Re: [tde-users] blocked upgrade over "missing newline" (corrupt text file in /var/lib/dpkg/info/)

songbird composed on 2025-09-03 18:02 (UTC-0400): > Felix Miata wrote: >> songbird composed on 2025-09-01 11:40 (UTC-0400): >>> Felix Miata wrote: >>> ... How should or could I have fixed this using the package management system? >>> download via snapshot a copy of that package file and

Re: [tde-users] blocked upgrade over "missing newline" (corrupt text file in /var/lib/dpkg/info/)

Felix Miata wrote: > songbird composed on 2025-09-01 11:40 (UTC-0400): > >> Felix Miata wrote: >> ... >>> How should or could I have fixed this using the package management system? > >> download via snapshot a copy of that package file and then use >> reinstall. > > You mean the following (that y

Re: [tde-users] blocked upgrade over "missing newline" (corrupt text file in /var/lib/dpkg/info/)

Felix Miata wrote: ... > How should or could I have fixed this using the package management system? download via snapshot a copy of that package file and then use reinstall. songbird

Re: [tde-users] blocked upgrade over "missing newline" (corrupt text file in /var/lib/dpkg/info/)

songbird composed on 2025-09-01 11:40 (UTC-0400): > Felix Miata wrote: > ... >> How should or could I have fixed this using the package management system? > download via snapshot a copy of that package file and then use > reinstall. You mean the following (that you snipped)?: [quote] apt-get r

[tde-users] blocked upgrade over "missing newline" (corrupt text file in /var/lib/dpkg/info/)

-image-6.1.0-28-amd64 linux-image-6.1.0-30-amd64 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages have been kept back: linux-image-amd64 The following packages will be upgraded: base-files bash busybox ca-certificates cpp-12 debian-archive-keyring distro-info-data gcc-12-b

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On 12/08/2025 09:30, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Red Hat has a pretty good article about stable names for disks [1]. Debian's page is not as good [2]. [1] 

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On 8/11/25 9:30 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 09:36:46AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 8/11/25 8:58 AM, songbird wrote: remember that things can change between boots so any mentions of specific devices may be ou

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On 8/11/25 3:09 PM, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 09:36:46AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 8/11/25 8:58 AM, songbird wrote: remember that things can change between boots so any mentions of specific devices may be out of date the next boot. as an example my /dev/sda c

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 09:36:46AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 8/11/25 8:58 AM, songbird wrote: > > >remember that things can change between boots so any > > > mentions of specific devices may be out of date the next > > > bo

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

Hi, On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 09:36:46AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 8/11/25 8:58 AM, songbird wrote: > >remember that things can change between boots so any > > mentions of specific devices may be out of date the next > > boot. > > > >as an example my /dev/sda can change to /dev/sd[b

Re: ONLY lsblk worked Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 00:05:27 +0800, Ming Kuang wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 09:26:31AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > richard@debian12:~$ su > > > Password: > > > root@debian12:/home/richard# parted > > > bash: parted: command not found > > > root@debian12:/home/richard# sfdisk > > > ba

Re: ONLY lsblk worked Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 09:26:31AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 8/11/25 8:42 AM, Ming Kuang wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 08:30:09AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I run Debian 12.8 with MATE. > > > I'm prepping to to do needed housekeeping prior to Trixie install. > > > Current disk

Re: ONLY lsblk worked Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On Aug 11, 2025, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 8/11/25 8:42 AM, Ming Kuang wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 08:30:09AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I run Debian 12.8 with MATE. > > > I'm prepping to to do needed housekeeping prior to Trixie install. > > > Current disk partitioning is *UGLY*! >

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On 8/11/25 8:58 AM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I run Debian 12.8 with MATE. I'm prepping to to do needed housekeeping prior to Trixie install. Current disk partitioning is *UGLY*! GParted displays desired information. *HOWEVER* I need something that facilitates doing a copy-n-paste o

ONLY lsblk worked Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On 8/11/25 8:42 AM, Ming Kuang wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 08:30:09AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I run Debian 12.8 with MATE. I'm prepping to to do needed housekeeping prior to Trixie install. Current disk partitioning is *UGLY*! GParted displays desired information. *HOWEVER* I need somet

