Re: next question in the arm64 world

2023-08-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 02:35:56PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > The arm64 board I have a 6 pack of, has an emmc memory of 16Gb soldered on > it, which would be handier than sliced bread to put stuff needed over system > upgrades, like gcodes to drive 3d printers or cnc machinery. Or network > conf

[sakkrabi...@gmail.com: Re: Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer]

2023-08-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
- Forwarded message from Sakkra Billa - Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 21:35:33 +0530 From: Sakkra Billa To: "Andrew M.A. Cater" Subject: Re: Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer

Kiauh - setting up an ARM based single board computer for 3d printing

2023-08-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Gene, A little bit more information in each post would help a whole lot here. For others following along at home this saga is unclear: for others, here's my attempted summary: The ARM machines Gene has a network of small ARM SBCs. They're not Raspberry Pi's, they're one of the

Re: Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer

2023-08-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 06:56:08PM +0530, Sakkra Billa wrote: > I followed the tutorial from: > https://www.willhaley.com/blog/custom-debian-live-environment/ to make a > live custom debian 12 image. In order to install it on my VM I installed > calamares, calamares-settings-debian and rsync . The

Re: Swap size in debain 12

2023-08-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 04:32:34PM +0200, Erwan David wrote: > Le 12/08/2023 à 16:24, David Wright a écrit : > > On Sat 12 Aug 2023 at 15:45:52 (+0200), Erwan David wrote: > > > Installing a new debian 12 I see that the installer setups a 1G swap > > > on a 24G RAM laptop. > > > > > > Is the hiber

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 08:53:43AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > Could the List administrators please shut down both this thread and the > "unubscribe" thread? > Sadly, this list isn't fully moderated: the only way to stop any particular thread is not to contribute to it. I spend some t

Re: chrome web browser worthless

2023-08-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 08:13:50AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 8/1/23 06:16, Phil Wyett wrote: > > On Tue, 2023-08-01 at 05:33 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Maybe direct this to the appropriate arena. Debians default browser is > > Firefox, if there is no issue with FF means

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2023-08-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Re: How could a standalone python binary executable be made from a python script, to be run on other computers that don't have python installed?

2023-07-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 07:08:35AM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > From: David Wright > Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:22:04 -0500 > Message-id: <[🔎] zmfwpfrxuvr5g...@axis.corp> > Reply-to: debian-user@lists.debian.org > In-reply-to: <[🔎] > CAEG4cZXy=0lra4adonsaueeoafdyapoqf5cze3s1zer

Re: General Questions

2023-07-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 08:51:59PM +0600, Source Code wrote: > People, how to solve problem with rfkill without install rfkill? > > Вт, 25 июля 2023 г. в 20:31, Michel Verdier : > > > On 2023-07-25, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > >> And about third question, I mean: dwm and awesome wm. They will be

Re: General Questions

2023-07-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 06:26:20PM +0600, Source Code wrote: > I use Debian on my PC not as a server. > > Using Debian for PC OS is not good? Is it recommended only for servers? > I've only been using it on a PC for 26 years - it is too early to be certain whether it is good or not. > And abou

Re: MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete

2023-07-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 11:57:15AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > I have been able to run vivaldi (a chromium derivative) on my Lenovo > Yoga 13 under Bullseye, and under Bookworm upgraded from Bullseye. > However, I just did a fresh installation of Bullseye, and I see the > following: > > charles

Re: Nvidia graphics driver naming convention

2023-07-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 09:48:34AM +0200, Nicolas Marie wrote: > Hello. > > I've got three workstations using different Nvidia GPU. I upgraded them from > Debian 11.6 to Debian 12: > > * The first one is a Geforce GT520 (Fermi) so I used the package >*nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx* an

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 01:48:28PM +0200, lina wrote: > Currently I do not have a plan to keep the data, once the data finished > analyzing, I can just remove it. > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:26 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > > lina wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > My computer only has 2 TB data s

