Re: Firefox resource utilization (was Re: A case for supporting antiquated hardware, was Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?)

On 03/06/2023 18:37, The Wanderer wrote: On 2023-06-03 at 07:18, Max Nikulin wrote: On 03/06/2023 17:40, The Wanderer wrote: Hey, now. I once had a Firefox session (with "restore tabs from previous session" enabled, and about six-to-eight windows) with 5,190 open tabs, and that computer only h

exim - bad file descriptor

Hi, Running Debian bookworm fully updated. Since a couple of weeks, i see strange lines in the logs: 2023-06-04T06:30:54.117016+02:00 box exim[24894]: 2023-06-04 06:30:54 1q5fOD-0006TT-2C failed to write to main log: length=91 result=-1 errno=9 (Bad file descriptor) 2023-06-04T06:30:54.150516

Re: Cable colors and urban legends (was: Error Messages)

On 6/3/23 15:18, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Friday 02 June 2023 04:03:48 pm gene heskett wrote: And I'll repeat, I am a CET, something that probably less than 5% of the working EE's could pass that test. CET's are a bit rare, I've yet to meet another on the net. Uh, yes you have... (Cert

Re: Cable colors and urban legends (was: Error Messages)

On Friday 02 June 2023 04:03:48 pm gene heskett wrote: > And I'll repeat, I am a CET, something that probably less than 5% of the > working EE's could pass that test. CET's are a bit rare, I've yet to > meet another on the net. Uh, yes you have... (Certificate PA-230 issued in 1981.) -- Memb

Re: need nano like editor that can print

> An simple non-x editor like nano that can print thru cups. > Is there such a critter? Emacs works in a tty (i.e. "non-x") and I'm sure it can do that. Whether it counts as "simple", is another question, of course. More generally, I'd expect pretty much all non-toy editors to offer a way to pass

Re: need nano like editor that can print

On 6/3/23 11:10, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Sat, 3 Jun 2023 10:22:42 -0400 gene heskett wrote: An simple non-x editor like nano that can print thru cups. Vim will do this through the "hardcopy" command. It sends text to the print server (CUPS). I do this all the time. Of course, vim

Re: need nano like editor that can print

On Sat, 3 Jun 2023 10:22:42 -0400 gene heskett wrote: > An simple non-x editor like nano that can print thru cups. Vim will do this through the "hardcopy" command. It sends text to the print server (CUPS). I do this all the time. Of course, vim isn't nano; you'd have to live with modes. Paul

need nano like editor that can print

An simple non-x editor like nano that can print thru cups. Is there such a critter? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desir

Re: Cable colors and urban legends

> I was pretty sceptical about Gene's claim, especially for nowadays, but > I just found > https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/insulated-copper-wire-turned-into-gray-powder.976956/ > FWIW. From 2019. Yeah, I saw that one as well, but note that the black wire also saw "corrosion" (tho less so), a

Re: Email sender refusing to send to unknown ca

On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Tim Woodall wrote: On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 2:20?PM Tim Woodall wrote: Anyone come across delivery failures where the client cert is signed by an internal ca. Are you sure it's not a self-signed end-entity certificate used in an

Re: A case for supporting antiquated hardware, was Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?

On 3/6/23 20:26, Dan Ritter wrote: Bret Busby wrote: I don't see how they can be both cheap and cost far too much. -dsr- Cheap and nasty construction, selling for excessive prices. "Here is this thing that cost me a dollar to make. I will sell it to you for a hundred dollars, with no w

Re: A case for supporting antiquated hardware, was Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?

Bret Busby wrote: > Last year, I bought the computer described below, as a refurbished machine, > and, it is far superior to the new computers that do not come with enough > RAM to be worthwhile. > > This computer, with 128GB RAM, I regard as far superior to an i9 computer > with 8GB RAM. OK. >

Re: 10 year old machines are slow (was: A hypervisor for a headless server?)

Bret Busby wrote: > > Whoever posted the message to which the above message is a reply, is showing > a lack of knowledge of computers; the "speed" of a computer, involves more > components than simply the CPU - an i9 with 2GB of RAM, will probably not be > as "fast" as in i3 with 32GB of RAM. T

Re: Cable colors and urban legends

Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> Can you point to any evidence? > > You've never cut open a magenta cable that quit to see what's > > inside? > > Nope. Never had them fail on me either for that matter. > > > If rust colored dust falls from where copper used to be, you have > > your evidence. >

Re: Firefox resource utilization (was Re: A case for supporting antiquated hardware, was Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?)

On 2023-06-03 at 07:18, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 03/06/2023 17:40, The Wanderer wrote: > >> Hey, now. I once had a Firefox session (with "restore tabs from >> previous session" enabled, and about six-to-eight windows) with >> 5,190 open tabs, and that computer only had 24GB of RAM. > > Modern bro

Re: Firefox resource utilization (was Re: A case for supporting antiquated hardware, was Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?)

On 03/06/2023 17:40, The Wanderer wrote: Hey, now. I once had a Firefox session (with "restore tabs from previous session" enabled, and about six-to-eight windows) with 5,190 open tabs, and that computer only had 24GB of RAM. Modern browsers supports "unloaded" tabs, so most of your tabs likel

Firefox resource utilization (was Re: A case for supporting antiquated hardware, was Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?)

On 2023-06-03 at 01:41, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 6:10 PM Bret Busby wrote: >> This computer, with 128GB RAM, I regard as far superior to an i9 >> computer with 8GB RAM. >> Refurbished computer profile (with 128GB RAM (that runs about 200 >> windows of Firefox (I have on

Re: problem with local DNS

Le 3 juin 2023 Maureen L. Thomas a écrit : > I am using a Lonova all in one computer with the latest debian on it.  > Bullseye is working fine except for the warning I get as follows:  your > current proxy settings do not allow local DNS req > (network.proxy.socks_remote)dns). I suppose this mes

Re: A case for supporting antiquated hardware, was Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?

On 3/6/23 13:41, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 6:10 PM Bret Busby > wrote: On 3/6/23 06:33, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 4:49 PM Bret Busby mailto:b...@busby.net> >

RE: PTR record for mail server

Hi Andy, [] >> My understanding is that as we are sending email from our own domain >> e.g "example.com" its complaining because the PTR is ovh.net not example.com? > No, there is no requirement for the PTR record to match the From: > address of the email. They just want it to not look like