Re: Package kde-config-mobile-networking - what does it do?

2025-04-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 19:54:19 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > Try running `sudo apt info kde-config-mobile-networking` and see what the > info says. You don't even need sudo for that.

Re: Package kde-config-mobile-networking - what does it do?

2025-04-01 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM Hans wrote: > Hi, > > just a question: today I stumbled over the package "kde-config-mobile- > networking" and installed it. But I saw no change of my system. I even did > not > find any change in kde-systemsettings. Is this an

Package kde-config-mobile-networking - what does it do?

2025-04-01 Thread Hans
Hi, just a question: today I stumbled over the package "kde-config-mobile- networking" and installed it. But I saw no change of my system. I even did not find any change in kde-systemsettings. Is this an older and unneeded package? Network-manager is already creating a connection to

Re: Package kde-config-mobile-networking - what does it do?

2025-04-01 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 01/04/2025 16:01, Hans wrote: Hi, just a question: today I stumbled over the package "kde-config-mobile- networking" and installed it. But I saw no change of my system. I even did not find any change in kde-systemsettings. Is this an older and unneeded package? Network-manager

nut on Debian bullseye: issues with UID and default config

2025-03-29 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
Hello, I run a nut-server & nut-client on Debian bullseye connected to an UPS. It works very well: there are syslog messages for when the current is down and it's on battery, I can see the various statistics with upsc. However, it does not seem it really shuts down when low on battery. I noticed

Re: ssh config file not working as I think the man page describes

2024-11-13 Thread Chris Green
Chris Green wrote: > I have quite a long ~/.ssh/config file. > > I have been trying to rationalise it a bit and share bits that are > common to several systems. So I have two sections referring to a > host that I call 'caracal', the first is:- > > # >

Re: ssh config file not working as I think the man page describes

2024-11-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 13:56:11 +, Chris Green wrote: > ... and at the end of ~/.ssh/config:- > # > # 'global' options > # > Host * > User chris > ~ > ~ > chris$ ssh caracal > ch...@caracal.mythic-beasts.com's passw

ssh config file not working as I think the man page describes

2024-11-13 Thread Chris Green
I have quite a long ~/.ssh/config file. I have been trying to rationalise it a bit and share bits that are common to several systems. So I have two sections referring to a host that I call 'caracal', the first is:- # # # Mythic Beasts hosting # Host

Re: Editing grub/EFI config on (net) installer ISO for serial install

2024-07-29 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Andy Smith wrote: > Is there some advantage in me editing one of the files in the EFI > partition as opposed to just putting the grub serial directives in > /boot/grub/grub.cfg of the ISO? None that i know of. Editing /efi/debian/grub.cfg of the EFI partition filesystem would just happen ins

Re: Editing grub/EFI config on (net) installer ISO for serial install

2024-07-29 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 12:42:05PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Andy Smith wrote: > > Should I just edit that into $iso_root/boot/grub/grub.cfg and repack > > the ISO? > > If altering the EFI partition is not viable, then surely: Yes. Is there some advantage in me editing one of the files

Re: Editing grub/EFI config on (net) installer ISO for serial install

2024-07-29 Thread Thomas Schmitt
ial --unit=1 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 >terminal_input serial >terminal_output serial Such stuff is in the /boot/grub/ directory of the ISO. The sparse config in the EFI partition /mnt/fat/efi/debian/grub.cfg search --file --set=root /.disk/id/1af76032-4f8c-416b-90c5

Editing grub/EFI config on (net) installer ISO for serial install

2024-07-29 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, I am used to installing Debian by PXE boot and serial console. For that purpose I'm familiar with editing the isolinux config files to have the kernel serial settings (console=ttyS… etc) in isolinux/txt.cfg. Now for the first time I am trying to install a system that has a manag

[SOLVED] Re: config files - newline possible?

2024-04-11 Thread Hans
Hi Greg, ah, I wasn't aware of this. This is really great news! And it will help me much. You made my day! Thank you very much. Best regards Hans > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 08:42:20PM +0200, Hans wrote: > > in my case it is the config freom from bootcdwrite, which is > &

Re: config files - newline possible?

