Make Synaptic resolve package upgrades like aptitude?

I generally use Synaptic package manager because I like the UI when searching and selecting packages to install. However, I find that the package resolution phase leaves a lot to be desired. Because I use "sid", I regularly find myself in a situation where "Mark All Upgrad

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

On Saturday, 08-02-2025 at 01:35 Boyan Penkov wrote: > Hello George, > > No problem -- and to be clear, as Joe pointed out, it's not clear that > there's actually an issue that would warrant *not* running > modernize-sources; synaptic does work fine, just won't s

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 09:26:13 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > > 4) Do you know of any method to "undo" this modernization? > > You can do it by hand, or write a small script to produce the > one-line format from the deb822 format. Even simpler and less error prone is to copy the backup files created

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

George at Clug wrote: > > 4) Do you know of any method to "undo" this modernization? You can do it by hand, or write a small script to produce the one-line format from the deb822 format. Here's one I haven't tested: https://github.com/ErikMichelson/apt-deb822-tool -dsr-

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

Hello George, No problem -- and to be clear, as Joe pointed out, it's not clear that there's actually an issue that would warrant *not* running modernize-sources; synaptic does work fine, just won't show you the relevant sources. Cheers! On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM George

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

at.html#deb822-format), > > which can then be enabled by a ``sudo apt modernize-sources`` > > Thanks for your reply. > > 1) I just updated my Debian Trixie computer, synaptic still works (however > you already knew it would as I have not installed modernize-sources) You don't &q

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

es`` Thanks for your reply. 1) I just updated my Debian Trixie computer, synaptic still works (however you already knew it would as I have not installed modernize-sources) 2) When searching Synaptic I was not able to locate a package called modernize-sources. "# apt-cache search modernize

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

After upgrading apt this week on testing (trixie), it defaults to the apt822 sources (https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html#deb822-format), which can then be enabled by a ``sudo apt modernize-sources`` However, in Synaptic, clicking on Settings -> Repositories shows a bl

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

On Friday, 07-02-2025 at 19:23 Boyan Penkov wrote: > Hello, > > After updating my apt sources to the modernized ones, the synaptic > settings ard preferences are blank (and don't show the usual sources). If you could give some more detail, I might understand what you did?

Synaptic and updated apt sources?

Hello, After updating my apt sources to the modernized ones, the synaptic settings ard preferences are blank (and don't show the usual sources). Updates and selection though the program still works fine, so I imagine this is a small oversight somewhere... Cheers! -- Boyan Penkov

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Stefan Monnier writes: > Sometimes I used cloned another system, and other times I used > Debootstrap running from one of the "images" provided by the board maker > (all those images suck, IMO: they're never designed with updates in mind). Indeed, thanks. Previously I've dismissed these patched

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

>> I've never used Debian's installer on those boards, and don't even know >> if Debian officially "supports" them. > So how do you install Debian on those ARM boards? Put some image on > whatever storage they have? Sometimes I used cloned another system, and other times I used Debootstrap running

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Stefan Monnier writes: > I've never used Debian's installer on those boards, and don't even know > if Debian officially "supports" them. So how do you install Debian on those ARM boards? Put some image on whatever storage they have? In fact, that's what I've done with my Raspberry Pi Computer Mo

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Anssi Saari [2024-12-30 18:16:25] wrote: > Stefan Monnier writes: >> FWIW, I've been using ARM-based SBCs for more than 10 years (4 different >> boards, I'm ashamed to say) and have used Debian on all of them. So no: >> you don't need Armbian to make use of that kind of hardware. > OK, which ones

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Stefan Monnier writes: > FWIW, I've been using ARM-based SBCs for more than 10 years (4 different > boards, I'm ashamed to say) and have used Debian on all of them. So no: > you don't need Armbian to make use of that kind of hardware. OK, which ones? I'm only aware of the Rock64 and it's not ex

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 29/12/2024 01:06, gene heskett wrote: It runs when it gets around to it, opening a local file is an automatic lockup for 30 seconds. And no one has identified that problem. Nobody can guess what the mess you are able to create on your machines. If you did not hate systemd then you would hav

