James Dutton said:
> On Tue, 23 May 2023 at 12:50, Artur ??dka via Hampshire <
> hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > According to Debian article (https://wiki.debian.org/mtp) 1.1.18 libmtp
> > is required to access Moto G phones, while current package in all Debian
> > releases is 1.1.17-3
Adam John Trickett said:
> I gather it depends on the generation of the phone and what the
> vendor felt like.
The phone is is new - first appeared in January this year, I
understand. I have not yet tried copying files via a library
computer - wasn't taking the phone anywhe
Thomas Kluyver said:
> Warpinator needs to be running on both ends and discover itself
> before you can send files. Wormhole lets you share and then launch
> the receiver, but the Android app only seems to be able to send one
> file at a time.
This might be possible with a laptop, but my main comp
Tim said:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/n2skx6/connecting_android_phone/
No help there, I'm afraid.
James Dutton said:
> When I plug the phone into the usb port, the phone asks "Allow access to
> phone data".
> Deny / Allow
Something like that is mentioned on the web. My phone doesn
Tim said:
> I found this a while ago
>
> https://tomsalmon.eu/2020/01/mounting-android-phone-over-usb-on-debian/
>
> Not sure how relevant it is now a days
Thanks Tim. That didn't work, but the CLI did provide a possibly more
informative error message:
error returned by libusb_claim_interface()
I have a computer running Debian 11 and a new phone with Android
13. How do I access the Android file system from the computer via
USB? A web search suggests MTP, but I have not been able to get
that to work. I can use tethering via USB, so there is nothing
wrong the connection.
I have go-mtpfs, l
Dom Rodriguez/shymega said:
> Definitely modify the header on a live CD - I don't know if you can do it on a
> mounted FS, but my general rule of thumb though my experience is to always do
> it on a live CD unless you can make the FS go offline... but as you said your
> SSD is on the VG, yeah, do
Thank you Joseph and James.
Looks like I did not make things clear. This is not a new disk, it is one
that held the system and all my files before the main board on the machine
failed and was replaced. The new system and files are on a SSD. However,
that is now half full, and I would like to
I am trying to mount a logical volume, under Debian 11.1.0. lsblk gives:
NAMEMAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sde 8:64 0 931.5G 0 disk
sde1 8:65 0 243M 0 part
sde2 8:66 0 1K 0 part
sde5 8:69 0 931.3G 0 part
It is sde5 that I wan
Aidan said:
> This isn't a Debian thing, it is a Plasma thing. KDE in their wisdom
> seem to have decided that 'Activities' is where it's all at now. First
> you need to define your desired 'Activity' and from there you can the
> set about setting up your workspaces as desired, including custom
Rocket Repairs have upgraded my computer - it is certainly a lot
faster now, I am happy with the hardware, but have some questions
about the software. Has anyone on this list got experience with the
latest stable Debian with KDE? I have Debian 11.1.0, KDE 5.20.5.
Firstly, I can't get multiple desk
Gareth Evans said:
> Assuming you mean they have installed Debian but can't seem to install
> software from the DVD [image]...
Yes, that appears to be the problem
> The entire set of Debian images no longer seems to be available from
> debian.org
That was the impression I had, but another web se
Artur Łądka said:
> Best way to have/install virtually any Linux distro nowadays (even
> applies to MS Windows 10!) is to download iso image from official
> website and put it on USB stick. It is way faster, easier, cheaper and
> more eco friendly than burning DVD. I will also suggest to use netins
Rocket Repairs in Southampton have been upgrading my main computer.
The hardware is done, but there is a software problem. One of the
things I want is a Debian DVD (or image thereof) that will allow me
to install software without using an internet connection. They are
Keith Edmunds said:
> Debian 11 ("Bullseye") isn't quite released yet, but it's stable
Perhaps I should wait until it is officially released and allow
a little time for any bugs to be fixed. I understand KDE is still
included.
Gordon Scott said:
> There's an awful lot to be said for just a vacu
> I have decided that I can modify my requirements. It seems that
> getting a computer with Debian already installed is not possible.
> There was a company in the USA that would do that, but they have
> gone out of business. In any case, I now think it is not Debian
> that provides what I want, but
Simon Reep said:
> I think your best bet is to get a barebones computer (Novatech?) and buy a
> magazine with a cover DVD
Would rather have a machine already set up and working.
