Re: Library Install Problem.

[S. P. Molnar]

On 02/18/2017 04:40 AM, Floris wrote:


Op Fri, 17 Feb 2017 19:09:37 +0100 schreef S. P. Molnar 
<s.mol...@sbcglobal.net>:


I am running an up-to-date Debian v-8.7.1 and have encountered a 
problem installing some libraries.


Here are the error messages:

comp@AbNormal ~> sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libcuda1:amd64 (340.101-1) ...
Killed
dpkg: error processing package libcuda1:amd64 (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 137

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnvcuvid1:amd64:
  libnvcuvid1:amd64 depends on libcuda1 (= 340.101-1); however:
   Package libcuda1:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libnvcuvid1:amd64 (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcuinj64-6.0:amd64:
  libcuinj64-6.0:amd64 depends on libcuda1 (>= 169); however:
   Package libcuda1:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libcuinj64-6.0:amd64 (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
  libcuda1:amd64
  libnvcuvid1:amd64
  libcuinj64-6.0:amd64

This is very annoying as it stops Synaptic.

How do i solve the problem?

Thanks in advance.



sudo apt-get purge libcuda1

if you need this package and your GPU is supported by the latest version
enable backports and install version 375.26-2

https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

Floris



Thanks for the apt-get command.  It solved the problem.

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Re: Fwd: Library Install Problem.

[S. P. Molnar]

Should have been 'amd'.
On 02/17/2017 06:16 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:

On Friday 17 February 2017 20:04:12 S. P. Molnar wrote:

If I try to install libcuda1 with Synaptic, the process throws an error:

'E: Internal Error. No file name for libcuda1:ams64'

This looks distinctly odd.  It looks as though it ought to be libcuda1:amd64
with a 'd' instead of the 's'.  Running Jessie, 8.7 I get:

lisi@Eros:~$ aptitude show libcuda1:ams64
E: Unable to locate package libcuda1:ams64
lisi@Eros:~$ aptitude show libcuda1:amd64
Package: libcuda1
State: not installed
Multi-Arch: same
Version: 340.101-1
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/libs
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
<pkg-nvidia-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 14.2 M
Depends: nvidia-support, nvidia-alternative (= 340.101-1), libc6 (>= 2.2.5)
PreDepends: multiarch-support
Recommends: nvidia-kernel-dkms (= 340.101-1) | nvidia-kernel-340.101,
nvidia-smi, libcuda1-i386
Suggests: nvidia-cuda-mps, nvidia-kernel-dkms (>= 340.101) |
nvidia-kernel-source (>= 340.101)
Conflicts: libcuda1-ia32, libcuda1-ia32, nvidia-cuda-proxy, nvidia-cuda-proxy
Breaks: libcuda1 (!= 340.101-1)
Replaces: libcuda1-ia32, libcuda1-ia32, libcuda1 (< 340.101-1)
Provides: libcuda-5.0-1, libcuda-5.5-1, libcuda-6.0-1, libcuda-6.5-1
Description: NVIDIA CUDA Driver Library
  The Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) enables NVIDIA graphics
processing units (GPUs) to be
  used for massively parallel general purpose computation.

  This package contains the CUDA Driver API library for low-level CUDA
programming.

  Supported NVIDIA devices include GPUs starting from GeForce 8 and Quadro FX
series, as well as the
  Tesla computing processors.

  Please see the nvidia-kernel-dkms or nvidia-kernel-source packages for
building the kernel module
  required by this package. This will provide nvidia-kernel-340.101.
Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/CUDA

Tags: role::shared-lib

lisi@Eros:~$

Where did the ams64 come from?

Lisi




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Fwd: Library Install Problem.

[S. P. Molnar]

 Original Message 
Subject:Library Install Problem.
Resent-Date:Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:13:44 + (UTC)
Resent-From:debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date:   Fri, 17 Feb 2017 13:09:37 -0500
From:   S. P. Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org



I am running an up-to-date Debian v-8.7.1 and have encountered a problem
installing some libraries.

