Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-05 Thread Brian Sammon
On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:06:30 +0100 hw wrote: > Yes, it's a misunderstanding: How can we change the keyboard layout? I recently dug into this because I am running Debian on a Chromebook, and I wanted to map the Google-key (located next to the A key, where you usually expect Caps-Lock to be) to

Re: Running 32 bit apps on 64 bit debian

2023-11-19 Thread Brian Sammon
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 23:58:55 -0800 Van Snyder wrote: > I'm trying run 32 bit LinuxSusser on 64 bit Debian 12 bookworm. Have you tried running a 32-bit app that was installed via apt/dpkg ? If not, I'd recommend installing a simple 32-bit app. Two things that may happen: * it may cause the

Re: WORKAROUND (longish): was bookworm and network connections

2023-09-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Sep 2023 at 19:37:22 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 02 Sep 2023 at 08:19:56 -0600, D. R. Evans wrote: > > [...] > > > I will file a bug report. > > You have filed the report against general. This is a non-optimal > package. Someone may or may not move it to

Re: WORKAROUND (longish): was bookworm and network connections

2023-09-02 Thread Brian
ail body put ressign 1051086 installation-report thanks -- Brian.

Re: bookworm and network connections

2023-09-02 Thread Brian
-manager provided. Installation over wireless without a DE - nothing provided, that is, no networking. -- Brian.

Re: bookworm and network connections

2023-09-02 Thread Brian
address 192.168.0.1/24 > > netmask 255.255.0.0 > > > > When I'm feeling less tired and prone to making a mistake, I'll do this. > > The old method seems so much simpler, so I'd be happy to go back to it. It > seems that enough people are using it that it doesn't seem likely that it'll > go away anytime soon. The netmask line is unneeded. See interfaces(5). THe loopback stanza is also unneeded. See the changelog for ifupdown. -- Brian.

Debian 12 Fresh Install

2023-08-18 Thread Brian Clarke
Hello, I have just installed Debian 12 onto my server however it boots normally, but when its in the log in screen and i move my mouse the screen just turns off. Can you help me with this please. I use a VGA monitor for the server. Kind regards

Re: /etc/resolv.conf changes every booting time

2023-08-07 Thread Brian
On Mon 07 Aug 2023 at 17:53:41 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 8/7/23 14:57, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 06 Aug 2023 at 20:50:26 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Sorry you are so offended by a hosts file user Andy, but when the guys >

Re: /etc/resolv.conf changes every booting time

2023-08-07 Thread Brian
der discussion. My experience is that 'chattr -i' cripples the ability of my laptop to roam on other networks. -- Brian.

Re: Crossgrade instructions seem broken

2023-08-05 Thread Brian Sammon
There's two approaches I would consider here: If you know exactly which packages you want downloaded, I think you can use "apt-get download" to just download the packages you tell it to, and it will ignore all dependency requirements, and not download any other packages. This would be a

Re: logging no longer standard?

2023-08-05 Thread Brian
On Sat 05 Aug 2023 at 08:56:36 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On 8/5/23 02:54, Michel Verdier wrote: > > On 2023-08-04, Carl Fink wrote: > > > > > Today, on my Bullseye system, X crashed and restarted. Naturally, I > > > thought > > > I'd check my logs to see if I could find out why. > > > > > >

Re: reportbug - don't know what package to cite

2023-07-29 Thread Brian
ybe they're already > aware of the issue, but I don't know how to tell. D-11 works. Upgrade it to D-12 and see what happens. -- Brian.

Re: Is it possible to downgrade openssl?

2023-07-28 Thread Brian
e reports that > installing it solves the problem.) But I can't find that package. Is there > any way to revert to an earlier version of OpenSSL? I'm on an up-to-date > bookworm system. Install from https://snapshot.debian.org/. -- Brian.

Re: why is os-prober disabled by default

2023-07-14 Thread Brian
ing what upstream has determined. The reason for upstream's decision appears to be: os-prober is inherently insecure as it mounts all partitions on your disk using grub-mount to check them for other OS, which is not a nice thing to do as root as you can exploit bugs in the filesystem code easily. -- Brian

Re: configuring zathura's print preview

2023-07-11 Thread Brian
On Mon 10 Jul 2023 at 15:07:13 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 10 Jul 2023 at 10:41:36 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote: > > On 7/10/23 5:06 AM, Brian wrote: > > > Look carefully. I think you mean > > > > > >lp -o media=letter > > > > >

