Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

In case of GNOME, you might try the following gsettings set org.gnome.software download-updates false (gnome-software used packagekitd internally) OpenPGP_signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

On 29/01/2024 04:24, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 03:57:30PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: systemctl mask packagekit I don't think you're looking at the right thing. "packagekit" seems to be an interface to dbus. By itself, it doesn't do what you think it does. Perhaps

Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

esktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null"; }; So I think probably that unattended-upgrades is downloading Stefan's packages and then poking packagekit over DBUS to make the GNOME

Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

Am So, Jan 28, 2024 at 16:31:02 -0500 schrieb Stefan Monnier: the thing you don't want done. Is "unattended-upgrades" installed by any chance? Hmm yep, it is! So that's it? Well, you can look in /var/log/unattended-upgrades/ for the log files. „dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades” will

Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 04:31:02PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > There is probably some other package that's *using* packagekit to do > > the thing you don't want done. Is "unattended-upgrades" installed by > > any chance? > > Hmm yep, it is! > So that's it? > I self-inflicted this by inst

Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

> I don't think you're looking at the right thing. "packagekit" seems > to be an interface to dbus. By itself, it doesn't do what you think > it does. Aha! > There is probably some other package that's *using* packagekit to do > the thing you don't want done. Is "unattended-upgrades" installed

Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 03:57:30PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> How can I stop those downloads? > >> > >> Currently, I did > >> > >> systemctl mask packagekit I don't think you're looking at the right thing. "packagekit" seems to be an interface to dbus. By itself, it doesn't do what

Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

>> How can I stop those downloads? >> >> Currently, I did >> >> systemctl mask packagekit > > Well, you might just get rid of the package. > > apt purge packagekit > > should do it. Of course, but that also gets rid of packages I do want to keep (such as the `gnome` metapackage). > To preve

Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 14:10:46 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > How can I stop those downloads? > > Currently, I did > > systemctl mask packagekit Well, you might just get rid of the package. apt purge packagekit should do it. Less drastic, to simply shut down the current daemon, systemctl

Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

Apparently, there's now a thing called `packagekit` whose daemon seems to like to download updates "in the background" for me. Thanks, but no, thanks. This tends to occur at inopportune times for me and it's not far enough "in the background", so it gets in the way (furthermore, I like to downl

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

On Wed 06 Dec 2023 at 22:40:23 (+), Albretch Mueller wrote: > What I had been doing is use "depends" to get all dependencies I did that. > and > then download each of them. I did that too. Not all of them, of course, as I don't need or want all those packages. > I think that is why I was g

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

What I had been doing is use "depends" to get all dependencies and then download each of them. I think that is why I was getting those repeated binary files. I thought when you said "download" you just meant "download". lbrtchx

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

On Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 21:24:58 (+), Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 12/2/23, David Wright wrote: > > Obviously I'm trying to replicate what you do. > ... > > Presumably you're running more commands than you revealed above? > > Yes, I am; for each " Depends: " package I have been using apt-get

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

On 12/2/23, David Wright wrote: > Obviously I'm trying to replicate what you do. ... > Presumably you're running more commands than you revealed above? Yes, I am; for each " Depends: " package I have been using apt-get download lbrtchx

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

On Sat 02 Dec 2023 at 02:10:48 (+), Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 11/30/23, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 30 Nov 2023 at 21:05:38 (+), Albretch Mueller wrote: > >> I also notice repeated copies of {src-, pkgcache}.bin files for each > >> downloaded package e

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

On 11/30/23, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 30 Nov 2023 at 21:05:38 (+), Albretch Mueller wrote: >> I also notice repeated copies of {src-, pkgcache}.bin files for each >> downloaded package even though I am downloading them to specific >> subdirectories in order to th

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 04:52:01PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > BTW could you not write part of your post in the Subject line: > in order to respond to that specific part of the post, the > replier has either to top post, or paste the Subject line > back into the correct place. That's ignoring the

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

On Thu 30 Nov 2023 at 21:05:38 (+), Albretch Mueller wrote: > I also notice repeated copies of {src-, pkgcache}.bin files for each > downloaded package even though I am downloading them to specific > subdirectories in order to then install them using dpkg. > Do you really need th

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

Albretch Mueller wrote: > I also notice repeated copies of {src-, pkgcache}.bin files for each > downloaded package even though I am downloading them to specific > subdirectories in order to then install them using dpkg. > Do you really need those binaries and cache instruction

Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

I also notice repeated copies of {src-, pkgcache}.bin files for each downloaded package even though I am downloading them to specific subdirectories in order to then install them using dpkg. Do you really need those binaries and cache instructions if you are just downloading the installation

Re: Thank you for downloading Debian!

