Re: Mysterious ssh-agent session

Hi. On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 04:58:28PM +1200, Aidan Gauland wrote: > I need to know how to either > a) disable the instance started under "(sd-pam)", so I can use my > systemd user service, or Comment out use-ssh-agent in /etc/X11/Xsession.options . > b) configure the instance

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

On Wed 24 Apr 2019 at 22:07:33 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/24/2019 08:11 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:36:29 -0500 > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > I'm attempting a very minimal install because: > > > 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal > > > 2. fend

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

On Wed 24 Apr 2019 at 14:29:00 (-0400), Lee wrote: > On 4/24/19, David Wright wrote: > > [I presume that replying only to me was a mistake.] > > Nope, responding to your "my /etc/hosts file has ~14000 lines" didn't > seem all that germane to the thread. & not that this is either, but > if you'd

Mysterious ssh-agent session

While troubleshooting my ssh-agent setup, I discovered that an extra ssh-agent instance was running, and I have no idea what is starting this. What I want is to have ssh-agent run as a systemd user service (following the instructions at

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

On Wed 24 Apr 2019 at 16:20:21 (+), der.hans wrote: > Am 24. Apr, 2019 schwätzte David Wright so: > > On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 18:15:03 (+), der.hans wrote: [I agree with you replies, snipped] > > > I currently run different browser instances for different tasks I want to > > > isolate. > >

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

On 04/24/2019 08:11 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:36:29 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: I'm attempting a very minimal install because: 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal 2. fending for oneself is a valuable educational experience compared to having everything han

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:36:29 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm attempting a very minimal install because: > 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal > 2. fending for oneself is a valuable educational experience compared > to having everything handed to you on a "golden platter" {Debian's

Re: Synaptic error message -- how to respond

On 4/24/19 4:42 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 04/24/2019 03:42 PM, Thomas D Dial wrote: On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 10:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I have repeatedly received the following error message: E: galternatives: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before

Re: Synaptic error message -- how to respond

On 04/24/2019 03:42 PM, Thomas D Dial wrote: On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 10:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I have repeatedly received the following error message: E: galternatives: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration I don't recall

Re: Synaptic error message -- how to respond

On Wed, 2019-04-24 at 10:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have repeatedly received the following error message: > > E: galternatives: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; > > you should reinstall it before attempting configuration > > I don't recall what triggered it last week. Today I

Progress - was [Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)]

On 04/24/2019 02:31 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 04/24/2019 01:10 PM, Joe wrote: On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:36:29 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] My base setup was installed by doing     apt-get --no-install-recommends install task-mate-desktop     apt-get install pluma gparted synaptic All it

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

On 04/24/2019 02:41 PM, mick crane wrote: On 2019-04-24 18:36, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm attempting a very minimal install because: 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal 2. fending for oneself is a valuable educational experience compared    to having everything handed to you on a "golde

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

On 2019-04-24 18:36, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm attempting a very minimal install because: 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal 2. fending for oneself is a valuable educational experience compared to having everything handed to you on a "golden platter" {Debian's default installer}

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

On Wed 24 Apr 2019 at 12:36:29 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm attempting a very minimal install because: > 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal Not at all. There has to be an objective, a goal. For example, a thin client with only 1Gb of space which is intended to perform a particula

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

On 04/24/2019 01:10 PM, Joe wrote: On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:36:29 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: I'm attempting a very minimal install because: 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal 2. fending for oneself is a valuable educational experience compared to having everything handed to you

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

On 04/24/2019 12:54 PM, Georgios wrote: My minimal install include just installing standard system utilities. I believe I accomplished that. I build my system after that without the use of --no-install-recommends. Its better to install recommended packages for full functionality of the instal

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

On 4/24/19, David Wright wrote: > [I presume that replying only to me was a mistake.] Nope, responding to your "my /etc/hosts file has ~14000 lines" didn't seem all that germane to the thread. & not that this is either, but if you'd prefer to keep it on the list I don't mind. > On Tue 23 Apr 20

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

My minimal install include just installing standard system utilities. I build my system after that without the use of --no-install-recommends. Its better to install recommended packages for full functionality of the installed packages.(Just my opinion) ps. Im using xfce and i usually pick the pack

Re: Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:36:29 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm attempting a very minimal install because: > 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal > 2. fending for oneself is a valuable educational experience compared > to having everything handed to you on a "golden platter" {Debian's

Attempting a VERY minimal install (using --no-install-recommends ;)

I'm attempting a very minimal install because: 1. small size in and of itself is a good goal 2. fending for oneself is a valuable educational experience compared to having everything handed to you on a "golden platter" {Debian's default installer} My current experiments revolve around defin

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

Am 24. Apr, 2019 schwätzte David Wright so: moin moin, On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 18:15:03 (+), der.hans wrote: Am 23. Apr, 2019 schwätzte David Wright so: On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 15:53:50 (-), Curt wrote: On 2019-04-23, der.hans wrote: I use different Firefox profiles for banking to imp

Synaptic error message -- how to respond

I have repeatedly received the following error message: E: galternatives: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration I don't recall what triggered it last week. Today I wanted to install "apt-rdepends" which displayed the above error m

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

[I presume that replying only to me was a mistake.] On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 10:38:41 (-0400), Lee wrote: > On 4/22/19, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 21 Apr 2019 at 20:30:53 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > >> From: David Wright > >> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:13:11 -0500 > >> > Does the

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 18:15:03 (+), der.hans wrote: > Am 23. Apr, 2019 schwätzte David Wright so: > > On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 15:53:50 (-), Curt wrote: > > > On 2019-04-23, der.hans wrote: > > > > > > > > I use different Firefox profiles for banking to improve isolation, so at > > > > least

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Re: Convert PDF to TIFF at a certain bits-per-sample amount

Quoting Rodolfo Medina (2019-04-24 00:26:15) > Jonas Smedegaard writes: > > > Quoting mick crane (2019-04-23 23:36:19) > >> On 2019-04-23 21:02, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> > How can I convert PDF to TIFF at a certain bit-per-sample quantity? > >> > Say, 8...? > >> > Any particular option to > >