Re: configuring zathura's print preview

2023-07-09 Thread Brian
On Sun 09 Jul 2023 at 10:42:52 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On 7/9/23 4:40 AM, Brian wrote: [...] > > The file displayed by zathura is not the file that is sent to the printing > > system. The latter can be viewed by using Print to File. > > > > The print dialog con

Re: configuring zathura's print preview

2023-07-09 Thread Brian
g looks like a missing font. Zathura displays > the document (music) fine but when I print (CUPS) some of the graphical > information is missing. The file displayed by zathura is not the file that is sent to the printing system. The latter can be viewed by using Print to File. The print dialog converts your PDF to a new PDF with Cairo Graphics. Scaling is also done by Cairo Graphics. CUPS is not involved. -- Brian.

Re: bookworm upgrade report: boring

2023-06-12 Thread Brian
sually try to accept the new files and manually bring in any important > changes I've made to the old ones, but this takes time and patience to > do right, and things can break if not done right :) I have taken to assuming that detected changes are due to my efforts and reject the package version offered. Less stressful and speeds up the installation. If necessary, I investigate afterwards. -- Brian.

Re: Fwd: my cv shared online

2023-06-07 Thread Brian
> > It does not appear to be there now, if it ever was. It certainly was there :). See https://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2023/06/msg6.html -- Brian.

Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?

2023-06-01 Thread Brian Sammon
On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 02:39:43 + Victor Sudakov wrote: > Please don't just say "kvm". I've tried installing different > combinations of "qemu-kvm", "virt-manager" etc and they all depend on > dozens of GUI tools. I think the problem that you are running into with qemu-kvm is that while the

Re: Bookworm CUPS Printing Revisited

2023-05-19 Thread Brian
On Thu 18 May 2023 at 14:26:13 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 18 May 2023 15:09:00 +0100 > Brian wrote: [...] > > I haven't any idea why M234 does not work from the dialog. It might be > > an issue with the GTK version. Personally, I would prefer that Firefox > &

Re: Bookworm CUPS Printing Revisited

2023-05-18 Thread Brian
On Wed 17 May 2023 at 13:10:21 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > Thanks to Brian on the thread "Re: CUPS on > Bullseye and Bookworm" I now have CUPS working on dragon, my bookworm > i386 architecture laptop. > > Or I should say, CUPS printing is more or less working

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

2023-05-16 Thread Brian
On Tue 16 May 2023 at 11:24:05 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/16/23 10:35, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 16 May 2023 at 09:58:45 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > On 5/16/23 08:29, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > But ye

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

2023-05-16 Thread Brian
son product. Please give yourself a treat and use 'lpinfo -m' :). -- Brian.

Re: CUPS on Bullseye and Bookworm

2023-05-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 May 2023 at 18:29:12 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 15 May 2023 at 16:33:42 +0100, Brian wrote: > > [...] > > > Good. The issue is solved, but how do you feel about being adventurous? > > > > Assuming you have deleted the three non-working queues,'lpstat

Re: CUPS on Bullseye and Bookworm

2023-05-15 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 May 2023 at 08:24:28 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 12:09:33 +0100 > Brian wrote: [...] > Ah, OK. So can I get rid of the three queues and print directly to the > printer? Indeed you can! 'lpstat -l -e' should show only the printer on the network a

Re: CUPS on Bullseye and Bookworm

2023-05-15 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 May 2023 at 08:07:12 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2023 14:22:14 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > Consider: the printer can be discovered via mDNS/DNS-SD by all > > machines on the network. ideapc does this and hasn't any difficulty > > pr

Re: CUPS on Bullseye and Bookworm

2023-05-15 Thread Brian
d did not find any > documentation on how to set up a URI, so it's possible I did that > incorrectly. > > I also enabled "port 9100" printing on the printer, and went directly to > it: That had to be explicitly done? > socket://hpm234ethernet.localdomain:9100 hpm234ethernet.local? -- Brian.

Re: CUPS on Bullseye and Bookworm

2023-05-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 14 May 2023 at 20:57:23 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 14 May 2023 23:30:25 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > On Sun 14 May 2023 at 14:04:51 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > > > We take it that dragon, hawk and the printer are network connected

Re: CUPS on Bullseye and Bookworm

2023-05-14 Thread Brian
caldomain:9100 > > The printer spun its wheels, reported an error and stopped without > printing. Nothing in the event log. We take it that dragon, hawk and the printer are network connected. Give what you get from dragon with avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp driverless lpstat -l -e avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils package. -- Brian.