Here are the error messages:

comp@AbNormal ~> sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libcuda1:amd64 (340.101-1) ...
Killed
dpkg: error processing package libcuda1:amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
status 137
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnvcuvid1:amd64:
 libnvcuvid1:amd64 depends on libcuda1 (= 340.101-1); however:
  Package libcuda1:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libnvcuvid1:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcuinj64-6.0:amd64:
 libcuinj64-6.0:amd64 depends on libcuda1 (>= 169); however:
  Package libcuda1:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libcuinj64-6.0:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libcuda1:amd64
 libnvcuvid1:amd64
 libcuinj64-6.0:amd64

This is very annoying as it stops Synaptic.

How do i solve the problem?

Thanks in advance.

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A clue, maybe?

If I reboot the system, I can run dpkg --configuere -a and work around the 
problem , as far as using Synaptic is concerned.

If I try to install libcuda1 with Synaptic, the process throws an error:

'E: Internal Error. No file name for libcuda1:ams64'

Synaptic search found libcuda1.

Library Install Problem.

[S. P. Molnar]

I am running an up-to-date Debian v-8.7.1 and have encountered a problem 
installing some libraries.


Here are the error messages:

comp@AbNormal ~> sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libcuda1:amd64 (340.101-1) ...
Killed
dpkg: error processing package libcuda1:amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 137

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnvcuvid1:amd64:
 libnvcuvid1:amd64 depends on libcuda1 (= 340.101-1); however:
  Package libcuda1:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libnvcuvid1:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcuinj64-6.0:amd64:
 libcuinj64-6.0:amd64 depends on libcuda1 (>= 169); however:
  Package libcuda1:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libcuinj64-6.0:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libcuda1:amd64
 libnvcuvid1:amd64
 libcuinj64-6.0:amd64

This is very annoying as it stops Synaptic.

How do i solve the problem?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Sound Problem

[S. P. Molnar]

On 01/29/2017 04:04 AM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:

On 01/29/2017 03:47 AM, S. P. Molnar wrote:

I have Debian Jessie (loaded as v8-5, but kept updated)/  My sound has
been working, but earlier today I lost the sound.

I've Googled the problem and have tried a number of things.  Here are
the results:

comp@AbNormal:~$sudo alsactl init
[sudo] password for comp:
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC887-VD"
"HDA:10ec0887,10438444,00100302" "0x1043" "0x8444"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
comp@AbNormal:~$

I got a 'pop' from the speakers.

comp@AbNormal:~$sudo alsactl init
[sudo] password for comp:
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC887-VD"
"HDA:10ec0887,10438444,00100302" "0x1043" "0x8444"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
comp@AbNormal:~$
comp@AbNormal:~$cat /proc/asound/cards
  0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
   HDA ATI SB at 0xfe30 irq 16
  1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
   HDA NVidia at 0xfe08 irq 25
  2 [U0x46d0x807]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x807
   USB Device 0x46d:0x807 at usb-:00:12.2-4, high
speed

I have also attached a screenshot of the alsa mixer.

The sound is not muted, and yes, the jack is plugged into the
appropriate jack on the sound card.  I know that I have a signal coming
in as I am streaming internet radio).

At this point I don't know what else to try.

Any suggestions will be most welcome.

Thanks in advance.


Hi,

I have a sound card with the same chip. I noticed that on your
screenshot some channels are muted ("front" for example). Here is a
screenshot with my audio settings.

http://test2.oles.biz/alsa.png

Just try to unmute muted channels.

HTH

Kind regards
Georgi


Thanks for the reply's.  The problem was my bad for not noticing which 
channels were muted on the Audio Mixer.


I have the sound back, but it can be best described as snap, crackle and 
pop!  I have noticed that if I mute the Headphone channel everything 
else is muted.


A screenshot is attached.

Thanks in advance

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Sound Problem

[S. P. Molnar]

I have Debian Jessie (loaded as v8-5, but kept updated)/  My sound has 
been working, but earlier today I lost the sound.


I've Googled the problem and have tried a number of things.  Here are 
the results:


comp@AbNormal:~$sudo alsactl init
[sudo] password for comp:
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC887-VD" 
"HDA:10ec0887,10438444,00100302" "0x1043" "0x8444"

Hardware is initialized using a generic method
comp@AbNormal:~$

I got a 'pop' from the speakers.

comp@AbNormal:~$sudo alsactl init
[sudo] password for comp:
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC887-VD" 
"HDA:10ec0887,10438444,00100302" "0x1043" "0x8444"

Hardware is initialized using a generic method
comp@AbNormal:~$
comp@AbNormal:~$cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
  HDA ATI SB at 0xfe30 irq 16
 1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
  HDA NVidia at 0xfe08 irq 25
 2 [U0x46d0x807]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x807
  USB Device 0x46d:0x807 at usb-:00:12.2-4, 
high speed


I have also attached a screenshot of the alsa mixer.

