Re: Does Debian have a "nag" tool?

2020-08-22 Thread Marc Shapiro
I've been using Remind for years (maybe decades). It can handle all kinds of repeating reminders, not just annual dates (ie birthdays and anniversaries). Very versatile. It is a command line program, but comes with TkRemind (a GUI front end). Best not to use the GUI for setting up reminders,

Re: (deb-cat) Sintonitzador de TV

2020-08-22 Thread Iker Bilbao
Bones, Recordo haver provat un parell q em vaig firar. Em va quedar instal·lat el August - Sintonizador de TV USB Freeview DVB-T202(25€aprox,) Està suportat al kernel https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ DigitalNow_TinyTwin_DVB-T_Receiver Amb el Kaffeine i

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

2020-08-22 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 22/8/20 6:49 pm, David Christensen wrote: SanDisk 128GB High Endurance Video microSDXC Card This came up well in a couple of reviews I read yesterday afternoon. The specific summaries: After 30+ hours of research and testing, our top choice is the 64GB Samsung Pro Endurance. It has the

Re: (deb-cat) Sintonitzador de TV

2020-08-22 Thread Pep
Hola. Jo fa temps vaig tenir un Avermedia - Volar, i funcionava prou be amb Debian / Ubuntu. Pel que he vist (ara mateix a google) sembla que encara son ben suportats: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerMedia Del tema de l'altre sintonitzador, no te puc dir res Salut, Pep

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread Joe
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:43:56 -0500 Greg Marks wrote: > One cross-platform encryption method would be to use OpenSSL > (https://www.openssl.org/). The Linux user might use the following > commands. > > Encryption: > openssl aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 100 -in plaintext.txt -out >

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread Greg Marks
One cross-platform encryption method would be to use OpenSSL (https://www.openssl.org/). The Linux user might use the following commands. Encryption: openssl aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 100 -in plaintext.txt -out ciphertext.txt Decryption: openssl aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 100 -d -in

AMD Radeon(TM) R2 en Jessie

2020-08-22 Thread Julian Daich
Hola, ¿ Hay forma de usar el controlador ATI Catalyst para la tarjeta AMD Radeon(TM) R2 en vez del Radeon? Tengo un equipo de escritorio en Wheezy y estoy dudando en actualizar por el pobre rendimiento del controlador Radeon respecto al privativo. Saludos, -- Julian

Re: Can't start Gimp in Bullseye

2020-08-22 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Am 22.08.20 um 21:00 schrieb Joachim Fahnenmüller: Am 10.08.20 um 22:47 schrieb Kent West: On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 1:49 PM Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote: Am 10.08.20 um 17:39 schrieb Kent West: On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:20 AM Joachim Fahnenmüller < jfahnenmuel...@web.de> wrote: Hi

(deb-cat) Sintonitzador de TV

2020-08-22 Thread Narcis Garcia
Bona tarda, Vull reemplaçar el televisor per un monitor amb un microordinador que funcioni amb GNU/Linux. Ja tinc el monitor i un «Raspberry Pi 4B». El sistema operatiu OSMC (derivat de Debian) em va convèncer prou en el passat, però ara veig que encara no suporta la generació 4 de Raspbery Pi,

Re: Can't start Gimp in Bullseye

2020-08-22 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Am 10.08.20 um 22:47 schrieb Kent West: On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 1:49 PM Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote: Am 10.08.20 um 17:39 schrieb Kent West: On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:20 AM Joachim Fahnenmüller < jfahnenmuel...@web.de> wrote: Hi everybody, since I upgraded to Bullseye, Gimp does not

Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-22 Thread john doe
On 8/22/2020 6:33 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 21 aug 20, 21:06:05, john doe wrote: When I can not get the command I want, I break it down to the simplest command as possible then I build from there to the command I realy want. Have you considered that solution(s) found might not be

Re: "What's wrong with...?"

2020-08-22 Thread Dan Ritter
Teemu Likonen wrote: > Q: What should we eat today? > A: What's wrong with Chinese food? > > Q: What novel do you suggest me to read next? > A: What's wrong with The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin? > > > Is there a culture where "what's wrong with" means "I suggest"? Or is > there a culture

"What's wrong with...?"

2020-08-22 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-08-22 11:19:17+01, mick crane wrote: > On 2020-08-21 18:46, local10 wrote: >> What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on >> Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would >> be able decrypt and read them? > If these are documents what's

Re: right after installation errors reported during booting (dmesg) ...

2020-08-22 Thread steef
hi gene, 86!  i am 78 by now and still active after 22 years on debian (and sometimes BSD). my respect man steef from groningen, holland Op 22-08-2020 om 18:38 schreef Gene Heskett: On Saturday 22 August 2020 09:38:59 Albretch Mueller wrote: On 8/21/20, The Wanderer wrote: Wow.

Re: troubles with mpt3sas module on a very recent Dell server

2020-08-22 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 12:49:11PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4954451 > > > LSISAS3008: FWVersion(16.00.08.00), ChipRevision(0x02), > > BiosVersion(18.00.00.00) > > What's the error? 95% of us don't have access to the IBM > paywall. But some of

Re: troubles with mpt3sas module on a very recent Dell server

2020-08-22 Thread Dan Ritter
Patrice Duroux wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install a Debian system on a recently purchased Dell > PowerEdge R840. > After trying many versions and distributions (including also Ubuntu Server > 20.04 LTS) up to Debian Bullseye Alpha 2, the situations are always very > similar to this: > >

troubles with mpt3sas module on a very recent Dell server

2020-08-22 Thread Patrice Duroux
Hi, I am trying to install a Debian system on a recently purchased Dell PowerEdge R840. After trying many versions and distributions (including also Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS) up to Debian Bullseye Alpha 2, the situations are always very similar to this: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4954451

Re: right after installation errors reported during booting (dmesg) ...

