Re: Setting up a chroot on a Jessie system to compile a program using sid

2018-12-07 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 08.12.2018 8:36, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > This is sort of a continuation of the thread started with the post > "Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?" > > (https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/12/msg00144.html) > > Aside: the programmer has been able to send

Re: Setting up a chroot on a Jessie system to compile a program using sid

2018-12-07 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 10:36:43PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > One of the partitions I could free up is 16 GB, the other is 54 GB -- I'd > rather free up and use the smaller one, but I'm wondering if that will be big > enough? I would be amazed if 16GB wasn't enough. All you'll be do

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 07 December 2018 22:56:03 Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Gene Heskett writes: > > On Friday 07 December 2018 19:54:56 John Hasler wrote: > >> Joe writes: > >> > ...he's still on wheezy. > >> > >> I wrote: > >> > That is easily fixed. > >> > >> Gene writes: > >> > Not until an rtai patched kernel

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Gene Heskett writes: > On Friday 07 December 2018 19:54:56 John Hasler wrote: > >> Joe writes: >> > ...he's still on wheezy. >> >> I wrote: >> > That is easily fixed. >> >> Gene writes: >> > Not until an rtai patched kernel is available for the newer stuffs. >> >> Why would you run your CAD softw

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread John Hasler
A caveat about Freecad: weird units. Always select "Imperial", not "US Customary" if you want to use inches. They are European and added "US Customary" at my behest, but screwed it up (deliberately, I suspect) by having it jump to feet and inches when you go over 12 inches and to yards, feet, and

Setting up a chroot on a Jessie system to compile a program using sid

2018-12-07 Thread rhkramer
This is sort of a continuation of the thread started with the post "Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?" (https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/12/msg00144.html) Aside: the programmer has been able to send me a binary which does work on my Jessie system, but,

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 07 December 2018 20:54:44 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 07.12.18 09:17, John Hasler wrote: > > Gene writes: > > > Thats a huge part of the problem, but theres another fence to > > > jump. most of these so-called cad programs cannot generate even > > > the most basic gcode. > > > > I can

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 07 December 2018 19:54:56 John Hasler wrote: > Joe writes: > > ...he's still on wheezy. > > I wrote: > > That is easily fixed. > > Gene writes: > > Not until an rtai patched kernel is available for the newer stuffs. > > Why would you run your CAD software on your machine controller? Why

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 07.12.18 16:42, Jason wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 05:05:30PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > > Jason wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there is a console based Arduino IDE available for > > > Debian? I am interested in making a portable programmer that could be > > > taken out on a job to edit

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 07.12.18 09:17, John Hasler wrote: > Gene writes: > > Thats a huge part of the problem, but theres another fence to > > jump. most of these so-called cad programs cannot generate even the > > most basic gcode. > > I can see not wanting to learn even a small part of a CAD program if all > you wa

Re: Progress (was: Re: Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?)

2018-12-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 06:50:49PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Hey, that's not fair -- you answered my question before I even asked it! ;-) > But I included my findings below > It is totally fair, as it was part of your original problem statement: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread John Hasler
Joe writes: > ...he's still on wheezy. I wrote: > That is easily fixed. Gene writes: > Not until an rtai patched kernel is available for the newer stuffs. Why would you run your CAD software on your machine controller? -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Linux-Fan
Jason writes: On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 05:05:30PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Jason wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a console based Arduino IDE available for > > Debian? I am interested in making a portable programmer that could be > > taken out on a job to edit and upload Arduino program

Re: Progress (was: Re: Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?)

2018-12-07 Thread rhkramer
Hey, that's not fair -- you answered my question before I even asked it! ;-) But I included my findings below On Friday, December 07, 2018 02:32:13 PM Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 01:47:44PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Thursday, December 06, 2018 10:42:48 PM Ro

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 07 December 2018 14:15:44 John Hasler wrote: > Joe writes: > > ...he's still on wheezy. > > That is easily fixed. Not until an rtai patched kernel is available for the newer stuffs. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury,

Re: librecad (was)

2018-12-07 Thread Gene Heskett
And except for fine tuning the locations of a couple db25 cutouts, which I'll have to carve a test piece in wood to check and drilling a hole for the line cord packing gland, its done. I guess I'll have to wait, and measure for hole size when they arrive since the mounting hole is specified as

Re: Re: ACPI BIOS ERROR

2018-12-07 Thread Tyler McLean
Having this same exact series of error messages on boot and the first time i press a key after boot. fresh debian install, latest BIOS. super annoying. did you ever resolve this?

