Re: Need help undeleting a Big gz compressed tar ball

2013-06-13 Thread Linux-Fan
ce I got: Never create big tar balls unless you have the > computer power to handle it. Especially if it is compressed. It is first tar and then gz. Tar creates one file of all the data and then filters them trough gz. (You can create a tar.gz by issuing tar -cf test.tar file...; gzip test.tar). L

Re: Packaging tutorial

2013-06-17 Thread Linux-Fan
reate packages by treating them as archives and adding a DEBIAN/control file, but that is certainly not the way to go if you plan to publish your package somewhere. Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Problem with flash drive

2013-06-21 Thread Linux-Fan
mounted. (I hope you do not find this hint useless as you probably did so anyway...) HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: SOLVED: export vs. save menu in gimp2.8 - simple and lasting solution

2013-07-27 Thread Linux-Fan
ases) less often used XCF. The best solution, of course, is to join GIMP and add a configuration switch to re-enable universal "Save" and "Save as" but I do not know, if such a patch might be rejected due to the "marketing" mentioned above. Your mileage might vary, Linux-Fan. -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[REPORT BACK] Backing up system customization: Is Debian packaging better than Remastersys?

2013-08-02 Thread Linux-Fan
an Packaging https://wiki.debian.org/IntroDebianPackaging [3] Ma_Sys.ma Development Linux Debian Packaging Control Script Attachment "mdpc_1.0.1.7.tar.gz" (19 KiB) I hope that this mail was useful to read for at least some members of the community and that the co

Re: libnspr4-0d missing for Iceweasel in squeeze-backports

2012-06-12 Thread Linux-Fan
On 06/12/2012 12:18 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Iceweasel 12.0-7~bpo60+1 is installed here. > Available after reloading squeeze-backports for Synaptic is Iceweasel > 13.0-1~bpo60+1. > Unfortunately xulrunner-13.0 can't be installed, since it depends to > libnspr4-0d (>=4.8.9) but 4.8.6-1 is to be ins

Re: Debian wheezy/sid: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia / X and VT switch buggy

2012-06-20 Thread Linux-Fan
On 06/21/2012 08:03 AM, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed on my Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid system the > xserver-xorg-video-nvidia package. > > These are the installed nvidia packages: > [...] > > It happen oft that when I switch from X Window to Virtual Terminal with > say Ctrl+Al

Re: Filezilla a security risk

2012-06-29 Thread Linux-Fan
On 06/27/2012 09:26 PM, francis picabia wrote: > I've just learned Filezilla is a security risk. It stores saved > passwords and the last used password in a plain text file. > > Malware commonly scoops up this info and hacks web sites > or shell accounts. > > The developer refuses to incorporate

Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses

2012-07-13 Thread Linux-Fan
On 07/13/2012 08:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 01:14:09PM -0500, hvw59601 wrote: >> >> http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png > > WTF > > tal% wget "http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png"; > --2012-07-14 06:26:59-- http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png

Re: Re (2): [OT] Re: An inline bitmap in an HTML file.

2012-08-17 Thread Linux-Fan
On 08/17/2012 08:48 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > From: Camaleon > Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:19:25 + (UTC) >> ... really mean you were not aware that there existed the >> tag for displaying images in html? > > Used in many places. In this instance > I became so preoccupied with transfor

Re: how to activate php in apache

2013-12-03 Thread Linux-Fan
On 12/03/2013 10:50 AM, François Patte wrote: > You misunderstood the sentence: the file where the php command is > written is in /var/www and has 644 permissions... (/var/www has, of > course, 755 permissions). > > Re-reading my first message, I can't see any extra w in /var/www ! http://lists.d

Re: x fonts : /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf being re-added automatically on sid upgrade

2013-12-10 Thread Linux-Fan
ough upgrades? Try # dpkg-divert --add --rename --divert \ /opt/70-no-bitmaps.conf.bak \ /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Soliciting hardware recommendations

2013-12-14 Thread Linux-Fan
recently, so I can not comment on the quality. Also, I have not explicitly researched for the Linux compatibility on the system but that is easy to do. If I understood the requirements correctly, the system linked above might be a solution. (It still has a Windows License included however). My

Re: startup console

2013-12-20 Thread Linux-Fan
ee before X is started is /not/ XTerm but a virtual terminal provided by the Linux kernel. Try # dpkg-reconfigure console-setup to configure it. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Thunar: Freeze when trying to open webdav folder

2014-01-03 Thread Linux-Fan
yone can confirm this? > > Thank you, > > hasgarion Confirmed. I run Thunar on Debian amd64 without XFCE so XFCE does not seem to be the source of the problem. Also, if you wait a minute, the window will become responsitive again. Strace says it hangs at poll([{fd=23, events=P

Re: creating virtual users

2014-02-06 Thread Linux-Fan
sible. In this hypothetical structure, all root's children > would be able to use root's tools[6], all bar's children would be able > to use bar's tools. Sounds interesting. You could do that with nested virtualization. It is possible to start a virtual machine as "