Re: SOLVED:Re: repeat of previous question thathasgoneunansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-13 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 May 2023 at 15:27:21 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/12/23 14:45, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 12 May 2023 at 06:23:56 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > I'm confused. There is not anything wrong with this machine as a Server. > >

Re: SOLVED:Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-11 Thread Brian
On Thu 11 May 2023 at 12:08:01 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/11/23 07:07, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 10 May 2023 at 16:02:43 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > On 5/10/23 14:22, Brian wrote: > > > > On Wed 10 May 2023 at 13:18:07 -0400, gene heskett wrote:

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-10 Thread Brian
On Wed 10 May 2023 at 13:18:07 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/10/23 11:29, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 10 May 2023 at 10:04:47 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > On 5/10/23 08:17, Brian wrote: > > > [...] > > Is /etc/cups/client,conf really, really need

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-10 Thread Brian
On Wed 10 May 2023 at 10:04:47 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/10/23 08:17, Brian wrote: [...] > > Your nsswitch.conf line implies libnss-mymacines and libnss-mymhostname are > > used. > > They have man pages to help you decide what parts they play on bpi54. > &

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-10 Thread Brian
ne having avahi-demon.service. You do not have avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns installed. That is fine. A descision has been made to create queues with vendor drivers on bpi54 manually. Your nsswitch.conf line implies libnss-mymacines and libnss-mymhostname are used. They have man pages to help you decide what parts they play on bpi54. What do you have on bpi51? -- Brian.

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-08 Thread Brian
On Mon 08 May 2023 at 00:23:43 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/7/23 12:48, Brian wrote: [...] > > Please give 'lpstat -t' for bpi51 (bullseye) and a buster machine. > gene@bpi51:~$ lpstat -t > scheduler is running > system default destination: PDF > device

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

2023-05-07 Thread Brian
t support this printer under Linux officially http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/searchModule Or, for a direct download https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/03/00/14/48/15/1d37501ad39bd2b5753 \ > 2. The printer is listed as a printer supported only under Windows - lots > of v

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-07 Thread Brian
me to look at the price of the beer. Coders like to > eat, good ones should be able to afford a longer ladder up the side of the > hog... I can easily afford a $25/anum fee. > What say you? Applle ceased any involvement with CUPS development and parted company with its Chief Printing Engineer a number of years ago. Debian CUPS is produced by a team led by the creator of CUPS. Your requested fix is in place :). -- Brian.

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-05 Thread Brian
On Fri 05 May 2023 at 11:40:21 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/5/23 10:08, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 04 May 2023 at 15:57:49 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > On 5/4/23 15:43, zithro wrote: > > > > On 01 May 2023 14:53, Brian wrote: > &g

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 01 May 2023 at 17:53:08 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/1/23 13:34, Brian wrote: [...] > > A possible way forward is to execute > > > >sudo lpadmin -p HLL2320D-RAW -v ipp://192.168.71.3:631/printers/HLL2320D > > -E -m raw > which gets me this warning

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 01 May 2023 at 13:22:47 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/1/23 12:30, Brian wrote: [...] > > The -l option asks the queue for the specific options it offers. The > > response > > indicates something wrong with CUPS on bpi51. I haven't any problem when > >

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 01 May 2023 at 13:03:50 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/1/23 12:30, Brian wrote: > > > > Assuming your buster machines (which are working) have similar setups to > > bpi51, > > you couls try the two commands (and all the others in this thread) on one of >

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 01 May 2023 at 11:39:29 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/1/23 11:28, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 01 May 2023 at 11:02:58 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > On 5/1/23 10:40, Brian wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > Your printing sit

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
l/cups?uuid=36139eb5-df51-332f-4f80-ebf162ecc0ae > network > dnssd://MFCJ6920DW%20_tray_2%20%40%20coyote._ipp._tcp.local/cups?uuid=58daf55b-1dc3-31b0-7442-4a936bde800c > > Thats better, but does it show "why" THe network is probed and the dnssd backend of CUPS find the same four printers as 'lpsta -l -e' does. -- Brian.

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 01 May 2023 at 11:02:58 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/1/23 10:40, Brian wrote: [...] > > Your printing situation appears to be a sane one, so now for a test. Do > > > >lp -d HLL2320D_coyote ANY_FILE_YOU_WANT > > > Is not working, shell appears

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unanswered severaltimes.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
network ipps > network https > network ipp > network http > file cups-pdf:/ > network > dnssd://Brother%20HL-L2390DW._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-90324b75e771 > network ipp://Brother%20HL-L2390DW._ipp._tcp.local/ > network lpd://BRW90324B75E771/BINARY_P1 Indeed you do. I forgot that root privilege is required because the USB bus is probed. -- Brian.

