Re: Debian 12 System Requirement

Am 23.01.2024 um 04:09:14 Uhr schrieb CHENG YING KIT KEITH: > Can I install Debian 11 or 12 with "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v3 @ > 2.30GHz" CPU? The amd64 images support that processor.

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to optical discs

On 1/22/24 20:30, Charles Curley wrote: On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:27:51 -0800 David Christensen wrote: debian-user: I have a SOHO file server with ~1 TB of data. I would like archive the data by burning it to a series of optical discs organized by time (e.g. mtime). I expect to periodically bu

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to opticaldiscs

On 1/22/24 19:44, gene heskett wrote: On 1/22/24 21:28, David Christensen wrote: debian-user: I have a SOHO file server with ~1 TB of data.  I would like archive the data by burning it to a series of optical discs organized by time (e.g. mtime).  I expect to periodically burn additional discs

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On 1/22/24 19:55, gene heskett wrote: On 1/22/24 21:59, David Christensen wrote: On 1/22/24 18:44, gene heskett wrote: On 1/22/24 18:46, David Christensen wrote: On 1/22/24 11:31, gene heskett wrote: How does an 8T backup server sound for another $200 in hdwe?  Very enticing and I do have the

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

Hi, On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:59:55PM +0100, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > On 1/22/24 6:59 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:40:06PM +, Alain D D Williams wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:29:55AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > lvreduce --size -50G --resizefs /

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:59:55PM +0100, Miroslav Skoric wrote: [...] > That last resize2fs (without params) would not work here, or at least it > would not work for my three file systems that need to be extended: / , /usr > , and /var . Maybe to extend each of them separately like this: > > lv

Re: Debian 12 System Requirement

Hi Keith, The versions of Nginx and MariaDB in Debian 12 are those you quoted below. The current version of PHP is 8.2. If you particularly need 8.2.7 this could be containerised. Information on Debian packages is available from https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages Debian 12 is the curren

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

>> On 1/22/24 11:31, gene heskett wrote: G> How does an 8T backup server sound for another $200 in hdwe? Very G> enticing and I do have the sheckel's. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CQJBSQL Seagate Desktop 8TB external Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch, USB 3.0 STGY8000400 $168.18 What if you buy two, use one

Re: Debian 12 System Requirement

On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 04:09:14 + CHENG YING KIT KEITH wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Can I install Debian 11 or 12 with "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v3 @ > 2.30GHz" CPU? Do they both support the following application > > Nginx 1.22.1 > PHP 8.2.7 > Mariadb 10.11.4 Debian 11 comes with php 7.4

Re: Powered USB hub [was: Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, needsyntax help]

On 1/22/24 23:10, Max Nikulin wrote: On 23/01/2024 10:55, gene heskett wrote: hub:

Re: I've an editable .pdf form I need to fill out

On 1/22/24 23:05, David Wright wrote: On Sun 21 Jan 2024 at 14:50:59 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: On 1/21/24 14:29, John Hasler wrote: Klaus writes: Did you notice, that I was talking about the reduced, crippled OpenSource browser: chromium I wrote: In what way is it crippled? Gene writes

Debian 12 System Requirement

Dear Colleagues, Can I install Debian 11 or 12 with "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30GHz" CPU? Do they both support the following application Nginx 1.22.1 PHP 8.2.7 Mariadb 10.11.4 On the other hand, may I know the minimum requirement of Debian 11 and 12? Best Regards, Keith Cheng | Offi

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to optical discs

On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:27:51 -0800 David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > I have a SOHO file server with ~1 TB of data. I would like archive > the data by burning it to a series of optical discs organized by time > (e.g. mtime). I expect to periodically burn additional discs in the > futu

Powered USB hub [was: Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help]

On 23/01/2024 10:55, gene heskett wrote: hub: Purchasing a

Re: I've an editable .pdf form I need to fill out

On Sun 21 Jan 2024 at 14:50:59 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > On 1/21/24 14:29, John Hasler wrote: > > Klaus writes: > > > Did you notice, that I was talking about the reduced, crippled OpenSource > > > browser: chromium > > > > I wrote: > > > In what way is it crippled? > > > > Gene writes: > >

Re: keyboard buttons

On Mon 22 Jan 2024 at 11:43:36 (-0600), Mike McClain wrote: > On my keyboard there are some buttons in the top right corner above > the number pad. one marked with circle with an x over it, one with a > moon the third with analarm clock ringing. > Wondering what they were and how they were

