Re: Looking for reccomendations

2021-12-29 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-29, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 08:31:01 PM Juan R.D. Silva wrote: >> The headphone jack failed on my Dell M4800 laptop. I need to find >> reliable with decent stereo audio output External USB Sound Card/Audio >> Adapter with 3.5mm Stereo Headphone (3 pole

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-23 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-23, harrywea...@tutanota.com wrote: >>> >> >> Tracking of a cell phone by a mobile FBI van (Wireless Intercept and Tracking >> Team) which seeks to locate a cell phone lacking GPS tracking by scanning >> for >> its emissions. This first became known for its use in tracking hacker Kev

Re: biqu bx 3d printer ??

2021-12-23 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-23, Tixy wrote: > On Thu, 2021-12-23 at 14:20 +0000, Curt wrote: >> On 2021-12-23, Tixy wrote: >> > >> > Still none the wiser of what hardware in the printer you would be >> > setting the baud rate of though, but as I'm ignorant of the insides

Re: biqu bx 3d printer ??

2021-12-23 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-23, Tixy wrote: > > Still none the wiser of what hardware in the printer you would be > setting the baud rate of though, but as I'm ignorant of the insides of > 3D printers perhaps that's not a surprise. > You set the baud rate of the port is how I understand it. stty -F /dev/ACM0 11

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-23 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-23, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I can find no example of this with a cell phone. > > Somebody yesterday posted about Triggerfish -- I can't find that post > immediately. > > Wikipedia says (about Triggerfish): > > "Intercepting a cell phone call by a man in the middle attack, if

Re: biqu bx 3d printer ??

2021-12-23 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-22, Tixy wrote: > On Wed, 2021-12-22 at 04:36 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > [...] >> What utility could adjust the baud and endianess of this tty_ACM0? > > I can't see how that is relevant, this is your printer's USB connection > not some old style asynchronous serial interface like RS2

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-22, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >* the other implied / inferred meaning is that of what I described, that > is > calling one number and having it be intercepted by another party who might > masquerade as the called party. (Somebody on the list pointed out > essentially > the s

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-21, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > That is a known thing (a telephone intercept of a cell phone call), I have > found nothing so far about such a thing happening with a VOIP phone or land > line. > > It's a known thing to dial one number and reach another? Can you provide a link? What

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-21 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-21, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I called a major international financial institution the other day with >> a telephone number memorized by my cell phone that I've used conceivably >> a hundred times previously over the years (I telephone monthly). I call >> a specific department in

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-21 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-21, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I used my eyes to read the number off the screen and then dial my separate > phone (not attached to a computer (well, other than the ObiHai VOIP device). > > I called a major international financial institution the other day with a telephone number me

Re: BUG: Debian 11 version of bibletime - was [Re: Problems with "Bible Time" and "Xiphos"]

2021-12-21 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-13, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Further investigation of the Debian 11 filesystem shows that > /usr/share/bibletime/docs does not exist. > That's probably because the handbook and howto in bullseye reside in /usr/share/doc/bibletime-data/bibletime/ according to the results of my brief

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-20 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-18, Anssi Saari wrote: > Nicholas Geovanis writes: > >> Maybe I missed something. Why RISC V? > > Just having an alternative is attractive to some. Having an open > alternative even more so. > > I'd happily run ARM or RISC-V, if those were an alternative for a decent > desktop or lapto

Re: GRUB really slow to boot

2021-12-19 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-18, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 11:42:23PM +, James Dutton wrote: >> Disk looks OK to me. >> Next, check no USB devices are connected while it boots. >> Disable "quiet" boot mode, so you can see all the boot up messages. >> This will give you an idea where it is g

Re: strange problem with usb wifi adapter

2021-12-15 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-15, Long Wind wrote: > On Sunday, December 12, 2021, 8:31:17 AM EST, Curt wrote: > Does this mean the official Buster netinstall kernel contains a free driver > for your wireless card but the subsequently installed Buster user kernel does > not? > > > Sorry, C

Re: cups problems in bullseye

2021-12-15 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-15, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 04:31:55PM -0000, Curt wrote: >> On 2021-12-14, David Wright wrote: >> > On Sun 12 Dec 2021 at 11:14:37 (-0800), Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> Andy, plz remove your PM when posting to debi