2024-04-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 08:42:20PM +0200, Hans wrote: > in my case it is the config freom from bootcdwrite, which is bootcdwrite.conf. <https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/bootcd/bootcdwrite.conf.5.en.html> says: This file will be sourced as shell file. So, you may use any val

Re: config files - newline possible?

2024-04-11 Thread Hans
Hi Tomas, in my case it is the config freom from bootcdwrite, which is bootcdwrite.conf. The parm is NOT_TO_CD and as there are many and partly long pathnames, the line has increased rather long. So I want to shorten it. But as it was said: there is no general way for this. So I just try some

Re: config files - newline possible?

2024-04-11 Thread tomas
On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 05:56:05PM +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > O know in shell scripts it is possible, to seperate a looong line of commands > into several short lines. > > But can this be done in config-files, too? > > I have a files with the syntax like

Re: config files - newline possible?

2024-04-11 Thread Nicolas George
Hans (12024-04-11): > But can this be done in config-files, too? Depends entirely on the software reading the config file. Some will use \, some will use something else, some will offer no solution. Regards, -- Nicolas George

config files - newline possible?

2024-04-11 Thread Hans
Hi folks, O know in shell scripts it is possible, to seperate a looong line of commands into several short lines. But can this be done in config-files, too? I have a files with the syntax like this: Do_not_write="/path1/subfolder /path1/subfolder2 ... /pathX/subfolderX" And as

Re: Do I have to worry about system zsh config files getting wiped out?

2024-01-27 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 02:31:07PM -0500, Dotfiles wrote: > > > > Debian always does this with configuration files. > > > > OK, thanks. I’ve seen those prompts before with other config files but I > wasn’t sure if it also happened with zsh. But it sounds like this

Re: Do I have to worry about system zsh config files getting wiped out?

2024-01-27 Thread Dotfiles
> > Debian always does this with configuration files. > OK, thanks. I’ve seen those prompts before with other config files but I wasn’t sure if it also happened with zsh. But it sounds like this is standard behavior for all config files. Good to know.

Re: Do I have to worry about system zsh config files getting wiped out?

2024-01-27 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 01:56:57PM -0500, Dotfiles wrote: > If I make changes to the config files in /etc/zsh, do I have to worry about > them getting overwritten if I do an upgrade to the next major Debian release? If that release comes with a new config file, you will be asked at instal

Do I have to worry about system zsh config files getting wiped out?

2024-01-27 Thread Dotfiles
If I make changes to the config files in /etc/zsh, do I have to worry about them getting overwritten if I do an upgrade to the next major Debian release?

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-25 Thread David Wright
On Sat 25 Nov 2023 at 13:35:05 (-0500), Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi folks, > floating back on screen with the latest and a question. > My knight of mailbox creation has done a fine job so far. > The issue is, I am being asked to provide my password for every task, > even after doing so and logging i

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-25 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, floating back on screen with the latest and a question. My knight of mailbox creation has done a fine job so far. The issue is, I am being asked to provide my password for every task, even after doing so and logging into the imap setup the first time. Is there a line anywhere that has a

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-25 Thread David Wright
On Sat 25 Nov 2023 at 11:46:39 (+), Tim Woodall wrote: > OK. This is weird! Something is joining those two lines. Your post's headers contained the following line: Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII ↑ A fix is to diff > output-

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-25 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sat, 25 Nov 2023, Tixy wrote: On Sat, 2023-11-25 at 13:49 +, Tixy wrote: On Sat, 2023-11-25 at 11:46 +, Tim Woodall wrote: OK. This is weird! Something is joining those two lines. Not at this end it isn't. For me, all 3 of your diffs look the same on screen and are binary the same

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-25 Thread Tixy
On Sat, 2023-11-25 at 13:49 +, Tixy wrote: > On Sat, 2023-11-25 at 11:46 +, Tim Woodall wrote: > > OK. This is weird! Something is joining those two lines. > > Not at this end it isn't. For me, all 3 of your diffs look the same on > screen and are binary the same apart from the space you d

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-25 Thread Tixy
On Sat, 2023-11-25 at 11:46 +, Tim Woodall wrote: > OK. This is weird! Something is joining those two lines. Not at this end it isn't. For me, all 3 of your diffs look the same on screen and are binary the same apart from the space you deleted in the third one. Perhaps your MUA is treating it

