Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mount permissions weired

On Sat 12 Jul 2025 at 02:51:25 (+), David wrote: > Again: when you mount something on a mountpoint, all underlying data of > that mountpoint becomes hidden and inaccessible and irrelevant. In linux, that isn't entirely true, as you can use a bind mount to read what lies "underneath". (I haven

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mount permissions weired

On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 02:51:25AM +, David wrote: In fact it has been my practice for some years now to 'chown root:' and 'chmod 0' on all my mountpoints and set the immutable bit on them, to avoid accidentally writing into directories that are intended only as mountpoints. And I have never

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mount permissions weired

David wrote: > Something that I am curious to learn more about, if anyone has ideas, is > the discussion at the above link about the need to have at least 'chmod > 111' on mountpoint directories. > > I have not found that necessary, and so I wonder if that advice is > outdated, or somehow not rel

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mount permissions weired

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 at 18:49, Hans wrote: > > Permissions are stored for the root directory of each filesystem, which > > are used as the permissions of the mount point when the drive is > > mounted. > Thanks, this is explaining all my questions. I always thought wrong, that > mounted devices an

[SOLVED] Re: Mount permissions weired

> Permissions are stored for the root directory of each filesystem, which > are used as the permissions of the mount point when the drive is > mounted. Thanks, this is explaining all my questions. I always thought wrong, that mounted devices and folders on it, get the ownership from the folder, i

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > [...] > > There have even been some arguments that the relatively recent trend of > providing .d directories and support for config fragment inclusion has > been added predominantly by software coming from distribution ecosystems > that lack d

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list

On Fri 20 Jun 2025 at 12:12:09 (-0400), Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:40:59 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wro

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM songbird wrote: > > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > ... > > Unfortunately, I cannot find a Debian specific article on > > configuration directories. However, Red Hat has "Linux configuration: > > Understanding *.d directories in /etc," > >

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

Hi, On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 01:23:13PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > In the specific case of /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/, the man page is > pretty explicit: > > Note that the Debian openssh-server package sets several options as stan‐ > dard in /etc/ssh/sshd_config which are not the default

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, 20 Jun 2025, The Wanderer wrote: Personally, what I do in response to such a prompt is to have it show me a diff of the two files, and then if the changes involve losing any settings want to retain, I have it give me a shell prompt (or use another shell I have independently) to make a co

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:15:47 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > > SSH config files are located in /etc, too. But ad

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 08:58:58AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 20 Jun 2025 at 08:28:11 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 05:40:24PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > It might be worth mentioning that if the package owns sources.list, > > > the

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 18:20:37 +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jun 2025, The Wanderer wrote: > > > Personally, what I do in response to such a prompt is to have it show me > > a diff of the two files, and then if the changes involve losing any > > settings want to retain, I have it give m

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 12:12:09 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Unfortunately, I cannot find a Debian specific article on > configuration directories. However, Red Hat has "Linux configuration: > Understanding *.d directories in /etc," >

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

Jeffrey Walton wrote: ... > Unfortunately, I cannot find a Debian specific article on > configuration directories. However, Red Hat has "Linux configuration: > Understanding *.d directories in /etc," >. Now > that we have configuration d

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:42:53AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2025-06-20 at 11:30, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > >> You will absolutely lose your sshd_config when the package is > >> upgraded and you choose the maintainers v

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:40:59 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM Greg Wooledge

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:40:59 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:15:47 -0400, Jeffr

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On 2025-06-20 at 11:30, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> You will absolutely lose your sshd_config when the package is >> upgraded and you choose the maintainers version of the file. > > No. > > You will be asked, as for every conffile

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:15:47 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > SSH config files are located in /etc, too. But admins are expected to > > > make changes to /etc/ssh/s

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:15:47 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > SSH config files are located in /etc, too. But admins are expected to > > make changes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/, and not /etc/ssh/sshd_config. > > That's definitely false.

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:15:47 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > SSH config files are located in /etc, too. But admins are expected to > make changes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/, and not /etc/ssh/sshd_config. That's definitely false.

