Re: Werken met testing i.p.v./naast stable

2021-02-13 Thread Richard Lucassen
' te melden lijkt me. Je kunt proberen het vanaf source te compileren maar meestal eindig je dan in een dependency hell, waar "deb-helper" meestal vooraan staat. R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: Random: CRNG init -->duurt lang

2021-02-11 Thread Richard Lucassen
voor sshd in ieder geval want daar hangt-ie op dacht ik) en in rc.local weer uitgezet (want haveged was niet nodig als het spul was opgestart) Ik draai sysV, hoe dat met systemd moet weet ik niet. Maar ik zeg dit even uit m'n hoofd, het is alweer een jaar terug of zo -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: foutgelopen update

2021-02-10 Thread Richard Lucassen
deinstall > linux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64            deinstall > linux-image-amd64                install # apt install deborphan Daarna: $ deborphan In principe kun je die verwijderen: # dpkg --purge $(deborphan) R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/07/2021 12:39 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 . My goal is to minimize its footprint on disk, and reduce menu clutter. I have a default install with / on sda1. The custom install has / on sda2. Both installs use /sda3 for /home

Re: foutgelopen update

2021-02-10 Thread Richard Lucassen
handwerk: dpkg --get-selections | grep ^linux-image En dan dpkg --purge linux-image- Maar misschien is het inmiddels opgelost, want in de bullseye versie slaat-ie zo te zien alleen de laatste versie op en in de Busterversie staat een hele lithanie aan versies. R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: Any hams here? Is there a program that lets me use a mouse as a CW paddle?

2021-02-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/09/2021 03:37 AM, Ottavio Caruso wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a program (if there is no Debian binary, I'm willing to compile from sources) that: 1) emulates a iambic paddle using the left/right buttons of the mouse to send dits and dahs for training purposes; 2) (optional) could also

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/07/2021 01:15 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 12:39:59PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 . My goal is to minimize its footprint on disk, and reduce menu clutter. I have a default install with / on sda1

Re: Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/08/2021 02:15 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 07 feb 21, 12:39:59, Richard Owlett wrote: I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 . My goal is to minimize its footprint on disk, and reduce menu clutter. I have a default install with / on sda1. The custom install has

Strange statistics from gparted

2021-02-07 Thread Richard Owlett
I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 . My goal is to minimize its footprint on disk, and reduce menu clutter. I have a default install with / on sda1. The custom install has / on sda2. Both installs use /sda3 for /home. When running gparted from the first, it reports

Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/05/2021 01:05 PM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: ... One can purchase a flash drive containing ISO images of all installation DVDs of the desired architecture. It is straight forward to do a default install after copying dvd1.iso to a flash drive. ... Are the instructions

Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-06 Thread Richard Owlett
That works. Your choice of directory names in the path to the files extracted from each ISO broke my current mental logjam. Thanks On 02/05/2021 10:21 AM, Jeremy Andrews wrote: Hi Richard, Here's what I would probably do: - create directories on your USB or partition for each of the DVDs

Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-05 Thread Richard Owlett
I wish to do custom Debian install on a machine *WITHOUT*: 1. functional mechanical CD/DVD drive. 2. without internet access. One can purchase a flash drive containing ISO images of all installation DVDs of the desired architecture. It is straight forward to do a default install after

Re: website permissions and ownership

2021-02-02 Thread Richard Hector
On 2/02/21 10:42 pm, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 2/2/21 5:32 pm, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 2/2/21 4:55 pm, Richard Hector wrote: What you are doing sounds pretty O.K. Though I personally also use SELinux for web facing services. Thanks. I haven't looked in to SELinux. I looked at AppArmor

Re: website permissions and ownership

2021-02-02 Thread Richard Hector
On 2/02/21 10:37 pm, john doe wrote: On 2/2/2021 9:55 AM, Richard Hector wrote: On 2/02/21 9:11 pm, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 2/2/21 3:09 pm, Richard Hector wrote: Hi all, I'm reviewing how I set up websites (mostly Wordpress at the moment), and would like other opinions on what I'm planning

