Re: Goal: a specialized inventory of installed packages

On 04/05/2020 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-04-05 at 11:30, Richard Owlett wrote: I moved from WindowsXP when Squeeze was the current release. In the first year I did *many* installs from scratch to determine what I wanted in a final system (made much use of preseeding). I currently

Goal: a specialized inventory of installed packages

I moved from WindowsXP when Squeeze was the current release. In the first year I did *many* installs from scratch to determine what I wanted in a final system (made much use of preseeding). I currently have a configuration of Stretch that meets most of my needs. As the installation was

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

ou want to read it, all but the figures > should be clear enough. Those are very different meanings :-) I suspect the first one is the intended one, but the second is what I saw first. Richard

Re: HTML mail + PDF attachments (with șurubelniță)

On 31/03/20 7:32 am, David Wright wrote: > Richard Hector was unable to save the empty Romanian attachment, so > I posted a non-empty version to see whether it was the emptiness or > the name that was the problem. No reply. Apologies; that (or at least the intent of it) slipped past

Re: iptables traag in reverse dns

k geen NXDOMAIN ;-) > Maar inderdaad: ik doe normaal ook -nL > > Zie bij iptables sowieso altijd liever IP's dan dns namen. Ik weet niet beter :) -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: iptables traag in reverse dns

On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:33:32 +0200 Richard Lucassen wrote: > > Echter: beide "not founds" zijn instant. > > En ook als je dat na die "host " doet? Dan zit de NXDOMAIN in de > cache. Ik heb wel op een firewall met 3000 rules dat de -L blijft hangen op

Re: iptables traag in reverse dns

On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:51:54 +0200 mj wrote: > Weet iemand waar ik iets zou kunnen checken? Hier geprobeerd, de eerste keer 3 sec, de tweede keer (cache) net zo snel als -n -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: iptables traag in reverse dns

> > root@server:/etc# host 45.133.99.3 > > Host 3.99.133.45.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > Echter: beide "not founds" zijn instant. En ook als je dat na die "host " doet? Dan zit de NXDOMAIN in de cache. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: iptables traag in reverse dns

ook al werkt de DNS. R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: HTML mail + PDF attachments

t away. But that means I have no way to copy & paste the file name into Google Translate :-) Richard

Re: question

y:" - where you can choose to make a copy, and where to put it. It defaults to the Sent folder, but you can choose another. Richard

Re: NAS software for Raspberry Pi that supports full range of client OS (Win-10, MacOS-X, Linux) ?

ase) /opt/nextcloud/data/richard/files. Yes you have to go digging for it, and it's not recommended to modify it directly, but it's there. Richard

Re: USB-OTG hardware 5Volt parallel so far so good

On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 22:04:09 +0100 Geert Stappers wrote: > > Ik vermoed dat het geen probleem is, maar voor service en garantie > > is Richard op vakantie. > > Kort: Het bleek inderdaad geen probleem te zijn. > > Schema van het developmentboard laat zien dat er een &

Re: USB-OTG hardware 5Volt parallel

ing circuit. Ik zou zeggen, knoop ze eens aan elkaar en hang er een ouderwets fietslampje aan en meet de stroom die iedere voeding levert, dan weet je het. Ik vermoed dat het geen probleem is, maar voor service en garantie is Richard op vakantie. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: How to tweak postfix from SMTP on 25 to SMTPS on 465?

rent syntax? > > And, yes, the ISP does post setup guides - for M$ and GUI browser/MUA apps, >  i.e. form-filling clicky-stuff. But nothing useful. > > Erik > (Not thrilled with this webmail stopgap thing.) Hi Erik, You relay all your mail via mail.internode.on.net, is that right? I don't think you need to touch master.cf; I'd restore it to how it was. I think what you want is here: http://www.postfix.org/TLS_README.html#client_smtps Richard

Re: Offline install from CD - not allowed to install SSH server

On 5/03/20 12:10 pm, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 5/3/20 8:37 am, Richard Hector wrote: >> I am installing it from >> debian-10.3.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso. No I didn't. The OP (Cichas) did. > Is this CD #1 of the set of 3 or 4 or more? The .deb you are looking for > may be on

Re: Offline install from CD - not allowed to install SSH server

? I could see that it might decide not to bother with networking software if there's no network - but I haven't done a CD-only installation in years; I normally use netinst. And when you say it's remote - do you mean you're connecting to it remotely somehow, or just that it's a long way from the rest of the world, but you're still sitting in front of it? Richard

