[radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop

2018-08-17 Thread tom arnall
I keep getting the following error when my machine boots: [radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting the system finally comes up, after a delay of several minutes. I'm running Debian Stretch on a Lenovo T400. Previous to the system upgrade to Stretch, I ran Jessie

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 08:23:51AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Simply use "if" like you're supposed to. Sometimes the simple things in bash are free. Or something :) Thank you so much Greg - I really appreciate this - this was the answer I didn't know I wanted until you named it. Kind

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 04:36:43PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:12:54AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 03:43:58PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > The construction > > > > > > foo && echo "bar" || echo "baz" > > > > > > does probably

Re: Repository Problem

2018-08-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 21:49:53 +0200, john doe wrote: > As an aside, you should consider using 'apt' and not 'apt-get'. Why? What functional difference is there between 'apt-get upgrade' and 'apt-get install' and the apt equivalents? -- Brian.

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread cyaiplexys
On 08/17/2018 04:58 PM, Dave Sherohman wrote: [Snipped some useful info] I *never ever* use port 22 for ssh. I pick some random port that I know isn't going to be used for anything else on the server and set ssh to use that port instead. How do I set ufw to use the ssh port of my choosing?

Re: Repository Problem

2018-08-17 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
Thanks for he reply. Nothing there. On 08/17/2018 04:03 PM, Roberto C. S�nchez wrote: On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 08:21:50PM +0100, Brian wrote: On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 15:00:09 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just installed Stretch on a new SSD on my platform. During the installation I

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:50:16PM -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: > If I'm following you so far, ufw is a firewall like iptables? Or a > replacement for iptables? ufw is a more user-friendly front end for managing iptables rules. Under the hood, it's still iptables doing the actual firewalling. (After

Re: Repository Problem

2018-08-17 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 08:21:50PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 15:00:09 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > I have just installed Stretch on a new SSD on my platform. > > > > During the installation I selected the University of Chicago mirror and > > accepted the defaults plus

Re: Repository Problem

2018-08-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 15:35:08 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > Please see attachemnt. > > On 08/17/2018 03:21 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 15:00:09 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > I have just installed Stretch on a new SSD on my platform. > >

Re: Repository Problem

2018-08-17 Thread john doe
On 8/17/2018 9:00 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just installed Stretch on a new SSD on my platform. During the installation I selected the University of Chicago mirror and accepted the defaults plus backports. When I fun apt-get install Thunderbird apt-get tries to log on to

Re: Repository Problem

2018-08-17 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
Thanks for the reply. Please see attachemnt. On 08/17/2018 03:21 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 15:00:09 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just installed Stretch on a new SSD on my platform. During the installation I selected the University of Chicago mirror and accepted the

Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS?

2018-08-17 Thread deloptes
Joao Roscoe wrote: > But, what if I need to include a user who is defined in NIS in lp or ttyS0 > group? Would going into /etc/group in *every* machine be unavoidable? your print server will be the only one to consider for lp group for example or just do something with ansible or puppet or

Re: Repository Problem

2018-08-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 15:00:09 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have just installed Stretch on a new SSD on my platform. > > During the installation I selected the University of Chicago mirror and > accepted the defaults plus backports. > > When I fun apt-get install Thunderbird apt-get

Repository Problem

2018-08-17 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have just installed Stretch on a new SSD on my platform. During the installation I selected the University of Chicago mirror and accepted the defaults plus backports. When I fun apt-get install Thunderbird apt-get tries to log on to prod.debian.map.fastly.net (2a04:4E42:2c::2040 and hangs.

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-17 Thread David Wright
On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 07:31:34 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 17 August 2018 05:29:07 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2018-08-13 09:38:48 -0300, Samuel Henrique wrote: > > > If you pass a file as parameter to apt install, like: > > > apt install ./package.deb > > > It will work, at

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread cyaiplexys
On 08/17/2018 01:59 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 13:56:03 -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: So do I have to sudo apt-get iptables or is that already installed? dpkg -l iptables Looks like it's in there: $ dpkg -l iptables Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold |

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 12:50:16 -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: > I *never ever* use port 22 for ssh. I pick some random port that I know > isn't going to be used for anything else on the server and set ssh to use > that port instead. How do I set ufw to use the ssh port of my choosing? Not a bad

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 13:56:03 -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: > So do I have to sudo apt-get iptables or is that already installed? dpkg -l iptables -- Brian.

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread cyaiplexys
On 08/17/2018 01:16 PM, john doe wrote: On 8/17/2018 6:50 PM, cyaiplexys wrote: On 08/17/2018 10:55 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote: On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 02:07:02PM -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: See, that all is way over my head. I don't understand this stuff as I'm pretty much a total beginner in

Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS?