Re: Information concerning support for nVidia GeForce 750

2023-07-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 05:15:13PM +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > Hello, everybody out there! > > I am migrating my desktop computer from Fedora to Debian. The thing is, > this computer runs an nVidia GeForce 750, and I need to run the real-time > kernel, as well as I need some video decod

Re: Freezing mouse and other suff

2023-07-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jul 08, 2023 at 11:13:11PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > So I have the latest stable Debian installed on my Lenova all in one > computer.  I have an 8gb seagate ATA  harddrive, Inetl core i3-9100T CPU 310 > GHz, Realtec 8821CE wireless lan 802.1ac PCI-E Nic. > > When I shutdown I get th

Re: Transport endpoint is not connected

2023-07-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 12:34:48AM -0400, hlyg wrote: > deb12 is slow, it complains floppy error. in bios floppy drive is set to > 1.44M though i have no floppy drive. this isn't problem for deb10/11. it's > easy to correct bios setting but i am afraid deb12 is still slow. > If you don't have a f

Re: Compatibility with Dell PowerEdge R250

2023-07-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 09:40:33AM +0300, Hassen Ibrahim wrote: > Greetings, > > I just purchased a Dell PowerEdge R250 server and was wondering if debian > 10 is compatible with this server. The server has an Intel Xeon E-2334 > processor, 32GB RAM and 6TB storage. I'll be looking forward to hear

Re: camera problem seems to be solved

2023-07-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 01:14:09PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > I finally found the selector that lets me check for and dowbload the weekly > builds of digiKam-8.1.0-beta.appimage. It also could not write to an > existing directory, so I has it create a new album/directory, which it was > able to,

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (unmodified 1st July)

2023-07-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Re: Network setup on Raspberry Pi

2023-07-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 05:21:20PM -0500, Michael Jinks wrote: > I have a Pi 4 machine where I've installed two OS's, the "house supplied", > and Ubuntu, both worked fine so I'm sure the hardware is good. Now I'd > like to install Debian. > > I've found one very slim image of that, which ran with

Re: Debian 12 "bookworm" full upgrade

2023-06-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 08:16:20PM +, Patriot wrote: > Sirs, > We are currently running Debian 11 bullseye. > We want to perform a full upgrade to Debian 12 aka "bookworm." I know a set > of "instructions" for the install exists but Not for our needs. > We cannot locate the EXACT, STRAIGHTFORW

Re: Debian 11.7 download - official repository

2023-06-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 08:14:52PM +, Edwar Saliba Junior wrote: > Hello! > I'm looking for Debian version 11.7 on the official website, but I didn't > find any link to download this one. > Could you tell me the correct URL to download please? > You could try: https://cdimage.debian.org/c

Re: digiKam dead, cannot import from camera

2023-06-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 09:51:14AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 09:39:26AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > On 6/27/23 07:23, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > How are you performing this download? > > > > > With digiKam V8.0.0 AppImage's import function. I can see the images on th

Re: digiKam dead, cannot import from camera

2023-06-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 01:16:05PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 6/26/23 12:18, songbird wrote: > > gene heskett wrote: > > > Greetimgs all; > > > > > > Something wiped my passwd so was forced to install bookworm. This time I > > > install both kde and gnome desktops, gnome looks great, just one

Re: Why does Debian have code names for releases?

2023-06-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 06:33:37PM +0200, Roger Price wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2023, Darac Marjal wrote: > The reason for Debian using code names - and it was one of the first Linux distributions to use code names routinely - was very simple. Debian 1.0 never happened. InfoMagic took a copy of De

Re: Raspberry Pi Debian after upgrade Bullseye => Bookworm -- problem Setting up ca-certificates-java

2023-06-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 03:12:16AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > Thanks, Jeff! > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023, at 12:04 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 2:49 AM Rick Thomas wrote: > snip > >> In this case, the package is already installed. > >> Unfortunately when I try

Re: Code of conduct reminder.

