RCA Cable to USB Video input device

[Marc Shapiro]

I want to copy some videos from VCR and DVD to my computer for editing 
(simple stuff, like removing commercials).  I found this device on Amazon:



https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Converter-Capture-Support-Android/dp/B06X42H9VZ/ref=sr_1_3?m=A3ENZ260X3A00C&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&qid=1576302348&s=merchant-items&sr=1-3&th=1


It says in the title that it works on Linux, and at least one of the 
reviews says it works on Debian.



There seem to be a lot of sellers with what looks like this exact same 
device.


Does anyone know anything about this device, or other, similar devices.  
Is it likely to require specialized drivers, or would generic drivers be 
able to access it?


Any suggestions on editing software would also be appreciated.  I have 
done simple audio editing before, but not video.  Would the editing 
software read the data directly from the USB port, or would I need to 
access the port with other software/commands.  I don't mind using the 
command line to access the port and save the file, if necessary.



Marc

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

[john doe]

On 12/14/2019 1:33 AM, Jape Person wrote:
> Hi folks. Did I miss something?
>
> I've had 3 Sid/testing systems running on the same LAN behind the same
> router for just shy of 3 years. Their static IP addresses have always
> been issued by the DHCP server on the router. Everything has been
> copacetic among the systems, with local and outside name resolution
> working with no issue.
>
> A little over a week ago the systems stopped being able to access each
> other by name. No changes were made in the settings or firmware of the
> router or of the local network settings on the systems.
>
> I discovered that all of the hostnames had changed from xx.local to
> xx. I've tried to determine the cause of this alteration in the
> hostnames on the LAN.
>
> Everything is working fine now that I've stopped trying to call the
> systems by the old xx.local names.
>
> Could this change be due to recent upgrades in software? (I upgrade
> every day.) I've reviewed the recent upgrades listed in
> /var/log/apt/history.log. I would have thought any deliberate change of
> this behavior would have been flagged by listchanges, but I can't find it.
>
> I'm just a home user / hobbyist, but this change occurring without any
> deliberate administrative action on my part makes the hairs stand up on
> my neck -- just a little bit.
>
> Advice or consolation would be welcomed.
>

Assuming that you are using the router from your ISP, it is possible
that the firmware has been upgraded without your nolage.

One way to prevent this could be (1), that is, use your own
router/server/gateway so you control everything on your LAN.

I use an EMTA modem only from my ISP which is plugged into a perimiter
firewall.

If you can't have an modem from your ISP, look at 'bridgemode'.

If your not comfortable building your server from scratch, you can
simply buy a router that is accepted by your ISP .

In other words, you need to choose one or the other if you go this way:
- Modem connected to router (most flexible of all)
- Combo modem/router in one box (les flexible but is more compact)


If you use DHCP static lease, you should look at what the DHCP server is
providing as hostname and 'TLD', and also in the dhcp client (dhclient'
to see what you get from the DHCP server.

The file '/etc/resolv.conf' should let you know what TLD is sent from
the DHCP server.

Debian shouldn't modify your configuration files '/etc' without your nolage.

Note that the TLD '.lan' is sometime used.

1)  https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/list-of-approved-cable-modems

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Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

[Vipul]

> if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
> 
> PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\$
> '

You forgot to add "\d", in PS1 value, that explains different behavior
of prompt in console and Guake.

May be, this could fix the problem


if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:
\d \t \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\$'
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \d \t \w\$'
fi


Now, as Wooledge suggested, replace "\d \t" with "$(date +"%d %b %Y
%H:%M:%S")".

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

[Jape Person]

On 12/13/19 8:55 PM, David Wright wrote:

On Fri 13 Dec 2019 at 19:33:51 (-0500), Jape Person wrote:

Hi folks. Did I miss something?


Perhaps a couple of references:
https://features.icann.org/addressing-new-gtld-program-applications-corp-home-and-mail
which points out that any of .home, .mail and .corp are ideal for the
domain name of a home LAN, and RFC 6762 on Multicast DNS which
explains why .local is not a good choice.



Thank you very much, David. I'll dig into the documentation.

I could be quite wrong, but I thought that "local" was actually suggested as a domain name at one 
time by the installer. (And I could be remembering a different distro, though I've been using Debian 
for a long time -- at least 10 years, I think.) I suppose I just continued to use it over the years 
out of habit.



I've had 3 Sid/testing systems running on the same LAN behind the same
router for just shy of 3 years. Their static IP addresses have always
been issued by the DHCP server on the router. Everything has been
copacetic among the systems, with local and outside name resolution
working with no issue.

A little over a week ago the systems stopped being able to access each
other by name. No changes were made in the settings or firmware of the
router or of the local network settings on the systems.

I discovered that all of the hostnames had changed from xx.local
to xx. I've tried to determine the cause of this alteration in the
hostnames on the LAN.

Everything is working fine now that I've stopped trying to call the
systems by the old xx.local names.

Could this change be due to recent upgrades in software? (I upgrade
every day.) I've reviewed the recent upgrades listed in
/var/log/apt/history.log. I would have thought any deliberate change
of this behavior would have been flagged by listchanges, but I can't
find it.

I'm just a home user / hobbyist, but this change occurring without any
deliberate administrative action on my part makes the hairs stand up
on my neck -- just a little bit.

Advice or consolation would be welcomed.


I tried .local quite a long while ago but it didn't work too well.
I don't know where the problem lay, and I got along with no domain
name for a longish period, but changed to .corp after I read the
first reference above. It stopped exim4 complaining too.



I have noticed that the speed of interactions (like logging on to ssh session, pinging, etc.) have 
improved since .local went away.



But is it possible you've started using avahi/bonjour when previously
you didn't? Or has the router upgraded itself and now knows not to
issue names like that?



