Re: Limiting the power of packages

It would be a possibility, for safety to create a new directory only for brandy 3rd-party-software like skype, Google Chrome, Swift, and else Software where huge companies are Sponsors. This would then mean, to create a second sources list for 3rd-party-links. Carl-Valentin Schmitt schrieb am

Re: Limiting the power of packages

in /usr only ?... I thought therefore in later years Linux had created /opt ? Lars Wirzenius schrieb am Mi., 3. Okt. 2018, 19:19: > The problem: when a .deb package is installed, upgraded, or removed, > the maintainer scripts are run as root and can thus do anything. > > Sometimes what they

Debian 9.5 Installer

Apparently the installer compels each time before Installation to delete hard disk too slowly. It should be optional to delete (slowly) the harddisk or to format harddisk quickly. In 9.5 installer there is no option for formatting without deleting.

Re: Login - with which keyboard settings?

We probably need this keyboard for successful LVM encryption?! https://www.flickr.com/photos/30167697@N00/4671594353 Carl-Valentin Schmitt schrieb am Mi., 8. Aug. 2018, 15:56: > This keyboard bug with encrypted LVM Installation was last year happening > too in solus 3.0 edition with

Re: Login - with which keyboard settings?

This keyboard bug with encrypted LVM Installation was last year happening too in solus 3.0 edition with GNOME. Only meant as addition. Val. Carl-Valentin Schmitt schrieb am Mi., 8. Aug. 2018, 07:53: > Have here concluded Installation oft Debian 9.5 > Düring Installation keyboard-setting

Re: Login - with which keyboard settings?

: > Hi Carl, > > For future reference, this question is better asked on the debian-user > mailing list. > > On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 07:53:21AM +0200, Carl-Valentin Schmitt wrote: > >Have here concluded Installation oft Debian 9.5 > >Düring Installation keyboard-set

Login - with which keyboard settings?

Have here concluded Installation oft Debian 9.5 Düring Installation keyboard-settings were German. I encrypted harddisk with LVM with password. Now is Login for password for LVM partition. Which keyboard settings are now? US-keyboard or German? German is only in gdm of GNOME? THX for answer.

Bug#904917: general: Gnome randomly crash and restart to login.

Maybe try to uninstall all installed nvidia drivers, and then run your machine with vesa. I know oft Solus Linux that this was a bug in nvidia drivers. Carl-Valentin Schmitt schrieb am So., 5. Aug. 2018, 23:54: > Is this a machine with nvidia graphics card and nvidia drivers? > >

Bug#904917: general: Gnome randomly crash and restart to login.

Is this a machine with nvidia graphics card and nvidia drivers? Riccardo Gagliarducci schrieb am So., 5. Aug. 2018, 23:51: > I'm leaving for holidays, may I freeze this bug until end of August? > > In dmsg, I found: > [ 6737.746966] gnome-shell[2131]: segfault at 663466343778 ip >

most bugs are no bugs ! new/old failure in glibc !

Hello Debianers ! somebody in German Debian-mailinglist said, that most recent bugs of recent months, looks as if there is a failure in glibc resp. in libc. He said that it seems to be a byte-wise error in download package of glibc. Seems to concern glibc-package of recent summer. Greetings.