Re: how to create debian live usb

2020-01-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, kaye n wrote: > Does the cp command do the exact same thing as using the mouse and > right-click-copy and paste onto the flash drive? Probably not. But it does the right thing. Whatever, your dd command was fully correct, if /dev/sdb was the right target device: sudo dd if=debian-live-10.2

Re: how to create debian live usb

2020-01-03 Thread john doe
On 1/4/2020 8:22 AM, kaye n wrote: > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:57 PM john doe wrote: > >> On 1/4/2020 4:44 AM, kaye n wrote: >>> Hello Friends, >>> >>> I don't know if my flash drives are corrupted or not, but I haven't been >>> successful creating live USB using the following commands: >>> >>> cp

Re: how to create debian live usb

2020-01-03 Thread kaye n
On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:57 PM john doe wrote: > On 1/4/2020 4:44 AM, kaye n wrote: > > Hello Friends, > > > > I don't know if my flash drives are corrupted or not, but I haven't been > > successful creating live USB using the following commands: > > > > cp > > > > dd if= of= bs=4M; sync > > >

Re: how to create debian live usb

2020-01-03 Thread john doe
On 1/4/2020 4:44 AM, kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends, > > I don't know if my flash drives are corrupted or not, but I haven't been > successful creating live USB using the following commands: > > cp > > dd if= of= bs=4M; sync > > Then I tried copying via a file manager, that is, right-click the iso

Re: how to create debian live usb

2020-01-03 Thread David Wright
On Sat 04 Jan 2020 at 13:00:04 (+0800), kaye n wrote: > First I used gparted to format the entire flash drive to fat32. As Charles pointed out, anything you do before the dd is a waste of time because it will be overwritten. > Then I executed the command in terminal: > > sudo dd if=debian-live-

Re: how to create debian live usb

2020-01-03 Thread kaye n
On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:39 PM Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 11:44:47 +0800 > kaye n wrote: > > > Hello Friends, > > > > I don't know if my flash drives are corrupted or not, but I haven't > > been successful creating live USB using the following c

Re: usr-merge, was Re: Back to systemd [was: Re: New list for Raspbian? (was: Re: systemdq)]

2020-01-03 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 21:13:42 (-0500), Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 12:51 PM David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 02 Jan 2020 at 06:04:03 (-0500), Steve Litt wrote that usr-merge > > causes problems with systems that are initramfs-free (and /usr is a > > mounted filesystem). I don't t

Re: how to create debian live usb

2020-01-03 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 11:44:47 +0800 kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends, > > I don't know if my flash drives are corrupted or not, but I haven't > been successful creating live USB using the following commands: I am guessing you are using these instructions: https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb >

how to create debian live usb

2020-01-03 Thread kaye n
Hello Friends, I don't know if my flash drives are corrupted or not, but I haven't been successful creating live USB using the following commands: cp dd if= of= bs=4M; sync Then I tried copying via a file manager, that is, right-click the iso -> copy -> paste into the flash drive, then flag t

Re: just a general question really

2020-01-03 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 1/3/20, 황병희 wrote: >> are things getting more complicated because there is something wrong ? > > maybe you like off-topic? me too. exactly i'm always on off-topic > because my chromebook runs ubuntu 18.04 lts. Debian-Project is a good one to watch. I'd.. go back a couple of archived months to

Re: usr-merge, was Re: Back to systemd [was: Re: New list for Raspbian? (was: Re: systemdq)]

2020-01-03 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 12:51 PM David Wright wrote: > On Wed 01 Jan 2020 at 18:48:00 (+0100), Sven Hartge wrote: > > David Wright wrote: > > > > > But this does follow the (snipped) comment 'the "/usr Merge" that > > > might hit a fan someday'. For those *not* preparing packages for > > > Debian

Re: Re: buster, ekiga.

2020-01-03 Thread Ernesto Alfonso
I was able to use linphone, which is available in buster. Ernesto

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 14:22:46 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/03/2020 10:51 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. > > > > > > I have all the distribution DVDs st

Re: just a general question really

2020-01-03 Thread 황병희
> are things getting more complicated because there is something wrong ? maybe you like off-topic? me too. exactly i'm always on off-topic because my chromebook runs ubuntu 18.04 lts. sincerely, -- ^고맙습니다 _地平天成_ 감사합니다_^))//

Re: just a general question really

2020-01-03 Thread John Hasler
mick writes: > are things getting more complicated because there is something wrong ? A bit too general. What are you talking about? -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

just a general question really

2020-01-03 Thread mick crane
are things getting more complicated because there is something wrong ? -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 14:36:38 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/03/2020 12:38 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. > > > > Into every life a little rain must fall. > >

Re: Fresh-installed Debian 10 (UEFI, LUKS&LVM) not accessible through Secure Boot

2020-01-03 Thread l0f4r0
I don't know exactly why but the following did the trick: grub-installInstalling for x86_64-efi platform.Installation finished. No error reported.[...manual reboot and Secure Boot activation in ThinkPad Setup...]mokutil --sb-stateSecureBoot enabled Many thanks :) Best regards, l0f4r0 3 janv.

