Re: make apt show packages in column
Op 17-05-2020 om 02:39 schreef Ihor Antonov: Hi when installing a package with multiple dependencies apt gives an output: (example: apt install gnome) The following NEW packages will be installed: accountsservice aisleriot apache2-bin apg baobab bluez bluez-obexd bogofilter ogofilter-bdb bogofilter-common bolt brasero-common caribou cheese cheese-common chrome-gnome-shell cracklib-runtime dconf-cli dleyna-server eog evince evince-common evolution evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common evolution-plugin-bogofilter evolution-plugin-pstimport evolution-plugins file-roller five-or-more .. output truncated It is very inconvenient to inspect the list of installed packages in such output. Is it possible to make apt output this in a column? Try the --verbose-versions switch? apt-get --verbose-versions install gnome seems to do what you want (at least it does here). Regards, Frank
Re: make apt show packages in column
On Sb, 16 mai 20, 20:14:15, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 16 May 2020 at 17:39:14 (-0700), Ihor Antonov wrote: > > > > It is very inconvenient to inspect the list of installed packages in > > such output. Is it possible to make apt output this in a column? > > You could use the dry run as in the following: > > $ apt-get -s install science-config > NOTE: This is only a simulation! > apt-get needs root privileges for real execution. > Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated, > so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation! > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following additional packages will be installed: > blends-common > Suggested packages: > blends-doc > The following NEW packages will be installed: > blends-common science-config > 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Inst blends-common (0.7.2 Debian:10.4/stable [all]) > Inst science-config (1.10 Debian:10.4/stable [all]) > Conf blends-common (0.7.2 Debian:10.4/stable [all]) > Conf science-config (1.10 Debian:10.4/stable [all]) > $ > > (You get the list twice.) But with more info than the regular list ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Excess security measures
On Sun, 17 May 2020 at 09:54, Gary L. Roach wrote: > > Could someone please show me how to bypass some of the recent security > measures that have been installed in Debian and Ubuntu. [...] > I do scientific computer modeling as a hobby (been retired since 1999) > and use a lot of software that is not run of the mill or that is in > constant development. I have read several treatises on how to bypass > these measures but most either make no sense or don't work. > > Please help even if it insults your feelings about sloppy security Hi, this is my attempt to do exactly that ... Are you aware that there are dozens of linux distributions that differ in the attempts that their designers make to satisfy the different use-case needs for different users? Have you seen the comparison site: https://distrowatch.com/ Why have you chosen to use Debian in particular? Maybe Debian isn't designed for your usage preferences. There are many different approaches and tradeoffs made by different Linux distributions to achieve different security goals, see this discussion for example: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/46287/when-does-the-puppy-linux-security-model-make-sense
Re: make apt show packages in column
On Sat 16 May 2020 at 17:39:14 (-0700), Ihor Antonov wrote: > > when installing a package with multiple dependencies apt gives an output: > (example: apt install gnome) > > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > > > accountsservice aisleriot apache2-bin apg baobab bluez bluez-obexd > > bogofilter ogofilter-bdb bogofilter-common bolt brasero-common > > caribou cheese cheese-common chrome-gnome-shell cracklib-runtime > > dconf-cli dleyna-server eog evince evince-common evolution > > evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common > > evolution-plugin-bogofilter evolution-plugin-pstimport > > evolution-plugins file-roller five-or-more > > .. > output truncated > > It is very inconvenient to inspect the list of installed packages in > such output. Is it possible to make apt output this in a column? > > For example: > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > > > accountsservice (version, size, ...) > > aisleriot > > apache2-bin > > apg > > baobab > > bluez > > bluez-obexd > > > > This is something that FreeBSD pkg does by default and I find it to be very > convenient. I have not found any options in apt.conf > > Looking at the source [1] it seems that space separator is hard-coded.. > > [1] https://sources.debian.org/src/aptitude/0.8.12-3/src/cmdline/ > cmdline_prompt.cc/?hl=227#L227 You could use the dry run as in the following: $ apt-get -s install science-config NOTE: This is only a simulation! apt-get needs root privileges for real execution. Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated, so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation! Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: blends-common Suggested packages: blends-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: blends-common science-config 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Inst blends-common (0.7.2 Debian:10.4/stable [all]) Inst science-config (1.10 Debian:10.4/stable [all]) Conf blends-common (0.7.2 Debian:10.4/stable [all]) Conf science-config (1.10 Debian:10.4/stable [all]) $ (You get the list twice.) Cheers, David.
