Re: How to load new firmware?

2024-10-15 Thread debian-user
Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:27:23 -0400 > Lee wrote: > > > # backports so I can get the latest Realtek wifi drivers > > deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main > > non-free-firmware deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian > > bookworm-backports main non-free-fi

Re: YAML: How to add additional lines after a specific line?

2024-11-06 Thread debian-user
Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: > Hello community, > > I have a YAML file for example `resource.yaml`. > I want to find in this file all the lines ( actually it should be > only one ), with the following string: "resource_type: apple" and > immediately after that line add the following lines: > > ```

Re: Suggestions on pre -installation of Chinese input method for Debian

2024-11-28 Thread debian-user
张昊彧 wrote: > Dear Debian team, > > Hello! > > I am a Debian user who appreciates the stable and secure operating > system provided by Debian. During the use process, I noticed that the > system has pre -installed Japanese input method, which is very > convenient fo

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 09:34:00 +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 01:03:34PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > >I've been thinking about this some more, and I'd like to try to > > > >list all the way

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
Dan Ritter wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color when > > > the cursor is in them. In the settings for xfterminal, I'm > > > pretty sure you can set that. Go look? > > > > > It's

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Charles Curley wrote: > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 + > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually > > > > change the I-Beam cursor? I've looked at a couple of other > > > > sets of c

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 08:25:33PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color > > > > > when t

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
"Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > I routinely get that "blank white page" result in firefox here, and > find that fiddling with the settings in the noscript plugin often > fixes it. OTOH, if a web site wants to be *that* obnoxious I'll > often decide that they're not worth the trouble of bothe

Re: Using terminal commands - corner cases

2024-12-02 Thread debian-user
David Wright wrote: > Funnily enough, I'd never even thought about page numbering in > connection with man pages. But I notice now that the page contents > of my Letter PDF and Debian's A4 version are identical, and the > footers on the A4 are very high, so I'm guessing that the document > was o

Re: utelnetd

2024-11-15 Thread debian-user
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Extremely long References header shortened. =8~/ > > From: Timothy M Butterworth > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:21:20 -0500 > > SSHD is packaged and available on Debian. > > Timothy, for a console on localhost do you use ssh exclusively? > Never xterm or simila

Re: Restarting cron after crontab update

2024-12-08 Thread debian-user
Roger Price wrote: > With emacs I made a change to /etc/crontab on a Debian 11 > workstation. I have done this before successfully. When you say you made a change with emacs, what command did you run? What you are supposed to do is use the command crontab to start the editor of your choice. You

Re: booting by UEFI?

2024-12-29 Thread debian-user
Eben King wrote: > My motherboard is a Gigabyte H170 That doesn't seem to be precise enough. They make multiple boards with that general name and all but one support UEFI. But the GA-H170TN does not mention UEFI, although its spec does say "Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS".

Re: booting by UEFI?

2024-12-29 Thread debian-user
e...@gmx.us wrote: > On 12/29/24 12:51, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Eben King wrote: > > > >> My motherboard is a Gigabyte H170 > > > > That doesn't seem to be precise enough. They make multiple boards > > with that general name and all but one support UEFI. But the > > GA-H170TN doe

Re: How to find installed packages not in APT?

2025-02-04 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 11:04:16 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 12:15:32PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 00:00:13 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > > > - apt-patterns(7) > > > > > > Why isn't this linked/referenced from

Re: Unnamed Popup from Klaro about cookies

2025-02-06 Thread debian-user
But as Kent said, if its going to produce popups it really, really needs to announce itself properly including a link to some docs that are written from the point of view of a user rather than the point of view of a website developer! :( It'll totally fail on my system (I hope), anyway, since I ba

Re: finding package for reportbug

2025-02-05 Thread debian-user
Charles Curley wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 15:46:23 +0100 > Franziska Menti wrote: > > > Hi Charles [snip] > What I had in mind here is something like: > > dmesg | less -X > > then use the search function (the / key) to search for snd_hda_intel > and (separately) snd_sof_pci_intel_mtl. Check

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-11 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > songbird wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > ... > > > It would be much easier if I could simply tell epiphany (or > > > another browser) **not** to try and become the default for > > > everything, rather than having to try and unset all the changes > > > it has made. > >

Re: Bluetooth

2025-02-11 Thread debian-user
Gregory Forster wrote: > I've been looking on Amazon.  Is there a bluetooth dongle I can plug > into my desktop PC USB port that will work with Debian GNU/Linux > 12.8? Everything I find specify s for Windows. There's a useful page at https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluetooth/#known-w

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > > songbird wrote: > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > It would be much easier if I could simply tell epiphany (or > > > > > another browser) **not** to try and become the default for > > > > >

Re: Firefox alternatives?

