Another Devuan annoyance: CLI default apps

with intense loathing... How do I get crontab back to using vi ? Cheers, Ron. -- Image Old houses were scaffolding once, and workmen whistling

Re: [OT] Breaking WPA2 by forcing nonce reuse

vulnerable - particularly to the possible all-zero key. Your advice is extremely close, and very pertinent, but *both* clients need to be fixed. So Celejar's powerline link may be a reasonable solution for his case. regards, Ron

Re: Don’t hesitate to start a conversation with me Michelle

hi michelle where are you from ,would possibly like to meet.love ron. On Friday, August 18, 2017 4:15 PM, Michelle Hyblerova <olivier.pe...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: I do not bite. Well, only if you ask, I could…  http://bitly.com/2woKkhB

Re: Don’t hesitate to start a conversation with me Janice

Janice idon,tknow who you are I need more info. On Monday, August 7, 2017 3:46 PM, Janice Chomsangjun wrote: I do not bite. Well, only if you ask, I could…  http://bitly.com/2uipIDJ

Re: Power draw from UPS

at the other end, looking something similar to RJ11 or RJ45 sort of appearance, to plug into the APC UPS. regards, Ron

Kernel Panics on Stretch

install in separate partitions, and I can boot them fine. Grub in installed in the MBR of first hard drive. I have installed 3 separate time with the same result. Ron Benincasa -- "This is so abstract, it must be topologically invariant" - Raul Bott

Re: TCP proxy for host on subnet

ust debian's standard script) references the process by its pid which it determines using the line PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid (and NAME=socat) but it still does not stop it.] In principle, how should a system be configured so that something like socat can be started, and stopped? regards, Ron

Re: TCP proxy for host on subnet

On 06/06/2017 14:22, Henning Follmann wrote: On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 10:59:30AM +0100, Ron Leach wrote: I was also unsure whether socat would hold open a connection to name.server.tld even if no transactions were taking place, or whether socat would only open the connection each time traffic

Re: TCP proxy for host on subnet

se http. I hadn't realised that nginx can be configured this way, and I'll consider using this mode as well as the http service that I do/will need on this LAN segment. regards, Ron

TCP proxy for host on subnet

really be a simple proxy. Has anyone any experience or suggestions for a single port TCP proxy solution that would be always-on? regards, Ron

Re: Adding Date & Time to a script's output log

submission but, because of some connectivity problems here, I'd posted using the webmail user agent which does not display the from name on the composition screen. I think it's fixed, now, we'll see. For the record, I had sent my original message, not she. Many thanks, again, regards, Ron

Syslog: rpc.imapd and nss_getpwnam “does not map into [ourdomain.tld]”

is showing continual errors saying: May 2 06:25:07 Server6 rpc.idmapd[1799]: nss_getpwnam: name 'ron@inet' does not map into domain 'ourdomain.tld' This report occurs every 10 minutes. Earlier in syslog, similar errors occur for: May 2 06:25:04 Server6 rpc.idmapd[1799]: nss_getpwnam: name

Re: continual acpid and gdm3 messages in syslog

On 27/04/2017 21:57, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2017-04-27 19:48 +0100, Ron Leach wrote: In syslog there are pretty much continuous messages (extract below) issued by acpid and gdm. The gdm3 message warns that GdmDisplay is lasting a very short time. How about just stopping these services

continual acpid and gdm3 messages in syslog

/Squeeze. If the problem is because there is no screen connected, is there anything I could arrange so that neither acpid nor gdm3 keep warning about this? (I've no other screen available, nor any available KVM connections.) Grateful for any insights, regards, Ron syslog sample Apr 27 07

Re: RTL8111 Networking Drivers

Yeah just hope'n someone could get a line in On 4/17/2017 10:04 AM, Nicolas George wrote: L'octidi 28 germinal, an CCXXV, GiaThnYgeia a écrit : Don't expect "Debian" to respond to you, it is like talking to the Borg You realize Debian is not a person, right?

RTL8111 Networking Drivers

Why do you not include the drivers for RTL8111 I have not used Mint for years because the network never worked I found the drivers and installed them but way to much trouble I was getting ready to give up for good and found the instructions to install. The network works fine in Ubuntu?

Installer: problem installing onto LVM on RAID1

volume houses the 'users-files'? Is using a whole-disk RAID1 a reasonable choice (the kernel raid wiki suggests this will work) or would folks on the list recommend configuring multiple mds? I would be grateful for any guidance, regards, Ron

Re: Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter?

re testing and checking before perhaps asking for any more help. I recall that there's recently been a long thread about preseeding which will be helpful, I think. regards, Ron

Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter?

