Eben King writes:
> xev works as not-root, so X clients in general work. So how do I get
> around this? Installing not-Wayland is an option, but I probably should
> replace it with some WIMP interface so if I need it, it's there. Thanks.
So, as xev works, X forwarding works and it's not your
On 4/4/25 17:00, Eben King wrote:
Also it suspends the OS after a few minutes, so I
gotta find out where that's controlled.
/etc/gdm3/greeter.dconf-defaults looks to be a likely candidate, as in
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/748759/disabling-suspend-etc-on-debian-12
I changed it
On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM Eben King wrote:
>
> On 4/4/25 16:41, George at Clug wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> > If you need to reboot to complete the installation
> > # systemctl reboot
>
> shutdown doesn't. I mean it acts like it does, goes through the
> motions, and ends up with a computer that's
On 05/04/2025 04:00, Eben King wrote:
Also it suspends the OS after a few minutes, so I
gotta find out where that's controlled.
Either your desktop environment or systemd had a hope to reduce your
electricity bills. Check power management setting for both. For the
latter see /etc/systemd/slee
On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 18:13:40 -0400
Eben King wrote:
> > Not necessarily. I routinely ssh into all my computers, to their
> > root and user accounts,
>
> So you ssh-login as root, or do you login as a user then su to root?
I log in as root. "ssh r...@dragon.example.com".
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On 4/4/25 18:08, Charles Curley wrote:
On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 17:00:09 -0400
Eben King wrote:
to run synaptic you would need to do this on the computer itself,
not remotely unless you are using a remote X or Wayland client like
VNC.
So ssh is right out? That sucketh much. It's not all X cli
On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 17:00:09 -0400
Eben King wrote:
> > to run synaptic you would need to do this on the computer itself,
> > not remotely unless you are using a remote X or Wayland client like
> > VNC.
>
> So ssh is right out? That sucketh much. It's not all X clients that
> don't work, so w
On 4/4/25 16:41, George at Clug wrote:
Hi,
I believe you are using a terminal from another computer, and not using a remote X or
Wayland client like VNC? (e.g. "I usually access it via ssh")
That is correct, ssh in bash in xfce4-terminal in XFCE in X11 under
kernel 6.1.0-32-amd64.
If so
Hi,
I believe you are using a terminal from another computer, and not using a
remote X or Wayland client like VNC? (e.g. "I usually access it via ssh")
If so, please use apt to install software.
for example, become root
$ sudo -i or just su (which is what I use) $ su
After logging in as root
Hi. I have this machine "alexandria" onto which I installed Debian
yesterday:
eben@alexandria:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
12.10
It has a video card and a keyboard, but to log in there I have to get
down on the floor, so I usually access it via ssh. Right now I'm trying
to use synaptic to instal
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