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 05:40:24PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > [...] > > > It might be worth mentioning that if the package owns sources.list, > > then you should not edit it. You should allow the package maintainer > > to edit or replace sources.lis

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list

On Fri 20 Jun 2025 at 08:28:11 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 05:40:24PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > [...] > > > It might be worth mentioning that if the package owns sources.list, > > then you should not edit it. You should allow the package maintainer > > to edi

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 05:40:24PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: [...] > It might be worth mentioning that if the package owns sources.list, > then you should not edit it. You should allow the package maintainer > to edit or replace sources.list. Place your changes in > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list

hu, Jun 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM Hans wrote: > > So, "best" way is to remove the old entries and use only trixie-related > > ones. > > This litle question/issue is fully solved and can safely be closed. Bear in mind that for many people, this is but one, and the most trivial,

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

singleton package directly > > from the archive). Otherwise, there's no need to continue downloading > > lists of packages from multiple releases. It's just a waste of your > > disk space and bandwidth. > > Thank you very much for your very usefull informations.

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

Andrew M.A. Cater writes: > Use apt / apt-get options for safe upgrade - to upgrade the minimum > set of packages. Log the output of the safe-upgrade command (normally just "apt upgrade") and read the log before giving the next command. > Do an apt-get dist-upgrade / apt full-upgrade And again,

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

Andrew Cater (amaca...@debian.org) > This litle question/issue is fully solved and can safely be closed. > > I am looking forward to trixie and are very excited to it! > > Best regards and thaky you all for your help! > > Hans > >

[SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

releases. It's just a waste of your > disk space and bandwidth. Thank you very much for your very usefull informations. It answers all my questions and worries I had. So, "best" way is to remove the old entries and use only trixie-related ones. This litle question/issue is fully solved and can safely be closed. I am looking forward to trixie and are very excited to it! Best regards and thaky you all for your help! Hans

Re: how to delete attachments in PDFs [SOLVED]

Thank you all for your replies. I finally could delete them with qpdf(1) with the dedicated long-option --remove-attachment Best wishes, Jerome On 17/06/2025 19:42, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello, I have a PDF file with undesirable attachments: is there a simple way to delete them ? Thanks in ad

Re: Debian stable's screen suddenly became "larger" than the actual screen -- SOLVED!!

On 2025-06-06, intnsred...@tutamail.com wrote: > > Solution -- Found it: > > The problem was a setting the System Settings -> Workspace Behavior -> Desk= > top Effects -> and then under Accessibility, the Zoom option. Unselect the = > Zoom option and it cured my problem. Sounds like an option Ric

Re: Debian stable's screen suddenly became "larger" than the actual screen -- SOLVED!!

Solution -- Found it: The problem was a setting the System Settings -> Workspace Behavior -> Desktop Effects -> and then under Accessibility, the Zoom option. Unselect the Zoom option and it cured my problem. Thanks Greg! --   Jun 6, 2025, 08:09 by curtys...@gmail.com: > On 2025-06-03, in

Re: No link with BCM57412 (Broadcom Extreme NetXtreme-E 10Gb) [SOLVED]

On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:19:10PM +0200, Mihaly Zachar wrote: I configured an IP in the ens2f1np1 anyway and what happened? It worked .. :( I thought that there should be link even if there is no IP configured... Lesson learned. Interface won't report link until it's configured up; setting th

Re: No link with BCM57412 (Broadcom Extreme NetXtreme-E 10Gb) [SOLVED]

On May-19 13:55, Dan Ritter wrote: > Mihaly Zachar wrote: > > I have never used fibre connection yet. Now I got a server where the HW > > (Dell R440) and the network connections are provided by others, my task > > is to install a Linux on it. > > > > I installed a fresh Debian 12, the built-in

[SOLVED] was : Installing Bookworm on two old laptops : wifi now inoperative since airplane mode can’t be disabled

In the end, I found the way to unlock Airplane Modes on both machines. On the Clevo, I had to press Fn + F11, on the old Dell Inspiron, there was a tiny button on the side that I had to push. Sorry for the bother. Cheers, Bernard On 17/05/2025 16:21, bd wrote: Hi to Everyone, Concerning th

Re: Problem with VLC H 264 after having installed ISPY package [SOLVED]