Re: usr-merge

2020-01-03 Thread Sven Hartge
David Wright wrote: > On Thu 02 Jan 2020 at 19:49:45 (+0100), Sven Hartge wrote: >> But, to summarize: I'd have liked for this change to be done in a >> different way with *all* systems-maintainers in board. > Reading #914897, that didn't seem likely as views were somewhat > entrenched. Well, t

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/03/2020 12:38 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. Into every life a little rain must fall. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory on

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/03/2020 10:51 AM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory on my hard disk. It would *SEEM* to be l

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. Into every life a little rain must fall. > I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory > on my hard disk. Splendid; all you have

Re: Fresh-installed Debian 10 (UEFI, LUKS&LVM) not accessible through Secure Boot

2020-01-03 Thread didier . gaumet
Le vendredi 3 janvier 2020 17:10:04 UTC+1, l0f...@tuta.io a écrit : [...] > I've used > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-10.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso Good. I would verify shim* packages are installed and well configured (State/Error flags "ii" at the beginning of the

Re: kernel is tainted, why?

2020-01-03 Thread Andrea Borgia
Il 03/01/20 17:03, Dan Ritter ha scritto: amdgpupro driver taints the kernel; amdgpu itself does not. I don't think I ever attempted to install the proprietary drivers (don't need them) and I only have this: /lib/modules/5.3.0-3-amd64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko Anything els

Re: usr-merge, was Re: Back to systemd [was: Re: New list for Raspbian? (was: Re: systemdq)]

2020-01-03 Thread David Wright
On Thu 02 Jan 2020 at 19:49:45 (+0100), Sven Hartge wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 01 Jan 2020 at 18:48:00 (+0100), Sven Hartge wrote: > >> David Wright wrote: > > >>> But this does follow the (snipped) comment 'the "/usr Merge" that > >>> might hit a fan someday'. For those *not* prep

Re: Newcomer Problem: Synaptic

2020-01-03 Thread das
> as mentioned above check > > `/etc/apt/sources.list.d' > Yes, the problem was there -- as both of you said, in the sources.list.d directory. And now everything is working fine. Thank you all. Das

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. > > I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single > directory on my hard disk. > > It would *SEEM* to be logical to use the "file option" of

Re: Newcomer Problem: Synaptic

2020-01-03 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 1/3/20 2:42 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello Das, On 03/01/2020 13:09, das wrote: You are mixing Ubuntu with Debian here: we cannot install Ubuntu packages on Debian (and vice versa). You have to choose either Debian or Ubuntu. If you want to play with ppa stuff, you must choose Ubuntu. If

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Michael Howard
On 03/01/2020 16:30, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory on my hard disk. It would *SEEM* to be logical to use the "file option" of sources.list . HOWEVER, all

Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Richard Owlett
I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory on my hard disk. It would *SEEM* to be logical to use the "file option" of sources.list . HOWEVER, all I've ever seen is the kludge of individuall

Re: kernel is tainted, why?

2020-01-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Andrea Borgia wrote: > Hi. > > Running "testing" with the "5.3.0-3-amd64 #1 Debian 5.3.15-1" kernel package > on ASRock B450-HDV mobo with Ryzen 2200G cpu, I noticed that the kernel is > marked as tainted, with the following flags: > "GW" > > According to the docs[1] this means:

Re: Fresh-installed Debian 10 (UEFI, LUKS&LVM) not accessible through Secure Boot

2020-01-03 Thread l0f4r0
Hi, Thank you Didier&Pascal for your answers. 2 janv. 2020 à 11:35 de didier.gau...@gmail.com: > It does not seem normal to me and possible causes could be (in no particular > order): > - a bug in Debian (and particularly if you installed from a Debian live > image?). > I've used https://cdim

kernel is tainted, why?

2020-01-03 Thread Andrea Borgia
Hi. Running "testing" with the "5.3.0-3-amd64 #1 Debian 5.3.15-1" kernel package on ASRock B450-HDV mobo with Ryzen 2200G cpu, I noticed that the kernel is marked as tainted, with the following flags: "GW" According to the docs[1] this means: * all modules are GPL-compatible *

Re: Newcomer Problem: Synaptic

2020-01-03 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Das, On 03/01/2020 13:09, das wrote: >> >> You are mixing Ubuntu with Debian here: we cannot install Ubuntu packages on >> Debian (and vice versa). >> You have to choose either Debian or Ubuntu. If you want to play with ppa >> stuff, you must choose Ubuntu. >> If you want to stick to Debia

Re: For Newbies: One line descriptions of important Linux packages

2020-01-03 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 08:42:45PM -0700, Ralph Katz wrote: Try ~$ whatis packagename # for installed packages That's a useful tool, thanks. It doesn't take package names, it takes binary program names, or more specifically, manual page names. So it works if the binary program name is in commo

Re: Newcomer Problem: Synaptic

2020-01-03 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Das, On 03/01/2020 12:06, das wrote: > Hello Friends: > > I am using Debian for four or five days only and obviously I did > something stupide while installing and trying to learn the system. > > When I am using Synaptic can clicking 'update', it is giving me this > error message > << > GP

Newcomer Problem: Synaptic

2020-01-03 Thread das
Hello Friends: I am using Debian for four or five days only and obviously I did something stupide while installing and trying to learn the system. When I am using Synaptic can clicking 'update', it is giving me this error message << GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu focal