Re: cups problems in bullseye

2021-12-14 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-14, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 12 Dec 2021 at 11:14:37 (-0800), Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Andy, plz remove your PM when posting to debian-user, firefox makes >> it very difficult to put the list address as the To: without starting a new, >> blank msg. It puts the list in the Cc: box an

Re: Printjob produces FW error on HP CP1525nw

2021-12-14 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-13, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hmm..after rereading the user manual, error 79 show up two times, i.e. the > Number+Text seems to be relevant: > > 79 Error > Turn off then on > > The product has experienced an > internal firmware error. > > Turn the product power off, wait > at least 30 s

Re: Printjob produces FW error on HP CP1525nw

2021-12-13 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-11, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hi, > > I have sometimes a document causing an error 79 on my HP CP1525nw. According > to the user manual that means > The product has experienced an internal firmware error. Not according to the manual I'm reading, which tells us error 79 means "an incompa

Re: strange problem with usb wifi adapter

2021-12-12 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-12, Long Wind wrote: > Thanks to all! i take tomás's advice and manage to copy buster installer's > kernel message: > > [   68.255616] usb 1-1.1: reset full-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci > [   68.474958] mt7601u 1-1.1:1.0: ASIC revision: 76010001 MAC revision: > 76010500 >

Re: strange problem with usb wifi adapter

2021-12-12 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-12, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > The fact of having trouble installing via wifi is one of the reasons why > installer doesn't configure it - though you do get a prompt saying something The fact here, though, is the OP's wireless card was "configured" during the installation process an

Re: Reasonably simple setup for 1TB HDD and 250GB M.2 NVMe SSD

2021-12-09 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-09, hdv@gmail wrote: >> >> Swap is where a laptop stores RAM during suspend-to-disk, the long >> term hibernation suspension. Without at least as much swap as >> RAM, you are limited to suspend-to-RAM. >> >> In a more perfect world, the space for suspension would not >> otherwise be t

Re: filesystem I'd?

2021-12-07 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-07, piorunz wrote: > On 07/12/2021 03:43, David Wright wrote: >> On Mon 06 Dec 2021 at 18:34:14 (-0800), Gene Heskett wrote: >>> Whats the name of the filesystem used on 64G micro-sd's labeled SDXC ? >> >> When you buy it? — exFAT. No guarantees after that. >> >> Cheers, >> David. >> >

Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors

2021-11-24 Thread Curt
On 2021-11-24, piorunz wrote: > On 24/11/2021 10:04, Sven Hartge wrote: >>> Should I throw it away? >> Yes. > > Agree. I had some bad USBs, did a lot of trickery on them but never were > able to revive them and put them back to any reasonable use. Bin. > I thought I had a bad one once but it was

Re: Simple way to scann all incoming and outgoing e-mails for viruses

2021-11-19 Thread Curt
On 2021-11-19, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 08:11:26AM +0100, john doe wrote: >> Debians, >> >> My MUA is connecting to mail.com for imap and smtp. >> I have a Debian gateway server that I would like to use to scann e-mails >> sent and reseaved. > > What does that mean? > Can

Re: [OT, deeply] Guix

2021-11-09 Thread Curt
On 2021-11-08, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: >> >> I thought plain text meant "a pure sequence of character codes" without >> any formatting information attached to it (e.g. HTML) or something. As >> > > Here's the thing. We already have many ways to install debian and any other Here's yet another thi

Re: [OT, deeply] Guix

2021-11-08 Thread Curt
On 2021-11-08, David Wright wrote: >> >> In contrast, with NixOS/Guix that list is available in a plain text >> >> editable file. > > I'm not sure I'd call scheme a "plain text". Or do you mean something > other than the file that commences with: > > (operating-system > ;; ... > >> > in

Re: mount.ecryptfs_private in .xsession with autologin

2021-11-02 Thread Curt
On 2021-11-01, Lucio Crusca wrote: > On Nov 1, 2021 I wrote: >> (actually a Raspbian, but I assume it's no different > > I've now tried installing a clean Debian 11 with Nodm in a virtual > machine and I face exactly the same problem, so we can safely exclude > any Raspbian-specific problems. >

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Curt
On 2021-10-19, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 08:10:02AM -0400, lou wrote: >> On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: >> > > > I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves >> > > > me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-14 Thread Curt
On 2021-10-14, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Clarifying observed sequence of states/events: > 1. Computer power off. > 2. Alcatel Linkzone powered up and connected to cellular network. I'm under the impression the Linkzone is intended principally to be used as a wifi hotpot. Have you tried connecting