Hi, Loren wrote: > I attempted to download the current version and in the middle of > downloading Bit Torrent reset my browser. [...] > Now what do I do? I'd try plain https download. E.g if you wanted to get by Bit Torrent: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64

Thank you for downloading Debian!

I attempted to download the current version and in the middle of downloading Bit Torrent reset my browser. When I opened my browser again, the download did not restart and when I go to the website again to attempt to download it again it takes me to the page stating "Thank you for downlo

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On 04/09/2022 01:17 PM, davidson wrote: On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 Richard Owlett wrote: On 04/08/2022 01:18 AM, Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 09:40 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.d

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 Richard Owlett wrote: On 04/08/2022 01:18 AM, Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 09:40 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] l

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On Sat, 2022-04-09 at 06:16 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I've never used wget. I just did an initial reading of its quite > detailed man page. Is there a recommended introduction to wget. I'm not > thinking of a tutorial so much as a "What wget can do for you" intro. I don't know about any int

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

man page. Is there a recommended introduction to wget. I'm not thinking of a tutorial so much as a "What wget can do for you" intro. The data cap on my monthly internet usage is about to become less intrusive. I've been informed that the bandwidth available to the local library's machines makes downloading DVD1 reasonable.

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 20:43:40 (+0100), Darac Marjal wrote: > On 08/04/2022 20:27, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 07:18:28 (+0100), Tixy wrote: > > > On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 09:40 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" fo

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On 08/04/2022 20:27, David Wright wrote: On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 07:18:28 (+0100), Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 09:40 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 07:18:28 (+0100), Tixy wrote: > On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 09:40 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for > > *OFFLINE* use. > > > > The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] > > lead *

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 09:40 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for > *OFFLINE* use. > > The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] > lead *ONLY* to Page 1. You can download all the pages using a recursi

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On 04/07/2022 10:56 AM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/7/22, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] lead *ONLY* to Pa

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On 04/07/2022 11:59 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: Richard Owlett writes: On 04/07/2022 10:22 AM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

Richard Owlett writes: On 04/07/2022 10:22 AM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] lead *ONLY* to Page 1. Is th

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On 04/07/2022 10:22 AM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] lead *ONLY* to Page 1. Is the complete document downl

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On 4/7/22, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for >> *OFFLINE* use. >> >> The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] >> lead *ONLY* to Page 1. >> >> Is the complete document

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett wrote: > I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for > *OFFLINE* use. > > The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] > lead *ONLY* to Page 1. > > Is the complete document downloadable as a single HTML file? Have y

Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] lead *ONLY* to Page 1. Is the complete document downloadable as a single HTML file? TIA

Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format

On Mon, 17 May 2021 davidson wrote: [dd] It seems to me that this rationale depends on a couple of unstated premises: 1. If published, each mbox would contain one month's worth of messages, all of the messages in one file. 2. it is significantly easier for spammers to download a single file con

Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format

On Mon, 17 May 2021 Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/17/2021 08:50 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 17 May 2021 at 04:58:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Some mailing list save posts in mbox format. Is there any way to download specific threads from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format? I've wondere

Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format

On 05/17/2021 08:50 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 17 May 2021 at 04:58:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Some mailing list save posts in mbox format. Is there any way to download specific threads from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format? No. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/02/msg02

Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format

On Mon 17 May 2021 at 04:58:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Some mailing list save posts in mbox format. > Is there any way to download specific threads from > lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format? No. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/02/msg02997.html Bug #161440. -- Brian.

Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format

Some mailing list save posts in mbox format. Is there any way to download specific threads from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format?