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 09:38:39 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 11:32:20AM +0200, Bernard wrote: > > Hi to Everyone, > > > > This being done, I first thought that I could possibly succeed in just > > upgrading my Buster system to its last update, which I did, successfull

Re: Problem with VLC H 264 after having installed ISPY package [SOLVED]

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 11:32:20AM +0200, Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone, > > This being done, I first thought that I could possibly succeed in just > upgrading my Buster system to its last update, which I did, successfully… > unfortunately this did not change the faulty behaviour of vlc. > > No

Re: Problem with VLC H 264 after having installed ISPY package [SOLVED]

Hi to Everyone, Thanks to your help, especially that of David and Anssi, I have solved my problem. VLC now plays mp4 files as it did before, with only minor changes. To that end, I removed the files in /usr/local/lib, I removed libva-custom.conf. Then I ran ldconfig… and, right after this

Re: [SOLVED] Re: How to change ownership of subdirectories under /media

Hi, On Sun, May 04, 2025 at 08:03:39AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > Thank you , David. My problem was a simple blunder, but your respose was > usefully informative. It would be helpful to say what the blunder was so that other people who find this thread by search later on may not be left wonde

[SOLVED] Re: How to change ownership of subdirectories under /media

Thank you , David. My problem was a simple blunder, but your respose was usefully informative. On Sat, May 03, 2025 at 02:12:23PM +, David wrote: > On Sat, 3 May 2025 at 11:09, Haines Brown wrote: > Now to assist you, here's an actual example cut and pasted from the machine > I'm using ri

Re: "solved" in message subject

On Sun Apr 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM BST, Greg wrote: On 2025-04-06, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Fri Apr 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM BST, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: This is the real problem: threads here go on for months and years. Why is this a problem? Because in the modern age we need things that start i

Re: "solved" in message subject

On 2025-04-06, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri Apr 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM BST, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> This is the real problem: threads here go on for months and years. > > Why is this a problem? Because in the modern age we need things that start instantly and end rapidly.

Re: "solved" in message subject

On Fri Apr 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM BST, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: This is the real problem: threads here go on for months and years. Why is this a problem? -- Please do not CC me for listmail. 👱🏻 Jonathan Dowland ✎j...@debian.org 🔗 https://jmtd.net

Re: "solved" in message subject

Hellow Jeff, Jeffrey Walton writes: > On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM Max Nikulin wrote: >> [...] >> Let's avoid discussions if gmail should be used. De-facto it is widely >> used, it has features and limitations. My point is that gmail users >> should be aware that some suggestions perfectly v

Re: "solved" in message subject

d per se that thread is split in some cases. However it would be better to have cross links between both parts to switch to the counterpart and "undo" button to override heuristics. "Solved" is never removed from subject, making it close to useless if the message caused co

SOLVED

On 2025-04-04, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > I hope this is satisfactory to all concerned: if it isn't, please reply > in a new mail with a meaningful subject. > > With every good wish, as ever, > > Andy Cater > (amaca...@debian.org) > >

Re: "solved" in message subject

is or compose a new message. - If you are marking subject as "[SOLVED]" then do not expect that all recipients will notice it. (After all, it resembles to what some mailing lists are adding to every message.)

Re: "solved" in message subject

On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM Larry Martell wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM Fred wrote: >> >> HI, >> >> One reason to use the "solved" tag is to let everyone know that the OP >> has solved the problem and moved on so that others

Re: "solved" in message subject

On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 10:22:47AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 02/04/2025 05:17, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > I see the changing of title or subject to add things like "SOLVED" is > > not included in the FAQ. > > I am neutral to this recommendations. Just some cons

Re: "solved" in message subject

On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM Fred wrote: > > One reason to use the "solved" tag is to let everyone know that the OP > has solved the problem and moved on so that others don't continue to > waste their time and effort trying to find a solution when the OP has > move

Re: "solved" in message subject

Hi, On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 11:59:23AM -0700, Fred wrote: > One reason to use the "solved" tag is to let everyone know that the OP has > solved the problem Do you understand that Max and I are saying that the way the web UI for gmail and other large mailbox providers works is tha

Re: "solved" in message subject

On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM Fred wrote: > HI, > > One reason to use the "solved" tag is to let everyone know that the OP > has solved the problem and moved on so that others don't continue to > waste their time and effort trying to find a solution when the OP ha