2018-08-17 Thread Joao Roscoe
Right, that's best practice. But, what if I need to include a user who is defined in NIS in lp or ttyS0 group? Would going into /etc/group in *every* machine be unavoidable? João On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 1:42 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 01:27:32PM -0300, Joao Roscoe

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 19:16:07 +0200, john doe wrote: > Also, a server without firewall capibility should never be facing internet. Why? "never" seems a little strong. Mine does; what's the problem? -- Brian.

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread john doe
On 8/17/2018 6:50 PM, cyaiplexys wrote: On 08/17/2018 10:55 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote: On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 02:07:02PM -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: See, that all is way over my head. I don't understand this stuff as I'm pretty much a total beginner in this. OK, fair enough.  Let's see what

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread cyaiplexys
On 08/17/2018 10:55 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote: On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 02:07:02PM -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: See, that all is way over my head. I don't understand this stuff as I'm pretty much a total beginner in this. OK, fair enough. Let's see what help I can offer. Greatly appreciated. :)

Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS?

2018-08-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 01:27:32PM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote: > However, it will not solve the problem on how to centrally manage system > resources access across distros. You don't manage OS-specific (or "distro"-specific if you prefer that term) group IDs in a network database. Those are

Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS?

2018-08-17 Thread Joao Roscoe
You are right, I forgot to state that yes, I do use NFS to share files - great tip, this GID / UID remapping thing - thanks a lot. However, it will not solve the problem on how to centrally manage system resources access across distros. Joao On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:49 AM wrote: >

petit soucis de connection avec x2go

2018-08-17 Thread Bernard Schoenacker
bonjour, je souhaiterai pouvoir renouveler les clés qui permettent de se connecter à un serveur voici l'erreur : Access denied. Authentication that can continue: publickey,password Access denied. Authentication that can continue: publickey,password

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/17/2018 07:44 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:27:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/17/2018 06:31 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 17 August 2018 05:29:07 Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2018-08-13 09:38:48 -0300, Samuel Henrique wrote: If you pass a file as

Re: Fail2Ban Question: Can I do this without restarting the service?

2018-08-17 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 02:07:02PM -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: > See, that all is way over my head. I don't understand this stuff as I'm > pretty much a total beginner in this. OK, fair enough. Let's see what help I can offer. > Does Debian and Debian based systems have the firewall installed and

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:12:54AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 03:43:58PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > The construction > > > > foo && echo "bar" || echo "baz" > > > > does probably work, because echo's exit status

Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-17 Thread john doe
On 8/17/2018 4:05 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Yes, once language and keyboard get selected type the less than character. That should get you a numbered menu on the screen. One of those numbers will allow you to execute a shell. When I do a debian install, I like to get into this menu as soon as

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 03:43:58PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > The construction > > foo && echo "bar" || echo "baz" > > does probably work, because echo's exit status is (always?) 0 (the bash > builtin's documentation mumbles something about "write error"). echo can fail if stdout is

Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
Yes, once language and keyboard get selected type the less than character. That should get you a numbered menu on the screen. One of those numbers will allow you to execute a shell. When I do a debian install, I like to get into this menu as soon as possible since I save install logs to disk

Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS?

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:36:38AM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote: > I have redhat and debian machines in the same network. Users and groups are > controlled via NIS > > I have realized that redhat and debian have different groups definitions > for system

Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS?

2018-08-17 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:36:38AM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote: What would be the best way to manage this (other than managing groups on machines themselves, individually)? Different NIS domains for different distros? Is there any tutorial on managing multiple domains on the same NIS server, out

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 08:23:51AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:46:54PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > $ test $? && echo ok || echo error $? > > Others have already pointed out that test $? is not what you think it >

Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS?

2018-08-17 Thread Joao Roscoe
I have redhat and debian machines in the same network. Users and groups are controlled via NIS I have realized that redhat and debian have different groups definitions for system resources access control. For instance, redhat machines have group lp with GID 4, while debian states that lp group is

Re: Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:34:38PM +0100, Clive Standbridge wrote: [...] > > $ false > > $ test $? && echo ok || echo error $? > > The second $? in that line is different from the first; it's the exit > status of "test". That can be demonstrated,

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-17 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:27:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/17/2018 06:31 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 17 August 2018 05:29:07 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > > On 2018-08-13 09:38:48 -0300, Samuel Henrique wrote: > > > > If you pass a file as parameter to apt

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/17/2018 06:31 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 17 August 2018 05:29:07 Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2018-08-13 09:38:48 -0300, Samuel Henrique wrote: If you pass a file as parameter to apt install, like: apt install ./package.deb It will work, at least on buster. And the "./" is

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:46:54PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > $ test $? && echo ok || echo error $? Others have already pointed out that test $? is not what you think it is. When the test command is given 1 argument, it tests that argument's string length. If the string length is 0, then

Re: Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Clive Standbridge
> Is there a "cleaner" way to test the true/ error exit status other > than using "$?", with bonus points for working in posix sh as well as > Bash, ? test $? -eq 0 "help test" will tell you more. Another point from your original mail, > $ false > $ test $? && echo ok || echo error $? The