Re: website permissions and ownership

2021-02-02 Thread Richard Hector
On 2/02/21 9:11 pm, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 2/2/21 3:09 pm, Richard Hector wrote: Hi all, I'm reviewing how I set up websites (mostly Wordpress at the moment), and would like other opinions on what I'm planning is sane. My plan is to have a user eg "mysite" that own

website permissions and ownership

2021-02-01 Thread Richard Hector
as far as I can tell, it doesn't allow mapping of userids. Tools could help, but I'd rather some of these users had SFTP access only, which would prevent them being used. Any thoughts? Am I mostly on the right track? Thanks, Richard

Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

2021-02-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/01/2021 02:37 PM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: ... Thanks for the link. As I categorically avoid *ANY* use of "sudo", I'll have to experiment to see if the recommended use of "caja --force-desktop" might cause me grief. i was wondering if the d

Re: Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

2021-02-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/01/2021 08:47 AM, Gareth Evans wrote: On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, at 12:46, Richard Owlett wrote: I have just installed Debian 10.7 to my Lenovo T510 Thinkpad having copied debian-10.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso to a flash drive [the machine is intentionally isolated from the internet]. When logging

Odd behavior of Debian 10.7 with MATE desktop

2021-02-01 Thread Richard Owlett
I have just installed Debian 10.7 to my Lenovo T510 Thinkpad having copied debian-10.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso to a flash drive [the machine is intentionally isolated from the internet]. When logging in as user, everything appears normal. *HOWEVER* when logged in as "root" the desktop *DOES NOT*:

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines: spam

2021-01-25 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/25/2021 12:03 AM, John Kaufmann wrote: On 2021-01-23 14:24, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users,and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. ... There is a comprehensive FAQ on the Debian Wiki which is in need of updating.

Re: megacli help

2021-01-09 Thread Richard Hector
. But since RAID0 in this case is not JBOD, it's my understanding you can't do that anyway. IIRC last time I had to deal with this, we decided to just use the HW RAID and take advantage of the (slight) performance improvement (we measured it). But that's a long time ago now. Richard

Re: 'apt upgrade' doet iets anders dan 'apt-get upgrade'

2021-01-05 Thread Richard Lucassen
On Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:23:00 +0100 Cecil Westerhof wrote: > Richard Lucassen writes: > > > Ik weet niet hoeveel ruimte je hebt, maar als je ruimte hebt om een > > handmatige update te draaien dan zou het geen belemmering moeten > > zijn om cron-apt de packages te laten

Re: 'apt upgrade' doet iets anders dan 'apt-get upgrade'

2021-01-04 Thread Richard Lucassen
duiken. Ik weet niet hoeveel ruimte je hebt, maar als je ruimte hebt om een handmatige update te draaien dan zou het geen belemmering moeten zijn om cron-apt de packages te laten downloaden, dat is even groot namelijk. En draai na een update weer "apt autoclean" en eventueel "apt --purge autoremove" -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: 'apt upgrade' doet iets anders dan 'apt-get upgrade'

2021-01-03 Thread Richard Lucassen
n.d/3-download autoclean -y dist-upgrade -d -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true Volgens mij kun je het daarmee instellen. Met dat apt is alles mogelijk, je moet alleen een universitaire studie ervoor volgen :) -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: 'apt upgrade' doet iets anders dan 'apt-get upgrade'

2021-01-02 Thread Richard Lucassen
oet worden ge-update. En dat 01norecommend kun je er gewoon bijzetten, volgens mij staat de default zo dat apt wel de recommends installeert en met dat bestand doet-ie dat niet. R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: recommendations for supported, affordable hardware raid controller.