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

>> Armbian is *NOT* Debian They do things differently there. Some of their [...] > Then you are missing out on the many things a pi clone can do on 5% of an > amd64's power budget. Granted the amd64 can do it 20x faster, ignoring that > the pi clone is fast enough. Debian seems to treat the arm64'

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi, On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 06:38:16PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 12/28/24 15:49, Andy Smith wrote: > > What would have been useful for you to tell us at this point or in any > > of your other replies: > > > > - How exactly you are trying to run synaptic on these

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 01:56:06AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: [...] > I'm running one, about a year old now, on an actual rpi4b to run my biggest > lathe, but the last arm64 installer can't find its net interface even if you > fill in the blanks.  Armbian Just Works. Why can't debian-arm? I have

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/29/24 01:30, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 07:46:09PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: On 12/28/24 16:41, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [...] Armbian is *NOT* Debian They do things differently there [...] Then you are missing out on the many things a pi clone can do on 5% of

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 07:46:09PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > On 12/28/24 16:41, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [...] > > Armbian is *NOT* Debian They do things differently there [...] > Then you are missing out on the many things a pi clone can do on 5% of an > amd64's power budget. Granted the

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/28/24 16:41, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 01:06:11PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: armbian in the full desktop version runs noticeably slower than it runs on amd64 stuff, but its more than fast enough to run a full screen gui for a 3d printer.  I'll gladly tolerate a jus

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/28/24 15:49, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 01:06:11PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: On 12/28/24 08:24, Andy Smith wrote: On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: Synaptic is a GUI frontend to apt. It's not really much different to aptitude, e

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

: > >>>> When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind > >>>> is a > >>>> pita. I want to SEE whats available. > >>> I have never in my life felt the need to use synaptic. What am I > >>> missing out on?

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 01:06:11PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > armbian in the full desktop version runs noticeably slower than it runs on > amd64 stuff, but its more than fast enough to run a full screen gui for a 3d > printer.  I'll gladly tolerate a just noticeable lag that never crashes, > u

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi, On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 01:06:11PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 12/28/24 08:24, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > > > Synaptic is a GUI frontend to apt. It's not really much different to > > > aptitude, e

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

SEE whats available. > > I know you won't use aptitude, so why don't you try running > > synaptic on wayland, decide what changes you want, and then > > use sudo apt to actually install/remove the packages. > I would do that, except highlight/copypaste does not wor

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

want to SEE whats available. I have never in my life felt the need to use synaptic. What am I missing out on? Synaptic is a GUI frontend to apt. It's not really much different to aptitude, except that it's maybe a bit more mouse-friendly. That much I know. I am wondering what its killer

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/28/24 09:43, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41 +, Darac Marjal wrote: You can run X clients on the server and remotely display that on a workstation (i.e. something _with_ a head), but AFAIK the wayland protocol doesn't support any sort of network transport (you c

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

ch paste buffer. xclip -o -selection {primary|secondary|clipboard} | less You can also use it to "transfer" content to another paste buffer, if you need that for your terminal/application. xclip -o -selection clipboard | xclip -i# primary is default I don't know any

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

SEE whats available. > > I know you won't use aptitude, so why don't you try running > > synaptic on wayland, decide what changes you want, and then > > use sudo apt to actually install/remove the packages. > I would do that, except highlight/copypaste does not

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41 +, Darac Marjal wrote: >> You can run X clients on the server and remotely display that on a >> workstation (i.e. something _with_ a head), but AFAIK the wayland protocol >> doesn't support any sort of network transport (you can run a GUI

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41 +, Darac Marjal wrote: > You can run X clients on the server and remotely display that on a > workstation (i.e. something _with_ a head), but AFAIK the wayland protocol > doesn't support any sort of network transport (you can run a GUI application > on a Wayland

