On 8/5/2021 5:47 AM, Gary L. Roach wrote:
Thanks for the help but I still have the problem of the if statement
always being true. This time I enclosed the file so you can test it.
Two things:
- Why is the var 'IFS' set above the read command?
- What are you trying to do here?
--
John Doe
Thanks for the help but I still have the problem of the if statement
always being true. This time I enclosed the file so you can test it.
Gary R
On 8/4/21 5:04 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 04:58:00PM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote:
Path="/Test/gary/run/something"
IFS=/
read -a
On 8/4/21, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-04 6:43 p.m., Brian wrote:
>> On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>>
>>> Problems?
>>> =
>>>
>>> Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the
>>> Debian Community Team .
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 3:19 p.m., Brian wrote:
> On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 20:48:50 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> The previous remark about following all the different messages from
> -user is insulting, nevermind condescending.
>
It is of basic logic to see something as a whole before expressing on
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 6:43 p.m., Brian wrote:
> On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
>> Problems?
>> =
>>
>> Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the
>> Debian Community Team .
>>
>> Inappropriate behaviour on the list may lead to warnings
Hi Greg,
On 2021-08-04 3:30 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:19:25PM +0100, Brian wrote:
>> The problem has now become the user? Who may be ignored, of course?
>
> The question, I think, is whether this *particular* user has crossed
> the line from "well-meaning but failing
On 5/8/21 7:38 am, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
mail provider gives me 16-character-long authorization code for smtp server
(something like 77c93457b12ab54a)
i can't enter it in thunderbird
in Account Settings/Outgoing Sever dialog
Port should be 587
which shall i choose for "Connection secur
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 04:58:00PM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote:
> Path="/Test/gary/run/something"
> IFS=/
> read -a Array <<< $Path
You're setting IFS permanently for the whole script. It's usually better
to set it only for the duration of the single read command which uses
it. Also, read should
Hi all;
I have just recently delved into the magical world of Bash scripting and
programmed up the following script(not finished). The object is to parse
the Path and check for the existence of each directory. Please don't
send back an Awk or Sed statement that is more efficient. I am having
mail provider gives me 16-character-long authorization code for smtp
server(something like 77c93457b12ab54a)i can't enter it in thunderbird
in Account Settings/Outgoing Sever dialogPort should be 587which shall i choose
for "Connection security" and "Authentication method"?
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 11:43:26PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
> > Problems?
> > =
> >
> > Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the
> > Debian Community Team .
> >
> > Inappropriate behaviour on the list
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:34:20 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> Thank you David for the reminder
>
> I'm afraid that August sneaked up on me without me noticing. I've reposted
> the FAQ and I've used some of the suggestions you've outlined in a new piece
> about how to ask smart questions and r
trollhunter is one of my favorite films.
I think recent international events have made everybody grumpy.
mick
--
Key ID4BFEBB31
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> Problems?
> =
>
> Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the
> Debian Community Team .
>
> Inappropriate behaviour on the list may lead to warnings; repeated bad
> behaviour may lead to temporary or
Thank you David for the reminder
I'm afraid that August sneaked up on me without me noticing. I've reposted
the FAQ and I've used some of the suggestions you've outlined in a new piece
about how to ask smart questions and read answers.
The general advice that is often given to go away and read Er
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Stefan Monnier [2021-08-02 15:09:38] wrote:
> E.g. the average has moved up to ~80kB/s since my last message).
For your entertainment: I managed to bring the average rate up to about
1MB/s by running `lvs` in a loop at the same time (and that let me see
occasionally a transfer rate around 10MB/s).
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 13:31:53 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Here's what I would suggest to Gunnar, and to anyone else who is not
> getting the responses they want from a mailing list:
>
> 1) Only try to solve one problem at a time. [ … ]
>
> 2) Put all of the information you have into one mes
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:29 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> >>> What command do you use ?
> >>> Mostly the answer would be NO
> >> *still waiting for answer*
> >
> > Seriously? You /wait/ for answers here?
> > (Dare I say it), you /want/ another post from the OP?
> No
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:31:43 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-08-04 11:54 a.m., David Wright wrote:
> > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:47 (+0200), Christian Britz wrote:
> >> On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> >>> I think you may have a personal crisi
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 07:29:10PM +, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
> How does one ask for a package to be updated?
In general? File a wishlist bug.
During a freeze, however, there aren't going to be many updated packages.
> The Solaar package, which provides functionality for Logitech mice
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:19:25PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> The problem has now become the user? Who may be ignored, of course?
The question, I think, is whether this *particular* user has crossed
the line from "well-meaning but failing" to malicious.
I think they're still on the well-meaning side,
How does one ask for a package to be updated? The Solaar package, which
provides functionality for Logitech mice (and keyboards), is at 1.0.4 in
bullseye and sid, but the current version is 1.0.6, which was released on June
16. (And 1.0.5 came out in February, so it's been a while.)