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 17 August 2018 05:29:07 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2018-08-13 09:38:48 -0300, Samuel Henrique wrote: > > If you pass a file as parameter to apt install, like: > > apt install ./package.deb > > It will work, at least on buster. > > And the "./" is important, otherwise it will not work

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:29:47PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:51:03AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > > Zenaan Harkness (2018-08-17): > > > But whilst the subsequent list of Bash builtin commands DOES include > > >

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 11:42:56AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > Few surviving languages have that kind of evaluation model (the shells, > Tcl -- and in a very interesting twist the Lisps). Powerful, but > sometimes confusing. And (oh,

HS : clavier Arduino Leonardo

2018-08-17 Thread Yann Serre
Le 16/08/2018 à 22:08, hamster a écrit : Le 16/08/2018 à 16:38, Yann Serre a écrit : L'Arduino est juste le périphérique d'entrée (fabrication maison, une coque imprimée en 3D et un long câble USB). Il se branche en USB et simule quelques touches d'un clavier : le A, le B,... La machine est

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:32:39PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: [...] > That accords with my previous understanding, that the exist status of > running false gives something other than "success" (i.e. zero) - what > am I missing? The next step:

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Nicolas George
Zenaan Harkness (2018-08-17): > Aha. It's actually the Special Parameter "?", aka "$?" that I did not > understand - I was treating it as a value, when actually it is > something that expands, i.e. into a string, and not something that is > treated as true or false. That is how all parameters

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 11:25:52AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:46:54PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > 1) > > Bash man page largely fails to document the true and false builtins > > AFAICT, except for this sentence just under the heading > > "^SHELL BUILTIN

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:51:03AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Zenaan Harkness (2018-08-17): > > But whilst the subsequent list of Bash builtin commands DOES include > > entries for ":" (the very first entry) and "test", it appears to fail > > to include entries for "true" and for "false". > >

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-17 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2018-08-13 09:38:48 -0300, Samuel Henrique wrote: > If you pass a file as parameter to apt install, like: > apt install ./package.deb > It will work, at least on buster. And the "./" is important, otherwise it will not work (until now, for this reason, I didn't know that passing a file was

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:46:54PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > 1) > Bash man page largely fails to document the true and false builtins > AFAICT, except for this sentence just under the heading > "^SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS": > > The :, true,

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:51:03AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Zenaan Harkness (2018-08-17): > > But whilst the subsequent list of Bash builtin commands DOES include > > entries for ":" (the very first entry) and "test", it appears to fail > > to include entries for "true" and for "false". > >

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Nicolas George
Zenaan Harkness (2018-08-17): > But whilst the subsequent list of Bash builtin commands DOES include > entries for ":" (the very first entry) and "test", it appears to fail > to include entries for "true" and for "false". Maybe because it does the same thing as the standard and non-builtin true

Re: Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:46:54PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > 1) > Bash man page largely fails to document the true and false builtins > AFAICT, except for this sentence just under the heading > "^SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS": > > The :, true, false, and test builtins do not accept options and

Re: Disable new feature on Jessie / KDE 4.14.2

2018-08-17 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, August 16, 2018 03:11:18 PM Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 8/16/18, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:28:07 -0400 > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Hello rhkra...@gmail.com, > > > >>There is a new (to me) feature on my Jessie / KDE 4.14.2 which I do not > >>like and

Bash true/false builtings undocumented? "false" not working?

2018-08-17 Thread Zenaan Harkness
1) Bash man page largely fails to document the true and false builtins AFAICT, except for this sentence just under the heading "^SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS": The :, true, false, and test builtins do not accept options and do not treat -- specially. But whilst the subsequent list of Bash builtin

Re: Disable new feature on Jessie / KDE 4.14.2

2018-08-17 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, August 16, 2018 02:48:51 PM Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:28:07 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello rhkra...@gmail.com, > > >There is a new (to me) feature on my Jessie / KDE 4.14.2 which I do not > >like and would like to disable -- I don't even know what to

Re: Request for information

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 03:17:29AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: [...] > [...] "stupidity should be painfull" comes to mind, but > in our so-called PC society today, theres a painkiller for that. :-) Cheers - -- t -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: Request for information

2018-08-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 17 August 2018 02:59:23 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:49:22AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 17 August 2018 00:35:30 Dan Ritter wrote: > > [...] > > > > But in this particular case, I think it was probably a spammer > > > or scammer looking for targets.

Boot problems: atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting [was: empty subject]

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 08:32:47PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: Hi, Tom -- > I keep getting the following error when my machine boots: > >[radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting > > the system finally comes up, after

Re: Request for information

2018-08-17 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:49:22AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 17 August 2018 00:35:30 Dan Ritter wrote: [...] > > But in this particular case, I think it was probably a spammer > > or scammer looking for targets. > > > > -dsr- > Entirely