I'll check to see if avahi/bonjour are being used, but I haven't done anything deliberately to start 
using them. I'm wondering if recent changes to CUPS may be implicated in some way. My Brother 
printer defaults to using bonjour, but I turned it off because I deemed it to be not particularly 
useful to me. It's connected by wire to the router. I live in a condo where I can see at least three 
dozen (no kidding) printers advertising their services. I'm getting ready to switch everything to 
wired connections.


The router is a Luxul. Its firmware must be upgraded manually. It has been at the latest firmware 
version for almost a year.



Perhaps others have more/better ideas.

Cheers,
David.



Well, your ideas are certainly appreciated. I'm going to get a little education, I think, while I'm 
following up on your message.


Best regards,
JP

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

[Kenneth Parker]

On Dec 13, 2019 8:00 PM, "Default User"  wrote:



On Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 17:12 Britton Kerin  wrote:

> I see from below vote that we're working on dumping other init systems
> now as expected.  Luckily I've given up on debian since systemd in the
> first place and am in long process of finding a replacement.
>
> Britton
>
> > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> > 7b77e0f2-4ff9-4adb-85e4-af249191f27a
> > [ 3 ] Choice 1: F: Focus on systemd
> > [ 1 ] Choice 2: B: Systemd but we support exploring alternatives
> > [   ] Choice 3: A: Support for multiple init systems is Important
> > [   ] Choice 4: D: Support non-systemd systems, without blocking progress
> > [ 2 ] Choice 5: H: Support portability, without blocking progress
> > [   ] Choice 6: E: Support for multiple init systems is Required
> > [   ] Choice 7: G: Support portability and multiple implementations
> > [ 4 ] Choice 8: Further Discussion
> > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>


Britton, if you like Debian, but not systemd, you might want to check out
Devuan. It has much of the Debian goodness, and you don't have to put up
with the systemd [ insert one or more derogatory terms here ].

+

I use Devuan, especially on older hardware.   Works well.

Kenneth Parker

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

[David Wright]

On Fri 13 Dec 2019 at 19:33:51 (-0500), Jape Person wrote:
> Hi folks. Did I miss something?

Perhaps a couple of references:
https://features.icann.org/addressing-new-gtld-program-applications-corp-home-and-mail
which points out that any of .home, .mail and .corp are ideal for the
domain name of a home LAN, and RFC 6762 on Multicast DNS which
explains why .local is not a good choice.

> I've had 3 Sid/testing systems running on the same LAN behind the same
> router for just shy of 3 years. Their static IP addresses have always
> been issued by the DHCP server on the router. Everything has been
> copacetic among the systems, with local and outside name resolution
> working with no issue.
> 
> A little over a week ago the systems stopped being able to access each
> other by name. No changes were made in the settings or firmware of the
> router or of the local network settings on the systems.
> 
> I discovered that all of the hostnames had changed from xx.local
> to xx. I've tried to determine the cause of this alteration in the
> hostnames on the LAN.
> 
> Everything is working fine now that I've stopped trying to call the
> systems by the old xx.local names.
> 
> Could this change be due to recent upgrades in software? (I upgrade
> every day.) I've reviewed the recent upgrades listed in
> /var/log/apt/history.log. I would have thought any deliberate change
> of this behavior would have been flagged by listchanges, but I can't
> find it.
> 
> I'm just a home user / hobbyist, but this change occurring without any
> deliberate administrative action on my part makes the hairs stand up
> on my neck -- just a little bit.
> 
> Advice or consolation would be welcomed.

I tried .local quite a long while ago but it didn't work too well.
I don't know where the problem lay, and I got along with no domain
name for a longish period, but changed to .corp after I read the
first reference above. It stopped exim4 complaining too.

But is it possible you've started using avahi/bonjour when previously
you didn't? Or has the router upgraded itself and now knows not to
issue names like that?

Perhaps others have more/better ideas.

Cheers,
David.

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

[Default User]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 17:12 Britton Kerin  wrote:

> I see from below vote that we're working on dumping other init systems
> now as expected.  Luckily I've given up on debian since systemd in the
> first place and am in long process of finding a replacement.
>
> Britton
>
> > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> > 7b77e0f2-4ff9-4adb-85e4-af249191f27a
> > [ 3 ] Choice 1: F: Focus on systemd
> > [ 1 ] Choice 2: B: Systemd but we support exploring alternatives
> > [   ] Choice 3: A: Support for multiple init systems is Important
> > [   ] Choice 4: D: Support non-systemd systems, without blocking progress
> > [ 2 ] Choice 5: H: Support portability, without blocking progress
> > [   ] Choice 6: E: Support for multiple init systems is Required
> > [   ] Choice 7: G: Support portability and multiple implementations
> > [ 4 ] Choice 8: Further Discussion
> > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>


Britton, if you like Debian, but not systemd, you might want to check out
Devuan. It has much of the Debian goodness, and you don't have to put up
with the systemd [ insert one or more derogatory terms here ].

apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

[Jape Person]

Hi folks. Did I miss something?

I've had 3 Sid/testing systems running on the same LAN behind the same router for just shy of 3 
years. Their static IP addresses have always been issued by the DHCP server on the router. 
Everything has been copacetic among the systems, with local and outside name resolution working with 
no issue.


A little over a week ago the systems stopped being able to access each other by name. No changes 
were made in the settings or firmware of the router or of the local network settings on the systems.


I discovered that all of the hostnames had changed from xx.local to xx. I've tried to 
determine the cause of this alteration in the hostnames on the LAN.


Everything is working fine now that I've stopped trying to call the systems by the old xx.local 
names.


Could this change be due to recent upgrades in software? (I upgrade every day.) I've reviewed the 
recent upgrades listed in /var/log/apt/history.log. I would have thought any deliberate change of 
this behavior would have been flagged by listchanges, but I can't find it.


