Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?

[Larry Martell]

I’ve never owned a machine running windows in my life.

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

[Larry Martell]

On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 2:24 AM gene heskett  wrote:
> Well, since I'm alone, my wife passed 3.5 years back, and was not
> computer literate, its my show. And sshfs Just Works. I use this machine
> as the src for my output for some 3d printers, although the 4 linuxcnc
> machines are largely standalone in that the gcode I run on them was all
> written by me on that machine.. I often have more than one login session
> to a given machine because that machine may also be its own buildbot.
> Every machine has access to the world, but its all hidden behind a
> dd-wrt running router doing the NAT. I don't have to fight with
> samba/cifs and its daily updates to keep it working, permissions are
> 100% linux, nor do I fool with nfs and its weekly updates that always
> break it.
>
> But age is playing a role too, I have short term memory problems.
> Perhaps because of my age, I'll be 90 in October if I don't fall over first.
>
> The only dis to ssh and friends has been the local key files and keeping
> them up to date. That's very minor, its probably been a year since a new
> install on one of my pi clones had me hunting down an aging key file.
> Nothing like this broken bookworm install, its far more annoyance than
> any of the other problems. I'll miss morning roll call, and disappear
> soon enough and then it will be a bit more peaceful here.
>
> In the meantime, everybody take care and stay well.  You are my
> connection to the rest of the world.

Gene, you are an inspiration to me. I hope that I am half as lucid as
you when I am 90. But when you miss morning roll call how will we
know?

Re: OT: Top Posting

[Larry Martell]

On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 6:05 PM Jeffrey Walton  wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 2:40 PM Richard  wrote:
>
>> You really must think of yourself as being the epitome of human creation.
>> I don't see any use in continuing this nonsense. If you don't have anything
>> relevant to say, this case is closed for me.
>>
>
> Who are you talking about? There are two people in the reply below.
>

Gene IS the epitome of human creation.



>
>> Am Di., 14. Mai 2024 um 16:55 Uhr schrieb gene heskett <
>> ghesk...@shentel.net>:
>>
>>> On 5/14/24 10:09, Richard wrote:
>>> > Just because something isn't an official ISO standard doesn't mean
>>> it's
>>> > not standard behavior. And how it relates to this mailing list? It's
>>> > called a setting.
>>> >
>>> No its not, its your refusal to use the down arrow in your reply editor
>>> to put your reply after the question. It really is that simple. If your
>>> choice of email agents cannot do that, its time to switch to an agent
>>> that can. There are dozens of them.
>>>
>>> > Am Di., 14. Mai 2024 um 15:57 Uhr schrieb Loris Bennett
>>> > mailto:loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de>>:
>>> >
>>> > Hi Richard,
>>> >
>>> > Richard mailto:rrosn...@gmail.com>> writes:
>>> >
>>> >  > "Top posting" (writing the answer above the text that's being
>>> replied
>>> >  > to) is literally industry standard behavior.
>>> >
>>> > Can you provide a link to the standard you are referring to?
>>> >
>>> > Assuming such a standard exists, how would it apply to this
>>> newsgroup?
>>> >
>>> > [snip (51 lines)]
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> >
>>> > Loris
>>>
>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
>>>
>>

Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

[Larry Martell]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 6:26 AM Curt  wrote:
>
> On 2024-04-22, Reid  wrote:
> >
> > I'm sorry I irked you so much Curt, but you don't have to be rude.
>
> I'm Curt.

Let's be serious. You be Frank and I'll be Earnest.

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

[Larry Martell]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 1:14 PM gene heskett  wrote:

> > The 6809 cpu in the coco was first with program counter independant
> code, put it anyplace in memory and it just ran, so we showed the pc's
> of the day a much shorter, faster way home. But I've Been Moved chose
> intel 8088's and dos and had a bigger advertising budget.  That and
> nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.


After writing 8080 assembly code the 6809 was a breath of fresh air. Then
the 68000, I think the first microprocessor Unix was ported to.

>

Re: Linux supprt (was: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?])