2023-06-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 10:18:18AM -0400, David Peacock wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just a friendly reminder of the code of conduct that we agree to be bound > by when we participate in this list, pasted below for convenience, but > originally from here [0]. > As a semi-moderator of the list and the

Re: bookworm upgrade report: boring

2023-06-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 09:08:05PM +0200, CL wrote: > Hello, > > after two days usage I found a little issue. > > I use Brave as browser and want to set here the dark mode. > > But it seems that Brave doesn't remember the setting. After every switch off > / switch on of the system the browser fo

Re: Debian home page -> Download link broken:

2023-06-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 05:58:50AM -0400, songbird wrote: > Tixy wrote: > > On Sat, 2023-06-10 at 23:55 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > >> Debian's wiki says to use apt-get: > >> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUpgrade. Also see > >> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/uptodate.html . > >>

Re: Debian home page -> Download link broken:

2023-06-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 06:52:59PM -0400, songbird wrote: > David Christensen wrote: > > debian-user: > > > > $ date > > Sat Jun 10 14:50:40 PDT 2023 > > > > > > The "Download" link on the Debian home page is currently broken: > > > > https://www.debian.org/ > > > > -> Download > ... > > there a

Re: Debian home page -> Download link broken:

2023-06-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 02:51:00PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > $ date > Sat Jun 10 14:50:40 PDT 2023 > > > The "Download" link on the Debian home page is currently broken: > > https://www.debian.org/ > > -> Download > You may just find that it has changed to Debian 12.

Re: Please help with not booting from USB so to install Debian

2023-06-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 06:36:27PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I want to install Debian on a new machine but don't manage to boot from USB > stick. (I can do so regularly with another machine, so the USB stick is ok > and > so is the Debian netinst I burned onto it.) At the boot I press F9 an

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user list (Unmodified 1/6/2023)

2023-06-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Re: ar8161 gigabit Ethernet drivers

2023-05-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 09:23:26AM +0200, Aleix Piulachs wrote: > I still can’t use the qualcomm atheros ar8161 alx gigabit ethernet drivers Hi, Is this still the case? The alx drivers should be installed fairly easily: can you give any more details of precisely what is wrong? All the very best

Re: virtualisation

2023-05-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 02:35:52PM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > On 5/22/2023 2:10 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > mick.crane wrote: > > > This is a request for best practice, perceived knowledge. > > > For one reason and another this PC/Workstation (what is the difference?) > > > boots in legacy mode. It

Re: No space left on device ...

2023-05-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 08:12:39AM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 5/17/23, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 1:06 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Albretch Mueller wrote: > >> Assuming you have network access close to boot time, you might > >> want to run an NTP daemon to get the ti

Re: SOLUTION AW: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver

2023-05-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 06:27:55PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > Good evening > > This did work. > > Thank You > > Thank You > > Thank You > > > Thank You > > Thank You > > Hi Sophie, I'm really very pleased that it all worked for you eventually. There were some false starts and so

Re: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver

2023-05-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 01:55:08PM +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: > Will Mengarini writes: > > > * Brian [23-05/08=Mo 00:27 +0100]: > >> https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/03/00/14/48/15/1d37501ad39bd2b5753 > >> \ > >> cce3b2715b3e2fef557/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.7.26-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb > >

Re: AW: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver

2023-05-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
e very best, as ever, Andy Cater > > > Von: Brian > Gesendet: Sonntag, 7. Mai 2023 22:57 > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Re: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using > the wrong driver > > On Sun 07 May 2023 at 20:27:5

Re: Mouse trouble on sid

2023-05-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:15:42PM +0100, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 13:26:06 -0500 > Kent West wrote: > > > On 5/15/23 11:57, Joe wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > Then go from there. > > > Not much to go on so far. Thanks for your suggestions. This looks like > a bug in an upgrade, but I c

Re: Stable and testing together?

