Re: What is the best practice for a firewall for Debian Buster: iptables or nftables?

2020-06-20 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 12:44 Ben Lavender wrote: > Personally I'd learn nf_tables because that's the way forward and if you > stick to it's CLI then the better. > Thanks, Ben. -Tom

Re: What is the best practice for a firewall for Debian Buster: iptables or nftables?

2020-06-20 Thread Tom Browder
e the iptables package and install the nftables one. And I'll look into firewalld which I tried briefly some years ago. Thanks so much. Cheers! -Tom

What is the best practice for a firewall for Debian Buster: iptables or nftables?

2020-06-20 Thread Tom Browder
, should I add a firewall management program like ufw or something else? Is there something like ufw for nftables? Thanks. Best regards, -Tom

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-19 Thread Tom Dial
:Retries=3 install I suspect that has something to do with the apparent fact that tasksel ignores "recommends=false" from other sources. I also suspect that editing that line would change the behavior in the desired direction. >From long-standing practice and inclination I have no wish to test this, but someone else might. I assume this would need to be done by skipping tasksel during installation of the d-i minimal system, then altering and running the installed tasksel after the post-install reboot. Regards, Tom Dial >

Re: using tar

2020-06-15 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 13:02 mick crane wrote: > I think my memory has packed up. > I thought you put the options after a hyphen with tar ? > "tar -cfvz archive_file.tgz ./directory_to_archive" You do for modern use, but the 'f' has to be the last arg in that incantation. -Tom

Re: Investigating internals of Debian packages

2020-06-11 Thread Tom Dial
uld then be used to identify which packages would be installed. In the alternative, you could capture the output and run it in test mode, which would show fairly precisely the effect. Regards, Tom Dial > TIA

Re: Zoom- best practice?

2020-06-08 Thread Tom Dial
ives. Even where that is not so such a product may, as Zoom is, be so much more widely used that it is much more useful as a general matter. Regards Tom Dial [1] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/358198.358210 > > RLH

Re: trouble installing gnome

2020-06-06 Thread Tom Dial
#deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main > contrib non-free >  Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: And this one > #deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security > main contrib non-free (You could remove or omit the non-free and/or contrib if you don't really need packages from those repositories). Regards Tom Dial

Re: Zoom- best practice?

2020-06-05 Thread Tom Dial
ions' laws are different). Cloud session storage might also be an issue, although the Debian client session recording appears to be local when activated. Regards, Tom Dial [1] Using apt install, and the absolute path, instead of dpkg, may have helped resolve dependencies; I have seen reports to th

Re: Return a Debian system to a pristine state

2020-06-04 Thread Tom Dial
On 6/4/20 02:45, Sijmen J. Mulder wrote: > Marco Möller wrote: >>> In the fairly large number of posts in this thread I don't recall seeing >>> file system snapshots suggested. My current preference is ZFS, which I >>> know from experience to be up to what I understand to be the goal here. >>

Re: Return a Debian system to a pristine state

2020-06-01 Thread Tom Dial
On 6/1/20 00:28, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >On Du, 31 mai 20, 20:52:06, Tom Dial wrote: >> >> Moreover, ZFS is not DFSG and GPL compliant, and quite a few >> users would avoid it because of that. > >ZFS is licensed under the CDDL[1], which is both free (as in fr

Re: Return a Debian system to a pristine state

2020-05-31 Thread Tom Dial
to be the goal here. However, root on ZFS is a distinctly non-standard and hands on install that is fairly straightforward and decently documented, but not for everyone. Moreover, ZFS is not DFSG and GPL compliant, and quite a few users would avoid it because of that. Alternatives include LVM and btrfs, and possibly others. I have used LVM snapshots a little, but not for this use case. It appears to have the capability to accomplish the objective, as described in https://linuxconfig.org/create-and-restore-manual-logical-volume-snapshots for instance. I have not used btrfs and therefore have no opinion about its fitness for the case at hand. Regards, Tom Dial

