Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 15:49, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 January 2018 at 14:15, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 24 January 2018 at 14:11, Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 14:15, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 January 2018 at 14:11, Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> wrote: > >> On 2018-01-24 14:44:18 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: >> > Michael Fothergill <michael

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 14:11, Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> wrote: > On 2018-01-24 14:44:18 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 January 2018 at 12:58, Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de>

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 12:58, Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote: > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The link within the above one: > > https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2018-01/msg00148.html > > also has a link to the ftp downlo

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 11:52, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 January 2018 at 11:21, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 24 January 2018 at 10:53, Michael Fother

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 11:21, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 January 2018 at 10:53, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >>> >>> The neowin link above has a lin

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 10:53, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> >> The neowin link above has a link to a Phoronix article[1], which >> suggests you need GCC 8.0, or maybe 7.3 if a backport succeeds. That was >> 9 days

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

> > The neowin link above has a link to a Phoronix article[1], which > suggests you need GCC 8.0, or maybe 7.3 if a backport succeeds. That was > 9 days ago, of course ... Stretch only has 6.3, and even sid only has > 7.2, so I don't see it hitting debian soon. > > Richard > > [1] >

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

r than the average bear has written a patch for the > spectre problem with no performance penalty: > > https://www.neowin.net/news/retpoline-patch-coming-to- > linux-49-and-linux-414 > > ​I am not sure if you can do this as debian testing or experimental. > > Cheers > > Mi

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

d be I guess. Someone who is smarter than the average bear has written a patch for the spectre problem with no performance penalty: https://www.neowin.net/news/retpoline-patch-coming-to-linux-49-and-linux-414 ​I am not sure if you can do this as debian testing or experimental. Cheers Michael

Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws

On 4 January 2018 at 17:55, The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 2018-01-04 at 12:30, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > On 4 January 2018 at 17:22, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > > > >> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and- >

Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws

story for CPU: don't speculate (but it's significantly > *slower*). > ​Isn't this mainly an Intel problem? I use AMD chipsets. I would go for Ryzen nowadays anyway. Regards Michael Fothergill​ > > -- > "An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something > dis

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 18:14, deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > I am running stretch on an AMD FX8350 box which uses an Arctic Freezer 13 > > cooler. > > I'm just wondering if you used the correct switch for the cpu fan - what is

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 18:14, deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > I am running stretch on an AMD FX8350 box which uses an Arctic Freezer 13 > > cooler. > > I'm just wondering if you used the correct switch for the cpu fan - what is

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 18:30, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 28 December 2017 at 18:14, deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Michael Fothergill wrote: >> >> > I am running stretch on an AMD FX8350 box w

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 18:14, deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > I am running stretch on an AMD FX8350 box which uses an Arctic Freezer 13 > > cooler. > > I'm just wondering if you used the correct switch for the cpu fan

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 13:55, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 01:11:56PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@bong:/boot# sudo modprobe coretemp > > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'coretemp': No such device > > > >

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 13:55, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 01:11:56PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@bong:/boot# sudo modprobe coretemp > > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'coretemp': No such device > > > >

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 13:55, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 01:11:56PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@bong:/boot# sudo modprobe coretemp > > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'coretemp': No such device > > > >

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 13:55, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 01:11:56PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@bong:/boot# sudo modprobe coretemp > > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'coretemp': No such device > > > >

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 13:55, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 01:11:56PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@bong:/boot# sudo modprobe coretemp > > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'coretemp': No such device > > > >

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

On 28 December 2017 at 13:55, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 01:11:56PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@bong:/boot# sudo modprobe coretemp > > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'coretemp': No such device > > > >

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

This is odd because coretemp is set as a module option in the config file: CONFIG_SENSORS_CORETEMP=m Comments appreciared Regards MF On 28 December 2017 at 12:52, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > I looked at the config-4.9.0-4-amd64 file

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have 3 case fans in the box here but lm-sensors only sees two of them > apparently as well as not seeing the cpu fan. > > Funny stuff. > > Regards > > MF > > On 28 December 2017 at 11:50, Michael Fothergill <

Re: lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

I have 3 case fans in the box here but lm-sensors only sees two of them apparently as well as not seeing the cpu fan. Funny stuff. Regards MF On 28 December 2017 at 11:50, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Folks, > > I am running stretch on an

lm-sensors doesn't see the cpu rpm.....

rather than 4 pin could that explain the zero here? Suggestions on a tweak that could awaken the sensor or stimulate lm-sensors truffle hound hunting skills here would be appreciated. Googling around gives quite complex suggestions. Is there something simple I could try here? Regards Michael

Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian

> > >> >>> >>> >> >>> As a friendly recommendation: > If it was about me, I would encourage to backup the home directories as > well as mail or similar, depending what other kind of services running > under the particular system. > > Backup the data to an external usb drive or the whole source

Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot

On 29 November 2017 at 03:15, Dan Norton wrote: > > On 11/13/2017 01:55 PM, Joe wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:01:27 -0500 > Dan Norton wrote: > > > > Although I didn't say so, each install would have its own set of >

Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian

On 28 November 2017 at 19:22, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 28 Nov 2017 at 10:28:57 (-0500), The Wanderer wrote: > > I've run across someone who says her machine is running Debian > > oldoldoldstable or maybe even oldoldoldoldstable, and who consequently > > can't

Re: stop your mail

On 8 July 2017 at 16:52, Fungi4All wrote: > > From: scdbac...@gmx.net > > Hi, > (Can real people be that stupid ? Is this the proof for > brain damage caused by mobile phones ?) > > > Look at how many people are NOT protesting the G20, or > the earth's summit of earth

Re: PLEASE STOP YOUR MAILS

On 8 July 2017 at 16:11, wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jul 08, 2017 at 10:21:22AM -0400, Jason Wittlin-Cohen wrote: > > If you want to unsubscribe, go here: https://lists.debian.org/ > debian-user/ > > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 2:55 AM,

Re: Einstellungen in Kontact

​Dear Sir, Please use a German mailing list. Regds MF ​ Zieht den Bayern die Lederhosen aus Voller Spannung und voller Spass, leg ich mich ins grüne Gras. Es ist Samstag und wir können feiern, heute kommt der FC Bayern. Alle sind hier guter Dinge, und überall hört man sie singen: Zieht den

Re: Replace systemd

On 3 July 2017 at 21:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to use > > an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use Windows. My > >

Re: Remotely exploitable bug in systemd (CVE-2017-9445)

On 2 July 2017 at 09:26, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2017-07-02 09:34 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > Le 01/07/2017 à 23:19, Sven Joachim a écrit : > >> On 2017-07-01 16:36 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > >> > >>> Am I correct in interpreting this: > >>>

Re: Why does no one care that Brad Spengler of GRSecurity is blatantly violating the intention of the rightsholders to the Linux Kernel?

On 15 June 2017 at 16:41, wrote: > Why does no one care that Brad Spengler of GRSecurity is blatantly > violating the intention of the rightsholders to the Linux Kernel? > He is also violating the license grant, Courts would not be fooled by his > scheme to prevent

Re: Why does no one care that Brad Spengler of GRSecurity is blatantly violating the intention of the rightsholders to the Linux Kernel?

On 15 June 2017 at 21:38, deloptes wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 06/15/2017 02:10 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hmm, am I feeding the spammer? [snip] > > > > Likely > > > >> > >> PS: aconcernedfossdev doesn't "command" much respect in my mind, > >> especially

Re: Debian installer not finding free space

On 13 June 2017 at 10:20, Dan Purgert wrote: > David DLC wrote: > > [...] > > I have 40 gb unallocated on my C drive currently. When I start up the > > installer and get to the disk partitioning section, it cannot find the > > free space in the "guided" section. Am I doing

Re: Debian installation issues

On 10 June 2017 at 14:05, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > On 06/09/2017 03:37 PM, Michael Fothergill wrote: > >> On 9 June 2017 at 20:59, Fungi4All <fungil...@protonmail.com> wrote: >> >> Here is some relevant reading of installing linux syste

Re: Debian installation issues

On 9 June 2017 at 20:59, Fungi4All wrote: > Here is some relevant reading of installing linux system besides Win8 and > in some cases the same problem exists on Win 10. > https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-alongside-a-pre- >

Re: Debian installation issues

On 9 June 2017 at 08:01, Fungi4All wrote: > > UTC Time: June 8, 2017 4:17 PM > From: wool...@eeg.ccf.org > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 11:08:32AM -0500, David DLC wrote: > > Thank you for all the replies! I haven't really used a mailing list > before, > > so I'm not 100%

Re: Debian installation issues

On 8 June 2017 at 17:57, Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 8 June 2017 at 17:52, David DLC <drvr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you for the info on the mailing address. >> >> > The #debian bot currently recommend