? Or are the parameters literally those described in s 5.3 of the installer guide? Grateful for any info, regards, Ron [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch05s03.html.en [2] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apb.html.en ( and http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/example

Re: Ideas to obtain text file list of emails in an IMAP folder?

On 03/06/2016 17:31, Dan Purgert wrote: Ron Leach wrote: Have any debian-user readers ever tried to create a list of all the email messages stored in an IMAP folder? Do the same here (Dovecot + Postfix), not 100% certain if this'll match your setup, but it should be pretty close. [snip

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

y Debian users who have a firm belief in only using root privilege for the most essential of maintenance jobs and many others who do not have that privilege. Isn't it about time to leverage the benefits of the OS? Ron Leach's requirement is met completely by dmesg, lsblk or even lsscsi, pmount, ud

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

On 18/05/2016 10:40, Felix Miata wrote: Ron Leach composed on 2016-05-18 10:30 (UTC+0100): I'd be grateful for any advice on where to find the physical device to use in a mount command. # lsscsi ... [9:0:0:0] disk FLASH Drive SM_USB20 1100 /dev/sdg... # blkid /dev/sdg # mount -t auto

Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

other users organise this but, essentially, I'd be grateful for any advice on where to find the physical device to use in a mount command. And, as a secondary question (there are two points on offer for this one), how to mount it without knowing the device's fs. regards, Ron

Re: mutt attachment error

e what the line-endings ought to be could chime in. regards, Ron

Re: Can not dial mobile broadband with Network-manager

will activate? Ron

Re: Openssl -showcerts "verify error"

On 05/05/2016 00:13, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 04 May 2016 23:58:56 Ron Leach wrote: But ... following some other earlier posts by folk using a web browser to reach the url (and seeming to have success) Curiouser and curiouser - I didn't just reach it successfully, I logged

Re: Openssl -showcerts "verify error"

ld not reject or impair the negotiation? I'd like to feel that our copies of CAs, etc, are ok: ron@debians5:~$ openssl s_client -showcerts -connect secure.gateway.gov.uk:443 -CApath /etc/ssl/certs CONNECTED(0003) depth=2 /C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=(c) 2006 VeriSign, Inc. - For

Openssl -showcerts "verify error"

by the application as an "SSL Certificate Verification Error"; no other information. Using openssl -showcerts, a "verify error" is reported. Here's the dialogue - I've skipped the bulk of the certificate texts. ron@debians5:~$ openssl s_client -showcerts -connect secur

Re: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

e knowledge patiently acquired over the years running and caring for a Linux system has suddenly become unusable. Cheers, Ron. -- The three worst mistakes you can make are overpromising and underdelivering.

Lost choice

? Cheers, Ron. PS Debian Wheezy, XFCE -- Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. -- Eric Hoffer -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: [ A little off topic] Best e-mail client for Android

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Re: Annoying pop-up window

On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:10:21 +0100 Tixy <t...@yxit.co.uk> wrote: > pcmanfm has settings for Volume Management (see 'Preferences' on the > 'Edit' menu). Thanks, that solved it. Cheers, Ron. -- If voting could really change things,

Re: Annoying pop-up window

usting taste, as they say in Froggish ;-3) Cheers, Ron. -- In love, she who gives her portrait promises the original. -- Bruton -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: Annoying pop-up window

hen I renounced a long time ago both Gnome and Kde, their pomps, their works and their bloat... Cheers, Ron. -- In love, she who gives her portrait promises the original.

Re: Annoying pop-up window

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 18:06:19 +0100 Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > Look at "Device Notifier settings" or whatever your chosen DE calls it. Running XFCE, I find nothing about the pop-up window in either Notifications, or in Removable Drives and Media ;

Annoying pop-up window

event the window from popping up ? Cheers, Ron. -- La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien à ajouter, mais quand il ne reste rien à enlever. -- Antoine de Saint-Ex

Live CD - boot option for static IP?

advice regards, Ron

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:53:02 +0200 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > And Germany is still officially occupied by the USA. ISTR that occupation was over with the re-unification of Germany in October 1990. Cheers, Ron. -- Take care of the

Re: Changing Boot Order

ol USB. And of course you could not access the BIOS with a USB keyboard until the setting had been changed. (Catch 22 anyone ?) The solution then was to borrow a PS2 keyboard for the initial BIOS setting process. Cheers, Ron. -- Blessed are they who can laugh at them

Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

reedom of choice. Can this be seen in the Social > Contract? You are the one stirring thing: I never mentioned Debian; only Linux... Cheers, Ron. -- Never get into an argument with someone who buys ink by the barrel. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

pt MY choices, and no other". Cheers, Ron. -- Let us consider that arbitrary power has seldom or never been introduced into any country at once It must be introduced by slow degrees, and as it were step by