The sound is not muted, and yes, the jack is plugged into the 
appropriate jack on the sound card.  I know that I have a signal coming 
in as I am streaming internet radio).


At this point I don't know what else to try.

Any suggestions will be most welcome.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: An Embarrassing Progblem

[S. P. Molnar]

On 01/23/2017 04:21 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:

On 24/01/17 09:09, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:

There should be a session file somewhere in ~/.config (sorry I have no
more details). Perhaps XFCE honors ~/.xinitrc, ~/.xsessionrc or some
of their siblings.


I use ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc to set environment variables before XFCE 
starts:


#!/bin/sh
# ...
# settings needed before xfce start
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
export LC_COLLATE=C
# ...
# last line:
. /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc

Stephen, as mentioned earlier, the prompt should be settable in 
~/.bashrc *if* it is sourced by ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile so the 
more likely solution is to check that these files are not damaged.


Also check that the shell really is bash and not something else:

echo $BASH_VERSION
echo $SHELL

Kind regards,


Problem solved.  I finally rooted out the problem.  It was in /bash_profile.

Thanks to all that helped.

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Re: An Embarrassing Progblem

[S. P. Molnar]

On 01/23/2017 01:38 PM, der.hans wrote:

grep PS1 ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile ~/.profile


Thanks for the answers.

I thought that i had the solution.  Grep showed me that ps1 was only in 
.bashrc.  After making a copy of .bashrc I removed the entire if ... fi 
section that contained PS1.


I added PS1="\u@\h >" to the end of .bashrc and sourced the file -  it 
worked, in that terminal.  However, if I open a new terminal (I'm using 
xfce4-terminal) the prompt is back to the corrupted one!


Rebooting the computer doesn't solve the problem.

I have initiated a search of the entire file system for PS1= , although 
I suspecct it take a while.


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An Embarrassing Progblem

[S. P. Molnar]

I'm embarrassed to admit it. but I am completely confused.

Somehow, I don't know how I managed to reset my bash user prompt. Rather 
than the default user prompt '\u@h >', it has morphed to (p4env).


I have found plenty of Google results about correcting thei promled, 
and, indeed export PS1='\u@\h > ' restores the prompt - that is, until I 
close that terminal.  The next time I open a terminal the prompt is back 
to (p4env).


For my sanity, I can]t seem to figure out where and how to make the 
change permanent.


As I said, I'm very embarrassed about this and really need help.

Thanks in advance,

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Debian v-8.5.0 Problem with Synaptic.

[S. P. Molnar]

I am running Debian v-8.5.0 and am having a problem with Synaptic.

I get an error:

E: jre1.8.0-112: subprocess installed post-removal script returned 
error exit status 127


when I attempt an installation.

Apparently the version of jre was not completely removed.

How do I solve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

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Debian v-8.5.0 Problem with Synaptic.

[S. P. Molnar]

I am running Debian v-8.5.0 and am having a problem with Synaptic.

I get an error:

E: jre1.8.0-112: subprocess installed post-removal script returned 
error exit status 127


when I attempt an installation.

Apparently the version of jre was not completely removed.

How do I solve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Strange Problem with 'alias'

[S. P. Molnar]

On 11/08/2016 02:01 PM, S. P. Molnar wrote:
I am running Debian v-8.5.0 with the bash shell and a number of 
alias's defined.


For example alias l='ls -l --color'

When I boot the system none of the definitions of alias in .bashrc are 
active.  That is until I open a terminal and input source .bashrc.  So 
far, so good alias works - in that terminal!  If I open a tab in the 
same terminal the alias's are gone!!!


I keep the system up to date.

Is this fatal?  NO  Very annoying? YES

I  don't have the faintest idea as to what is going on.

A solyutio to this problem, short of a new installation of the OS, 
will be very appreciated.  Thanks in advance.


An addendum to the above.  It would appear to be xfce5-terminal at 
fault.  If I use UXTerm or XTermthe alias definitions are active.