[Larry Martell]

On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 7:48 AM Stefan Monnier  wrote:
>
> >> Indeed, technically-inclined people are often better served with Free
> >> Software, and Free Software can also be a great choice for large
> >> corporations who can either have on-site techsupport people or can hire
> >> external support, but it is a lot more difficult to find commercial
> >> support for merely non-techie user.  This is mostly the domain of
> >> proprietary software :-(
> >
> > The way out of this is having strong local user groups, which is,
> > of course, easier in densely populated areas.
>
> I think this still only covers a small fraction of the problem.
> It just lowers the bar of the "technically-inclined" limit.
> I think many more people just want to have someone they can call on
> the phone to help them get through their yearly technical problem.

In my experience I get much better support from the user community of
an open source product then I get from paid support of a commercial
product. Frequently I know more about the product than the person I am
dealing with.

Re: automate resumption of session

[Larry Martell]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 8:15 PM Russell L. Harris 
wrote

> When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the
> computer.
>
Why? I never turn my computer off.

Re: door bell like sound effect

[Larry Martell]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 12:59 PM Greg Wooledge  wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 09:29:35AM -0700, Larry Martell wrote:
> > find . -regex '.*\.snd$' -print
>
> That is an incredibly silly way to write
>
> find . -name '*.snd' -print

Gene said that was finding many files that had snd in their name and
not just as the terminal extension. So I gave a command that would
only find files that ended with .snd.

> But the bigger issue is that audio files may have MANY different
> extensions, with .snd being only one of them.

Yes, I know that - I was showing an example using what was previously posted.

Re: door bell like sound effect

[Larry Martell]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 9:19 AM gene heskett  wrote:
>
> On 8/28/23 12:20, zithro wrote:
> > On 28 Aug 2023 09:29, gene heskett wrote:
> >> To aid in finding it, what extension might that file be carrying to
> >> indicate its a .snd fle, which according to grep on ls -lR's output,
> >> does not exist in the thousands of files under hundreds of random names.
>
> The keyword above is extension, the find/grep tools seem to find a match
> anywhere in a filename. getting a thousand hits, none of which are the
> last 4 chars of a name.

find . -regex '.*\.snd$' -print

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 6:03 PM zithro  wrote:

> On 11 Aug 2023 23:39, gene heskett wrote:
> > No its not Tomas, everytime ff issues an update, I have to go thru all
> > the bs of proving I am me to my bank, and its been that way for at least
> > a decade.
>
> With all due respect, can you stop spreading misinformation to this list ?
> Not only this has nothing to do with unsubscribing to the ML, but it
> just shows that you don't get what you're talking about.
> Are you really an engineer ?!
>
> This extends to : DONT FOLLOW TUTORIALS THAT WONT EXPLAIN THE **WHY**
>
> Also, I admire dedicated people on this ML ...
> It's only 3 months I'm following it regularly, to learn things about
> Debian.
> What did I learn ? Random people SUCK. Big time


Who is a random person to you? You’re new to this list, so you have no clue
who is who here.

Re: Git Branching

[Larry Martell]

On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 11:00 PM William Torrez Corea 
wrote:

> I am working with remotes, when i want push to the remote with this
> command appear the following error:
>
> *git push main master*
>
> fatal: 'main' does not appear to be a git repository
>> fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
>>
>> Please make sure you have the correct access rights
>> and the repository exists.
>>
>
> I have the following branching:
>
>>   main
>> * master
>>
>
> I don't want to create a new branching, I want to push my advance to the
> main but it is impossible. This creates a new branching.
>

This has nothing to do with Debian, but I think the command you want is:

git push origin main

>

Re: just saying

[Larry Martell]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 4:53 PM Alain D D Williams 
wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 04:05:31PM -0500, Jeremy Hendricks wrote:
> > I have no idea what you mean. It’s open source and you can analyze the
> code
> > line by line.
>
> Very true ... but how much code have you analyzed line by line


Over the course of my career, literally hundreds of thousands of lines.

>
>

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

[Larry Martell]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 3:48 PM Stefan Monnier  wrote:
>
> > If free/oss projects like Debian want to provide software with those
> > positive characteristics to their users, those projects must have in
> > place some level of oversight over what the persons who actually write
> > the software actually do, or don't do in the case of failing to fix
> > bugs that could easily be fixed, so that the goals of quality, useful,
> > safe, and secure software are reached.
>
> That's why I like Free Software: all of this is done out in the open,
> making oversight particularly easy.
>
> For proprietary code you generally simply can't do that at all because
> it's all kept secret.