I'm just a home user / hobbyist, but this change occurring without any deliberate administrative 
action on my part makes the hairs stand up on my neck -- just a little bit.


Advice or consolation would be welcomed.

Thanks,
JP

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

[Peter Ehlert]

drama queen much?

On 12/13/19 1:55 PM, Britton Kerin wrote:

I see from below vote that we're working on dumping other init systems
now as expected.  Luckily I've given up on debian since systemd in the
first place and am in long process of finding a replacement.

Britton


- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
7b77e0f2-4ff9-4adb-85e4-af249191f27a
[ 3 ] Choice 1: F: Focus on systemd
[ 1 ] Choice 2: B: Systemd but we support exploring alternatives
[   ] Choice 3: A: Support for multiple init systems is Important
[   ] Choice 4: D: Support non-systemd systems, without blocking progress
[ 2 ] Choice 5: H: Support portability, without blocking progress
[   ] Choice 6: E: Support for multiple init systems is Required
[   ] Choice 7: G: Support portability and multiple implementations
[ 4 ] Choice 8: Further Discussion
- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Claws mail click on folder - shows zero mails,,,,,

[Brad Rogers]

On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:41:42 +1100
Charlie  wrote:

Hello Charlie,

>emails, but when clicked on the numbers vanish and each column shows
>only zeros.
{}
>If anyone has any ideas, thanks in advance.

Have you tried the "Rebuild folder tree"(1) option from the context menu
in the folder list?

(1)  Only available at top level, otherwise ghosted.

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Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

[David Wright]

On Fri 13 Dec 2019 at 14:36:09 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 07:20:53PM +, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> > Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by
> > bash and guake ?
> 
> guake...?  No idea what that is.  apt-cache says it's a terminal.  So
> I'm just going to assume that it works like any other terminal -- bash
> runs inside it.  The prompt is displayed by bash.  Therefore, the "guake"
> part of the question can be ignored.
> 
> > which is not bad but I would like it to be something like this -
> > 
> > shirish@debian 14 Dec 2019 00:43:04 :~$
> 
> PS1='\u@\h $(date +"%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") :\w\$ '
> 
> Bash actually has the ability to show the time in the prompt without
> calling date(1), but you asked for an unusual date format, so I had to
> resort to the command substitution.

Could \D{format} not do that? Mind you, I'm surprised a prompt
needs the month and year. I would have thought the day of the
week would be more useful.

Cheers,
David.

Claws mail click on folder - shows zero mails,,,,,

[Charlie]

Hello everyone,

Debian Buster - Claws mail version 3.17.3

The GUI of Claws Mail shows folders containing amounts of read
emails, but when clicked on the numbers vanish and each column shows
only zeros.

But looking into the folders with a file manager, shows the emails
are still there?

I assume I have inadvertently clicked on something to do this, but am
at a loss to discover what it was and have googled and not found
anything that might help.

If anyone has any ideas, thanks in advance.

I will be away most of the day.

Thank you

Charlie

East Gippsland Wildlife Rehabilitators Inc..
   http://www.egwildlife.com.au/

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looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

[Britton Kerin]

I see from below vote that we're working on dumping other init systems
now as expected.  Luckily I've given up on debian since systemd in the
first place and am in long process of finding a replacement.

Britton

> - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> 7b77e0f2-4ff9-4adb-85e4-af249191f27a
> [ 3 ] Choice 1: F: Focus on systemd
> [ 1 ] Choice 2: B: Systemd but we support exploring alternatives
> [   ] Choice 3: A: Support for multiple init systems is Important
> [   ] Choice 4: D: Support non-systemd systems, without blocking progress
> [ 2 ] Choice 5: H: Support portability, without blocking progress
> [   ] Choice 6: E: Support for multiple init systems is Required
> [   ] Choice 7: G: Support portability and multiple implementations
> [ 4 ] Choice 8: Further Discussion
> - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Trouble booting a fresh built kernel--stuck on `loading initial ramdisk`

[Tony Fischetti]

I just discovered the problem... or rather, a workaround for the problem.
As a last resort, I created a new user on the system and performed the
compilation/installation through that user. It worked.
I'm still investigating what exactly about my profile (environment
variables? PATH/shadowed binaries?) caused it to misbehave so
mysteriously but at least I have some kind of workaround for now.
Thank you all for your help! :)

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 2:33 PM deloptes  wrote:
>
> Tony Fischetti wrote:
>
> So what you are saying is that you run debian with 4.19. and want
> to build this same 4.19. and can not boot cause not loading
> initrd. Correct?
>
> If true is strange because I would not expect to overwrite the current
> image. You sure the build/installed new version is different than the one
> you have?
>
> > Any kernel I compile gets stuck on the "loading initial ramdisk"
> > stage. It tried it multiple different ways and the result is always
> > the same. Any advice on what I can do to find out what's going on,
> > would be greatly appreciated
> >
>
> do you have verbose enabled? it might tell you more
>
> > More info: I'm using stable. The most recent attempt was basically as
> > outlined in the most recent "Debian Administrator's Handbook".
> > Concretely, installing linux-source (the one with the debian patches
> > [4.19]), extracting it in another directory, using the kernel config
> > from /boot/config-the-stock-kernel, make deb-pkg, and finally dpkg -i
> > theheaders theimage
> >
>
> I suggest after copying /boot/config-4.19. to .config, you run
> make menuconfig and set some custom kernel version
> In General setup, for example
>
> (test1) Local version - append to kernel release
>
> or like in the example
> make-kpkg --append-to-version -custom2-s390 --revision 
> 2.6.26-19lenny2 \
>   --initrd kernel_image
>
> > I've tried a few other methods, too, like the method in the debian
> > kernel handbook, etc...
> >
> > I don't think it's a problem with the initrd because I inspected it
> > (zcat / cpio / etc) and its not missing any files present in the stock
> > initrd that works
> > Thanks!
>
> Other methods to debug this are IMO hard. Compare your final config with the
> one that is working
>
> AFAIK loading initrd is a read to memory process - so not rocket science
> here. What is the trick that if compression is used - to be also compiled
> in the kernel. I don't know what this is /boot/config-the-stock-kernel, but
> the working one is to be found with
> ls /boot/config-`uname -r`
> take this as a base
>
> regards
>