Re: make apt show packages in column
On 2020-05-16 at 20:39, Ihor Antonov wrote: > Hi > > when installing a package with multiple dependencies apt gives an output: > (example: apt install gnome) > >> The following NEW packages will be installed: >> >> accountsservice aisleriot apache2-bin apg baobab bluez bluez-obexd >> bogofilter ogofilter-bdb bogofilter-common bolt brasero-common >> caribou cheese cheese-common chrome-gnome-shell cracklib-runtime >> dconf-cli dleyna-server eog evince evince-common evolution >> evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common >> evolution-plugin-bogofilter evolution-plugin-pstimport >> evolution-plugins file-roller five-or-more >> .. > output truncated > > It is very inconvenient to inspect the list of installed packages in > such output. Is it possible to make apt output this in a column? Not as far as I know. I generally deal with it by getting the output into a file (either by "highlight, middle-click paste into an edit buffer, save to a file", or by using --dry-run and redirecting the output and editing the result down), then passing it through a suitable sed filter to translate the spaces into newlines. That's a bit unwieldy, but I don't tend to need to do it very often. > For example: >> The following NEW packages will be installed: >> >> accountsservice (version, size, ...) >> aisleriot >> apache2-bin >> apg >> baobab >> bluez >> bluez-obexd >> > > This is something that FreeBSD pkg does by default and I find it to be very > convenient. I have not found any options in apt.conf FWIW, I would not want to have this happen most of the time, and I would not find it particularly convenient - especially not when upgrading hundreds of packages at once, which is something I do at least multiple times a year and sometimes multiple times a month. > Looking at the source [1] it seems that space separator is hard-coded.. > > > [1] > https://sources.debian.org/src/aptitude/0.8.12-3/src/cmdline/cmdline_prompt.cc/?hl=227#L227 Sounds like a case for a wishlist bug, requesting a new configuration option, then. No guarantee that one will be added, but it's certainly less likely that anyone will bother to code this if no one has asked for it than if someone has. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
make apt show packages in column
Hi when installing a package with multiple dependencies apt gives an output: (example: apt install gnome) > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > accountsservice aisleriot apache2-bin apg baobab bluez bluez-obexd > bogofilter ogofilter-bdb bogofilter-common bolt brasero-common > caribou cheese cheese-common chrome-gnome-shell cracklib-runtime > dconf-cli dleyna-server eog evince evince-common evolution > evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common > evolution-plugin-bogofilter evolution-plugin-pstimport > evolution-plugins file-roller five-or-more > .. output truncated It is very inconvenient to inspect the list of installed packages in such output. Is it possible to make apt output this in a column? For example: > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > accountsservice (version, size, ...) > aisleriot > apache2-bin > apg > baobab > bluez > bluez-obexd > This is something that FreeBSD pkg does by default and I find it to be very convenient. I have not found any options in apt.conf Looking at the source [1] it seems that space separator is hard-coded.. [1] https://sources.debian.org/src/aptitude/0.8.12-3/src/cmdline/ cmdline_prompt.cc/?hl=227#L227 -- Ihor Antonov signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Excess security measures
Could someone please show me how to bypass some of the recent security measures that have been installed in Debian and Ubuntu. I have a fire-walled 3 computer local network that doesn't contain anything that is not replaceable. I have antivirus software installed and my wife and I are the only users. 1) Not being able to use Dolphin as root is annoying beyond belief. Yes, I know, use sudo. What a pain. I am in and out of root files constantly either copying or moving them. I always keep two tabs on my bash console, one as root and one as normal user. 2) The latest annoyance is finding that I can't download and install programs because they are not signed. Yes I know that this assures that I am not getting bad software and maybe next year the program will work fine. But now there is a mess out there and I can't get to half of the software I need. I do scientific computer modeling as a hobby (been retired since 1999) and use a lot of software that is not run of the mill or that is in constant development. I have read several treatises on how to bypass these measures but most either make no sense or don't work. Please help even if it insults your feelings about sloppy security Gary R.