I thought this argument was over many years ago. This is an old book,
but it seems people need to read it today:
https://www.amazon.com/Cathedral-Bazaar-Musings-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0596001088

Re: I think I've asked before, but how do I get rid of the false positives for a binary file in a -r search?

[Larry Martell]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 12:33 PM gene heskett  wrote:
>
> Greetings all;
>
> I'm looking for the source file in ".scad" format, which it pretty std
> text, of a module name
> that is likely in a file with a different parent filename, using two
> greps, piping  a -r .scad|grep name
> in file, but I'm getting 5000 lines of binary file matches when it doesn't.
>
> grep -r .scad|grep thrust_brace
>
> Is there an option to shut that binary trash talk off?

-I (capital i) will skip binary files.

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

[Larry Martell]

On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 7:44 PM sp...@caiway.net  wrote:
>
> NO!
>
> Some people like to work for a boss and follow orders from imbiciles.

You sound like an imbecile to me.


> On Sat, 4 Jun 2022 19:40:34 -0500
> Larry Martell  wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 4:17 PM sp...@caiway.net  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The reason:
> > >
> > > I am promoting a free volunteer-run run society.
> > >
> > > This mailing list as example for how I learned. Thanks!
> > >
> > > Things go faster and better.
> > >
> > >
> > > All those commercial ones only have one goal: make more profit.
> > >
> > > Led by stupid managers with only $ $ eyes giving orders to developers.
> >
> > So you are against people making profit for their labors?
>

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

[Larry Martell]

On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 4:17 PM sp...@caiway.net  wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The reason:
>
> I am promoting a free volunteer-run run society.
>
> This mailing list as example for how I learned. Thanks!
>
> Things go faster and better.
>
>
> All those commercial ones only have one goal: make more profit.
>
> Led by stupid managers with only $ $ eyes giving orders to developers.

So you are against people making profit for their labors?

Re: mariadb does not run

[Larry Martell]

On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 11:38 AM Lucio Crusca  wrote:
>
> Il 02/05/22 15:46, to...@tuxteam.de ha scritto:
> > Have you tried to start the mariadb server by hand?
>
> Yes, I've tried with:
>
> # mysqld_safe
>
> but it exits almost immediately and it logs the same errors reported by
> `systemd status mariadb`

mysqld_safe is a shell script - you could try running it with sh -x to
see what it's doing and/or how it fails.

Re: problem with an HP AIO

[Larry Martell]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 9:57 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:

> On Monday 25 October 2021 21:37:24 piorunz wrote:
>
> > On 26/10/2021 02:29, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > Greetings all;
> > >
> > > This $350 thing in 2019, a model unk cuz its a tiny label in
> > > chinese, has W10HE on it and has decided it can't run the app I
> > > bought it for, a python app that I have already proved can run on
> > > linux with out needing a winderz magician to make it run.
> > >
> > > So I decided to remove the spinning rust wonderifitwillrunthistime
> > > drive, install a 6x faster kingston 60 GB SSD and put bullseye in
> > > it. Just one problem though. Its a work computer but this is only a
> > > 20k .py script in linux, where the winderz version is about 20 megs.
> > >
> > > This AIO has no visible screws anyplace that would let me into it to
> > > swap the drive.
> > >
> > > So, short of a fire axe, how does one get into a 2 yo HP AIO as sold
> > > by wally's?
> > >
> > > Many Thanks to anyone that knows the magic incantation that will
> > > open it!
> > >
> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett.
> >
> > Hello Gene,
> >
> > Can you try again in English this time please, I can't understand what
> > is the problem you have described in full 5 paragraphs instead of 1.
> > No essays, just say what is the problem and how you want to fix it.
> >
> I need a way into this HP all in one, there are no visible screws
> anyplace. I want to open it and change the 1T HD out for a 60G kingston
> SSD.


Personally, I enjoyed Gene’s eloquent prose.