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unanswered severaltimes.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
tuation appears to be a sane one, so now for a test. Do lp -d HLL2320D_coyote ANY_FILE_YOU_WANT -- Brian.

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unanswered several times.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
0D; "ty=Brother HL-L2320D > for CUPS" "rp=printers/HLL2320D" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"] As well as three other printers, the host bpi51 sees the shared HLL2320D @ coyote queue via mDNS/DNS-SD. All is well and good up to now. Let's have lpstat -l -e lpstat -a lpinfo -v from bpi51. -- Brian.

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unanswered several times.

2023-05-01 Thread Brian
as > "polluting". That's what debian-user is for, after all. Indeed. Persistaence has a place and may pay off. -- Brian.

Re: On strange threads [was: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer...]

2023-04-15 Thread Brian
e > of Hanlon's razor. Designating a user as stupid is a no-no in my book. -- Brian.

Re: Apt sources.list

2023-04-15 Thread Brian
kworm" to "testing", will it > do that, and (other than the instabilities of testing) is there any > liability to it? bookworm to testing is exactly what you want. -- Brian.

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

2023-04-15 Thread Brian
120 does not come with enough intelligence to be certified as AirPrintint-capable. Therefore, it may or may not be be a driverless device. The printer would need to be queried and its attributes examined to make a decision. -- Brian.

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

2023-04-15 Thread Brian
On Fri 14 Apr 2023 at 19:28:19 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2023-04-14 at 19:17, Brian wrote: [...] > > That's an issue for the OP, not me. > > Certainly. I was meaning that bullet-point item as an addendum to the > list you provided (which I understand to have be

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

2023-04-14 Thread Brian
On Fri 14 Apr 2023 at 19:06:08 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2023-04-14 at 18:52, Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 14 Apr 2023 at 18:22:09 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> On 2023-04-14 at 18:10, Brian wrote: > > >> > You could consider: > >

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

2023-04-14 Thread Brian
On Fri 14 Apr 2023 at 18:22:09 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2023-04-14 at 18:10, Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 14 Apr 2023 at 14:40:33 +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > > > >> Good afternoon. > >> The new printer is not working. > >> EPSON

Re: How: Require root password instead of user password for GUI programs

2023-04-07 Thread Brian
to require root credentials for admin tasks (if sudo is > > installed). > > > > I hope someone finds this useful. > > You folks keeping up with desktop environments are > real heroes:-) It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it :). -- Brian.

Re: Upgrade to Bookworm upon release, but now using backported kernel on Bullseye

2023-03-20 Thread Brian
release. Will I need to > do anything differently? > Any "gotcha's"? Any major gotchas should be in the Release Notes. -- Brian.

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-13 Thread Brian
On Mon 13 Mar 2023 at 10:18:37 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:58:08 + > Brian wrote: > > > It is what d-i sees the partition as that is important and you > > do know in advance. That's problem 1. Problem 2 is that the hard > > disk p

Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?

2023-03-13 Thread Brian
blem 2 is that the hard disk partitions are probably ext4. At the opening stage of d-i I do not think ext4 drivers are available. The awkward techniwue appears to be indicated. > b) have d-i sample partitions until it finds a file of that name in the > root directory of a partition. I do not think thta would be easy to do. -- Brian.

Re: PDF on debian

2023-03-12 Thread Brian
ps system for a thermal printer. > > The processing chain in cups generated a raster bitmap image for me to > format and deliver to the printer. I didn't dig deep but I suspect the > previous stages involved postscript before raster conversion rather than > directly from a pdf stage. Suspicions don't quite cut it when writing a filter. -- Brian.

Re: PDF on debian

2023-03-12 Thread Brian
nting process and hasn't for ten years. Its part in processing a file through the filtering system has been taken by PDF. Granted, a printer whose *PPD* stipulates PostScript will be given it, usaally through the auspices of Ghostscript. Apart from that, it hasn't any importance. Most modern printers are focussed on accepting Apple and PWG raster and PDF, whic will be fine when CUPS ceases to support PPDs in a couple of years. -- Brian.