2021-01-02 Thread Richard Hector
and power outages and never noticed any problems, not that that means they won't happen (or even that they haven't happened). Does a journalling filesystem on top not cover that? Cheers, Richard

Re: 'apt upgrade' doet iets anders dan 'apt-get upgrade'

2021-01-02 Thread Richard Lucassen
packages ook installeert. Ik heb het nog niet gezien maar ik heb dit in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01norecommend staan: APT::Install-Recommends "0"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; Ik gok maar wat hoor R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: mdadm usage

2021-01-01 Thread Richard Hector
, and you have raid1, you don't need a separate physical drive. Backing up to (or restoring from) the same drive will be slow. Especially if it's spinning disks, with seek time considerations. Richard

Re: I have a Gigabyte GA-A320M-H is there a BUG in this motherboard?

2021-01-01 Thread Richard Owlett
Your question is more appropriate on debian-user. I've copied this to debian-user@lists.debian.org . On 01/01/2021 11:42 PM, ike wrote: I have a Gigabyte GA-A320M-H I have tried to install Debian 10.7 . I have enable Iommu and CSM. When the menu comes up it does not matter what I select after I

[bullseye] xterm CR paste niet meer

2020-12-16 Thread Richard Lucassen
zitten bestuderen is nou niet echt een van m'n hobbies. Ik roep het zo aan: uxterm -bg black -fg white Waarom ze dat nou na 25 jaar gaan zitten aanpassen is me een raadsel. Iemand een hint? R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: Netwerk device probleem

2020-11-30 Thread Richard Lucassen
linux/debian/change-default-network-name-ens33-to-old-eth0-on-debian-9.html Nou, ten eerste werkt alles, ook ssh op ipv4, maar soms stopt-ie ineens. Al het andere blijft werken. Bovendien is het een recente install zonder Poettering troep en het is ook wireless. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: Netwerk device probleem

2020-11-29 Thread Richard Lucassen
l bont: alles werkt behalve ssh (soms) dan lijkt het wel een MTU probleem, de sessie hangt, pingen werkt wel. Het is geen MTU probleem. Gekke is dat diezelfde sshd op ipv6 als een zonnetje werkt. En dat op meerdere boardjes. R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi.

2020-11-29 Thread Richard Hector
On 28/11/20 9:58 am, Gene Heskett wrote: Nominal power drain was about 250kwh an hour That's about 250kW then? :-) Richard

Re: /bin/sh naar bash i.p.v. dash linken

2020-11-25 Thread Richard Lucassen
h zou ik zeggen, Na installatie dan. Maar verwijs in je eigen scripts gewoon naar /bin/bash als je bash wilt, dan ben je niet meer afhankelijk van het feit van hoe de /bin/sh staat. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: /bin/sh naar bash i.p.v. dash linken

2020-11-25 Thread Richard Lucassen
eem nooit. Dat /bin/sh naar dash wijst is volgens mij een jaar of tien, vijftien terug gedaan. Er bestaat ook een pagina bij Ubuntu waarbij de verschillen worden aangeduid, toen het spul overging van bash naar dash: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: 4Second DecTalk Delay? (fwd)

2020-11-24 Thread Richard Hector
4second delay after typing. It might pay to include at least a link to the device in question :-) Richard

Re: Installing Debian 10 from flash drive [NO network]

2020-11-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/20/2020 10:56 AM, Marko Randjelovic wrote: On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:35:04 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: I attempted to install gparted using Synaptic. The message received was: "Please insert the disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux10.0.0_Buster_-Official amd64 DVD Binary-120190706-

Re: "humor": "first bug?" (bug in my (backlit thin screen) computer monitor)

2020-11-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/21/2020 06:09 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I've got a bug in my computer monitor -- I wonder if I'm the first (probably not ;-). I believe it is a fungus gnat, and it has been crawling around within my screen for the last 3 days. (There must be a (probably very thin) hollow space

Re: Installing Debian 10 from flash drive [NO network]

2020-11-20 Thread Richard Owlett
g Synaptic. The message received was: "Please insert the disk labeled: Debian GNU/Linux10.0.0_Buster_-Official amd64 DVD Binary-120190706-10:24 in drive /media/cdrom/" What is the solution? *perhaps it should say "insert the install media" or something similar On 11/20/20

Installing Debian 10 from flash drive [NO network]

2020-11-20 Thread Richard Owlett
I've copied (using dd) the .iso of Debian 10's DVD1 to a USB flash drive. I have no problem doing a normal install. The problem occurs when attempting to install additional packages. I receive a message to insert the appropriate DVD. There is *NO* DVD drive. I've see instructions for

Re: Feasibility of speech recognition for note taking on dedicated laptop?