>
>

Re: What do we have that will save a manpage as we see it on-screen

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 12:25 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:
>
> Greetings all;
>
> With the man markup subtracted, so what we save is exactly what we see.

Maybe one of these man option will work for you:

   -t, --troff
  Use groff -mandoc to format the manual page to stdout.
This option is not required in conjunction with -H, -T, or -Z.

   -T[device], --troff-device[=device]
  This  option is used to change groff (or possibly
troff's) output to be suitable for a device other than the default.
It implies -t.  Examples (provided with Groff-1.17)
  include dvi, latin1, ps, utf8, X75 and X100.

   -H[browser], --html[=browser]
  This option will cause groff to produce HTML output, and
will display that output in a web browser.  The choice of browser is
determined by the optional browser  argument
  if  one  is provided, by the $BROWSER environment
variable, or by a compile-time default if that is unset (usually
lynx).  This option implies -t, and will only work with
  GNU troff.

   -X[dpi], --gxditview[=dpi]
  This option displays the output of groff in a graphical
window using the gxditview program.  The dpi (dots per inch) may be
75, 75-12, 100, or 100-12, defaulting  to  75;
  the -12 variants use a 12-point base font.  This option
implies -T with the X75, X75-12, X100, or X100-12 device respectively.

   -Z, --ditroff
  groff  will  run  troff  and then use an appropriate
post-processor to produce output suitable for the chosen device.  If
groff -mandoc is groff, this option is passed to
  groff and will suppress the use of a post-processor.  It
implies -t.

man -Tpdf will get you a PDF.

Re: [OT] Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

[Larry Martell]

LOn Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 11:49 PM Long Wind  wrote:

> where do you live? most rich Chinese are considering emigration to West,
> this is called vote by feet. how many people in West come to live in china?
>
I know quite a few Chinese people who lived in the US for 5-8 years and
could have easily stayed here. They had planned to, and then they changed
their minds. I always asked them why? And that all said “I didn’t want to
raise my kids in American.”  This totally blew my mind.

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:45 AM Brian  wrote:

> On Fri 12 Mar 2021 at 18:27:58 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 08:27:23AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > If they shun or ostracize you for not being on Facebook, they are
> > > neither your friends nor your family.
> >
> > I don't know whether that hard position is always viable. I mean,
> > I managed without Facebook (and *all* the others, btw.) but that
> > may well be sheer luck. To think otherwise would feel... arrogant
> > to me.
>
> How can "sheer luck" be a factor? My non-participation in Facebook
> is due to a conscious decision.
>
> > And yes, I'm interested in understanding /why/ and /how/ people
> > are sucked in: that's about the only way to do something against
> > it.
>
> Perhaps they feel a need to communicate with a group. That's hardly
> being "sucked in". Their choice, just like mine. Different midsets.
> To imply it is not quite the best and there is something that should
> be done about such a choice is simply vi vs emacs talk :).


“In the old pre-technology days, it would have been almost impossible to
replicate Facebook or Twitter. The closest you could get would be to mail
dozens of postcards a day to everybody you know, each with a brief message
about yourself like: "Finally got that haircut I've been putting off." Or:
"Just had a caramel frappuccino. Yum!" The people receiving these postcards
would have naturally assumed you were a moron with a narcissism disorder.
But today, thanks to Facebook and Twitter, you are seen as a person
engaging in 'social networking'.”

― Dave Barry, I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of
Adulthood

>
>

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 8:27 AM James H. H. Lampert
 wrote:
>
> On 3/12/21 8:09 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
> > I did the same thing - I resisted being on FB for a very long time,
> > but eventually I had to get on because it was how my family was
> > communicating and I was being left out of the loop. I joined as my dog
> > only my family knew how to find me. Even to this day I am only
> > connected to family members.
>
> If they shun or ostracize you for not being on Facebook, they are
> neither your friends nor your family.

No they will still be my family, but I will not know what they are up to.

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 7:51 AM Andrei POPESCU  wrote:
> Eventually I had to give in, because I was being literally forgotten by
> a group of friends that were using Facebook for most of their
> communication (I was the only one without a Facebook account), so I did
> create an account under a fake name, tied to a new webmail address.