Re: Problem using reportbug for *FIRST* time

On 02/28/2020 02:34 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 27 feb 20, 07:30:31, Richard Owlett wrote: When I attempted to send the bug the response was: Connecting to reportbug.debian.org via SMTP... SMTP send failure: (421, b'buxtehude.debian.org: Too much load; please try again later'). Do you

Re: Problem using reportbug for *FIRST* time

On 02/27/2020 08:51 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 07:30:31AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: When I attempted to send the bug the response was: For how long would it have been reasonable to continue retrying? You don't retry on a greylist. You wait 20-30-40 minutes

Problem using reportbug for *FIRST* time

When I attempted to send the bug the response was: Connecting to reportbug.debian.org via SMTP... SMTP send failure: (421, b'buxtehude.debian.org: Too much load; please try again later'). Do you want to retry (or else save the report and exit)? [Y|n|q|?]? ? Y - (default) Yes, please retry. n -

Re: OpenVPN en "dns leakage"

l stuk draad die je ergens in een switch steekt. Als je iets wilt uitvreten gebruik dan Tor. En dan nog. R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: OpenVPN en "dns leakage"

erde mij. In de GUI clients schijnt het > opgelost, maar op de commandline gaat het niet goed. Huh? Dat lijkt me onlogisch. Of heeft Poettering weer iets "gefixt"? -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: OpenVPN en "dns leakage"

nameserver gebruikt zou worden dan ziet die ook > alleen het IP van de VPN. Ja ok, het gaat dus niet om security maar om het verbergen van illegale activiteiten :-) -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: OpenVPN en "dns leakage"

nsleaktest.com/ . En je vertrouwt de DNS aan de andere kant van de tunnel wel? Verplaats je niet gewoon het probleem? R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Searching for tutorials on ambiguous Debian commands

I'm looking for a tutorial covering "cron(3tcl) cron" [.../tcllib/cron.3tcl.en.html] NOT "CRON(8) System Manager's Manual" [.../cron/cron.8.en.html] Neither DuckDuckGo nor Google gave acceptable references. Many were references to cron(8) *NOT* cron(3tcl). A website of interest updates data

Re: USB-stick beschrijven, VFAT & label

t; Niet. Wel: mount -o uid=paul,gid=plugdev /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb Misschien moet je nog wat rommelen met umask voor de groep plugdev, maar dat heb ik nooit geprobeerd. R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

On 02/17/2020 09:01 AM, Kenneth Parker wrote: There were two "pure Linux" PDAs that I fully enjoyed using.  [1] Agenda VR3.  It was a joy to use, but had a few downsides:  Batteries went down fast.  Even though the PDA was pure Linux, it didn't support Linux on your PC.  Screen was "iffy". And

Re: Revised description of a FOSS friendly PDA

On 02/15/2020 08:44 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: On Feb 13, 2020, Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/11/2020 10:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to enter/store data while away from home. The data will then be transferred to my laptop via a USB cable. [Think the capability of one of the old Palm Pilots

Re: Do one thing. Do it right.

On 02/14/2020 12:52 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 14 February 2020 09:55:41 Richard Owlett wrote: We old fogies need to teach these youngsters. But its awful hard to get them to listen when that particular thing has never left toothprints in the vicinity of their wallets

Re: Do one thing. Do it right.

On 02/14/2020 07:35 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 14 February 2020 07:50:01 Richard Owlett wrote: Youngsters have two foibles: More is always better. Glitz for its own sake. For perspective: 1. although only in mid-70's, my parents would be in their 12th decade. 2

Do one thing. Do it right.