2020-11-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/06/2020 01:25 AM, deloptes wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I'm a lousy typist. Trying to make notes on a laptop does not work well because typing interrupts my train of thought. Many years ago when I was a Windows user and Dragon Naturally Speaking was in its initial release I followed

Re: Feasibility of speech recognition for note taking on dedicated laptop?

2020-11-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/05/2020 08:20 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/05/2020 02:08 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 05:58:25PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, November 04, 2020 12:36:51 PM Curt wrote: Maybe this open source, Java (is that still a thing?) app that runs

Re: Feasibility of speech recognition for note taking on dedicated laptop?

2020-11-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/05/2020 02:08 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 05:58:25PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, November 04, 2020 12:36:51 PM Curt wrote: Maybe this open source, Java (is that still a thing?) app that runs on Linux:

Feasibility of speech recognition for note taking on dedicated laptop?

2020-11-04 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm a lousy typist. Trying to make notes on a laptop does not work well because typing interrupts my train of thought. Many years ago when I was a Windows user and Dragon Naturally Speaking was in its initial release I followed speech recognition casually - but not recently. Are there now

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

2020-10-22 Thread Richard Hector
t; PS: they use jpeg format, it's not lossless format, that could explain > why image is blurry? That, and possibly they resized it to fit the page. Richard

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

2020-10-20 Thread Richard Hector
On 21/10/20 2:19 pm, Long Wind wrote: > On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 9:06:25 PM EDT, Richard Hector > wrote: > > . > After installing imagemagick (and zbar-tools), and reading some man > pages, this worked: > > richard@zircon <mailto:richard@zircon>:~$ conver

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

2020-10-20 Thread Richard Hector
On 21/10/20 1:57 pm, Richard Hector wrote: > On 21/10/20 1:34 pm, Long Wind wrote: >> >> Thank Charles! but i really mean QR code: how to change it to url >> i've installed qtqr, it can't decode it though my phone can scan it >> i attach it in attachment > > Ca

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

2020-10-20 Thread Richard Hector
hen I loaded it into the GIMP and sharpened it, and then zbarimg could read it. Richard

Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"

2020-10-20 Thread Richard Hector
quires > removals. > > Even on unstable they are rare (I'm upgrading my unstable chroot almost > daily with 'apt upgrade'). Currently, my stable desktop requires enigmail removed to install upgrade thunderbird :-( I understand that should be fine, but I'm waiting till I'm in the right frame of mind to deal with any issues :-) Richard

Re: Returning to /var/log/boot.log and Greg Wooledge`s reply

2020-09-28 Thread Richard Hector
On 29/09/20 12:40 am, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, September 28, 2020 01:28:01 AM Richard Hector wrote: >> On 26/09/20 2:47 pm, David Wright wrote: >> > If you make yourself a member of the adm group, you can read your logs >> > as a normal user. You'd nee

Re: Returning to /var/log/boot.log and Greg Wooledge`s reply

2020-09-27 Thread Richard Hector
gin again > before the addgroup command will have any effect. I think you mean adduser rather than addgroup there: $ sudo adduser myloginname adm You're adding the user to the group, rather than the group to the user :-) Richard

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/18/2020 07:29 AM, Andrew Cater wrote: Richard (et. al.) If you want an install without any Internet connectivity - you have one really good choice - but you may need someone to provide you with media made on another Debian machine. My policy is to purchase at lease 1 complete DVD set

