Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

On Jo, 30 iul 20, 17:13:18, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:58:10 +0200 > wrote: > > Hello to...@tuxteam.de, > > *PLEASE* fix your sig separator. What difference does it make for a signature like his ("-- t")? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser sig

Re: VMs on external storage CPU overloading

Stefan Monnier wrote: > What makes you think so?  Does it overheat?  Is the "load average" too > high? Where is the CPU time spent (i.e. e.g. what does `top` say, is it > mostly in "wait"?  "kernel"?  "user"?)? > > Have you tried to install a similar (tho probably smaller) VM on your > internal s

Re: Support for AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

On Jo, 30 iul 20, 23:31:01, Nicolas George wrote: > > The ZOTAC ZBOX CA621 Nano, based on AMD Ryzen 3 3200U, works, including > GPU, with Debian stable but kernel 5.7.0-1-amd64 and firmwares from > testing. Is the processor powerful enough to decode 4K video in software? Thanks, Andrei -- http:

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On 31/7/20 12:03 pm, Kushal Kumaran wrote: Keith Bainbridge writes: On 31/07/2020 5:27 am, Torben Schou Jensen wrote: Filesharing by NFS. Wondering why you are using ntfs on the Pi, rather than a linux file system, which from my experience would cause less stress on th Pi? NFS !

Re: Support for AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

Nicolas George writes: > Nicolas George (12020-06-27): >> I need to buy a new computer. I am considering one based on the >> AMD Ryzen 3 3200U, more precisely the ZOTAC ZBOX CA621 Nano. >> >> From what I read on the web, it seems I would be able to get it working >> with Debian Testing. >> >> C

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

Keith Bainbridge writes: > > On 31/07/2020 5:27 am, Torben Schou Jensen wrote: >> Filesharing by NFS. > > Wondering why you are using ntfs on the Pi, rather than a linux file > system, which from my experience would cause less stress on th Pi? > NFS != ntfs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On 31/07/2020 5:27 am, Torben Schou Jensen wrote: Filesharing by NFS. Wondering why you are using ntfs on the Pi, rather than a linux file system, which from my experience would cause less stress on th Pi? Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

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Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:27:03 +0200 "Torben Schou Jensen" wrote: > Instead of using old hardware, another solution could be to invest in a > small Raspberry Pi and a USB disk. > > A year back I created such a NAS solution. > Raspberry Pi3 + 1 TB USB disk > > Raspberry Pi OS is based on Debian. >

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 18:41:46 -0500 Leslie Rhorer wrote: > I run a pair of Debian servers. One is essentially a NAS, and the > other is a backup system. Both have 30TB (soon to be 48TB) arrays. I > am running XFS, rather than ZFS on the RAID arrays. ZFS is definitely > nice, but is no

Re: Support for AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

Nicolas George (12020-06-27): > I need to buy a new computer. I am considering one based on the > AMD Ryzen 3 3200U, more precisely the ZOTAC ZBOX CA621 Nano. > > From what I read on the web, it seems I would be able to get it working > with Debian Testing. > > Can somebody confirm firsthand, for

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:40:29 -0700 Peter Ehlert wrote: > This whole conversation is a bit over my head. > I suggest you look into Syncthing. > > It's not in the Debian repos, but it is open source and it just works. > https://syncthing.net/ > > It works for me, 750 GB, 7 machines. Thanks. I'll

Re: Debian 10.4 Logitech MX5500

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:56:21 + David wrote: > The issue I have with most Linux's is that the latest version will > not let me use my Logitech MX5500 kybd/mouse. They are wireless off > a USB port. If the problem occurs in multiple distributions, I would suspect a kernel, udev, or driver iss

Re: VMs on external storage CPU overloading

> My CPU overloads like crazy. What makes you think so? Does it overheat? Is the "load average" too high? Where is the CPU time spent (i.e. e.g. what does `top` say, is it mostly in "wait"? "kernel"? "user"?)? Have you tried to install a similar (tho probably smaller) VM on your internal stor

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On 7/29/20 18:31, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:09:51 -0400 > Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> Hi! all, >>> >>> Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than >>> letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OLD! I >>> b

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

On 7/29/20 06:03, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 07/29/2020 06:13 AM, Joe wrote: >> [snip] >> >> I'd recommend using the right tool for the job. >> > > Which is why I'll investigate. > Your approach is literally orders of magnitude more than I want. With respect, Joe is right, in my opinion based