Re: Chemfig Latex compile program

2021-10-08 Thread Curt
On 2021-10-08, lina wrote: > > *l.24 \setdoublesep {0.2 em} % 'Bond Spacing'* > > I'm reading that the '\setdoublesep' macro is obsolete and has been replaced by '\setchemfig{}'. Maybe this has something to do with the error being thrown. https://ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/mailman.2

Re: Jessie iceweasel: This Connection is Untrusted

2021-10-01 Thread Curt
On 2021-10-01, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > i am confronted with an old Debian 8 "jessie" machine where since > (probably) yesterday the Iceweasel browser does not work any more > with many websites. E.g. > > This Connection is Untrusted > ... > lists.debian.org uses an invalid security c

Re: evince cache of recent files?

2021-09-26 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-26, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > Where does Evince store its memory/cache of recent files that its loaded > in bullseye please? Currently it is only showing the last file, but > under Debian 10 it showed the last 10. I'm not running Bullseye but in Stretch recent documents for Evince are

Re: foolish problem with installer: can't load firmware

2021-09-24 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-24, wrote: > > As soon as there is non-free software in it, all bets are up. Actually, the idiom is, and rest assured I'm chiming in purely informatively here, as I myself navigate in a foreign tongue *avec plus ou moins de bonheur*, "all bets are off." It's the jig, normally, that i

Re: Join the Debian Folding@Home Team!

2021-09-23 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-21, Alexis Geoffrey wrote: > > For installation, you can download the Debian package from the > website: https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/. There is also a > Docker image and a vSphere Appliance available. I can't find the hashes to verify the integrity of the debs, of which the

Re: foolish problem with installer: can't load firmware

2021-09-21 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-20, piorunz wrote: >> >> fedora includes firmware, and i think they are serious about open source >> >> why debian can't do the same? > > There is nothing wrong about "unofficial" installer with non-free Unofficial denotes unsanctioned, unauthorized, unauthoritative, etc., so the term

Re: Message display settings by character encoding (was Re: foolish problem with installer: can't load firmware)

2021-09-21 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-20, The Wanderer wrote: > > On 2021-09-20 at 03:21, David Christensen wrote: > >> Your message displays strangely on Thunderbird (oversized Courier=20 >> font?). > > In my case, it displays with unusually-small characters and what looks > like a different font, not unusually large ones.

Re: Colemak layout at boot time

2021-09-19 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-19, piorunz wrote: >> >> Right, but I was alluding to the "solution" by rsolva further down (for >> the console), which might be practicable in Debian (more or less). Or >> maybe not. >> >> ckbcomp -layout no -variant colemak > no-colemak.map gzip >> no-colemak.map sudo mv no-colema

Re: Colemak layout at boot time

2021-09-19 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-19, piorunz wrote: > On 19/09/2021 13:36, Curt wrote: >> On 2021-09-18, piorunz wrote: >>> >>> I already selected Colemak in KDE settings, and via sudo >>> dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration. But this does not affect boot >>> time pa

Re: Colemak layout at boot time

2021-09-19 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-18, piorunz wrote: > > I already selected Colemak in KDE settings, and via sudo > dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration. But this does not affect boot > time password question and GRUB editor. Also virtual consoles still use > default Qwerty. > Maybe something instructive here (or no

Re: LTS versions - confusion

2021-09-15 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-14, Brian wrote: >> >> Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated >> regularly? > > Why not? Update when you want to. How does this differ from Gentoo's > rolling release aspect? Go for testing if you want to be a little > conservative? > >> Anyone do thi

Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners

2021-09-12 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-12, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: >> # The trailing / matters. Does it matter on the source as well? >> # I generally include it. >> rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root/ # The trailing / >> matters. >> > Actually, I'm not sure to understand Greg's remark here. > > In my opinio

Re: HTML mail [was: How to improve my question in stackoverflow?]

2021-09-10 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-10, Charles Curley wrote: > (I also think that if one must use colors, emphasis, etc. as part of > one's writing, then one is not a very good writer. On the other > tentacle, one should not expect good writing from nerds.) > I think there was at least one book--or article or series of

Re: masked service file

2021-09-08 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-05, wrote: > > >> * play the ball not the man - don't engage in disguised personal attacks > > Yes, pretty please. > Yep. Never disguise your personal attacks.