Re: chroot directory, and sshd

On 10/03/2016 21:41, Sven Hartge wrote: Ron Leach<ronle...@tesco.net> wrote: I haven't been able to find out how to check the permissions on "/", and I'd appreciate a suggestion how to do that # ls -ld / drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4096 Mar 10 13:07 / Sven, tks.

chroot directory, and sshd

mary is also in the group 'sftp-users'. OS is Wheezy, and ssh updates are applied. I'd be very grateful for any insights, regards, Ron

Manipulating pdf pages

I have the .pdf scan of an old book, with some pages leaning at an angle. Is there in Debian a program that would let me rectify the offending pages one by one, but, avoiding the hassle of turning the .pdf in individual .jpg, modifying the jpg and turning back into .pdf ? Cheers, Ron

Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

ther might keep using the same codebase for its Linux support of each new printer, perhaps just tweaking some or other details and, if the case, then the issue about Brother printers requiring some specific queue name might still exist. Have you seen anything about this? regards, Ron

Re: Automounting query

get that behaviour. Cheers, Ron. -- De tous ceux qui n'ont rien à dire, les plus agréables sont ceux qui se taisent. -- Pierre Desproges -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: Automounting query

ystemd one? Neither; non-systemd jessie, with XFCE. I remember doing a modification on my system shortly after installing a couple years ago, completely forgot what; and now I need to do the same on an install for Eldest Daughter. Cheers, Ron. -- See, these two penguins walked in

Automounting query

Would a kind soul remind me the invocation needed to have removable drives automount to /media/label instead of /media/user/label ? TIA Cheers, Ron. -- The first draft of anything is shit. -- Ernest Hemingway

Re: XFS on root

a balance between features (i.e. being sufficiently UNIX-y > (which FAT isn't)), and simplicity. Not to mention that, given the rarity of changes in /boot, a journalling FS may not be really useful... Cheers, Ron. -- In judging human behaviour, one must go by what an individual

Re: Debian as My home firewall/router

Having posted Roco's comments on an IPCop list, I got these comments Cheers, Ron. -- One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie

Re: Debian as My home firewall/router

specially-configured Debian will be. Cheers, Ron. -- Mors acerba, fama perpetua. Stabit vetus memoria facti. -- Girolamo Olgiati -- http://ww

Re: connect Ethernet to WiFi?

ot; brings up a multitude of offers, including those with external aerial. Cheers, Ron. -- Do you remember Doctor Alzheimer's first name ? No ? Well, that is how it begins. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: Remote control ?

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:02:52 + Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > Ron was not completely clear here. Only the 'professional' versions of > Windows have the standard RDP server, but all versions since about 2000 > have had 'remote assistance', which is an RDP connection

Re: Apt-get question

ki.debian.org/systemd#Installing_without_systemd > http://noone.org/talks/debian-ohne-systemd/debian-ohne-systemd-clt.html Yes please, and thanks. Cheers, Ron. -- We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps l

Remote control ?

In the days I used MS Windows, I had a suite of progs that allowed me, when run on both boxes, to see the desktop of one box in a window on the other, and mouse and keyboard actions in that window would act on the remote box. Is there something similar in Debian ? Cheers, Ron

Re: Apt-get question

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:53:41 + Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Want to stay with GNU-Linux, not ready to switch to Systemd-Linux. > > Jessie without systemd? How do you install that ? Cheers, Ron. -- Ninety percent of

Re: Apt-get question

ou decide to do so, you > probably want to get started with a tutorial, because it is not completely > inuitive to use. Thanks, will try aptitude > Also, be aware that wheezy is oldstable, jessie is the current stable. Want to stay with GNU-Linux, not ready to switch to System

Apt-get question

New install of Wheezy; from the DVD. When I execute apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, I am given a list of 168 packages that have been kept back and not upgraded. Why are they not upgraded ? Cheers, Ron. -- If at first you dont

Fonts query

Given a collection of .ttf font files I keep in my ~/MyFonts/ directory. How do I instruct Wheezy to also look in that dir when I run root@ron:/home/ron # fc-cache -fv to reload the font cache ? Cheers, Ron. -- Toute loi qui viole les droits imprescriptibles de l'homme

Re: Fonts query

On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:46:55 +0300 Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Given a collection of .ttf font files I keep in my ~/MyFonts/ directory. > > How do I instruct Wheezy to also look in that dir when I run > > root@ron:/home/ron # fc-cache -fv > > to rel