Re: PDF on debian

2023-03-12 Thread Brian
On Sun 12 Mar 2023 at 11:50:15 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > Yassine Chaouche wrote: > > Le 3/12/23 à 14:18, Brian a écrit : > > > On Sun 12 Mar 2023 at 10:45:02 +0100, Yassine Chaouche wrote: > > > > > > > Le 3/9/23 à 15:33, Vincent Lefevre a écrit :

Re: home server for email box

2023-03-10 Thread Brian
the best way too find out: > Check if the ISP will allow you to set the reverse DNS record matching > your chose A record. Mine was unsettable by me but the ISP was co-operative and set it up. > If they do, GREAT! If they don't, you most likely will not be happy in the > long run. My opinion is that unhappiness is guaranteed. -- Brian.

Re: PDF on debian

2023-03-09 Thread Brian
o the only software in Debian that, if desired, can produce PDF/A files. The possible disk usage of 700MB may not be of concern. -- Brian.

Re: PDF on debian

2023-03-09 Thread Brian
On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 17:35:41 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-03-09 15:13:21 +0000, 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 w

Re: PDF on debian

2023-03-09 Thread Brian
On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 15:29:51 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 01:42:22PM +0000, 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. Per

Re: PDF on debian

2023-03-09 Thread Brian
possible solution: :execute '!PPD=myppd.ppd /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf 1 1 1 1 1 % > out.pdf' I've not tried it. -- Brian.

Re: PDF on debian

2023-03-09 Thread Brian
On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 15:01:00 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-03-09 13:42:22 +0000, 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

Re: solution to / full

2023-03-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Mar 2023 at 19:37:10 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 06:12:09PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 01 Mar 2023 at 17:43:41 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > In a pinch, you can "sudo apt-get clean&q

Re: solution to / full

2023-03-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Mar 2023 at 13:33:32 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 06:12:09PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 01 Mar 2023 at 17:43:41 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > In a pinch, you can "sudo apt-get clean", w

Re: solution to / full

2023-03-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Mar 2023 at 19:48:59 +, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 18:12:09 + > Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 01 Mar 2023 at 17:43:41 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > In a pinch, you can "sudo apt-get clean", w

Re: solution to / full

2023-03-01 Thread Brian
ren't rotated properly?) There should not be any actual packages in /var/cache/apt. Cleaning out pkgcache.bin and srcpkgcache.bin is not really of permanment value as they reappear after 'apt update'. -- Brian.

Re: Debian 11 upgrade to Debian 12

2023-02-28 Thread Brian
> > that -- most people do! -- then you either need to change "non-free" to > > "non-free-firmware" or to "non-free non-free-firmware", depending on > > your specific needs. > > That's a good point. That should be stated in the wiki page at > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUpgrade . Well! Get on with it. It's a wiki. -- Brian.

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-26 Thread Brian
On Sun 26 Feb 2023 at 17:09:51 +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 11:26:21PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > > It's interesting how you bring up DHCP, yet do not mention DHCP option 9 > > > (aka "option lpr-servers" in ISC lingo). > >

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-25 Thread Brian
On Sat 25 Feb 2023 at 22:22:55 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 06:30:28PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 25 Feb 2023 at 17:44:15 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 12:58:15PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-25 Thread Brian
as running the > > cupsaccept(8) and cupsenable(8) programs on the destination. > > > > Whoever decided to overload that option in that way... yikes. > > Back in the day Apple's slogan was "think different". The whole CUPS > suite is a living proof of that. Wrong target! -E was there in its present form well before Apple acquired CUPS. -- Brian.

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-24 Thread Brian
t; > Whoever decided to overload that option in that way... yikes. I could tell you, but perthaps you might want to find out for yourself instead of griping. Reporting (or searching) an issue at https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues might be easier than tackling the staff of your Help Desk. -- Brian.

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-18 Thread Brian
On Sat 18 Feb 2023 at 09:06:11 -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:55:03 +0700 > Max Nikulin wrote: > > > Due to the following message I am confused if it should work for > > Debian: > > > > Brian to debian-user. Re: problem with loading inst

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-18 Thread Brian
d part_msdos > > insmod loopback > > loopback loop (hd0,msdos5)$isofile > > linux (loop)/install.386/vmlinuz auto=true file=/media/preseed.cfg > > initrd (loop)/install.386/initrd.gz > > } > > Due to the following message I am confused if it sh

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Feb 2023 at 09:05:39 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:18:32AM +0000, Brian wrote: [...] > > avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp > > avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp > > > > (I would find that data useful for my records). > > wooledg:~

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread Brian
he installer is now out of step. It gets automatically fixed after some time. -- Brian.