Re: Dragon Player doesn't

2021-09-08 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-08, Gary Dale wrote: >> >> I dont' use this program, but if you run it via terminal, what does it >> say? >> > Good point. I get a lot of error messages that say "WARNING: bool > Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not > be loaded". There are other mes

Re: Trouble upgrading Debian (reply to David Wright)

2021-09-06 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-06, Dedeco Balaco wrote: >> manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. W: GPG >> error: http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease: The >> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is >> not available: NO_PUBKEY 648ACFD622F3D138 NO

Re: masked service file

2021-09-02 Thread Curt
On 2021-09-01, mick crane wrote: > On 2021-09-01 16:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 04:06:37PM +0100, mick crane wrote: >>> On 2021-09-01 15:15, Brian wrote: >>> > * saned is socket activated. >>> > * saned@.service manages saned instances. >>> > * saned.service is masked becau

Re: Still on stretch, getting ready for bullseye

2021-08-20 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-18, mick crane wrote: >> >> Not sure I see how that analogy applies. >> >> If the 'water' is the knowledge of upgrading Debian releases as present >> in the official release notes, then the chemical analysis is the advice >> on upgrading from this list? In that case, it seems the hors

Re: Still on stretch, getting ready for bullseye

2021-08-19 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-18, Tixy wrote: >> >> With a normal system, a shortened version of the upgrade procedure >> without the warnings and pre-checks and post-checks might be OK, >> but this is *Gene*. We know he does not have normal systems. >> >> He needs *all* of the warnings. >> > > I agree with all

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Plonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list)

2021-08-14 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-14, Michael Howard wrote: > On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote: >> Don't forget IP over drums, and of course IP over lanterns in church >> steeples ("Two if by sea", etc.) >> > > Please take this shit off list! > IP overwrought, is that it?

Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012

2021-08-13 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-13, Nicolas George wrote: > > I used the word "driver" in the technical sense: the piece of code in > the operating system (in the widest possible sense) that makes it > possible to use the device. In that sense a mouse requires the driver in But here the "driver," in your sense of the

Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012

2021-08-13 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-12, Brian wrote: > >> Possibility to send the data in PDF format directly (or JPG) >> Auto discovery of the services offered thru "Bonjour". > > Please give a link at the Mopria website substantiating your clain that > a Mopria certified device should be ca[able of accepting PDF as a PD

Re: Reply configuration (was: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012)

2021-08-12 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-12, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 12:36:46PM -0000, Curt wrote: >>He was also quite wrong, which you fail to point out in all your >>admirably enthusiastic rectitude > > I don't have the spoons to police every poster to the list. I'm

Re: Reply configuration (was: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012)

2021-08-11 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-11, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 04:02:14AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >>Seems like kindness or understanding on the flexibility or some rules >>are hard to understand. >> >>I've got told it is okay to act this way on this list because of the >

Re: Reply configuration (was: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012)

2021-08-11 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-11, wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 07:25:40AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > >> This is a mailing list, one I've been subbed to for at least a decade. It >> has rules, often violated without realizing it. You come roaring in here > > Agreed. Less roaring would be... nicer.

Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012

2021-08-11 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-11, Brian wrote: >> >> When, eventually, all HP printers run driverless _and_ no no-driverless >> printer exist 'in the wild', yes. Until then, I'd expect HPLIP to >> remain. Debian is, after all, about choice. > > The condition you lay down in the first sentence is not a factor in >

Re: How to Boot Linux ISO Images Directly From Your Hard Drive Debian

2021-08-09 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-07, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 7/8/21 08:58, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> Not "you're wrong", but "you can't prove it". >> >> To me, that's a tacit ADMISSION of guilt. > > > Ah I see another avid watcher of Police drama speaking here > Sherlock has left the building.

Re: Howto change of subjects [ was : Changing subjects, forums and things. Drive Debian]

2021-08-07 Thread Curt
On 2021-08-07, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > It's quite easy to begin a new subject. > > Hoping people won't *who-ha* too much. Asses will ordinarily *hee-haw* (*who* hee-haws precisely is left as the traditional exercise).

