Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2022-03-21 23:07 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: >> IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all instances of >> MC are >> closed, and its ini file is then removed, every setting (except for panels >> configuration? and hotlist), gets reverted to defau

Re: Report a bug against which package - unattended-upgrades / apt / dpkg ??

2022-03-21 Thread David Wright
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 15:07:45 (+), Dr. Alex Sheppard wrote: > On 21/03/2022 14:02, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Dr. Alex Sheppard wrote: > > > > > >     Unattended upgrades ended up removing some of the packages it was was > > > going to upgrade ... bind9 being one of them and thereby breaking DNS

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread David Wright
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 22:43:50 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2022-03-21 20:55 (UTC-0500): > > On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 14:08:14 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > >> Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): > > >> > tinkering with mc's config files directly which can

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2022-03-21 20:55 (UTC-0500): > On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 14:08:14 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: >> Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): >> > tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if all >> > instances of mc are closed. >> Not IME,

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread David Wright
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 14:08:14 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): > > > tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if all > > instances of mc are closed. > > Not IME, at least for ini and hotlist, the former which I change ne

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread David Wright
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 19:34:46 (-0500), Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2022 21 Mar 15:19 -0500, Joe wrote: > > Probably best try nano unless you're particularly keen on vim. Don't > > forget that geany is a GUI IDE, whereas mc is a ncurses application. > > Actually, mc and mcedit are linked to libsla

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-21 Thread David Wright
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 06:05:48 (+), Tim Woodall wrote: > On Sun, 20 Mar 2022, David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 03:14:54 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > > > > > > There are instances in which my machine is connected to a mobile hotspot. > > > And in some situations, it's connect

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, 21 March 2022 18:07:28 EDT Felix Miata wrote: > gene heskett composed on 2022-03-21 17:26 (UTC-0400): > > whatever I do to it, has zero effect. > > IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all > instances of MC are closed, and its ini file is then removed, every > sett

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2022 21 Mar 15:19 -0500, Joe wrote: > Probably best try nano unless you're particularly keen on vim. Don't > forget that geany is a GUI IDE, whereas mc is a ncurses application. Actually, mc and mcedit are linked to libslang, not ncurses. Visually it's not much difference but otherwise a wor

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread mick crane
On 2022-03-21 21:26, gene heskett wrote: On Monday, 21 March 2022 16:46:01 EDT mick crane wrote: On 2022-03-21 18:08, Felix Miata wrote: > Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): >> tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if >> all >> instances of mc are c

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Felix Miata
gene heskett composed on 2022-03-21 17:26 (UTC-0400): > whatever I do to it, has zero effect. IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all instances of MC are closed, and its ini file is then removed, every setting (except for panels configuration? and hotlist), gets reverted t

webcamd

2022-03-21 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am having only limited success configuring the Debian webcamd package. I wish to display images from a Logitech web cam pointing out the window as a weathercam, uploading a new image about once a minute. I plan to upload the images to a subdirectory "webcam" of my weather website, www.example-

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, 21 March 2022 16:46:01 EDT mick crane wrote: > On 2022-03-21 18:08, Felix Miata wrote: > > Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): > >> tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if > >> all > >> instances of mc are closed. > > > > Not IME, at least

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread mick crane
On 2022-03-21 18:08, Felix Miata wrote: Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if all instances of mc are closed. Not IME, at least for ini and hotlist, the former which I change nearly as often with mcedit as

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Joe
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 15:25:02 -0400 Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:53:52 -0400 > gene heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > > The colors used by mc's editor are making the editor impossible to > > use as they can't be used by someone with good color vision even, > > they are all so

Re: "Could not display mtp://XXXXX" error no such interface 'org.gtk.vfs.mount' on object at path /org/gtk/vfs/mount/1"

2022-03-21 Thread didier gaumet
Le lundi 21 mars 2022 à 17:21 +, Ottavio Caruso a écrit : > On 21/03/2022 10:54, didier gaumet wrote: > > I would say that your PC does not recognize your smartphone as a > > MTP > > device because your smartphone dose not presents itself as a MTP > > device > > What makes you say that? Ple