I did the same thing - I resisted being on FB for a very long time,
but eventually I had to get on because it was how my family was
communicating and I was being left out of the loop. I joined as my dog
only my family knew how to find me. Even to this day I am only
connected to family members.

Re: setuid question

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 5:13 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:
>
> On Friday 22 January 2021 19:17:13 Larry Martell wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 4:09 PM Gene Heskett 
> wrote:
> > > On Friday 22 January 2021 18:35:27 David Christensen wrote:
> > > >  chmod u+s /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind
> > >
> > > root@coyote:amanda-3.5.1$ chmod u+s /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind
> > > root@coyote:amanda-3.5.1$ su amanda -c "/usr/local/sbin/amcheck
> > > Daily" Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> > > -
> > > ERROR: program /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind: not setuid-root
> > > NOTE: Holding disk '/sdb/dumps': 212792 MB disk space available,
> > > using 212292 MB
> > > Searching for label 'Dailys-3':found in slot 3: volume 'Dailys-3'
> > > Will write to volume 'Dailys-3' in slot 3.
> > > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> > > Server check took 0.103 seconds
> > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> > > 
> > > ERROR: coyote: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A:
> > > Permission denied
> > > ERROR: shop: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A:
> > > Permission denied
> > > ERROR: lathe: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A:
> > > Permission denied
> > > ERROR: GO704: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A:
> > > Permission denied
> > > ERROR: rpi4: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A:
> > > Permission denied
> > > Client check: 5 hosts checked in 11.298 seconds.  5 problems found.
> > >
> > > Next?
> >
> > Is ambind owned by root?
>
> It was at install but I'd already fixed that with a root:
> chown amanda:backup /usr/llocal/libexec/amanda/ambind, which shows
> correctly now.
>
> And I found everything just reinstalled is now owned by root:staff, but
> fixing that doesn't change a thing? What the hell?

The error is not setuid-root, so you need to chown root to it, not
chown amanda:backup

Re: setuid question

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 4:38 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:
>
> On Friday 22 January 2021 18:36:29 Larry Martell wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 3:29 PM Gene Heskett 
> wrote:
> > > Greeting all;
> > >
> > > I have a problem, using amanda, locally
> > > built. /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind needs to be setuid, but
> > > isn't.
> > >
> > > How or what do I do to fix it?
> >
> > chmod u+s /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind
> Doesn't fix it Larry
> root@coyote:amanda-3.5.1$ su amanda -c "/usr/local/sbin/amcheck Daily"
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -
> ERROR: program /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind: not setuid-root
> NOTE: Holding disk '/sdb/dumps': 212792 MB disk space available, using
> 212292 MB
> Searching for label 'Dailys-3':found in slot 3: volume 'Dailys-3'
> Will write to volume 'Dailys-3' in slot 3.
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Server check took 0.102 seconds
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> 
> ERROR: coyote: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A:
> Permission denied
> ERROR: shop: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission
> denied
> ERROR: lathe: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission
> denied
> ERROR: GO704: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission
> denied
> ERROR: rpi4: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission
> denied
> Client check: 5 hosts checked in 11.298 seconds.  5 problems found.
> (brought to you by Amanda 3.5.1)
> root@coyote:amanda-3.5.1$ ls -l /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind
> -rwsr-x--- 1 amanda backup 26640 Jan 22
> 18:46 /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind

Try chown root /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind

and after that check that the suid bit is still set

Re: setuid question

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 4:09 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:
>
> On Friday 22 January 2021 18:35:27 David Christensen wrote:
>
> >  chmod u+s /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind
>
> root@coyote:amanda-3.5.1$ chmod u+s /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind
> root@coyote:amanda-3.5.1$ su amanda -c "/usr/local/sbin/amcheck Daily"
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -
> ERROR: program /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind: not setuid-root
> NOTE: Holding disk '/sdb/dumps': 212792 MB disk space available, using
> 212292 MB
> Searching for label 'Dailys-3':found in slot 3: volume 'Dailys-3'
> Will write to volume 'Dailys-3' in slot 3.
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Server check took 0.103 seconds
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> 
> ERROR: coyote: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A:
> Permission denied
> ERROR: shop: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission
> denied
> ERROR: lathe: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission
> denied
> ERROR: GO704: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission
> denied
> ERROR: rpi4: selfcheck request failed: ambind: bind failed A: Permission
> denied
> Client check: 5 hosts checked in 11.298 seconds.  5 problems found.
>
> Next?

