Re: Installing Debian 8.2

2018-04-07 Thread David
On Sun, 2018-04-08 at 00:33 -0400, Jessica Litwin wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 12:31 AM, David > wrote: > Hello, > > I've just fitted a new SSD to my laptop and installed Debian > 8.2 from a > memory stick, I don't like Debian 9, I will try it again w

Re: Installing Debian 8.2

2018-04-07 Thread Jessica Litwin
On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 12:31 AM, David wrote: > Hello, > > I've just fitted a new SSD to my laptop and installed Debian 8.2 from a > memory stick, I don't like Debian 9, I will try it again when I've got > more time. > > Debian 8.2 is working OK, but if I try to install a new email program, > Evo

Installing Debian 8.2

2018-04-07 Thread David
Hello, I've just fitted a new SSD to my laptop and installed Debian 8.2 from a memory stick, I don't like Debian 9, I will try it again when I've got more time. Debian 8.2 is working OK, but if I try to install a new email program, Evolution, it requests a DVD. How can I stop this action so that

Re: how do i tell usb to leave keyboard alone?

2018-04-07 Thread songbird
David Wright wrote: > On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 14:38:53 (-0400), songbird wrote: >> i have an USB keyboard, which once in a while goes >> useless. it is a fairly new device and should not be >> defective, but i'm not sure how to tell if this is a >> problem from the device or from the kernel or ? >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-07 Thread Dan Purgert
David Wright wrote: > On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> David Wright wrote: >> > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> >> >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. >> >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-07 Thread David Wright
On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> > >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. > >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you have one radio splitting >

Re: how do i tell usb to leave keyboard alone?

2018-04-07 Thread David Wright
On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 14:38:53 (-0400), songbird wrote: > i have an USB keyboard, which once in a while goes > useless. it is a fairly new device and should not be > defective, but i'm not sure how to tell if this is a > problem from the device or from the kernel or ? Try googling usb keyboar

Re: how do i tell usb to leave keyboard alone?

2018-04-07 Thread songbird
Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote: ... > colord-sane seems to be related to some printer utilities ("sane" = > scanner support) > > I would have gone like... > > ~$ locate colord-sane # needs mlocate package > /usr/lib/colord/colord-sane > > ~$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/colord/colord-sane > colord: /usr/li

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-07 Thread Dan Purgert
David Wright wrote: > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you have one radio splitting >> its time between pretending to be an AP for a client device, and >>

Re: how do i tell usb to leave keyboard alone?

2018-04-07 Thread Abdullah Ramazanoglu
On Sat, 7 Apr 2018 14:38:53 -0400 songbird said: > i have an USB keyboard, which once in a while goes > useless. it is a fairly new device and should not be > defective, but i'm not sure how to tell if this is a > problem from the device or from the kernel or ? > > i do not have a scanner in

how do i tell usb to leave keyboard alone?

2018-04-07 Thread songbird
i have an USB keyboard, which once in a while goes useless. it is a fairly new device and should not be defective, but i'm not sure how to tell if this is a problem from the device or from the kernel or ? i do not have a scanner installed. no idea why colord-sane process is there at all. i

Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update

2018-04-07 Thread David Wright
On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 08:54:56 (+), Curt wrote: > On 2018-04-06, David Wright wrote: > >> > >> Certainly I have no proof except my experience > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you've shared any. > > I've found something ambivalently concrete. > > Note > Since apt / apt-get

Re: renaming network devices with udev & systemd

2018-04-07 Thread Brian
On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 12:59:13 +0100, Andrew wrote: > Thanks Darac, Felix & Elimar. All helpful suggestions. > > As for Brian, Ive tried googling but not found an answer that worked, > otherwise why would I ask here. Learn some manners. Continuing with the fishing lessons: "systemd renaming an e

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-07 Thread David Wright
On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 10:00:31 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Celejar wrote: > >> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) > >> > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> >> [...] > >> >> > >> >> Yep, you've got the terms righ

Re: any continuous integration tool in the repo?

2018-04-07 Thread Curt
On 2018-04-06, Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote: > > ~$ apt-cache search continuous integration > debci-worker - continuous integration system for Debian (worker daemon) > fwupd-tests - Test suite for firmware update daemon > lava-dispatcher - Linaro Automated Validation Architecture dispatcher > lava-l

Re: renaming network devices with udev & systemd

2018-04-07 Thread Andrew
Thanks Darac, Felix & Elimar. All helpful suggestions. As for Brian, Ive tried googling but not found an answer that worked, otherwise why would I ask here. Learn some manners. On 06/04/18 21:29, Darac Marjal wrote: On 06/04/18 20:21, Andrew Wood wrote: How does one go about renaming an eth