2024-12-12 Thread debian-user
Van Snyder wrote: > After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets > really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute > or two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 > processes running. Memory is half full, and swap is about 10% used. > Wh

Re: a passwordless operating system

2024-12-15 Thread debian-user
y nor > any other natural or artificial or divine intelligence? i know this > sounds like a question for debian-devel or debian-policy but i m > dumping it onto debian-user as as of now i m not subscribed to any > other. Why does your mother need to memorize all of your dead stepfathe

Re: a passwordless operating system

2024-12-17 Thread debian-user
songbird wrote: > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > ... > > Why does your mother need to memorize all of your dead stepfather's > > identities? Just let them die with him. > > perhaps because the accounts are jointly owned and it > is much easier to just continue using the credentials as >

Re: Writing passwords down

2024-12-17 Thread debian-user
Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 17 Dec 2024 06:45 +0100, from to...@tuxteam.de: > >> Then follow Bruce Schneier's advice and*write them down*. > > > > Do you have a reference? > > > > I ask because I'm in the middle of a discussion (and that was my > > advice, too). Seeing what Schneier has to sa

Re: DefinitionS sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc - was [Re: help: disable all manner of sleep/suspend/hibernate - Debian 12]

2024-11-22 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > Michael mentioned https://wiki.debian.org/Suspend and I found > https://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation . > > I, and other inexperienced users, need proper definitions of > sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc to use those pages and solutions to be > described here. Definitions c

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
"Russell L. Harris" wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 01:03:34PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >I've been thinking about this some more, and I'd like to try to list > >all the ways the OP might have caused this to fail. > > > >We start by observing that nobody else has been able to reproduce the >

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-11 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > As I'm over 80 and a computer *user* since introduction via Hollerith > cards and line-printers in 60's (q.v. CORC & CUPL - BASIC didn't > exist) and later using an Acoustic coupler with an RBBS, I'm not a > newbie per se. > > However I'm making practical use of mp3 files

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-12 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 1/11/25 8:06 AM, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > *SNIP* > >> > >> Due to vision and perception issues, I avoid sites over using > >> graphics or requiring JavaScript. For support I look for USENET > >> groups &/or mailing lists (not ha

Re: ISP's router being helpful

2025-01-20 Thread debian-user
George at Clug wrote: > I had forgotten to mention about "DNS over HTTPS", which besides > encrypting DNS traffic, usually use a trusted Internet based DNS > service, instead of local DNS settings. > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dns-over-https > > This maybe why your web browser does n

Re: ISP's router being helpful

2025-01-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 12:13:09PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > [...] > > > I just use IP addresses for local web services, so I can use DOH in > > my browser. > > I'm at a loss why somebody would want to do that (although I pretty > well know why Google wants every

Re: ISP's router being helpful

2025-01-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 05:04:16PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 12:13:09PM +, > > > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > I just use IP addresses for local web services, so I can use > > > > DOH

Re: mlterm configuration

2025-01-26 Thread debian-user
Darac Marjal wrote: > On 26/01/2025 18:29, Haines Brown wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 09:35:24AM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 08:45:02AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > >>> My attemtpts configure mlterm have no effect. For exaJmple, I > >>> create a file .mlter

Re: kvm/qemu

2025-01-08 Thread debian-user
gene heskett wrote: > On 1/7/25 15:12, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > These packages were pointed out to me a while back as a possible > > alternative to virtualbox. While doing a bit of work on the new > > machine, I did a quick search using both of those terms in Synaptic > > Package Manager,

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview

2025-02-14 Thread debian-user
"Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote: > I've completed my U.S. tax forms in the fillable PDFs provided by the > Internal Revenue Service. Now I want to print them to (yes) submit > through snail mail. > > In the past, I was happy printing from Acrobat 9, which is still fine > for display purposes.