Re: Phone

2021-07-27 Thread Curt
On 2021-07-26, Charlie wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 19:49:37 +0100 Joe Informed me about Re: > Phone > >> On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 16:57:04 +0300 >> Gunnar Gervin wrote: >> >> > Will buy phone zoon, then play with this android for fun & learn. >> >> Please comment here on your findin

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

2021-07-12 Thread Curt
On 2021-07-12, Kevin N. wrote: >> Right, and I myself have lodged a ticket to ban bar after foo because it >> might lead to blithe attitudes concerning alcohol in our vulnerable >> youth. > > Don't get me wrong: like many other things, offensive languages is a > serious one. > But, instead of hel

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

2021-07-12 Thread Curt
On 2021-07-11, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Whatever, the use of controversial words in publicly visible code is not > an indication of a professional attitude. Overdoing juvenile enthusiasm > for provocation might lead to a result like with the "weboob" package which > got removed from Debian Right

Re: Buster no release file

2021-07-12 Thread Curt
On 2021-07-12, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Is such duplication really helpful? The answer is manifestly yes, unless you're unable to conceive of someone coming across the information in the wiki rather than in the voluminous release notes. > If the Release Notes are unsuitable for whatever purpos

Re: Mail Reader

2021-07-08 Thread Curt
On 2021-07-08, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > I understand that the use of terminal software may be some advantage but The use of terminal software can be fatal. I use alpine myself, but the core members of the group---who sometimes remind me of the dinosaurs in the back row of AA mee

Re: Buster on Win 10 Problems

2021-06-30 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-29, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > The Application Manager Logout function will only allow Logout; Restart and > Shutdown are grayed out. ... > On the System level, clicking on the Synaptic Package Manager entry in the > pulldown manual does not open the app; sudo synaptic in the Xfce

Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?

2021-06-29 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-28, Long Wind wrote: > > i rather put up with ugly font than imperfect fixanyway Thanks to all that > reply! > For me it's unequivocally the contrary. But then I'm not a perfectionist about picayune things and would rather see the entire picture a little faultily than focus on an or

Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?

2021-06-28 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-28, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> The workaround at the bottom of the thread is to create a service file >> that systematically deletes the cache at shutdown. > > That sucks unless its a gracefull shutdown, power failures don't leave > time to do that, so why not clean the cache early in t

Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?

2021-06-28 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-28, Brian wrote: > On Mon 28 Jun 2021 at 11:20:12 -0000, Curt wrote: > >> On 2021-06-28, Long Wind wrote: >> > >> > >> > Thank IL Ka and Cater!i've run console-setup, >> > but it's not persistent, after reboot, it uses ugl

Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?

2021-06-28 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-28, Long Wind wrote: > > > Thank IL Ka and Cater!i've run console-setup, > but it's not persistent, after reboot, it uses ugly font again > PS: i reply a little late, because yahoo is partially blocked > Looks like this four-year-old bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.c

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-06-27 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-25, Richard Owlett wrote: > One paragraph of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide"[1] causes me > grief. It is part of "6.3.5. Installing the Base System"[2]. > Install only the standard system utilities with the installer, and then once you have a core system up and running install

Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages?

2021-06-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-22, Richard Owlett wrote: > Unfortunately it outputs light gray text on white background which is > near impossible for me to read. I Can't figure out how to COERCE MATE > Terminal to render everything as black on white. That is a showstopper > for me. Yeah, maybe you're trying to

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-22, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Of course, I have no idea what Richard's actual program is, so here's > a half-hearted apology for possibly highjacking a thread. (Note: I'm > in rxvt-unicode, not MATE terminal.) (Sorry.) > It's cht.sh (in local mode), and he's going about things bass-ac

Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages?

2021-06-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-22, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I got multiple warning messages including a missing dependency and > warning that my Python was too old. I'm in process of installing > Debian 10.7 on another machine. I'll try again this afternoon or tomorrow. > Thanks. Too old is surprising because it u

Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages?

2021-06-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-22, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/22/2021 02:21 AM, Curt wrote: >> On 2021-06-22, Greg Wooledge wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 11:50:22PM +0100, Brian wrote: >>>> On Mon 21 Jun 2021 at 15:25:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >>>>

Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages?

2021-06-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-22, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 11:50:22PM +0100, Brian wrote: >> On Mon 21 Jun 2021 at 15:25:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >> >> > On 06/21/2021 02:36 PM, Curt wrote: >> > > curl https://cht.sh/:cht.sh > ~/bi

Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages?

2021-06-21 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-21, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Many see the need for examples to be associated with man pages. > [...] >> Would it be proper/reasonable/practical/??? to add an entry of the form >> https://cht.sh/XXX ? > > I think it can make sense for manpages to include a link to some further > doc in t

Re: A Proposal: Each of Online Debian Man pages could have a wiki (Main page / Talk Page, etc.) at its bottom, with only Example Code Lines ...