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

Richard Owlett wrote: > I run Debian 12.8 with MATE. > I'm prepping to to do needed housekeeping prior to Trixie install. > Current disk partitioning is *UGLY*! > > GParted displays desired information. > *HOWEVER* I need something that facilitates doing a copy-n-paste of the > information to a st

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 08:30:09AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I run Debian 12.8 with MATE. > I'm prepping to to do needed housekeeping prior to Trixie install. > Current disk partitioning is *UGLY*! > > GParted displays desired information. > *HOWEVER* I need something that facilitates doing a

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 08:30:09AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I run Debian 12.8 with MATE. > I'm prepping to to do needed housekeeping prior to Trixie install. > Current disk partitioning is *UGLY*! > > GParted displays desired information. > *HOWEVER* I need something that facilitates doing a

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

On Mon, 11 Aug 2025, Richard Owlett wrote: > I run Debian 12.8 with MATE. > I'm prepping to to do needed housekeeping prior to Trixie install. > Current disk partitioning is *UGLY*! > > GParted displays desired information. > *HOWEVER* I need something that facilitates doing a copy-n-paste of the

Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?

Use parted. -- John Hasler j...@sugarbit.com Elmwood, WI USA

How to _display_ disk partition info?

I run Debian 12.8 with MATE. I'm prepping to to do needed housekeeping prior to Trixie install. Current disk partitioning is *UGLY*! GParted displays desired information. *HOWEVER* I need something that facilitates doing a copy-n-paste of the information to a straight text document. What is th

Re: Please send more info (Was: Debian-live can not be build missing package)

-build-config/" tree. Then build again and still got into the same issue. As I already mentioned: The only thing I could explaoin this, would be, if /var/libv/dpkg/info/ *.postinst files are used from my native system. But as some other op told, this is not the case. The whole chroot is cre

Re: which command can show info about battery of wireless keyboard

On Thu 05 Dec 2024 at 21:01:12 (+0800), hlyg wrote: > On 12/2/24 19:21, hlyg wrote: > > > > Thank Wright! > > > > i install inxi and run it: > > > > model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard > >  charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: discharging > > model: Logitech Wireless Mouse > >  charge: 5% (shou

Re: which command can show info about battery of wireless keyboard

On 12/2/24 19:21, hlyg wrote: Thank Wright! i install inxi and run it: model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard  charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: discharging model: Logitech Wireless Mouse  charge: 5% (should be ignored) status: discharging they r unimportant after all how reliable is "c

Re: which command can show info about battery of wireless keyboard

Thank Wright! i install inxi and run it: model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard  charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: discharging model: Logitech Wireless Mouse  charge: 5% (should be ignored) status: discharging they r unimportant after all

Re: which command can show info about battery of wireless keyboard

On Mon 02 Dec 2024 at 16:02:27 (+0800), hlyg wrote: > i try some gnome live cd, it warns that my battery of wireless > keyboard is low > > my deb12 haven't gnome, which command can show that info? Here, inxi -Bx shows: Battery: Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech

Re: which command can show info about battery of wireless keyboard

t gnome, which command can show that info? > >

Re: which command can show info about battery of wireless keyboard

Thank George! i use logitech keyboard/mouse combo, i install solaar for deb12, it can show that info without gnome actually it says mouse battery is 5%, less than keyboard battery

which command can show info about battery of wireless keyboard

i try some gnome live cd, it warns that my battery of wireless keyboard is low my deb12 haven't gnome, which command can show that info?

Re: info is not dead

, how can one get the previous match with pinfo? > > > > (info has { and } to navigate through the matches, Lynx has n and N, > > > > but what about pinfo?) > > > > > > I think you define KEY_SEARCH_AGAIN_1 to whichever keystroke you want. > > > (AIU

Re: info is not dead

On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 16:23:48 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2024-07-28 00:08:51 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 02:06:38 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2024-07-23 11:13:47 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > The GNU info document

Re: info is not dead

On 2024-07-28 00:08:51 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 02:06:38 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2024-07-23 11:13:47 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > The GNU info documentation is really intended to be read in Emacs where > > > some nice fo

