Re: Debian 9 cron = sounds are ok : Debian 11 cron no sound [Solved]

2022-07-17 Thread Roger Price
On Sun, 17 Jul 2022, 16 Jul 2022, Lee wrote: Nope. Audio has always just worked; I never had to do anything special or extra to get it working Following https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAudio/Examples , I installed file ~/.config/pulse/default.pa .include /etc/pulse/default.pa set-

Re: failure trying to install bullseye on Cubox-i

2022-07-17 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2022-07-17, Rick Thomas wrote: > I'm experimenting with installing Bullseye on a Cubox-i4Pro I keep around for > testing purposes. > > I followed the instructions at: > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/README.conca

Re: failure trying to install bullseye on Cubox-i

2022-07-17 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 06:37:55PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > I'm experimenting with installing Bullseye on a Cubox-i4Pro I keep around for > testing purposes. > > I followed the instructions at: > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot

Re: failure trying to install bullseye on Cubox-i

2022-07-17 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sun, Jul 17, 2022, at 6:37 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > I'm experimenting with installing Bullseye on a Cubox-i4Pro I keep > around for testing purposes. > > I followed the instructions at: > > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/S

failure trying to install bullseye on Cubox-i

2022-07-17 Thread Rick Thomas
I'm experimenting with installing Bullseye on a Cubox-i4Pro I keep around for testing purposes. I followed the instructions at: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/README.concatenateable_images Then I dd'ed the resulting

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-17 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sun, Jul 17, 2022, at 1:59 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On Sun Jul 17 09:16:57 2022 Dekks Herton wrote: > > > john doe writes: > > > >> I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is > >> better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. > >> > >> I'm lookin

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-17 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Sun Jul 17 09:16:57 2022 Dekks Herton wrote: > john doe writes: > >> I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is >> better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. >> >> I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), >> do you have any s

Re: Getting rid of backuppc password protection.

2022-07-17 Thread Gary L. Roach
On 7/17/22 2:07 AM, Nicolas George wrote: Gary L. Roach (12022-07-16): Some time ago I installed backuppc and then decided to not use it. Even though I purged the program and made sure that I deleted all directories, I still get a backuppc password request when starting any of my programs. Any

Re: Processors older than Intel Pentium 4

2022-07-17 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sat, 16 Jul 2022, Tim Woodall wrote: On Sat, 16 Jul 2022, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: Is anyone running Debian 11 on a processor older than Pentium 4? I ask because I would like to bump 32 bit OS support from i386 (1985) to i686 Pentium 4 and newer. Thanks I think I'm running it on an

Re: Processors older than Intel Pentium 4

2022-07-17 Thread gene heskett
On 7/17/22 10:41, Stefan Monnier wrote: Greg Wooledge [2022-07-17 08:25:24] wrote: On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 08:35:33AM +, Marco wrote: But why the packages are still named i386 instead of i686? Because changing the name of the architecture would be such a massive pain in the ass, and would

Re: Debian 9 cron = sounds are ok : Debian 11 cron no sound

2022-07-17 Thread Roger Price
On Sun, 17 Jul 2022, Lee wrote: On 7/17/22, The Wanderer wrote: I don't use cron to play sounds, so I can't speak to this directly, but... While this may turn out in the end to be pure FUD, when I hear about things which work properly when run by hand but not when run automatically on a modern

Re: Debian 9 cron = sounds are ok : Debian 11 cron no sound

2022-07-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Roger Price wrote: > On Sat, 16 Jul 2022, Lee wrote: > > > I don't have play, so I tried aplay .. and it works, even if I'm > > logged out, even if someone else is logged in. > > > > ## run the script every minute > > > > $ crontab -l | tail -3 > > # m h dom mon dow command > > * * * *

Re: Debian 9 cron = sounds are ok : Debian 11 cron no sound

2022-07-17 Thread Lee
On 7/17/22, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2022-07-16 at 04:47, Roger Price wrote: > >> People occasionally have a cron job emit some sound each hour. On my >> Debian 9 >> machine I hear Biff [1] barking. In /etc/crontab I have an entry to call a >> >> script bark.sh which does the barking. Typically >