A script for downloading browser files, Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use

On Sat 13 Mar 2021 at 09:26:32 (+0530), Susmita/Rajib wrote: > On 13/03/2021, David Wright wrote: > > ... ... [snipped] ... ... > > [snipped] ... ... > > I (≠ OP) don't use pulseaudio as a matter of course. It's meant to > > give benefits

Re: downloading debian blue rays

That message does not mind as it simply reports that no files were found in the existing image. However it would be very well if jigdo-0.8 was available as Linux binary. That is quite a requirement. Am 18.05.20 um 11:50 schrieb Elmar Stellnberger: Dear readers of debian-users   I lately want

Re: downloading debian blue rays

On Lu, 18 mai 20, 11:50:34, Elmar Stellnberger wrote: > Dear readers of debian-users > > I lately wanted to download the jigdo-dlbd of debian-stable as well as > debian-testing. However jigdo-lite always reports the same error: "found 0 > of the 23514 files required by the template - will not cr

downloading debian blue rays

Dear readers of debian-users I lately wanted to download the jigdo-dlbd of debian-stable as well as debian-testing. However jigdo-lite always reports the same error: "found 0 of the 23514 files required by the template - will not create image or temporary file - try again with different inpu

Re: problem downloading

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 8:54 PM kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends! > > I was downloading something via Firefox browser but it keeps failing. So > I tried wget but same result, but at least in the terminal I get an error > message: > > 2020-01-23 09:47:50 (161 KB/s) - Read e

problem downloading

Hello Friends! I was downloading something via Firefox browser but it keeps failing. So I tried wget but same result, but at least in the terminal I get an error message: 2020-01-23 09:47:50 (161 KB/s) - Read error at byte 40131584/76600520 (The TLS connection was non-properly terminated

Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor

I do it for machines that is accessible over Tor only. And in some cases, just because I can do it. --  Jonathan Sélea PGP Key: 0x8B35B3C894B964DD Fingerprint: 4AF2 10DE 996B 673C 0FD8  AFA0 8B35 B3C8 94B9 64DD  On tor, 2019-03-28 at 07:18 +, André Rodier wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Is th

Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor

On 3/28/19 9:17 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > No. Because the least Google track is your IP address. It is true that > Tor is meant to obscure your IP address, but "trackers", in your use > of the word, are mostly Javascript code snippets (sometimes invisible > images and things like that) made to

Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor

On 3/28/19, André Rodier wrote: > On 2019-03-28 16:12, John Hasler wrote: >> tomas writes: >>> No. Because the least Google track is your IP address. It is true that >>> Tor is meant to obscure your IP address, but "trackers", in your use >>> of the word, are mostly Javascript code snippets (somet

Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor

tomas writes: > No. Because the least Google track is your IP address. It is true that > Tor is meant to obscure your IP address, but "trackers", in your use > of the word, are mostly Javascript code snippets (sometimes invisible > images and things like that) made to convince your browser to betra

Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor

On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 08:27:08AM -0600, ghe wrote: > On 3/28/19 1:18 AM, André Rodier wrote: > > > Is there any advantage, in terms of privacy, to download Debian packages > > over the Tor network? > > Tor's job is to keep the trackers away by bouncing your packets around > so Google starts tra

Re: Advantages of downloading Debian packages over tor

On 3/28/19 1:18 AM, André Rodier wrote: > Is there any advantage, in terms of privacy, to download Debian packages > over the Tor network? Tor's job is to keep the trackers away by bouncing your packets around so Google starts tracking the wrong IP address. But the last hop is in the clear, so it

problem downloading with mpsyt

When I download with mpsyt, I get: Problem playing last item: unknown url type: '/yts/jsbin/player-vflwcUIMe/sv_SE/base.js' When I use youtube-dl directly, there is no problem downloading the same items. $ mpsyt --version mpsyt version : 0.2.7.1

Re: downloading mail

My .fetchmailrc has this: poll mail.copper.net protocol pop3 user "mike..."with pass "" is "root" here forcecr smtpaddress localhost fetchall mda "/usr/sbin/sendmail -i -f %F -- %T" HTH, Mike On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 02:37:23PM -0700, Bob Holtzman wrote: > fetchm

Re: downloading mail

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:37:23 -0700 Bob Holtzman wrote: > fetchmail > fetchmail: no mailservers have been specified. > > which is pretty strange since > > less fetchmail > poll "pop.west.cox.net" > protocol pop3 > username "holtzm" > #password "4vr4m

downloading mail

fetchmail fetchmail: no mailservers have been specified. which is pretty strange since less fetchmail poll "pop.west.cox.net" protocol pop3 username "holtzm" #password "4vr4mz4v3l" password "" mimedecode

