Re: Connecting a base system via WiFi.

//packages.debian.org/buster/net TTFN, ... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Error from dpkg via apt-get.

, aborting: files list file for package 'libqt5script5:i386' is missing final newline E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (2) Any suggestions to fix this? Aside from reinstalling the system of course. Thx, ... Peter E.

Re: Connecting a base system via WiFi.

Andrei wrote: Where did you find that path? When the system is working again I might be able to answer. ... P.

Instructions for command line usage of WiFi.

mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether e8:94:f6: ... brd ff:ff:ff ... Any ideas about this failure? Additional software needed? Thanks,... Peter E.

Connecting a base system via WiFi.

Hello again, Apologies for not setting the references field while composing a reply with the roundcube mailer. Reco replied, sha1sum ... sha256sum ... Appears the only difficulty was a 9 deb file in the 10 system. Retrieved and installed the right firmware-ath9k-htc from debian.org. https://

Establishing WiFi on a freshly installed base system.

/main/o/ dpkg -i firm* gives only this. dpkg-deb: error: 'firmware-ath9k-htc-1.4.0-97-g75b3e59+dfsg-3_all.deb' is not a debian format archive dpkg: error processing archive ... The adapter worked until the previous HDD failed. Any insights? Thx, ... Peter E.

Server for Jitsi; was: Zoom.

From: Stefan Monnier Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:16:01 -0400 > ... I use and recommend Jitsi as a Free Software alternative. Do you self-host? Any 3rd party host recommendable? Thx, ... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Zoom.

Zoom can be used on that. The contamination of the Debian system with proprietary software is avoided. Thanks, ... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140 Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Zoom.

From: Stefan Monnier Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:16:01 -0400 > I use and recommend Jitsi as a Free Software alternative. 1-1 connection or multi-party conference? Thanks, ... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Zoom.

From: Stefan Monnier Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:16:01 -0400 > I use and recommend Jitsi as a Free Software alternative. 1-1 connection or multi-party conference? Thanks, ... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Zoom.

... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Zoom.

it produces empty windows. Visible toward the right in this screenshot. http://easthope.ca/Zoom.png This is the entire output after starting in a terminal and then exiting. peter@joule:~$ zoom peter@joule:~$ Thx, ... P.

Zoom.

Does anyone have Zoom working in Debian 10? Here it produces empty windows. Visible toward the right in this screenshot. http://easthope.ca/Zoom.png This is the entire output after starting in a terminal and then exiting. peter@joule:~$ zoom peter@joule:~$ Thx

Re: Please be respectful

ditto On 10/15/20 6:58 AM, gru...@mailfence.com wrote: Reading this thread reinforces just how old I am The whole world seems to be wearing their feelings on the sleeve On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, Jonathan Dowland wrote: Weaver, On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 02:12:45AM -0700, Weaver wrote: Being polite

Ownerships in /var/log/.

: peter at easthope. ca

Re: SSD and HDD

I don't use the automatic install, I don't like what it chooses. I use the manual method to set things up exactly as desired. to answer your question you can install on any available drive, SSD or HDD... use or create some or all of your partitions wherever you like. your new fstab will point t

Re: Trimming boundary of image in GIMP.

ately. Clicked the box when half asleep? Thanks! ... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: KopiaUI

after using Kopia on ClearOS a bit more I experienced numerous problems and have abandoned it. thanks for the input. On 10/8/20 12:03 PM, Peter Ehlert wrote: I am a long time user of LuckyBackup, and am very satisfied. experimenting with Clear Linux OS system, I have been looking for a

Re: Trimming boundary of image in GIMP.

oundary and drag downward, (top; not corner) left and right side boundaries immediately contract inward to make the boundary square. Result visible here. http://easthope.ca/GIMP.png Thanks for the replies,... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140 Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

KopiaUI backups

I am a long time user of LuckyBackup, and am very satisfied. experimenting with Clear Linux OS system, I have been looking for a backup solution LuckyBackup is not readily available. Clear OS provides KopiaUI ...reading the Kopia webpage and YouTube tutorial the KopiaUI app seems to be worthwhi

KopiaUI

I am a long time user of LuckyBackup, and am very satisfied. experimenting with Clear Linux OS system, I have been looking for a backup solution LuckyBackup is not readily available. reading the Kopia webpage and YouTube tutorial the KopiaUI app seems to be worthwhile. I am now making a massiv

Re: Trimming boundary of image in GIMP.

... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Trimming boundary of image in GIMP.

ly one boundary? The top for example. I've tried unlinking Width and Height in Layer > Layer to Boundary Size. No dice. I've tried holding , or while dragging a boundary. No dice. How is the new feature overridden? Thx, ... P. -- Tel: +1 604 670 0140 Bcc

Re: No updates in Debian 10 for last 5 days

On 10/5/20 10:48 AM, Juan R. de Silva wrote: Hi folks, I'm not having any updates for my Debian Buster for last 5 days. Looks suspicious to me... Anybody has same experience? similar: Commit Log for Tue Sep 29 13:04:22 2020 Upgraded the following packages: firefox-esr (68.12.0esr-1~deb10u1)

Re: Offline systems

all bash script for the onsite tech to change IP. Better ideas ? :-) Peter On 20/09/2020 19:23, Andrew Cater wrote: Myself - I might use the 16G stick as install medium - see conversations elsewhere in this list on how to use jigod. That gives you the contents of more than DVD 1 to DVD 3 in

Re: Linphone contacts.

ssionese? Found all I need from linphone contacts. Thanks, ... P. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Offline systems

machine initially, mount them and use them if I want to to install something e.g nano at some point ? Thanks, Peter On 20/09/2020 18:01, Hans wrote: Am Sonntag, 20. September 2020, 16:46:04 CEST schrieb Peter: Hi, I would install with the full-install dvd, not netinst. Then you could

Offline systems

to update the repo ? What is your advice ? Thank you, Peter

Linphone contacts.

Hi, In Debian 10, linphone contacts are likely stored in ~/.linphone-friends.db. Documentation that I've found doesn't explain. Can some other application extract the contacts as plain text? SQlite? What packages are required? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- https://en.wik

Re: Create 3D text?

On 10/09/2020 02:53, Carl Fink wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone suggest a Debian repo-installable program to create 3D text? > I'll do CAD if I must, but I haven't touched the stuff for years (and I > was never very knowledgeable or skilled). > > Thanks. > GIMP ? A quick search for "3D text + Linux"

Re: Does Debian have a "nag" tool?

try Thunderbird Calendar (Lightning): there are probably better tools, but I have been using it for ages. For reminders you can use various categories to show graphically, popups if you like, and it is searchable for Historical uses. I also have oldtimers disease, this helps. On 8/15/20 4:30 AM

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

This whole conversation is a bit over my head. I suggest you look into Syncthing. It's not in the Debian repos, but it is open source and it just works. https://syncthing.net/ It works for me, 750 GB, 7 machines. On 7/29/20 12:40 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: Hi! all, Thought putting an old, reti

Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS

On 7/20/20 8:32 AM, Andrew Cater wrote: Streaming production of .iso files _is_ technically possible. Jigdo effectively builds the iso file from chunks of ten or so files until the disk is complete and checksummed. As mentioned, this query was about stopping production of the .iso files specif

Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS

On 7/19/20 9:59 AM, Tixy wrote: On Sat, 2020-07-18 at 18:48 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: At this point in 2020, I think it would be reasonable to only produce netinst images and jigdo (and live, but that's a different-ish project). Drop the DVD images. [...] Though this doesn't apply to me, I ca

Re: Question about nvidea-driver

On 7/18/20 4:29 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 16 iul 20, 09:20:00, Peter Ehlert wrote: don't know much, but from my notes: I installed, for Buster, with Synaptic: nvidia-detect nvidia-driver Now on another machine, setting up Bullseye, I get  not found! Did you enable 'non-

Re: Question about nvidea-driver

don't know much, but from my notes: I installed, for Buster, with Synaptic: nvidia-detect nvidia-driver Now on another machine, setting up Bullseye, I get  not found! inxi says- Graphics:   Device-1: AMD Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] driver: N/A   Device-2: NVIDIA GF106GL [Qua

Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed

On 7/7/20 9:02 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 07 July 2020 11:32:04 David Wright wrote: On Tue 07 Jul 2020 at 10:06:08 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, July 07, 2020 09:57:54 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: If you are the kind of person who MUST HAVE THE LATEST THING, then Debian

