Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread David Wright
On Thu 14 Jan 2021 at 19:06:34 (+), Rasmus MK wrote: > > I'm looking for help in understanding how locales work and how to configure > my > system running Debian Testing. > > During the Debian installation (graphical) I configured my locale to be > "en_SE.UTF-8". > Recently a python script

Toshiba Tecra 8000 Installation report

2021-01-14 Thread Charles Curley
Gory details below, when the system had Stretch on it. Installed via debian-bullseye-DI-alpha3-i386-netinst.iso. Expert install via text using a RW-CD. Language and keyboard are US English. Did not preseed d-i. The d-i kernel gets hung up for a while on "probing EDD". I haven't tried adding "edd=

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread Rasmus MK
On Thursday, 14 January 2021 20:46:11 CET Greg Wooledge wrote: > Once you've got the variables working the way you like with a regular > shell login (or regular X11 session running a plain window manager), > then you can try to duplicate that setup in your desktop environment. I can see now that I

Re: Can't connect to workstation using ssh from a remote machine

2021-01-14 Thread Gary Dale
On 2021-01-14 07:55, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 08:20:30PM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: Gary Dale wrote: $ telnet workstation  22 Trying 192.168.1.20... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out Options: . workstation is not running sshd No. That would give

Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread Rasmus MK
Hi list, I'm looking for help in understanding how locales work and how to configure my system running Debian Testing. During the Debian installation (graphical) I configured my locale to be "en_SE.UTF-8". Recently a python script crashed with the error message "unsupported locale setting" aft

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-14 07:41, Jesper Dybdal wrote: I backup my Buster server simply as a (compressed, encrypted) cpio archive. Restoring it to a BIOS-based machine is simple: boot a rescue cd, partition the disk, restore all files, fix fstab if necessary, run update-grub and grub-install in a chroot en

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread Linux-Fan
Alain D D Williams writes: On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 04:41:50PM +0100, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > I backup my Buster server simply as a (compressed, encrypted) cpio archive. > > Restoring it to a BIOS-based machine is simple: boot a rescue cd, partition > the disk, restore all files, fix fstab if nece

Re: Debian Install CD, locks up computer system.

2021-01-14 Thread Felix Miata
Joe composed on 2021-01-14 17:25 (UTC): > Windows does not contain any provision for running any > other operating system but itself. But, unless something changed very recently, it still retains the ability to read and transfer control to the PBR of an alien partition (i.e. chainload to Grub).

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 07:06:34PM +, Rasmus MK wrote: > Recently a python script crashed with the error message "unsupported locale > setting" after trying to set LC_ALL to an empty string and I cannot get it to > work with the en_SE.UTF-8 locale. Setting any of the LC_* variables to an emp

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2021-01-14 20:06, Rasmus MK wrote: Hi list, I'm looking for help in understanding how locales work and how to configure my system running Debian Testing. During the Debian installation (graphical) I configured my locale to be "en_SE.UTF-8". Recently a python script crashed with the error mes

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread songbird
Jesper Dybdal wrote: ... > (My knowledge of UEFI is almost non-existent, and my knowledge of grub > is very limited.) if you are not mixing Debian with any other system and installing from scratch all you have to make sure of is that the system is detected as an UEFI system to begin with and th

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-01-14 at 12:58, Tixy wrote: > On Thu, 2021-01-14 at 11:15 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: >> Newer-model Intel chipsets specifically prohibit booting to >> internal hard drives in "legacy boot" mode. > > Surely it isn't the chipset which determines what disk format you can > boot from, it's t

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2021-01-14 at 11:15 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: [...] > Newer-model Intel chipsets specifically prohibit booting to internal > hard drives in "legacy boot" mode. Surely it isn't the chipset which determines what disk format you can boot from, it's the firmware. I know the BIOS on my new int

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 12:45:56PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: I agree - probably not a disk error - though it never hurts to check one's drives every once in a while. I can think of a very long list of things that are good to do or can't hurt on a debian system. Enumerating them in response

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael Stone wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:45:25AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0: Event logged [IO_PA

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread Joe
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:26:26 + Alain D D Williams wrote: > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 04:41:50PM +0100, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > > I backup my Buster server simply as a (compressed, encrypted) cpio > > archive. > > > > Restoring it to a BIOS-based machine is simple: boot a rescue cd, > > partitio

Re: Debian Install CD, locks up computer system.