Is ambind owned by root?

Re: setuid question

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 3:29 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:
>
> Greeting all;
>
> I have a problem, using amanda, locally
> built. /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind needs to be setuid, but isn't.
>
> How or what do I do to fix it?

chmod u+s /usr/local/libexec/amanda/ambind

Re: technical terms overhaul

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 7:34 PM Nicholas Geovanis 
wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 6:20 PM Larry Martell 
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 7:08 PM Eike Lantzsch  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I really like "redlist" and "greenlist".
>>
>>
>> Offensive to Native Americans and Martians.
>>
>
> Are you Native American, like my son?
>
>> No just pointing out that everyone is offended by something these days.

Re: technical terms overhaul

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 7:08 PM Eike Lantzsch  wrote:

>
> I really like "redlist" and "greenlist".


Offensive to Native Americans and Martians.

>

Re: non function firefox

[Larry Martell]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 1:33 PM Stefan Monnier 
wrote:

> Firefox is not working with wallmarts search function.
>
> Just one more reason to stay far away from Walmart.


That is not very helpful to Gene.

Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing)

[Larry Martell]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 5:32 PM Beco  wrote:
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> When I open this website:
>
> https://chess-results.com/
>
> Every "9" is written as a dash "-". If you look for any event year for the 
> current year you (well, at least me) will see 201-
>
> I'm not sure how this come to be. I tried to look at the "html page source" 
> to detect what font it uses, but I saw no explanation there.
>
> Some time ago I remember removing A LOT of fonts I don't need from my 
> computer (mostly not-latin). So maybe I removed something I shouldn't.
>
> I tried with firefox and google chrome, both the same results. I installed 
> back
> fonts-ibm-plex and fonts-noto-core to test, but still no "9" at the page.
>
> I thought maybe it was a site problem, but when I used virtualbox and chrome 
> over windows 10, the "9" was there.
>
> I changed the default font from firefox to "liberartion sans" but no luck.
>
> Not sure how to proceed. What is the mystery?

There are many font finder apps. I use the WhatFont Chrome extension.
That page looks to be entirely in Verdana.

Re: udev being an ass

[Larry Martell]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 9:51 PM Felix Miata  wrote:
>
> David Wright composed on 2019-08-29 19:49 (UTC-0500):
>
> > Unfortunately, virtually every conversation about any of your systems
> > begins with a tirade about how Debian is completely broken, whether
> > it's the...
>
> I'm guessing most of it would be curtailed if he could install the current 
> stable
> release of what has proven to be the most stable OS available and upgrade to a
> realtime kernel that controlled all his machine tools just like it used to be 
> able
> to do before all the "improvements" got rolled into it.
>
> Be kind. It ain't so much fun getting old, and the unfun is multiplied by 
> being a
> caregiver for a spouse with dementia or strains simply to breathe even using 
> an
> oxygen bottle or generator while limping along on a bunch of chemicals and
> replacement body parts to keep the old kicker kicking. Given his spouse's
> condition, this might be one of few opportunities he gets to communicate with
> people of intelligence. I'm sure he, like many in his age group, needs mental
> exercise as available here as much as he and others like him need physical
> exercise they don't get because of the existence of electronic video displays 
> and
> all that appears on them for whatever reason.

+100

Re: why won't ff look at this url?