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Tom Dial
ifies the Default profile were changed to specify the older profile. And I suspect your missing passwords and maybe some other things, would then be available. I think I actually have done that, but it would be a long time back and I do not remember why. Regards, Tom Dial > > Cheers, Gene Heskett >

Re: Question on Unattended Upgrades

2020-05-12 Thread Tom Dial
s. Unplanned reboots seem an even worse idea inasmuch as they occasionally will either fail or affect system function. (Updating without rebooting also may do that, of course). >>> Frankly the update shouldn't be allowed if your backup is actually >>> running. So it might be safer to schedule the update and reboot if >>> needed before the backup starts. That means one cron driven script >>> does it all in the sequence desired. With respect, I would run the backup first and schedule upgrades and possible reboots to follow, and perhaps depend on success of, the backup. Regards, Tom Dial > > Cheers, Gene Heskett >

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

2020-05-10 Thread Tom Dial
ing, you could make an LVM physical volume on /dev/sda2 and add it to one of the other volume groups, although both seem to have plenty of space. Regards Tom Dial > > Yeah, that's probably what I'll do. Fortunately, it's an amd64 machine, so > I'll be able to use GRML to do the work. > Enjoy! > Rick >

Re: python virualenv

2020-04-28 Thread Tom Low-Shang
es python3 which is outside the virtualenv. Either run pip, or create the virtualenv with python3, which will install pip3. -- Tom Low-Shang

Re: Buster System hangs, requires hard reboot

2020-04-22 Thread Tom Dial
rom what now is present on the device. I lean toward that rather than a file system bug. A five month old machine should be under warranty, although I do not know whether installing Linux would affect that. It would be worth looking into and should offload firmware upgrade for or replacement of the block device. Regards, Tom Dial > > Thanks in advance! > Ralph >

Re: Buster System hangs, requires hard reboot

2020-04-21 Thread Tom Dial
ck to the list. Thanks much for the suggestions! The fact that the inode numbers mentioned in the initial post all are near each other hints, to me, that the storage device is the most likely source of difficulty. I would try smartctl -t long as root, or sudo /usr/sbin/smartctl -t long as an ordinary user authorized to use privileged commands. (after installing the smartmontools if it is not present) You can do that without disrupting normal processing. It may take a long time to complete (and will tell you when you start it). After it completes you can run smartctl -a (or sudo /usr/sbin/smartctl -a) and see a report that will confirm (or not) a problem, Regards Tom Dial > > Regards, > Ralph >

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-13 Thread Tom Dial
account is no longer allowed to participate on The Register forums"), apparently for asking why he rejected a post I thought unobjectionable and entirely compliant with the comments guidelines. 3. I also know nothing about Discourse. Although the remarks so far in the thread don't particularly make me want to use it, I don't find the idea entirely abhorrent. Tom Dial > > Celejar >

Re: Partition unreadable [was: Re: Debian Stretch broken !]

2020-04-04 Thread Tom Dial
desktop has two hard drives. This extra one > had no part in the install process, I only used it later on as an > extension to save files, I mount it manually every time I want to use > it. I didn't see any point to partition it. I successfully mounted it in > my recovery boot, and everything seemed to be OK at first sight. > > Regards, > > Bernard Regards, Tom Dial

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Tom Dial
o compensate partly for isolation dictated by prudence in the face of a rather nasty epidemic. So far, it installed cleanly and seems likely to be functional and generally fit for purpose. > Regards Tom Dial

Re: Installing Debiam

2020-03-24 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 14:18 davidson wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020, Chocolate Island Prince wrote: > > > This information is wowfactor 10! Besides online help, you might check for a Linux User Group near you, e.g., see mine at: https://nwflug.org -Tom

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 5:09 AM Tom Browder wrote: > > I am preparing servers to use with OpenSMTPD and Sympa to provide mail and mailing list service. ... After considering all the suggestions, I have prepared a plan, using a bit of pseudo code, to describe what I believe I need