Re: Fonts query

On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:44:03 -0500 Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Ta, I'll risk the hackish way as I want those fonts to be available to all > > users. > > Make symlink from ~/MyFonts to /usr/local/share/fonts Ta, that should remain through

Re: Fonts query

kept safe in the /home partition. Cheers, Ron. -- If your income doesn't keep up with your outgo, then your upkeep will be your downfall. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: Squid3 doesn't listen on any port on Jessie

his seemed to be a consequence of systemd (in Fedora's case), but I don't know what happens in Jessie. Just to check whether the conf files you are changing are the ones being used. Ron

Posting a message on all desktops

Is there a way for a system admin to post a message on the desktops of all the machines on a LAN ? Cheers, Ron. -- La marine est un art, une science, et un snobisme. -- Roger Glachant

Re: Posting a message on all desktops

u don't want to write code, so all I can think of-- and what we've > done at every place I've worked-- is just to send everyone an email. No good, since they will only get the message if/when they open their MUA. I was thinking of something like a gxmessage posted s

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

he proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." Cheers, Ron. -- Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup. -- Bennett Cerf

Re: Is anybody Running Debian on Acer Aspire E5-571G

l be able to download the non-free driver... Cheers, Ron. -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy ? Who knows ? Who cares ? -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: Automounting an eSata drive

option in /etc/fstab > See systemd.mount(5) for details Thanks; forgot to mention: Wheezy, no systemd. Cheers, Ron. -- If anybody ever tells you anything about an aeroplane which is so bloody complicated you can't understand it, t

Re: Automounting an eSata drive

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:31:24 +0100 Sven Arvidsson <s...@whiz.se> wrote: > Another way is marking the SATA port as external: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/udev#Mark_internal_SATA_ports_as_eSATA Tried this already, it does not work. Would it be systemd dependent ? C

Re: Automounting an eSata drive

gt; https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/udev#Mark_internal_SATA_ports_as_eSATA Thanks; forgot to mention: No systemd, Wheezy. Cheers, Ron. -- If anybody ever tells you anything about an aeroplane which is so bloody complicated you can't understand i

Re: Automounting an eSata drive

is > UDISKS_SYSTEM_INTERNAL in the version in wheezy. Thanks, but I am not completely clear: Does this mean replace UDISKS_SYSTEM with UDISKS_SYSTEM_INTERNAL in the /etc/udev/rules.d/10-esata.rules ? I tried that, but it still does not work ;-3( Cheers, Ron. -- He that b

Automounting an eSata drive

I have added an external Sata port on my box. When I hot-plug a Sata HD into it it appears in dmesg as /dev/sdi1 How can I get the system to auto-mount whatever Sata HD I plug into it to /media/eSata/ and this without having to give a root password ? Cheers, Ron

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

nts... Cheers, Ron. -- A fractal is by definition a set for which the Hausdorff Besicovitch dimension strictly exceeds the topological dimension. -- Mandelbrot

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:53:14 +0100 deloptes <delop...@yahoo.com> wrote: > dealing with overweight (political correct word) people Please: "ponderally challenged"... Cheers, Ron. -- Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under c

Re: Bandwidth trottling ?

gs can be set in /etc/network/interfaces as post-up > commands. Grateful thanks. Cheers, Ron. -- If your income doesn't keep up with your outgo, then your upkeep will be your downfall. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: Bandwidth trottling ?

/etc/network/interfaces as post-up > commands. Finally, from what I read it wont work, as tc only limits the traffic going out of a box. I need to limit the traffic going in ;-3( Cheers, Ron. -- History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely

Bandwidth trottling ?

Is there a way to config the system so as to limit the bandwidth that will be used by the (wifi) network interface ? Debian Wheezy, sysvinit. Cheers, Ron. -- When you come to a fork in the road, take it. --Yogi Berra

Re: wget log from Jigdo

did not see you at the camouflage class !" "Sir ! Thank you, Sir !" Cheers, Ron. -- An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

> Chris Bannister writes: > > Is sarcasm ever necessary? (BTW, I don't recall reading any.) > > I posted some. And yes, it is sometimes justified. He must have missed my reply, where I profusely thanked the original poster for the useful pointer he had given us ;-3)

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

all the package immediately, and enjoy a look at those pictures... Cheers, Ron. -- Paranoids are people, too; they have their own problems. It's easy to criticize, but if everybody hated you, you'd

Re: Recovering data from a Raid 1Sata HD

: > > > > > Given a Sata HD that was part of a RAID1 array on a now defunct Wheezy > > > > > system. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to mount it on another Wheezy system to recover the > > > > > data ? > > > > > >