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Felix Miata
Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): > tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if all > instances of mc are closed. Not IME, at least for ini and hotlist, the former which I change nearly as often with mcedit as I do via menu. Hotlist I only do with mced

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Nate Bargmann
In the configuration dialog there is the option to use the internal editor. Make sure that option is not selected. On Debian systems you should get prompted for which editor to use by the select-editor script. In my case I chose vim.basic. This avoids tinkering with mc's config files directly w

Re: simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-21 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:03:52 -0700 Samuel Wales wrote: > i use slock and turn off monitor with ddccontrol. I use the monitors attached to my desktop for sound. I find that when they are shut off, either manually or by the computer's power management software, sound ceases to work (unlike my lapt

Re: simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 01:21:19PM -0300, Chris Mitchell wrote: > Personally, I would use a custom systemd timer unit for this. Systemd > is already running most of your system, and it offers a scheduling > syntax that is (AFAIK) more flexible than cron's, and (IMHO) much > easier to read. For exam

Re: simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-21 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:03:52 -0700 Samuel Wales wrote: > i have to have all lights and monitors off at night. but i have to > know the time so i can take medicine. > > i use slock and turn off monitor with ddccontrol. this might turn off > mouse and keyboard; i wouild have to check. > > i wan

Re: Mtp-tools, wa: "Could not display mtp://XXXXX" error no such interface 'org.gtk.vfs.mount' on object at path /org/gtk/vfs/mount/1"

2022-03-21 Thread Mike Kupfer
Ottavio Caruso wrote: > I can see mtp-tools is a meta-package for: [...] > Which one do I need to configure/troubleshoot my issue? I'm afraid I've pretty much exhausted my knowledge in this area. The only other things I can offer are 1. My phone (Android 11, Samsung One UI 3.1) defaults to an M

Re: Report a bug against which package - unattended-upgrades / apt / dpkg ??

2022-03-21 Thread Dr. Alex Sheppard
On 21/03/2022 14:02, Dan Ritter wrote: Dr. Alex Sheppard wrote: Hi,     Unattended upgrades ended up removing some of the packages it was was going to upgrade ... bind9 being one of them and thereby breaking DNS on a client's network.     Is this a bug in unattended upgrades, or a bug in ap

Re: Report a bug against which package - unattended-upgrades / apt / dpkg ??

2022-03-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Dr. Alex Sheppard wrote: > Hi, > >     Unattended upgrades ended up removing some of the packages it was was > going to upgrade ... bind9 being one of them and thereby breaking DNS on a > client's network. > >     Is this a bug in unattended upgrades, or a bug in apt or dpkg? Here is > an extrac

Report a bug against which package - unattended-upgrades / apt / dpkg ??

2022-03-21 Thread Dr. Alex Sheppard
Hi,     Unattended upgrades ended up removing some of the packages it was was going to upgrade ... bind9 being one of them and thereby breaking DNS on a client's network.     Is this a bug in unattended upgrades, or a bug in apt or dpkg? Here is an extract from my unattended-upgrades.log to

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-21 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 10:12:54 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 7:33 AM Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 18 Mar 2022 at 20:57:38 +, Brian wrote: > > > > > On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > Install iwd, and resolvconf i

Re: "Could not display mtp://XXXXX" error no such interface 'org.gtk.vfs.mount' on object at path /org/gtk/vfs/mount/1"

2022-03-21 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, I would say that your PC does not recognize your smartphone as a MTP device because your smartphone dose not presents itself as a MTP device Your smartphone seems to be seen (because it is set up as such in Android) as a USB mass storage device: then either: - use programs in Linux that

Re: simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Samuel Wales wrote: > i have to have all lights and monitors off at night. but i have to > know the time so i can take medicine. > > i want debian to tell me the time at certain times. for example > tonight i have to take medicine at 2:40 am. > > here are ideas: > > - tell me time when i righ