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Re: rsyslog adding old entries again

[tomas]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 03:07:56PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 08:47:49PM +0100, mj wrote:
> > > root@pf:~# ps aux | grep rsyslog
> > > root 11250  0.8  3.3 872116 274200 ?   Ssl  15:37   2:26 
> > > /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
> > > root 23873  0.0  0.0  12780   968 pts/0S+   20:25   0:00 grep 
> > > rsyslog
> > > root@pf:~# service rsyslog stop
> > > root@pf:~# ps aux | grep rsyslog
> > > root 23909  0.0  0.0  12780  1020 pts/0S+   20:25   0:00 grep 
> > > rsyslog
> > 
> > > root@pf:~# rm -f /usr/local/pf/logs/*
> > > root@pf9:~# lsof | grep /usr/local/pf/logs
> > > snmptrapd 23941   root3w  REG8,1  
> > >   23   67605574 /usr/local/pf/logs/snmptrapd.log
> > 
> > and yes: the file snmptrapd.log is the exception, all other files (20, 25 of
> > them) are gone, remain gone, and are not listed in lsof as open.
> 
> So, it sounds like you want to kill snmptrapd (instead of, or in addition
> to, killing rsyslogd) before you unlink these log files.

It seems that snmptrapd accepts a SIGHUP to close and re-open its output
file (if it's set up to output to a file, that is). From its man page:

  -o FILE
 Log formatted incoming traps to FILE. Upon receipt of a
 SIGHUP, the daemon will close and re-open the log file. This
 feature is useful when rotating the log file with other
 utilities such as logrotate.  This option is being deprecated,
 and '-Lf FILE' should be used instead.

But it can be set up to log via syslog, so one just has to take
care of syslog (which also takes a SIGHUP, afaik).

Cheers
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Re: unstable: directory pulse in root directory : /pulse where from?

[Brian]

On Fri 13 Dec 2019 at 20:26:32 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> does anybody know which package generates the directory /pulse ? This is a bug
> in unstable I think, but I can't find which package is the culprit.

https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

-- 
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Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

[Dan Ritter]

shirish ??? wrote: 
> at bottom :-
> 
> On 13/12/2019, Dan Ritter  wrote:
> > shirish ??? wrote:
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by
> >> bash and guake ?
> >>
> >> bash is -
> >>
> >> $ guake --version
> >> Guake Terminal: 3.6.3
> >> VTE: 0.58.2
> >> VTE runtime: 0.58.2
> >> Gtk: 3.24.13
> >>
> >
> > guake is a terminal, not a shell. What happens when you run
> > guake and then run bash inside it? Are there options for guake
> > to run bash as your shell automatically?
> 
> I dunno.

man guake ; look for ways to set the shell.

Google for docs.

Look for people who use guake -- perhaps at guake-project.org?

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Re: rsyslog adding old entries again

[Greg Wooledge]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 08:47:49PM +0100, mj wrote:
> > root@pf:~# ps aux | grep rsyslog
> > root 11250  0.8  3.3 872116 274200 ?   Ssl  15:37   2:26 
> > /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
> > root 23873  0.0  0.0  12780   968 pts/0S+   20:25   0:00 grep 
> > rsyslog
> > root@pf:~# service rsyslog stop
> > root@pf:~# ps aux | grep rsyslog
> > root 23909  0.0  0.0  12780  1020 pts/0S+   20:25   0:00 grep 
> > rsyslog
> 
> > root@pf:~# rm -f /usr/local/pf/logs/*
> > root@pf9:~# lsof | grep /usr/local/pf/logs
> > snmptrapd 23941   root3w  REG8,1
> > 23   67605574 /usr/local/pf/logs/snmptrapd.log
> 
> and yes: the file snmptrapd.log is the exception, all other files (20, 25 of
> them) are gone, remain gone, and are not listed in lsof as open.

So, it sounds like you want to kill snmptrapd (instead of, or in addition
to, killing rsyslogd) before you unlink these log files.

If this were a traditional daemon, I might give the alternative answer,
"Or you could truncate the files instead of unlinking them."  But it
seems like snmptrapd is doing something *weird*, perhaps storing its
own copy of the logs in memory, and rewriting them to files when it
discovers that they are not on disk.  So, for this particular case,
truncating the log files may not work.  But killing snmptrapd should.

Re: rsyslog adding old entries again

[mj]

Hi Andrei,

So:


root@pf:~# ps aux | grep rsyslog
root 11250  0.8  3.3 872116 274200 ?   Ssl  15:37   2:26 
/usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
root 23873  0.0  0.0  12780   968 pts/0S+   20:25   0:00 grep rsyslog
root@pf:~# service rsyslog stop
root@pf:~# ps aux | grep rsyslog
root 23909  0.0  0.0  12780  1020 pts/0S+   20:25   0:00 grep rsyslog



root@pf:~# rm -f /usr/local/pf/logs/*
root@pf9:~# lsof | grep /usr/local/pf/logs
snmptrapd 23941   root3w  REG8,1
23   67605574 /usr/local/pf/logs/snmptrapd.log


and yes: the file snmptrapd.log is the exception, all other files (20, 
25 of them) are gone, remain gone, and are not listed in lsof as open.