Re: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as /devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input16

On Mon 22 Jan 2024 at 07:40:00 (+0100), Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 04:34:23PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 21 Jan 2024 at 22:41:01 (+0100), Geert Stappers wrote: > > > Pressing "Function key with symbol of computer sending signal" has no > > > effect. Which could be ca

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On 1/22/24 21:59, David Christensen wrote: On 1/22/24 18:44, gene heskett wrote: On 1/22/24 18:46, David Christensen wrote: On 1/22/24 11:31, gene heskett wrote: How does an 8T backup server sound for another $200 in hdwe?  Very enticing and I do have the sheckel's. What hardware? I clicked

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

> some sort of 2T SSD's that comes as a usb-c drive, skipping the sata > convertor entirely at $27/copy. If it works as an 8T lvm with a 2T holding AFAIK 2T for $27 doesn't exist yet in the current real world. You can find a fair number of creatively sized USB disks in that price range, but they a

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to opticaldiscs

On 1/22/24 21:28, David Christensen wrote: debian-user: I have a SOHO file server with ~1 TB of data.  I would like archive the data by burning it to a series of optical discs organized by time (e.g. mtime).  I expect to periodically burn additional discs in the future, each covering a span o

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On 1/22/24 18:44, gene heskett wrote: On 1/22/24 18:46, David Christensen wrote: On 1/22/24 11:31, gene heskett wrote: How does an 8T backup server sound for another $200 in hdwe?  Very enticing and I do have the sheckel's. What hardware? I clicked on place order, for a 7 port powered usb3 h

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough"Printing

On 1/22/24 20:52, phoebus phoebus wrote: Hello, You now want to replace of the components, but since it's very dependent on the rest of the system, you are having a hard time finding a replacement. It's even difficult to describe the requirements, because it's something really unusual. So:

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On 1/22/24 18:46, David Christensen wrote: On 1/22/24 11:31, gene heskett wrote: On 1/22/24 12:54, David Christensen wrote: Perhaps it is time to switch to another backup system, or build your own. .. That I'm contemplating, using a pi clone but still running the amanda I just installed all 3

Re: OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

On 1/22/24 16:30, Hans wrote: Hi Thomas, Anyways, 32 GB of size should not be a problem. Ok. size does not matter When the stick is booting, first appear the usual text messages, The first message is the boot prompt. Then the usual messages· PCI found and so on. Last message is, that

Looking for archive management system for backups burned to optical discs

debian-user: I have a SOHO file server with ~1 TB of data. I would like archive the data by burning it to a series of optical discs organized by time (e.g. mtime). I expect to periodically burn additional discs in the future, each covering a span of time from the previous last disc to the t

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

Hello, > You now want to replace of the components, but since it's very dependent > on the rest of the system, you are having a hard time finding a > replacement. It's even difficult to describe the requirements, because > it's something really unusual. > > So: have you considering replacing the

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On 1/22/24 11:31, gene heskett wrote: On 1/22/24 12:54, David Christensen wrote: Perhaps it is time to switch to another backup system, or build your own. .. That I'm contemplating, using a pi clone but still running the amanda I just installed all 3 debs of on a bananapi-m5. Okay. How do

Re: OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

> Last message is, that a new USB device is found, then the screen goes > blank. I can make some snapshots of a video, by interest. My crystal ball blames the video driver (presuming that the DRM module for your video card is loaded around the same time as that USB device is found). Ste

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:41:57PM +0100, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > As I need to extend & resize more than one LV in the file system (/, /usr, > and /var), should they all need to be unmounted before the operation? As I > remember, it is ext3 system on that comp. What?? I don't think these wor

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On 1/22/24 6:59 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:40:06PM +, Alain D D Williams wrote: On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:29:55AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: lvextend --size +1G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-home Ie get lvextend to do the maths & work it out for me. Those

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On 1/22/24 4:40 PM, Alain D D Williams wrote: On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:29:55AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: lvextend --size +1G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-home Ie get lvextend to do the maths & work it out for me. Those who are cleverer than me might be able to tell you how to get it r

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On 1/22/24 4:17 PM, Alain D D Williams wrote: On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:32:30PM +0100, sko...@uns.ac.rs wrote: I am getting the following message at any boot: "The volume "Filesystem root" has only 221.1 MB disk space remaining." df -h says: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use