Re: Web server access SOLVED

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM Van Snyder wrote: > I discovered that although I haven't even installed iptables, my server > was running firewalld. I wasn't even aware it existed. I stopped it, and > now I can access my web vandyke.mynetgear.com through my router on port > 80 or 443. > > I disabl

Re: "solved" in message subject

HI, One reason to use the "solved" tag is to let everyone know that the OP has solved the problem and moved on so that others don't continue to waste their time and effort trying to find a solution when the OP has moved on and won't need to respond any more. Best regar

Re: "solved" in message subject

ny change of subject is disastrous for the gmail web UI and the web UI of most of the other large mailbox providers, which together count for the vast majority of active email users even on extremely technical and ageing population lists like this one. However some still seem to desire the idea

Re: "solved" in message subject

On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM Max Nikulin wrote: > [...] > Let's avoid discussions if gmail should be used. De-facto it is widely > used, it has features and limitations. My point is that gmail users > should be aware that some suggestions perfectly valid for other MUA > should be avoided in the

Re: "solved" in message subject

the mail.google.com web application. > I don't know about Gmail, but it seems that "Solved" rarely contains the universal solution.

"solved" in message subject

On 02/04/2025 05:17, Jeffrey Walton wrote: I see the changing of title or subject to add things like "SOLVED" is not included in the FAQ. I am neutral to this recommendations. Just some considerations... I rarely use Gmail web UI, but this time I was curious enough to check its beh

Re: Web server access SOLVED

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM Timothy M Butterworth < timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM Van Snyder > wrote: > >> I discovered that although I haven't even installed iptables, my server >> was running firewalld. I wasn't even aware it existed. I stopped

Re: Web server access SOLVED

On Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:19:55 -0700 Van Snyder wrote: > I disabled firewalld because I have no idea how to configure it, but > my Linksys router is running a firewall that's really easy to > configure. firewall-config for GUI operation. firewalld comes with a command line (and scriptable) tool ca

Re: Web server access SOLVED

On 02/04/2025 11:49 am, Van Snyder wrote: > I disabled firewalld because I have no idea how to configure it, but > my Linksys router is running a firewall that's really easy to configure. For next time you get a connectivity issue like this..  If you are sure the linksys router box is passing t

Re: Web server access SOLVED

I discovered that although I haven't even installed iptables, my server was running firewalld. I wasn't even aware it existed. I stopped it, and now I can access my web vandyke.mynetgear.com through my router on port 80 or 443. I disabled firewalld because I have no idea how to configure it, but m

[SOLVED] Re: OT: Connect two computers with linux with wlan, but without any router

solved, so I am happy to close this little issue. Again, thank you very much and happy hacking! Best Hans

Re: confusing printer definitions [solved, more or less]

On Thursday, March 20, 2025 4:52 PM, I wrote: > The software setup for my Brother DCP-L2640DW driverless laser printer is > confusing the hell out of me. I'm running bookworm. > ... CUPS (apparently) set up a printer Brother_DCP_L2640DW_USB automatically. > ... I also installed the driver (DCPL26

Re: [SOLVED] Re: macchanger - will not change MAC at boot

Hi, On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 04:34:48PM +0100, Hans wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 19. März 2025, 16:24:15 CET schrieb Stefan Monnier: > > >> Seems we've been through this before in 2022 (sorry that it's > > >> Google Groups which I thought was defunct but anyway): > > >> https://groups.google.com/g/linux.d

Re: [SOLVED] Re: macchanger - will not change MAC at boot

Am Mittwoch, 19. März 2025, 16:24:15 CET schrieb Stefan Monnier: > >> > the desired goal is, that my original MAC will never appear after boot. > >> > As > >> > dpkg-reconfigure macchanger claims this to do, in real it does not. > >> > >> Seems we've been through this before in 2022 (sorry that it

Re: [SOLVED] Re: macchanger - will not change MAC at boot

>> > the desired goal is, that my original MAC will never appear after boot. As >> > dpkg-reconfigure macchanger claims this to do, in real it does not. >> Seems we've been through this before in 2022 (sorry that it's Google Groups >> which I thought was defunct but anyway): >> https://groups.googl

[SOLVED] Re: macchanger - will not change MAC at boot

ffended this issue already somewhere, but over the time I forgot it. Ok, I see, nothing has changed yet, so I mark it as solved (although it isnt't) so that this discussion is officially closed (and no one need to waste thoughts of it any more). Thank you all for your feedback, kindness and forbearance! Best regards Hans

SOLVED (Was: Re: OT what is META_ATTENDEES_DBSPAM1?)

