Re: NAS software for Raspberry Pi that supports full range of client OS (Win-10, MacOS-X, Linux) ?

2020-03-23 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: >> Vincent Lammens >> https://vincentlammens.net > > Access denied. Cert problem. This was a good one, Gene :) But lets give the youth a chance :) Vincent, when I open http://vincentlammens.net it redirects correctly to https://vincentlammens.net/en and opens, but as Gene n

Re: NAS software for Raspberry Pi that supports full range of client OS (Win-10, MacOS-X, Linux) ?

2020-03-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 24 March 2020 01:59:11 Vincent Lammens wrote: > Hi Rick > > You could try openmediavault. It has an iso for the raspberrypi, and > comes with a smb, ftp and ssh system preinstalled, so serving all > kinds of client os's should be no problem. It also has a webgui, and > has a few plugins

Re: NAS software for Raspberry Pi that supports full range of client OS (Win-10, MacOS-X, Linux) ?

2020-03-23 Thread Vincent Lammens
Hi Rick You could try openmediavault. It has an iso for the raspberrypi, and comes with a smb, ftp and ssh system preinstalled, so serving all kinds of client os's should be no problem. It also has a webgui, and has a few plugins to add webdav for example. --- Regards Vincent Lammens https:

Re: NAS software for Raspberry Pi that supports full range of client OS (Win-10, MacOS-X, Linux) ?

2020-03-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 20:43:43 -0700 "Rick Thomas" wrote: > Can anybody suggest a good NAS package? Debian based is preferable, > but almost any Linux will do. I find a combination of plain vanilla Samba and nextcloud do me quite well. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescu

NAS software for Raspberry Pi that supports full range of client OS (Win-10, MacOS-X, Linux) ?

2020-03-23 Thread Rick Thomas
The covid-19 situation is giving me lots of free time recently, so I've ordered a Raspberry Pi 4 with delivery expected sometime this week. I'd like to use it for a NAS for the home network, so my family can share files without resorting to sneaker-net. We have a full range of clients -- Mac, W

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread David Wright
On Mon 23 Mar 2020 at 20:27:31 (+0100), Klaus Singvogel wrote: > Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to upset the list, > > there's been enough of that already, but why are some people so afraid of > > systemd? > > My reasons: […] > Logging (jour

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread David Wright
On Mon 23 Mar 2020 at 19:16:33 (+), Joe wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:15:13 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > 5) It does not write logs in human-readable files. You need systemd's > >tools to read systemd's logs. This makes post mortem diagnostics > >much more difficult. > > You mig

Re: How can I see only the latest change log of packages before update ?

2020-03-23 Thread David Wright
On Tue 24 Mar 2020 at 00:35:39 (+0200), Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: > > My update/upgrade system script is about that : > sudo apt update && sudo apt list --upgradable -a && sudo apt > dist-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt autoclean -y && > sudo apt clean -y > > But I want for *eac

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Michael Howard
On 23/03/2020 23:20, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:15:14 + Michael Howard wrote: On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 Jude DaShiell wrote: There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. That system maintain

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:15:14 + Michael Howard wrote: > On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 > > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > >> There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. > >> That system maintained sysv and still has sup

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Toni Mas
I did. I just did not use "full-upgrade" option. I upgraded package by package resolving all dependencies and I had to install elogind but it is not needed to start X system. It was just for dependencies. Please, could you explain the race of conditions risk race? Thanks. Toni Mas Missatge de R

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 23 March 2020 16:34:22 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 04:09:14PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > That which I have managed to get my head wrapped around, do seem to > > be a better idea. But thats far from all of it at the present time. > > For starters, lets say you know

installing with Flatpak

2020-03-23 Thread Anil Felipe Duggirala
hello, I would like to ask if there are any drawbacks in installing software using Flatpak. As far as I understand, this installation method installs packages in an isolated way (whatever that means). I would imagine this would require more disk space. But will performance of the software be affec

Re: Re: buster, ekiga.

2020-03-23 Thread Anil Felipe Duggirala
On Fri, 2020-01-03 at 18:03 -0800, Ernesto Alfonso wrote: > I was able to use linphone, which is available in buster. > > Ernesto Linphone is also available from a Flatpak. The newer version is much better than the one in the Debian main repository.

Installing Debiam

2020-03-23 Thread Chocolate Island Prince
This information is wowfactor 10! I never knew any of this. I have a an old but in excellent condition a Sony Vaio and a 16 years old Macbook. 1. Sony has no OS . I would like a good system installed. So What do uou suggest n how can I down load ? Should I use usb stick? 2. Macbook it has OS but

How can I see only the latest change log of packages before update ?