Re: Advice on downloading software please

On Saturday, August 27, 2016 07:34:33 PM Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Brian writes: > > Even if it works? > > It is a really good idea to check the contents of the PPA, and make sure > it doesn't bring in nonstandard versions of system libraries. I don't > remember ever having been burned by a PPA spe

Re: Advice on downloading software please

On 2016-08-27, Daniel Bareiro wrote: are given at x [1]. >> ^ >> | >> | >> What happened here-| ? The link has disappeared, Censorship at work? > > Maybe some intermediate processing performed by openmailbox.org, > There is no [1] on t

Re: Advice on downloading software please

Brian writes: > On Sat 27 Aug 2016 at 09:15:50 -0500, limpia wrote: > >> On 2016-08-27 08:55, Steve Greig wrote: >> >I would like to download a programme (opencpn) onto my laptop which is >> >running debian. It is so long since I have done this I can not >> >remember how to start. Also I am not s

Re: Advice on downloading software please

On 27/08/16 16:45, Brian wrote: >> On 2016-08-27 08:55, Steve Greig wrote: >>> I would like to download a programme (opencpn) onto my laptop which is >>> running debian. It is so long since I have done this I can not >>> remember how to start. Also I am not sure which version of debian I >>> have

Re: Advice on downloading software please

On Sat 27 Aug 2016 at 17:10:32 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, August 27, 2016 03:45:47 PM Brian wrote: > > On Sat 27 Aug 2016 at 09:15:50 -0500, limpia wrote: > > > On 2016-08-27 08:55, Steve Greig wrote: > > > >I would like to download a programme (opencpn) onto my laptop which i

Re: Advice on downloading software please

On Saturday, August 27, 2016 03:45:47 PM Brian wrote: > On Sat 27 Aug 2016 at 09:15:50 -0500, limpia wrote: > > On 2016-08-27 08:55, Steve Greig wrote: > > >I would like to download a programme (opencpn) onto my laptop which is > > >running debian. It is so long since I have done this I can not > >

Re: Advice on downloading software please

On Sat 27 Aug 2016 at 09:15:50 -0500, limpia wrote: > On 2016-08-27 08:55, Steve Greig wrote: > >I would like to download a programme (opencpn) onto my laptop which is > >running debian. It is so long since I have done this I can not > >remember how to start. Also I am not sure which version of de

Re: Advice on downloading software please

website. Instructions are given at http://opencpn.org/ocpn/download. Any advice would be very much appreciated. Steve Well, normally, I'd recommend either: a. using apt to install from a Debian repository, or if not available, b. downloading a tarball to /usr/local/src and then ./configure;

Re: Advice on downloading software please

On 2016-08-27 08:55, Steve Greig wrote: I would like to download a programme (opencpn) onto my laptop which is running debian. It is so long since I have done this I can not remember how to start. Also I am not sure which version of debian I have which seems to be relevant according to the websit

Advice on downloading software please

I would like to download a programme (opencpn) onto my laptop which is running debian. It is so long since I have done this I can not remember how to start. Also I am not sure which version of debian I have which seems to be relevant according to the website. Instructions are given at http://opencp

Re: Downloading and naming

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016, at 18:33, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 02/08/2016 à 02:28, Stephen Powell a écrit : >> My original point remains. If one's computer has less than 4 GiB of >> memory installed, and the processor does not support the XD/NX bit, then >> running a 32-bit PAE-enabled kernel does not

Re: Downloading and naming

Le 02/08/2016 à 02:28, Stephen Powell a écrit : On Mon, Aug 1, 2016, at 19:30, Pascal Hambourg wrote: This is really surprising because, according to , Pentium M models which support PAE also support the NX bit. Actually, PAE support was added just to su

Re: Downloading and naming

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016, at 19:30, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 01/08/2016 à 04:02, Stephen Powell a écrit : >> >> To the best of my knowledge, there are no 32-bit-only processors which >> support the NX bit. A 32-bit PAE-enabled kernel can only use NX if it >> is running on a 64-bit-capable processor.