Apparently t
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 20:48:50 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 02:00:25PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 2021-08-04 1:18 p.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > > but I do dislike the general tone. It is obvious that the OP is
On 8/4/21 9:48 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
My trigger is my business, your trigger, yours :)
- some folks seem to have 'Zeppelin-size' self-importance.
.
wiki :
"A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid ai
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 02:00:25PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-04 1:18 p.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> > but I do dislike the general tone. It is obvious that the OP is
> > having a hard time to express him/herself understandably [...]
> Sorry, but i
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 14:00:25 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-04 1:18 p.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:42:28PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> > wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >
> >> I don't know where you saw insinuation of malice.
>
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 2:24 p.m., Dan Ritter wrote:
> Thomas Schmitt wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Greg Wooledge wrote:
>>> At the moment, I see no evidence that Gunnar is trolling
>>
>> He reports to have "lost (nb.UTF-8 or similar) setup (Norwegian bokmål)"
>> which is what a classical troll would probably tr
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 19:18:38 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:42:28PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I don't know where you saw insinuation of malice.
>
> for example:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/08/msg00167.html
Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > At the moment, I see no evidence that Gunnar is trolling
>
> He reports to have "lost (nb.UTF-8 or similar) setup (Norwegian bokmål)"
> which is what a classical troll would probably try to use.
>
> (I don't discriminate trolls or werewol
Hi,
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> At the moment, I see no evidence that Gunnar is trolling
He reports to have "lost (nb.UTF-8 or similar) setup (Norwegian bokmål)"
which is what a classical troll would probably try to use.
(I don't discriminate trolls or werewolves as long as they operate a
burner dri
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 1:18 p.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:42:28PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>
>> I don't know where you saw insinuation of malice.
>
> for example:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/08/msg00167.html
>
> but I d
Hi Greg,
On 2021-08-04 1:31 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:35:29PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> wrote:
>> Go try IRC and you'll see that this "Gunnar" is far from a exception and
>> trolling may be the rule on such system (IRC).
>
> At the moment, I see no ev
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:35:29PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Go try IRC and you'll see that this "Gunnar" is far from a exception and
> trolling may be the rule on such system (IRC).
At the moment, I see no evidence that Gunnar is trolling, although
obviously I could be mista
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:42:28PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
> I don't know where you saw insinuation of malice.
for example:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/08/msg00167.html
but I do dislike the general tone. It is obvious that the OP is
having a hard time
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 9:12 a.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:35:46AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Intentioinally top posting: This whole exchange, in various threads, seems
>> to
>> be bordering on the toxic and I'd like to see it improved somehow.
>
> Thanks. Helpin
Gareth Evans schrieb:
> Given that these are all fixed in Bullseye (and at least the grave
> apt-listbugs issue has been fixed in eg Ubuntu since March 2020 [1])
> why not also Buster?
[...]
> According to
>
> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/runc
>
> there are 3 open security issues in (Stretch
Hi,
>>> What command do you use ?
>>> Mostly the answer would be NO
>> *still waiting for answer*
>
> Seriously? You /wait/ for answers here?
> (Dare I say it), you /want/ another post from the OP?
No I don't wait for answer.
It's just a way to politely explain that if you want people to
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 11:54 a.m., David Wright wrote:
> On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:47 (+0200), Christian Britz wrote:
>> On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>>> I think you may have a personal crisis.
>>> But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject.
>>>
>>
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 06:55:02 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-04 6:49 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> > Thx
> Thanks, nothing prohibit you from writing complete words.
>
> If you want really to get help maybe read and answer questions people
> ask you ? And not
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:47 (+0200), Christian Britz wrote:
> On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> > I think you may have a personal crisis.
> > But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject.
> >
> Or it is sophisticated trolling.
Possibly, but the O
On Mon 02 Aug 2021 at 15:09:38 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> If it weren't for the first sometimes changing to
> >> 44.xKiB/s it'd be hard to know which is which (IIUC the average is
> >> higher because occasionally the drive gives a more reasonable transfer
> >> rate than that measly 45kB/s)
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:35:46AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Intentioinally top posting: This whole exchange, in various threads, seems to
> be bordering on the toxic and I'd like to see it improved somehow.
Thanks. Helping someone to improve isn't a justification to jump all
over him/he
On 4/8/21 20:35, Gunnar Gervin wrote:
Seems to me this old Mac can't boot from usb,
This link
https://www.uubyte.com/boot-mac-from-usb.html
and this
https://recoverit.wondershare.com/mac-tips/boot-from-usb-drive-mac.html
say hold the option key from power on; as well as detailed info about
cr
Gunnar Gervin schrieb:
> Subject: HOW ' s
Please use a subject that describes your problem. "HOW's" ist not
better than "(unknown)" or "/&%!"§%&/!"%/&§".
> gone @ $ € (wrong keyboard)
Please try do describe your problem so that it's easy to understand.
Does your keyboard miss keys?