2020-03-23 Thread Anastasios Lisgaras
Hello, My update/upgrade system script is about that : sudo apt update && sudo apt list --upgradable -a && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt autoclean -y && sudo apt clean -y But I want for *each* package that has an update available, before I update it to see its cha

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 19:51:18 +0100 kjo...@fastmail.com (Kamil Jońca) wrote: > Well. I am quite happy when systemd start to govern > services/daemons. Good for you. I don't suppose you use gpsd under systemd. The gpsd maintainers hate systemd with a passion because systemd makes assumptions abou

Re: Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501

2020-03-23 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, March 23, 2020 02:20:19 PM David Christensen wrote: > The first link is: > > https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_inspir > on_laptop/inspiron-1501_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf Thanks, that worked. > Was your laptop originally sold in Finland? Not as fa

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > That along would ease the transition, and reduce the the systemd hate and > discontent on ALL of these lists.  And justify the reason for the > individual change. None of us like being kept in the dark. Absolutely agree with this. It took me about an year to read myself in t

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 04:09:14PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > That which I have managed to get my head wrapped around, do seem to be a > better idea. But thats far from all of it at the present time. For > starters, lets say you know you are having a dhcpd problem, so you go > read man dhcpd,

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 23 March 2020 15:16:33 Joe wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:15:13 -0400 > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > 5) It does not write logs in human-readable files. You need > > systemd's tools to read systemd's logs. This makes post mortem > > diagnostics much more difficult. > > You might add 5a)

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Klaus Singvogel
Tony van der Hoff wrote: > I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to upset the list, > there's been enough of that already, but why are some people so afraid of > systemd? My reasons: Can't debug the start / stop of daemons as good as before. "(ba)sh -x" no more working. Not ab

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Joe
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:15:13 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > 5) It does not write logs in human-readable files. You need systemd's >tools to read systemd's logs. This makes post mortem diagnostics >much more difficult. > You might add 5a): Why? There's not exactly a burning need to

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Kamil Jońca
Tony van der Hoff writes: > On 23/03/2020 15:15, Michael Howard wrote: >> On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 >>> Jude DaShiell wrote: >>> > > > I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to upset the > list, there's been enough of tha

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 12:48 PM Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to upset the > list, there's been enough of that already, but why are some people so > afraid of systemd? > I consider myself Neutral on the subject, actually wanting to educate m

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Dan Ritter
Henning Follmann wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 04:31:33PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > I ask the question in all innocence, purely to understand whypeople seem to > > want to jump through hoops to avoid it. > > > > Maybe lack of self medication? > Duck... Not only was that not helpful

Re: Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501

2020-03-23 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-03-23 03:43, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, March 23, 2020 01:42:40 AM David Christensen wrote: If I am reading the user manual for my E1505 and the Intel ICH7 datasheet correctly, the ExpressCard port in my laptop should be PCIe 1x at 2.5 Gbps. I would expect your E1501 to be equ

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 04:31:33PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > [...] > I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to upset the list, > there's been enough of that already, but why are some people so afraid of > systemd? > Who said "Jehovah"? > I have used it since the beginn

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 04:31:33PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to upset the list, > there's been enough of that already, but why are some people so afraid of > systemd? Well, there seem to be several reasons. In no particular order:

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Dan Ritter
Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 23/03/2020 15:15, Michael Howard wrote: > > On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 > > > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > > > I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to upset the list, > there's been enough

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Michael Howard
On 23/03/2020 16:31, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 23/03/2020 15:15, Michael Howard wrote: On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 Jude DaShiell wrote: I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to upset the list, there's been enough of th

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread tomas
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 04:31:33PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 23/03/2020 15:15, Michael Howard wrote: > >On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 > >>Jude DaShiell wrote: > >> > > > I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to ups

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 23/03/2020 15:15, Michael Howard wrote: On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 Jude DaShiell wrote: I know it's a sensitive subject, and I really don't want to upset the list, there's been enough of that already, but why are some people so afraid

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Michael Howard
On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 Jude DaShiell wrote: There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. That system maintained sysv and still has support. ASCII is Stretch without systemd or any of the dependencies. Devuan hasn'

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread tomas
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 07:28:25AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. > > That system maintained sysv and still has support. > > ASCII is Stretch without systemd or an

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 Jude DaShiell wrote: > There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. > That system maintained sysv and still has support. ASCII is Stretch without systemd or any of the dependencies. Devuan hasn't release its "Buster" version yet. B

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread tomas
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 08:37:47AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. > That system maintained sysv and still has support. Going by [1], I'd guess Devuan ASCII is roughly Debian Stretch. More knowledgeable statements always welcome, o

