Re: Subject: OT: LUKS encryption -- block by block, file by file, or "one big lump"

rhkra...@gmail.com (12023-03-09): > Didn't you mean "of course"? I meant the rest of the paragraph and the ones after that. > If you reply: snip, snip, and snip again Please apply good mail hygiene to what you send yourself. Signatures are max four lines. -- Nicolas George

Re: nvidia-driver gets a code 1

deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free non-free-firmware not deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware ? -- CK

Re: nvidia-driver gets a code 1

Ah so a typo. A small thing causing big problems. Once that was corrected the necessary files from firmware were included in an apt update and eventually the full-upgrade without nvidia-kernel-dkms being held back. Everything resolved after that. Thanks -- CK

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 03:34:05PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> > AFAIK, "apt full-upgrade" is for stable to the next stable, > >> > not for testing and unstable (one typically resolves conflicts > >> > interactively). > >> > >> Interesting. I don't use `apt` but "full-upgrade" is what I've

Re: KMail3 (was: question about rc.local)

rhkramer@... composed on 2023-03-09 23:24 (UTC-0500): > I use kmail, the version that comes with kde3. I don't know if there is a > way to use that on a Mac. My Mac has TDE, the KDE3 fork of over a dozen years ago, which does provide KMail, but I don't do mail on it, or KMail on anything. --

Re: question about rc.local

On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 20:44:43 -0500 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > (1) I rarely use the gmail webmail client, but (2) when I do, it is > not easy to bottom post, from memory, what I do is click on the place > near the bottom of a message that inserts the previous message (or, > at least shows it), then

Re: question about rc.local

On Thursday, March 09, 2023 09:16:18 PM Corey Hickman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 9:44 AM wrote: > > I'm much happier with a "real" email client. > > what real email client do you use? :) > I am using Mac as the regular desktop, Mac's Mail App is hard to use. > Though my server is debian sys

Re: Excel Spreadsheet to PDF (was: Re: PDF on debian)

On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 10:42 PM Charles Curley wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:50:08 +0800 > Corey Hickman wrote: > > > If I want to convert some excel files to PDF, what's the suggested > > way? I know I can program with java to implement that, but if there > > are existing command-line soluti

Excel Spreadsheet to PDF (was: Re: PDF on debian)

On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:50:08 +0800 Corey Hickman wrote: > If I want to convert some excel files to PDF, what's the suggested > way? I know I can program with java to implement that, but if there > are existing command-line solutions I would like to try them. This really should have been a new em

Re: question about rc.local

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 9:44 AM wrote: > > > I'm much happier with a "real" email client. > > > what real email client do you use? :) I am using Mac as the regular desktop, Mac's Mail App is hard to use. Though my server is debian system.

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-10 08:50:08 +0800, Corey Hickman wrote: > If I want to convert some excel files to PDF, what's the suggested way? I > know I can program with java to implement that, but if there are existing > command-line solutions I would like to try them. I've just tried on some Excel file: unoconv

Re: question about rc.local

On 2023-03-10 09:05:24 +0800, Corey Hickman wrote: > I found debian 11 doesn't need to change /etc/default/rsync for rsync > daemon starting. > But ubuntu 22.04 should have to edit that. > Where can I check the startup mech for these two systems? As said in Greg's message: systemctl cat rsync.s

Re: question about rc.local

On Thursday, March 09, 2023 08:05:24 PM Corey Hickman wrote: > Thanks > (btw, gmail does use top-posting by default, I don't know where to change > it.) (1) I rarely use the gmail webmail client, but (2) when I do, it is not easy to bottom post, from memory, what I do is click on the place near t

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 17:58:37 +, Brian wrote: > That would be a big drawback for a printing filter. > > CHARSET=utf-8 /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf 1 1 1 1 1 UTF-8-demo.txt > >out.pdf The only good thing is that box drawing is fine (while the other converters don't work well for that). However, t

Re: question about rc.local

Hello, I found debian 11 doesn't need to change /etc/default/rsync for rsync daemon starting. But ubuntu 22.04 should have to edit that. Where can I check the startup mech for these two systems? Thanks (btw, gmail does use top-posting by default, I don't know where to change it.) On Fri, Mar 10

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 19:24:20 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > If everything else fails, read the instructions [1]. > > --pdf-engine=PROGRAM > > Use the specified engine when producing PDF output. Valid values > are pdflatex, lualatex, xelatex, latexmk, tectonic, wkhtmltopdf, > weasyprint, p

Re: Forcing dhclient to not ignore tun0 interface when it's available

On Tue 07 Mar 2023 at 17:53:10 (+0100), daven...@tuxfamily.org wrote: > > So I'm clearly being lazy this time. I'd rather find a solution which > is relatively "easy and fast" to implement, than work for free chattr -i ? Scripted of course. Cheers, David.