Re: Cherokee web server

2014-03-13 Thread Linux-Fan
diawiki site there. > Thanks > john http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/cherokee.html HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: kvm amd nested

2016-05-19 Thread Linux-Fan
ines, it works as described on my page at http://masysma.lima-city.de/37/how_to_transition_from_virtualbox_to_kvm.xhtml (Section ``Enabling Nested Virtualization...'') For AMD, I do not know how to do it, but if I understand it correctly, it cannot be too much of a difference. HTH Linu

Re: How to prevent /tmp files from being deleted at reboot

2016-07-10 Thread Linux-Fan
gram. It's just me, mostly while setting up and testing > a fresh system, which may need frequent reboots. ...but may I suggest you to use `/var/tmp` as a workaround? `/var/tmp` is a persistent alternative to `/tmp`. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ pgpdOPSpeOG9y.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: jessie-kvm-qemu: Win7 guest fails to update

2016-07-13 Thread Linux-Fan
ution, it has further links (below ``WEITERFÜHRENDE LINKS'') where the correct update to manually install is likely to be linked. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ pgpjbeoaqFH7O.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: productivity tips

2017-01-01 Thread Linux-Fan
s my laptop and with `dnsmasq` I could setup a realistic network between them (where the device takes its IP via DHCP). I would have liked to know this earlier because I sometimes had to cope with unreliable DHCP from my router and having an own DHCP server available if the router DHCP fails

Re: Thin Client

2017-04-03 Thread Linux-Fan
tly true, but Raspbian and the Pi architecture does have it's drawbacks, running true Debian could be an advantage. [...] It is possible to use ``true Debian'' on a Raspberry Pi. In my experience, the scripts presented in https://github.com/drtyhlpr/rpi23-gen-image have wo

Re: Root account blocked

2015-11-19 Thread Linux-Fan
te sure, if this also applies to the passwords which are required to make the system boot, because I have never enabled such. Either way: Consult the documentation first or just try it out. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ pgpgjEFNDF4LN.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Linux-Fan
en look strange if the result is too large to fit on a single page) and syntax highlighting. Using many short lines, VIM has always been good enough for me (even with several MiB file size). Whenever I need to edit large text files, I chose JEdit (Package `jedit`) which has never been slow even wi

Re: So much for a wheezy install, massive fail

2015-02-14 Thread Linux-Fan
>> laneous > > That is a decent writeup. Whats chances there is a printable .pdf of it > someplace? Try https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.pdf.en HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: debian 8 Kmail IMAP funktioniert nach einiger Zeit nicht mehr, Rechner muss neu gestartet werden

2015-02-26 Thread Linux-Fan
the international debian-user list. It would be recommended to either ask the same question in English or send it to the German debian-user list. Contentwise, I can not directly give an answer to the problem. I'd check the general network connectivity first and then check if the problem also occur

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Linux-Fan
e process is able to address more than two GiB of RAM (can be useful with data compression like 7z and other software which can make use a lot of RAM). HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Debian 7 and screensavers

2015-03-12 Thread Linux-Fan
nually invokes the "Lock screen" > functionality? Have you tried to configure xscreensaver using `xscreensaver-demo` manually? It should then be enough to add a suitable invocation of `xscreensaver` to your autostart. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: A question about deleting a big file structure from a big disk in Jessie: Why does this work? I'm really worried.

2015-04-05 Thread Linux-Fan
really depends on the prices of the enclosure or if the higher price only accounts for a trademarked or nicer design? Btw: This is my first list-mail using Claws-Mail. I hope it arrives just as usual :) Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Fw: Jessie= stable date?

2015-04-13 Thread Linux-Fan
Sorry for not posting this to the list in the first place :( I just sent it again for the record. Linux-Fan Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:19:31 +0200 From: Linux-Fan To: Gene Heskett Subject: Re: Jessie= stable date? [Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:22:12 -0400] Gene Heskett wrote

Re: What else must I do to avoid installing "suggests"? Was: How to get a "minimal font set"?

2016-03-04 Thread Linux-Fan
27;-dependencies will be broken. 2. Sometimes, packages are pulled in as dependencies for one package and not removed when you uninstall the package because of ``Suggests''. This could probably be resolved with `deborphan`. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ pgpjVVcqPySqe.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: What else must I do to avoid installing "suggests"? Was: How to get a "minimal font set"?

2016-03-06 Thread Linux-Fan
r > bug) in `aptitude why` (e.g. for those packages there may be *other* > reasons for their being installed that are based solely on > recommends). [...] As I already wrote, I have also seen this behaviour. `aptitude why` sometimes reports Suggests while stronger dependencies (like

Re: How to install wine (Was: empty subject)

2016-03-07 Thread Linux-Fan
en, go to a folder containing any windows executable and open a terminal there. Enter `wine application.exe` (where `application.exe` is the windows program file) to run it using wine. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ pgp3DL2apTMFF.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: My script almost works but spams the terminal its launched from if useing dash.

2016-04-16 Thread Linux-Fan
bash, because that will ``just work''. This means: If you do the work to port the scripts to dash, you will likely not have to maintain a separate version for bash. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ pgpwdcEL3xOBz.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Guidelines for allocating system resources for VMs?