Re: OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

Hi Thomas, > Anyways, 32 GB of size should not be a problem. Ok. size does not matter > > > When the stick is booting, first appear the usual text messages, > The first message is the boot prompt. Then the usual messages· PCI found and so on. Last message is, that a new USB device is found,

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

> That I'm contemplating, using a pi clone but still running the amanda I just > installed all 3 debs of on a bananapi-m5. How does an 8T backup server > sound for another $200 in hdwe? Very enticing and I do have the sheckel's. I remember Amanda fondly from the days when I was backing up a labs

Re: OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

Hi, Hans wrote: > does anyone know, if there is a limit of the size an iso may have? With xorriso: 4 TiB = 4096 GiB. An ISO 9660 filesystem may have 2 exp 32 data blocks. The usual block size is 2 exp 11 = 2048 bytes. That would be 2 exp 43 = 8 TiB in total. But xorriso uses libburn for writing

Re: OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

Am 22.01.2024 um 21:07:55 Uhr schrieb Hans: > I copied the file using dd to an usb stick, but it does crash at boot. Is the USB stick equal or bigger than the ISO? If not, the writing process will just stop at the end of the device and the stick data will be corrupted because they are incomplete.

[SOLVED] Re: Libreoffice hangs at start

Hi all, I could obviously solve the problem. It was not, as formerly guessed, the /etc/hosts file, the reason was found in ~/.cache/* In ~/.cache/* I found several old files of documents (*.odt, *.ods). The customer told me, that not all files could be opened. Some opened fast, others real

OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

Hi folks, does anyone know, if there is a limit of the size an iso may have? Background: I have a selfmade lifefile iso image, which was created by bootcdwrite. The size of the imagefile is about 32GB. I copied the file using dd to an usb stick, but it does crash at boot. When the stick is bo

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On 1/22/24 12:54, David Christensen wrote: On 1/22/24 03:23, gene heskett wrote: On 1/22/24 04:46, David Christensen wrote: It appears Amanda has a script API for both the client and the server: https://manpages.debian.org/buster/amanda-common/amanda-scripts.7.en.html ... All this is possible

Re: I've an editable .pdf form I need to fill out

On 1/22/24 11:56, Curt wrote: On 2024-01-21, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 01:30:41PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: chroming is dangerous. I haven't touched it since they hijacked port 80 so you cannot use it locally. Gene, this is NOT true. Chrome does not "hijack port 80".

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 07:01:13PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:02:06AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:17:36PM +, Alain D D Williams wrote: > > > The shrinking of /home is the hard part. You MUST first unmount /home, > > > then > > > r

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 01:06:16PM -0500, Gremlin wrote: > I use to use LVM and RAID but I quit using that after finding out that > partition the drive and using gparted was way more easier If you allocate all the space during installation and don't leave any to make adjustments, or to make snapsh

Re: chromium http://localhost:80

On 1/22/24 10:23, Max Nikulin wrote: On 22/01/2024 02:50, gene heskett wrote: browser: chromium It was also true here using the file:// prefix, trying look at the html versions of the man pages in /usr/share/local/docs. /usr/share may be unavailable inside snap or flatpack sandboxes, so it

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On 1/22/24 10:17, Alain D D Williams wrote: On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:32:30PM +0100, sko...@uns.ac.rs wrote: I am getting the following message at any boot: "The volume "Filesystem root" has only 221.1 MB disk space remaining." df -h says: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use%

keyboard buttons

On my keyboard there are some buttons in the top right corner above the number pad. one marked with circle with an x over it, one with a moon the third with analarm clock ringing. Wondering what they were and how they were handled I typed 'Control v' in bash on the command line then the bu

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:02:06AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:17:36PM +, Alain D D Williams wrote: > > The shrinking of /home is the hard part. You MUST first unmount /home, then > > resize the file system, then resize the logical volume. > > Before doing any of t

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:40:06PM +, Alain D D Williams wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:29:55AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > lvextend --size +1G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-home > > > > > > Ie get lvextend to do the maths & work it out for me. > > > > > > Those who are cleverer

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On 1/22/24 03:23, gene heskett wrote: On 1/22/24 04:46, David Christensen wrote: It appears Amanda has a script API for both the client and the server: https://manpages.debian.org/buster/amanda-common/amanda-scripts.7.en.html ... All this is possible David, but needs someone to do it. So far ou

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:33:02AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > That's the way it was built -- just mimicking the "real terminal cum > > firmware" which was replaced with "DOS/Windows PC cum terminal application". > > I think it's more than that. It's a design that makes a lot of sense: > it