Re: Debian installation issues

On 8 June 2017 at 17:52, David DLC wrote: > Thank you for the info on the mailing address. > > > The #debian bot currently recommends iskimager/> > > if you need to write the Debian install image to a USB device from > > Windows. > > I actually

Re: Debian installation issues

On 8 June 2017 at 17:08, David DLC wrote: > Thank you for all the replies! I haven't really used a mailing list > before, so I'm not 100% sure I'm responding to the correct location. Do I > hit "reply all" or just reply to the debian-user@lists.debian.org address? > > Anyway,

Re: Debian installation issues

iso onto it and booting from it instead and see what happens. Cheers Michael Fothergill ​ > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Thank you >

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 24 May 2017 at 16:22, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 23 May 2017 18:45:16 -0500 David Wright > wrote: > > > On Tue 23 May 2017 at 13:42:07 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > It's easier, simplistic even, to replace systemd as the init

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 23 May 2017 at 22:19, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 22 May 2017 08:30:15 +0900 Joel Rees > wrote: > > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 1:48 AM, Patrick Bartek > > wrote: > > > > > > A while ago, I initiated the "If Linux Is About

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 20 May 2017 at 14:43, Cat <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 02:20:15PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > If this is true and it is a doddle to convert an ordinary debian install > > with systemd running on it to the old sysvinit format then why is there

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 20 May 2017 at 15:59, Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > On Sat, 20 May 2017 14:20:15 +0100 > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > >with systemd running on it to the old sysvinit format then why is there >

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 20 May 2017 at 14:43, Cat <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 02:20:15PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > If this is true and it is a doddle to convert an ordinary debian install > > with systemd running on it to the old sysvinit format then why is there

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 18 May 2017 at 18:03, Dominik George wrote: > Hi, > > >A while ago, I initiated the "If Linux Is About Choice ..." thread > >about why there is no choice of inits during an initial install. > > > >Since that time, I've tested several systemd-less distros[1] as well as >

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 18 May 2017 at 17:48, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > A while ago, I initiated the "If Linux Is About Choice ..." thread > about why there is no choice of inits during an initial install. > > Since that time, I've tested several systemd-less distros[1] as well as > Stretch as

Re: Spam on Debian lists

On 21 April 2017 at 03:11, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 4/20/17, Ben Finney wrote: > > Patrick Bartek writes: > > > >> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:40:56 +0200 Jochen Spieker > >> wrote: > >> > >> > fc: > >> >

Re: help please

On 22 April 2017 at 10:32, CoreyL wrote: > this is my account and yet someone else is controlling it. I know for a > fact . > > coreylendo > ​What sort of account are you referring to (e.g. bank account?) Regards MF​

Re: Spam on Debian lists (was: Actually)

On 20 April 2017 at 21:40, Jochen Spieker wrote: > fc: > > > > Actually -- does anyone monitor this list for this type of stuff? > > You have no idea *how much* spam is blocked by the work of the list > masters. But it's not that anybody monitors all of the almost 300

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

On 9 April 2017 at 21:15, Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 16:25:57 +0100 Michael Fothergill > <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 7 April 2017 at 19:27, David Niklas <do...@mail.com> wrote: > > > > > O

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

On 7 April 2017 at 19:27, David Niklas wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:30:11 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > The Linux mantra has always been "choice," plethoras of choices. So why > > at install time, is there no choice for the init system? You get what

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

On 5 April 2017 at 12:27, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 01:29:07AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> >> On Apr 3, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Tom Browder wrote: >> >> But I kind of understand why systemd, but I wish I could find a good >>>

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

On 3 April 2017 at 15:17, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 03 April 2017 13:55:44 Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I think choice in food is important - e.g. flavours of spam: > > > > Closed Source: > > > > Regular Spam Hot & Spicy Sp

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

I think choice in food is important - e.g. flavours of spam: Closed Source: Regular Spam Hot & Spicy Spam Jalapeño Spam Spam with Black Pepper Low Sodium Spam Low Fat Spam Roast Turkey Spam Hickory Smoked Spam Spam Spread Bacon Spam Cheese Spam Garlic Spam Teriyaki Spam Chorizo Spam Macadamia

Re: Last spam: Let me know Munich Mayor's email address, please..