HP z820 workstation Soundcard?

running a HP z820 workstation, Buster Mate. onboard sound does not cut it. I need more volume, and 5.1 stereo would be great I have a couple free PCIe slots What sage advice can I get here? Internal vs USB Brand? budget is modest, I tell myself under $100 thanks, Peter == I did not do my

Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus

On 7/4/20 4:53 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm using Debian10 with the MATE desktop. The Debian installer defaults to installing a mess of applications I rarely want. They end up with entries on MATE's Applications sub-menus. Without deleting the offending applications from the system, how can

Re: Installing Buster (improvements)

On 6/30/20 1:36 PM, Klaus Jantzen wrote: Hello, today I installed Buster on my laptop. It would be very helpful to know which of the many install ISOs you used. As usual it ran very well (at the end). But I would like to suggest the follwing improvements to the Graphical install: a) At som

Re: I can't figure it out

please Read and absorb this: https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct On 6/26/20 8:20 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: 1. use a Subject that indicates your actual Question. 2. add comments to that original post 3. give some actual details about the Hardware and Software you are using. *if I was not

Re: I can't figure it out

I Suggest you start over with a Fresh post (this is my only effort I will make to drag it out of you, that kind of statement tells me you are being a PRICK) Peter On 6/25/20 4:58 PM, bw wrote: I've posted 5,000 messages on this list about how to hook up my refrigerator to my ancient 386sx c

Re: technical terms overhaul

uot; of opposing such a change considerably more harm than good" in my own words... Please just drop it. It Ain't Broke Peter

Re: Zoom- best practice?

Original post: family is using Zoom. No alternative for me to participate... Zoom or nothing. Thanks for the suggestion. Peter Ehlert On June 9, 2020 10:56:10 AM Alberto Sentieri <2...@tripolho.com> wrote: This is a long thread. I did not read it all. Did anyone suggest http://meet.google.com?

Re: why !oh why Debian and application list

On 6/7/20 11:20 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 07 iun 20, 19:23:24, Seeds Notoneofmy wrote: Well, as the subject suggests, I'm a bit fed up with the logic behind how installed programs are sorted out in the Applications menu. The need to go hunt down an installed application seems yester ce

Re: Zoom- best practice?

On 6/7/20 11:53 AM, Brian wrote: On Sun 07 Jun 2020 at 20:37:55 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: to...@tuxteam.de (12020-06-07): Yes, the server is free software. As is Jitsi's. So you can get the source, build yourself or download pre-built thingies. Do you have evidence of somebody other than

Re: why !oh why Debian and application list

On 6/7/20 10:23 AM, Seeds Notoneofmy wrote: Well, as the subject suggests, I'm a bit fed up with the logic behind how installed programs are sorted out in the Applications menu. The need to go hunt down an installed application seems yester century. I just installed Picard, and it does not sh

Re: Zoom- best practice?

On 6/6/20 10:00 PM, Keith bainbridge wrote: On 6/6/20 3:32 am, john doe wrote: On 6/5/2020 6:28 PM, Peter Ehlert wrote: Family is using Zoom, International. They will use Zoom, and I need to participate. I use Debian Mate Stable, and Firefox ESR I am concerned about security, duh! Looking

Re: Zoom- best practice?

On 6/5/20 9:56 AM, der.hans wrote: Am 05. Jun, 2020 schwätzte Peter Ehlert so: Family is using Zoom, International. They will use Zoom, and I need to participate. I use Debian Mate Stable, and Firefox ESR I am concerned about security, duh! Looking for ideas. my current thoughts, in order

Re: Zoom- best practice?

On 6/5/20 9:47 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 11:45 AM Peter Ehlert <mailto:pe...@sdi-baja.com>> wrote: Family is using Zoom, International. They will use Zoom, and I need to participate. I use Debian Mate Stable, and Firefox ESR I am concer

Zoom- best practice?

for the Zoom meetings 2. Sandbox? (but how can I do that?) 3. Use a different browser 4. What Me Worry? ... just update and flow with it Thanks, Peter

Re: OT: Spam level on Debian Users list.