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-25 Thread Tim Woodall
OK. This is weird! Something is joining those two lines. diff --git a/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf b/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf index b47235f..5b20997 100644 --- a/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf +++ b/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ # # # -mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mai

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-25 Thread Tim Woodall
new office email accounts. is there a specific imap server config file, or a choice from the main settings s, config c options? Also, what about the imap aspect of certificates? I recall there is a new way to create the aph thing google requires. Thanks for ideas. Kare Are you using mbox or

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-25 Thread Tim Woodall
specific imap server config file, or a choice from the main settings s, config c options? Also, what about the imap aspect of certificates? I recall there is a new way to create the aph thing google requires. Thanks for ideas. Kare Are you using mbox or Maildir? And is inbox in /home or /var/spool

Re: quick alpine config question?

2023-11-23 Thread Tim Woodall
JavaScript coding on the send button. where he is stuck at the moment is how to get alpine to display imap things like the sent mail folder int he folders list. Dreamhost is having the same problem with some of our new office email accounts. is there a specific imap server config file, or a choice

quick alpine config question?

2023-11-23 Thread Karen Lewellen
is stuck at the moment is how to get alpine to display imap things like the sent mail folder int he folders list. Dreamhost is having the same problem with some of our new office email accounts. is there a specific imap server config file, or a choice from the main settings s, config c options

Re: wpa_supplicant config for ap with no ssid

2023-10-14 Thread David Wright
On Sat 14 Oct 2023 at 22:27:07 (+), fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > how do i configure wpa_supplicant for a ap that does not advertise ssid > i normally use > > network={ > ssid="ap" > psk="passphrase" > id_str="ap" > } You need to add: scan_ssid=1 for hidden SSIDs. http://w1.fi/cgit/ho

wpa_supplicant config for ap with no ssid

2023-10-14 Thread fxkl47BF
how do i configure wpa_supplicant for a ap that does not advertise ssid i normally use network={ ssid="ap" psk="passphrase" id_str="ap" } i tried network={ bssid=12:34:56:78:90:ab psk="passphrase" id_str="ap" } with no success i read that a hex passphrase is required i found references to pbkdf

Re: which package provides kde-config?

2022-08-03 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-08-03 20:02:39 +0200, hého wrote: > on an old debian stretch > with only kde plasma-desktop installed > no kde-config to be found but a kde4-config > > I get this > $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/kde4-config > kdelibs-bin: /usr/bin/kde4-config Thanks. The xdg-utils package use

Re: which package provides kde-config?

2022-08-03 Thread Guillermo Galeano Fernández , Lic .
El mié, 3 ago 2022 a las 14:03, hého () escribió: > > Vincent Lefevre a écrit le 03/08/2022 à 10:22 : > > I'm wondering which package provides kde-config[*]. > > "apt-file search kde-config" doesn't give any answer. > > > > Note: I currently don&

Re: which package provides kde-config?

2022-08-03 Thread Anssi Saari
Vincent Lefevre writes: > I'm wondering which package provides kde-config[*]. > "apt-file search kde-config" doesn't give any answer. > > Note: I currently don't have KDE installed. That's why I'm asking. > I just want to do some check of

which package provides kde-config?

2022-08-03 Thread Vincent Lefevre
I'm wondering which package provides kde-config[*]. "apt-file search kde-config" doesn't give any answer. Note: I currently don't have KDE installed. That's why I'm asking. I just want to do some check of the kde-config behavior (and possibly, its code). [*] h

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-06-03 Thread Emanuel Berg
or a human to read as well, not just parsable by a computer. Sure! My config files are very educative at least to me, often when I forget something I make a search and find something I wrote or something I can change just a little bit ... OTOH is it like saying the advantage with C++ isn't just the

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-06-02 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 02:46:49AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Except for people aging and dying I didn't understand any of > this post ... I'm happy to explain any part of it that you were not able to understand, but you'll have to be more specific. I must have been very unclear indeed

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-06-02 Thread Dan Ritter
at > something set up by someone who's no longer around (or by me, a > decade previous!) and with only the things in config management I've > been able to work out which pieces the service is composed of, and > just that's been a God send and a bigger win than the autom