2021-01-14 Thread Joe
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:20:44 +0100 Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Le mercredi 13 janvier 2021 à 16:19:40-0500, brian.h...@hotmail.com a > écrit : > > I am being run around in circles trying to get assistance. I am > > being redirected by individuals and WEB pages having "ALL THE > > ANSWERS" and

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:45:25AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x000

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x address=0xcf99c100 flags=0x] [174384.705153] AMD-

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread Alain D D Williams
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 04:41:50PM +0100, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > I backup my Buster server simply as a (compressed, encrypted) cpio archive. > > Restoring it to a BIOS-based machine is simple: boot a rescue cd, partition > the disk, restore all files, fix fstab if necessary, run update-grub and >

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2021-01-14 17:05 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > I don't think so, the only important thing is that on the restore > machine you need to set up an EFI system partition[1] from which the > system boots. It has to be formatted as FAT32 and mounted under > /boot/efi when you install grub-efi-amd64.

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-01-14 at 10:41, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > I backup my Buster server simply as a (compressed, encrypted) cpio > archive. > > Restoring it to a BIOS-based machine is simple: boot a rescue cd, > partition the disk, restore all files, fix fstab if necessary, run > update-grub and grub-install

Re: How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2021-01-14 16:41 +0100, Jesper Dybdal wrote: > I backup my Buster server simply as a (compressed, encrypted) cpio archive. > > Restoring it to a BIOS-based machine is simple: boot a rescue cd, > partition the disk, restore all files, fix fstab if necessary, run > update-grub and grub-install in

Re: FW: bits from the release team: bullseye freeze started and its architectures

2021-01-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 14 ian 21, 10:38:23, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:18:17AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Hello, > > > > This might be of interest for subscribers of debian-user. > > > > Please note the freeze policy link should (obviously) have bullseye in > > the URL instead of

How to restore BIOS-based backup on a UEFI machine

2021-01-14 Thread Jesper Dybdal
I backup my Buster server simply as a (compressed, encrypted) cpio archive. Restoring it to a BIOS-based machine is simple: boot a rescue cd, partition the disk, restore all files, fix fstab if necessary, run update-grub and grub-install in a chroot environment.  That works. But if the machin

Re: Debian Install CD, locks up computer system.

2021-01-14 Thread Leandro neto
I am haven the same problem I found a hidden file :0 debian magic cookie. Ruined everything mine Enviado via UOL Mail Assunto: Re: Debian Install CD, locks up computer system. De: p...@debian.org Enviado em: 14 de janeiro de 2021 8:21 Para: brian.h...@hotmail.com

Re: Can't connect to workstation using ssh from a remote machine

2021-01-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 08:20:30PM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > Gary Dale wrote: > > $ telnet workstation  22 > > Trying 192.168.1.20... > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out > Options: > . workstation is not running sshd No. That would give you "connection refused" i

Re: Debian Install CD, locks up computer system.

2021-01-14 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le mercredi 13 janvier 2021 à 16:19:40-0500, brian.h...@hotmail.com a écrit : > I am being run around in circles trying to get assistance. I am being > redirected by individuals and WEB pages having "ALL THE ANSWERS" and not > needing to know the facts. > > It is clear that I have encountered a s

Re: FW: bits from the release team: bullseye freeze started and its architectures

2021-01-14 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:18:17AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Hello, > > This might be of interest for subscribers of debian-user. > > Please note the freeze policy link should (obviously) have bullseye in > the URL instead of buster. [...] Hey, thanks! What you did is a really nice idea

FW: bits from the release team: bullseye freeze started and its architectures

2021-01-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Hello, This might be of interest for subscribers of debian-user. Please note the freeze policy link should (obviously) have bullseye in the URL instead of buster. In order to have a short freeze and release bullseye as soon as possible RC bugs must be *dealt with*. This usually means fixing (i

Re: Can't connect to workstation using ssh from a remote machine

2021-01-14 Thread Joe
On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:07:54 -0500 Gary Dale wrote: > > Assuming their names are workstation and server, give us the > > output of the following. Use ctrl-c to cancel things as > > necessary. > > > > >From workstation: > > $ ping -c3 server > > $ telnet server 22 > > > > >From server: >

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Joe
On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:14:16 -0500 Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 02:53:58PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > >I used to think "a cable is a cable, color does not matter", but I > >have experienced many storage hardware issues over the years that > >were caused by red SATA cable