Re: snapd vs apt

2023-02-17 Thread Brian
t to achieve. -- Brian.

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-17 Thread Brian
with lp -d mycanonprinter /etc/nsswitch.conf -- Brian.

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-16 Thread Brian
On Thu 16 Feb 2023 at 11:27:25 -0800, Bob McGowan wrote: >On 2/16/23 11:14 AM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 16 Feb 2023 at 11:52:21 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > [1]to...@tuxteam.de [2023-02-16 16:53:02] wrote: > > Just for kicks: have you tried sending a PS (or

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-16 Thread Brian
ready used :-) Producind a PDF with the line "This is a test" in it is incredibly easy. Jumping through hoops is not needed. -- Brian.

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-16 Thread Brian
involves guessing.(Please try to avoid unhelpful, judgemental adjectives). [...] > My burning hatred of printers and this printing system remains unquenched. Calm down! Understanding a situation (like the operation of a shell script) requires being able to focus. -- Brian.

Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.

2023-02-14 Thread Brian
, is that sudo is not needed to obtain the specific information I was after. -- Brian.

Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.

2023-02-14 Thread Brian
On Tue 14 Feb 2023 at 07:21:00 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 07:07:58AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > On 2/14/23 06:29, Brian wrote: > > > Anyway, this USB-only printer from 2016 does not provide > > > an IPP-over-USB service. This is not une

Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.

2023-02-14 Thread Brian
On Tue 14 Feb 2023 at 06:23:34 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 04:04:29PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > On 2/13/23 14:10, Brian wrote: > > > lsusb -v | grep -A 3 bInterfaceClass.*7 > > FWIW, if you invoke lsusb with the -v option, you need >

Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.

2023-02-13 Thread Brian
On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 11:21:00 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/13/23 10:30, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 10:08:22 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > On 2/13/23 10:00, Brian wrote: > > > > On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 09:30:32 -0500, gene heskett wrote:

Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.

2023-02-13 Thread Brian
them to the New Architecture. -- Brian.

Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.

2023-02-13 Thread Brian
On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 09:30:32 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/13/23 06:01, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 09:25:15 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 07:12:42PM +, Brian wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > &g

Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.

2023-02-13 Thread Brian
On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 09:25:15 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 07:12:42PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > [...] > > > Fortunately, the vast majority of users with a modern printer have > > not taken a similar view. They now enjoy an effortless an

Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.

2023-02-12 Thread Brian
ce. Then I read up on what it > does and decided "no, I don't want this on my network". Fortunately, the vast majority of users with a modern printer have not taken a similar view. They now enjoy an effortless and enjoyable printing experience. -- Brian.

Re: CUPS printer on Debian 11.6

2023-02-06 Thread Brian
ro 200 but does not print. Symptoms of not printing? Provide outputs for 'lpstat -t' and 'lpinfo -v'. > (2) Should I install the P3015 as generic Postscript printer? Unlikely to have any effect. > (3) I cannot make sense of the new CUPS "driverless" scheme. > Does it make my Postscript printers obsolete? No. -- Brian.

Re: Server Static IP and At's BGW210

2023-01-19 Thread Brian
On Thu 19 Jan 2023 at 15:15:28 -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > I am trying to use my new public static IP for my Debian PC which is ready > for it security-wise (thanks to advice from this ML; note I will initially > allow access only via ssh from the IP address of one of my remote hosts). > > I

Re: problem with loading installer (hard disk method)

2022-12-29 Thread Brian
> } > > linux and initrd commands are taken from the grub configuration inside the > iso file. > > The grml-rescueboot package uses the same approach. GRUB's loopback facility will not work with installer images. They do not contain iso-scan. https://bugs.debian.org/618000 https://bugs.debian.org/724931 BTW: I would assiciate casper with Ubuntu, not Debian. -- Brian.

Re: Printer not working after upgrading

2022-11-22 Thread Brian
; # Splendid advice for those wishing to have complete control of setting up a print queue for a Modern printer. Unfortunately, the device in question is a Legacy one from around 2010 requiring a vendor driver. -- Brian.

Re: Printer not working after upgrading

2022-11-22 Thread Brian
execute cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/YOUR_PPD -m printer/foo -e /etc/nsswitch > out.dat 2>log and post log. -- Brian.

Re: update-initramfs outside of /boot

2022-10-01 Thread Brian
o suspect modules=dep may not give you sufficient extra space, but it is worth a try. A lack of success with modules=dep just might propel you towards purging one or more of the installed kernels to improve the situation. -- Brian.

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