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-06-01 Thread Emanuel Berg
nagement tool both does > the setup and documents what needs to be done. > > This is useful even for a single human, but if you have > multiple people working on things then there is some value > in all of them learning how to read the domain-specific > language of the chosen

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-06-01 Thread Emanuel Berg
ith the state of >> the OS in terms of packages that are installed so that they >> can be used immediately by the user, I know that all >> software can be and is by some including me configured with >> no end in sight but I see no reason to bring _that_ into >> _this_

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-06-01 Thread Andy Smith
of the configuration management tool both does the setup and documents what needs to be done. This is useful even for a single human, but if you have multiple people working on things then there is some value in all of them learning how to read the domain-specific language of the chosen config

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-31 Thread Dan Ritter
ncerned with the state of > the OS in terms of packages that are installed so that they > can be used immediately by the user, I know that all software > can be and is by some including me configured with no end in > sight but I see no reason to bring _that_ into _this_, since > that is alre

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-31 Thread Emanuel Berg
e including me configured with no end in sight but I see no reason to bring _that_ into _this_, since that is already done with config files and that's the best way there is to do it IMO, and now it's here as well - well, not really, that's what I'm asking for - but when it is

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-31 Thread Dan Ritter
Emanuel Berg wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > That's just knowing what packages you want to install. > > What do you mean, what else are you supposed to know? Examples: - you have installed a load balancer; it needs a configuration file to work. - you have installed bind or unbound to provide

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-31 Thread Emanuel Berg
Dan Ritter wrote: > That's just knowing what packages you want to install. What do you mean, what else are you supposed to know? > If that's all you want, you can use dpkg --set-selections > and a text list. What about using the interactive commands? sudo apt-get -qq update sudo apt-get in

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-31 Thread Dan Ritter
Emanuel Berg wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > >>> You can do it with puppet, chef, ansible, salt... > >>> > >>> You can go further into it with guix and nix. > >>> > >>> It can be quite a lot of work > >> > >>

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread Emanuel Berg
IL Ka wrote: > With a non-interactive frontend you can install all packages > and configure them with one script. Right, and I happen to know exactly what I want, I want - from the repos, with the default configuration - if by configuration you mean install options - these programs feh mpv

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread IL Ka
> > > Noninteractive is the word! Thank you. > > This is a technical term covered by debconf(7) :) https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/debconf-doc/debconf.7.en.html The idea is covered here: https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/debconf-doc/debconf-devel.7.en.html With a non-interactive frontend

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread Emanuel Berg
Dan Ritter wrote: >>> You can do it with puppet, chef, ansible, salt... >>> >>> You can go further into it with guix and nix. >>> >>> It can be quite a lot of work >> >> Okay, but why so, since it looks like the task to be done >>

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Emanuel Berg wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > You can do it with puppet, chef, ansible, salt... > > > > You can go further into it with guix and nix. > > > > It can be quite a lot of work > > Okay, but why so, since it looks like the task to be done is

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread Emanuel Berg
bviously people can call it declarative if the like to, maybe a fancy word like that is what it takes to promote it. Now why every that would be needed, since it's such a basic idea (the config file) and it's present for everything else already ... but evidently. Anyway how does that work

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread Emanuel Berg
Mike Kupfer wrote: > I have half of that, sort of. A static file has 1 package > name per line, and each line has a usage tag like "base", > "dev", or "emacs-build", and distro tags, like "deb10" or > "f25". I run a script, telling it the usage and distro, and > it spits out a list of packages. I

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread Emanuel Berg
Dan Ritter wrote: > You can do it with puppet, chef, ansible, salt... > > You can go further into it with guix and nix. > > It can be quite a lot of work Okay, but why so, since it looks like the task to be done is just a config file that's iterated by a script and boi

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread IL Ka
his blog post and program: > > Managing OpenBSD installed packages declaratively > > https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-05-05-openbsd-declarative-packages-with-pkgset.html > > That's sure one idea, to have a config file (that's the > "declarative" part) and

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Emanuel Berg wrote: > Have a look at this blog post and program: > > Managing OpenBSD installed packages declaratively > > https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-05-05-openbsd-declarative-packages-with-pkgset.html > > That's sure one idea, to have a config file (that&