Hellow Hanno, On Mon, 2025-03-17 at 13:28 +0100, Hanno 'Rince' Wagner wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > On Mon, 17 Mar 2025, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > Looking at e.g. <877c4p5503@thinkpad-e495.home.arpa> which has > > almost no > > words in it, yet has META_ATTENDEES_DBSPAM1=10; can you confirm

Re: Apache2 permissions? Solved?

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM Van Snyder wrote: > > On Fri, 2025-03-07 at 14:29 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Fri, 2025-03-07 at 20:44 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Somewhere there should be a DocumentRoot which you might want to > adjust accordingly. > > > There is no DocumentRoot setting

Re: Apache2 permissions? Solved?

On Fri, 2025-03-07 at 14:29 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > On Fri, 2025-03-07 at 20:44 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Somewhere there should be a DocumentRoot which you might want to > > adjust accordingly. > > There is no DocumentRoot setting in the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf on > either machine.

Re: [SOLVED] pdfarranger and update-alternatives

On 06/03/2025 17:50, Gerard ROBIN wrote: settings -> settings manager -> default applications in xfce4 fixed the problem. (Editing the mimeapps.list file has no effect) But the XFCE settings tool writes selected option to mimeapps.list...

Re: Re: [SOLVED] pdfarranger and update-alternatives

settings -> settings manager -> default applications in xfce4 fixed the problem. (Editing the mimeapps.list file has no effect) Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer me. -- Gerard Created with Mutt 2.2.1 under Debian Linux BO

[SOLVED] Re: no graphics with Lenovo Thinkcentre M700

I got out the old VGA monitor and plugged it via adapter into the other DP plug. No change except ssh into it and notice inxi reports I got 2 monitors running now. Uninstalled xfce and installed gnome; no go. Now I think about my headless M700 print server connecting a couple usb printers to

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Debian-live can not be build missing package

ed from somewhere else. However, it was mentioned, that I made some mistakes with the native system (what I do not believe), but as this can not be excluded and no developer of debian-live did find a mistake in the software, I am now giving up and do not bother any more. So I have set this issu

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Debian-live can not be build missing package

Hi Hans, maybe this caused your problem: Nov 06, 2024 Commit 30d39f81 "lb config: --distribution defaults to testing" https://salsa.debian.org/live-team/live-build/-/commit/30d39f812e41eb81928a0fe1f3a4f686eb30dfa9 Bye Matthias

[SOLVED] Re: Debian-live can not be build missing package

problems will be resolved anyway. So, thank you all for your help and your efforts to solve my little issue! I mark it as solved, please do not waste any more time on this! Best regards Hans

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

happy solution. From: Greg Wooledge Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2025 10:54 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved) External Email: Use Caution > On 17/02/2025 01:23, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > > On Sund

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 09:27:19 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 16 Feb 2025 at 00:56:50 (+), Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > > Yes. I called evince from the command line in an xterm running under fvwm. > > I also call up the xterm and fvwm from startx (via ~/.xinitrc) when I log > > i

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

On 2025-02-17, David Wright wrote: >> >> And on Saturday, February 15, 2025 6:31 PM, Charles Curley asked: >> >> > Are you running evince and X as the same user? >> >> Yes. I called evince from the command line in an xterm running under fvwm. >> I also call up the xterm and fvwm from startx (v

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

On Sun 16 Feb 2025 at 00:56:50 (+), Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > On Saturday, February 15, 2025 5:31 PM, Dan Ritter replied: > > > That's the sort of thing that happens when you run evince from a > > command line not in an Xterminal, or from a terminal running on > > a different userid t

