd. Should I take this as an implicit hint that my > attempt to run ikiwiki (that *is* hard to type!) on the older Apache > vintage are foolhardy, extr

Re: ikiwiki + Apache 1.3 =?= > NFG/SNAFU

2009-07-25 Thread Jochen Schulz
Eric d'Alibut: > > I notice the ikiwiki docs provide httpd server config hints only for > Apache 2 and lighttpd. Should I take this as an implicit hint that my > attempt to run ikiwiki (that *is* hard to type!) on the older Apache > vintage are foolhardy, extremely ill-advised, a recipe for disaste

ikiwiki + Apache 1.3 =?=> NFG/SNAFU

2009-07-25 Thread Eric d'Alibut
I notice the ikiwiki docs provide httpd server config hints only for Apache 2 and lighttpd. Should I take this as an implicit hint that my attempt to run ikiwiki (that *is* hard to type!) on the older Apache vintage are foolhardy, extremely ill-advised, a recipe for disaster, paving the road to per

Re: progress, but... - re. fixing LVM/md snafu

2009-04-06 Thread kj
Miles Fidelman wrote: Hello again Folks, So.. I'm getting closer to fixing this messed up machine. Where things stand: I have root defined as an LVM2 LV, that should use /dev/md2 as it's PV. /dev/md2 in turn is a RAID1 array built from /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 and /dev/sdc3 Instead, LVM is repor

Re: progress, but... - re. fixing LVM/md snafu

2009-04-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Miles Fidelman writes: > Hello again Folks, > > So.. I'm getting closer to fixing this messed up machine. > > Where things stand: > > I have root defined as an LVM2 LV, that should use /dev/md2 as it's PV. > /dev/md2 in turn is a RAID1 array built from /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 and > /dev/sdc3 > > Inst

progress, but... - re. fixing LVM/md snafu

2009-04-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
Hello again Folks, So.. I'm getting closer to fixing this messed up machine. Where things stand: I have root defined as an LVM2 LV, that should use /dev/md2 as it's PV. /dev/md2 in turn is a RAID1 array built from /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 and /dev/sdc3 Instead, LVM is reporting: "Found duplicate

Re: mtab SNAFU

2007-11-27 Thread Haines Brown
> > Interesting. I see the logic by looking at /dev/disk/by-id, and it > > looks simple. But I am a bit nervous about experimenting. Can you > > refer me to a HOWTO, or do I have to play around to see if I can get > > it to work? It seems this use of by-id is actually part of udev. > > It's quite

Re: mtab SNAFU

2007-11-27 Thread Dominique Dumont
Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for your reply. Yes, I sometimes run into trouble by having too > many different USB drives to mount. I got the impression that > configuring udev was the answer, but I was intimidated by the coding > necessary to do it. disk/by-id is now provided

Re: mtab SNAFU

2007-11-27 Thread Haines Brown
Dominique, Thanks for your reply. Yes, I sometimes run into trouble by having too many different USB drives to mount. I got the impression that configuring udev was the answer, but I was intimidated by the coding necessary to do it. > On my side, to be sure that a usb-device is always mounted on

Re: mtab SNAFU

2007-11-27 Thread Dominique Dumont
Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm running a stock etch kernel. For whatever it's worth, the line in > /etc/fstab for usb-key is: > > /dev/sdd1 /media/usb-key vfat rw,user,noauto0 0 This setup is fine if you have only one usb-drive. On my side, to be sure that a usb-device

Re: mtab SNAFU

2007-11-25 Thread Haines Brown
"David Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 25 Nov 2007 10:59:25 -0500, Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > desperation I deleted the multiple instances from /etc/mtab. I > > should have consulted first, but didn't want to be pain. ... > Yes, that's correct. Filesystems are mounted per

Re: mtab SNAFU

2007-11-25 Thread David Fox
On 25 Nov 2007 10:59:25 -0500, Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > desperation I deleted the multiple instances from /etc/mtab. I should > have consulted first, but didn't want to be pain. That might have been the first problem. /etc/mtab is a dynamically-created file - it is a file of all

mtab SNAFU

2007-11-25 Thread Haines Brown
I had a problem of multiple mountings of /media/usb-key, and I was struggling without success to umount them. (tried -f option for umount, tried to find mount PID to delete it, tried fuser), and in desperation I deleted the multiple instances from /etc/mtab. I should have consulted first, but didn'

snort install script snafu

2003-08-20 Thread paul
Hi. I'm setting up a Woody box, getting the following errors on configuration of the snort package. The debian bug tracker doesn't show this issue, but lists enough other bugs that I'm wondering whether to bother. Any advice appreciated. Setting up snort (1.8.4beta1-3) ... Bareword found where op

Re: WindowMaker 'applications' menu SNAFU ...