Youngsters have two foibles: More is always better. Glitz for its own sake. For perspective: 1. although only in mid-70's, my parents would be in their 12th decade. 2. my father took a M.E. degree rather than E.E. as it gave him more of what today would be considered a minimal

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

On 02/13/2020 05:28 AM, deloptes wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: It's unclear on https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/popular-items/products/gemini-pda-1 If it currently ships to US (although another page lists price in US dollars). I raise the question as https://shop.jolla.com

Revised description of a FOSS friendly PDA

On 02/11/2020 10:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to enter/store data while away from home. The data will then be transferred to my laptop via a USB cable. [Think the capability of one of the old Palm Pilots in a smartphone(sic) form factor] "Palm Pilot" was the not best vis

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

On 02/12/2020 10:36 AM, deloptes wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: It must use a standard Linux (Debian preferred). The manufacturer should ship with the Linux installed. Android is *UNACCEPTABLE*! It should NOT have cell connectivity. If it has WiFi, I must be able to disable it. Look

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

On 02/11/2020 02:54 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 11 February 2020 15:00:51 Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/11/2020 10:24 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to enter/store data while away from home. The data will then be transferred to my laptop via a USB cable. [Think

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

On 02/11/2020 10:24 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to enter/store data while away from home. The data will then be transferred to my laptop via a USB cable. [Think the capability of one of the old Palm Pilots in a smartphone(sic) form factor] It must use a standard Linux

FOSS friendly PDA?

I wish to enter/store data while away from home. The data will then be transferred to my laptop via a USB cable. [Think the capability of one of the old Palm Pilots in a smartphone(sic) form factor] It must use a standard Linux (Debian preferred). The manufacturer should ship with the Linux

Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

On 01/24/2020 03:38 PM, Stefan Pietsch wrote: On 2020-01-22 13:12, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop. I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in a useful fashion. Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format. Its tools

Re: Clarification Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

On 01/24/2020 08:53 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: I posted in two fora (here and a LUG mailing list). *NOBODY* picked up on two key features I presumed obvious ;/ That's likely because noone cares about what you want. Bloody bastards! While I'm here, let me give another suggestion (besides the

Re: Pedantic Comment (Was Re: Clarification Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII)

On 01/24/2020 07:47 AM, John Hasler wrote: Richard writes: I would prefer an actual GUI. But for a command line program it does very well. Text UI or interactive, not command line. ... As I've said elsewhere -- "If retirement not for learning - what use is it?" and thanks.

Re: Clarification Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

On 01/23/2020 06:51 PM, David Wright wrote: [snip] A quick grep on my system shows that I've never installed any package containing the string "ghex"... ^^^ IOW if you've never used program XYZ it therefore is of no use. See also:

Re: Clarification Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

On 01/23/2020 09:54 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-01-23 at 16:42, Joe wrote: On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:20:44 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: 2. I repeatedly mentioned/implied *DISPLAY*. I never even hinted at editing. I think you'll find that displaying a file as hex and ASCII

Re: Clarification Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

On 01/23/2020 03:42 PM, Joe wrote: On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:20:44 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: 2. I repeatedly mentioned/implied *DISPLAY*. I never even hinted at editing. I think you'll find that displaying a file as hex and ASCII is pretty much of a monopoly of hex editors

Re: alleen maar ARP

showmacs br0` laat de MAC-addressen van de VMs zien. > Welke mogelijkheden zie jij om meer dan "ARP" te kunnen doen? En wat doet arping -I eth0 1.2.3.4 (ik neem maar even eth0 en 1.2.3.4) Krijg je dan wel antwoord? Draai je proxmox trouwens? -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Clarification Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

On 01/22/2020 07:12 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop. I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in a useful fashion. Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format. I posted in two fora (here and a LUG mailing list). *NOBODY

Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop. I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in a useful fashion. Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format. Its tools are inconvenient. I need to: 1. Simultaneously display in _both_ HEX and ASCII format 2. Know the

Re: gmane newsgroup

weet het, kan ik zelf instellen) :) -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: dhclient and ipv6 DNS Servers

tc/dhcp/dhclient.conf line 26: expecting a statement. > > prepend domain-name-servers 2001:4860:4860::, 2001:4860:4860::8844; > > ^ > > /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf line 26: semicolon expected. > Hi Rainer, From dhcp-options(5), it looks like you need: prepend dhcp6.nam

Progress {of a sort} - was [Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting]

On 01/13/2020 07:57 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: [ *MASSIVE* snip ] Put it another way, if you put just a handful of lines in a separate file, does that file get coloured the same way? I took that some steps further. The *observability* of the problem is dependent on at least font size, font

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

On 01/13/2020 06:13 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, at 11:52, Richard Owlett wrote: I was looking for a description of what Pluma was trying to accomplish by their highlighting rules. Do you understand the purpose of syntax highlighting (in general)? Yes. Its specific goal

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

On 01/12/2020 07:40 AM, Curt wrote: On 2020-01-12, Richard Owlett wrote: I am NOT interested in adding any new features. What are the default rules for a file with extension 'sh'? TIA As pluma is a gedit fork as well as a gtk application I suppose it gets its syntax highlighting rules from

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

On 01/12/2020 01:20 PM, David Wright wrote: " " Please read post before replying. That *INCLUDES* Subject.