Re: Forcing dhclient to not ignore tun0 interface when it's available

On Tue 07 Mar 2023 at 17:17:24 (+0100), daven...@tuxfamily.org wrote: > On 2023-03-07 05:01, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 06 Mar 2023 at 13:34:52 (+0100), daven...@tuxfamily.org wrote: > > > On 2023-03-03 16:00, Max Nikulin wrote: > > > > On 03/03/2023 13:29, Tim Woodall wrote: > > > > > On Fri,

Re: PDF on debian

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 2:15 AM Linux-Fan wrote: > Corey Hickman writes: > > > Hello, > > > > What's the suggested PDF generator in Debian (without desktop)? > > And is there a VIM plugin for that? > > For cases where I care little about font or formatting, I use VIM's > integrated hardcopy: > >

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

On 2023-03-09 15:34:05 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> > AFAIK, "apt full-upgrade" is for stable to the next stable, > >> > not for testing and unstable (one typically resolves conflicts > >> > interactively). > >> > >> Interesting. I don't use `apt` but "full-upgrade" is what I've been > >> us

Re: Subject: OT: LUKS encryption -- block by block, file by file, or "one big lump"

On Thursday, March 09, 2023 04:16:14 PM Nicolas George wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com (12023-03-08): > > The question: Suppose disk corruption corrupts one block in the data > > storage area of a LUKS partition / filesystem (I'm not asking about > > corruption in the headers or some other area of "me

Re: Subject: OT: LUKS encryption -- block by block, file by file, or "one big lump"

On Thursday, March 09, 2023 04:03:20 PM David Christensen wrote: > I believe I changed a byte somewhere in the middle of file blocks on > disk using dd(1) and then I saw a bad byte somewhere in the middle of > the file with less(1). > > > I suggest that you repeat the experiment. Just going thro

Re: nvidia-driver gets a code 1

On donderdag 09 maart 2023 23:59:03 (+01:00), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 04:18:21PM -0500, Charles Kroeger wrote: > > W: Failed to fetch https://deb/debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/InRelease > > Could not resolve 'deb' > > You have a typo. deb/debian.org should be deb.d

Re: nvidia-driver gets a code 1

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 04:18:21PM -0500, Charles Kroeger wrote: > W: Failed to fetch https://deb/debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/InRelease > Could not resolve 'deb' You have a typo. deb/debian.org should be deb.debian.org

Re: nvidia-driver gets a code 1

Anssi, thanks for your reply. When Andreas Beckmann added this URL to his apt disclosure: https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#non-free-split He does give a useful example of how the entry should look in /etc/apt/sources/list like this: deb https:

Re: Subject: OT: LUKS encryption -- block by block, file by file, or "one big lump"

rhkra...@gmail.com (12023-03-08): > The question: Suppose disk corruption corrupts one block in the data storage > area of a LUKS partition / filesystem (I'm not asking about corruption in the > headers or some other area of "metadata"). In the case of one block of > corruption in the data sto

Re: Subject: OT: LUKS encryption -- block by block, file by file, or "one big lump"

On 3/9/23 06:53, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who replied -- two clarifications requested below: On Wednesday, March 08, 2023 09:45:33 PM David Christensen wrote: ... A few years ago, I did a "bit rot" experiment. Thanks for doing that experiment! ... I wiped a disk, applied a p

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

>> > AFAIK, "apt full-upgrade" is for stable to the next stable, >> > not for testing and unstable (one typically resolves conflicts >> > interactively). >> >> Interesting. I don't use `apt` but "full-upgrade" is what I've been >> using with testing for the last 20 years, first with `apt-get` the

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 10:40:14AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > AFAIK, "apt full-upgrade" is for stable to the next stable, > > not for testing and unstable (one typically resolves conflicts > > interactively). > > Interesting. I don't use `apt` but "full-upgrade" is what I've been > using wi