Did you cha
On Mon 2 Aug 2021, at 11:48, Dominique Dumont wrote:
> On Tuesday, 27 July 2021 18:07:53 CEST Gareth Evans wrote:
> > Given that these are all fixed in Bullseye (and at least the grave
> > apt-listbugs issue has been fixed in eg Ubuntu since March 2020 [1]) why
> > not also Buster?
>
> Accordin
Intentioinally top posting: This whole exchange, in various threads, seems to
be bordering on the toxic and I'd like to see it improved somehow.
Suggestions?
On Wednesday, August 04, 2021 06:55:02 AM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
wrote:
> On 2021-08-04 6:49 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> > Thx
Hi,
Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> The commands to burn iso to usb, are they usable for dvd, too?
This depends on the medium type and state. Those commands can work with
BD-RE, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, formatted DVD-RW (via a packet device set up by
pktsetup(1) from package udftools), and formatted CD-RW (format
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 6:49 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> Thx
Thanks, nothing prohibit you from writing complete words.
If you want really to get help maybe read and answer questions people
ask you ? And not only ask others, because it's starting to be politely
useless here.
>
> On Wed, 4 Aug 2021, 13
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 6:43 a.m., Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-04 6:35 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote:
>
> You seem (again) to have a problem writing useful title for your messages.
>
Gunnar wrote a message saying "HOW", great we all know what he's asking
for before even re
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 6:35 a.m., Christian Britz wrote:
>
>
> On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>> I think you may have a personal crisis.
>> But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject.
>>
> Or it is sophisticated trolling.
>
Or a type of childish beh
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 6:35 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote:
You seem (again) to have a problem writing useful title for your messages.
> Hi again, all.
> I decided to reinstall, to get back
> Xfce, Synaptic, @ $ € , and clean away the mess I probably made with a
> rogue command as root.
> Seems to me this
On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
I think you may have a personal crisis.
But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject.
Or it is sophisticated trolling.
Hi again, all.
I decided to reinstall, to get back
Xfce, Synaptic, @ $ € , and clean away the mess I probably made with a
rogue command as root.
Seems to me this old Mac can't boot from usb, only cd or dvd.
The commands to burn iso to usb, are they usable for dvd, too?
2 other questions:
1. It was
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 6:22 a.m., mick crane wrote:
> On 2021-08-04 09:04, Gunnar Gervin wrote:
>
>> # apt install task-xfce-desktop
>> then tried to remove the Gnome desktop, wrote:
>> # apt remove task-gnome-desktop
>> Terminal responded but nothing happened; Gnome not removed, Xfce not
>> visible.
Hi,
solon wrote:
> > Seems to me that installing targetcli-fb should really also install
> > and activate the at boot service by default?
> I'm not really certain if this is the right package to
> file a bug for, for the reasons I mentioned earlier.
Well, an improvement wish would normally go to
Hi,
On 2021-08-04 4:11 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> I forgot to tell:
> The machine got some crisis because I removed Gnome desktop in a some
I think you may have a personal crisis.
But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject.
Waiting for a answer and not flooding would be
On 2021-08-04 09:04, Gunnar Gervin wrote:
# apt install task-xfce-desktop
then tried to remove the Gnome desktop, wrote:
# apt remove task-gnome-desktop
Terminal responded but nothing happened; Gnome not removed, Xfce not
visible.
Tried Synaptic, it said it would not execute actions unless I rem
Hi,
PS: Useful title make it easier for other to know what you ask for.
Please think a minute and use common sense.
On 2021-08-04 4:04 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> Hi.
>
> gone @ $€ (wrong keyboard)
> How it happened:
> During Debian installation, I chose a linux version 4.19.0-17-686-pae
> f
On 04.08.2021 05:03, Douglas McGarrett wrote:
On 7/19/21 1:15 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 19.07.2021 05:13, w...@mgssub.com wrote:
I installed tbird 78.12.0 (64-bit)
and it can't find my email passwords. I have browsed signons.sqlite
and the passwords seem to be there in the middle
Hi,
filing a bug towards targetcli seems futile, as it is not packaged by
Debian any more.
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/targetcli
brings me to
https://tracker.debian.org/news/826155/removed-130pre41ga55d018-3-from-unstable/
which says
"the following package(s) have been removed from uns
Hello all,
New to debian lists, though not to linux.
Im unsure where and how to post a bug, or whether it really is a bug as
I can't really find other specific debian cases of it and if it is a
bug, I would expect more reports of the problem,
I have an iscsi config setup with targetcli.
In
I forgot to tell:
The machine got some crisis because I removed Gnome desktop in a some wrong
way in root in Terminal;
# apt remove task-gnome-desktop
Please advice how tide up again.
Gunnar
Hi.
gone @ $ € (wrong keyboard)
How it happened:
During Debian installation, I chose a linux version 4.19.0-17-686-pae from
a mirror.
I lost (nb.UTF-8 or similar) setup (Norwegian bokmål) in
Macintosh-no-dead-keys.
I couldn't find a list of available keyboards in Gnome desktop, then
recalled I fou
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