Re: VMs on external storage CPU overloading

john doe wrote: > Other then increasing the size of my internal storage, can I do > something about it? Some boards have SATA or eSATA port that would match external USB-drive with SATA/eSATA. My one did not have it on board, but I added a 2 Port card with SATA and connect a rather old usb2 box w

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

Instead of using old hardware, another solution could be to invest in a small Raspberry Pi and a USB disk. A year back I created such a NAS solution. Raspberry Pi3 + 1 TB USB disk Raspberry Pi OS is based on Debian. Filesharing by NFS. I use it as backup media for my servers. Very cheap to b

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:40:29 -0700 Peter Ehlert wrote: > This whole conversation is a bit over my head. > I suggest you look into Syncthing. > > It's not in the Debian repos, but it is open source and it just works. > https://syncthing.net/ Actually, it is in Buster. However, the version in bus

Re: Debian 10.4

On 07/30/2020 12:56 PM, David wrote: Good Day, I'm looking for another Linux, and decided to try yours.  The issue I have with most Linux's is that the latest version will not let me use my Logitech MX5500 kybd/mouse.  They are wireless off a USB port.  Now, when I 1st downloaded your ISO and pu

Debian 10.4

Good Day, I'm looking for another Linux, and decided to try yours. The issue I have with most Linux's is that the latest version will not let me use my Logitech MX5500 kybd/mouse. They are wireless off a USB port. Now, when I 1st downloaded your ISO and put it on a Flash Drive all was going g

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:51:06 -0400 Miles Fidelman wrote: > On 7/30/20 5:21 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: > > > On Wednesday, 29 Jul 2020 at 04:40, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: > >>> You may wish to have a look at recutils: > >> A database is over-kill fo

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

This whole conversation is a bit over my head. I suggest you look into Syncthing. It's not in the Debian repos, but it is open source and it just works. https://syncthing.net/ It works for me, 750 GB, 7 machines. On 7/29/20 12:40 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: Hi! all, Thought putting an old, reti

Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

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Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 03:50:54PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:08:19 +0300 > Anssi Saari wrote: > > Hello Anssi, > > >Since Windows 7 it's possible to tell Windows that RTC is UTC. IMO, > >setting RTC to UTC time is the right thing to do, messing around with > > Good to k

Re: VMs on external storage CPU overloading

On 7/30/2020 5:19 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: john doe wrote: On 7/30/2020 4:41 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: Two things: - your CPU load, depending on how you measure it, may include processes which are waiting for I/O. This I/O is very slow, so. - not all USB3 devices are the same. Many implement

Re: VMs on external storage CPU overloading

john doe wrote: > On 7/30/2020 4:41 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Two things: > > > > - your CPU load, depending on how you measure it, may include > >processes which are waiting for I/O. This I/O is very slow, > >so. > > > > - not all USB3 devices are the same. Many implement a > >singl

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

On 07/30/2020 09:51 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.  Yogi Berra

Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:08:19 +0300 Anssi Saari wrote: Hello Anssi, >Since Windows 7 it's possible to tell Windows that RTC is UTC. IMO, >setting RTC to UTC time is the right thing to do, messing around with Good to know(1). O/P doesn't state which version of Windows they're using, so I'll make

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

On 7/30/20 5:21 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: On Wednesday, 29 Jul 2020 at 04:40, Richard Owlett wrote: On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: A database is over-kill for some personal preferences. I had mentioned spreadsheets in original post as I had

Re: VMs on external storage CPU overloading

On 7/30/2020 4:41 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: john doe wrote: Hi Debians, I have limited space on my box, so I would like to install VMs onto an external storage (usbkey 3.0) using Libvirt. In the below command '/mnt/usbkey01' is the mountpoint for my usbkey: virt-install --name=try01 --ram=1024 --

Re: Any success with /var on ZFS in Debian Buster?