Re: PDF on debian

On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 18:36:26 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-03-09 18:07:24 +0100, didier gaumet wrote: > > Le 09/03/2023 à 16:11, Vincent Lefevre a écrit : > > > > >libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf file.txt > > > > > > produces a PDF of better quality (fewer spacing issues)

Re: PDF on debian

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 05:47:02PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-03-09 17:38:54 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > > Vincent Lefevre (12023-03-09): > > > produces a PDF of better quality (fewer spacing issues). > > > > If you want a PDF of better quality, use a workflow that includes TeX. >

Re: PDF on debian

Corey Hickman writes: Hello, What's the suggested PDF generator in Debian (without desktop)? And is there a VIM plugin for that? For cases where I care little about font or formatting, I use VIM's integrated hardcopy: :ha > /tmp/print.ps :!ps2pdf /tmp/print.ps /tmp/print.p

Re: question about rc.local

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 05:54:40PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Michel Verdier (12023-03-09): > > systemd launch init.d > > No. Check. For the record: unicorn:~$ systemctl cat rsync.service # /lib/systemd/system/rsync.service [Unit] Description=fast remote file copy program daemon ConditionPat

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 17:57:12 +0100 Yvan Masson wrote: Hello Yvan, >Yes, I did that, but thanks for the suggestion. NP. Shame it didn't help. > >As I do not always use X11, I am thinking that maybe my issue has begun >on a previous update… Always a possibility. Another possibility is that, so

Re: PDF on debian

On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 17:35:41 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-03-09 15:13:21 +, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 15:01:00 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > > On 2023-03-09 13:42:22 +, Brian wrote: > > > > For a searchable PDF, I would use > > > > > > > > :execute '!/

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 18:07:24 +0100, didier gaumet wrote: > Le 09/03/2023 à 16:11, Vincent Lefevre a écrit : > > >libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf file.txt > > > > produces a PDF of better quality (fewer spacing issues). > [...] > > Hello, > > I do not use it myself so I don't know it well

Re: PDF on debian

* On 2023 09 Mar 04:41 -0600, Corey Hickman wrote: > Hello, > > What's the suggested PDF generator in Debian (without desktop)? > And is there a VIM plugin for that? If you really want to be "old school" there is roff handled by Groff in Debian (most man pages are written in roff using the "man"

Re: PDF on debian

Le 09/03/2023 à 16:11, Vincent Lefevre a écrit : libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf file.txt produces a PDF of better quality (fewer spacing issues). [...] Hello, I do not use it myself so I don't know it well but unoconv seems to be a headless Libreoffice converter with the ability

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

Le 09/03/2023 à 12:40, Brad Rogers a écrit : On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 18:02:42 +0100 Yvan Masson wrote: Hello Yvan, Thanks for your insights, You have a lot of Plasma related updates there. Have you; Logged out and back in? or Rebooted? Yes, I did that, but thanks for the suggestion. As I do

Re: question about rc.local

Le 9 mars 2023 Vincent Lefevre a écrit : > Really? > > /etc/default/rsync says: > > # This file is only used for init.d based systems! > # If this system uses systemd, you can specify options etc. for rsync > # in daemon mode by copying /lib/systemd/system/rsync.service to > # /etc/systemd/system/

Re: question about rc.local

Michel Verdier (12023-03-09): > systemd launch init.d No. Check. -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: question about rc.local

Le 9 mars 2023 Vincent Lefevre a écrit : > Really? > > /etc/default/rsync says: > > # This file is only used for init.d based systems! > # If this system uses systemd, you can specify options etc. for rsync > # in daemon mode by copying /lib/systemd/system/rsync.service to > # /etc/systemd/system/

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 17:38:54 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Vincent Lefevre (12023-03-09): > > produces a PDF of better quality (fewer spacing issues). > > If you want a PDF of better quality, use a workflow that includes TeX. Not really. This can be better, but this can also be much worse, in particul

Re: question about rc.local

On 2023-03-09 17:22:01 +0100, Michel Verdier wrote: > Le 9 mars 2023 Greg Wooledge a écrit : > > > So... apparently this service is enabled by default (I didn't touch it), > > and simply needs one to create an /etc/rsyncd.conf file in order to make > > it work upon the next boot. > > > > If you do