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/17/2020 05:14 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2020-09-17 04:25 (UTC-0500): I unsuccessfully tried to us use debootstrap several years ago. Right now I specifically want to use the normal Debian installer on an editable file system. Did you happen to notice what I

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/17/2020 05:14 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2020-09-17 04:25 (UTC-0500): Anssi Saari wrote: Richard Owlett writes: The default of copying an ISO file to a device is inconvenient for my peculiar goals. I want an executable installer resident on an ext4 formatted

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/17/2020 03:36 PM, Marco Möller wrote: On 17.09.20 20:58, Brian wrote: On Thu 17 Sep 2020 at 09:29:35 +0200, Marco Möller wrote: On 16.09.20 10:54, Richard Owlett wrote: On 09/15/2020 06:50 PM, David Wright wrote: Agreed. Where the menu says "Debian desktop environment" I wou

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/17/2020 04:44 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 17 Sep 2020 at 16:07:56 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, September 17, 2020 02:58:19 PM Brian wrote: On Thu 17 Sep 2020 at 09:29:35 +0200, Marco Möller wrote: On 16.09.20 10:54, Richard Owlett wrote: On 09/15/2020 06:50 PM, David

Bad homepage reference for xorriso

2020-09-17 Thread Richard Owlett
https://packages.debian.org/buster/xorriso reports its homepage to be http://libburnia-project.org/. That gives a 404 error.

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/17/2020 03:02 AM, Anssi Saari wrote: Richard Owlett writes: The default of copying an ISO file to a device is inconvenient for my peculiar goals. I want an executable installer resident on an ext4 formatted partition. It must be possible. A testable installer preceded ISO format. I'm

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/16/2020 07:23 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 04:54:57 AM Richard Owlett wrote: Agreed. Where the menu says "Debian desktop environment" I would: 1. remove the check-box. 2. rephrase it as "Chose a Debian desktop environment".

Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-16 Thread Richard Owlett
The default of copying an ISO file to a device is inconvenient for my peculiar goals. I want an executable installer resident on an ext4 formatted partition. It must be possible. A testable installer preceded ISO format. I'm working thru https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03, in

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/15/2020 06:50 PM, David Wright wrote: On Tue 15 Sep 2020 at 21:23:20 (+0200), Fabrice BAUZAC-STEHLY wrote: Brian writes: On Mon 14 Sep 2020 at 08:12:50 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: The Debian desktop environment installs task-desktop. This package recommends desktop task packages.

Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4

2020-09-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/13/2020 05:45 AM, David wrote: On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 20:16, Richard Owlett wrote: Where can I find description of using installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4? The installer is a running Linux system. What you ask about is a standard feature that is compiled into most Linux

Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4

2020-09-13 Thread Richard Owlett
Where can I find description of using installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4? All I've found are passing mentions in https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch05s03.en.html https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s03.en.html

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/10/2020 12:34 PM, Marco Möller wrote: I agree with Richard's criticism and would suggest to not present that first line "Debian desktop environment" at all, because it is redundant with the second line "... GNOME". If someone deselects the second line because no wanting GNOME, but

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/10/2020 02:28 AM, Marco Möller wrote: On 10.09.20 08:13, Richard Owlett wrote: On 09/09/2020 12:12 PM, Brian wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 19:56:05 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 09 sep 20, 08:27:13, Richard Owlett wrote:    1. Download bandwidth or data cap constraints

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/10/2020 01:11 AM, David wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 15:50, Richard Owlett wrote: The manpage [https://manpages.debian.org/buster/aptitude/aptitude.8.en.html] makes multiple references to "the aptitude reference manual" but gives no link. Where do I find it? Under the

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-10 Thread Richard Hector
On 10/09/20 6:11 pm, David wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 15:50, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> The manpage >> [https://manpages.debian.org/buster/aptitude/aptitude.8.en.html] makes >> multiple references to "the aptitude reference manual" but gives no link. &g