Reinstalling xfce4-terminal generated the messages:


(synaptic:14233): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 
'pid > 0' failed

(Reading database ... 243321 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../xfce4-terminal_0.6.3-1+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xfce4-terminal (0.6.3-1+b1) over (0.6.3-1+b1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up jre1.8.0-112 (1.8.0112-1) ...
Error: unpack200 - command could not be found.

Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of theInstallation Instructions
on the download page.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jre1.8.0-112.postinst: line 641: 
/usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or directory

dpkg: error processing package jre1.8.0-112 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 127

Setting up xfce4-terminal (0.6.3-1+b1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 jre1.8.0-112
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up jre1.8.0-112 (1.8.0112-1) ...
Error: unpack200 - command could not be found.

Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of theInstallation Instructions
on the download page.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jre1.8.0-112.postinst: line 641: 
/usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or directory

dpkg: error processing package jre1.8.0-112 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 127

Errors were encountered while processing:
 jre1.8.0-112

Synaptic gives me the following message:

E: jre1.8.0-112: subprocess installed post-installation script returned 
error exit status 127


Solution(s) please?

Again, thanks in advance.

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Strange Problem with 'alias'

[S. P. Molnar]

I am running Debian v-8.5.0 with the bash shell and a number of alias's 
defined.


For example alias l='ls -l --color'

When I boot the system none of the definitions of alias in .bashrc are 
active.  That is until I open a terminal and input source .bashrc.  So 
far, so good alias works - in that terminal!  If I open a tab in the 
same terminal the alias's are gone!!!


I keep the system up to date.

Is this fatal?  NO  Very annoying? YES

I  don't have the faintest idea as to what is going on.

A solyutio to this problem, short of a new installation of the OS, will 
be very appreciated.  Thanks in advance.


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Re: Jessie - Strange Alias Problem

[S. P. Molnar]

On 10/17/2016 01:41 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:

Hi,

S. P. Molnar wrote:

-bash: alias: l: not found

The command which makes this reproducible for me is

   unalias l


Greg Wooledge wrote:

[...] DEBUG trap [...] PROMPT_COMMAND [...]
[...] alias or function overriding the cd command.

So many interesting ways to shoot the own foot.

@S. P. Molnar:
What do you get from these commands

   trap
   echo "$PROMPT_COMMAND"
   alias


Have a nice day :)

Thomas




comp@AbNormal:~$ l
-bash: l: command not found
comp@AbNormal:~$ trap
trap -- '' SIGTSTP
trap -- '' SIGTTIN
trap -- '' SIGTTOU
comp@AbNormal:~$ echo "$PROMPT_COMMAND"

comp@AbNormal:~$ alias
comp@AbNormal:~$ source .bashrc
comp@AbNormal:~$ trap
trap -- '' SIGTSTP
trap -- '' SIGTTIN
trap -- '' SIGTTOU
comp@AbNormal:~$ echo "$PROMPT_COMMAND"

comp@AbNormal:~$ alias
alias adt='/home/comp/Apps/MGLTools-latest/bin/adt'
alias l='ls -l --color'
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias mopac='/opt/mopac/MOPAC2016.exe'
comp@AbNormal:~$

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Re: Jessie - Strange Alias Problem

[S. P. Molnar]

On 10/17/2016 12:55 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:

Hi,

i wrote:

What exactly do you mean by "[to] source" ?

Stephen P. Molnar wrote:

source /home/comp/.bashrc

I had already tested with
   . ~/.bashrc

Now re-tried with
   source ~/.bashrc
and the same result. I get colors if there are color-worthy files.

When it does not work for you, what do you get from this:

   alias l


Have a nice day :)

Thomas



comp@AbNormal:~$ alias l
-bash: alias: l: not found

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Jessie - Strange Alias Problem

[S. P. Molnar]

I am running an up to date Jessie with the bash shell and have 
encountered a very strange problem.


I have the following line in my /home/comp/.bashrc;

 alias l='ls -l --color'

If I source the file in my /home/comp it works - once!, and only in my 
home directory!!!  If I change to another directory - it doesn't work!


I'm not even sure what to Google at this point.

Any pointers tot he solution to this problem will be much appreciated.

Thanks in return.