Re: cdimage.debian.org - no ISOs of old versions
Cool, thanks! On Sat, 16 May 2020 at 09:30, Dan Ritter wrote: > Maxim A Piskunov wrote: > > Hello, Team! > > > > Anybody can clarify what happens with old ISO images? > > > > For example, here just no ISO files > > https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.0.0/ia64/iso-cd/ > > "By default, for each release here we keep all the images in > jigdo format to save on space and download times. We also often > keep the ISO images for the last release of each series." > > > Look at 7.11.0. Also, remember that ia64 is Itanium, not > Intel/AMD 64-bit, which is called amd64. > > > > -dsr- >
Re: Error importing gpg key
Hi. On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 04:08:18PM -0500, Dennis Wicks wrote: > The tor website says to use the command > > > gpg --auto-key-locate nodefault,wkd --locate-keys torbrow...@torproject.org > > When I do that I get an error message > > > gpg: keyserver option 'ca-cert-file' is obsolete; please use 'hkp-cacert' > > in dirmngr.conf > > I have searched the net and man pages and I can't figure out how to solve > this. sed -i '/^keyserver-options/d' ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf See [1] for the explanation. Reco [1] https://github.com/riseupnet/riseup_help/issues/294
Re: qemu/kvm reboot problem
On 5/15/20 11:17 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Gary L. Roach wrote: I burned a CD off of the .iso file and used it to install the system. I wonder why you need to burn a real CD (or DVD ?) for a virtual machine. Virtualization can work with the .iso file directly and make it appear in the guest as CD-ROM drive with medium. Dummy me overlooked the screen icon that said install to hard disk. That fixed the boot problem. This explains a lot. Now if I can figure out which hard drive I am installed in I will be a happy camper. This is probably not a qemu/kvm question but one of libvirt. Have a nice day :) Thomas I want to thank all for your help. I just trashed the whole mess. I only need a couple of the packages and FreeCAD needs to updated to 0.19. I'm just going back to installing the packages individually. I will say that CAELinux would be perfect for someone just starting out. It saves one from having to find a bunch of libraries. Once installed it is a highly usable system. My experience has a lot to do with a too complicated installation. Thanks again Gary R
Error importing gpg key
The tor website says to use the command gpg --auto-key-locate nodefault,wkd --locate-keys torbrow...@torproject.org When I do that I get an error message gpg: keyserver option 'ca-cert-file' is obsolete; please use 'hkp-cacert' in dirmngr.conf I have searched the net and man pages and I can't figure out how to solve this. I can't find any file on my system the contains the string 'ca-cert-file', with or without quotes! TIA for any pointers or other help! Dennis
Re: Switching from Kubuntu to Debian(latest version)
On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 6:36 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 Debian without looking > my files ? > > N/B: I'm running Kubuntu and Windows currently (I still want to keep my > Windows) > The *proper* way to do it is to back up all your important files, and then repartition your drive as needed (or add more drive space in some other manner), and install Debian. But ... a second option is to use your existing Kubuntu partition[s] and install Debian onto those partitions, destroying the Kubuntu that is already there. If your Kubuntu has a separate /home partition (or wherever you store your personal files), you can just tell the Debian installer to use that partition for your Debian /home directory, without erasing/formatting it first. Be aware that in either of these three options I present, Kubuntu config files in your home directory may not be 100% compatible with their Debian counterparts, such that Program X on Kubuntu may not work [properly] on Debian using Kubuntu's version of the user's Program X config files. A final and third option, which is almost certainly going to lead to severe broken-ness, but with enough effort and perseverance can eventually be repaired, is to change your Kubuntu's /etc/apt/archives/sources.list (and related dirs/files, as needed) to point to the Debian archives instead of the Kubuntu's archives, and then do a dist-upgrade. This is the option I'd try, just to see if I could make it work, with the understanding that I would likely give up after two days of fighting it and just start over with option 2 above. In any case, you should make sure you have a working backup of your important stuff, and you should expect that something will go wrong and make your machine unbootable, either into Debian or Kubuntu, or even into Windows, and be prepared to fix the issue (such as running whatever Windows's boot-repair option is available on whatever version of Windows you have). If you enjoy tinkering, you can have a lot of fun and learn a lot. If you just want things "to work", you may just want to stick with what you have. "Success to you" in any case! -- Kent West<")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
Re: How could you load only once a Linux ultility without a batch --input-files kind of option and repeatedly use it on many files? . . .