Chris Sykes said:
> If you don't mind buying used, Bargain Hardware will ship you a PC
Hmm.. rather not. If I'm getti
I have decided that I can modify my requirements. It seems that
getting a computer with Debian already installed is not possible.
There was a company in the USA that would do that, but they have
gone out of business. In any case, I now think it is not Debian
that provides what I want, but KDE: mult
My desktop computer has gone wrong. On starting it, I get a brief
view of the usual text etc, then the screen goes blank. Holding
down F2 is supposed to enter a set-up procedure, but all I get is a
short bleep and a blank screen.
I think the main board has failed. The machine is now about 7 years
Brad said:
> This page may be useful for getting info about various commands;
> http://cb.vu/unixtoolbox.xhtml
Yes, thanks, that does look useful. However, Arch Linux appears to
be for system experts - my interests are really elsewhere.
Peter Alefounder.
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Nick Chalk suggested:
> /dev/sdb1 /media/flash auto noauto,user 0 0
...
> The limitation of this approach is that it assumes
> the flash drive will always appear as /dev/sdb1.
Ha! More often sdf1, and I have also seen sdg1.
Anyway, problem now solved. I reinstalled kdeplasma-addons, but
su
Simon Reap made a very useful point:
> > On 01/06/2020 11:34, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote:
> > mount /dev/sdb1 /media/flash
> >
> > I can read from the flash drive, but only write to it using
> > the command line as root, which is not very convenient.
>
My main computer, not connected to the internet, is running
Debian 7.1 with KDE. Normally, if I plug in a USB flash memory
stick, an option to mount it will pop up from the panel. Something
has gone wrong and that no longer happens.
A google search has told me how to mount it:
su
fdisk -l
Here's something odd. Today I found my Chromium would not work at
all, and I had to re-install it. Facebook has stopped complaining
and another web site which would not load properly now does so.
I can only guess that it had become corrupted in some way and/or I
now have a newer version. Anyway, t
I am trying to get an up to date web browser for a laptop
running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. So far I have tried Opera:
opera-stable_68.0.3618.63_amd64.deb
for which I get the message
Dependency is not satisfiable: libgbm1 (>= 17.1.0~rc2)
and Google Chrome
google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
for which
Problem is now solved, or at least circumvented. The web site works
with my new Firefox (didn't with an old one at a public library -
maybe it doesn't like old browsers), so I can download the files
direct to the laptop.
Thanks for all the comments and help, but I think I will just avoid
trying to
Gareth Evans asked:
> What is the full text in the address/location bar in the file
> manager when you view the phone folder containing the files you want
> to copy?
Full address is in two text boxes:
XT1032 Download
output of $ mount with file manager looking at /Download:
/dev/sda3 on / type
Thanks Gareth. I tried
https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs
It said:
detect failed: no MTP devices found
So I don't think that's the problem. If it were, would
copying of files from XT1032/DCIM/Camera work?
> Also, what problems do you have with Chrome on the website(s) concerned?
On one of them
I have a laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I find that I can transfer
photos from an Android phone connected by a USB cable using the file
browser. They are in
XT1032/DCIM/Camera
However, csv files in
XT1032/Download
are listed but can not be moved. I get an error message:
Error getting file:
Daniel Llewellyn said:
> You really don't want to be messing with libc if you can avoid
> it. There be dragons for the unwary.
The machine in question is not connected to the internet: I really
want to avoid a long chase after dependencies.
I will try virtualbox, but it will have to wait a while
James Courtier-Dutton said:
> There are multiple Linux tools that can do that.
> A popular one is "blender"
I do not have the correct versions of libc.so.6 and libm.so.6 for
blender. An attempt to install a new libc resulted in further errors:
GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5ft
On 11 May, 2018 at 17:09 James Courtier-Dutton said:
> On 11 May 2018 at 16:34, Peter Alefounder via
> Hampshire > I am trying to use an old program called moonlight. I get the message:
> > error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared
> > object
I am trying to use an old program called moonlight. I get the message:
error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory
I can't find libgtk-1.2.so.0 anywhere - is it still available? I would
need a 64 bit AMD version.
Peter Alefounde
Is there an expert on Perl/Tk on this list, or can someone point me
towards some forum where there is such an expert, please?