Re: software to document and develop projects

2025-02-08 Thread debian-user
"Gary L. Roach" wrote: > I have been trying  to find a software package that would allow me to > do math calculations along with running documentation.I have tried > using -Octave but it doesn't allow modification of content once you > hit the enter key. After a few mistakes and corrections things

Re: recursively share NFS

2025-03-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 01:32:27PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk (HE12025-03-20): > > > It's not a workaround. It's expected behaviour. You told the NAS > > > to share some of its contents with alexandria. That's what it's > > > doing. Why would you expect

Re: increment backup of home dir

2025-03-14 Thread debian-user
Harri Suutari wrote: > On 14/03/2025 08.07, tim wade wrote: > > > > besides rsync, do you know any other software/service for increment > > backup? > > Dirvish - "Disk based virtual image network backup system." > >     Dirvish can create user browseable (daily) backup directories. I use di

Re: recursively share NFS

2025-03-20 Thread debian-user
Eben King wrote: > On 3/19/25 15:05, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 14:53:51 -0400, Eben King wrote: > >> I have this machine "alexandria". It mounts a directory from the > >> nas via NFS. When I export a parent directory on alexandria, the > >> mount point appears empty, eve

Re: When an external disk is connected, the wireless mouse works by being connected from a shorter distance.

2025-04-06 Thread debian-user
Nicolas George wrote: > Serkan Kurt (HE12025-04-06): > > Hello. A USBA (ss) wireless mouse is connected to the laptop. When I > > connect a WD Element 1 TB or WD Element 4 TB external disk to the > > other USBA (ss) port, the working distance of the mouse drops to > > about 0.5 meters. Normally 10

Re: map mainboard sata connector to device name

2025-04-10 Thread debian-user
Petric Frank wrote: > Hello, > > Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2025, 06:47:13 CEST schrieb Titus Newswanger: > > On 4/9/25 22:42, Petric Frank wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2025, 00:13:10 CEST schrieb Andy Smith: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 05:46:

Re: Does anyone use a USB 'endoscope' on Debian, which ones should work OK?

2025-03-15 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > I don't want to look at the outside of the hull, I want to look > inside right down in the bilges under the engine. This is quite > inaccessible and one of the cameras that are advertised mostly as > 'endoscopes' would make looking around down there more possible. > > As I

Re: Admin Root user [not set to default]

2025-04-09 Thread debian-user
James Freer wrote: > Hi members > > I've just done my install of Debian 12 Live XFCE version. Been a user > of Xubuntu for 15 years and thought i would change. Tried some of the > derivatives and chose Debian to go with. > > I would be grateful if someone could explain why admin root user is > n

Re: Can you help me run Box64 on my Raspberry Pi 5?

2025-04-07 Thread debian-user
Matt Timpson wrote: > Hello all, > > I want to run a .deb file written for x64 processors on my Raspberry > Pi 5, which I run Linux on. You don't say which version of which linux you use. Most people with R Pis run Raspberry Pi OS, which is derived from Debian but is not Debian. If you run that

Re: Colored e-mail without using \e[3;91m HTML \e[0m

2025-04-17 Thread debian-user
Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Looking at > > https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/ospo.onramp/2025-03/msg1.html > > as an example, it appears your text may become blue if you precede > > your message with and follow > > it with > > Yeah, making it a link might render it blue. > If you do that, I

Re: Relation(s) between/among Kate, Kwrite, and Katepart

2025-04-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 08:45:58AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 4/20/25 7:56 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 07:27:12AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > I'm restarting a editing project that could take advantage of > > > > using "regular expression

Re: Colored e-mail without using \e[3;91m HTML \e[0m

2025-04-17 Thread debian-user
Roger Price wrote: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2025, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > On 17.04.2025 19:06, Roger Price wrote: > > > Very easy for him - he's a manager - he will say "Use software!". > > > Problem solved. Roger > > > > > I'd use software called GIMP. &shrug; > > Your 1.png is neat.

