Re: Capture screen with mencoder

2020-07-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Nicolas George writes: > Rodolfo Medina (12020-07-28): >>How can I modify the above command so to capture >> desktop screen instead (with audio)? > > > mencoder does not support capturing the desktop. You may manage to tweak > it to enable libavdevice, but it is completely uns

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-07-28 13:53, gajuph4...@yahoo.com wrote: I have manually partitioned my hard disk drive as follows: /boot is assigned 200MB /root is assigned 10GB /swap is assigned 20GB /home is assigned 35GB /var is assigned 10GB /usr is assigned 5GB /usr-local is assigned 5GB /opt is assigned 5GB /srv

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 7/28/20 11:05 PM, Weaver wrote: On 29-07-2020 09:07, Brian wrote: On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote: Ippfind delivers on nothing, also. How about 'ippfind -T 5'? Nothing! Just a return to the prompt. Same thing happens when tried on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. --doug

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread gajuph4...@yahoo.com
You wrote: Any partition (actually, the filesystem) can be mounted as any directory. What are the commands to mount a partition as a directory please? I am a bit confused: the file system consists of partitions such a / , /boot , /home , /var , /etc and so on. Don't they appear as directori

Re: What package should I install to have a working wired LAN connection?

2020-07-28 Thread gajuph4...@yahoo.com
No. I ddn't use the tasksel command to select the Gnome desktop for installation. If I had done it, I'd have a bloated Gnome desktop environment. On the console tty2, I installed the following packages: xorg gnome-core gnome-tweak-tool synaptic gedit gdebi file-roller In the past, after install

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Weaver
On 29-07-2020 13:05, Weaver wrote: > On 29-07-2020 09:07, Brian wrote: >> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote: >> >>> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also. >> >> How about 'ippfind -T 5'? > > Nothing! > Just a return to the prompt. Or, perhaps what I should have done is this: https:/

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Weaver
On 29-07-2020 09:07, Brian wrote: > On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote: > >> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also. > > How about 'ippfind -T 5'? Nothing! Just a return to the prompt. -- `Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as u

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread Dan Ritter
gajuph4...@yahoo.com wrote: > Hi Dan, > > You wrote: "You don't need a separate /usr or /usr/local or /opt or /srv > under any conditions. That differentiation comes from a time when disks were > tens of megabytes." > > Am I right to assume that when I install Debian, there won't be partitions

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread Dan Ritter
gajuph4...@yahoo.com wrote: > > About your statement: "You don't need a separate /boot unless you're running > an odd filesystem for root." > > I don't want Debian to install the Grub bootloader onto the space occupied by > Windows bootloader. I had an unpleasant experience when I installed Mi

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 29/7/20 8:45 am, Andrew Cater wrote: The only other thing I'd add - if you're planning to dual boot a machine - allow both operating systems enough space. The machine on which I'm typing this has a 256G disk. It came to me with Windows 10 and I retained a Windows partition to do manufacturer

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread Keith bainbridge
On 29/7/20 8:22 am, Dan Ritter wrote: Andrew Cater wrote: To be honest, on 256G - when you don't know what you want - I'd be inclined to take the guided partitioning all in one partition layout as a good start. Logs rotate these days, downloads can be deleted. If you know you're going to be runn

Re: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

2020-07-28 Thread Mick Kent
Way down at the bottom of the screen you may see a line with some instructions. Hit the one for 'commands' and you will get 'grub' and a cursor. I found a list of instructions for 'grub' but they didn't help me much. I'm stuck there. Mick -- Original Message -- From: "gajuph4...@yahoo.

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread gajuph4...@yahoo.com
Hi Dan, Thanks for your recommendations. My hard disk drive is used to dual boot Microsoft Windows with Debian. Secure Boot is enabled in the BIOS. I assigned 100GB for Debian 10.4. About your statement: "You don't need a separate /boot unless you're running an odd filesystem for root." I do

Re: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

2020-07-28 Thread riveravaldez
On 7/28/20, gajuph4...@yahoo.com wrote: > I chose the option Expert Install when I installed Debian Buster. > > I did not install any desktop environment, print server or the standard > system utilities offered during installation. > > After successfully installing the OS, I rebooted into tty2 and

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote: > Ippfind delivers on nothing, also. How about 'ippfind -T 5'? -- Brian.

Re: Capture screen with mencoder

2020-07-28 Thread Nicolas George
Rodolfo Medina (12020-07-28): > How can I modify the above command so to capture > desktop screen instead (with audio)? I suppose it's a matter of > replacing /dev/video0 with something else but don't know what nor the > correct syntax... As others have explained, the desktop

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread Andrew Cater
The only other thing I'd add - if you're planning to dual boot a machine - allow both operating systems enough space. The machine on which I'm typing this has a 256G disk. It came to me with Windows 10 and I retained a Windows partition to do manufacturer's updates and so on. I gave the Windows par

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Andrew Cater wrote: > To be honest, on 256G - when you don't know what you want - I'd be inclined > to take the guided partitioning all in one partition layout as a good > start. Logs rotate these days, downloads can be deleted. If you know you're > going to be running lots of things in one partic