[Larry Martell]

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 8:47 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:
>
> On Saturday 24 August 2019 19:31:13 Larry Martell wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 7:27 PM bw  wrote:
> > > In-Reply-To: <201908241021.59396.ghesk...@shentel.net>
> > >
> > > > Greetings folks;
> > >
> > > https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/w-va-ambulance-ems-director-a
> > >rrested-accused-of-missing-and-tampering-with-narcotics
> > >
> > > > All I get for clicking on it is a blank screen.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help.
> > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > > > --
> > > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> > > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> > > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law
> > > > respectable.
> > > > - Louis D. Brandeis
> > > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
> > >
> > > Kinda spammy, I did NOT click any of the the links or try to open
> > > them.
> > >
> > > My guess is you are a bot, or some type of otherwise ad revenue
> > > scam. The post is spam?  You're really good at what you do!
> >
> > No programmer is good enough to make a bot like Gene. No human is even
> > good enough to be like Gene.
>
> Thanks for the flowers Larry.
>
> BTW, Larry Martel is one of the better python programmers on this ball of
> rock and water. But he doesn't work for free. I am proud to call Larry
> and Carol friends for the last what, 15+ years? Probably longer.

Thank you my friend.

Re: why won't ff look at this url?

[Larry Martell]

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 7:27 PM bw  wrote:

> In-Reply-To: <201908241021.59396.ghesk...@shentel.net>
>
> > Greetings folks;
> >
> >
>
> https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/w-va-ambulance-ems-director-arrested-accused-of-missing-and-tampering-with-narcotics
> >
> > All I get for clicking on it is a blank screen.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > --
> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law
> > respectable.
> > - Louis D. Brandeis
> > Genes Web page 
>
> Kinda spammy, I did NOT click any of the the links or try to open them.
>
> My guess is you are a bot, or some type of otherwise ad revenue scam. The
> post is spam?  You're really good at what you do!


No programmer is good enough to make a bot like Gene. No human is even good
enough to be like Gene.

>
>
>

Re: TWAIN in Debian 10.

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 11:15 AM  wrote:
> Has anyone used TWAIN in Debian?

TWAIN is my all time favorite acronym.

Re: [OT] Helpful attitude

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:57 AM The Wanderer  wrote:
>
> On 2019-08-09 at 09:46, John Hasler wrote:
>
> > Étienne writes:
> >
> >> ...profanity...
> >
> > Profanity is a matter of context.  As used in this discussion "shit"
> > is just a synonym for "manure".
>
> To be pedantic, "shit" isn't profanity in the first place; it's
> vulgarity.
>
> Profanity deals with matters religious.
>
> Obscenity deals with matters sexual.
>
> Vulgarity deals with matters involving other bodily functions, i.e.,
> primarily matters scatological.
>
> I think I may vaguely recall having once identified an umbrella term
> which covers all three (beyond just "foul language" or similar), but
> just offhand I can't think what it might have been.

“There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and words.”
― George Carlin

Re: Is it possible to install Debian in such a case.

[Larry Martell]

On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 8:04 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:

> On Saturday 29 June 2019 19:05:23 deloptes wrote:
>
> > Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Friday 28 June 2019 02:14:42 deloptes wrote:
> > >> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > >> > There was a period a decade back where the capacitors
> > >> > were legendarily bad.  Your unit may have some of them in it.
> > >>
> > >> It was around 2004. From a trustful source I understood that the
> > >> Chinese manage to steal the formula from Japan, but translated few
> > >> things wrongly and the world was flooded with bad caps. In the
> > >> company I was in back then, PC caught often even fire. We had to
> > >> mitigate the risk or just replace the PC with more reliable once.
> > >> This was a good story.
> > >
> > > I think your beginning date is likely right, but it took a looong
> > > time for those to get flushed out of the supply pipelines. They
> > > typically went for 10% of what the good stuff was worth and a lot of
> > > buyers with a BOM in hand thought they were getting a good deal.
> > >
> > > Electrolytic capacitors are a very old tech. I even caused a
> > > shortage of American made caps in the middle of the OPEC battle in
> > > the '70's.  I was at the time a tx supervisor for Nebraska ETV, in
> > > charge of a channel 19 site NE of Norfolk NE, getting pretty close
> > > to colder weather and needing a barrel of Technical Grade Ethylene
> > > Glycol for making a 30% mix for transmitter coolant.  As that was a
> > > klystron using transmitter, you had to have extremely pure, as in
> > > distilled or better coolants else the voltages involved would
> > > corrode the plumbing very quickly from galvanic effects.  Anyway I
> > > ran up quite a phone bill locating a barrel, finally finding it
> > > sitting on a shipping dock in Omaha, and bought it on the spot,
> > > paying about $14/gallon. I had antifreeze for the winter, but that
> > > barrel was the last in the country, and was scheduled to be shipped
> > > to Sprague in Lincoln about 3 weeks after I bought it off the dock.
> > > Put Sprague out of the cap business for several months and created a
> > > nationwide shortage of replacement capacitors for the tv's etc of
> > > the day. It was well into the next summer before caps started
> > > showing up in the wholesalers shelves again.
> > >
> > > That rise in energy costs broke a few broadcasters and sounded the
> > > death knell of klystron amplifiers. It did take something over a
> > > decade to flush them, the last time I was one was in 87 or 88, when
> > > I was coerced into going up the WNPB, near Morgantown, one of the
> > > State of WV's educational tv stations, to see if I could get them
> > > back on the air.
> > >
> > > Poor operator education caused them to wreck one, and they had no
> > > real money to buy a new one at $130,000 or so from Varian.  But this
> > > was late April or early May, and the legislature had included money
> > > for a new transmitter, available after 1 July.  So they bought a
> > > used one that was full of air, then another used one that might have
> > > been usable had the half moons in the shipping crate been
> > > reinstalled.  But they weren't, so I unpacked it, checked for gas,
> > > found very little so it seemed worth dressing it up with its
> > > cavities, setting it in the magnet dolly and trying.  It wasn't
> > > until I was trying to seat it in the dolly that I found it was bent.
> > > At that point all the state engineers declared it would not work.
> > > But I thought we had one chance, and by then I was convinced I was
> > > the only one in the building who actually knew how the darned things
> > > worked.  So I scouted around and found some masonite and cut a
> > > couple pads out that could be wedged between the magnet coils and
> > > the corners of the top cavity, and placed them such that the tube
> > > was centered in the coils again.
> > >
> > > Measureing for  center, I placed the iron places called wobble
> > > plates back on top of the dolly and wheeled it into the cubicle &
> > > hooked up the plumbing. Then I set the supply feed to Y which cut
> > > the beam voltage to about 10K volts, and raised the accel voltage as
> > > high negative as it would go, said a small prayer and brought up
> > > beam power. Body current was high so I had a limited time to see if
> > > moving the wobble plate would reduce it to a tolerable level, and it
> > > did.  Then I lowered the accel toward ground, wash, rinse, repeat.
> > > Put the beam supply back in delta mode, wash rinse and repeat. About
> > > that time I became aware that the beam was catching the gas ions and
> > > was carrying them to the collector bucket and probably burying them
> > > in the copper. Any way, a few minor tweaks and a tube they only paid
> > > 10g's for used was on the air at 85% power and a safe and slowly
> > > falling body current.  And the other state engineers finally
> > > understood they had been watching someone who knew what he was
> 

openjdk-8-jre for buster

[Larry Martell]

Is it possible to get openjdk-8-jre for buster?

Re: Using a VPN to bypass surveillance and censorship (was: how to find out video memory size?)

[Larry Martell]

On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 2:52 AM Long Wind  wrote:

> i had used tor a very long time ago
> i'm afraid it no longer work
>
>
> On Saturday, February 16, 2019 3:46 PM, john doe 
> wrote:
>
>
> On 2/16/2019 7:27 AM, Long Wind wrote:
>
> > Thank Ben!but vpn can also be blocked by Chinese government
> > i've been using some vpn servers for a long timebut they are blocked in
> Spring Festival, which begins in Februaryi believe government increase
> blocking in this period
>
> >
>
> "Tor" or similar.
>

I will be in China next week. I heard bing works there.

>
>
>

mariadb 10.1 for debian buster

[Larry Martell]

I am trying to install MySQL-python on debian buster. It's failing to
build with the error I found detailed here:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=918393. From reading
that it appears to be fixed, but in the version of mariadb I get it's
not. The version of mariadb I get is 10.3. I did not have this issue
with 10.1. Is there a way to still get 10.1? I have tried many
variations like mariadb-common=10.1 but none work. Alternatively, is
there a way to get the fixed 10.3?