Re: Problem with VLC H 264 after having installed ISPY package

2025-04-18 Thread debian-user
Bernard wrote: > On 18/04/2025 15:37, songbird wrote: > > wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 04:32:26PM +0200, Bernard wrote: > >>> Hi to Everyone ! > >>> > >>> vlc 3.0.21 (Vetinari) – Debian 11 > >>> > >>> ⇒ vlc no longer reckognises nor plays mp4 files ; it now only > >>> plays their audio

Re: Keyboard stopped working

2025-04-22 Thread debian-user
songbird wrote: > Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > ...keyboard sometimes stops working... > > I have that problem occasionally. I just unplug the USB connector > > then plug it back in and the keyboard works again. > > yes, but it also may indicate a poor connection or a > bad cable so perhaps

Re: When an external disk is connected, the wireless mouse works by being connected from a shorter distance.

2025-04-16 Thread debian-user
Serkan Kurt wrote: > (Solved) Hello. I solved the problem as follows; I'm pleased to hear you solved the problem :) > 1- I created a file named "disable_usb3.conf" in the > "/etc/modprobe.d/" directory. > 2- I added the line "options xhci_hcd no_usb3=1" to the file and > saved it. I'm curious.

Re: Request for Snapdragon X Plus Support and Development for ASUSQ5507QA-S15 Laptop

2025-05-06 Thread debian-user
gene heskett wrote: > On 5/6/25 03:29, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 09:53:54AM +0330, Reza Bojnordi wrote: > >> Dear Debian > >> > >> I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to inquire > >> about the possibility of enhanced support and development for the > >

Re: When an external disk is connected, the wireless mouse works by being connected from a shorter distance.

2025-04-15 Thread debian-user
Jan Claeys wrote: > On Sun, 2025-04-06 at 17:42 +0300, Serkan Kurt wrote: > > Hello. A USBA (ss) wireless mouse is connected to the laptop. When I > > connect a WD Element 1 TB or WD Element 4 TB external disk to the > > other USBA (ss) port, the working distance of the mouse drops to > > about 0.

Re: Regular expressions, PCRE [was: Relation(s) between/among Kate, Kwrite, and Katepart]

2025-04-21 Thread debian-user
Nicolas George wrote: > Tom Browder (HE12025-04-21): > > $ time raku -e ‘my $s = “a” x 25; my $r = “a?” x 25 ~ “a” x 25; > > if ($s ~= $r) { say “yes” } ‘ > > I almost asked if Raku uses pairs of Unicode quotes instead of the > symmetrical ASCII one; then I noticed the single quotes, and I

Re: web browser recommendation

2025-03-08 Thread debian-user
D MacDougall wrote: > > On 2025-03-08, D MacDougall wrote: > ... > > > I've been using DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine for > > > years and have found that it's gradually been improving to the > > > point that I seldom have cause to use any other.  Along the way I > > > discovered that th

Re: web browser recommendation

2025-03-09 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 13:39:18 -0800, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > On Sat Mar 8 13:29:36 2025 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > > D MacDougall wrote: > > >> https://duckduckgo.com > > > > > > That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word > > > D

Re: web browser recommendation

2025-03-09 Thread debian-user
D MacDougall wrote: > On 3/8/25 12:34, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word > > DuckDuckGo and a search box. No explanation of anything at any > > length? > > > Very odd.  On my phone I see exactly what you see plus several

Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable

2025-03-09 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 3/8/25 8:07 AM, Miriami wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > > > I haven't used the MATE desktop environment, but I guess it also > > has this: 1. Right click on a PDF file, in the pop-up right-click > > menu, chooss 'open this file with ...' 2. In the then-popped-up > > dialog a

Re: Does anyone use a USB 'endoscope' on Debian, which ones should work OK?