Re: Downloading and naming

Le 01/08/2016 à 04:02, Stephen Powell a écrit : On Sun, Jul 31, 2016, at 19:07, Pascal Hambourg wrote: PAE allows to use the NX/XD bit on CPU which support it to prevent execution of data memory areas. To the best of my knowledge, there are no 32-bit-only processors which support the NX bit.

Re: Downloading and naming

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016, at 19:07, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 01/08/2016 à 00:00, Stephen Powell a écrit : >> one's processor supports PAE, but the motherboard only supports a maximum of >> 2 GiB of RAM, what does a PAE kernel buy one? Nothing, as far as I can see. > > PAE allows to use the NX/XD b

Re: Downloading and naming

Le 01/08/2016 à 00:00, Stephen Powell a écrit : one's processor supports PAE, but the motherboard only supports a maximum of 2 GiB of RAM, what does a PAE kernel buy one? Nothing, as far as I can see. PAE allows to use the NX/XD bit on CPU which support it to prevent execution of data memory

Re: Downloading and naming

On Sunday 31 July 2016 23:00:24 Stephen Powell wrote: > If you like Ubuntu better than Debian, fine.  Use Ubuntu.  Nobody's > stopping you.  But don't come over here and try to tell us that we should > be doing things the way Ubuntu does.  We're different for a reason.  I'm > not saying there isn't

Re: Downloading and naming

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016, at 03:46, Brian Wengel wrote: > > Dear Debian community > > Maybe it’s just me, but as a rather new-comer to the Debian world a few > things puzzles me. > > 1: Going to the download section is like being taken 15 years back. Isn’t > it time to take the step to move away fro

Re: Downloading and naming

On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:59:44 +0200 "Brian Wengel" wrote: > I guess I wasn't cleardon't see my post as a wish or argument for > larger image sizes or the like. Actually the smaller the better, I > agree. I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase > CD/DVD from their brian, and

Re: Downloading and naming

On 07/31/2016 04:59 AM, Brian Wengel wrote: I guess I wasn't cleardon't see my post as a wish or argument for larger image sizes or the like. Actually the smaller the better, I agree. I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase CD/DVD from their brian, and only focus on the t

Re: Downloading and naming

On 2016-07-31 08:32, Andre Majorel wrote: On 2016-07-31 10:59 +0200, Brian Wengel wrote: I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase CD/DVD from their brian, and only focus on the technologies we use today and have used for many years. My main computer, the one on which I'm wr

Re: Downloading and naming

On 7/31/16, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Brian Wengel wrote: >> Are we seriously discussing floppy images? :-P > > As said, small is beautiful. Oh, oh, ohh.. I went back to the thread to find a place for my last thought. THIS is the place. I debootstrap my Debian in. On locally provided dialup.

Re: Downloading and naming

On Sun 31 Jul 2016 at 10:59:44 (+0200), Brian Wengel wrote: > I guess I wasn't cleardon't see my post as a wish or argument for larger > image sizes or the like. > Actually the smaller the better, I agree. > I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase CD/DVD from their > bri

Re: Downloading and naming

Le 31/07/2016 à 15:32, Andre Majorel a écrit : > On 2016-07-31 10:59 +0200, Brian Wengel wrote: > >> I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase >> CD/DVD from their brian, and only focus on the technologies we >> use today and have used for many years. > My main computer, the one o

Re: Downloading and naming

On 2016-07-31 10:59 +0200, Brian Wengel wrote: > I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase > CD/DVD from their brian, and only focus on the technologies we > use today and have used for many years. My main computer, the one on which I'm writing this, cannot boot off USB. Install

Re: Downloading and naming

On 7/31/16, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 31 July 2016 09:59:44 Brian Wengel wrote: >> I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase CD/DVD from >> their brian, and only focus on the technologies we use today and have >> used >> for many years. > > I'm glad that you are rich and live

Re: Downloading and naming

On Sunday, July 31, 2016 04:14:37 AM Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 at 08:49, Brian Wengel wrote: ... > > I’m not saying the images should not be DVD compatible, but make the USB > > the primary media in guides/naming etc….and perhaps make a link at the > > bottom of the download pag

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On Sunday 31 July 2016 09:59:44 Brian Wengel wrote: > I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase CD/DVD from > their brian, and only focus on the technologies we use today and have used > for many years. I'm glad that you are rich and live in a rich country. Many aren't and don't