2023-05-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 09:08:00AM +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > thanks for all the answers. Yes, I know, mixing both might be causing > troubles. But sometimes I got no choice. > > For example, the NVidie kernel driver can not be compiled on newer kernels > than 5.10.22. Reason is, that

Re: Stable and testing together?

2023-05-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 11:28:24AM +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > there is a question, which is in my mind for many years. > > Is there any reason, why not using oldstable, stable and testing together? > Yes: wiki.debian.org has https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Advice_For_New_Users

Re: AW: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver Including BUG MESSAGE

2023-05-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
; Image epsonprot hosted in ImgBB > ibb.co > Unfortunately, that patge returns nothing except a page not found error All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater > Regards > Sophie > > > > > Von: Andrew M.A. Cater > Gesendet: Sonntag, 7. M

Re: sudoers question

2023-05-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 07:27:25PM +0800, Tom Reed wrote: > Hello > > what's the right way to add an user to run sudo without password? > I have to edit /etc/sudoers by manual. But I don't think it's a grace way. > > Thanks. > Tom > As others have said: sudo is *designed* this way - you have to

Re: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver

2023-05-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 08:51:29AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 09:26:33AM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > > There are some other messages from the printer. > > > > Are they important? > > How on earth would we know whether the messages are important without > seeing

Re: AW: Was it a good idea to buy an Epson printer?

2023-05-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
ll printer. > > > Regards > Sophie > > > > Von: Andrew M.A. Cater > Gesendet: Montag, 24. April 2023 21:41 > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Re: Was it a good idea to buy an Epson printer? > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (unmodified April 1)

2023-05-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Unsubscription instructions (WAS Re: AW: why symbolic link arnt visible?)

2023-04-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 01:17:33PM +0200, Maurizio Caloro wrote: > Hello All > > Meny meny Thanks again for everyone who has written to me here. > > please where do I go so I can unsubscribe here > > gently > Maurizio > Hello Maurizio, The instructions to subscribe/unsubscribe are on every em

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 12:16:54AM +0200, DdB wrote: > Thank you for providing your take on this. > > Am 24.04.2023 um 19:46 schrieb Dan Ritter: > > Upgrade buster to bullseye, reboot, upgrade to bookworm. > > Read the release notes for bullseye. Change /etc/apt/sources.list to suit. Upgrade b

Re: is it imminent that bookworm becomes stable?

2023-04-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 05:52:55AM +0800, hl wrote: > i always use stable, Thanks! > It's likely to be sometime in June that Bookworm becomes stable. Release teams are discussing dates at the moment. It'll likely be done in time for Debian's 30th anniversary in August. All the very best, as ever

Re: Was it a good idea to buy an Epson printer?

2023-04-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 01:36:24PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > > > Good afternoon > > Thank You > Was it a good idea to buy EPSON? > > Regards > Sophie > Good evening, Sophie Many printers can be supported in Debian: one way or another we should be able to help you. Since we cannot

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 22 Apr 2023 at 18:30:56 (+0100), mick.crane wrote: > > I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels > > appearing where they aren't wanted. > > I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everyth

Re: Apt sources.list

2023-04-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 12:10:33AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > On release day, bookworm -> "stable", > > So far so good. > > > "unstable" -> testing == trixie > > Really? I thought there was always a delay for packages to move from > unstable to testing. > Let's try this again because re

Re: Apt sources.list

2023-04-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 08:14:11PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 16:45:40 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > I would suggest that you remain on bookworm until bookworm is released as > > stable. At that point (and only then) change bookworm to trixie and carry

Re: Apt sources.list

2023-04-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 01:23:05PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 08:11:17 -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > > > Folks: > > > > Here is my sources.list file: > > > > --- > > > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://debian.uc

Re: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver

2023-04-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 07:17:23AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Why not just everyone attack each other? > > This looks like an uncontrolled pillow fight. > > .. > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > (UTC+0800) > .. > Agreed: in this instance, however, we've had a series of emails

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 10:22:59PM +0200, zithro wrote: > Hello all, > > I have two questions about the Debians ML usage. > > 1. when subscribing, the confirmation message says "By default, copies of > your own submissions will be returned." > What is the meaning of "default" and "returned" here

Re: how to change default nameserver?