Re: PDF on debian

Vincent Lefevre (12023-03-09): > produces a PDF of better quality (fewer spacing issues). If you want a PDF of better quality, use a workflow that includes TeX. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 15:13:21 +, Brian wrote: > On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 15:01:00 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2023-03-09 13:42:22 +, Brian wrote: > > > For a searchable PDF, I would use > > > > > > :execute '!/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf 1 1 1 1 1 % > out.pdf' > > > > > > cups-filte

Re: PDF on debian

Le 9 mars 2023 Corey Hickman a écrit : > I always compose documents in debian via VIM. so if there is a PDF plugin > for VIM that would be great. There is a VimTeX plugin. You compose a LaTeX file and compile PDF with pdflatex/lualatex. https://github.com/lervag/vimtex

Re: question about rc.local

Le 9 mars 2023 Greg Wooledge a écrit : > So... apparently this service is enabled by default (I didn't touch it), > and simply needs one to create an /etc/rsyncd.conf file in order to make > it work upon the next boot. > > If you don't want to reboot, then you may need to do a > "systemctl start r

Re: question about rc.local

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 02:35:55PM +0100, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > 09.03.23, 14:16 +0100, cor...@free.fr: > > What’s the right way to run rsync —daemon then? Thanks > > "The right way" is what woks best for you, I suppose. > > But since Debian's rsync package installs a systemd service unit, it

Re: PDF on debian

On 09/03/2023 22:11, Vincent Lefevre wrote: libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf file.txt produces a PDF of better quality (fewer spacing issues). I was assuming something like markdown/reStructuredText/asciidoc/etc. instead of plain text. As the last resort :TOhtml vim command t

Re: PDF on debian

On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 15:29:51 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 01:42:22PM +, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 12:43:51 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > [...] > > > > There are other (simpler) options, look for text2pdf/text2ps. Personally, > > > I go the (La)

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

> AFAIK, "apt full-upgrade" is for stable to the next stable, > not for testing and unstable (one typically resolves conflicts > interactively). Interesting. I don't use `apt` but "full-upgrade" is what I've been using with testing for the last 20 years, first with `apt-get` then with `aptitude`.

Re: PDF on debian

On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 15:11:05 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Vincent Lefevre (12023-03-09): > > But it generates a letter page size instead of using /etc/papersize. > > And apparently that is not its only flaw, a quick test had it just skip > non-ascii characters. A possible solution: :execu

Re: PDF on debian

On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 15:01:00 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-03-09 13:42:22 +, Brian wrote: > > For a searchable PDF, I would use > > > > :execute '!/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf 1 1 1 1 1 % > out.pdf' > > > > cups-filters needs to be on the system. > > But it generates a lette

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 15:55:13 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-03-09 21:42:24 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > If you use some markup language that can be converted to HTML then > > there is an alternative to LaTeX workflow: > > > > chromium --headless --disable-gpu --print-to-pdf=/tmp/test.pdf > > f

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 21:42:24 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 09/03/2023 17:32, Corey Hickman wrote: > > > > What's the suggested PDF generator in Debian (without desktop)? > > And is there a VIM plugin for that? > > If you use some markup language that can be converted to HTML then there is > an alterna

Re: Subject: OT: LUKS encryption -- block by block, file by file, or "one big lump"

Thanks to all who replied -- two clarifications requested below: On Wednesday, March 08, 2023 09:45:33 PM David Christensen wrote: ... > A few years ago, I did a "bit rot" experiment. Thanks for doing that experiment! ... > I wiped a disk, applied > a partitioning scheme, created a partition,

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 15:29:51 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > TeX is perfectly fine as a PDF backend. Especially if you go for the > more "modern" variants, like LuaTeX, which grok UTF-8 natively. Yes, but has anyone written a nice wrapper that fully supports Unicode (selecting the right fonts...)? I k

Re: PDF on debian

On 09/03/2023 17:32, Corey Hickman wrote: What's the suggested PDF generator in Debian (without desktop)? And is there a VIM plugin for that? If you use some markup language that can be converted to HTML then there is an alternative to LaTeX workflow: chromium --headless --disable-gpu --pri