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Jason
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 12:13:07PM -0500, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 12/7/18, Jason wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a console based Arduino IDE available for > > Debian? I am interested in making a portable programmer that could be > > taken out on a job to edit and upload Arduino progra

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Jason
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 05:05:30PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Jason wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a console based Arduino IDE available for > > Debian? I am interested in making a portable programmer that could be > > taken out on a job to edit and upload Arduino programs on site, with

Re: General question about libs

2018-12-07 Thread deloptes
Hans wrote: > Am Freitag, 7. Dezember 2018, 00:13:20 CET schrieb deloptes: > Hi Deloptes, > > the package (aka application) I wanted to port is called "umtsmon". > > You can find package and sources here: > http://umtsmon.sourceforge.net/ > Hi, I wrote to you in private, but here it is officia

Re: Progress (was: Re: Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?)

2018-12-07 Thread tomas
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 01:47:44PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, December 06, 2018 10:42:48 PM Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > As far as what you do next, it should be sufficient to have him swap > > '-lstdc++' for '-static-libstdc++' and then rebuild. That should get > > you a wor

Re: Progress (was: Re: Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?)

2018-12-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 01:47:44PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, December 06, 2018 10:42:48 PM Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > As far as what you do next, it should be sufficient to have him swap > > '-lstdc++' for '-static-libstdc++' and then rebuild. That should get > > you a wor

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 01:15:44PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Joe writes: > > ...he's still on wheezy. > > That is easily fixed. You'd think that, unless you've read the last two years of this mailing list.

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread John Hasler
Joe writes: > ...he's still on wheezy. That is easily fixed. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Progress (was: Re: Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?)

2018-12-07 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, December 06, 2018 10:42:48 PM Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > As far as what you do next, it should be sufficient to have him swap > '-lstdc++' for '-static-libstdc++' and then rebuild. That should get > you a working binary. Thanks! The programmer did what you suggested and that binary

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
John Hasler writes: > Gene writes: >> Solvespace, googling now, downloaded, will take a look. > > No need to download. It's in Debian. Note that he isn't likely to find anything remotely up to date in a repository, as he's still on wheezy.

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread deloptes
Dan Purgert wrote: > Don't know of any IDEs for the commandline, but you can always use > avrdude straight from the commandline to handle writing the compiled hex > to the thing. I did not use it with Arduino, but with few different Atmel chips it worked just fine from the command line. regards

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread John Conover
Hi Jason. Maybe, http://www.johncon.com/john/archive/sprawACM0.txt, http://www.johncon.com/john/archive/sprawACM0.tar.gz, but I don't know the "Upload", etc., commands to the Arduino. If you do, (or can find out,) you can add them at the bottom of sprawACM0.c, second function up, (where the "swi

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 12/7/18, Jason wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a console based Arduino IDE available for > Debian? I am interested in making a portable programmer that could be > taken out on a job to edit and upload Arduino programs on site, without > messing with a mouse. My apologies if this is just

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Dan Purgert
Jason wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a console based Arduino IDE available for > Debian? I am interested in making a portable programmer that could be > taken out on a job to edit and upload Arduino programs on site, without > messing with a mouse. Don't know of any IDEs for the commandl

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Joe
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:28:48 -0600 Jason wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a console based Arduino IDE available > for Debian? I am interested in making a portable programmer that > could be taken out on a job to edit and upload Arduino programs on > site, without messing with a mouse. > Or

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Joe
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:28:48 -0600 Jason wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a console based Arduino IDE available > for Debian? I am interested in making a portable programmer that > could be taken out on a job to edit and upload Arduino programs on > site, without messing with a mouse. > Does

Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Jason
Does anyone know if there is a console based Arduino IDE available for Debian? I am interested in making a portable programmer that could be taken out on a job to edit and upload Arduino programs on site, without messing with a mouse. Thanks, -- Jason

Re: certbot options

2018-12-07 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Fri, 2018-12-07 at 11:35 +, Michael Grant wrote: > > The renewal/*.conf files seem to be created automatically, I certainly > didn’t create those by hand, so modifying them looks like a bad > idea.   The renewal/*.conf files do get created automatically (one for each certificate) when 1) y

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread John Hasler
Gene writes: > Thats a huge part of the problem, but theres another fence to > jump. most of these so-called cad programs cannot generate even the > most basic gcode. I can see not wanting to learn even a small part of a CAD program if all you want to do is draw a simple floor plan and then never

Re: Looking for a "friendly" e-mail service

2018-12-07 Thread David Wright
On Fri 07 Dec 2018 at 10:08:35 (+), Joe wrote: > On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 23:05:24 -0500 Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:59:25 + Ben Oliver wrote: > > > On 18-11-26 21:12:19, Celejar wrote: > > > >On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:37:21 -0500 Mark Neidorff > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > >... > >

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread John Hasler
> Something like that might be easier to get to grips with. A /big/ > advantage of using scripts is that one gets to place comments in > the script explaining what's going on, why one did something in a > particular way etc. Both Solvespace and Freecad allow comments. Both support 2D drawing.