Then, when starting rsyslog again, this time in debug mode ("rsyslogd 
-dn") it shows that it IS in fact writing those logs:



5849.717653159:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fccf403be50, lenBuf 383, strt data Dec  6 16:22:56 pf9 pfconfig: pfconfig(709) 
ERROR: [mac:[undef]] Caught error DBI 
connect('database=pf;host=localhost;port=3306'
5849.717657173:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fccf403be50, lenBuf 289, strt data Dec  6 16:22:56 pf9 pfconfig: pfconfig(709) 
ERROR: [mac:[undef]] Couldn't connect to MySQL database to access L2. This is a 
majo
5849.717661550:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fccf403be50, lenBuf 99, strt data Dec  6 16:22:56 pf9 pfconfig: Could not write 
namespace FilterEngine::SwitchScopes() to L2 cache !
5849.717665624:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fccf403be50, lenBuf 170, strt data Dec  6 16:22:56 pf9 pfconfig: pfconfig(709) 
ERROR: [mac:[undef]] Could not write namespace FilterEngine::SwitchScopes() to L2 
ca
5849.717669576:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fccf403be50, lenBuf 383, strt data Dec  6 16:22:56 pf9 pfconfig: pfconfig(709) 
ERROR: [mac:[undef]] Caught error DBI 
connect('database=pf;host=localhost;port=3306'
5849.717697926:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fccf403be50, lenBuf 289, strt data Dec  6 16:22:56 pf9 pfconfig: pfconfig(709) 
ERROR: [mac:[undef]] Couldn't connect to MySQL database to access L2. This is a 
majo
5849.717702051:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fccf403be50, lenBuf 383, strt data Dec  6 16:22:56 pf9 pfconfig: pfconfig(709) 
ERROR: [mac:[undef]] Caught error DBI 
connect('database=pf;host=localhost;port=3306'


As you can see from the lines above: these are old log lines from Dec 6.

I also see non-packetfence lines, so this is not specific for the 
packetfence install, sample:



5860.210336266:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fcd0c007dd0, lenBuf 95, strt data Dec  6 16:31:31 pf9 kernel: SGI XFS with 
ACLs, security attributes, realtime, no debug enabled
5860.210339962:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fcd0c007dd0, lenBuf 63, strt data Dec  6 16:31:31 pf9 kernel: XFS (sda1): 
Mounting V5 Filesystem
5860.210343827:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fcd0c007dd0, lenBuf 87, strt data Dec  6 16:31:31 pf9 kernel: usb 1-1: new 
full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
5860.210347393:main Q:Reg/w0  : omfile: write to stream, pData->pStrm 
0x7fcd0c007dd0, lenBuf 77, strt data Dec  6 16:31:31 pf9 kernel: XFS (sda1): 
Starting recovery (logdev: internal)


The date and time on the system is correct. The system has been rebooted 
repeatedly.


Anyone who can explain?

MJ

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

[shirish शिरीष]

at bottom :-

On 13/12/2019, Dan Ritter  wrote:
> shirish ??? wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by
>> bash and guake ?
>>
>> bash is -
>>
>> $ guake --version
>> Guake Terminal: 3.6.3
>> VTE: 0.58.2
>> VTE runtime: 0.58.2
>> Gtk: 3.24.13
>>
>
> guake is a terminal, not a shell. What happens when you run
> guake and then run bash inside it? Are there options for guake
> to run bash as your shell automatically?
>
> -dsr-
>

I dunno.

I am on debian-mate and the only thing I know is that I have guake
turned on my startup application/terminal once I enter mate-session.

In guake preferences in Shell option it comes the default interpretor
as  but doesn't tell of a way so I can have it the way I
shared using the current date and time -

shirish@debian 14 Dec 2019 00:43:04 :~$

I am just using copying and pasting the time from before .

Any idea/advice would be nice. I would rather have guake be the way it
is and just have the prompt as I want it.

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Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

[Greg Wooledge]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 07:20:53PM +, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by
> bash and guake ?

guake...?  No idea what that is.  apt-cache says it's a terminal.  So
I'm just going to assume that it works like any other terminal -- bash
runs inside it.  The prompt is displayed by bash.  Therefore, the "guake"
part of the question can be ignored.

> which is not bad but I would like it to be something like this -
> 
> shirish@debian 14 Dec 2019 00:43:04 :~$

PS1='\u@\h $(date +"%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") :\w\$ '

Bash actually has the ability to show the time in the prompt without
calling date(1), but you asked for an unusual date format, so I had to
resort to the command substitution.

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

[Dan Ritter]

shirish ??? wrote: 
> Dear all,
> 
> Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by
> bash and guake ?
> 
> bash is -
> 
> $ guake --version
> Guake Terminal: 3.6.3
> VTE: 0.58.2
> VTE runtime: 0.58.2
> Gtk: 3.24.13
> 

guake is a terminal, not a shell. What happens when you run
guake and then run bash inside it? Are there options for guake
to run bash as your shell automatically?

-dsr-

unstable: directory pulse in root directory : /pulse where from?

[Jörg-Volker Peetz]

Hello,

does anybody know which package generates the directory /pulse ? This is a bug
in unstable I think, but I can't find which package is the culprit.

Regards,
Jörg.

how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

[shirish शिरीष]

Dear all,

Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by
bash and guake ?

bash is -

$ bash -version
GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

$ guake --version
Guake Terminal: 3.6.3
VTE: 0.58.2
VTE runtime: 0.58.2
Gtk: 3.24.13

my current prompt looks like -

shirish@debian:~$

which is not bad but I would like it to be something like this -

shirish@debian 14 Dec 2019 00:43:04 :~$

so at any point in time I know at a glance the date and time.

If I'm not mistaken it is this bit -


if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\$
'
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\d\$'
fi

This is from .bashrc .