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Re: Force Re-installation

[S. P. Molnar]

On 07/24/2016 11:34 AM, Hans wrote:

Deinstalling has two flaws :

1) Deinstalling a package requires to deinstall all packages which
depend on it.

Yes.

2) The dependencies may be used by other packages, so they may not be
orphaned. If you deinstall all the dependencies too, see 1). As many
packages depend on libc6, you'd end up deinstalling almost all the system.

This might be a problem, of course.

Instead I'd use this :

apt-get --reinstall install 

Maybe if he can specify the package with the corrupt file, I would delete the
file, then download it and then manually install it with dpkg -i package --
overwrite.

Happy hacking

Hans



Problem solved.  Many thanks for all that answered my plea for assistance.

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Re: Force Re-installation

[S. P. Molnar]

On 07/24/2016 09:47 AM, Hans wrote:

Am Sonntag, 24. Juli 2016, 09:30:12 schrieb S. P. Molnar:

Debian Jessie.

How do I force the re-installation of a file and all of it's dependencies?

Thanks in advance.

Two solutions:
1. I would deinstall the package (aptitude purge packagename), then maybe all
orphaned libs (aptitude purge `deborphan --guess-all`, but tak care, that
package "orphaner" is installed), and also do apt-get autoremove.
After that reinstall the required package with aptitude.

2. The second one requires a little more work.
Start ncurses gui of aptitude, then look for the package you want to
deinstall. Mark it for deinstall. Look into the dependencies and manually mark
all dependencies for deinstall. Take care of mnarking the depenedencies of the
dependencies to deinstall, until you have marked all dependencies.
You have to work very carefully. When all is marked, deinstall.
After that, reinstall the required package with aptitude.


Hint: After deinstallation quit aptitude and start it again, then install the
package.

Good luck,

Hans



 Thanks for the reply.  I'll try it later today

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Force Re-installation

[S. P. Molnar]

Debian Jessie.

How do I force the re-installation of a file and all of it's dependencies?

Thanks in advance.

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Aptitude Error

[S. P. Molnar]

I am running v-8.4 and get the following error:

E: The package virtualbox-5.1 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find 
an archive for it.


This resulted from my bumbling effort to remove virtualbox.

What is the solution to this problem?

Thanks in advance.

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is a fuzzy set
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(614)312-7528 (c)
Skype:  smolnar1

Connect to Internet on Boot

[S. P. Molnar]

I am running Debian v-8.4.0 and have encountered a problem with my 
internet connection.  I duid a fresh reinstall after the computer 
crashed due to fan failure about a month ago.  I automatically set up 
the internet connection during the installation and it worked until 
several days ago when I had need to reboot the system.


Now, however, the internet connection is not started on booting the 
system and it is necessart to run 'dhclient eth0' as root.


ifconfig returns:

root@AbNormal:/home/comp# ifconfig
eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr bc:ee:7b:5e:83:36
  inet addr:192.168.1.116  Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
  inet6 addr: 2602:306:bcd2:41d0:beee:7bff:fe5e:8336/64 
Scope:Global

  inet6 addr: fe80::beee:7bff:fe5e:8336/64 Scope:Link
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:5314 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:1994 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
  RX bytes:2035132 (1.9 MiB)  TX bytes:242660 (236.9 KiB)

loLink encap:Local Loopback
  inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
  inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
  UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
  RX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
  RX bytes:20113 (19.6 KiB)  TX bytes:20113 (19.6 KiB)

vmnet1Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:01
  inet addr:172.16.96.1  Bcast:172.16.96.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
  inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
  RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

vmnet8Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:08
  inet addr:172.16.221.1  Bcast:172.16.221.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
  inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
  RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Further, /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired Connection 1 is:


[connection]
id=Wired connection 1
uuid=53ac3b1f-4121-41d3-a303-45b1b75577e9
type=802-3-ethernet

[802-3-ethernet]

[ipv4]
method=auto

[ipv6]
method=auto
ip6-privacy=2

I am, however, loathe to edit the file as I don't know what I would be 
doing.


A solution to the problem would be much appreciated as my wife uses to 
compute for Ebay


Thanks in advance.

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is a fuzzy set
www.Molecular-Modeling.net  Stochastic and multivariate
(614)312-7528 (c)
Skype:  smolnar1