What is this pseuds-corner spam fritter stuff? MF On 17 February 2017 at 12:05, Nicolas George wrote: > Le nonidi 29 pluviôse, an CCXXV, Andre Müller a écrit : > > The day comes closer, that we remove all politicians and do our own > > constitution. > > And your own

Re: Help Installing a Dual Boot Debian and Mac OS MacBook Pro 9,1

On 22 January 2017 at 15:41, solitone <solit...@mail.com> wrote: > On Sunday, January 22, 2017 2:08:59 PM CET Michael Fothergill wrote: > > you need to play with the bios on your Mac box to get it to boot from the > > debian DVD. > > The point is that, in contrast to a

Re: Help Installing a Dual Boot Debian and Mac OS MacBook Pro 9,1

itions etc that would likely be suggested by people on this list. Regards MIchael Fothergill > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Rafael Lauda >

Re: How to fix screen resolution ( has been set to 1024 * 768 )

On 12 January 2017 at 18:50, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 12 January 2017 at 17:50, Cathy Gramze <rhia...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> And what video card/chipset do you have? I got the 1024x768 until I >> installed firmware-Linu

offlineimap is slow so I tried mbsync but got an IMAP store error...

problem is this error pointing to here? Comments appreciated Regards Michael Fothergill PS I will post up how much faster mbsync is in my case cf offlineimap when I get it running.

Re: using offlineimap, notmuch and emacs etc....

Dear Folks, On 7 January 2017 at 16:22, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.oto...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2017-01-07, Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > --001a1145bd88af6ab6054580e973 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > &g

Re: using offlineimap, notmuch and emacs etc....

On 7 January 2017 at 14:15, Mattia Oss <mais.to...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 01:14:21PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I'm also trying to configure offlineimap and mutt, so I'll try to > help. > > > I found a web site that explained how to use i

using offlineimap, notmuch and emacs etc....

ions on this are welcome. Regards Michael Fothergill

Re: checking that all cpus are being used in my installation....

On 24 December 2016 at 00:10, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: > On 24/12/16 09:45, Michael Fothergill wrote: > >> Suggestions on performance testing the FX 8350 chip on this install are >> welcome. >> > > For an open source multithreaded

checking that all cpus are being used in my installation....

would in gentoo? Also it should then compile pretty swiftly and smoothly (provided the power supply is a good one) should it not? Suggestions on performance testing the FX 8350 chip on this install are welcome. Regards Michael Fothergill

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 19:23, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 15 Sep 2016 19:08, "Frank" <zuiderd...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > > Op 15-09-16 om 19:32 schreef Michael Fothergill: > >> > >> On 15 Sep 2016 18:17,

Re: xaralx package

On 15 Sep 2016 18:17, "Frank" <zuiderd...@gmx.com> wrote: > > Op 15-09-16 om 18:11 schreef Greg Wooledge: > >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 05:03:23PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: >>> >>> ???http://www.xaraxtreme.org/download.html??? >> >&g

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 17:11, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 05:03:23PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > ???http://www.xaraxtreme.org/download.html??? > > "The binaries we distribute require libstdc++ version 5, which is not

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 16:48, Thomas Schmitt <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > $ file xaralx > > xaralx: ELF 32-bit ... dynamically linked ... for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, > > That's really old. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linu

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 15:54, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 04:51:28PM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > > $ ldd xaralx > > ldd actually needs a path to the executable. It doesn't search $PATH. > > $ ldd "$(which xaralx)" > > > would be one way to do it.

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 15:51, Dominique Dumont <d...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thursday, 15 September 2016 14:24:37 CEST Michael Fothergill wrote: > > What I am I doing wrong here? > > Could you run: > > $ file xaralx > ​Result: mikef@rhinoceros:~/Documents/xaralx/

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 11:34, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > On 15 September 2016 at 10:59, Mark Fletcher <mark2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >>> >>> My suggestion would be install apt-file, either

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 10:59, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > >> >> My suggestion would be install apt-file, either using aptitude or apt-get > or synaptic if you prefer. > > Then as root: > apt-file update > > Once that is done, you can do apt-file search libpangoxft and see what

xaralx package

and it failed. But maybe it wouldn't have helped any way.. I want to produce some 3D text images for a document. Comments appreciated. Regards Michael Fothergill

Re: Debian installation for 1st time

t me what will be the suitable package for me,to > download > ​I think it would be good if you started out with a Debian Live dvd. see here: https://www.debian.org/CD/live/​ Download the stable iso file and then burn a DVD from it. Then get your bios to boot from it. Regards Michael Fo

using VR headset in debian

package with a VR headset in debian? Comments appreciated. Regards Michael Fothergill

Re: Debian 8. keine Ahnung....

edingt eine Antwort. > > ​Dear Sir​ ​You need to post in English on this list; ie Zieht den Bayern die Lederhosen aus ​!​ ​ = Disrobe the Bayern Munich Football Team's Leather Breeches! You get the idea... Regards ​ ​Michael Fothergill​

we are getting some funny spam....