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/09/2020 12:12 PM, Brian wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 19:56:05 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 09 sep 20, 08:27:13, Richard Owlett wrote: 1. Download bandwidth or data cap constraints. {aggravated by treating "recommends" as "depends"} If you are

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/09/2020 12:06 PM, Brian wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 09:35:14 -0500, David Wright wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: 3. Especially when installing from an .iso on a flash drive, how do I run apt-get before closing the installer? As I've had

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/09/2020 10:30 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 09/09/2020 09:58 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 09:35:14AM -0500, David Wright wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: 2. How do I search the repository for those packages that have a     priority

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/09/2020 09:58 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 09:35:14AM -0500, David Wright wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: 2. How do I search the repository for those packages that have a priority “standard”? [2] Use dpkg-query

LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-09 Thread Richard Owlett
IIUC the goal of Debian designers might be summarized as maximizing functionality for the broadest possible audience. And when there is a large enough audience for "power tools" there are Debian Pure Blends. That works very well *most* of the time. But when it doesn't, it is VERY annoying ;{

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread Richard Hector
-grade routers work (with the switch built-in, of course). Trunk the VLANs from the computer to the switch. Mind you, I'd want to go gigabit for that. Richard

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/07/2020 02:19 PM, Felix Miata wrote: For more reading, try the author's site: https://smxi.org/docs/inxi-installation.htm#inxi-manual-install I browsed some random pages in smxi.org . I think a more detailed read is in order. I suspect the tools there will answer questions I didn't

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/07/2020 02:03 PM, David Wright wrote: On Mon 07 Sep 2020 at 12:49:36 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: On 09/07/2020 09:51 AM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2020-09-07 08:44 (UTC-0500): 2.What 32 bit utilities are there to identify the hardware capabilities

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/07/2020 01:57 PM, Joe wrote: On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 10:12:11 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: Answers I'm seem focused on too low levels. I'm interested in the end-user experience. One practical point: it isn't possible to upgrade from a 32-bit installation to a 64-bit one, it's a reinstall

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/07/2020 09:51 AM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2020-09-07 08:44 (UTC-0500): 2.What 32 bit utilities are there to identify the hardware capabilities of a particular machine? inxi For CPU bits specifically: inxi -Cy For all CPU capabilities

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/07/2020 10:09 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 10:01:42AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: 2.What 32 bit utilities are there to identify the hardware capabilities of a particular machine? If you mean, "how do I check if my Intel/AMD CPU has that 64-bit capab

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/07/2020 09:28 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 05:22:20PM +0300, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: You'll be able to use more RAM, CPU's registers. On the other hand some software vendors do not support x86 anymore - example: Google Chrome Expanding on this a little bit: the

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/07/2020 09:17 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 08:44:28AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I have two underlying questions: 1. As everything I currently use runs fine, what would I gain by switching to amd64 flavor? Short term - you'll gain nothing. Everything

32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-07 Thread Richard Owlett
I switched from Windows when Squeeze was current and was working with a mix of 32 and 64 bit machines. To simplify my life I used and continue to use the i386 flavor of Debian. I have two underlying questions: 1. As everything I currently use runs fine, what would I gain by switching to

Re: reset/change hwaddr/mac in a lxc?

2020-09-01 Thread Richard Hector
On 1/09/20 11:49 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote: > On Tue, 2020-09-01 at 17:45 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: >> On 1/09/20 4:23 am, Jim Popovitch wrote: >> > Hello! >> > >> > lxc-create (Debian Buster) assigns MAC addresses to new containers. >> > Some

Re: reset/change hwaddr/mac in a lxc?

2020-08-31 Thread Richard Hector
a hwaddr in a lxc config file? My containers (test system, admittedly stretch on stretch) get new MAC addresses with each boot. Does rebooting (shutdown followed by start) (the container) solve it? It does seem odd that you're getting duplicates though. Richard

Re: mp3 images on in-dash radio

2020-08-19 Thread Richard Hector
any track names, so maybe your lectures happen to be the same length as some music tracks? What happens if you play your CD in a computer player like rhythmbox or similar? Richard

Thanks to all -- Re: Does Debian have a "nag" tool?