2025-03-13 Thread debian-user
Greg wrote: > On 2025-03-13, David Wright wrote: > > > > OTOH most people will have come across endoscopes, usually in the > > context of colonoscopies and suchlike, hence your "scary". > > I've never come across one for the general public, but then it would > never have occurred to me to sear

Re: Alternative to Debian Repository - extract CSV formatted data from PDF

2025-02-21 Thread debian-user
Greg wrote: > On 2025-02-21, David Wright wrote: > > > >> > > [1] https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/thrifty-food-plan-2006 > >> > > Table ES-1. Thrifty Food Plan market baskets, quantities > >> > > of food purchased for a week, by age-gender group, 2006 > > > > I don't read PDFs /in/ the br

Re: Alternative to Debian Repository - extract CSV formatted data from PDF

2025-02-20 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to extract CSV formatted data from a PDF document. [1] > Page ES-7 has a weekly grocery list for males grouped by age. > I need only the first and last columns. > > Can someone point me in a suitable direction? > > TIA > > [1] https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/thrifty

Re: OT: Connect two computers with linux with wlan, but without any router

2025-03-30 Thread debian-user
Timothy M Butterworth wrote: [snip] > If you make the storage server the access point What storage server? I thought this was about live video display from a drone?

Re: DHCP and static addresses, nothing to do with Re: Who:Bookwormv.Trixie

2025-04-04 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > I'm just going to assume that it worked similarly to traditional X > sessions (e.g. the ones on HP-UX), where it looked up the system's > hostname, and used whatever IP address that returned for connections > between the X client and server. I'm confused. Traditional X ses

Re: Perl module Digest::SHA256 and Debian package libdigest-sha-perl

2025-04-03 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 16:07:36 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > But installing libdigest-sha-perl does not provide Digest::SHA256: > > They are different modules. > > https://metacpan.org/pod/Digest::SHA256 > https://metacpan.org/pod/Digest::SHA > > Digest::SHA256

Re: Web server access

2025-04-02 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 11:04:17AM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > > > GET index.html > > should be: > > GET index.html HTTP/1.0 > > (Strictly speaking you should close off with twice , but > most web servers are tolerant if you just send two ) > > Not sending a HTT

Re: Web server access

2025-04-02 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 17:52:55 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > > The server is on the LAN side of the router (192.168.1.65). It's > > not in the DMZ. My server isn't running Apache ACLs or iptables or > > TCP wrapper. The router is running a firewall.  I've forwarded > > WAN-si

Re: Documentation for NetworkManager 1.30.0 -- Where?

2025-04-02 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I am running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 . > When right-clicking on the Network Manager icon's "About" button it > identifies itself as version 1.30.0 . > There is a link to http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ > which results in a 404 error. I think the link sh

Re: Documentation for NetworkManager 1.30.0 -- Where?

2025-04-02 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I am running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 . > When right-clicking on the Network Manager icon's "About" button it > identifies itself as version 1.30.0 . I've also just noticed that NM 1.30 belongs on an older release of Debian than 12.

Re: Debian on a VERY OLD hardware?

2025-05-08 Thread debian-user
Greg wrote: > >> older machines are also normally using a lot more electricity > >> than something small and more recent might use. > > > > While that's obviously good, that doesn't necessarily justify buying > > a new machine from an ecological perspective: AFAIK the embedded > > energy in a

Re: Debian on a VERY OLD hardware?

2025-05-08 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 04:41:07PM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > Greg wrote: > > > >> older machines are also normally using a lot more electricity > > > >> than something small and more recent might use. > > > > > > > > While that's obviously good, that doesn't

Re: Shell function.

2025-05-15 Thread debian-user
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Given this function. > > ev () { case $# in > 0) /usr/bin/evince --display=:0 ;; > 1) /usr/bin/evince --display=:0 $1 ;; > *) echo "Too many arguments." ;; esac } > > Can improvements be suggested? "Too many arguments." doesn't seem quite right. If evinc

Re: Building an Android app using only Android SDK and development tools already available in Debian

2025-05-22 Thread debian-user
Greg wrote: > On 2025-05-20, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > > > It seems you've encountered an obsolete wiki page (at the bottom it > > says "AndroidTools/IntroBuildingApps (last modified 2022-10-31 > > 14:03:10)" ). The subject is being discussed in another thread at > > the moment, but

Re: Building an Android app using only Android SDK and development tools already available in Debian

2025-05-20 Thread debian-user
Csányi Pál wrote: > Hi, > > on the Debian 12 Bookworm operating system I want to make android > apps. > > I would follow the advice on these websites: > https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools > and > https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools/IntroBuildingApps > > Following the latter web page, the fol