I have seen date --help and probably %b, %d, %H and %M would be
involved but how to make it so it looks the same in terminal emulation
as well as in guake.

Looking forward to answer/answers.

I have also put it up as
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/557054/how-to-have-common-prompt-with-date-and-time-in-bash-as-well-as-guake

so feel free to reply here or there. If you do reply on the list
please CC me the same.

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Re: rsyslog adding old entries again

[Andrei POPESCU]

On Vi, 13 dec 19, 15:51:32, mj wrote:
> 
> And what I do:
> - service rsyslog stop
> - rm -f /usr/local/pf/logs/*
> - ls /usr/local/pf/logs/ to confirm that it *is* empty
> - service rsyslog start
> 
> and then all logfiles have reappeared (are regenerated?) in
> /usr/local/pf/conf with timestamp NOW, filled with entries dating back to
> dec 6.
> 
> This is debian 9.11. Any other info that is required.?

It's possible rsyslog or something else is keeping the files open. I 
would suggest to:

1. Ensure rsyslog is really stopped:

a. If you have systemd check if there is also a .socket unit that 
must be stopped.

b. Use 'ps' or similar to check for other instances or rsyslog.

2. Check if something else is keeping the files open, e.g. with 'lsof'

Hope this helps,
Andrei
-- 
http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser


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Re: dropbox security situation

[Brian]

On Thu 12 Dec 2019 at 22:39:13 -0500, Celejar wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:29:28 +
> Brian  wrote:
> 
> > On Thu 12 Dec 2019 at 21:13:06 +0100, l0f...@tuta.io wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > 10 déc. 2019 à 23:11 de a...@cityscape.co.uk:
> > > 
> > > > On Tue 10 Dec 2019 at 22:34:07 +0100, l0f...@tuta.io wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> 9 déc. 2019 à 19:13 de a...@cityscape.co.uk:
> > > >>
> > > >> > How about not having to remember (or write down) any passwords for
> > > >> > the places you log in to?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > https://masterpassword.app/
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Not in Debian, unfortunately.
> > > >> >
> > > >> Interesting.
> > > >> However, I presume that a specific password modification should not be 
> > > >> very
> > > >> easy because it seems you rely on a rather fixed encryption seed...
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Modifying a password with the masterpassword app is simplicity
> > > > itself. There is no fixed encryption seed.
> > > >
> > > I've read the documentation. User needs to remember all of
> > > this:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > site-counter
> > 
> > I'll give you this. But it would be very unusual to want it. The
> > default is generally good enough.
> 
> "Very unusual"? Actually, IIUC, you're almost always going to maintain
> a whole table of these. As per the documentation:
> 
> "The site counter ensures you can easily create new keys for the site
> should a key become compromised."
> 
> IOW, whenever you need to change the password for a given site, e.g,
> because it has suffered a breach, or because of an expiration policy,
> you have to either change your master password (and then update every
> single password managed by the system), or else increment the site
> counter for that site. You then have to keep track of all non-default
> site counters.
> 
> Of course, these values are not that sensitive, so you can still argue
> that this system is safer than storing actual passwords - but it's
> still not the stateless utopia promised by the developer.

That's a fair analysis, although I am never quite sure what is meant by
"stateless". The only password change I have had to make was forced on
me by MBNA. They required that I reduce my 20 character high-entropy
password to 16 chars and knock off some of the funny symbols. Then they
tell me they are doing lots of things to make me safer. What a strange
world!

> > Your device is stolen or destroyed? You can recover your passwords if
> > you can remember your own name and the master password. How about that?
> 
> And your site counters - although I suppose trial and error would work
> if you haven't changed a password too many times.

I think that that is the recommended technique. Although, in line with
other points raised in this thread, it could be written down.

-- 
Brian.

Re: rsyslog adding old entries again

[mj]

Hi Tomás,

Thanks for your reply! More details, ok :-)

The relevant rsyslog configuration belongs to packetfence.org, and is:


$ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging (e.g. via logger 
command)
$ModLoad imjournal # provides access to the systemd journal
# Disable rate-limiting of syslog
$SystemLogRateLimitInterval 0
$SystemLogRateLimitBurst 0

# Disable rate-limiting of journal messages
$imjournalRatelimitInterval 0
$imjournalRatelimitBurst 0

# Disable escaping of control characters (like the ones used by Data::Dumper)
$EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive off

# define the user and group of the file created
$FileGroup pf

# Allow the pf group to read log files
$umask 0027

# fingerbank.log
if $syslogtag contains "fingerbank" then {
  -/usr/local/pf/logs/fingerbank.log
stop
}

# httpd.aaa.error
if $programname contains "httpd_aaa_err" then {
  -/usr/local/pf/logs/httpd.aaa.error
stop
}

# pfdhcp.log
if $programname == "pfdhcp" then {
  -/usr/local/pf/logs/pfdhcp.log
stop
}


(followed by many more similar lines)

And what I do:
- service rsyslog stop
- rm -f /usr/local/pf/logs/*
- ls /usr/local/pf/logs/ to confirm that it *is* empty
- service rsyslog start

and then all logfiles have reappeared (are regenerated?) in 
/usr/local/pf/conf with timestamp NOW, filled with entries dating back 
to dec 6.


This is debian 9.11. Any other info that is required.?

Thanks!

MJ

Depmod

[Sergio]

Non riesco a trovare 'depmod"Dice che non è installatoSergio  santambrogio 

Re: installazione

[Renato Gallo]

mailing list "debian-user" ; 

non inviare al mio indirizzo personale 

From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 1:59:32 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Non riesce a trovare depmod 



Sergio santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 13:14 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Cc: debian-user  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

write on the mailing list 


we reply 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 1:11:41 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Desktop credo kde 




Sergio dott santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:44 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Cc: debian-user  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

che desktop manager hai ? gnome kde o.. 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:38:55 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Sto usando quello che hai scritto 



Sergio santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:26 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Cc: debian-user  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

stai usando vmware workstation ? 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:15:04 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Salve 
Io non so installare vmware tools 
Sergio 



Sergio dott santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:04 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

have you installed the vmware-tools ? 