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:51:53 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: Hello Andrei, >A standard[1] Debian install "requires[2] networking only for >(security) updates. Thanks for the info, Andrei. A classic case of "a little knowledge" My little knowledge, of course. -- Regards _ / )

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Jude DaShiell
There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. That system maintained sysv and still has support. #!/usr/bin/env bash # file: getdevuan.sh - get devuan iso. wget -bc http://files.devuan.org/devuan_ascii/minimal-live/devuan_ascii_2.1_amd64_minimal-live.iso On Sun, 22 Mar 2020

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 23 mar 20, 10:47:14, Brad Rogers wrote: > > TBH, I wasn't sure. Certain things require networking availability, so > that got me thinking. Anyhow, that turned out to be a blind alley. A standard[1] Debian install "requires[2] networking only for (security) updates. [1] i.e. something

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:26:05 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: Hello Andrei, >In the default install the display manager does not wait for networking >(why should it?), your problem is most likely elsewhere. TBH, I wasn't sure. Certain things require networking availability, so that got me thinking

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-23 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, March 23, 2020 02:27:17 AM David Christensen wrote: > The 187 MB/s is a worst-case scenario for FHD video -- decode on the CPU > and send uncompressed frames over USB 3.0 to the video RAM in the > docking station. Hopefully Debian, Linux, Xorg, whatever, have the > architecture and driv

Re: Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501

2020-03-23 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, March 23, 2020 01:42:40 AM David Christensen wrote: > If I am reading the user manual for my E1505 and the Intel ICH7 > datasheet correctly, the ExpressCard port in my laptop should be PCIe 1x > at 2.5 Gbps. I would expect your E1501 to be equivalent (?). I bought it used, don't have t

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 22 mar 20, 14:43:37, Brad Rogers wrote: > Hello, > > For the first time, I'm having problems installing Debian testing on new > hardware; > > Asus TUF X570 Plus mobo with onboard Realtek network L8200A i/f > > As things stand, it /seems/ that the boot process is waiting for the > network

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Reco
Please do not top post. Reply to the list. On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 09:59:25AM +0100, Renato Gallo wrote: > > > Rly, systemd is, between things, a way to be sure when and after what > something starts isn't it ? Does not make it any special, in comparing to any other init system in existence.

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Renato Gallo
Rly, systemd is, between things, a way to be sure when and after what something starts isn't it ? - Messaggio originale - Da: "Reco" A: "debian-user" Inviato: Lunedì, 23 marzo 2020 9:27:29 Oggetto: Re: Buster without systemd? Hi. On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 08:48:57AM +0100, Renato Gal

RE: ifup && iptables error

2020-03-23 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, [] > Right, your basic problem is that your interfaces are now names > enp7s0 > and > wlp6s0 > > not eth0 and wifi0 or whatever they used to be. > > Fix them in /etc/network/interfaces, double check your iptables rules > are either using the new names or don't mention interfaces at all, a

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 08:48:57AM +0100, Renato Gallo wrote: > > linux without systemd = race condition risks = why in hell anyone would want > to do it ? . Rly? Reco

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread tomas
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 08:48:57AM +0100, Renato Gallo wrote: > > linux without systemd = race condition risks = why in hell anyone would want > to do it ? I think we've had enough of this already. See, Marc? Cheers -- tomás signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread tomas
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 09:57:36PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2020-03-22 at 21:21, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > [...] Then I realized that I > > had only done an "upgrade" but not a "full-upgrade". After that, X > > would not start [...] > How are you starting X? > > I start it manually from

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread tomas
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 06:21:56PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Supposedly, one can install/upgrade to Buster while maintaining sysv > as init.  Or has this changed.  Over the past several months I have > been attempting to upgrade to Buster, but I have been completely > unsuccessful. > > Has anyo

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Renato Gallo
linux without systemd = race condition risks = why in hell anyone would want to do it ? - Messaggio originale - Da: "Felix Miata" A: "debian-user" Inviato: Lunedì, 23 marzo 2020 8:08:28 Oggetto: Re: Buster without systemd? Marc Shapiro composed on 2020-03-22 18:21 (UTC-0700): > afte

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:10:48 +0100 Bernd Gruber wrote: Hello Bernd, >Brad Rogers wrote: > >> Failed to start NVIDIA Persistence Daemon >have you looked this up, I find it several times on ddg. Briefly, but didn't pursue it, before I took myself down a blind alley. I've not got time to look

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-23 Thread Felix Miata
Marc Shapiro composed on 2020-03-22 18:21 (UTC-0700): > after 21 to 22 years of using > Debian (since Bo), do I have to switch to another linux distro? AFAIK, no one has ever died as a consequence of using an OS with systemd. So, no, you don't "have to" switch to another distro. You can do as