Re: Debian 9 cron = sounds are ok : Debian 11 cron no sound

2022-07-17 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-07-16 at 04:47, Roger Price wrote: > People occasionally have a cron job emit some sound each hour. On my Debian > 9 > machine I hear Biff [1] barking. In /etc/crontab I have an entry to call a > script bark.sh which does the barking. Typically > > 0,1 0,12 * * * rprice full-path-to

Re: Debian 9 cron = sounds are ok : Debian 11 cron no sound

2022-07-17 Thread Lee
On 7/16/22, Roger Price wrote: > On Sat, 16 Jul 2022, Lee wrote: > >> I don't have play, so I tried aplay .. and it works, even if I'm >> logged out, even if someone else is logged in. >> >> ## run the script every minute >> >> $ crontab -l | tail -3 >> # m h dom mon dow command >> * * * *

Re: Processors older than Intel Pentium 4

2022-07-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 08:35:33AM +, Marco wrote: > But why the packages are still named i386 instead of i686? Because changing the name of the architecture would be such a massive pain in the ass, and would probably break *so* many things, that it's simply not worthwhile.

how to check compatibility of (any party) package file? (and more)

2022-07-17 Thread Patrice Duroux
Hi, My purpose is multiple here. First, I am trying to build a tool[1] to check a given package file (ie a .deb, whatever its origin) for the compatibility with Debian distribution versions, including if it may be required to have more sections (contrib, non-free) or a backports pool. I am able t

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-17 Thread Dekks Herton
john doe writes: > I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is > better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. > > I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you > have any suggestions/ideas? 2nd hand Thinkpad off ebay, craigslist

Re: Getting rid of backuppc password protection.

2022-07-17 Thread Nicolas George
Gary L. Roach (12022-07-16): > Some time ago I installed backuppc and then decided to not use it. Even > though I purged the program and made sure that I deleted all directories, I > still get a backuppc password request when starting any of my programs. > Anyone had this problem and if so, do you

Re: Getting rid of backuppc password protection.

2022-07-17 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 7/17/22, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 16 Jul 2022 at 19:13:25 (-0700), Gary L. Roach wrote: >> I used apt install to install the standard debian package and used apt >> purge to uninstall. Further, I used rm -r to clean up the directories >> that were left. If it helps: >> > > Were I to install

Re: 32 bit thin client

2022-07-17 Thread Marco
Am Sun, 17 Jul 2022 07:07:28 +0100 schrieb David : > I am running Debian 11 on a 32 bit thin client. This thin client is > running headless. > > I am trying to add either ssmtp or msmtp, but these appear not to be > in the repositories. > > I've tried adding ssmtp, downloaded from the Debian web

Re: Processors older than Intel Pentium 4

2022-07-17 Thread didier gaumet
Le dimanche 17 juillet 2022 à 07:40:05 UTC+2, Timothy M Butterworth a écrit : > On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 12:30 AM Marco wrote: > Am Sat, 16 Jul 2022 11:26:44 -0400 > schrieb Timothy M Butterworth : > > > Is anyone running Debian 11 on a processor older than Pentium 4? I ask > > because I would lik

Re: Processors older than Intel Pentium 4

2022-07-17 Thread Marco
Am Sun, 17 Jul 2022 01:34:07 -0400 schrieb Timothy M Butterworth : > All thanks for the responses but the situation is mute. Debian > already migrated to i686 as the minimum supported version a few years > ago. i686 supports Pentium 3 which is the oldest processor in use on > this thread. Some int

Re: Sid installation fails - No kernel modules found

2022-07-17 Thread Piscium
On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 23:41, Brian wrote: > But you did not download and try the one I suggested? Therefore, you > are working blindfolded. It is dated 2022-0 7-05. The archive modules > may match the d-i kernel. I successfully installed Sid using the Bullseye mini.iso that I downloaded from th

Re: 32 bit thin client

2022-07-17 Thread David
On Sun, 17 Jul 2022 at 16:25, David wrote: > I am running Debian 11 on a 32 bit thin client. This thin client is > running headless. Hello. I'm unsure exactly what the above means in practice. Are you attempting to install onto the client or onto the server? > I am trying to add either ssmtp or