Pluma's syntax highlighting

I'm attempting to understand a shell script. Pluma is apparently highlighting it based on the file extension (which is 'sh'). I thought I understood what its highlighting meant. I didn't ;{ I attempted to do a web search and got primarily hits on people wishing to add highlighting which Pluma

Re: just a general question really

new drive, so had the case open, drives sitting on top etc. I bumped the SATA cable (ok, quite hard), and broke the connector off a brand new drive. Wouldn't have happened with an IDE connector. In general, though, I agree; the SATA connectors and cables are much nicer to work with.

Re: Off_Topic: Stamtafel [Was: Re: ip / mac / arp probleem]

n, hel en verdoemenis vielen je ten deel. Usenet is anno 2020 per groep al de facto een stamtafel geworden en ik heb daar helemaal niets tegen, integendeel. Ff gezocht, maar hij is er nog: http://www.leerquoten.nl/ Van Erik Hensema, al jaren niets meer van gehoord, zoals zovelen uit die tijd. R. --

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

On 01/03/2020 12:38 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. Into every life a little rain must fall. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

On 01/03/2020 10:51 AM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory on my hard disk. It would *SEEM

Using ISO images as a repository

I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory on my hard disk. It would *SEEM* to be logical to use the "file option" of sources.list . HOWEVER, all I've ever seen is the kludge of

Re: systemd, cgroups, lxc, rsyslog

On 27/12/19 2:30 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 12:58:18AM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: >> $ sudo systemctl kill -s HUP rsyslog.service >> Failed to kill unit rsyslog.service: Input/output error > >-s, --signal= >When used with k

systemd, cgroups, lxc, rsyslog

be looking? I found a few promising leads with a web search, but they all in the end seemed to lead somewhere else. Cheers, Richard signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: help with installation?

On 12/23/2019 08:49 AM, kaye n wrote: [snip]  Under this message, instead of showing tick boxes of the different desktop environments to choose from, along with web server, print server, SSH server, standart system utilities, there was only one tick box, the one for standard system

Web hosting, file ownership and permissions

. My most common platform is WordPress, but I expect the concepts to work for all or at least most. Any tips? Best practice? Cheers, Richard signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[FIXED] Re: Firefox equivalent of SeaMonkey's pref.js

On 12/19/2019 04:05 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 20/12/2019 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote: As I date from Netscape era I much prefer SeaMonkey. However when I did a reasonably default install of Debian 9.8 I got Firefox 60.5.0esr . Due to *OPERATOR ERROR*, I mangled a preference

Firefox equivalent of SeaMonkey's pref.js

As I date from Netscape era I much prefer SeaMonkey. However when I did a reasonably default install of Debian 9.8 I got Firefox 60.5.0esr . Due to *OPERATOR ERROR*, I mangled a preference. On the mozilla.general list I was told to edit pref.js . For SeaMonkey I have no problem. For Firefox

Re: help with installation?

On 12/19/2019 09:51 AM, Kenneth Parker wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 9:19 AM Greg Wooledge > wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:47:56PM +, Joe wrote: > > 1.  I want to install via Live USB. Why?  The Live images are not meant to be installed. 

Re: iptables, routing problems

On 17/12/19 5:06 pm, Richard Hector wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got a networking issue that's confusing me. Got it, I think. I had previously been applying rules before switching to iptables-legacy - so I'd been adding nftables rules. Then I switched, without flushing (or rebooting)

iptables, routing problems

/24) Here's the routing table: 8<---- richard@svrouter:~$ sudo ip route default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp4s0.1 onlink 10.144.1.0/24 dev enp4s0.1441 proto kernel scope link src 10.144.1.1 10.144.2.0/24 dev enp4s0.1442 proto kernel scope link src 10.144.2.1 192.168.1.0

Re: A cache problem of some sort?

On 12/01/2019 05:02 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 01 dec 19, 12:54:47, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 30 nov 19, 07:00:51, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a problem with [https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/sample-menus-healthy-eating-older-adults] In the 2nd paragraph it says "The U.S. Depar

End-user support in 'real world' -- was [Re: A cache problem of some sort?]