Re: I've an editable .pdf form I need to fill out

On 2024-01-21, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 01:30:41PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: >> > > > chroming is dangerous. >> >> I haven't touched it since they hijacked port 80 so you cannot use it >> locally. > > Gene, this is NOT true. Chrome does not "hijack port 80". You can > go

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:17:36PM +, Alain D D Williams wrote: > The shrinking of /home is the hard part. You MUST first unmount /home, then > resize the file system, then resize the logical volume. Before doing any of that, one should check the volume group and see if there are unallocated h

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:29:55AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > lvextend --size +1G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-home > > > > Ie get lvextend to do the maths & work it out for me. > > > > Those who are cleverer than me might be able to tell you how to get it right > > first time! > > lvred

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

> That's the way it was built -- just mimicking the "real terminal cum > firmware" which was replaced with "DOS/Windows PC cum terminal application". I think it's more than that. It's a design that makes a lot of sense: it would be more complex having to connect both the terminal and the printer

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

> lvextend --size +1G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-home > > Ie get lvextend to do the maths & work it out for me. > > Those who are cleverer than me might be able to tell you how to get it right > first time! lvreduce --size -50G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-home ? Stefan

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:00:44PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 22/01/2024 05:44, phoebus phoebus wrote: > > Handling Returns: When the filter receives returns from the serial > > printer, it directly transmits them to the terminal application without > > any modification or addition. Thus, infor

Re: Resizing LVM partitions

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:32:30PM +0100, sko...@uns.ac.rs wrote: > I am getting the following message at any boot: > > "The volume "Filesystem root" has only 221.1 MB disk space remaining." > > df -h says: > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > udev

chromium http://localhost:80

On 22/01/2024 02:50, gene heskett wrote: browser: chromium It was also true here using the file:// prefix, trying look at the html versions of the man pages in /usr/share/local/docs. /usr/share may be unavailable inside snap or flatpack sandboxes, so it is expected. Even /etc/hosts, /etc/re

Re: Chromium oops: libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

On 19/01/2024 04:08, Charles Curley wrote: charles@jhegaala:~$ chromium chrome://gpu libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed ^C Killed charles@jhegaala:~$ I did a killall -9 in another window to kill it. Does it happen in the case of a new system user and a new

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

On 22/01/2024 05:44, phoebus phoebus wrote: Handling Returns: When the filter receives returns from the serial printer, it directly transmits them to the terminal application without any modification or addition. Thus, information from the serial printer is relayed as is to the terminal applicati

Resizing LVM partitions

I am getting the following message at any boot: "The volume "Filesystem root" has only 221.1 MB disk space remaining." df -h says: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /dev tmpfs 297M 9.0M 288M 4

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

On 22/01/2024 10:57, Stefan Monnier wrote: So: have you considering replacing the whole system? You mean, fix this one well-understood problem, and replace it with an unknown number of unknown problems? Sounds great! How about "Replace a locked-in solution with an fully open source [hopefull

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

> So: have you considering replacing the whole system? You mean, fix this one well-understood problem, and replace it with an unknown number of unknown problems? Sounds great! Stefan

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

On 11/01/2024 21:27, phoebus phoebus wrote: [snip description of problem] I'm on the category of people that haven't fully understood the requirements. Maybe because I do not have experience in this specific area, and also probably because I haven't read each email carefully. But that's ok,

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Does mplayer give any more interesting errors? > > Oh, I didn't notice it at first, but now that you ask, yes it does: > after something like a timeout period it says: > > AO: [pulse] Init failed: Timeout > Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' > > And lo

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On 1/22/24 04:46, David Christensen wrote: On 1/21/24 21:42, gene heskett wrote: On 1/21/24 18:29, David Christensen wrote: On 1/21/24 14:48, gene heskett wrote: On 1/21/24 16:13, David Christensen wrote: On 1/21/24 03:47, gene heskett wrote: On 1/21/24 01:33, David Christensen wrote: 3.  Fo

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On 1/21/24 21:42, gene heskett wrote: On 1/21/24 18:29, David Christensen wrote: On 1/21/24 14:48, gene heskett wrote: On 1/21/24 16:13, David Christensen wrote: On 1/21/24 03:47, gene heskett wrote: On 1/21/24 01:33, David Christensen wrote: 3.  For Amanda, either add more HDD's to the stora