Re: info is not dead

On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 02:06:38 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2024-07-23 11:13:47 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > The GNU info documentation is really intended to be read in Emacs where > > some nice formatting is done in the GUI Emacs version. The stand alone > > GNU i

Re: info is not dead

r than the basics forms of emphasis included in HTML. It is actually a rather capable format it's just that the info format and the info utility intended for terminal display throw nearly all of that away. Certainly viewers for texinfo docs have usability issues. tkinfo or emacs are more fr

Re: info is not dead

On 2024-07-23 11:13:47 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > The GNU info documentation is really intended to be read in Emacs where > some nice formatting is done in the GUI Emacs version. The stand alone > GNU info browser is rather obtuse. I found a much better option to be > the indep

Re: info is not dead

ions and > > Debian > > Stable packages may be a version or two behind. > It's a pity that besides 'manpages.debian.org', > 'infopages.debian.org' doesn't exist. I find pinfo works just fine for my purposes. It handles links, and info files have far more information to them than the often cryptic man pages. Cheers!

Re: info is not dead

Nate Bargmann schreef op 27 juli 2024 13:00:17 UTC: >I typically will search for an HTML version of a GNU manual. The only >problem is that what is found online are the latest versions and Debian >Stable packages may be a version or two behind. It's a pity that besides 'manpages.debian.org',

Re: info is not dead

* On 2024 25 Jul 07:48 -0500, Oliver Schode wrote: > To be honest I'm not happy with the info format still being around, > precisely because sometimes man pages don't cut it, and we should have > something better by now. On the other hand, and I'll make no bones > a

Re: info is not dead

On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:13:47 -0500 Nate Bargmann wrote: > where some nice formatting is done in the GUI Emacs version. The > stand alone GNU info browser is rather obtuse. I found a much better > option to be the independent pinfo (Debian package of the same name) > browser wh

Re: info is not dead

* On 2024 23 Jul 11:53 -0500, mick.crane wrote: > On 2024-07-23 13:03, songbird wrote: > > i run debian testing most of the time with bits of > > unstable (firefox). > > > > once in a while i want more detail than man pages > > supply and so i reach for info pa

Re: info is not dead

On 2024-07-23 13:03, songbird wrote: i run debian testing most of the time with bits of unstable (firefox). once in a while i want more detail than man pages supply and so i reach for info pages instead. if you've never explored info pages in general you can just start with the co

Re: info is not dead

* On 2024 23 Jul 07:18 -0500, songbird wrote: > i run debian testing most of the time with bits of > unstable (firefox). > > once in a while i want more detail than man pages > supply and so i reach for info pages instead. > > if you've never explored info pages

info is not dead

i run debian testing most of the time with bits of unstable (firefox). once in a while i want more detail than man pages supply and so i reach for info pages instead. if you've never explored info pages in general you can just start with the command "info". this is ju

No Desktop after installation was: info

On 22/07/24 at 08:07, Francesco Di Lorenzo wrote: good morning, i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , it is only text. what I can do? thanks Maybe X fails to start, what it happens if you run

Re: info

jeremy ardley wrote: > On 22/7/24 14:07, Francesco Di Lorenzo wrote: >> good morning, >> i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the >> installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , >> it is only text. >> what I can do? >> thanks > > This installs

Re: info

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 06:07:29 + Francesco Di Lorenzo wrote: > good morning, > i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the > installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments > , it is only text. what I can do? thanks First, what is the text you see?

Re: info

Am Montag, 22. Juli 2024, 08:07:29 CEST schrieb Francesco Di Lorenzo: > good morning, > i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the > installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , it > is only text. what I can do? > thanks Looks like the X server is

Re: info

Am 22.07.2024 um 08:07 schrieb Francesco Di Lorenzo: > good morning, > i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the > installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , > it is only text. > what I can do? > thanks  First things first: You have choices! B

Re: info

On 22/7/24 14:07, Francesco Di Lorenzo wrote: good morning, i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , it is only text. what I can do? thanks This installs the mate desktop environment. You can

info

good morning, i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , it is only text. what I can do? thanks

Re: Kali Linux support forum info [WAS Re: kali and w4sp-lab]