Re: PDF on debian

Vincent Lefevre (12023-03-09): > Until now, I've been using a script that does > > paps $opt | ps2pdf - $@[-1]:t.pdf > > with some options. But due to the use of PostScript as an intermediate > file, the PDF has no text part (it is not searchable, etc.). It is not due to the use of PostScript,

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 15:12:17 +0100, Yassine Chaouche wrote: > Le 3/9/23 à 12:43, to...@tuxteam.de a écrit : > > look for text2pdf/text2ps. > It's strange that we have a2ps and ps2pdf but not a2pdf. a2ps is old and does not support Unicode. AFAIK, paps is suggested as a replacement, but it is strange tha

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 15:11:05 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Vincent Lefevre (12023-03-09): > > But it generates a letter page size instead of using /etc/papersize. > > And apparently that is not its only flaw, a quick test had it just skip > non-ascii characters. > > I wish somebody would make a good c

Re: PDF on debian

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 01:42:22PM +, Brian wrote: > On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 12:43:51 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > There are other (simpler) options, look for text2pdf/text2ps. Personally, > > I go the (La)TeX way. > > For a searchable PDF, I would use What do you mean by "searcha

Re: PDF on debian

Yassine Chaouche (12023-03-09): > It's strange that we have a2ps and ps2pdf but not a2pdf. a2ps dates back from when PDF was a crappy format where you either had to use proprietary Acrobat Reader or Libre readers unable to show most files properly. I mean, its web page has the HTML tags in all ca

Re: PDF on debian

Le 3/9/23 à 12:43, to...@tuxteam.de a écrit : look for text2pdf/text2ps. It's strange that we have a2ps and ps2pdf but not a2pdf. Best, -- yassine -- sysadm +213-779 06 06 23 http://about.me/ychaouche Looking for side gigs.

Re: PDF on debian

Vincent Lefevre (12023-03-09): > But it generates a letter page size instead of using /etc/papersize. And apparently that is not its only flaw, a quick test had it just skip non-ascii characters. I wish somebody would make a good command-line front-end for Pango + Cairo. Regards, -- Nicolas

Re: PDF on debian

On 2023-03-09 13:42:22 +, Brian wrote: > For a searchable PDF, I would use > > :execute '!/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf 1 1 1 1 1 % > out.pdf' > > cups-filters needs to be on the system. But it generates a letter page size instead of using /etc/papersize. -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web:

Re: question about rc.local

Charles Curley (12023-03-09): > Why do you want to? Normally starting rsync on the client will start it > up on the server. No special action on the server is required. That is true for rsync over ssh if the client has a shell account on the server. It is not the only mode for rsync. Regards, --

Re: question about rc.local

On Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:16:02 +0800 cor...@free.fr wrote: > What’s the right way to run rsync —daemon then? Thanks Why do you want to? Normally starting rsync on the client will start it up on the server. No special action on the server is required. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? htt

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 18:02:42 +0100 Yvan Masson wrote: Hello Yvan, >Thanks for your insights, You have a lot of Plasma related updates there. Have you; Logged out and back in? or Rebooted? I found I had a few issues after the upgrade from 5.26 to 5.27. A reboot solved some of them (update coi

Re: PDF on debian

On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 19:03:23 +0800 Corey Hickman wrote: > I always compose documents in debian via VIM. so if there is a PDF > plugin for VIM that would be great. Not a plugin for VIM, but if you run CUPS look into the debian package printer-driver-cups-pdf. -- Does anybody read signatures any

Re: question about rc.local

09.03.23, 14:16 +0100, cor...@free.fr: Please don't top-post. What’s the right way to run rsync —daemon then? Thanks "The right way" is what woks best for you, I suppose. But since Debian's rsync package installs a systemd service unit, it might be easiest to simply use that. -- Regards

Re: question about rc.local

cor...@free.fr (12023-03-09): > What’s the right way to run rsync —daemon then? Thanks Please do not top-post. If you do not know what it means, look it up. Same answer as my first mail: it depends on your personal definition of “right way”. Note that on top of the many possibilities to start a

Re: question about rc.local

Anssi Saari (12023-03-09): > Perhaps a note, since today in Debian by default it's systemd which runs > /etc/rc.local. There's no guarantee it's done last like there was in SysV > init since systemd runs stuff in parallel. Network availability also > isn't guaranteed. See man systemd-rc-local-gener

