Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-30 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 18:15:31 +, I wrote: >> 1. Formerly (but still Bookworm), I had an HP LaserJet 5MP connected with >> a USB-to-parallel adapter. I saw this character special device: >> >> crw-rw 1 root lp 180, 1 Dec 3 08:53 /dev/usb/lp1 >> >> I would typically print with somethin

Re: Recovery help needed for remote server: file system mounted read-only

2024-12-30 Thread Tim Woodall
On Mon, 30 Dec 2024, Tom Browder wrote: I've had this problem a long time ago, and don't remember how I recovered, but it was with help here. I suspect a failing disk, and I wonder if there is a hail Mary command I can do to force a reboot to see if it can recover on its own. I would almost wel

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

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

XFCE and Fuse

2024-12-30 Thread George at Clug
Hi, Is anyone familiar with using Thunar to access Windows shares or Samba shares? I have found that after installing Debian Bookworm with XFCE, that Thunar is 1) not able to display Windows shares or Samba shares, 2) not able to connect to connect to Windows shares or Samba shares. Does someon

Re: XFCE and Fuse

2024-12-30 Thread George at Clug
Joe, Thanks for your reply which provides me with more information. What do you know about Nemo? I noticed it is installed. When running Nemo, it seems quite similar to Thunar. I installed Nautilus. When I go to "Other Locations" in Nautilus, I do not see any listed Windows/Samba shares. When

Re: XFCE and Fuse

2024-12-30 Thread George at Clug
David, Thanks for your reply. On Tuesday, 31-12-2024 at 12:12 David Wright wrote: > On Tue 31 Dec 2024 at 07:34:20 (+1100), George at Clug wrote: > > > In Debian Bookworm installations, why is gvfs-backends and gvfs-fuse > > not installed by default when installing Debian with XFCE? > > Becaus

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 18:15:31 +, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > 1. Formerly (but still Bookworm), I had an HP LaserJet 5MP connected with a > USB-to-parallel adapter. I saw this character special device: > > crw-rw 1 root lp 180, 1 Dec 3 08:53 /dev/usb/lp1 > > I would typicall

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-30 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
On December 7, 2024 4:21 PM, I wrote: > If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser > printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). ... With advice from the group, I bought a Brother DCP-L2640DW driverless monochrome printer/scanner. I run the fvwm window manager

Re: XFCE and Fuse

2024-12-30 Thread Joe
On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 07:34:20 +1100 George at Clug wrote: > Hi, > > > Is anyone familiar with using Thunar to access Windows shares or Samba > shares? I have found that after installing Debian Bookworm with XFCE, > that Thunar is 1) not able to display Windows shares or Samba shares, > 2) not ab

Re: booting by UEFI?

2024-12-30 Thread Max Nikulin
On 30/12/2024 16:17, Nicolas George wrote: Max Nikulin (12024-12-30): Create EFI System Partition: it should have proper partition type UUID and it is not recommended to make it too small (<500 MB). Only if one wants to have the bootloaders for other systems on it. I have been using EFI system

Re: Recovery help needed for remote server: file system mountedread-only

2024-12-30 Thread gene heskett
On 12/30/24 06:37, Alain D D Williams wrote: On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 05:29:05AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: I suspect a failing disk, My main home PC is 10 years old and still going strong (I over specced it when I bought it). A few years ago I had what looked like disk problems (time outs, fa

Re: Recovery help needed for remote server: file system mounted read-only

2024-12-30 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 05:37 Alain D D Williams wrote: > On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 05:29:05AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > > I suspect a failing disk, > > My main home PC is 10 years old and still going strong (I over specced it > when > I bought it). A few years ago I had what looked like disk p

Re: booting by UEFI?