On 18/7/24 05:22, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 10:37:38PM +0200, Aleix Piulachs wrote: I am installing with virtualbox w4sp-lab to kali-linux-2024.2-installer-everything-amd64.iso and the module (import w4sp from w4sp_webapp.py ) gives an error: import os import re import sys

Kali Linux support forum info [WAS Re: kali and w4sp-lab]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 10:37:38PM +0200, Aleix Piulachs wrote: > I am installing with virtualbox w4sp-lab to > kali-linux-2024.2-installer-everything-amd64.iso and the module (import > w4sp from w4sp_webapp.py ) gives an error: import os import re import sys > import pwd import time #docker handli

Re: info vs. man

On 12/06/2024 01:00, Greg Wooledge wrote: On 11/06/2024 06:45, Greg Wooledge wrote: Should you ever feel a need to read the longer version of the documentation, it's in GNU info pages. So you would need to type the command "info coreutils date" to get to it. And then you'

Re: info vs. man (was: Re: date for week)

On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 11:22:17PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 11/06/2024 06:45, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Should you ever feel a need to read the longer version of the > > documentation, it's in GNU info pages. So you would need to type > > the command "info cor

info vs. man (was: Re: date for week)

On 11/06/2024 06:45, Greg Wooledge wrote: Should you ever feel a need to read the longer version of the documentation, it's in GNU info pages. So you would need to type the command "info coreutils date" to get to it. And then you'd need to figure out the user interface o

Re: filesystem info

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 11:05:44AM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: [...] > apt-cache search kernel filesystem doc > > Which brought up two docs appropriate for my own Trixie setup: linux-doc-6.5 > and linux-doc-6.6. The description for 6.6 is: > > Description-en: Linux kernel specific documentat

Re: filesystem info

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 11:42 PM Sirius wrote: > > In days of yore (Sun, 24 Mar 2024), fxkl4...@protonmail.com thus quoth: > > when i type mount i see many different filesystem names > > > > sysfs, proc, udev, devpts, tmpfs, securityfs, cgroup2, pstore, none, > > systemd-1, hugetlbfs, mqueue, debu

Re: filesystem info

In days of yore (Sun, 24 Mar 2024), fxkl4...@protonmail.com thus quoth: > when i type mount i see many different filesystem names > > sysfs, proc, udev, devpts, tmpfs, securityfs, cgroup2, pstore, none, > systemd-1, hugetlbfs, mqueue, debugfs, tracefs, sunrpc, fusectl, configfs > binfmt_misc, por

Re: filesystem info

Am 24.03.2024 um 13:19:54 Uhr schrieb fxkl4...@protonmail.com: > sysfs, proc, udev, devpts, tmpfs, securityfs, cgroup2, pstore, none, > systemd-1, hugetlbfs, mqueue, debugfs, tracefs, sunrpc, fusectl, > configfs binfmt_misc, portal Use apropos sysfs to find manpages relevant. Be ware that only th

Re: filesystem info

On 24 Mar 2024 13:19 +, from fxkl4...@protonmail.com: > when i type mount i see many different filesystem names > > sysfs, proc, udev, devpts, tmpfs, securityfs, cgroup2, pstore, none, > systemd-1, hugetlbfs, mqueue, debugfs, tracefs, sunrpc, fusectl, configfs > binfmt_misc, portal > > is the

filesystem info

when i type mount i see many different filesystem names sysfs, proc, udev, devpts, tmpfs, securityfs, cgroup2, pstore, none, systemd-1, hugetlbfs, mqueue, debugfs, tracefs, sunrpc, fusectl, configfs binfmt_misc, portal is there "simple" documentation to explain what these are

Re: is nft running? how do I get info?

On Tue 25 Apr 2023 at 15:21:50 (+), Bonno Bloksma wrote: > I consider not having nftable enabled by default in bookworm a bug, let me > explain why... > > >> It seems the bookworm release comes with NO firewall solution enabled ! > >> Iptables is no longer installed by default > >> The nft s

Re: is nft running? how do I get info?

Bonno Bloksma wrote: ... > Why, now that we are at bookworm, is the nftables service not enabled by > default? With a default ruleset that pretty much leaves it all open but is a > starting point. > If we do not want that, then at least the default config should contain a > warning about first e

RE: is nft running? how do I get info?