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

> On 17/02/2025 01:23, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > > On Sunday, February 16, 2025 8:53 AM, I wrote: > > > That should not *literally* be ~/.Xauthority of course. > > > > Yes, the output is literally > >/u/steve/.Xauthority A thought just occurred to me. Having your home directory outs

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

Steven, it seems you have managed to print your PDF file, so perhaps you should stop debugging evince (unless you need it for some feature with worse support in okular or browsers: form filling, printing, annotating, etc.; or you need to run another application with deep mandatory desktop integ

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

they were a problem, but they do have an effect here. From: Greg Wooledge Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2025 11:18 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved) External Email: Use Caution On Sun, Feb 16,

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 13:53:21 +, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > echo $DISPLAY -> :0 > xhost -> access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect > > > echo $XAUTHORITY > > > > The last usually points to ~/.Xauthority. > > echo $XAUTHORITY -> ~/.Xauthority That should no

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

__ From: Max Nikulin Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2025 9:39 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved) External Email: Use Caution On 16/02/2025 04:41, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > I installed Evince. C

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

On 16/02/2025 04:41, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: I installed Evince. Calling it brings up not even a GUI, just two error messages: Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display: Looks like missed DISPLAY environment varia

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

15, 2025 6:31 PM To: Debian Users Subject: Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved) External Email: Use Caution On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 21:41:27 + "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote: > I installed Evince. Calling it brings up not even a GUI, just two > error messages:

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 21:41:27 + "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote: > I installed Evince. Calling it brings up not even a GUI, just two > error messages: > Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified > Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display: Interesting. I run evi

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

On 16/2/25 05:41, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: On Friday, February 14, 2025 5:08 PM, I wrote: I've completed my U.S. tax forms in the fillable PDFs provided by the Internal Revenue Service. Now I want to print them ... In the past, I was happy printing from Acrobat 9, which is still fine

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > On Friday, February 14, 2025 5:08 PM, I wrote: > > I installed Evince. Calling it brings up not even a GUI, just two error > messages: > Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified > Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display: That's t

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview (solved)

On Friday, February 14, 2025 5:08 PM, I wrote: >> I've completed my U.S. tax forms in the fillable PDFs provided by the >> Internal Revenue Service. Now I want to print them ... >> >> In the past, I was happy printing from Acrobat 9, which is still fine for >> display purposes. But with my new p

Re: (solved) anyone experienced in dual boot freebsd?

Thank Wright! i can't find "ran successfully" in entire syslog with editor's search function 2nd disk has 4 partitions, 2 for stretch and deb12, installer seems to parse their grub.cfg, making log very long Feb 11 08:54:28 in-target: Creating config file /etc/default/grub with new version^

Re: (solved) anyone experienced in dual boot freebsd?

Thank Curley again! manually editing grub.cfg is amateur as it is auto-generated. but my stanza is simple, it's easy to add it if removed. if it were Windows, it would be much easier i examine syslog, among many lines probing each partition for OS, i can't find how i specify installation targe

Re: (solved) anyone experienced in dual boot freebsd?

On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:44:58 +0800 hlyg wrote: > Thank Curley, but i have solved on my own Excellent. > > isn't installer syslog supposed to record my choice during > installation? Yes, and a couple other files in /var/log/installation. > > i let bios boot 2nd dis

(solved) anyone experienced in dual boot freebsd?

Thank Curley, but i have solved on my own isn't installer syslog supposed to record my choice during installation? i let bios boot 2nd disk, which also has deb12, run update-grub now it can boot newly-installed deb12 on 1st disk, then follow stanza at https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/m

[SOLVED] Re: Debian 12 VLC leaves system sounds blocked

NTIME_DIR=/run/user/2108 With the direct specification of the uid I also hear Biff barking during and after VLC runs, both on Debian 12 and Debian 11. So I will mark this as solved. Thanks to everyone who replied. Roger PS: Send me an off-list e-mail if you would like to see a photo of Biff the dog.

[SOLVED] EFI partition - some questions

y, thank you all for your help and responses, they helped much, too. This problem is now solved! Best regards Hans

Re: Virtual network fails to start: SOLVED

> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM > From: "john doe" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Virtual network fails to start: SOLVED > > On 1/15/25 00:09, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:22 -0700 > > Charles Cu

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