Re: question about rc.local

What’s the right way to run rsync —daemon then? Thanks On 09/03/2023 21:02, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 01:32:54PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: Corey Hickman (12023-03-09): > does debian 11 still use /etc/rc.local for startups after rebooting? No, Debian does not use it. It le

Re: question about rc.local

Corey Hickman writes: > does debian 11 still use /etc/rc.local for startups after rebooting? > > for instance, I want to start a process after system rebooting, where should > I put the command? Perhaps a note, since today in Debian by default it's systemd which runs /etc/rc.local. There's no g

Re: question about rc.local

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 01:32:54PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Corey Hickman (12023-03-09): > > does debian 11 still use /etc/rc.local for startups after rebooting? > > No, Debian does not use it. It lets you use it if you so want. For the record, if you *do* want to use it, you'll have to cre

Re: question about rc.local

Corey Hickman (12023-03-09): > does debian 11 still use /etc/rc.local for startups after rebooting? No, Debian does not use it. It lets you use it if you so want. > for instance, I want to start a process after system rebooting, where > should I put the command? SHOULD? It depend how cleanly you

question about rc.local

does debian 11 still use /etc/rc.local for startups after rebooting? for instance, I want to start a process after system rebooting, where should I put the command? thanks & regards, Corey H

Re: PDF on debian

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 12:10:39PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: > Le 09/03/2023 à 12:03, Corey Hickman a écrit : > > I always compose documents in debian via VIM. so if there is a PDF > > plugin for VIM that would be great. > > > > Thanks > > Not a Vim plugin, but I usually compose documents in mark

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

On 2023-03-09 04:32:05 -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 4:06 AM Timothy Butterworth < > timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Try running apt fully upgrade > > > `sudo apt full-upgrade` sorry about that my tablet auto-corrected. AFAIK, "apt full-upgrade" is for

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

On 2023-03-09 08:33:08 +0100, Yvan Masson wrote: > I might be the same issue indeed. A temporary workaround I have just found > is to run KDE on Wayland. But I suppose it is not possible with FVWM. In any case, I sometimes need to run remote X applications transparently, so Wayland is not an optio

Re: PDF on debian

Le 09/03/2023 à 12:03, Corey Hickman a écrit : I always compose documents in debian via VIM. so if there is a PDF plugin for VIM that would be great. Thanks Not a Vim plugin, but I usually compose documents in markdown in aneditor (be it vim or emacs) then generate a pdf from the markdown wi

Re: PDF on debian

I always compose documents in debian via VIM. so if there is a PDF plugin for VIM that would be great. Thanks On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 7:01 PM Nicolas George wrote: > Corey Hickman (12023-03-09): > > What's the suggested PDF generator in Debian (without desktop)? > > There are many things capable

Re: PDF on debian

Corey Hickman (12023-03-09): > What's the suggested PDF generator in Debian (without desktop)? There are many things capable of generating PDF in Debian. What do you want to generate your PDF *from*? Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Syslog/Rsyslog/Systemctl issue

Hi everyone and for people dropping by having the same issue. The problem is *solved* \o/ The issue was: missing /run/systemd/journal/socket What solved the problem: - apt-get install --reinstall  systemd systemd-sysv libsystemd0 dbus-user-session - /run/systemd/journal/socket and /run/sy

PDF on debian

Hello, What's the suggested PDF generator in Debian (without desktop)? And is there a VIM plugin for that? Thanks

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

On Thu, 2023-03-09 at 04:32 -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 4:06 AM Timothy Butterworth < > timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Try running apt fully upgrade > > > `sudo apt full-upgrade` sorry about that my tablet auto-corrected. And it broke threading. -

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 4:06 AM Timothy Butterworth < timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try running apt fully upgrade > `sudo apt full-upgrade` sorry about that my tablet auto-corrected. > > > On March 9, 2023, at 2:33 AM, Yvan Masson > wrote: > > Le 09/03/2023 à 04:19, Vincent Lefevre a

Re: Strange application menus (File, Edit…) behaviour since last update

Try running apt fully upgrade On March 9, 2023, at 2:33 AM, Yvan Masson wrote: Le 09/03/2023 à 04:19, Vincent Lefevre a écrit : > On 2023-03-08 18:02:42 +0100, Yvan Masson wrote: >> Using testing with KDE, I have an issue since last update: for many QT >> applications and some GTK applications,