Re: Autologin not working (lightdm, openbox)

[Shea Alterio]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 4:50 AM Alexandre Rossi 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > Before anyone asks, i've looked all over the wiki and every other post
> online so i'm not sure why this isn't working. When I start up my machine X
> starts up fine. and it goes to the lightdm login screen, but it still makes
> me put in the password.
> >
> > My user is in the autologin and nopasswdlogin groups, i've made the
> right changes to both the files listed below as A and B sources.
>
> I've always had no problem with autologin with lightdm, all I ever had
> to do was to set autologin-user in the [Seat:*] in
> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf . Another option that I have used
> successfuly is using lightdm-autologin-greeter and setting up
> autologin-user in
> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/lightdm-autologin-greeter.conf
>
> I guess you already checked this but double check you are able to
> login with that user using a password.
>
> Alex
>

Thanks for the reply, Alex.  I haven't messed with it since yesterday, but
i'll try restoring the config files to their defaults and start over from
there.

I'm not sure if it matters, but  usually when I want any graphical system
with Debian, i install one of the desktop environments during the initial
setup. This install is for a very limited thin client with only 4gb
internal storage, so i had to install only SSH server and standard system
utilities, then install X / Openbox / LightDM after the fact. I found out
the hard way when I ran out of disk space trying to install LXDE as well. I
may be missing some packages needed to help facilitate autologin, not sure.

If your suggestions don't fix it i will reply to this thread later tonight
with my findings.

Thanks again,
Shea

Autologin not working (lightdm, openbox)

[Shea Alterio]

Hey everyone.
Before anyone asks, i've looked all over the wiki and every other post
online so i'm not sure why this isn't working. When I start up my machine X
starts up fine. and it goes to the lightdm login screen, but it still makes
me put in the password.

My user is in the autologin and nopasswdlogin groups, i've made the right
changes to both the files listed below as A and B sources.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all in advance.

I added the following line to the top of /etc/pam.d/lightdm:
authsufficient  pam_succeed_if.so (my user) ingroup autologin

$ /usr/sbin/lightdm --show-config
   [Seat:*]
B  greeter-session=lightdm-greeter
B  greeter-hide-users=false
B  session-wrapper=/etc/X11/Xsession
B  autologin-user=(my user)
B  autologin-user-timeout=0
B  pam-service=lightdm
B  pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin
B  autologin-session=openbox-session

   [LightDM]
B  start-default-seat=true

Sources:
A  /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf
B  /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Re: Hrdware question

[Shea Alterio]

I have not gone thru OP's motherboard manual, but on my HP workstation, the
ports are numbered _0 thru _5 and if only one drive is plugged in total
then it will be /dev/sda. However if two or more are plugged in then the _0
is sda.

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

[Shea Alterio]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:59 AM Jonathan Dowland  wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 05:39:36PM +, tech wrote:
> >Should'nt be time to move away from an old mail-listing to something
> >more modern like a bugzilla or else ???
>
> Assuming you are talking about systems for discussion, rather than
> filing bugs: Debian has  and has had for a
> long time, but it gets relatively little use.
>
> Personally I'd love to see the list archive software get an overhaul,
> and mailman3's "HyperKitty" archiver looks very promising to me, but I'm
> not sure whether it has delivered on the promise, which was to offer a
> very forum-like interface to mailing lists, permitting people to reply
> via web, or click "+1" buttons (thus freeing the mail interface of lots
> of "+1" mails, a blight that debian-user fortunately doesn't suffer)
>
>
> I've set up mailman3 servers and messed with the code quite a bit. It's a
huge step up from mailman v2, and not just cause the web interface is a
whole lot slicker.

Re: What time is it, really?

[Shea Alterio]

The only clock in my house that stays perfectly on time without NTP is my
akai s5000 sampler. It runs on a 386 ;)

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 5:39 PM Fred  wrote:

> On 08/09/2018 12:42 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Thu 09 Aug 2018 at 20:39:16 +0200, john doe wrote:
> >
> >> On 8/9/2018 5:00 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 10:49:52AM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>  On Thu, 2018-08-09 at 10:35 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > Whoever suggested that is using outdated information.  Install ntp
> 
>  Why not openntpd?
> 
>  https://packages.debian.org/stretch/openntpd
> >>> Sure, whatever you prefer.  There are at least 4 viable alternatives:
> >>>
> >>> ntp
> >>> chrony
> >>> openntpd
> >>> systemd-timesyncd
> >>>
> >> Systemd-timesyncd is only a client and using sntp.
> >>
> >>
> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-timesyncd.service.html
> > Ideal for what the OP wants. Either that or chrony, if he would only
> > make his mind up.
> >
> Well, what makes you think I haven't made my mind up?
>
> Several years ago I built a "network clock" that receives WWVB time
> signals, has a clock display and an Ethernet interface so computers on
> the local network can ask for the time.  The hardware works and the
> software is able to decode the WWVB time code.  I am interested in
> finishing it now.  The computers on the network can use a Perl program
> to get the time.
>
> Thanks for the help.
> Best regards,
> Fred
>
>

Re: (solved)Re: can't install jmtpfs of stretch(i386)

[Shea Alterio]

Awesome!
happy to help.

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 7:03 AM Long Wind  wrote:

> apt-get remove libfuse2
>
> after running command above, i can install jmtpfs
>
> On Sunday, August 5, 2018, 6:34:56 PM GMT+8, Shea Alterio <
> krus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Cool, so you have libfuse but not fuse it seems. Let's try this:
>
> apt-get install fuse
> apt-get install jmtpfs
>
> if jmtpfs install still fails
>
> i would try
> apt-get install -f
> apt-get clean
> apt-get update
> apt-get upgrade
>
> then try apt-get install jmtpfs again
>
> if it still does not work
> you might need to use
> dpkg --configure -a
>
> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:23 AM Long Wind  wrote:
>
> ii  libfuse2:i386 2.9.7-1+deb9u1
> i386     Filesystem in Userspace (library)
>
>
>
> On Sunday, August 5, 2018, 6:13:17 PM GMT+8, Shea Alterio <
> krus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Long,
> Please send the output of
>
> *dpkg -l | grep fuse*
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:08 AM Long Wind  wrote:
>
> last time i install security update during stretch installation and can't
> install mplayer
>
> this time mplayer can be installed, but jmtpfs can't, below is error msg:
>
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  jmtpfs : Depends: fuse but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: can't install jmtpfs of stretch(i386)

[Shea Alterio]

Cool, so you have libfuse but not fuse it seems. Let's try this:

apt-get install fuse
apt-get install jmtpfs

if jmtpfs install still fails

i would try
apt-get install -f
apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

then try apt-get install jmtpfs again

if it still does not work
you might need to use
dpkg --configure -a

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:23 AM Long Wind  wrote:

> ii  libfuse2:i386 2.9.7-1+deb9u1
> i386 Filesystem in Userspace (library)
>
>
>
> On Sunday, August 5, 2018, 6:13:17 PM GMT+8, Shea Alterio <
> krus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Long,
> Please send the output of
>
> *dpkg -l | grep fuse*
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:08 AM Long Wind  wrote:
>
> last time i install security update during stretch installation and can't
> install mplayer
>
> this time mplayer can be installed, but jmtpfs can't, below is error msg:
>
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  jmtpfs : Depends: fuse but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: can't install jmtpfs of stretch(i386)

[Shea Alterio]

It might not be the security update but over the years there have been
several instances where installing updates while the OS installs causes
strange corruption or missing files on the system.

If this is the case then i would highly advise Long downloads the CD ISO,
and install using that with no network connection. That method is more
predictable. I don't install updates with the OS anymore, too risky.

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:14 AM likcoras  wrote:

> On 08/05/2018 07:03 PM, Long Wind wrote:
> > last time i install security update during stretch installation and
> can't install mplayer
> >
> > this time mplayer can be installed, but jmtpfs can't, below is error msg:
>
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >  jmtpfs : Depends: fuse but it is not going to be installed
> > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
> Try seeing why apt thinks fuse should not be installed. Not sure how
> you'd do this with apt/apt-get, but with aptitude, you can examine
> individual packages, their dependencies, and conflicts.
>
> Good luck!
>
> PS. The security updates are most likely not to blame here, methinks.
>
>

Re: can't install jmtpfs of stretch(i386)

[Shea Alterio]

Long,
Please send the output of

*dpkg -l | grep fuse*


On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:08 AM Long Wind  wrote:

> last time i install security update during stretch installation and can't
> install mplayer
>
> this time mplayer can be installed, but jmtpfs can't, below is error msg:
>
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  jmtpfs : Depends: fuse but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Setting default network device in Buster

[Shea Alterio]

Pascal, i'm sure when he says "as the default" he wants it to automatically
turn on at boot / login. sometimes it's called the preferred interface
among other names.