- Original Message - 
From: "santambrog"  
To: "debian-user"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 9:50:23 AM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Good morning 

I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
entire display. 
I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
In VMware the product. 
You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 

Greetings sergio 
> Il giorno 13 dic 2019, alle ore 09:47, santambrog  ha 
> scritto: 
> 
> Good morning 
> 
> I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
> entire display. 
> I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
> In VMware the product. 
> You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 
> 
> Greetings sergio 

Re: rsyslog adding old entries again

[tomas]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 01:21:38PM +0100, mj wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm sure this is a faq, but I cannot find the answer. :-(
> 
> On debian 9, rsyslog with some rules to log to certain specific files.
> 
> Now: when I:
> - stop rsyslog
> - delete those specific log files

Which files do you delete? How do you do it?

> - reboot my server
> 
> I would expect to find only *new* and *recent* log lines in those files.
> 
> However: old entries are appearing also, up to weeks ago. So it
> seems rsyslog actually noticies that those entries are not in the
> files, and adds them again.

I don't think rsyslog is doing that :-)

It might look /as if/ rsyslog did that. That's why I asked for
some details. So the more details you provide, the easier to
solve the puzzle.

Cheers
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rsyslog adding old entries again

[mj]

Hi,

I'm sure this is a faq, but I cannot find the answer. :-(

On debian 9, rsyslog with some rules to log to certain specific files.

Now: when I:
- stop rsyslog
- delete those specific log files
- reboot my server

I would expect to find only *new* and *recent* log lines in those files.

However: old entries are appearing also, up to weeks ago. So it seems 
rsyslog actually noticies that those entries are not in the files, and 
adds them again.


I don't want that :-)

How is that behaviour configured, can I stop rsyslog from doing that? Or 
is there an other way to empty these log files, and start again from 
scratch, with only new entries?


Again: really seems like a FAQ, but I can't find it...

MJ

Re: installazione

[Renato Gallo]

write on the mailing list 


we reply 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 1:11:41 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Desktop credo kde 




Sergio dott santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:44 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Cc: debian-user  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

che desktop manager hai ? gnome kde o.. 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:38:55 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Sto usando quello che hai scritto 



Sergio santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:26 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Cc: debian-user  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

stai usando vmware workstation ? 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:15:04 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Salve 
Io non so installare vmware tools 
Sergio 



Sergio dott santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:04 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

have you installed the vmware-tools ? 


- Original Message - 
From: "santambrog"  
To: "debian-user"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 9:50:23 AM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Good morning 

I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
entire display. 
I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
In VMware the product. 
You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 

Greetings sergio 
> Il giorno 13 dic 2019, alle ore 09:47, santambrog  ha 
> scritto: 
> 
> Good morning 
> 
> I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
> entire display. 
> I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
> In VMware the product. 
> You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 
> 
> Greetings sergio 

Re: installazione

[Renato Gallo]

che desktop manager hai ? gnome kde o.. 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:38:55 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Sto usando quello che hai scritto 



Sergio santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:26 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Cc: debian-user  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

stai usando vmware workstation ? 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:15:04 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Salve 
Io non so installare vmware tools 
Sergio 



Sergio dott santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:04 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

have you installed the vmware-tools ? 


- Original Message - 
From: "santambrog"  
To: "debian-user"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 9:50:23 AM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Good morning 

I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
entire display. 
I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
In VMware the product. 
You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 

Greetings sergio 
> Il giorno 13 dic 2019, alle ore 09:47, santambrog  ha 
> scritto: 
> 
> Good morning 
> 
> I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
> entire display. 
> I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
> In VMware the product. 
> You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 
> 
> Greetings sergio 

Re: installazione

[Renato Gallo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BcO90Byf18 




From: "renato"  
To: "santambrog"  
Cc: "debian-user"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:26:09 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

stai usando vmware workstation ? 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:15:04 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Salve 
Io non so installare vmware tools 
Sergio 



Sergio dott santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:04 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

have you installed the vmware-tools ? 


- Original Message - 
From: "santambrog"  
To: "debian-user"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 9:50:23 AM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Good morning 

I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
entire display. 
I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
In VMware the product. 
You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 

Greetings sergio 
> Il giorno 13 dic 2019, alle ore 09:47, santambrog  ha 
> scritto: 
> 
> Good morning 
> 
> I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
> entire display. 
> I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
> In VMware the product. 
> You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 
> 
> Greetings sergio 

Re: installazione

[Renato Gallo]

stai usando vmware workstation ? 



From: "santambrog"  
To: "renato"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:15:04 PM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Salve 
Io non so installare vmware tools 
Sergio 



Sergio dott santambrogio 


 Messaggio originale  
Da: Renato Gallo  
Data: 13/12/19 12:04 (GMT+01:00) 
A: santambrog  
Oggetto: Re: installazione 

have you installed the vmware-tools ? 