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-28 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 27 Jul, 2020 at 15:38:57 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > John Boxall (12020-07-27): > > I was having the same problem with the same model mfp. I had to go into the > > HPLIP Toolbox app and setup the printer. Once I did that xsane and simple > > scan could find the scanner. > > Thanks for t

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread Andrew Cater
To be honest, on 256G - when you don't know what you want - I'd be inclined to take the guided partitioning all in one partition layout as a good start. Logs rotate these days, downloads can be deleted. If you know you're going to be running lots of things in one particular partition, that's slight

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote: > On 29-07-2020 05:44, Weaver wrote: > > On 28-07-2020 23:18, Brian wrote: > >> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote: > >> > >>> Greetings all, > >>> > >>> I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's > >>> driv

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread Dan Ritter
gajuph4...@yahoo.com wrote: > I have manually partitioned my hard disk drive as follows: > > /boot is assigned 200MB > /root is assigned 10GB > /swap is assigned 20GB > /home is assigned 35GB > /var is assigned 10GB > /usr is assigned 5GB > /usr-local is assigned 5GB > /opt is assigned 5GB > /srv

Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?

2020-07-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 08:53:57PM +, gajuph4...@yahoo.com wrote: > I have manually partitioned my hard disk drive as follows: > > /boot is assigned 200MB > /root is assigned 10GB > /swap is assigned 20GB > /home is assigned 35GB > /var is assigned 10GB > /usr is assigned 5GB > /usr-local is a

Re: What package should I install to have a working wired LAN connection?

2020-07-28 Thread Andrew Cater
Alan, "If I were you, I wouldn't start from here". If you have no network connection, you might find it easier to begin with a DVD image as this provides more software to begin with. If you can plug in the USB-Ethernet adapter and a cable, even better. You will almost certainly need some element o

Re: What package should I install to have a working wired LAN connection?

2020-07-28 Thread Andrew Cater
>From a minimal Debian install with no desktop environment, use the tasksel command to select the desktop for installation and work from there. How did you install your minimal desktop environment? - if you did it just from a netinst iso with no network, you might need to start by plugging in your

Re: What package should I install to have a working wired LAN connection?

2020-07-28 Thread Dan Ritter
gajuph4...@yahoo.com wrote: > I am unable to answer your question, viz. "Does that happen for yours?" > because I am unable to boot into the Gnome desktop environment after a > minimal install of Debian 10.4 > If you hit ctrl-alt-F2 you should get a console login, then work from there. -dsr-

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Weaver
On 29-07-2020 05:44, Weaver wrote: > On 28-07-2020 23:18, Brian wrote: >> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote: >> >>> Greetings all, >>> >>> I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's >>> drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing >>> w

Re: What package should I install to have a working wired LAN connection?

2020-07-28 Thread Dan Ritter
gajuph4...@yahoo.com wrote: > My machine does not have an RJ-45 port. > > Based on my experience with Microsoft Windows OS, I need to use an > Ethernet-to-USB adapter to have a wired LAN connection. > > As a result, during Expert Install, Debian 10.4 did not auto-detect the > network hardware

What package should I install to have a working wired LAN connection?

2020-07-28 Thread gajuph4...@yahoo.com
My machine does not have an RJ-45 port. Based on my experience with Microsoft Windows OS, I need to use an Ethernet-to-USB adapter to have a wired LAN connection. As a result, during Expert Install, Debian 10.4 did not auto-detect the network hardware and it was unable to use DHCP to configure

Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

2020-07-28 Thread gajuph4...@yahoo.com
I chose the option Expert Install when I installed Debian Buster. I did not install any desktop environment, print server or the standard system utilities offered during installation. After successfully installing the OS, I rebooted into tty2 and installed the packages named below: xorg gnome-

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Weaver
On 28-07-2020 23:18, Brian wrote: > On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> >> I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's >> drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing >> works. > > Please put the device on the net

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 09:56:20 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > And the fact that hpaio relies on CUPS is inexcusable. > > I don't see why: first, AFAICT it is still fully functional without > CUPS, and the fact that it tries to make use of CUPS's config > information in order to overcome specifi

Re: Capture screen with mencoder

2020-07-28 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 06:18:31PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > $ mencoder tv:// -tv > driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0 > -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64:mode=3 -o webcam.avi > How can I modify the above command so to ca

Re: Capture screen with mencoder

2020-07-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I posted this to Mplayer mailing list but got no answer so am sharing it here > hoping someone can help... > > I capture my webcam stream with: > > $ mencoder tv:// -tv > driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0 > -ovc lavc -oa

Capture screen with mencoder

2020-07-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I posted this to Mplayer mailing list but got no answer so am sharing it here hoping someone can help... I capture my webcam stream with: $ mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0 -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64:mode=3 -o

Two-finger Scrolling Under GNOME.