David, what happens if you run sudo systemctl enable ssh and reboot? Then
try to log on with ssh before KDE is activated. I have a feeling it is
starting sshd when KDE is launched, and not immediately at boot. If this
doesn't do it, you can add that command to a startup script that runs
before the graphical environment comes up.



On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 2:55 PM Pascal Hambourg 
wrote:

> Le 04/08/2018 à 19:30, David Bruce a écrit :
> > I'm just getting back to Debian and Linux after a few years' absence -
> > sorry if this is a simplistic question. I installed testing/Buster on
> > a newly built desktop machine that has both onboard gigabit ethernet
> > and a wireless Atheros NIC. Both devices were recognized during the
> > install, and I set the wired interface as the default to minimize any
> > connectivity issues.
>
> What do you mean by "set as the default" ?
>
> > Now my machine is up and running, and I want the wireless device to
> > always be brought up and used as the default.
>
> What do you mean by "used as the default" ?
>
> > Within KDE, it connects
> > to my home network without issues as if the machine were a laptop, but
> > it does not appear to have an active connection when KDE is "asleep".
>
> What do you mean by "KDE is asleep" ? Suspended ?
> If the laptop is suspended, of course all functions are, including the
> network.
>
> > In particular, if I reboot it, I can't ssh into it from my MacBook
> > until I sign into KDE, and if KDE goes to sleep, I lose the ability to
> > ssh in within a few minutes. I'm not sure any of this is really a
> > function of KDE, but the behavior is certainly correlated.
>
> It depends on the network manager used by KDE and the connection settings.
> It may set up the connection at startup time, only when a session is
> opened by any user, or only by the user which configured the connection.
>
>

Re: Adding text to pdf document

[Shea Alterio]

Yeah, i've used Inkscape for many years for this purpose with success.

On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 5:58 PM Reco  wrote:

> Hi.
>
> On Fri, Aug 03, 2018 at 11:29:07PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I've been tried masterpdfeditor, in the .deb version from official site,
> and it
> > seems to be quite powerful.  Differently from xournal, it allows you to
> re-edit
> > previous changes to the document, whereas xournal seems not to be able
> to do
> > that.
>
> xournal does not add text to PDFs per se. What it does is adding PDF
> annotations. Probably. First versions of xournal cheated and stored said
> annotation in a xml alongside with PDF.
>
> > The problem is, that it is proprietary software that asks for money
> > otherwise more and more `watermarks' are added to the document any time
> you
> > edit it again.
>
> That's to be expected. Nearly all proprietary software is written with a
> purpose to make end-user's life as miserable as possible. Unless said
> user pays, then it's twice as miserable.
> Masterpdfeditor is not different in this regard.
>
> > Anyone out there has experimented the matter and found a good
> > solution to the problem of adding some bit of text to pdf documents?  In
> > particular, I want to add fingering notation to piano sheet music papers.
>
> The answer is - it depends on what you really need.
> If you need to add a PDF annotation without touching PDF itself -
> anything that's based on poppler library should satisfy your needs
> (evince/okular/etc).
> If you need to add a real text to a PDF and have a time to spend -
> you'll need inkscape or Gimp or that PDF editing plug-in for
> Libreoffice.
> If PDF batch processing is your cup of tea - it's called PDF::API2 in
> perl. Ghostscript may be suitable too.
>
> Reco
>
>

Re: what can be done about sourceforge.net?

[Shea Alterio]

You'd have to take it up with sourceforge. Basically this is nothing new
for them. There have also been several instances over the last few years
where malicious code was injected into Sourceforge downloads, so i'd double
check the file downloaded if the hash values aren't matching. For a few
years now i've avoided downloading from Sourceforge when possible due to
these events. I think the last time i heard of it was mid 2016, i don't
remember if anything's happened more recently.

On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 5:46 PM Jude DaShiell  wrote:

> I have a published sha1sum value for an iso yet sourceforge.net continues
> downloading that iso with a different value.  I am using a download script
> and a test script each time and as far as I have been able to find out
> this is the only location for the iso.
> I have rebooted the router on this end but the internet provider is
> comcast.net which may introduce its own problems into the mix.
>
>
>
> --
>
>