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread hdv@gmail
On 12/7/18 2:45 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > All very encouraging. But in about 4 hours, I've written and tested about > 90 LOC which is about 75% of what I need to have this do. :) So I think > I'll continue on this path. :) There's always more than one way to scratch an itch... ;-) > Thank you

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 07 December 2018 04:27:23 hdv@gmail wrote: > On 12/7/18 1:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 06 December 2018 17:48:21 hdv@gmail wrote: > >> On 12/6/18 11:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> Greetings all; > >>> > >>> The librecad in the debian repos for wheezy is nearly a decade >

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 07 December 2018 01:39:35 Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > On Thu, 6 Dec 2018, at 22:32, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Or is there an even better 2d app for such? > > There was a discussion here starting in Nov 2017, entitled > >"software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc." > > where several pe

Re: Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?

2018-12-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 07:12:29AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > > Or, your developer should deliver only portable source to you, and > you compile that yourself. > Which he already said was not a workable solution, as he needs to run on jessie and/or wheezy while the code in question requires a new

RE: certbot options

2018-12-07 Thread Michael Grant
Thanks folks, all great answers! Not sure if there’s a best or correct answer. I did not know about certbot *.conf despite combing through the docs many times and I did not know about the systemctl override dir or the fact that you could copy that system file to the other dir and it would repl

OT(?) question {Re: Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?}

2018-12-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/06/2018 09:42 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: [snip] In my experience, the weakest area for nearly every programmer I meet is build systems. Interestingly enough, I lectured in class today and build systems and their importance. This is a case where understanding some of the "extras" that

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread hdv@gmail
On 12/7/18 10:50 AM, Joe wrote: > On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:46:42 -0500 > Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Thursday 06 December 2018 17:48:21 hdv@gmail wrote: >> > >>> >>> Some time ago I tried LibreCAD as well and soon had to conclude >>> there were too many issues with it to proceed. Meanwhile I've >>>

Re: Looking for a "friendly" e-mail service

2018-12-07 Thread Joe
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 23:05:24 -0500 Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:59:25 + > Ben Oliver wrote: > > > On 18-11-26 21:12:19, Celejar wrote: > > >On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:37:21 -0500 > > >Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > > > >... > > > > > >> Now, I don't like the webmail interfaces and th

Re: Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?

2018-12-07 Thread Joe
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 22:37:51 -0500 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Of course, looking at what you did, maybe I should get the source of > his changes and then try compiling it myself (in a sid chroot). If you're on sid, you may need to be a little more careful, particularly with kernels. Years ago

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread Joe
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:46:42 -0500 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 06 December 2018 17:48:21 hdv@gmail wrote: > > > > > Some time ago I tried LibreCAD as well and soon had to conclude > > there were too many issues with it to proceed. Meanwhile I've > > adopted QCAD (the Pro version) I've

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread hdv@gmail
On 12/7/18 1:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 06 December 2018 17:48:21 hdv@gmail wrote: > >> On 12/6/18 11:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> Greetings all; >>> >>> The librecad in the debian repos for wheezy is nearly a decade old, >>> v-1.02. There are V2-* stuff that still runs on QT4 some

Re: General question about libs

2018-12-07 Thread deloptes
Hans wrote: > Hi Deloptes, > > the package (aka application) I wanted to port is called "umtsmon". > > You can find package and sources here: > http://umtsmon.sourceforge.net/ > > It is an awesome tool for utsm-stick. I found nothing similar and more > easy to use. Strangely it is not well know

Re: Fwd: Recommendation for Virtual Machine and Instructions to set it up?

2018-12-07 Thread deloptes
Mark Fletcher wrote: > > I have always found virtualbox surprisingly easy to set up and use — a lot > of things that as a noob I expected to be hard just weren’t. There’s a > good visual setup screen for creating new VMs and the documentation is > quite good as I recall. > The headless feature