2021-06-19 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-19, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Now, I will also note that this poster has sent me private email telling > me in flowery language to shut up and stay out of their threads. > Screw you. I will respond when I feel there's a reason to respond. > I also mention this primarily for informationa

Re: cannot mount smartphone anymore

2021-06-13 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-13, Emanuel Berg wrote: > l0f4r0 wrote: > >> Removing usbguard is maybe a drastic decision, isn't? >> Or maybe you don't want this package anymore for >> other reasons? > > No, why do I need it for? He probably assumed you installed it intentionally, and so for a reason, as it appears

Re: cannot mount smartphone anymore

2021-06-13 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-13, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > > Otherwise, you could just add a rule authorizing your device to connect: > > sudo usbguard append-rule 'allow id : serial "" name "" hash > "" parent-hash "" with-interface XX:XX:XX' > > sudo usbguard list-devices > will tell you th

Re: examples for man pages

2021-05-31 Thread Curt
On 2021-05-31, Dan Ritter wrote: >> > >> > '\?T' for text only, no ANSI sequences >> > >> > curl cht.sh/cp\?T >> > >> > curl cheat.sh/:help >> >> Thank you. That addresses the immediate *SYMPTOM*. >> >> I'll repeat my statement from my original post: >> > I'll have to reconfigure something

Re: examples for man pages

2021-05-30 Thread Curt
On 2021-05-29, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'll have to reconfigure something on my system. Executing 'curl > cheat.sh/cp' resulted in light grey text on white background ;/ > '\?T' for text only, no ANSI sequences curl cht.sh/cp\?T curl cheat.sh/:help

Re: xv (was Re: Changing background automatically, Mint 20.)

2021-05-24 Thread Curt
On 2021-05-23, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >>When I wanted a quick, lightweight image viewer I setted on sxiv. I >>also wanted to print from the viewer and sxiv gives me that facilty. >>My recollection is neither qiv nor feh gave me that. Maybe I didn't >>look hard enough. > > Aha! Thanks for the sug

Re: Printing addresses on a #10 envelope (US)?

2021-05-15 Thread Curt
On 2021-05-11, wrote: > > That is so near a wordplay that I wonder whether it was > intentional. Envelopers who use developes? > To develop is to free from that which envelops; envelop denotes to enclose or enfold whereas develop means to unfold, make visible. The two terms in their primary sens

Re: generate a rss.xml from a bunch of HTML files

2021-05-12 Thread Curt
On 2021-05-12, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Going directly to https://interglacial.com/tpj/26/ gives 403. > > Going directly to https://interglacial.com/ works. > >>From there, clicking https://interglacial.com/tpj/ gives 403. > > So, it's *probably* not a referer check. It could be a permissions > s

Re: Printing addresses on a #10 envelope (US)?

2021-05-12 Thread Curt
On 2021-05-10, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > The Insert->Envelope dialog allows one to properly choose the #10 > envelope and the resulting document looks correct. Then when opening > the Print dialog the formatting becomes stuck on the C5 size. Even > resetting to #10 (or Com-10) results in the addr

Re: Google vs. DDG (was: Social-media antipathy)

2021-05-02 Thread Curt
On 2021-05-02, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Google on the other hand knows where i am and that i understand german > and english language. Ich spreche kein deutsch. Here in France I got mainly Alfred from both search engines, with a few birds peeping through further down. > Have a nice day :) > >

Re: Strange emacs behavior after upgrade to bullseye

2021-04-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-04-20, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > Other editors (vi, kate) don't report any issue when performain an edit > operation. Is emacs trying to derive permissions in a different way? There's this bug, which may or may not be pertinent. https://gnu.emacs.bug.narkive.com/LoN17xVM/bug-37884-27-0-5

Re: Zoom.

2021-04-21 Thread Curt
On 2021-04-21, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Installed Zoom in Debian 10. > > Checked dependancies listed here. > https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Installing-or-updating-Zoom-on-Linux > > A right click on the video camera icon and release on "Join Meeting..." gives > the wi

Re: Debian chromium package enable_hangout_services_extension=false by default. How to turn it on during run time?