2020-08-15 Thread Richard Owlett
"remind" is the appropriate tool. It does NOT rely on anything other than computer being turned on. With appropriate script it can "nag" me ;} q.v. https://manpages.debian.org/buster/remind/remind.1.en.html https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/ On 08/15/2020 06:30 AM,

THANK YOU!!!! -Re: Does Debian have a "nag" tool?

2020-08-15 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/15/2020 06:53 AM, Joe wrote: On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 06:30:13 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: Just missed girlfriend's birthday by 6 weeks :{ [just sent a 'mea culpa' email.] Is there a better tool than "cron"? Just looked at its manpage. I'm looking for something slightly

Re: Debian 10.3

2020-08-15 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/13/2020 05:21 PM, Charles Curley wrote: [ *SNIP* ] Because the installer will install from the CD-ROM image, and then upgrade as part of the installation. So installing from a 10.3 CD will always produce a 10.X where X is the latest. You could bypass that by doing an expert installation.

Does Debian have a "nag" tool?

2020-08-15 Thread Richard Owlett
Just missed girlfriend's birthday by 6 weeks :{ [just sent a 'mea culpa' email.] Is there a better tool than "cron"? Just looked at its manpage. I'm looking for something slightly different. Independent of when I turn on or first do something after midnight on a specific date I want a reminder

Re: copy/paste in vim (in terminal)

2020-08-11 Thread Richard Hector
On 11/08/20 7:05 pm, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: > > > Richard Hector (mailto:rich...@walnut.gen.nz>>) > wrote > > I used to be able to use my mouse to select/paste 'normally' (for X), > when using vim in a terminal. More recently (a few years?), it doesn't >

copy/paste in vim (in terminal)

2020-08-10 Thread Richard Hector
applies when I'm editing on a remote server, or editing as root - otherwise I usually use gvim. Thanks, Richard

Re: Example(s) of recutils project flow? - was [FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?]

2020-08-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/07/2020 06:46 AM, David wrote: On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 at 21:31, Richard Owlett wrote: On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ I've done a first read of the well written manual which has many examples

Example(s) of recutils project flow? - was [FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?]

2020-08-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ but it may not have some of the functionality you wish (although you could build on it with shell scripts & awk, say). I've done a first read of the well written

Re: Debian 10.4

2020-07-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/30/2020 12:56 PM, David wrote: Good Day, I'm looking for another Linux, and decided to try yours.  The issue I have with most Linux's is that the latest version will not let me use my Logitech MX5500 kybd/mouse.  They are wireless off a USB port.  Now, when I 1st downloaded your ISO and

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/30/2020 09:51 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.  Yogi Berra

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/30/2020 08:03 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: Richard Owlett writes: On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ but it may not have some of the functionality you wish (although you could build on it with shell

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ but it may not have some of the functionality you wish (although you could build on it with shell scripts & awk, say). I've just begun going through the manual

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/30/2020 04:21 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: On Wednesday, 29 Jul 2020 at 04:40, Richard Owlett wrote: On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: A database is over-kill for some personal preferences. I had mentioned spreadsheets in original post

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/29/2020 06:13 AM, Joe wrote: [snip] I'd recommend using the right tool for the job. Which is why I'll investigate. Your approach is literally orders of magnitude more than I want.

[Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ but it may not have some of the functionality you wish (although you could build on it with shell scripts & awk, say). A database is over-kill for some personal

FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-25 Thread Richard Owlett
Back in 70's/80's I wrote programs as part of routine job duties. {8080/8085 assembler, dBase and Paradox} Neither I, nor my employers, classed me as a "programmer". I was "Senior Engineering Tech" or "Junior Engineer". IOW, I was not in abject *AWE* of computers. *ROFL* Right now I'm working

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