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

gt; > > pita. I want to SEE whats available. > > I have never in my life felt the need to use synaptic. What am I > > missing out on? > Synaptic is a GUI frontend to apt. It's not really much different to > aptitude, except that it's maybe a bit more mouse-friendly

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 28/12/2024 10:06, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 08:26:26PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I have never in my life felt the need to use synaptic. What am I missing

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi, On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 10:35:44PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > I know you won't use aptitude, so why don't you try running > synaptic on wayland, decide what changes you want, and then > use sudo apt to actually install/remove the packages. I think Gene's si

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi, On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 08:26:26PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a > pita. I want to SEE whats available. I have never in my life felt the need to use synaptic. What am I missing out on? I just use "

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 23:36, David Wright wrote: On Fri 27 Dec 2024 at 20:26:26 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I know you won't use aptitude, so why don't you try running synaptic

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Fri 27 Dec 2024 at 20:26:26 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff > blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I know you won't use aptitude, so why don't you try running synaptic on wayland, decide what changes yo

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 23:04, gene heskett wrote: On 12/27/24 22:47, gene heskett wrote: On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 22:47, gene heskett wrote: On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

h a similar error msg: > > gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec > AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === > Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager > Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,,, (gene) > Password: > polkit-agent-he

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,,, (gene

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,,, (gene

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,,, (gene

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec > AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === > Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager > Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,,, (gene) > Password: > pol

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 20:37, Christian Britz wrote: Hi Gene Am 28.12.24 um 02:26 schrieb gene heskett: When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I just switched KDE Plasma to wayland, to test. synaptic-pkexec runs perfectly

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi Gene Am 28.12.24 um 02:26 schrieb gene heskett: > When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind > is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I just switched KDE Plasma to wayland, to test. synaptic-pkexec runs perfectly (without sudo). Why would you want to use sudo?

synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we

Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom

On Wed 18 Dec 2024 at 18:02:46 (+), Joe wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:07:45 +0100 (CET) > Roger Price wrote: > > > I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After > > I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the

Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom

-free contrib I used xedit as root to comment out the deb cdrom line, so sources.list now looks like your example. Package installation now works correctly with synaptic. Roger

Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:51:50 +0100 (CET) Roger Price wrote: Hello Roger, >I checked /etc/apt/sources.list, and the top entry for the cdrom is >uncommented, as are the http entries. In Synaptic, go to Settings/Repositories, and untick (uncheck) the CD/DVD entries, click Done. You'

Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom

Joe wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:07:45 +0100 (CET) > Roger Price wrote: > > > I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After > > I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the > > message: > > > >

Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:07:45 +0100 (CET) Roger Price wrote: > I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After > I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the > message: > > "Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linu

Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 06:07:45PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the message: "Please insert disk labe

Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 06:07:45PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: > I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After I > specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the message: > > "Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _

Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom

I tried using synaptic to load packages in my new Debian 12.8. After I specified many packages, I clicked on "Apply" and received the message: "Please insert disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05 in drive /med

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On 12/1/24 6:12 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Dec 01, 2024 at 04:43:00AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [SNIP] What should I do next ( /etc/debian_version reports 12.7)? apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade to make sure you're up to date then reboot. At that point, /etc/debian-version sh

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

valid) apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade > Then > > > root@debian12:/home/richard# apt --fix-broken install > > Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ... > > root@debian12:/home/richard# > > All seems well so far. "dpkg -l | grep -v '^ii ' &

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

man-db (2.11.2-2) ... root@debian12:/home/richard# All seems well so far. "dpkg -l | grep -v '^ii ' " reported no problems. Closed terminal and launched Synaptic. No errors *OR* warnings :} Thanks to all. What should I do next ( /etc/debian_version reports 12.7)?

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 14:45:01 +, Joe wrote: > I don't know if it helps, but the current ghostscript on my Deb 12 is > version 12u6, not 12u5. > > What happens when you try: > > apt upgrade ghostscript "apt upgrade" does not take a package name as an argument. It tries to upgrade *all*

Re: synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?)

On Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 8:56 PM Max Nikulin wrote: > On 30/11/2024 01:00, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> As the OP's link explicitly referenced "debian" I used Synaptic's > >>> search function. There were no packages with "Erling" in package > >>> name,

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 05:18:35 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/29/24 12:30 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > >> Running Debian 12.7 with MATE > >> When launching Synaptic I get a message saying > >&g

Re: synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?)

a licy tipist ;} > > apt list '~nerlang' > > gives more than 100 package names. > <https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=bookworm&searchon=names&keywords=erlang> > adds a warning that not all packages are listed due to excessive > number. >

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On 11/29/24 12:30 PM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: Running Debian 12.7 with MATE When launching Synaptic I get a message saying [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ]

synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?)

names&keywords=erlang> adds a warning that not all packages are listed due to excessive number. I do not use synaptic, so I have no idea if it is possible to break search by changing its settings. I would start from inspection of apt sources apt policy

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:30:44 -0600 David Wright wrote: > On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > Running Debian 12.7 with MATE > > When launching Synaptic I get a message saying > > [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" > > U

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > Running Debian 12.7 with MATE > When launching Synaptic I get a message saying > [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" > Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ] > Synaptic's Help

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 07:55:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Running Debian 12.7 with MATE > When launching Synaptic I get a message saying > [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" > Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ] > Synaptic's Help

Synaptic problem(s)

Running Debian 12.7 with MATE When launching Synaptic I get a message saying [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ] Synaptic's Help isn't helpful :{ It also reports packages to be updated. Also started to install

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 10:25:40AM +0100, daven...@tuxfamily.org wrote: [...] > brscan si useless for printing but mandatory¹ for scanning. But indeed, > driveless printing works just fine on Brother printers > > I wish scanning didn't require proprietary blobs… > > 1. At least on (**only** som

Re: Synaptic Problem

Just an observance - I have a brscan uninstall file in the download folder Uninstaller_brscan4 and uninstaller_brscan-skey which are uninstall scripts. You may have same if installed from brother script. On 10/31/24 11:11, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 10/31/2024 01:28 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wro

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 11:11:21AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 10/31/2024 01:28 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 03:21:09PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Although that works, and I removed the Brother drivers with > > > localhost:63

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 10:03:12AM -0500, David Wright wrote: [...] > I scan on a clapped-out HP printer with a legal-sized platen. > As I have to place the originals myself, it's convenient to > scan to a USB stick rather than a computer. When I turn it > on, after powercuts, I have to open and

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 10/31/2024 01:28 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 03:21:09PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: [...] Although that works, and I removed the Brother drivers with localhost:631, I still get: comp@Abanormal:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade [sudo] password for comp: Reading package

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu 31 Oct 2024 at 10:33:00 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 10:25:40AM +0100, daven...@tuxfamily.org wrote: > > [...] > > > brscan si useless for printing but mandatory¹ for scanning. But indeed, > > driveless printing works just fine on Brother printers > > > > I w

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 2024-10-31 06:28, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 03:21:09PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: [...] Although that works, and I removed the Brother drivers with localhost:631, I still get: comp@Abanormal:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade [sudo] password for comp: Reading package lists

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 03:21:09PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: [...] > Although that works, and I removed the Brother drivers with localhost:631, I > still get: > > comp@Abanormal:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade > [sudo] password for comp: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree..

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 9:48 PM Eddie Seymour wrote: > > The brscan4 i8s on the Brother Printer site. Use the script for linux to > install it . My Brother functions fine as printer and scanner when installed > with the Brother script from their site. Also see

Re: Synaptic Problem

The brscan4 i8s on the Brother Printer site. Use the script for linux to install it . My Brother functions fine as printer and scanner when installed with the Brother script from their site. On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 4:31 PM David Wright wrote: > On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 15:21:09 (-0400), Stephen P.

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 15:21:09 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > On 10/04/2024 02:41 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > > > On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > >1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > > >2.