2020-07-28 Thread Alex Dowson
Hi, I've noticed an issue on my Thinkpad x250 running Debian 10 Buster. I'm running the stock GNOME desktop environment (under Wayland) and every time I suspend the laptop (by closing the lid), two-finger scrolling just stops working. I looked online and there appears to be confirmed issues

Systemd leaves uninterruptible processes

2020-07-28 Thread Mart van de Wege
Hi, Since the past month or so, systemd leaves systemd-user-runtime-dir processes in an uninterruptible state, apparently after cleaning up after a user sessions exits; I'm running XFCE4 with Lightdm, and thus I get at least a hanging process trying to stop user-runtime-dir@117.service, but they a

Re: midnight commander editor

2020-07-28 Thread mick crane
On 2020-07-28 12:39, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 28 iul 20, 13:42:07, Reco wrote: Hi. On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:00:30AM +0100, mick crane wrote: > hello, > using mc to select files to edit mc editor doesn't recognize vim > syntax colouring so have to press enter to ignore and get the

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-28 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> >> The problem is with scanner that are >> I'm not sure where you found assignment of blame in what I wrote. > "The problem is" is an assignment of technical blame. I was just pointing out in which circumstances the problem appears. No blame was meant and when I reread it I don't see blame bein

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote: > Greetings all, > > I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's > drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing > works. Please put the device on the network and give the outputs of avahi-browse -

Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Weaver
Greetings all, I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing works. The printer is clearly detected, and all I can get is the message: `AttributeError: 'Printer' object has no attribute '_ppd'' and the insisten

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-28 Thread Nicolas George
Stefan Monnier (12020-07-27): > >> The problem is with scanner that are > I'm not sure where you found assignment of blame in what I wrote. "The problem is" is an assignment of technical blame. > Apparently not 100% so since it works if you provide the URI explicitly. Most applications do not a

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 19:39:25 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Nicolas George (12020-07-27): > > Well, in between explaining why all the answers I got do not match the > > question, I RTFS, and it seems indeed it is not possible with SANE. What > > stupid design. > > > > As for the hpaio backend,

Re: documentation for sddm-greeter

2020-07-28 Thread Andrew Cater
Hi Tom, Ah, if you'd said some or all of that previously, you might have had a slightly politer response - sorry if I was grumpy. Please _DON'T_ drop back to Stretch: with the final release, it's just transitioned to LTS. That transition means that it will still be well supported for security issu

Re: midnight commander editor

2020-07-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 28 iul 20, 13:42:07, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:00:30AM +0100, mick crane wrote: > > hello, > > using mc to select files to edit mc editor doesn't recognize vim > > syntax colouring so have to press enter to ignore and get the error > > messages in terminal. >

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
The Wanderer writes: > On 2020-07-27 at 19:02, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> The Wanderer writes: >> >>> On 2020-07-27 at 10:37, The Wanderer wrote: >>> What you want to do instead is to run this exact latter command, and pass the output of that into the 'aptitude purge' command. >>> >>>

Re: midnight commander editor

2020-07-28 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:00:30AM +0100, mick crane wrote: > hello, > using mc to select files to edit mc editor doesn't recognize vim syntax > colouring so have to press enter to ignore and get the error messages in > terminal. > Any way to have mc recognize colo, syntax options in

midnight commander editor

2020-07-28 Thread mick crane
hello, using mc to select files to edit mc editor doesn't recognize vim syntax colouring so have to press enter to ignore and get the error messages in terminal. Any way to have mc recognize colo, syntax options in ~/.vimrc ? mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Verifying authenticity of Debian CDs

2020-07-28 Thread davidson
On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 Andrew Cater wrote: And it turns out that /etc/apt/trusted.gpg has the buster-stable, the buster-automatic and the buster-security keys by default but _NOT_ the debian-cd signing key so the stage of importing the key to match the specific Debian CD signing key is still valid.

Re: Verifying authenticity of Debian CDs

2020-07-28 Thread davidson
On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 Stefan Monnier wrote: [On 24 Jul 2020 Semih Ozlem wrote:] when I run the command gpg --verify SHAxSUM.sign SHAxSUM I get a message saying that Can't check signature: No public key Somone recently asked a similar question. In case you already have access to a debian system

Re: needed for reportbug: which package has code to detect devices at boot time

2020-07-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 27 iul 20, 14:24:03, G Gosselin wrote: > I’m new to reporting Debian bugs. > > Please, what package should I use in report bugs for keyboard/mouse not being > recognized correctly during boot. > (Logitech EX110 kb/mouse incorrectly detected as LX710) Where do you see that? Kind regards,

Re: Bluetooth audio periodic disconnect

2020-07-28 Thread deloptes
Bhasker C V wrote: > Hi all, > I am on bullseye. > I have tried and tested this with many headphones > > When on bluetooth the audio gets periodically disconnected and > re-connects > to audio after 5 seconds. > During the time the bluetooth per-say does not get disconnected but just > the

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-28 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:49:59PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: [...] > This is a sadly classic pattern in Libre software: "not my problem, it's > the other project doing it wrong". ...and of all the rest of humanity, too. Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-28 Thread Miles Fidelman
On 7/27/20 9:59 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Somebody wrote: But... isn't the tool the least of your problems? The big one being, where are you going to get your nutritional database. (Seems to me that most of what Weight Watchers and Noom do is collect data on millions of products.) From