2003-07-26 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 10:07:55 +1000 Adam Bogacki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for the WWII jargon but I've installed some themes into > > ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes > > but the 'applications' menu does not show any. In fact it has not been > working at all in this WM installation,

WindowMaker 'applications' menu SNAFU ...

2003-07-26 Thread Adam Bogacki
Sorry for the WWII jargon but I've installed some themes into ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes but the 'applications' menu does not show any. In fact it has not been working at all in this WM installation, but has not troubled me until now. Any ideas out there ? Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: htdig snafu after woody upgrade

2003-01-06 Thread nate
will trillich said: > /usr/bin/rundig: cd: /var/spool/htdig: No such file or directory > DB2 problem...: /var/spool/htdig/db.docdb: No such file or > directory > > (at one point i thought i was beginning to get the hang of > figuring these things out. alas...) > > what salve is t

htdig snafu after woody upgrade

2003-01-06 Thread will trillich
here's what i get from cron.daily these days-- /etc/cron.daily/htdig: DB2 problem...: /var/spool/htdig/db.docdb.work: No such file or directory htdig: Unable to open/create document database '/var/spool/htdig/db.docdb.work' htmerge: Unable to create

Way OT: openSSH 2.9.9p2, perl and cron SNAFU

2001-11-16 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
Hi all, this is way OT, but maybe someone can come up with an explanation. Here's a snippet of perl I'm trying to run as a cron job: open( IN, "$cmd |" ); # read output of $cmd via pipe while( $line = ) { push @lines, $line; # store it in array } close( IN ); foreach $line (@lines) { print

/usr/sbin/pptpdconfig.pl snafu?

2001-05-09 Thread will trillich
installing "pptpd" went like a charm--but i can't get the config script to run: # apt-get install pptpd Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: ppp The following NEW packages w

Potato -> Woody; apt-get snafu..

2000-12-07 Thread Gregory Guthrie
I started (over) with a clean system, installed 2.2 from CDroms, added a few packages (Apache, ntop, wuftp, gnome,..). I got several unresolved dependencies reported by dselect, but what to do? I wanted a few unsupported packages, so I added a ../woody/ line to /etc/apt/source/list, and did ap

Re: Snafu

1999-12-01 Thread David Wright
Quoting Ray Woodcock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I'm somewhere in the process of installing slink. There was an > interruption during installation, I rebooted, etc. I guess I could wipe > out the disk and start over, but I'd kind of like to understand where I > am and why. The $64000 question is wher

Re: Snafu

1999-12-01 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, The system boots and reboots OK. I've been playing around with bash commands. Not all of the ones I read about on Web pages seem to be working. Now I want to run dbootstrap to configure my base system. But when I type dbootstrap at the $ prompt, I get "command not found." I go to the

Snafu

1999-12-01 Thread Ray Woodcock
I'm somewhere in the process of installing slink.  There was an interruption during installation, I rebooted, etc.  I guess I could wipe out the disk and start over, but I'd kind of like to understand where I am and why.   The system boots and reboots OK.  I've been playing around with bash

list mail snafu-ed

1997-08-25 Thread Bruce Perens
Some list mail and other debian mail will have its delivery delayed. The mail delivery agent was accidentaly replaced on our main system and now I have an smail queue of this morning's messages. Smail proved it was not as fast as qmail. I'll get that queue delivered later today, meanwhile I have sw

SNAFU system

1997-07-23 Thread Chad D. Zimmerman
I had an interesting problem develop .. would almost say overnight, but I don't think so. I hadn't used my system for 3 days and the other night we had the worst thunderstorm (and the first of them) this summer. I did a shutdown -h now before the storm took out power. It was down a day and last