On Sat 16 May 2020 at 16:01:17 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez (12020-05-15): > > I wrote a lengthier reply to another of your messages in this thread, > > then deleted it without sending. > > > > However, you appear to still be hung up on something, though I cannot > > tell what it is. > > People who think they understood the question and give an irrelevant > answer are a bane for mutual help mailing-lists and forums. At best they > are a waste of time; at worst, they confuse users or prevent the actual > answer from being found. That's life. > Have you never searched an issue on the web, found a thread in an Ubuntu > forum with the exact problem you have, and been disappointed to find a > dozen irrelevant answers, with only a superficial relation to the > question. That's also life. > I do not want the Debian mailing-lists to look more like Ubuntu forums. Understandable. But does -user bear that close a look? > If you are not sure you understood the question precisely, just shut up. > Somebody else will probably give a more relevant answer. And if it does > not happen, you can still reply a few hours later. Everyone who answers the question understands its import, just not in the same way you or I do. -- Brian.
Re: cdimage.debian.org - no ISOs of old versions
On Sat 16 May 2020 at 09:08:01 -0700, Maxim A Piskunov wrote: > Hello, Team! > > Anybody can clarify what happens with old ISO images? > > For example, here just no ISO files > https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.0.0/ia64/iso-cd/ You will be happy with https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.11.0/ -- Brian.
Re: How could you load only once a Linux ultility without a batch --input-files kind of option and repeatedly use it on many files? . . .
In addition... We have reached the point where many on-line help messages are woefully out of date and not applicable to more modern UNIX/Linux/ etc. versions of Linux. If the help text that you find does not show which release it applies to, or does not have a date indicated, it should be viewed with much suspicion. It may do more harm than good. Arv _._ On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 8:01 AM Nicolas George wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez (12020-05-15): > > I wrote a lengthier reply to another of your messages in this thread, > > then deleted it without sending. > > > > However, you appear to still be hung up on something, though I cannot > > tell what it is. > > People who think they understood the question and give an irrelevant > answer are a bane for mutual help mailing-lists and forums. At best they > are a waste of time; at worst, they confuse users or prevent the actual > answer from being found. > > Have you never searched an issue on the web, found a thread in an Ubuntu > forum with the exact problem you have, and been disappointed to find a > dozen irrelevant answers, with only a superficial relation to the > question. > > I do not want the Debian mailing-lists to look more like Ubuntu forums. > > If you are not sure you understood the question precisely, just shut up. > Somebody else will probably give a more relevant answer. And if it does > not happen, you can still reply a few hours later. > > Let us not behave like schoolchildren. The first to answer will not get > an image. > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas George >
Re: Switching from Kubuntu to Debian(latest version)
You have 2 solutions : - Install Debian as a third os, and copy all you need from Ubuntu. - Change your Ubuntu to Debian. To do this you must : - Choose the version of Debian, you need to use. - Choose your new graphical environment. - Adapt your repositories, clean and update your packages database. - Update Apt application. - Upgrade your app. From: Peter Ehlert Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 3:14:24 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: 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 Debian without > looking my files ? Yes. Copy all of your Data files to an external device... such as a USB drive.** for your Kubuntu they are Probably all in the /home directory for Windows I am not familiar on where they are kept. When you have them ALL safely copied off machine then proceed with whatever method you like to install Debian. After your install, form a Backup Plan for your Data (all of your personal files), and Use that Backup routine Frequently.** Best of luck!. PS: installing Windows again may be a challenge. Figure out how to do that First. **system install is trivial, your Data is not replaceable. Backup! > > N/B: I'm running Kubuntu and Windows currently (I still want to keep > my Windows)
Re: cdimage.debian.org - no ISOs of old versions
Hi, Maxim A Piskunov wrote: > Anybody can clarify what happens with old ISO images? They get decommissioned but can be reconstructed from Jigdo files and the big package archive. > For example, here just no ISO files > https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.0.0/ia64/iso-cd/ Go to the ../jigdo-cd or ../jigdo-dvd directory and download from there. For example download https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.0.0/ia64/jigdo-cd/debian-7.0.0-ia64-CD-1.jigdo https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.0.0/ia64/jigdo-cd/debian-7.0.0-ia64-CD-1.template and use program jigdo-lite to create an ISO from them and the many old packages which jigdo-lite will download. See https://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ If jigdo-lite is not yet installed and you have a running Debian system at hand: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install jigdo-file If not, get jigdo-lite for your system. Download hints including source code and MS-Windows binaries are at: https://www.einval.com/~steve/software/jigdo/#download Or get a current Debian Live ISO to have a running Debian system: https://wiki.debian.org/JigdoOnLive An example what to do when jigdo-lite is installed is given by https://wiki.debian.org/JigdoOnLive#If_needed.2C_work_around_a_shortcoming_of_older_jigdo-lite and the following paragraphs. Have a nice day :) Thomas