- Original Message - 
From: "santambrog"  
To: "debian-user"  
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 9:50:23 AM 
Subject: Re: installazione 

Good morning 

I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
entire display. 
I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
In VMware the product. 
You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 

Greetings sergio 
> Il giorno 13 dic 2019, alle ore 09:47, santambrog  ha 
> scritto: 
> 
> Good morning 
> 
> I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
> entire display. 
> I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
> In VMware the product. 
> You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen 
> 
> Greetings sergio 

Re: Install buster, mouse lag

[Nektarios Katakis]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:34:11 +
guy MARQUIS  wrote:

> Linux,
> 
> I am sad, I didn't get a response to my mouse lag question. Yes after
> 24 hours I get a blue ribbon for impatience.
> 
> I read one forum that sounded similar to the bug I am getting, but it
> related to an AMD/GPU hybrid. And suggested setting the processor
> definition to ordinary instead of hybrid. Sounded way beyond my skill
> level.
> 
> In theory, my older hardware; 2011, was the same as that which the
> package I am trying to install was written on and for. Which is what
> makes it frustrating. A filesharing app like zfs/glusterfs has been
> put aside for sparkle apps for 4k laptops and Google.
> 
> 
> If I take 30 hours to set up my server with the laggy mouse and
> keyboard double typing is it going to be crappy for it's intended
> purpose of sharing files too? Since Linux is kernal console based and
> the GUI is alien. Will the GUI problems affect the function. Since I
> have taken a few weeks off work to set up this server and can't
> really justify more time for a bug that may not be addressed for 3
> months.

If you have issues with all the input hw I totally wouldnt suggest on
proceeding with any further installation of software. You can check for
the hw issues on the dmesg output (the kernel has really good messages
that are easy to search online) and syslog files (as another answer
suggests). For all I know you might have failing hardware that you want
to detect earlier rather than later. Most likely though you ll be
missing firmware/drivers.

Regards,
-- 
Nektarios Katakis

Re: Kernel and toolchain versions for Debian 10

[Andrei POPESCU]

On Jo, 12 dec 19, 10:00:18, Момчило Крунић wrote:
> Dear Debian support,
> I would like to reproduce build process for Debian 10.

This is how you can rebuild the kernel.
https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official

Kind regards,
Andrei
-- 
http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser


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Re: Install buster, mouse lag

[Alexander V. Makartsev]

On 13.12.2019 1:34, guy MARQUIS wrote:
> Linux,
>
> I am sad, I didn't get a response to my mouse lag question. Yes after
> 24 hours I get a blue ribbon for impatience.
>
> I read one forum that sounded similar to the bug I am getting, but it
> related to an AMD/GPU hybrid. And suggested setting the processor
> definition to ordinary instead of hybrid. Sounded way beyond my skill
> level.
>
> In theory, my older hardware; 2011, was the same as that which the
> package I am trying to install was written on and for. Which is what
> makes it frustrating. A filesharing app like zfs/glusterfs has been
> put aside for sparkle apps for 4k laptops and Google.
>
>
> If I take 30 hours to set up my server with the laggy mouse and
> keyboard double typing is it going to be crappy for it's intended
> purpose of sharing files too? Since Linux is kernal console based and
> the GUI is alien. Will the GUI problems affect the function. Since I
> have taken a few weeks off work to set up this server and can't really
> justify more time for a bug that may not be addressed for 3 months.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob 
You did get a reply from David. Are you subscribed to this list? Check
your email and Spam folder.

I vaguely remember my mouse doing similar stuff, that looked like
unreliable USB connection, requiring me to click its buttons to make
mouse cursor move again.
The problem was gone after I plugged this mouse into a different USB port.
If I switch it to previous USB port, it will exhibit same problems. And
when I plug an USB thumb drive into same possibly problematic port it
works without problems.

If switching usb ports doesn't fix the problem for you, can you tell us
more information about your mouse\keyboard and setup (is it wired
connection, using usb-hub or kvm switch)? Is there something useful in
the logs (/var/log/syslog)?
It's has to be something with your setup, because others don't have same
problems.

-- 
With kindest regards, Alexander.

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Re: installazione

[santambrog]

Buongiorno

Ho installato Debian 10.2 purtroppo il sistema non occupa tutto il display.
Io con Linux sono alle prime armi e non so cosa fare come installare 
In VMware il prodotto.
Potete insegnarmi ad adattare allo schermo il vostro sistema

Saluti sergio





Good morning

I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
entire display.
I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
In VMware the product.
You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen

Greetings sergio


> Il giorno 13 dic 2019, alle ore 09:47, santambrog  ha 
> scritto:
> 
> Good morning
> 
> I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
> entire display.
> I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
> In VMware the product.
> You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen
> 
> Greetings sergio

Re: installazione

[santambrog]

Good morning

I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
entire display.
I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
In VMware the product.
You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen

Greetings sergio
> Il giorno 13 dic 2019, alle ore 09:47, santambrog  ha 
> scritto:
> 
> Good morning
> 
> I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
> entire display.
> I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
> In VMware the product.
> You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen
> 
> Greetings sergio

installazione

[santambrog]

Good morning

I have installed Debian 10.2, unfortunately the system does not occupy the 
entire display.
I'm new to Linux and I don't know what to do to install it. 
In VMware the product.
You can teach me how to adapt your system to the screen

Greetings sergio

Install buster, mouse lag

[guy MARQUIS]

Linux,

I am sad, I didn't get a response to my mouse lag question. Yes after 24 hours 
I get a blue ribbon for impatience.

I read one forum that sounded similar to the bug I am getting, but it related 
to an AMD/GPU hybrid. And suggested setting the processor definition to 
ordinary instead of hybrid. Sounded way beyond my skill level.

In theory, my older hardware; 2011, was the same as that which the package I am 
trying to install was written on and for. Which is what makes it frustrating. A 
filesharing app like zfs/glusterfs has been put aside for sparkle apps for 4k 
laptops and Google.


If I take 30 hours to set up my server with the laggy mouse and keyboard double 
typing is it going to be crappy for it's intended purpose of sharing files too? 
Since Linux is kernal console based and the GUI is alien. Will the GUI problems 
affect the function. Since I have taken a few weeks off work to set up this 
server and can't really justify more time for a bug that may not be addressed 
for 3 months.

Thanks,
Bob