Re: Bash question hard to formulate

2020-08-03 Thread Esteban L
I think that is the main thing. I am not typing return. I am typing in a sentence...As I receive new output to the terminal window, and I continue typing, my text stream just goes down a line. Which is fine, UNLESS I otherwise want to correct something, and backspacing doesn't word wrap back to th

Re: Bash question hard to formulate

2020-08-02 Thread Esteban L
r terminal), pinging 8.8.8.8, and just putting in random text does not repopulate on the line i am working on, when i hit backspace. I will keep searching for a solution, and send it to the list when I find it. On 02.08.20 20:26, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 02 aug 20, 17:34:07, Esteban L w

Re: Bash question hard to formulate

2020-08-02 Thread Esteban L
, I did solve this at one point in the past, with a bash profile change, so I know that is possible. On 02.08.20 17:49, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2020-08-02 at 11:34, Esteban L wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I use terminal window/bash quite a bit, and have a quirky behavior >&

Bash question hard to formulate

2020-08-02 Thread Esteban L
Hello, I use terminal window/bash quite a bit, and have a quirky behavior on Debian, at least not on Mac OS terminal window. I think it's just a default issue, that can be altered -- as I had the exact same problem years ago -- that I was able to resolve, which I again turns up. I forgot the solut

Use system drive, in another system

2020-01-20 Thread Esteban L
I have Debian installed on a computer which functions as my server (email, webhost, smb, etc).. I want to upgrade the hardware, but don't necessary want to setup all the systems again. I think Docker would be good for this -- will set that up in the future. =) But, for a quicky solution, I was w

Re: Installation problem

2019-09-14 Thread Esteban L
What Video card do you have? I experienced annoyance with AMD video card/driver. If that is the case, you can search on google, or ask the mailling list again for how to install the required firmware. Unfortunately, it is not smooth. On 14.09.19 01:45, Anne wrote: > > Hi, I am new to debian and

Re: amdgpu requires firmware installed

2019-07-13 Thread Esteban L
I had this exact same problem. https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-the-latest-amd-drivers-on-debian-10-buster On July 14, 2019 1:13:15 AM GMT+02:00, Vuk Vasiljevic wrote: >Hello, > >I have a problem with AMDGPU driver after an update from stretch to >buster. >On startup no X server is starte

Re: Debian 10 Buster with Radeon FX 580

2019-07-10 Thread Esteban L
Thanks for the reply. I solved this issue by follow the instructions on this website. https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-the-latest-amd-drivers-on-debian-10-buster On 10.07.19 09:49, Felix Miata wrote: > Esteban L composed on 2019-07-10 09:23 (UTC+0200): > >> I installed De

Re: new debian install

2019-07-10 Thread Esteban L
Can you provide a screenshot? Not sure if they are allowed on the mailing list :-) What desktop environment are you using? Does your keyboard input work otherwise? Generally linux systems are stable, I assume you are using debian--since you are in this mailinglist. On July 10, 2019 8:18:10

Debian 10 Buster with Radeon FX 580

2019-07-10 Thread Esteban L
Hello, I installed Debian, but it boots to a blinking _ , otherwise dark screen. Best I can figure, I need the microcode firmware update for the system, since I saw a mention of that on the text (it was the first line, so hard to miss). What steps do I need to do to get my video to work? I will

Re: Replacing nvidia card, with Amd - can no longer boot.

2019-06-30 Thread Esteban L
ue had the nvidia card failed :-( i couldn't do much of anything. On June 30, 2019 5:36:30 PM GMT+02:00, Felix Miata wrote: >Esteban L composed on 2019-06-30 12:54 (UTC+0200): > >> Been beating my head against a wall. Had a fully functional and >stable setup >> (9.x, s

Replacing nvidia card, with Amd - can no longer boot.

2019-06-30 Thread Esteban L
Hello, Been beating my head against a wall. Had a fully functional and stable setup (9.x, stretch) with nvidia gtx 1060. Needed to swap out video card for an amd radeon rx 580. I knew it would be a problem, and sometimes I hate it when I am right :-( Now, i can't boot. I hang on a "amdgpux

Re: Gnome application: Remote Desktop Viewer/vinagre bug

2019-05-11 Thread Esteban L
--Original Message- From: Curt To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: (unknown) Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 12:26:32 - (UTC) On 2019-05-11, Esteban L wrote: > Hello, > > I have this weird situation, I can't figure out. > > I can launch the Remote Deskto

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2019-05-10 Thread Esteban L
Hello, I have this weird situation, I can't figure out. I can launch the Remote Desktop Viewer from the command line: %vinagre and it launches and is fully functional. When I try to launch it from the "desktop icons" or the icons that are present within gnome, i cannot.  A little bar appear o

Re: notify-send script messed up my environment

2019-05-07 Thread Esteban L
as coded specifically for this purpose, and I am more familiar with python than I am with Bash (though I admit, Bash probably is better suited for many tasks at this level). What's the saying about the "devil you know?" =) Thanks again! -Original Message- From: Dan Ritter

notify-send script messed up my environment

2019-05-07 Thread Esteban L
Hello, I stepped in poo, and broke a cardinal sin, trying a script that I didn't 100% understand. Now my environment is a little bit jacked. Not bad, still generally functioning. I was trying to get notifications to run from the command line, namely crontab. No easy task, at least, not as easy a

Files sidebar Folder shorcuts, namely 'Documents'

2019-05-05 Thread Esteban L
Hello, I think this is a baby question, but thought I would throw you all a bone :-) I want to setup a shortcut that basically uses my cloud's "Documents" folder, instead of the Debian /home/user version. I can use the ln command, and make a symbolic link as simple as: ln --symbolic /home/user/

Re: System warning that "/var" is almost full

2019-04-29 Thread Esteban L
Opps corrected! #1 cause of my problems is bad eyes! -Original Message- From: Ben Finney To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: System warning that "/var" is almost full Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:35:18 +1000 Esteban L writes: > > From command line: /var# du

System warning that "/var" is almost full

2019-04-29 Thread Esteban L
Hi, I got warning message that "/var is almost full." Knowing that being full on a hard drive is never good, I want to resolve this. >From command line: /var# du -h --max-depth=1 1.8G./lib 4.0K./local 2.7M./tmp 16K ./lost+found 44K ./snap 6.3G./cache 4.0K./opt 56K

Re: Debian Stretch freezes often

2019-04-23 Thread Esteban L
Hello Enzo and all, I have had this issue in the past as well, with similar hardware (e.g. Ryzen 5). In my case, I had two causes. 1. I was too greedy, and tried to use RAM too fast, and RAM that was not specified to work for the board (but it was so much cheaper). It appeared to work, outside o

Re: Laptop fails to suspend

2019-03-29 Thread Esteban L
Hello, Unless I am mistaken, Buster is still in development/testing? If thats the case, I would expect behavior exactly like that. As to troubleshooting it? My guess is you would have to be a talented program, to debug, and code your own modules. On March 30, 2019 12:56:12 AM GMT+01:00, Sam Sm