On 6/5/20 9:02 AM, Tixy wrote: On Fri, 2020-06-05 at 11:54 -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: Do we need to beef up Filters on this List? I don't think so. There's about 3 or 4 get through a week. agreed. Stronger filters = more false positives Unfortunately there's probably a dozen more because

Re: Target Audience & Geography?

SPAM On 6/4/20 11:29 AM, Rachel Mora wrote: Hi, Did you see this? Please advise. *Thanks, Rachel Mora * Hi, Due to COVID-19, we are providing *any industry *list at *very less cost*. Would you like to connect digitally with Owners of *Online e-commerce Stores*,**Groceries Chain, Retai

Re: Debian man pages have annoying feature(sic)

On 30/05/2020 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > I the recent thread about returning a Debian installation to its > original state "popularity-contest" was mentioned. > > I wished to compare it to other tools mentioned in that thread. > Obvious stating point -- read the man page. > As I never installe

Re: Can't get started

Use the non-free netinstall ISO On May 28, 2020 6:58:54 AM Dan Ritter wrote: Matthew Campbell wrote: Thank you for your polite response. The wifi access point is open so it does not use a password. I don't know if the netinst CD includes the wpasupplicant package. ip addr is saying that Linu

Re: Can't get started

paragraphs, try them. sorry but I can't follow you, you ave a number of issues and complaints mixed together On 5/27/20 5:15 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: The netinst CD leaves a lot to be desired. I had to download a nonfree wifi firmware package with my tablet and install it just to get the

Re: Switching from Kubuntu to Debian(latest version)

On 5/16/20 4:17 AM, Cletus Kingdom wrote: Good Afternoon, I'm Cletus(a Web Developer using Kubuntu Linux Destro), and I want to switch to Debian (that was my first choice of Destro, just that I wasn't able to install and configure it) So I want to know wether it's possible to switch to Debi

Re: Should I enable "testing"

On 5/9/20 4:30 AM, Brian wrote: On Sat 09 May 2020 at 12:12:08 +0200, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote: Le 09/05/2020 à 09:44, J.Arun Mani a écrit : No, would be impossible and catastrophic. Either re-install, or try testing now, could be good for you. Reverting a such big upgrade is impossi

Linphone x Zoom.

A Zoom invitation includes sip:12345678...@zoomcrc.com. When the session is open and Linphone is given the URL it reports "Temporarily Unavailable". Does anyone have success with a similar connection? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- https://en.wikibook

Re: Boot so slow it never completes, while Windows boots fine

On 4/28/20 5:33 AM, Marcin Owsiany wrote: On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 04:57:03PM +0200, Marcin Owsiany wrote: TL;DR: My laptop starts ~20x slower than normal. Booting Debian hangs before the kernel starts. Windows 10 boots slow, but then works fine. Many thanks to everyone who responded! As usual

Re: best Debian available package to sync files

syncthing On April 26, 2020 4:30:21 PM Anil F Duggirala wrote: I know I may be misusing the word "sync". I would like to ask if anyone can recommend the easy, yet "free" way of getting some kind of file synchronization with a remote (like dropbox, or onedrive). What would be the best way to

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

On 4/14/20 6:38 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:58:12 - (UTC) Curt wrote: My current Trust Level: Totally Untrustworthy. Until you've posted, and your initial post(s) have been proved to be acceptable (IOW, not offensive, off topic, spam.), yep. So

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

On 4/7/20 6:48 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 13:14:54 -0700 Peter Ehlert wrote: now I clearly recall after visiting and reviewing the nextcloud documentation, that need for a designated server was the deal killer. Some sort of server is a good idea. It need not be the latest

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

On 4/7/20 9:50 AM, Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: On 4/6/20 9:43 PM, Peter Ehlert wrote: independent software. He uses encryption on some files and folders and I don't. I don't know what software he uses. Perhaps syncthing has such a tool, I never looked for one. Ok, thanks! It wou

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

I am sorry I was not more clear. Been under the weather. On 4/5/20 1:18 PM, Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: On 4/5/20 4:53 PM, Peter Ehlert wrote: I have not tried Nextcloud or ownCloud for a couple years. I only remember both being either too complex or missing the options I wanted. What options