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 10/04/2024 02:41 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install Of course, such manual install of `.deb` file

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Mon, 7 Oct 2024, Bruno Schneider wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 10:51 AM Roger Price wrote: I logged out and back in. Command "sudo /usr/sbin/synaptic" called for my own password, and now works correctly. It is unclear if the Synaptic desktop icon is now working for you. T

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On 06/10/2024 16:47, Joe wrote: My graphical menu calls synaptic-pkexec, and it definitely wants the root password, and it says so explicitly. My impression is that polkit dialog appearance depends on desktop environment. In KDE it is more confusing since it contains no hint if user or root

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On 07/10/2024 15:07, Bruno Schneider wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 10:51 AM Roger Price wrote: I logged out and back in. Command "sudo /usr/sbin/synaptic" called for my own password, and now works correctly. It is unclear if the Synaptic desktop icon is now working for you. I

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 10:51 AM Roger Price wrote: > > I logged out and back in. Command "sudo /usr/sbin/synaptic" called for my own > password, and now works correctly. > It is unclear if the Synaptic desktop icon is now working for you. I'm using a recent install o

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Sun, Oct 06, 2024 at 15:50:59 +0200, Roger Price wrote: > On Sun, 6 Oct 2024, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Run the "id" command with no arguments to see your current group > > memberships. You'll see that "sudo" is not one of them. > > I found that if I then tried "id rprice" I could see "sudo". Y

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

authentication session as yourself, to pick up the new group memberships. I logged out and back in. Command "sudo /usr/sbin/synaptic" called for my own password, and now works correctly. Run the "id" command with no arguments to see your current group memberships. You'll s

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Sun, Oct 06, 2024 at 13:34:01 +0200, Roger Price wrote: > I also tried to use sudo to call synaptic and failed: > >rprice@maria ~ sudo /usr/sbin/synaptic >[sudo] password for rprice: >rprice is not in the sudoers file. > > I see in /etc/sudoers > >

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Sun, 6 Oct 2024, Joe wrote: On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:47:05 +0200 (CEST) Roger Price wrote: ... As with Debian 11, a synaptic popup asks for the super user password, but after entering root password I get "Authentification failure". This worked on Debian 11. One test to try is

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Sun, Oct 06, 2024 at 11:24:03AM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:47:24 +0100 > Joe wrote: > > Hello Joe, > > >My graphical menu calls synaptic-pkexec, and it definitely wants the > > As does mine. > > >root password, and it says so expl

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 11:24:03 +0100 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:47:24 +0100 > Joe wrote: > > Hello Joe, > > >My graphical menu calls synaptic-pkexec, and it definitely wants the > > > > As does mine. > > >root password, and it says so

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:47:24 +0100 Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >My graphical menu calls synaptic-pkexec, and it definitely wants the As does mine. >root password, and it says so explicitly. Here, I get a different result. The requester asks for authentication but does not specify root pa

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:47:05 +0200 (CEST) Roger Price wrote: > I installed Debian 12 and defined a user. Now I would like to > install other packages as that user. As with Debian 11, a synaptic > popup asks for the super user password, but after entering root > password I get "

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:47:05 +0200 (CEST) Roger Price wrote: Hello Roger, >I click on "details" but all I see is "Action: >com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic". PolicyKit is installed: you must use the user's password. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / )

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

On 6 Oct 2024 10:47 +0200, from ro...@rogerprice.org (Roger Price): > I installed Debian 12 and defined a user. Now I would like to install other > packages as that user. As with Debian 11, a synaptic popup asks for the > super user password, but after entering root passw

Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

I installed Debian 12 and defined a user. Now I would like to install other packages as that user. As with Debian 11, a synaptic popup asks for the super user password, but after entering root password I get "Authentification failure". This worked on Debian 11. I click on "d

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 04/10/2024 03:41, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files mea

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install > > > > Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't > > automati

Re: Synaptic Problem

> Just one non-problem Stefan, Brother seems to be our friend AND their > drivers JUST WORK! I can't say the same for cups. Some weird friends you have, who don't let you see the code they force you to run to use the tools you buy from them. Also "just works" doesn't mean "isn't full of security

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