On 11/30/2019 08:45 AM, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 08:36:19AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: Thank you. Monday I'll make a followup report referencing this thread. I don't think that the person you are corresponding with will be technical as such; That is a _fundamental

Re: A cache problem of some sort?

On 11/30/2019 08:19 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 07:56:19AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/30/2019 07:17 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 07:00:51AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a problem with [https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/sample-menus

Re: A cache problem of some sort?

On 11/30/2019 07:17 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 07:00:51AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a problem with [https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/sample-menus-healthy-eating-older-adults] In the 2nd paragraph it says "The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ChooseMy

A cache problem of some sort?

Using either: Firefox ESR from DVD 1 of Debian 9.8 or SeaMonkey 2.49.4 User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.4 Build identifier: 20180711182954 I have a problem with

Re: Emacs tutorial [was: Extracting tabular text from a pdf]

On 11/29/2019 05:33 AM, Victor wrote: Le 29 Nov 2019, Richard Owlett a écrit : Any recommended Emacs tutorial? If retirement isn't for learning, what use is it ;} I learned a lot on ergoemacs.org. It has a practical emacs tutorial: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs.html The sub-menus

Re: Extracting tabular text from a pdf

On 11/28/2019 09:55 AM, David Wright wrote: [ *SNIP* ] I must say it surprises me that you don't seem to get on with emacs if you were using TECO professionally at DEC. [snip] *ROFL* Who ever said my use of TECO deserved the label "professional". I was a technician in Power Supply

Re: Extracting tabular text from a pdf

On 11/28/2019 07:57 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 07:02:08AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/27/2019 01:19 PM, David Wright wrote: Perhaps look for an editor that can select rectangular blocks. For example, emacs has rectangular variants of commands. [...] I

Re: Extracting tabular text from a pdf

On 11/28/2019 07:25 AM, John Hasler wrote: Richard Owlett writes: [Emacs] reminds me somewhat of TECO which I used back in the 70's. It should: it's a direct descendant. If Emacs has the flexibility/power of TECO it would be worth the effort to learn. Though I've not used TECO in >

Re: Extracting tabular text from a pdf

On 11/27/2019 01:19 PM, David Wright wrote: Perhaps look for an editor that can select rectangular blocks. For example, emacs has rectangular variants of commands. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Rectangles.html Back in the last millennium, I was using TDE

Re: Extracting tabular text from a pdf

On 11/27/2019 02:26 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: I just remembered ;-) that I can send you a sample of what I got by selecting in Okular and then pasting into a text file. After thinking about it, maybe it is not what you're looking for (and you won't have to load Wheezy to find out, although

Re: Extracting tabular text from a pdf

On 11/27/2019 11:58 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 12:07:16 PM Richard Owlett wrote: I'm trying to create some spreadsheets containing nutritional data. Sample documents I'm using for input include: https://choosemyplate-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files

Extracting tabular text from a pdf

I'm trying to create some spreadsheets containing nutritional data. Sample documents I'm using for input include: https://choosemyplate-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/2WeekMenusGroceryList.pdf

Make up for the crisis. Your friend Dorothy Price

Hello! There is a way to maintain your well-being even in a crisis. You'll be quick, you'll have time to cook: You don't have to join in. Have a specialized education too. Take your own, and that's it. While others lose, you will be able to save. What good is the crisis? It gives a rabid number

Re: imgur vs stretch

On 14/11/19 1:45 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 13 November 2019 19:18:35 Richard Hector wrote: > >> On 14/11/19 12:13 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Wednesday 13 November 2019 18:07:58 Liam O'Toole wrote: >>>> On Wed, 13 Nov, 2019 at 15:20:20 -0500, Gene

Re: imgur vs stretch

ght I explained that, nothing but black ever appears in the big > central window. What browser, and a sample link, might be a start. Richard signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: pkg-config does not see a package that i installed via apt-get (libmypaint)

fig --exists --print-errors "libmypaint >= 1.3.0" > i get the message "No package 'libmypaint' found" (and exit status 1). Note that the package name is "libmypaint-1.3-0", not "libmypaint", so that's what I would expect. Not that I'm familiar with pkg-config. Richard signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Difference between ipp, ipps, http, https CUPS protocols?