2024-12-30 Thread Nicolas George
Max Nikulin (12024-12-30): > Create EFI System Partition: it should have proper partition type UUID and > it is not recommended to make it too small (<500 MB). Only if one wants to have the bootloaders for other systems on it. I have been using EFI system partitions of <50 or <80 mega-octets for m

Re: elpa-auto-complete and elpa-markdown-toc missing from trixie

2024-12-30 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, Charles Curley wrote: On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:52:52 + (GMT) Tim Woodall wrote: This looks like the culprit: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1077096 But the maintainer hasn't dealt with it in 6 months. This package needs a no-change upload to rebuild

Recovery help needed for remote server: file system mounted read-only

2024-12-30 Thread Tom Browder
I've had this problem a long time ago, and don't remember how I recovered, but it was with help here. I suspect a failing disk, and I wonder if there is a hail Mary command I can do to force a reboot to see if it can recover on its own. I would almost welcome starting over with a new server. I ca

Re: Recovery help needed for remote server: file system mounted read-only

2024-12-30 Thread Alain D D Williams
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 05:29:05AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > I suspect a failing disk, My main home PC is 10 years old and still going strong (I over specced it when I bought it). A few years ago I had what looked like disk problems (time outs, failed writes, ...). I replaced the power supply a

Re: elpa-auto-complete and elpa-markdown-toc missing from trixie

2024-12-30 Thread Frank Guthausen
On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 08:22:50 + (UTC) Tim Woodall wrote: > > You should be able to build the package locally. You might try another option: add the old repository to sources.list and install that version. Other software should not be affected by this trick since the version numbers are higher

Re: Recovery help needed for remote server: file system mounted read-only

2024-12-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Tom Browder wrote: > On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 05:37 Alain D D Williams wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 05:29:05AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > > > > I suspect a failing disk, > > > > My main home PC is 10 years old and still going strong (I over specced it > > when > > I bought it). A few y

Re: new computer arriving soon

2024-12-30 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 12/27/24 8:19 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 26 Dec 2024 at 14:30:38 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: On 12/26/24 11:35, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Saturday 21 December 2024 08:14:11 pm Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Saturday 21 December 2024 02:20:20 pm Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Set

Re: XFCE and Fuse

2024-12-30 Thread George at Clug
On Tuesday, 31-12-2024 at 14:59 David Wright wrote: > On Tue 31 Dec 2024 at 14:10:16 (+1100), George at Clug wrote: > > On Tuesday, 31-12-2024 at 12:12 David Wright wrote: > > > On Tue 31 Dec 2024 at 07:34:20 (+1100), George at Clug wrote: > > > > > I think I found the "fuse" package was not in

Re: booting by UEFI?

2024-12-30 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 10:54 PM Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 30/12/2024 16:17, Nicolas George wrote: > > Max Nikulin (12024-12-30): > >> Create EFI System Partition: it should have proper partition type UUID and > >> it is not recommended to make it too small (<500 MB). > > > > Only if one wants to

job is killed

2024-12-30 Thread henrik
my job consumes a lot of memory (almost consumes all of the system allowed ram). when the job is running, it will have the chance to be killed. I just got the reminder in terminal: Killed. and job exits. who is killing my job? linux kernel, or VPS management program? (I am using a 2 core, 8g RAM

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

2024-12-30 Thread Anssi Saari
Stefan Monnier writes: > FWIW, I've been using ARM-based SBCs for more than 10 years (4 different > boards, I'm ashamed to say) and have used Debian on all of them. So no: > you don't need Armbian to make use of that kind of hardware. OK, which ones? I'm only aware of the Rock64 and it's not ex

Re: XFCE and Fuse

2024-12-30 Thread David Wright
On Tue 31 Dec 2024 at 07:34:20 (+1100), George at Clug wrote: > In Debian Bookworm installations, why is gvfs-backends and gvfs-fuse > not installed by default when installing Debian with XFCE? Because gvfs will function without those backends, so it would be against policy to depend on those pa

Re: XFCE and Fuse

2024-12-30 Thread David Wright
On Tue 31 Dec 2024 at 14:10:16 (+1100), George at Clug wrote: > On Tuesday, 31-12-2024 at 12:12 David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 31 Dec 2024 at 07:34:20 (+1100), George at Clug wrote: > > > I think I found the "fuse" package was not installed. Should I install > > > the fuse package? > > > # apt ins

Re: new computer arriving soon

2024-12-30 Thread gene heskett
On 12/30/24 23:02, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 12/27/24 8:19 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 26 Dec 2024 at 14:30:38 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: On 12/26/24 11:35, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Saturday 21 December 2024 08:14:11 pm Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Saturday 21 December 2024

Re: SMTP servers

2024-12-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:00:24 + Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >A&A has an excellent reputation, but rather high prices. High prices for what? £25pcm is what I pay for 'net access using A&A. Anyone else wants *at least* £29pcm - (possibly a 6 month budget price to start) with a minimum 18 month cont