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

2025-05-20 Thread debian-user
Greg wrote: > On 2025-05-20, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> FWIW I didn't find "keep it up to date" useful feedback. > > > > Here's my view: replace each current page with a list of "per Debian > > version" pages. So, when someone edits a page, they don't edit the > > "DebianBootstrap" page, but t

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

2025-05-20 Thread debian-user
"Jonathan Dowland" wrote: > On Tue May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM BST, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> FWIW I didn't find "keep it up to date" useful feedback. > > > > Here's my view: replace each current page with a list of "per Debian > > version" pages. So, when someone edits a page, they don't edit the

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

2025-05-19 Thread debian-user
Greg wrote: > On 2025-05-16, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Thu May 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM BST, Dan Ritter wrote: > >> The most prominent issue I can see is that there is no unified > >> sense of chronology. That is, I can look at a page and not have > >> any idea whether it is correct for current

diald + ipmasq + samba

1998-08-23 Thread debian-user list
Hello. I'm trying to set up a debian 2.0 box as a server in a small office, using samba to serve files to a few win95 boxes, and ipmasq and diald to connect to the rest of the world via modem, intermittantly. I can get each of the parts to work individually without trouble, but various things go

Disk geommetry, was Re: Kernel Upgrade: Why?

1999-04-21 Thread debian-user list
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 10:05:00AM +0100, Graham Ashton wrote: > On Tuesday 20 April, Richard Harran wrote: > > Would I see a performance increase if I made sure my linux partition > > was on the outside of my disk? Would I be even better putting my swap > > partition as far out as possible? > >

only test,delete it. sorry.

1997-04-01 Thread debian-user-request

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1997-04-02 Thread debian-user-request

Re: eject command for normal users and some other stuff

2003-11-28 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 11:59:30PM -0500, H. S. wrote: > Andreas Janssen wrote: > >Hello > > > >H S (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > > > >>Okay, I am going to take this step by step because I have many issues > >>unresolved. I am connected to the internet through an ADSL modem (use > >>"pon dsl-p

Re: newbie boot log question

2003-11-28 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 04:45:53AM +0100, Christian Schnobrich wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 19:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, I want to review the lines and lines of text > > that printout during startup, but they quickly scroll > > off the screen. > > just type 'dmesg'. Once done, you

Re: How to get away with small /var partition

2003-11-28 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 02:43:10AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > 2 => extended partition (the rest of the harddrive) > 5 => swap (256 megs) > 6 => /var (256 megs) > 7 => /misc (the rest of the harddrive) > > After a virgin install, I log on as root and... > > mv /home /misc/home > ln -s /mi

Re: Can't play audio CDs

2003-11-30 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 12:47:33AM -0500, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > I can't play audio CDs on my Mac 8500. It's running debian for PowerPC, > but I don't know if it's a problem with the powerpc port. > > I have /dev/cdrom linked to /dev/scd0 (first SCSI CD drive). The > permissions for /dev

Re: Can't play audio CDs

2003-12-01 Thread kmark+debian-user
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xinerama 2 monitors help

2003-12-04 Thread kmark+debian-user
Hi Debianistas, I'm trying to setup 2 monitors. one is a isa t9680 (cirrus logic) - max 800x640 8bit and the other is a ati 1024x768 16 bit. I had the ati working and then I added the isa card. Ever since then, the isa is the only one recognized. I did a X -configure but it did not work 100% alt

Re: Anyone used a Lindows Laptop?

2003-12-05 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 05:24:17PM +1100, John wrote: > Hi > > I have just started looking for a new laptop courtesy of the logic board on my ibook > dying and being hit for a Aust $935 bill for a new one. I have been looking at the > Lindows Mobile PC which I could get for Aust $1165 from sub3

Re: Earthlink and Swen

2003-12-05 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 10:56:59PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 03:08:23PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > ... > > I have all services locked down to localhost; my only connections to > > the outside world are mail, news via nntpcached, web via squid... I run > > Apache but it to

Re: striping, etc.