Re: cdimage.debian.org - no ISOs of old versions
Maxim A Piskunov wrote: > Hello, Team! > > Anybody can clarify what happens with old ISO images? > > For example, here just no ISO files > https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.0.0/ia64/iso-cd/ "By default, for each release here we keep all the images in jigdo format to save on space and download times. We also often keep the ISO images for the last release of each series." Look at 7.11.0. Also, remember that ia64 is Itanium, not Intel/AMD 64-bit, which is called amd64. -dsr-
cdimage.debian.org - no ISOs of old versions
Hello, Team! Anybody can clarify what happens with old ISO images? For example, here just no ISO files https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.0.0/ia64/iso-cd/
Re: How could you load only once a Linux ultility without a batch --input-files kind of option and repeatedly use it on many files? . . .
On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 04:01:17PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: [...] > People who think they understood the question and give an irrelevant > answer are a bane for mutual help mailing-lists and forums [...] Hmmm. Just a humble suggestion: You might consider applying some of that to yourself. It seems you made this point four times in this thread (unless I miscounted, quite possible). I think most around here know your position by now. Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Server goes to sleep
On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 12:02:20AM +1000, elvis wrote: > > On 16/5/20 10:15 pm, Henning Follmann wrote: > > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:39:44AM -0700, Chris Rhodin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've installed Debian Buster on a desktop system I use as a server. I > > > also > > > occasionally use this as a regular desktop system so it has a monitor, > > > keyboard, and GUI. During installation I selected the ssh server in > > > tasksel (so during installation there was some indication this was a > > > server). > > > > > > The problem I have is that when the console screen goes black and locks, > > > the system becomes unresponsive to network activity. If I have an ssh > > > session running when this occurs it stops responding. It doesn't kick me > > > off, the ssh connection is still there. If I then go to the console and > > > shake the mouse the screen lights up and the ssh session starts responding > > > like nothings wrong, until the console goes to sleep again. > > > > > > Searching online I found this command which seems to solve the problem: > > > > > > sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target > > > hybrid-sleep.target > > > > > > So my question is what is the correct way to manage this? Is there a > > > document that goes over the various power states and how they impact > > > running services? > > > > > > > > > ChrisR > > Just disable following targets: > > > > systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target > > hybrid-sleep.target > > > > That will avoid the system going to sleep. > > Instead of doing that, wouldn't the "correct" way involve editing > /etc/systemd/sleep.conf ? > > > I ask because I edited the file and the system seems to have still gone to > sleep.. what is the point of a conf file if you still have to mess with the > base unit files? > > How can it be "correct" if it doesn't deliver the correct result? Just say'n -H
Re: Server goes to sleep
On 16/5/20 10:15 pm, Henning Follmann wrote: On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:39:44AM -0700, Chris Rhodin wrote: Hi, I've installed Debian Buster on a desktop system I use as a server. I also occasionally use this as a regular desktop system so it has a monitor, keyboard, and GUI. During installation I selected the ssh server in tasksel (so during installation there was some indication this was a server). The problem I have is that when the console screen goes black and locks, the system becomes unresponsive to network activity. If I have an ssh session running when this occurs it stops responding. It doesn't kick me off, the ssh connection is still there. If I then go to the console and shake the mouse the screen lights up and the ssh session starts responding like nothings wrong, until the console goes to sleep again. Searching online I found this command which seems to solve the problem: sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target So my question is what is the correct way to manage this? Is there a document that goes over the various power states and how they impact running services? ChrisR Just disable following targets: systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target That will avoid the system going to sleep. Instead of doing that, wouldn't the "correct" way involve editing /etc/systemd/sleep.conf ? I ask because I edited the file and the system seems to have still gone to sleep.. what is the point of a conf file if you still have to mess with the base unit files? -H -- Wasting time is an important part of life.