2023-04-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 01:09:37PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > So ATM I have no clue what I did because I've forgotten whatever I did to > make it work for bullseye, lost in the noise from doing 23 damned installs > before someone suggested I unplug all usb, but my key board and mouse are > wirele

Re: my immature thoughts on perl

2023-04-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 09, 2023 at 11:18:14AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> > I usually taunt people with "All generalizations suck". > >> Can't it be the exception to confirm the rule? > > There is a barber in Crete who shaves all men who don't > > shave themselves [1]. > You don't want to believe that

Re: Which Diff tool could I use for visually comparing two text files where Word Wrap is possible?

2023-04-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 08, 2023 at 11:12:57PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > > No, easier. I use Libre Office buttons for Left, Right, Centre or > Justified alignment. No keystrokes. Only one Enter Key after a full > stop, no space bar. But if Heading, then no full stop, no space bar, > but only paragraph. No

Re: how to limit a CPU temperature?

2023-04-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 08, 2023 at 11:43:53AM -0400, songbird wrote: > tv.debian wrote: > ... > > Also modern cpu do not suffer from high temperatures as much as the cpu > > of yore, they use up all the thermal headroom they have, then throttle > > the frequency/power to stay at that level. Of course the re

Re: questions about cron.daily

2023-04-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 08, 2023 at 11:45:50AM +1200, Alex King wrote: > See man crontab. > > There are 2 ways of maintaining your crontab: > > crontab [ -u user ] file > ... > The first form of this command is used to install a new crontab from some > named file > > I.e. you can keep a file in your

Re: my immature thoughts on perl

2023-04-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 09:28:59PM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Andy Smith wrote: > > > I think you should use Ruby if you like Ruby better! > > Perl is the best language, maybe Lisp is the best language. > But everything else isn't as good. > Every categorical generalisation is wrong. (Even th

Re: Commands dont work

2023-04-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 02, 2023 at 11:27:15PM -0400, darryl bruton wrote: > I just rebooted my lenovo ideapad to debian 11 and no commands work or > cant get wifi working im stuck on terminal I've tried everything > (kenneth@debianspiderweb) First things first: Did this ideapad run Debian before? If so - w

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user list (unmodified 1/4/2023)

2023-04-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Re: Salvage live failing server

2023-03-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 07:01:22PM +0100, john doe wrote: > Debians, > > I'm seeing some alarming MSGs (E.G: ' blk_update_request: I/O error, dev > sda, sector N') in my server's log. > As it's read-only, I can not install smartmontools to investigate further. > > This server is to be used until

Re: apparently bookworm tasksel is deprecated or broken

2023-03-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:47:22AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > root@taf:~# tasksel > Software selection > -- > > You can choose to install one or more of the following predefined > collections of software. > > 1. Debian desktop environment 3. ... Xfce 5. ... KDE P

Re: change synaptic repositories

2023-03-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 09:20:12PM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 04:50:56PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > Where can I find a list of URLs for Synaptic repositories such as that > > > displayed by the installer? > > > > > > I need to switch

Re: change synaptic repositories

2023-03-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 08:47:54PM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > Where can I find a list of URLs for Synaptic repositories such as that > displayed by the installer? > > I need to switch from a local Approx repository to one of the > publically-accessible repositories such as maintained by deb

Re: Grub bug on Debian 11

2023-03-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
moment. I help test the releases on point release day.] With every good wish, as ever, Andy Cater > On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 11:02 PM Andrew M.A. Cater > wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 09:23:32PM +0100, Mario Marietto wrote: > > > --> *Which* Debian .