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-30 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 11:10 PM Emanuel Berg wrote: > Have a look at this blog post and program: > > Managing OpenBSD installed packages declaratively > > https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-05-05-openbsd-declarative-packages-with-pkgset.html > > That's sure one i

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-29 Thread Emanuel Berg
Mike Kupfer wrote: >> Have a look at this blog post and program: >> >> Managing OpenBSD installed packages declaratively >> >> https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-05-05-openbsd-declarative-packages-with-pkgset.html >> >> [...] Anyone has that for Debian and Debian-like systems? > > I have hal

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-29 Thread Mike Kupfer
Emanuel Berg wrote: > Have a look at this blog post and program: > > Managing OpenBSD installed packages declaratively > > https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-05-05-openbsd-declarative-packages-with-pkgset.html [...] > Anyone has that for Debian and Debian-like systems? I have half of that,

Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-29 Thread Emanuel Berg
> Anyone has that for Debian and Debian-like systems? Or, to be exact, systems that use APT. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal

declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system

2022-05-29 Thread Emanuel Berg
Have a look at this blog post and program: Managing OpenBSD installed packages declaratively https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-05-05-openbsd-declarative-packages-with-pkgset.html That's sure one idea, to have a config file (that's the "declarative" part) and then a

Re: Locally modified config file prompts in apt-get dist-upgrade despite APT configuration in place

2022-02-07 Thread Jaikumar Sharma
talled currently > has been locally modified. > What do you want to do about modified config file smb.conf? > .. > > Does somebody know where is the glitch or i'm doing something wrong or > missing something obvious? > > Please ignore this mail thread as thi

Locally modified config file prompts in apt-get dist-upgrade despite APT configuration in place

2022-02-06 Thread Jaikumar Sharma
d-by-dpkg/ ... A new version (/run/samba/upgrades/smb.conf) of configuration file /etc/samba/smb.conf is available, but the version installed currently has been locally modified. What do you want to do about modified config file smb.conf? .. Does somebody know where is the glitch or i&#

Re: Plasma config change?

2021-10-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
5.21. > > So it looks like you will have either to upgrade to testing or unstable, or > just delete all configs below ~/.kde which are existent below ~/.config. > > Maybe someone will write a transition script to get rid of unused config file > below ~/.kde. On the other ha

Re: Plasma config change?

2021-10-07 Thread Hans
which are existent below ~/.config. Maybe someone will write a transition script to get rid of unused config file below ~/.kde. On the other hand, in about 2 years bookworm will be stable, and maybe this issue will be solved automatically. Cheers Hans > Hi folks, > > somehow I missed

Re: Plasma config change?

2021-10-05 Thread David Wright
On Tue 05 Oct 2021 at 12:55:49 (+0200), Hans wrote: > > somehow I missed something and was surprised today. > > Does anyone know, when plasma (kde) did change the position of its > configuration files from ~/.kde to ~/.config? And according to this, is > ~/.kde > stil

Plasma config change?

2021-10-05 Thread Hans
Hi folks, somehow I missed something and was surprised today. Does anyone know, when plasma (kde) did change the position of its configuration files from ~/.kde to ~/.config? And according to this, is ~/.kde still needed or can it be safely fully deleted? Thanks for reading and any answers

Re: Keep config?

2021-09-27 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 12:02:52PM +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > just an easy question: How can I force to keep or overwrite a configuration > during an upgrade? As I do not want it set fixed, I am searching for a > solution by setting a command. [...] In addition to the other responses i

Re: Keep config?

2021-09-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > thanks for the answwers, but I believe, my question was not clear enough. > > What I wanted to know, if there is an option, like > > apt-get upgrade --keep-my-configs (or --overwrite-my-config) > > or > > aptitude upgrade -

Re: Keep config?

2021-09-27 Thread Hans
Hi folks, thanks for the answwers, but I believe, my question was not clear enough. What I wanted to know, if there is an option, like apt-get upgrade --keep-my-configs (or --overwrite-my-config) or aptitude upgrade --keep-my-configs (or overwrite-my-config) or similar, to let my changed

Re: Keep config?