2020-08-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 22 August 2020 09:38:59 Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 8/21/20, The Wanderer wrote: > > Wow. That's some dense, opaque code. > > my only intention was to get something done as quickly as possible. I > didn't even know that people cared about proper writing of bash > script. Is there

Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 21 aug 20, 21:06:05, john doe wrote: > > When I can not get the command I want, I break it down to the simplest > command as possible then I build from there to the command I realy want. Have you considered that solution(s) found might not be usable in the bigger context, basically

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-22 Thread Dan Ritter
Jaikumar Sharma wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 5:10 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > You still want bridging, not bonding. > Preferred is bonding, if it works :) > Have to test it with two wired connections connected to Cisco managed switch. This really sounds like you're trying to test out a

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-22 Thread Jaikumar Sharma
> hrmm... I just went back to the original post; I missed this bit the > first time around: > > In this setup i'm using a D-Link 8 port switch to connect eth0 using > > ethernet cable and eth1 is connected on wireless adapter of my laptop. > > eth0 and eth1 are probably on two different networks

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-22 Thread Jaikumar Sharma
On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 5:10 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > You still want bridging, not bonding. Preferred is bonding, if it works :) > WiFi doesn't have a cable, so it can't tell you when the > connection goes away, and it can't decide by itself to bring up > a connection. You need a management program

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-22 Thread Lee
On 8/22/20, Dan Ritter wrote: > Lee wrote: >> >> Or you can just configure the wired ethernet connection to have a >> lower (better) routing metric than the wireless connection. That way >> the machine always uses the wired connection if it's up and uses the >> wireless connection when the wired

Re: right after installation errors reported during booting (dmesg) ...

2020-08-22 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-08-22 at 09:38, Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 8/21/20, The Wanderer wrote: > >> Wow. That's some dense, opaque code. > > my only intention was to get something done as quickly as possible. > I didn't even know that people cared about proper writing of bash > script. Is there such a

Re: right after installation errors reported during booting (dmesg) ...

2020-08-22 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 8/21/20, The Wanderer wrote: > Wow. That's some dense, opaque code. my only intention was to get something done as quickly as possible. I didn't even know that people cared about proper writing of bash script. Is there such a thing? Do people take it seriously? lbrtchx

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-22 Thread Dan Ritter
Lee wrote: > > Or you can just configure the wired ethernet connection to have a > lower (better) routing metric than the wireless connection. That way > the machine always uses the wired connection if it's up and uses the > wireless connection when the wired connection is down. > > There's

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-22 Thread Lee
On 8/22/20, Dan Ritter wrote: > Jaikumar Sharma wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:30 PM Dan Ritter wrote: >> > You don't want a bond, you want a bridge. >> > >> > Bonding takes two interfaces that talk to the same switch on the >> > other side, and makes them into one bond nic. You need

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-22 Thread Dan Ritter
Jaikumar Sharma wrote: > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:30 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > You don't want a bond, you want a bridge. > > > > Bonding takes two interfaces that talk to the same switch on the > > other side, and makes them into one bond nic. You need support > > on the switch, too, which is

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-22 Thread Jaikumar Sharma
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:30 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > You don't want a bond, you want a bridge. > > Bonding takes two interfaces that talk to the same switch on the > other side, and makes them into one bond nic. You need support > on the switch, too, which is unlikely in a D-Link 8-port unless >

Re: Linux-Fan's bad signatures

2020-08-22 Thread Linux-Fan
Teemu Likonen writes: * 2020-08-22 00:17:19+02, Linux-Fan wrote: > The copy I receive from the list does not verify correctly here, > either. The content between MIME separator lines are signed. The separators itself are not part of the signature and also the last empty line is not part of

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread mick crane
On 2020-08-21 18:46, local10 wrote: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks If these are documents what's wrong with open office protected

help with bug report for boot delay in networking

2020-08-22 Thread Armin Faltl
Hi, occasionally I experience a hang in booting during the network setup. The boot screen shows a timeout of 5min 7sec going to 6min 37sec after the former expired. Then the system starts normally and the networks work, including openvpn and barracudavpn (when in use). I didn't file a report

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

2020-08-22 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-21 21:02, Patrick Bartek wrote: Hi! All: For my Homebuilt NAS [specs below], I've decided on a very small 32GB SanDisk flash drive for the system drive to keep the 6 available SATA II connectors free for storage drives. But I'm concerned about writes wearing out the flash drive too

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread deloptes
Darac Marjal wrote: > Signal (signal.org) > > Signal is an instant messaging application. It uses a well respected > end-to-end encryption protocol (meaning that the messages are encrypted > by the client and sent over the internet before being decrypted by the > recipient's client). OP asking

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-22 Thread deloptes
Jaikumar Sharma wrote: > Thank you for pointers, this is a test switch at home but of course > we have bigger Cisco switches at office which have management interface. > It look like LACP needs to be checked/enabled on ports which needs to > be used in network bonding. Note that LACP is not

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-22 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 09:28:02PM -0400, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:10:50 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: [...] > You're right. Please consider my last email proof that exposure to > Windows causes brain damage and that its use in the corporate workplace > should be

Re: Linux-Fan's bad signatures

2020-08-22 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-08-22 00:17:19+02, Linux-Fan wrote: > The copy I receive from the list does not verify correctly here, > either. The content between MIME separator lines are signed. The separators itself are not part of the signature and also the last empty line is not part of the signature.