I have a Perl/Tk script which takes data and plots it in graphical
form on a canvas, under the control of various widgets in a separate
control window. One function is a lo
Daniel Llewellyn said:
> If it helps, a more recent release of Ubuntu (namely 16.04, Xenial
> Xerus) _does_ include ffmpeg so you might be able to get
> silentcast's deb package working easier there, but that will either
> require a complete reinstall of your system using the DVD download
> _or_ an
Daniel Llewellyn said:
> If ffmpeg isn't in the 14.04 release then enabling the universe repo
> won't help
I had a feeling that might be the case.
> The way you install deb packages from file rather than a repository
> is to use dpkg directly:
>
> dpkg -i /path/to/downloaded-ffmpeg-debfile.deb
T
Daniel Llewellyn said:
> ?ffmpeg is in universe. This repository should be enabled by default unless
> you
> have a minimal installation provided by some vps/cloud providers.
Thank you, Daniel.
The installation was done by Dell. My web searches have revealed that
I am not the only one with this
I have been trying to install silentcast on a laptop running Ubuntu. It
depends on ffmpeg, which appears to be missing from the standard
Ubuntu repository. I compiled it from source, available at ffmpeg.org.
Silentcast still won't install:
pra@pra-Inspiron-15-3552:~$ sudo apt-get install silentc
> Have you already bought it Peter?
Yes, I have, thanks, Imran. I got one of these:
m.dell.com/mt/www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3552-laptop-ubuntu/pd?oc=cn55231&model_id=inspiron-15-3552-laptop-ubuntu
a Dell Inspiron.
I prefer Debian to Ubuntu, but it's good enough. I now know why
people choo
Chris Liddell said
> I assume it's a closed source editor?
I don't have the source. The editor is an old one called ne,
but not the one easily found by an internet search. It can
be used as a filter and can run scripts. I haven't found
anything else that will do all that, so I still use it.
Anywa
I have recently acquired a laptop running Ubuntu.
There is a specific text editor that I would like to have working
on it (I have it on my Debian desktop system). When I try to use
it on the laptop, I get this:
error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open
shared object file
Thanks to all those who replied, Thomas Kluyver, Ian Park, Aaron West
and particularly Ben Parsonage. Ben - I think you have solved the
problem. The Dell Inspiron machine looks like it will do very well. I
investigated Entroware some time ago, but they do not reply to email.
At the time I was looki
If I were to get one of these:
https://www.tesco.com/direct/acer-156-es15-intel-celeron-4gb-ram-1tb-hdd-dvdrw-red-laptop/392-0906.prd?skuId=392-0906&pageLevel=sku&sc_cmp=ppc*PX+-+DNF+Electrical*PX+-+Shopping+GSC+-+Argos+-+Technology+-+Electricals*PRODUCT+GROUP392-0906*&gclid=COLH6NjdlNMCFdUV0wodWC
Jonathan Hudson said:
> >It appears that many modern laptop computers have a type of flash
> >memory storage called eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard). Some web sites
> >claim that this will not work with Linux; others that it will if the
> >system is sufficiently new, and yet others that it will if th
It appears that many modern laptop computers have a type of flash
memory storage called eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard). Some web sites
claim that this will not work with Linux; others that it will if the
system is sufficiently new, and yet others that it will if the system
is an old one.
Has anyo
Brad Rogers said:
> >Wondered if people had any opinion on which was best value, Find
> >My Past or Ancestry.com?
>
> Whilst there's much overlap between the two, you may find that,
> ultimately, you'll need data from both of them. For example, only FMP
> has the 1939 National Identity Register.
Thanks to all. Plenty of advice there, not all consistent,
but it's good to have a range of views!
I will investigate entroware, minifree and PC Specialist. I'm
not really sure exactly what I want as yet - something to act
as a backup for a desktop system and that I can take with me
when away from
What is the best way to acquire a laptop running Linux these
days? Various web searches haven't helped me much. Some sites say
it's better to get one running Windows, then install Linux.
However, I get the impression that it can be difficult to have
all the hardware working properly, because of a l
I have been trying to get a program called Genome Mate Pro to work.
It is available as a zip file which contains the main program and two
folders, one for "Resources" and one for "Libs" (from genomemate.org,
the 2016r08 version).
When I tried to run it, it complained that it:
Failed to find/load
Chris Dennis asks:
> I've had a look at other local history sites around the country, and most of
> them are somewhere between awful and broken. I haven't found one yet that
> makes
> me think "Yes, we'll do it like that."
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
You could contact the Society of On
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