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

On 4/5/20 5:43 AM, Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: On 4/4/20 5:56 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: To add one data point for that: the most cases (by far) I've needed a backup is when I have deleted stuff by mistake. Close second is some buggy software having deleted or mangled files I've needed. Last [1

Re: what do you guys think of this method of installing virtualbox

On 31/03/2020 00:13, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 12:02:05AM +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> On 30/03/2020 19:59, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 08:38:29PM +0200, Michael wrote: >>>> On Monday, March 30, 2020

Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.

wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: what do you guys think of this method of installing virtualbox

> > Kaye is running Debian Buster and virtualbox is not available in Buster. > Hence the need to obtain it from a 3rd party repository (one provided by > Oracle/VirtualBox in this case). Your suggestion, which would work for > someone running Debian Sid, will not work in this case. Virtualbox 6.1.4 *is* in the Buster repositories - I'm using it. Peter HB

Re: suspend when laptoplid is closed

On 3/29/20 12:33 PM, err...@free.fr wrote: WHY THE DEFAULT IS SUSPEND WHEN LAPTOP LID IS CLOSED??? WHY??? systemd is for booting and managing services, not for managing power directly yes, I know I have to change a line in /etc/systemd/logind.conf but I also use mate desktop, and mate deskt

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

On 3/24/20 3:14 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 24 mar 20, 22:05:40, Patrick Scribus wrote: Hello, two of my computers have a similar role as desktop. The installed packages are nearly the same, the configuration is nearly the same and the stored data in /home also. Especially the texts, the

Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.

s? Syntax of the HAR file is JSON. How is a HAR normally used? Thanks! ... Peter E. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Mate Notification Area - Qlipper not starting on boot

Background: https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-notification-daemon/issues/169 I am moving from Sid to Stable. I like Clipit but I like Qlipper No idea what is missing in Stable that I need. any ideas?

Re: Dolphin as root

On 3/1/20 11:41 PM, Keith Bainbridge wrote: On 2/3/20 10:44 am, Peter Ehlert wrote: If it was me I would just install Pluma and be done with it. oops, I intended to say caja I used be a KDE devotee, changed a few years ago. I use caja as my gui file manager of choice. It has the option

Re: Dolphin as root

If it was me I would just install Pluma and be done with it. anyway, dedoimedo is kinda smart and a newfound KDE fanboi https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kde-dolphin-as-root.html On 3/1/20 10:56 AM, Gary L. Roach wrote: Hi all, Some time ago somebody decided that Dolphin was too dangerous wh

Re: Net Install: Installation halts for disk change

On 2/27/20 12:46 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 27 feb 20, 02:03:56, John Kaufmann wrote: On 2020-02-26 22:49, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 2/26/20 7:20 PM, Lee wrote: On 2/26/20, John Kaufmann wrote: For my Thinkpad, I burned CDs with: (1) debian-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso (2

Re: Net Install: Installation halts for disk change

On 2/26/20 7:20 PM, Lee wrote: On 2/26/20, John Kaufmann wrote: For my Thinkpad, I burned CDs with: (1) debian-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso (2) firmware-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso and (3) firmware-edu-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso [just in case] A. Disk (1) begins without problem, t

Re: Installing ppa

have a look here: https://wiki.debian.org/CreatePackageFromPPA On 2/25/20 4:26 PM, Gary L. Roach wrote: Hi All, Debian Buster, AMD64, KDE Desktop. I installed a ppa using the following code: ***sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elmer-csc-ubuntu/elmer-csc-ppa* This installed *elmer-csc-ubuntu_ubu

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

I think Debian Testing would fit you very well It is like a rock, honestly. == I demand stability. My machines Must work 24/7 without intervention. for this reason I do have Debian Stable installed and operational on all machines (Mate desktop). However, on the other hand I love Mate, a

Re: Reply to a message in the Web presentation.

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Reply to a message in the Web presentation.

... P. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140 Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Reply to a message in the Web presentation.