sing the person adding the printer). There must be some reason why > a person would expect to choose X over Y; that's the difference I'm > looking for. > > But your answer certainly helps. I now know it doesn't matter which of > these I select. I would guess that the *s versions use TLS, but beyond that I don't know. I'd agree with deloptes that it probably depends on what the remote end can support. Richard signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Preseeding questions

On 11/11/2019 08:53 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-11-11 14:34:53) When I first used Debian, I found preseeding could handle the many of my needs/desires. I wish to explore further. Where my might I find an exhaustive list of questions which may be preseeded? Since

Preseeding questions

When I first used Debian, I found preseeding could handle the many of my needs/desires. I wish to explore further. Where my might I find an exhaustive list of questions which may be preseeded?

Re: Stopping webcrawlers.

t;>> Reco >>>> >>>> [1] https://enotuniq.net/robots.txt >>> >>> I'll trim mine forthwith to the last entry. I've wondered if that >>> was too long a list. And restart apache2 of course. But now I see >>> the next access is not a 200, but a 4

Re: Bootable USB Buster System

On 10/27/2019 03:12 PM, Brian wrote: "" *!*

Re: Needed: functionality of mkisofs command

On 10/27/2019 09:13 AM, Stefan Krusche wrote: Am Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2019 schrieb Richard Owlett: I wish to use ISO files as archives. Multiple references suggest command of form: $ mkisofs –o backup.iso /home/tin/Documents/backup Debian does not have "mkisofs". The manpages f

Re: Bootable USB Buster System

On 10/27/2019 09:31 AM, deloptes wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: Would what you do explicitly depend on EFI? I have a collection of elderly machines, some with only legacy BIOS. [snip] Regarding older hardware, it might be that the kernel does not support this or that. You know Debian does

Needed: functionality of mkisofs command

I wish to use ISO files as archives. Multiple references suggest command of form: $ mkisofs –o backup.iso /home/tin/Documents/backup Debian does not have "mkisofs". The manpages for xorriso and xorrisofs say they are suitable. BUT give no example. I got lost attempting to follow the

Re: Bootable USB Buster System

On 10/27/2019 04:27 AM, deloptes wrote: Tom Browder wrote: That would be great! As usual, the Devil is in the details! well, it is not a rocket science as shown above - I'll post here this evening or tomorrow. I need to redo this on the debian system and see if there are some differences

Re: Unnecessary packages?

On 10/25/2019 10:21 AM, J.Arun Mani asked questions that don't have short answers. I'll respond with what I hope will be _thought_ provoking questions. He did not describe his background nor frame of reference. What has influenced my viewpoint? 1. Introduced to computing as an engineering

Re: Monitor - HDMI - docking station - USB-C - laptop

er nog. Ik ga er een nachtje > over slapen. Ik heb er weinig ervaring mee, maar moet je de betreffende machine niet altijd door de BIOS heen rebooten als je er een extern scherm aan hangt? R. -- richard lucassen http://contact.xaq.nl/

Re: Top 7 Programming Languages That Employers Really Want

On 10/19/2019 08:26 AM, deloptes wrote: [SNIP] SQL comes everywhere handy, because you have to store the data somewhere - but still there is difference between Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB or sqlite. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages - and SQL for the one is likely not compatible with SQL

Efficient file copy from USB device under Buster.

Due to low data cap and doing very customized installs I've generally purchased DVD sets {now available on a single flash drive}. The one I purchased has ISO's of both install and live versions on a single partition. I wish to copy only the install DVDs to a single partition of: 1. the

Solved Re: Using "--no-install-recommends" option of apt-get

On 10/11/2019 09:49 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-10-11 16:43:44) I'm attempting a *VERY CUSTOM* install of Buster. I did a plain CLI install with no apparent problem. I logged into the new system as root. I then attempted to do apt-get --no-install-recommends mate

Using "--no-install-recommends" option of apt-get

I'm attempting a *VERY CUSTOM* install of Buster. I did a plain CLI install with no apparent problem. I logged into the new system as root. I then attempted to do apt-get --no-install-recommends mate-desktop-environment ...list of other programs... Error message was that it did not understand

Re: Bible study tools in Debian repository - End-user support?

On 10/09/2019 08:06 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] My immediate BibleTime related questions include: 1. When display the Strong's entry for a word there is a field titled "Morphology:". I find no references to the meaning of the abbreviations used there. While searching for some

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