2016-05-16 Thread Linux-Fan
y to access all cores at the same time, they will be scheduled similar to processes in the OS. As you can see: There is no clear recommendation -- just try out a few configurations and settle for what works best :) HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ pgpSQdgpALX7x.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: I uninstalled OpenMediaVault (because totally overkill for me) and replaced it with borgbackup and rsyncq

2023-09-09 Thread Linux-Fan
Default User writes: On Fri, 2023-09-01 at 23:15 +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: > Default User writes: [...] > > I HAVE used a number of other backup methodologies, including > > Borgbackup, for which I had high hopes, but was highly > > disappointed. > > Would you ca

Re: update-ca-certificates

2023-12-14 Thread Linux-Fan
* `.p7c` for PKCS#7 encoded certificates [...] YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpX0l4h1UxZR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: update-ca-certificates

2023-12-14 Thread Linux-Fan
Pocket writes: On Dec 14, 2023, at 2:23 PM, Linux-Fan wrote: > Pocket writes: [...] > > Should the suffix of the file be .pem as the certs that are referenced by > > the conf file seem to be in PEM format? > > Stick to what the program expects and use .crt Ok what fo

Re: testing new sdm drive

2024-02-08 Thread Linux-Fan
hink is a real possibility) then it may as well cause hickups in the system. If the work you are doing on the machine is mission- critical, don't run tests with suspect hardware on it... HTH Linux-Fan öö [...] pgpxY5QIR73gw.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Microcode bug problem?

2023-03-19 Thread Linux-Fan
our CPU us far older than the ones affected by the microcode bug. It does not have a code name matching one of the listed ones. I'd conclude that your CPU is not affected. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpVU7E3j6RtC.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Searching for HA shared storage free for docker

2023-04-28 Thread Linux-Fan
about it it very much seems as if this is not really a ”bug” but rather by design. I think that the observed behaviour might also be similar if you were to use Ceph instead of GlusterFS, but if you find out that it works much better, I'd be interested in learning about it :) HTH and

Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

2023-06-13 Thread Linux-Fan
switch to `sh` as the primary shell in theory, this does not quite work in practice (for me anyways). YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpHxp9oW5HUx.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: I uninstalled OpenMediaVault (because totally overkill for me) and replaced it with borgbackup and rsyncq

2023-09-01 Thread Linux-Fan
[...] Short but comprehensive resource on the subject (includes some advertising / I am not affiliated / maybe this has outlived the product it advertises for?): http://www.taobackup.com/index.html YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgptt2qvn0tQe.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: I uninstalled OpenMediaVault (because totally overkill for me) and replaced it with borgbackup and rsyncq

2023-09-01 Thread Linux-Fan
ng any hard-link based approach, mostly due to the missing encryption and integrity protection of data and metadata. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgp_XdT1JGgxv.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: I uninstalled OpenMediaVault (because totally overkill for me) and replaced it with borgbackup and rsyncq

2023-09-02 Thread Linux-Fan
”. While this scheme is pretty strong in theory, I update and test it far too rarely since it is not really easy to script the process, but at least I tested the correct working of the backup restore after creation of the live image by starting the restore from inside a VM. HTH Linux-Fan öö

Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!)

2024-02-11 Thread Linux-Fan
). It is not designed to generate large amounts of random data as the size is limited by integer range... HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpoAijtbLtka.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!)

2024-02-12 Thread Linux-Fan
David Christensen writes: On 2/11/24 02:26, Linux-Fan wrote: I wrote a program to automatically generate random bytes in multiple threads: https://masysma.net/32/big4.xhtml Before knowing about `fio` this way my way to benchmark SSDs :) Example: | $ big4 -b /dev/null 100 GiB | Ma_Sys.ma Big

Re: Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!)

2024-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
David Christensen writes: On 2/12/24 08:30, Linux-Fan wrote: David Christensen writes: On 2/11/24 02:26, Linux-Fan wrote: I wrote a program to automatically generate random bytes in multiple threads: https://masysma.net/32/big4.xhtml What algorithm did you implement? I copied the

Re: Current best practices for system configuration management?

2024-04-19 Thread Linux-Fan
ith the package-based approach to not look into it yet. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgplLIRpEGPqu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Current best practices for system configuration management?

2024-04-24 Thread Linux-Fan
further :) Still, in many ways the ant does not do much more than the scripts linked at the message above. If you are about to create your own scripts (which is probably a better idea than trying to use my scripts anyways :) ) the shellscripts may be easier to understand. HTH Linux

Re: Windows 11 KVM guest IO Performance

2024-12-08 Thread Linux-Fan
/interval) on the host averaging much below. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpM7exiUuyLV.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Converting UTF-8 email text to PDF

2025-02-14 Thread Linux-Fan
am not sure if my build instructions still work as-is because it seems I have last updated the package in 2023 - if you are interested in using them I should be able to fix them, though. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgp59Nyg2Xb4t.pgp Description: PGP signature

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