If the list software parses References cleverly, it will thread both cases the same. =8~) If the software requires In-Reply-To, the thread will be broken in the variant. >8~( Regards, ... P. [*] Except that the mailing list has "In-reply-to" w

Re: Reply to a message in the Web presentation.

the software requires In-Reply-To, the thread will be broken in the variant. >8~( Regards, ... P. [*] Except that the mailing list has "In-reply-to" whereas the RFC sticks to "In-Reply-To". Not too harmful. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Reply to a message in the Web presentation.

ki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Swaks usage.

mail.east.ca IMAP Port: 993 POP3 Port: 995 Outgoing Server:mail.east.ca SMTP Port: 465 IMAP, POP3, and SMTP require authentication. The -au parameter in the earlier swaks command was wrong. This succeeds. peter@dal

Re: systemd logging stopped

On 2/4/20 7:56 AM, Frank McCormick wrote: Noticed this morning that systemd is no longer logging boots on my machine. There is a  log in /var/log/journal, but it's from yesterday. I seem to recall a message here about a change in logging but I can't find it. I am running Debian Sid fully updat

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

maybe this will help http://cosmolinux.no-ip.org/raconetlinux2/persistence.html On 1/29/20 10:51 AM, David Christensen wrote: debian-users: I would like to create a USB flash drive with Debian that I can boot in new Windows 10 machines with UEFI Secure Boot, so that I can examine things, run

Re: Sudo

for a root password: if you enter one you *don't* get sudo, but if you don't enter one - i.e. leave it blank - you get sudo. Peter HB [cut]

Re: Sudo

On 1/25/20 8:39 AM, Harold Hartley wrote: I did a net-install and installed with no problems. The only problem I’m having is when I want to check for updates or install a file, it tells me that I’m not in the sudoers file. I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m the only one on the system and sh

Swaks usage.

thing other than authentication protocol? Any particular swaks parameters worth trying? Thanks, ... P. swaks -a PLAIN,LOGIN -au peter -ap -tlsc --port 465 -s mail.easthope.ca -t a...@mail.ubc.ca === Trying mail.easthope.ca:465... === Connected to mail.eastho

Swaks usage.

thing other than authentication protocol? Any particular swaks parameters suggested? Thanks, ... P. swaks -a PLAIN,LOGIN -au peter -ap -tlsc --port 465 -s mail.easthope.ca -t a...@mail.ubc.ca === Trying mail.easthope.ca:465... === Connected to mail.easthope.ca. ==

Wiki software.

possibility. Too complex? MoinMoin as used for wiki.debian.org isn't so visually appealing; just a configuration choice? Many others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software Advice? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Tel.: +1 604 670 0140 Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re (2): Jittery desktop mode.

/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Jittery desktop mode.

Tel.: +1 604 670 0140 Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

MathML in HTML5 in Firefox.

Hi, peter@joule:~$ dpkg -l | grep firefox ii firefox-esr 68.3.0esr-1~deb10u1 i386 Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR) Should MathML work with firefox as installed? This should display a 3x3 matrix. test D = 0ab a0a ba0 Also installed

Re: Debian Graphical Installer: why does it format swap?

I do understand your frustration, the Manual option for the Debian Installer is complex. It took me a while to absorb, and understand... see further comment below On 1/8/20 9:04 AM, ct wrote: Hello all It is good to see a few comments and help following my original post. I had set aside a fe

Re: Debian Graphical Installer: why does it format swap?

that reformat "feature" is hateful. I fail to see any advantage. It does break the other systems, but they can be recovered by editing you fstab file with the New UUID as you know. I use the Manual mode... _auto installers never seem to get it right_ (my way). *Using Manual, select existing

Re: Newcomer Problem: Synaptic

On 1/3/20 2:42 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello Das, On 03/01/2020 13:09, das wrote: You are mixing Ubuntu with Debian here: we cannot install Ubuntu packages on Debian (and vice versa). You have to choose either Debian or Ubuntu. If you want to play with ppa stuff, you must choose Ubuntu. If

Re: help with installation?

On 12/24/19 9:10 AM, kaye n wrote: On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 6:37 PM Richard Owlett > wrote: Exactly which ISO file did you download? That paragraph describes what you would see if you ran the netinst.iso WITHOUT an active network connection. IOW

Re: help with installation?

I think that you may have better luck with this ISO firmware-10.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso download from https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/amd64/iso-cd/ I am not familiar with that USB creation method. Lately I have been using gnome-multi-writer ..

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