Dear Debianists, We are getting some odd spam at present I don't see why the spammers think we could be interested in data on healthcare IT professionals or media sales opportunities... We need an automatic spam emoticon that gets sent to them Or something like that. Regards

Re: pastebinning (was: Posts don't show on list)

On 10 May 2016 at 21:03, Eike Lantzsch <zp6...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Tuesday 10 May 2016 19:42:41 Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 10 May 2016 at 19:18, <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > > > > Gary Roach composed on 2016-04-30 12:08 (UTC-0700): > &g

Re: pastebinning (was: Posts don't show on list)

On 10 May 2016 at 19:18, wrote: > > Gary Roach composed on 2016-04-30 12:08 (UTC-0700): > > > > >Someone said that I need to use a pastebin for images. I've never used > > >one before so another Fxx Learning Experience. > > No, it's not necessary, in fact its

Re: [OT]: May Day

On 1 May 2016 at 13:26, Hans Vogelsberger wrote: > Am Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:49:06 +0300 > schrieb Piyavkin : > > > Congratulations with International Worker's Day to all the working > > (in FOSS industry and at all) people! ) > > Have a nice day! > > > > > >

Re: Thank heard.

On 25 April 2016 at 18:22, amd amd wrote: > All kernel 4.4.0-1 line was not working . Finally 4/24/2016 working day sid > was released with kernel 4.5.0-1 . 25.04.2016 stepped working week with the > same sid kernel 4.5.0-1 . > Fixed error when installing policykit - this is a

Re: Failed installs

bit voodoo like but maybe debian will prefer sitting on a different region of the disk - and then work OK. Regards MF​ > > > On 04/19/2016 05:53 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > On 18 April 2016 at 18:12, pcr1 <p...@pcrt.us> wrote: > >> I have for som

Re: Test version of the system.

c Please can you tell us what cpu and motherboard you have etc (I assume you are not using an IBM 390). Regards Michael Fothergill​

Re: Failed installs

On 18 April 2016 at 18:12, pcr1 wrote: > I have for some time been, and after many attempts remain, unable to > install Debian, which I previously have used for many years. The failures > occur during "select and install", about a third of the way through, but > not always at the

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

tandard .iso file? I mean if push comes to shove I'll > most likely just have to go the Ubuntu route, but I was trying to deal > directly with the "superior server" distro. Any help anyone can provide > would be greatly appreciated. > ​Try this: https://sourceforge.ne

Re: Evolution

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does wayland work yet?

abandoned X? Comments appreciated. Regards Michael Fothergill

using mirrorselect in debian

Dear Folks, There is a gentoo package called mirrorselect. I can't see a version of it in debian. If I would try to compile and use it in debian what would be the best way to do that? Comments appreciated ​MF​

Re: Changing Boot Order

On 26 March 2016 at 16:53, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 26 March 2016 16:11:22 Alan McConnell wrote: > > I have been told by a kind responder that my keyboard > > is inadequate, and I should borro(buy?) a new one. Since > > my present keyboard

Re: Changing Boot Order

On 25 March 2016 at 21:01, Alan McConnell wrote: > First, thanks for all the responses. They fell into two classes: > those who advised repeating tapping/pressing on either the F!! > key or the Delete key. I've done that dozens of times, and > received no responses. And I can't

Re: Changing Boot Order

On 25 March 2016 at 21:01, Alan McConnell wrote: > First, thanks for all the responses. They fell into two classes: > those who advised repeating tapping/pressing on either the F!! > key or the Delete key. I've done that dozens of times, and > received no responses. And I can't

Re: Changing Boot Order

On 24 March 2016 at 20:44, Alan McConnell wrote: > Assembled Wisdom! > > I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie. To > that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections. > My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the > boot order.

Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player?

On 22 March 2016 at 19:59, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 05:13:43PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 22 March 2016 at 16:24, Andrew McGlashan < > > andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote: > > > > > Hi, &

Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player?

On 22 March 2016 at 16:24, Andrew McGlashan < andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote: > Hi, > > On 23/03/2016 12:18 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I own a Samsung BD-C5900 Blu ray/DVD player. > > I think you will find that the USB port on a DVD player is

can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player?

.. Suggestions appreciated. Regards Michael Fothergill

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