Re: Recovering data from a Raid 1Sata HD

On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:49:36 +0100 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Now you might want to try > sudo e2fsck -n /dev/sdi9 Does not like it either: root@ron:/home/ron # e2fsck -n /dev/sdi9 e2fsck 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012) ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block e2fsck: Superblock invalid,

Re: Recovering data from a Raid 1Sata HD

IATI wrote: > > > Given a Sata HD that was part of a RAID1 array on a now defunct Wheezy > > > system. > > > > > > Is there a way to mount it on another Wheezy system to recover the data ? > > > > > > I have tried to mount it, and get > > >

Re: Recovering data from a Raid 1Sata HD

Given a Sata HD that was part of a RAID1 array on a now defunct Wheezy system. Is there a way to mount it on another Wheezy system to recover the data ? I have tried to mount it, and get root@ron:/home/ron # mount -t ext4 /dev/sdi9 /media/eSata mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock

Recovering data from a Raid 1Sata HD

Given a Sata HD that was part of a RAID1 array on a now defunct Wheezy system. Is there a way to mount it on another Wheezy system to recover the data ? Cheers, Ron. -- You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do

Re: Attempt to Move Root

them the old way, as /dev/something ? Cheers, Ron. -- Work is the curse of the drinking classes. -- Mike Romanoff -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: POP3 was: Re: command not found [SOLVED]

I am also one of the unenlightened users, making grunting noises in the backwoods and using POP3 (and refusing systemd...) Cheers, Ron. -- Climate is an ill-tempered beast, and we are poking it with sticks.

Re: SATA HD hotplug "Authentication is required"

reats drives attached via eSATA as "system" devices > > > > > for > > > > > which the default policykit rules only allow mounting with > > > > > authentication. These should show up as "HintSystem: true" in the > > >

Re: SATA HD hotplug "Authentication is required"

These should show up as "HintSystem: true" in the > > > output of "udisksctl dump". > > root@ron:/home/ron # udisksctl dump > > bash: udisksctl: command not found > > ??? > dpkg -l udisks2 root@ron:/home/ron # apt-get install udisks2 Reading package li

Re: SATA HD hotplug "Authentication is required" (SOLVED)(NOT)

SATA drives, and one has to log in as root, and mount then, before use ? Cheers, Ron. -- Le client n'a jamais tort. -- César Ritz -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: SATA HD hotplug "Authentication is required"

should show up as "HintSystem: true" in the > output of "udisksctl dump". root@ron:/home/ron # udisksctl dump bash: udisksctl: command not found ??? Cheers, Ron. -- Le client n'a jamais tort. -- César Ritz

Re: SATA HD hotplug "Authentication is required" (SOLVED)

/devices/ -name sdb /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:1f.2/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sdb If rules fail to reload automatically # udevadm control --reload - Cheers, Ron. -- No one ever built a statue to a critic. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

SATA HD hotplug "Authentication is required"

e CLI, did not work: root@ron:/home/ron # mount /dev/sdi1 mount: can't find /dev/sdi1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab How do I get it to mount ? Cheers, Ron. -- They also surf, who only stand on waves. -- http://w

Re: SATA HD hotplug "Authentication is required"

rror > > "Authentication is required". > > > > Is that udev throwing a tantrum ? > > > > Tried mounting it from the CLI, did not work: > > > > root@ron:/home/ron # mount /dev/sdi1 > > mount: can't find /dev/sdi1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

every ten minutes with POP3, but when I go on a trip . stop automatic download, and can access it on their web-site. Cheers, Ron. -- La superstition met le monde entier en flammes; la philosophie les eteint. -

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

Why not use Knoppix, instead of re-inventing the wheel ? Cheers, Ron. -- Those of you who think you know everything are very annoying those of us who do. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: boot takes too long (swap?)

On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:13:24 -0500 Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Easier to change fstab to mount swap LABEL= instead of UUID=, then /dev/sd6 noneswapsw 0 0 Cheers, Ron. -- Stercu

Re: boot takes too long (swap?)

et you a very similar hang, > because of the stick or external enumerated as sda instead of the internal > HD. By LABEL and by UUID both avoid that risk. No risk: when I want to boot from the USB I do it (F8 at boot) from the Grub installed on the USB. No UUID

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

to mark it > obsolete. This is a significant cost of human interface changes and > should be considered. Only obsolete for those who have switched to systemd-Linux; the documentation remains still valid for users of GNU-Linux. Cheers, Ron. -- An expert is one who knows more and more about less and

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

o* sets of > confused new users. One wonders why did they abandon the principle of backward compatibility ? Cheers, Ron. -- There comes a time in the affairs of a man when he has to take the bull by the tail

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