Re: How could you load only once a Linux ultility without a batch --input-files kind of option and repeatedly use it on many files? . . .
Roberto C. Sánchez (12020-05-15): > I wrote a lengthier reply to another of your messages in this thread, > then deleted it without sending. > > However, you appear to still be hung up on something, though I cannot > tell what it is. People who think they understood the question and give an irrelevant answer are a bane for mutual help mailing-lists and forums. At best they are a waste of time; at worst, they confuse users or prevent the actual answer from being found. Have you never searched an issue on the web, found a thread in an Ubuntu forum with the exact problem you have, and been disappointed to find a dozen irrelevant answers, with only a superficial relation to the question. I do not want the Debian mailing-lists to look more like Ubuntu forums. If you are not sure you understood the question precisely, just shut up. Somebody else will probably give a more relevant answer. And if it does not happen, you can still reply a few hours later. Let us not behave like schoolchildren. The first to answer will not get an image. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature
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 Debian without looking my files ? Yes. Copy all of your Data files to an external device... such as a USB drive.** for your Kubuntu they are Probably all in the /home directory for Windows I am not familiar on where they are kept. When you have them ALL safely copied off machine then proceed with whatever method you like to install Debian. After your install, form a Backup Plan for your Data (all of your personal files), and Use that Backup routine Frequently.** Best of luck!. PS: installing Windows again may be a challenge. Figure out how to do that First. **system install is trivial, your Data is not replaceable. Backup! N/B: I'm running Kubuntu and Windows currently (I still want to keep my Windows)
Re: Switching from Kubuntu to Debian(latest version)
On Saturday, May 16, 2020 07:17:47 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 Debian without looking > my files ? > > N/B: I'm running Kubuntu and Windows currently (I still want to keep my > Windows) It is very possible to do (that is keep Windows as an OS), and also to even keep Kubuntu and add Debian, but it requires some care. I would back up any files that you want to make sure you don't lose, just in case.
Re: Server goes to sleep
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:39:44AM -0700, Chris Rhodin wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed Debian Buster on a desktop system I use as a server. I also > occasionally use this as a regular desktop system so it has a monitor, > keyboard, and GUI. During installation I selected the ssh server in > tasksel (so during installation there was some indication this was a > server). > > The problem I have is that when the console screen goes black and locks, > the system becomes unresponsive to network activity. If I have an ssh > session running when this occurs it stops responding. It doesn't kick me > off, the ssh connection is still there. If I then go to the console and > shake the mouse the screen lights up and the ssh session starts responding > like nothings wrong, until the console goes to sleep again. > > Searching online I found this command which seems to solve the problem: > > sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target > hybrid-sleep.target > > So my question is what is the correct way to manage this? Is there a > document that goes over the various power states and how they impact > running services? > > > ChrisR Just disable following targets: systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target That will avoid the system going to sleep. -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com
Re: Switching from Kubuntu to Debian(latest version)
On 5/16/2020 1:17 PM, 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 Debian without looking my files ? I'll assume that 'looking' should have been 'losing' N/B: I'm running Kubuntu and Windows currently (I still want to keep my Windows) I would say, it is possible to have a multiboot Windows Debian, in your case, as Windows is already installed the following should do it: - Remove all other OS then Windows - Install Debian It should be noted that you can have more then two OSes on the same "computer". HTH. -- John Doe
Switching from Kubuntu to Debian(latest version)
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 Debian without looking my files ? N/B: I'm running Kubuntu and Windows currently (I still want to keep my Windows)