2021-09-27 Thread Paul M. Foster
sure, this can be done with setting a tag (so that I am not asked, if I want to overwrite or keep), and searched through the manual of apt, aptitude and dpkg, but somehow I must have something overseen (or misundertood). Sure way to do this: make a backup. for those you chose, restore the config

Re: Keep config?

2021-09-27 Thread Henning Follmann
this can be done with setting a tag (so that I am not asked, if I > want to overwrite or keep), and searched through the manual of apt, aptitude > and dpkg, but somehow I must have something overseen (or misundertood). > Sure way to do this: make a backup. for those you chose, restore the co

Re: Keep config?

2021-09-27 Thread IL Ka
> > > > just an easy question: How can I force to keep or overwrite a > configuration > during an upgrade? As I do not want it set fixed, I am searching for a > solution by setting a command. There are options for dpkg: --force-{confdef,confold,confnew} etc. See ``dpkg(1)``. Here are some exampl

Keep config?

2021-09-27 Thread Hans
Hi folks, just an easy question: How can I force to keep or overwrite a configuration during an upgrade? As I do not want it set fixed, I am searching for a solution by setting a command. I am sure, this can be done with setting a tag (so that I am not asked, if I want to overwrite or keep),

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Colin Williams wrote: > I seem to have resolved the issue above after rebooting. Congrats. I planned to propose lsmod today, but your exploration work was faster. Nevertheless, i wonder why the loop module was not loaded when you had the difficulties with your script runs. Have a nice day

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Colin Williams
I seem to have resolved the issue above after rebooting. Thanks for helping to debug Thomas and everyone. On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 1:29 PM Colin Williams wrote: > > > -- > > > > Do you have a file > > /dev/loop-control > > ? > >

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Colin Williams
> -- > > Do you have a file > /dev/loop-control > ? > > What is listed by > > ls -ld /dev/loop* > colin@M00974055-VM:~$ sudo ls /dev/loop-control [sudo] password for colin: ls: cannot access '/dev/loop-control': No such file

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread David Wright
On Sat 07 Aug 2021 at 05:03:10 (-0700), Colin Williams wrote: > >The error message of losetup does not match this theory. > > Re-reading http://ix.io/3v6K and it does appear that possibly > /mnt/src/host/ does exist based on some of the debugging output. > Thanks for making me look back. I made th

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Colin Williams wrote: > http://ix.io/3vfj Where i read +++ sudo losetup --show -f /mnt/host/source/src/build/ima ges/kukui/R94-14125.0.2021_08_07_0451-a1/chromiumos_base_ image.bin losetup: cannot find an unused loop device ++ lb_dev= ++ sudo losetup -l -a +++ sudo partx -v -d

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Colin Williams
Hi Thomas, >The error message of losetup does not match this theory. Re-reading http://ix.io/3v6K and it does appear that possibly /mnt/src/host/ does exist based on some of the debugging output. Thanks for making me look back. I made this "theory" on trying to `ls /mnt/host/src/rc/build/images/k

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Colin Williams
Hi Thomas, It's not entirely clear that what I was trying to express was understood. Then in short: 1) A file ./src/build/images/kukui/R94-14125.0.2021_08_05_1510-a1/chromiumos_base_image.bin is created 2) It seems that commands use a variable called GCLIENT_ROOT and it's value is set to /mnt/h

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Colin Williams: > 3) When trying to create the loopback device the script tries to use a > path > /mnt/host/src/rc/build/images/kukui/R94-14125.0.2021_08_05_1510-a1/chromiumos_base_image.bin > which does not exist The error message of losetup does not match this theory. Did you make sure tha

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Colin Williams wrote: > http://ix.io/3v3i At least this shows an impressive partition table. (Among them 5 partitions of size 512 bytes.) > http://ix.io/3v6K (Best to be downloaded and viewed in a text editor.) > I believe the issues arise in > https://github.com/drocsid/cros-scripts/blo

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 09:48:29PM -0700, Colin Williams wrote: > Hello everyone, > > In hindsight after looking at this much too late there were many > mistakes in my initial mail. The issue may or may not be debian > related and involves at least analyzing the script. There is a claim > in the d