James Allsopp wrote: > Thanks for that. Is it simply a case of installing the DKMS module, > building the pool (two drives in my case), formatting and mounting? You want to read, at a minimum: https://pthree.org/2012/12/04/zfs-administration-part-i-vdevs/ It may be 8 years old, but it's substan

Re: VMs on external storage CPU overloading

john doe wrote: > Hi Debians, > > I have limited space on my box, so I would like to install VMs onto an > external storage (usbkey 3.0) using Libvirt. > > In the below command '/mnt/usbkey01' is the mountpoint for my usbkey: > > virt-install --name=try01 --ram=1024 > --disk=path=/mnt/usbkey01/

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

On Thursday, 30 Jul 2020 at 06:15, Richard Owlett wrote: > Does that sound at all like I saw anything in favor of SQL ? ! No but you said: > IIRC, dBase was simpler. so I suggested a simple FOSS database system. Like I said, no worries. I obviously misunderstood what you were looking for.

Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 05:08:19PM +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: [...] > Since Windows 7 it's possible to tell Windows that RTC is UTC. Wow. They got it right. I'm dumbfounded. >IMO, > setting RTC to UTC time is the right thing to do,

Re: Any success with /var on ZFS in Debian Buster?

Thanks for that. Is it simply a case of installing the DKMS module, building the pool (two drives in my case), formatting and mounting? James On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 13:18, Dan Ritter wrote: > elvis wrote: > > > > On 29/7/20 11:56 pm, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > James Allsopp wrote: > > > > Hi, > >

VMs on external storage CPU overloading

Hi Debians, I have limited space on my box, so I would like to install VMs onto an external storage (usbkey 3.0) using Libvirt. In the below command '/mnt/usbkey01' is the mountpoint for my usbkey: virt-install --name=try01 --ram=1024 --disk=path=/mnt/usbkey01/machines/try01,size=6 My CPU ove

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

On 07/30/2020 08:03 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: Richard Owlett writes: On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ but it may not have some of the functionality you wish (although you could build on it with shell script

Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

Brad Rogers writes: > On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 07:19:12 -0400 > Albretch Mueller wrote: > > Hello Albretch, > >> How do you make Linux get the time from the BIOS at start time and >>take it from there? > > Linux *is* reading the RTC; The problem is that Windows expects that > time to be in the local

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 08:46:24AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:56:27AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Sigh. It /used/ to be simple. > > Honestly, it never was [...] C'm on. At least there was a finite set back then. These days, the set is infinite, or at least its

Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 07:19:12AM -0400, Albretch Mueller wrote: > I used the same laptop with another hard drive with a Windows > installation which shows the time correctly. > > How do you make Linux get the time from the BIOS at start time and > take it from there? Your posts are sometimes

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

Greg Wooledge wrote: > Every type of login follows a completely different set of steps for > configuring your environment. Reconciling these and achieving a uniform > environment across all possible login types is *extremely* difficult, > if not impossible. It's more or less a layer model with di

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

On Thu 30 Jul 2020 at 04:42:17 -0700, Weaver wrote: > On 30-07-2020 21:05, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 20:02:43 -0700, Weaver wrote: > > > >> But now ipp-usb advises `Printer Added'. > > > > ipp-usb? You've lost me. You are on stable, aren't you? > > No, I'd only use that on a server

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

Richard Owlett writes: On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ but it may not have some of the functionality you wish (although you could build on it with shell scripts & awk, say). I've just begun going th

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

On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ but it may not have some of the functionality you wish (although you could build on it with shell scripts & awk, say). I've just begun going through the manual [https

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:56:27AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Sigh. It /used/ to be simple. Honestly, it never was. Even in the old days, users had different login shell options, so if you wanted a consistent environment for csh and sh users, for example, you had to write two different sets

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:21:54AM +0200, Benedikt Tuchen wrote: > When I use no display manager like lightdm, I start i3 via startx in > the console. If I do this dmenu and rofi are using my personal $PATH > variable. For example it includes "$HOME/.local/bin". But when I > use a display manager,

Re: Any success with /var on ZFS in Debian Buster?

elvis wrote: > > On 29/7/20 11:56 pm, Dan Ritter wrote: > > James Allsopp wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I was wondering if anyone had enjoyed any success putting /var on a ZFS > > > partition in Debian Buster? > > Yes, on a largish number of servers plus a few desktops and a > > laptop. > > And a follo

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

You're welcome! (Sometimes I get lucky ;-) It looks like you didn't send this to the list -- I'm going to redirect this to the list in hopes that somebody may be able to shed some light (or a fix) on the issue of needing to recycle the power on the printer. On Thursday, July 30, 2020 07:48:52

Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 07:19:12 -0400 Albretch Mueller wrote: Hello Albretch, > How do you make Linux get the time from the BIOS at start time and >take it from there? Linux *is* reading the RTC; The problem is that Windows expects that time to be in the local time zone, and sets it so, rather th

Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

On 7/30/20, Albretch Mueller wrote: > I used the same laptop with another hard drive with a Windows > installation which shows the time correctly. > > How do you make Linux get the time from the BIOS at start time and > take it from there? While you're waiting for others to chime in, this is w

Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

hwclock --hctosys will do it - run a batch file? Or have ntpdate run automatically as the system boots? If you mean that Debian shows a different time to Windows consistently - check that one OS isn't resetting the other's clock. You can persuade Windows _not_ to reset the clock on daylight savin

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

On 30-07-2020 21:05, Brian wrote: > On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 19:57:53 -0700, Weaver wrote: > >> O.K., I'm beginning to work through the situation, and some of it >> appears to be the recent adjust ment in `su' with Buster. >> Logging in now by way of `su -' and lpinfo -v gives me: >> >> root@Base:~#

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Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

On 30-07-2020 21:05, Brian wrote: > On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 20:02:43 -0700, Weaver wrote: > >> But now ipp-usb advises `Printer Added'. > > ipp-usb? You've lost me. You are on stable, aren't you? No, I'd only use that on a server. Unstable is what I've always used. -- `Religion is regarded by the

BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...

I used the same laptop with another hard drive with a Windows installation which shows the time correctly. How do you make Linux get the time from the BIOS at start time and take it from there? lbrtchx

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

On 07/30/2020 04:21 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: On Wednesday, 29 Jul 2020 at 04:40, Richard Owlett wrote: On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: You may wish to have a look at recutils: A database is over-kill for some personal preferences. I had mentioned spreadsheets in original post as I

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Thursday, July 30, 2020 03:57:42 AM Anssi Saari wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > samba - if you need to share files with Windows > > That depends, Windows 10 Pro these days has NFS support. Not that good > since it's from Microsoft but gets the job done. I don't have much recent experience wit

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 20:02:43 -0700, Weaver wrote: > But now ipp-usb advises `Printer Added'. ipp-usb? You've lost me. You are on stable, aren't you? -- Brian.

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 19:57:53 -0700, Weaver wrote: > O.K., I'm beginning to work through the situation, and some of it > appears to be the recent adjust ment in `su' with Buster. > Logging in now by way of `su -' and lpinfo -v gives me: > > root@Base:~# lpinfo -v > network http > network ipps >

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

Top posting because this is sort of "off the wall" and may not be directly relevant to anything previously mentioned as possible solutions. I use a Canon BJC-3000 printer (on the order of 20 years old). It worked absolutely fine until 2 or 3 (or maybe even 5 years ago). (Aside: I keep the pr

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:21:54AM +0200, Benedikt Tuchen wrote: > Hello, > > I got some strange behavior with my PATH variable and maybe somebody > here can help me with this. > > When I use no display manager like lightdm, I start i3 via startx in > the console. If I do this dmenu and rofi are

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 01:09:15PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-07-29 05:03, Richard Owlett wrote: > > >[A suggested] approach is literally orders of magnitude more than I want. > > > Consider these idealized cost functions for solution technologies A, > B, and C: > > fA(t) = t

Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

Hello, I got some strange behavior with my PATH variable and maybe somebody here can help me with this. When I use no display manager like lightdm, I start i3 via startx in the console. If I do this dmenu and rofi are using my personal $PATH variable. For example it includes "$HOME/.local/bin". B

Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

On Wednesday, 29 Jul 2020 at 04:40, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: >> You may wish to have a look at recutils: > > A database is over-kill for some personal preferences. > > I had mentioned spreadsheets in original post as I had visualized a I am confused. You

Re: Lenovo S205 boot

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 04:38:20AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > On an older Lenovo S205 on which I never have managed to get Debian > running, I did a netinstall of > debian-bullseye-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso Uh it's been a while since https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Lenovo/ideap

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

Dan Ritter writes: > samba - if you need to share files with Windows That depends, Windows 10 Pro these days has NFS support. Not that good since it's from Microsoft but gets the job done.