2021-04-18 Thread Curt
On 2021-04-18, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> How I can turn it on during runtime? without need to patch manually >> and built the package locally? > > I don't think you can, this is a build time feature IIUC. There is a > bug report requesting it to be enabled: https://bugs.debian.org/886358. https:

Re: hello. Please help this big report go in the correct direction....

2021-04-14 Thread Curt
On 2021-04-14, Dan Ritter wrote: > > This is not a problem with google-drive-ocamlfuse itself, though > problems there might exist. This is a problem with a package > literally called "command-not-found", which PureOS installed. > I was going to snidely inquire who in their right mind would creat

Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster

2021-04-08 Thread Curt
On 2021-04-07, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 09:41:51PM +, Lee wrote: >> Interesting.. "echo foo" in .bashrc does break scp, but not "echo foo >2" > > That redirects to a file named "2". > >> .. but that doesn't work for bash, so hhrmm.. > /dev/stderr seems to >> work in all

Re: Buster 10.9 why does apt -y update followed by apt -y upgrade not proceed with upgrades

2021-04-07 Thread Curt
On 2021-04-07, Keith Christian wrote: > Looking on the www, some people recommend using apt-get -y upgrade or > apt-get -y install to avoid the following message: > > "NNN packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list > --upgradable' to see them." That's the message you receive afte

Re: How to save filtered less results in a file or on stdout

2021-04-07 Thread Curt
On 2021-04-07, David Wright wrote: >> > >> > But I don't know how vim would do on-the-fly filtering like >> > less can do with & (not being very familiar with vim). >> >> :g/pattern/.w! >> output.txt >> >> I pressed 'v' in less, searched a pattern and wrote the filtered output >> to a file usi

Re: How to save filtered less results in a file or on stdout

2021-04-06 Thread Curt
On 2021-04-06, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 01:09:09 (+0100), jr wrote: >> on Mon, 5 Apr 2021 17:44:28 Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> > If you are willing to learn (neo)vim, '(n)vim -R' as 'view' can be used >> > instead of 'less', with all the power of an advanced editor at your >> > dis

Re: [OT] Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-23 Thread Curt
On 2021-03-23, Viktor Vogel wrote: > An observation from a native English speaker - > > I've lived and worked in the Republic of China, and had gotten a fairly > good grasp of Mandarin. In my experience tackling Russian I found it > much more difficult than Chinese. > I remember seeing an inter

Re: SERIOUSLY DANGEROUSLY OFF-TOPIC verb conjugation

2021-03-23 Thread Curt
On 2021-03-23, wrote: > > > And, oh, Weaver: either you have no clue or you are pulling our > legs. Possibly both. > The uncritical ease with which it promotes its particularly narrow sentiments to the broadness of general law is astounding.

Re: Non-free firmware [was: Debian install Question]

2021-03-04 Thread Curt
On 2021-03-03, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, March 02, 2021 10:01:09 PM David Wright wrote: >> I was under the impression that "The Debian Images Team is a small >> team of people working on creating, testing and distributing Debian >> images for [us]", whereas you seem to be describing

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-02-22, Kevin Shell wrote: >> > But I see your posts are coming into > the debian user list thru news.bofh.it / erode.bofh.it? > > Received: from erode.bofh.it (erode.bofh.it [85.94.204.147]) > by bendel.debian.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D507E20160 > for ; Mon, 22 Feb 202

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-02-22, Kevin Shell wrote: >> >> Maybe it's some problem specific to news.free.fr. >> > > How the two sites news.bofh.it/erode.bofh.it news.free.fr are connected? > Is news.bofh.it feeding articles to news.free.fr? They are not connected. > By the way, > the site news.bofh.it/erode.bofh

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Curt
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 21 feb 21, 16:23:31, Curt wrote: On 2021-02-21, David Wright wrote: The Mail Transport Agent Switcher. Almost sounds like a name invented by the marketing department. Anyway, I guess the MTAS is irrelevant because we're not concerned

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-02-22, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > I'm not aware of doing anything special, just reply-to-list (Cc'd you on=20 > this message though). > > Is it only my messages you are missing? > You do appear here on the gmane server, but remain MIA on news.free.fr. Maybe it's some problem specific to n

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-21 Thread Curt
On 2021-02-21, David Wright wrote: >> >> The Mail Transport Agent Switcher. Almost sounds like a name invented by >> the marketing department. Anyway, I guess the MTAS is irrelevant because >> we're not concerned with Fedora here. But I suppose its existence proves >> its usefulness---or maybe th

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