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-06 Thread Colin Williams
Hello everyone, In hindsight after looking at this much too late there were many mistakes in my initial mail. The issue may or may not be debian related and involves at least analyzing the script. There is a claim in the documentation that Then I'll make another attempt to further expose my ignor

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread Thomas Schmitt
;t there a way to inquire the running kernel's configuration ?) The Wanderer wrote: > Debian started putting the kernel > config on-disk instead, under the filename /boot/config-`uname -r`. Ah yes. That exists here and says CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m (Last year i igot missing CONFIG

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread The Wanderer
ebian.net/search?q=package%3Alinux+BLK_DEV_LOOP%3Dn&literal=0 > but lots of "y" and "m". > > (Wasn't there a way to inquire the running kernel's configuration ?) AFAIK, that's /proc/config.gz; it's present only if a specific Kconfig setting is enable

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > Can someone tell me where I should look for the kernel for the > loopback setting? Quite exactly a year ago i learned the hard way that it's CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP which on amd64 should be set to "m" to get /dev/loop*. See its description at https://sources.debian.org/src/linux/5.10.46-1/dri

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 04:36:59AM -0700, Colin Williams wrote: > I'm running bullseye / debian 11.0 testing. I have been running a > script that is supposed to write a filesystem image (for chromiumOS). > In short I'm getting the following > > losetup: cannot find an unused loop device > partx: s

losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread Colin Williams
d: No such file or directory Or for a greater description http://ix.io/3v3i Looking up the error someone mentioned that the kernel needed to be configured to support loopback devices. I was curious where the kernel config is located. I looked at https://wiki.debian.org/KernelFAQ and it seems to be

Re: IP-CONFIG: no response | eth0 hardware address DHCP RARP

2021-02-07 Thread Jeremy A.
On 2021-02-07 9:40 p.m., Elias Pereira wrote: > hello, > > I have debian 10 in a xenserver 7.0 vm with static ip and keeps trying > dhcp. Already removed some packages that could be interfering, but must > still have something installed. > > the post messages > https://i.stack.imgur.com/9ylgS.p

IP-CONFIG: no response | eth0 hardware address DHCP RARP

2021-02-07 Thread Elias Pereira
hello, I have debian 10 in a xenserver 7.0 vm with static ip and keeps trying dhcp. Already removed some packages that could be interfering, but must still have something installed. the post messages https://i.stack.imgur.com/9ylgS.png

Re: Bug Report? - T14 Microphone Issue - Possible Missing Kernel Config?

2020-10-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 27 oct 20, 20:15:13, Jonathan wrote: > Good Evening, > > I was attempting to get my microphone working on my T14 AMD as it is the > only non-functioning piece I was aware of. Browsing possible solutions I was > shown the following could fix the issue if added to th

Bug Report? - T14 Microphone Issue - Possible Missing Kernel Config?

2020-10-27 Thread Jonathan
Good Evening, I was attempting to get my microphone working on my T14 AMD as it is the only non-functioning piece I was aware of. Browsing possible solutions I was shown the following could fix the issue if added to the kernel config: CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_RENOIR=m

Re: Getting Debian Kernel Config for 5.4 LTS Kernel

2020-10-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 02:33:43AM +0200, Janis Hamme wrote: > Am 04.10.20 um 00:35 schrieb deloptes: > > cp /boot/config-.xxxx.xxx .config > > make .oldconfig > > make -j`nproc` bindeb-pkg > > The oldconfig hassle is something that I'd rather like to avoid, th

Re: Getting Debian Kernel Config for 5.4 LTS Kernel

2020-10-03 Thread David
On Sun, 4 Oct 2020 at 11:34, Janis Hamme wrote: > I think I found a proper way to do it. It turns out the buster-backports repo > actually has the Debian sources for all kernel versions that were released > in the past. Maybe the steps are useful for others as well: Hi, thank you very much for s

Re: Getting Debian Kernel Config for 5.4 LTS Kernel

2020-10-03 Thread Janis Hamme
Am 04.10.20 um 00:35 schrieb deloptes: > cp /boot/config-..xxx .config > make .oldconfig > make -j`nproc` bindeb-pkg > > as mentioned in https://wiki.debian.org/BuildADebianKernelPackage > > After make .oldconfig you will be asked questions about new stuff. Th

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