Re: Grub bug on Debian 11

2023-03-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 09:23:32PM +0100, Mario Marietto wrote: > --> *Which* Debian .iso did you install with ? > > debian-live-11.5.0-amd64-xfce.iso. Is there a way to upgrade this to the > version that you have suggested ? I prefer to learn how to upgrade it than > to make a fresh installation

Re: Grub bug on Debian 11

2023-03-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
rub-efi-amd64_2.06-2ubuntu14.1_amd64.deb" on Debian 11 or do I > > > just need to do something else ? > > [elided: remainder of Mario Marietto's message, expressing gratitude] > > > > You are asking for trouble if you install ubuntu packages on a debian > >

Re: missing wireless tools

2023-03-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 04:04:22PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote: > i'm trying to install a minimal debian + kde plasma. started with debian > standard iso then move to the firmware iso that includes non-free (my > laptop's wifi is there). > > during install, i was able to configure apt with mirrors and

Re: debian 12 installers

2023-03-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 05:41:23PM -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > On Sat, 2023-03-11 at 18:32 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > The installation *process* > > doesn't change. After the base system has been installed, you're given a > > menu from which you can select additional software to install -- SSH

Re: debian 12 installers

2023-03-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 02:07:53PM -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > On Sat, 2023-03-11 at 22:26 +0100, digital...@gmx.de wrote: > > My installation is a complete new one from the alpha2 installer. > > What's the "alpha2 installer?" > > I usually do a netinst. Then I have to install each thing I actuall

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux Debian

2023-03-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 08:17:41PM +, Richmond wrote: > I have Debian 11 on Windows Subsystem for Linux, but it is using a > version 4 kernel. (I have established that it is debian 11 by looking in > /etc/issue, and /etc/apt/sources). The Kernel says it is Microsoft: > > 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft

Re: where are the actual ".deb" packages? all I see are "pkgcache.bin" and "srcpkgcache.bin" . . .

2023-03-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 11:00:27AM -0600, Albretch Mueller wrote: > by the way regarding that idea, which Linux friendly chipset producer > makes wifi dongles which you can run from a DL start without having to > install anything. it should be detected right away a be good to go. > Would you sugg

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user list

2023-03-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2023 #163

2023-02-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
For the future: https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/unsubscribe may help anyone. This is a page on which you should be able to unsubscribe from any Debian lists. You will potentially then be sent a confirmation email to confirm you want to unsubscribe. All best, as ever, Andy Cater On Wed,

Re: Bios problem

2023-02-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 12:49:25PM +, Simeone Dominique wrote: > Good afternoon, > i installed a linŭx deepin operating system in addition to debian and linŭx > mint and when i start the fujitsu it boots to the bios as if there is no > operating system. > What to do? > Good for you. > Mr. Dom

Re: have you inserted usb disk with firmware during installation?

2023-02-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 02:24:00PM +0800, lsg wrote: > installer seems very buggy > > bullseye installer can't find firmware after i insert usb disk > > after lots of frustration and effort, i realize i shall copy firmware to > sda1, which use vfat FS, then installer can get firmware without prom

Re: FYI: LFS Thread On GRUB non-boots, e2fsprogs, & mke2fs

2023-02-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 03:30:52PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > Found a brand new 2023.02.15 Debian bugs reference for this.. > > > On 2/19/23, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > > Hi.. This is just regurgitating something related to my coincidentally > > referencing several years of GRUB non-boots y

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

2023-02-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 02:11:02PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > > Upgrades are definitely a lot more trouble now, and yes, I do realise > > that each release is bigger and more complicated than the last. > > > Ditto. I can still remember saying (on Debian-User) that if someone > wanted to des

Code of Conduct reminder [WAS Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.]

2023-02-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 01:07:29PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 09:30:57AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > True. But I'd also suggest that if you do not want to support /etc/hosts > > files name resolution methods > > /etc/hosts works and has worked fine on debian for decad

Re: how report a bug?