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On Sunday 31 July 2016 08:46:36 Brian Wengel wrote: > Dear Debian community > > Maybe it’s just me, but as a rather new-comer to the Debian world a few > things puzzles me. > > 1: Going to the download section is like being taken 15 years back. Isn’t > it time to take the step to move away from the

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Hi, Brian Wengel wrote: > Are we seriously discussing floppy images? :-P As said, small is beautiful. > I think it was a wrong place to target my post, > as Mark pointed out debian-cd mailing list would be my guess. Nevertheless, it's much of a user related topic, too. > The debian developer

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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Downloading and naming Hi, Brian Wengel wrote: > I know the CD/DVD images also work on USB but maybe it’s time to > actually stop calling it CD/DVD images? "CD/DVD/BD/WholeDisk" images ? The feature to boot from USB stick is not bound to USB b

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Hi, Brian Wengel wrote: > I know the CD/DVD images also work on USB but maybe it’s time to actually > stop calling it CD/DVD images? "CD/DVD/BD/WholeDisk" images ? The feature to boot from USB stick is not bound to USB but rather to the perception of the booting firmware and kernel, that the dev

Re: Downloading and naming

On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 at 08:49, Brian Wengel wrote: > Dear Debian community > > Maybe it’s just me, but as a rather new-comer to the Debian world a few > things puzzles me. > > 1: Going to the download section is like being taken 15 years back. Isn’t > it time to take the step to move away from the

Downloading and naming

Dear Debian community Maybe it’s just me, but as a rather new-comer to the Debian world a few things puzzles me. 1: Going to the download section is like being taken 15 years back. Isn’t it time to take the step to move away from the CD/DVD media and move into the USB Flash drive arena? I know th

Re: Downloading sources from an unsigned intranet repository

On Lu, 06 oct 14, 21:13:17, Stuart Longland wrote: > > The beef I have, is this not what happens if you do an `apt-get > download` or an `apt-get source`: in both those latter cases, it never > asks the question, it just flatly refuses to give you the sources. > > Now, merely obtaining the binary

Re: Downloading sources from an unsigned intranet repository

On Mon 06 Oct 2014 at 21:13:17 +1000, Stuart Longland wrote: > On 06/10/14 19:43, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 06 oct 14, 14:00:42, Stuart Longland wrote: > >> > > >> > Now for whatever reason, if I want to *install* those packages. No > >> > problem. It'll ask whether I wish to install the

Re: Downloading sources from an unsigned intranet repository

On 06/10/14 19:43, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 06 oct 14, 14:00:42, Stuart Longland wrote: >> > >> > Now for whatever reason, if I want to *install* those packages. No >> > problem. It'll ask whether I wish to install them even though no one >> > can vouch (digitally) for them. >> > >> > How

Re: Re: Downloading sources from an unsigned intranet repository

On Lu, 06 oct 14, 14:00:42, Stuart Longland wrote: > > Now for whatever reason, if I want to *install* those packages. No > problem. It'll ask whether I wish to install them even though no one > can vouch (digitally) for them. > > However, it fails to ask the same question when I tell it to dow

Re: Re: Downloading sources from an unsigned intranet repository

On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 02:00:42PM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote: > >> Even though I tell apt-get to force download of the package sources > >> (which, I might add, I can personally vouch for as I put them there), it > >> refuses to do so because the package repository is unsigned. > >> > >> Now I

Re: Re: Downloading sources from an unsigned intranet repository

>> Even though I tell apt-get to force download of the package sources >> (which, I might add, I can personally vouch for as I put them there), it >> refuses to do so because the package repository is unsigned. >> >> Now I *could* organise a gpg key to sign the repository with. I have >> administ

Re: Downloading sources from an unsigned intranet repository

On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 11:40:23AM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote: > Hi all, > > For some time now my workplace has had an APT repository for in-house > developed packages for software we either produce or support. > > This lives on an internal intranet server and is accessed over plain > HTTP. Th

Downloading sources from an unsigned intranet repository

Hi all, For some time now my workplace has had an APT repository for in-house developed packages for software we either produce or support. This lives on an internal intranet server and is accessed over plain HTTP. This has worked well for some time now. Until today I notice: > stuartl@qube:~$

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