1997-06-20 Thread Debian user mail
On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > > They will go on a machine with 3 200m ide drives, which will be a > > > poor-man's > > > server. My current thinking is to mount / on the first controller, and > > > use the other pair as /usr on the second interface. /usr will be NFS > > > export

Re: Netscape bug: Newbies using root

1997-06-23 Thread Debian user mail
It's also important not to use Netscape as root (or other mail tools as root) when sending mail to the Debian mailing lists. I get lots of posts that don't go through, because the sender is root or another system user that Smartlist recognizes. Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr. C

Re: Big Bad Bug - adduser truncating files from /etc/skel.

1997-06-23 Thread Debian user mail
I reported this a few weeks ago. Adduser v3.3 should fix this, and should be forthcoming from Guy Maor. Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/securetty problem

1997-06-23 Thread Debian user mail
On Sat, 21 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've done that a hundred times you [EMAIL PROTECTED] > It doesn't work > I'm still on the damned list. For those who wish to know, "Sean.Seaman" did contact "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" once to request unsubscription. There are no "sean"s from anywhere with

Re: Why is pine so slow?

1997-06-28 Thread Debian user mail
Ah, the wonders of sendmail. In the out-of-the-box configuration of sendmail, it passes mail along in "background" mode. One might think that this means it does everything in the background. Not so, for a few small details. Sendmail in background mode checks the validity of the destination add

Re: Why is pine so slow?

1997-06-28 Thread Debian user mail
On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > > # default delivery mode > > O DeliveryMode=background > > > > becomes > > > > # default delivery mode > > O DeliveryMode=deferred > > Hmm, this one might be the answer for me. > > The thing about reverse dns lookups certainly rings a bell here, be

Re: How to find out if sendmail has queued mail to forward.

1997-06-30 Thread Debian user mail
The command "mailq" should be on your system. It essentially runs "sendmail -bp" which prints the queue. You may wish to use "mailq | head" or "mailq | less" depending on the size of the current queue. Hint: read up on sendmail timeouts and how to move mail to a separate queue. I had to test m

Re: /var/log/messages not world-readable anymore?

1997-07-09 Thread Debian user mail
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > Will Lowe: > > Well, here's an example of where it could be: > > > > I use diald to dial up an ISP account. Diald calls chat to > > execute a login-and-start-ppp script. Chat writes all of it's > > / pairs to /var/log/messages. So anyone who can rea

Rebooting is foolish ....

2001-02-16 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Hello to the group, Recently there were comments made as to the "foolishness" of rebooting just to reset an edited config file. How about a list of the cli entrys that would have accomplished this? Are there different ones for different config files? SHUP something? blabla stop/start/restar

Rebooting woes ..was.. Rebooting is foolish ....

2001-02-16 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Nate Amsden wrote: > try avoid rebooting whenever possible. i had a bad experience with > rebooting > not too long ago. a sun ultra 10..up for about 130 days..shut it down to > move a UPS, it never came back up. spent the next 15-20 hours rebuilding > it. > nate I Have had a simular experience (

Nameservers

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
I have a new install of debian 2.2 potato on another box. It has the same nameserver entrys in /etc/resolve.config ... as this box has. But it won't resolve ip's. I had to use "ftp://207.XXX.XXX.XXX/debian potato main" as my entry in /etc/apt/sources.list just to get "apt-get update" woul

Re: Nameservers

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Nate Amsden wrote: > > SamBozo Debian User wrote: > > > > I have a new install of debian 2.2 potato on another box. > > It has the same nameserver entrys in /etc/resolve.config ... as this box > > be sure its resolv.conf not resolv.config > > nate my bad re

Re: CDROM device..

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
William Leese wrote: > > okay, this.. is stupid question.. being completely spoilt by Redhats > simplicity.. i'm unaware of which device /dev/cdrom was linked to. ..can > someone, give me a hint? > > William > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: CDROM device..

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Ah Cmd Line Magic ... I am continuly awestruck. Now if I could just remember all this stuff. But I go the next best thing Linux in a Nutshell and Running Linux race ya to see who's wares out 1st Sam ktb wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 03:05:16PM +0000, SamBozo Debian

Re: Nameservers

2001-02-19 Thread SamBozo Debian User
All is joy, Browsing "tasksel" I looked at the info on the DNS packages. "dnsutils - Utilities for Querying DNS Servers" was one of the entrys. I tried an "apt-get install dnsutils" error was it was already installed. So I thought I'd try removal and reinstallation. After "apt-get rem

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