2023-02-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 03:21:08PM +0200, Alexander Procenko wrote: > Hi > https://forum.qt.io/topic/142922/qt-5-15-4-and-upper-nvidia-driver-340-108-segmentation-fault-of-all-qt-soft > > freeartist-devuan@home:~$ reportbug > Please enter the name of the package in which you have found a problem,

Re: usb device

2023-02-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 10:16:48PM +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > i'm looking at a perixx perimice-513l usb mouse > i can't find or have overlooked info about it working with linux > is anyone familiar with this device > USB mice generally *just work*, thought I'm not sure how well button

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user list

2023-02-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Re: computer not starting from usb since installation

2023-01-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 01:10:47PM +0300, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Since I installed debian 11 my computer no longer boots from usbs even if > at startup from boot menu I choose to start from a live usb. Can this be > changed by editing grub and if so how? > > Thank you > > Semih Hi Semih, Are ther

Re: new archive section: non-free-firmware

2023-01-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 11:47:21AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 18:09:27 +0100 > Sven Joachim wrote: > > > To use the new section, edit sources.list like this: > > > > before: > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free > > > > after: > > deb http:

Re: dell latitude 3510 - bios settings to boot debian netinst

2023-01-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 05:23:06AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 10:18:33PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 20 Jan 2023 at 03:43:09 (+), Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > I have not figured out how to configure the BIOS of a Dell Latitude > > > 3510 to cause it to

Re: ARM32 (armhf) - Debian 11 - Bullseye - Image Location Please

2023-01-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 12:50:11AM +, Vishwanath Reddy Mannapuram wrote: > Hi Team, > > Could you help me to provide Debian 11 (Bullseye - armhf - image location > please). > > I downloaded from > https://raspi.debian.net/tested/20230102_raspi_4_bullseye.img.xz but it is a > 64 bit one, s

Re: bullseye installer can't load non-free firmware from usb stick

2023-01-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 06:51:47PM +0800, lsg wrote: > but i use hard disk installation method, i put firmware in same place as iso > image, installer can locate firmware without prompting me > Better to use the unofficial .iso image that includes firmware from the start - https://cdimage.debian

Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

2023-01-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 01:59:50PM +0530, Sadhu Santh wrote: > > > > I am hosting a local Debian mirror for my LAN. This helps in low internet > > > bandwidth use. > > > > > > I keep only the required distributions (past five years and testing > > > release). > > > > > > Compared to other distri

Re: debian sid no boot after this morning's update

2023-01-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 09:12:58AM -0500, Frank wrote: > > There are other strange things going on which may or not be related. I tried > to > reinstall lightdm and the greeter using apt. (The Debian partition is > mounted > on my Fedora partition) but apt failed saying it could not contact > debi

Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 02:26:47PM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: "Andrew M.A. Cater" > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 16:32:37 + > > > All software is buggy: it is a matter of luck whether bugs hit you. > > =8~/ A hacker might be satisfied wit

Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 03, 2023 at 01:36:31PM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > A few years ago a USB camera worked with Cheese, a bridge interface > worked as documented and Firefox was fairly stable. > > Now Cheese cashes immediately upon startup. > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?b

Re: Xfce desktop problem

2023-01-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jan 01, 2023 at 03:31:04PM -0600, William Torrez Corea wrote: > How to can restore my last configuration? > > Try resetting to defaults > > mv ~/.config/xfce4-session/ ~/.config/xfce4-session-bak > mv ~/.config/xfce4/ ~/.config/xfce4-bak > > When i want to restore the old configuration,

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing lists [No updates Dec 2022]

2023-01-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Re: problem with loading installer (hard disk method)

2022-12-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 05:46:20AM +0800, lou wrote: > Thank Brian and Max! > > On 12/30/22 01:42, Brian wrote: > > Two problems encountered. Two problems resolved in an unknown > > way. > > i suppose many users here are expert, explanation isn't necessary. hard disk > installation method doesn't

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