Hi David and others, I consider not having nftable enabled by default in bookworm a bug, let me explain why... >> It seems the bookworm release comes with NO firewall solution enabled ! >> Iptables is no longer installed by default >> The nft service is NOT enabled by default. > It seems like

Re: is nft running? how do I get info?

On Tue 25 Apr 2023 at 08:59:23 (+), Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > Did I discover a bug in the bookwork release? I think we can argue both for > and against but I am calling it a bug. > > It seems the bookworm release comes with NO firewall solution enabled ! > Iptables is no longer installed by d

Re: is nft running? how do I get info?

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 02:11:45PM +0500, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > And, if you use 'su' command, please use it right: > su - There are many "right" ways to elevate privileges. See for more options.

Re: is nft running? how do I get info?

Bonno Bloksma writes: > Also trying command completion with the nft, or even nf, show no > results. Using just the n for completion gives just the networking > service. It seems others covered your other issues so I'll just comment on this. Maybe your command completion is just bad? I can't com

RE: is nft running? how do I get info?

Hi All, Did I discover a bug in the bookwork release? I think we can argue both for and against but I am calling it a bug. It seems the bookworm release comes with NO firewall solution enabled ! Iptables is no longer installed by default The nft service is NOT enabled by default. After searchin

RE: is nft running? how do I get info?

Hi Dan, >> I thought I understood it all and as far as I know I have a working config. >> But just trying to get a listing of the running config shows NOTHING. >> linbookwormtest:~# nft list ruleset >> linbookwormtest:~# > > That says that you have no firewall set up. That was my conclusion as w

Re: is nft running? how do I get info?

Am Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 07:58:56AM + schrieb Bonno Bloksma: Hi Bonno, > Hi Anssi, > > >> There is nothing in the journal about nft > >> linbookwormtest:~#journalctl -t nft -- Journal begins at Mon > >> 2023-03-27 13:07:50 CEST, ends at Mon 2023-04-24 12:18:07 CEST. > >> -- -- No entries -- >

Re: is nft running? how do I get info?

вт, 25 апр. 2023 г. в 13:32, Bonno Bloksma : > > Debian's nftables package includes a systemd service to run nftables. You > > might want to run systemctl status nftables first and then enable and to > > start the service. > Unfortunately nft is not a service. Trying the service command with nft

RE: is nft running? how do I get info?

Hi Anssi, >> There is nothing in the journal about nft >> linbookwormtest:~#journalctl -t nft >> -- Journal begins at Mon 2023-03-27 13:07:50 CEST, ends at Mon >> 2023-04-24 12:18:07 CEST. -- >> -- No entries -- > Debian's nftables package includes a systemd service to run nftables. You > migh

Re: is nft running? how do I get info?

Bonno Bloksma writes: > Hi, > > After years of using ipchains and later iptables as firewall I am now trying > to use nft. :-) > > I thought I understood it all and as far as I know I have a working config. > But just trying to get a listing of the running config shows NOTHING. > linbookwormtes

Re: is nft running? how do I get info?

Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > After years of using ipchains and later iptables as firewall I am now trying > to use nft. :-) > > I thought I understood it all and as far as I know I have a working config. > But just trying to get a listing of the running config shows NOTHING. > linbookwormtes

is nft running? how do I get info?

Hi, After years of using ipchains and later iptables as firewall I am now trying to use nft. :-) I thought I understood it all and as far as I know I have a working config. But just trying to get a listing of the running config shows NOTHING. linbookwormtest:~# nft list ruleset linbookwormtest:

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 00:19:54 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 03:30:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 13:38:06 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 12:14:19 +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 12:45:23 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > > On 2022-06-15 10:32:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On 2022-06-15 13:59:44 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 11:33:00AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2022-06-15 09:43:50 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > First example they provide in wpa_supplicant.conf(5) shows the way to > > > use wpa_cli sensibly without being root. > > > One just needs

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On 2022-06-15 12:14:19 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 12:45:23 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2022-06-15 10:32:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > The OP wanted an X11 app, while iwlist and nmcli are just command-li

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

ple unix socket communication restricted by natural > > POSIX permissions. > > Actually, that's iwconfig that gives interesting information, such > as the current ESSID, and it doesn't need to be run as root either. So is "iw dev ... info", which uses "modern" communication via AF_NETLINK socket. Reco

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 12:45:23 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 10:32:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > The OP wanted an X11 app, while iwlist and nmcli are just command-line > > > utilities (though one may want to write a sc

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On 2022-06-15 10:32:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > The OP wanted an X11 app, while iwlist and nmcli are just command-line > > utilities (though one may want to write a script to show information > > in an X11 app, a text terminal or somethi

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On 2022-06-15 09:43:50 +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 03:30:53AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > > > /usr/sb

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 00:19:54 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 03:30:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 09:43:50 +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 03:30:53AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > >

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On 2022-06-15 00:19:54 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 03:30:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > > > /usr/sbin/wpa_gu

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

Hi. On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 03:30:53AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > /usr/sbin/wpa_gui and /sbin/wpa_cli should both give sensible o

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 03:30:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > /usr/sbin/wpa_gui and /sbin/wpa_cli should both give sensible outputs > > when

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > /usr/sbin/wpa_gui and /sbin/wpa_cli should both give sensible outputs > when run as root. For security reasons, I don't want to run them as root. The

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-11 19:10:09 +0800, lou wrote: > > On 6/11/22 7:00 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > > > You are associating with a wireless access point. You must be using > > > wpasupplicant. Have you tried installing wpagui? > > > > Thanks, wpag

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On 2022-06-11 19:10:09 +0800, lou wrote: > On 6/11/22 7:00 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > You are associating with a wireless access point. You must be using > > wpasupplicant. Have you tried installing wpagui? > > Thanks, wpagui seems to work for me. wpagui doesn't work at all for me. It doesn't show

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Sat, 11 Jun 2022 12:00:35 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 11 Jun 2022 at 18:08:24 +0800, lou wrote: > > > On 6/11/22 4:57 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > > You may want wpagui, a graphical frontend for wpasupplicant. > > > > > Use of Qt apps does not involve installing KDE. > > > > > > Thanks, but i

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

Thank David Wright! "wpa_cli status" is handy for me

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On 6/11/22 7:00 PM, Brian wrote: You are associating with a wireless access point. You must be using wpasupplicant. Have you tried installing wpagui? Thanks, wpagui seems to work for me.

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Sat 11 Jun 2022 at 18:08:24 +0800, lou wrote: > On 6/11/22 4:57 PM, Brian wrote: > > > You may want wpagui, a graphical frontend for wpasupplicant. > > > Use of Qt apps does not involve installing KDE. > > > Thanks, but i use ifup/ifdown (not wpasupplicant) to manage network > connection.

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On 6/11/22 4:57 PM, Brian wrote: You may want wpagui, a graphical frontend for wpasupplicant. Use of Qt apps does not involve installing KDE. Thanks, but i use ifup/ifdown (not wpasupplicant) to manage network connection.

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Fri 10 Jun 2022 at 08:05:12 +0800, lou wrote: > i want a small app that show wifi info, including  connected network name > (wpa-ssid) You may want wpagui, a graphical frontend for wpasupplicant. > hopefully it doesn't depend on qt as i don't use kde ( i use twm for bust

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Fri 10 Jun 2022 at 22:02:11 (-0400), a wrote: > Sorry, David Wright, i receive your mail late because mail provider > blocks or deletes your mail without informing me > > i use ifup/ifdown to manage wifi connection That suggest that wpa_supplicant is actually managing the connection. > i pref

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

Sorry, David Wright, i receive your mail late because mail provider blocks or deletes your mail without informing me i use ifup/ifdown to manage wifi connection i prefer small app for X Window i might  be unable to receive your future mail reply to list so that i might use list archives to re

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

On Friday, 10 Jun 2022 at 06:33, a wrote: > nm-applet seems to be part of gnome I guess it does; I never checked as it runs fine with stumpwm but I probably have gnome dependencies installed. Sorry for the noise. -- Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 29.0.50 2022-06-07) on Debian 11.3

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