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:04 AM Henning Follmann wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 08:47:36AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 08:37 Henning Follmann ... > For years I operated a couple of sendmail installations. That and the > O'Reilly Sendmail book tought me

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:36 PM Tom Browder wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:05 PM Brian wrote: > > Thanks, I will read the page in detail later. Meanwhile, I did a quick > > search on the page for "mailname" and didn't get anything. Anyway, what > > I really w

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:05 PM Brian wrote: > On Fri 21 Feb 2020 at 11:22:58 -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 09:36 Brian wrote: ... > Thanks, I will read the page in detail later. Meanwhile, I did a quick > search on the page for "mailname&q

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 09:36 Brian wrote: > On Fri 21 Feb 2020 at 05:09:47 -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > ... | > I need to settle on names to define as the "mailname" for each the two > > servers I will designate for the DNS MX records for all my mail-enabled > >

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
an IP. Besides the relevant RFCs, can anyone recommend a good book that covers all this. I have a couple of the O'Reilly books on "Postfix" and "DNS and Bind" and I am going back to refresh myself, but any other recs? Thanks. -Tom

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 06:29 Joe wrote: > On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 06:00:14 -0600 > Tom Browder wrote: ... > > As I understand it, a mail server has to use smtp to physically > > transfer mail between physical hosts and that requires one name that > > will resolve to a

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
gt; accounts on their devices. > I'm not planning on anything at the moment but supporting mailing lists, but you have a good point for any future expansion. Thanks, Michael. -Tom

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 06:00 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Hi tom, > ... > > Does anyone have strong reasons to use one over another, or any other > > choice? > ... > Depends on the purpose of the name(s). ... Thanks, Jonas, that makes good sense. Based on that I sho

Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
ence my original question. -Tom

Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome

2020-02-21 Thread Tom Browder
ualified domain names" (FQDNs) so they will have names like: + mail.example.com + smtp.example.com + mx.example.com Does anyone have strong reasons to use one over another, or any other choice? Thanks for any help. Best regards, -Tom

Re: LVM Boot fail

2020-02-16 Thread Tom Dial
On 2/16/20 05:36, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 10:57:36PM -0700, Tom Dial wrote: >> Neither the host nor the guest VM is rebooted often, and it is not a >> particularly serious problem now that it's known, but it would be better >> gone. I

LVM Boot fail

2020-02-15 Thread Tom Dial
o relevant documentation or other information, or suggestions for fixing it. and wouldn't object to information about fixing it, if anyone has encountered it previously. Thanks Tom Dial

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Tom Dial
On 2/13/20 14:50, Michael Stone wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 01:57:49PM -0700, Tom Dial wrote: >> XFS is excellent, and so also is JFS. > > Yes on XFS, no on JFS. (XFS is very actively developed; JFS is moribund, > has no really compelling benefits over other filesyt

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Tom Dial
linus-torvalds-zfs-statements-arent-right-heres-the-straight-dope/ [2] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/13/zfs_linux/ Regards, Tom Dial > > I do not recommend btrfs and anyone who does should have a look at > the linux-btrfs mailing list to see how many cases of data loss and > loss of availability people have reported this month. > > Cheers, > Andy >

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Tom Dial
resses dual boot, although it would appear possible to do so with appropriate intervention in the partitioning step. The machine I am using now is dual boot, with Windows 10 on one disk, Debian 10 root-on-zfs on a second, and either selectable from the grub menu. [1] https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/wiki/Debian-Bust

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 14:29 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 02:26:26PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > Tixy, thanks. I did check the latest Deb 10 version but not the change > log. > > I was fooled by the Debian version number which looks like the BSD number

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:13 Tixy wrote: > On Wed, 2020-02-12 at 11:53 -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > I started looking in to use of OpenSMPTD for a mail server and have > > installed it from Debian packages. > > > > In the process of reading a blog article

Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Tom Browder
haven't received an answer yet. Opinions? Thanks. -Tom

Re: Ansible recommendations?

2020-02-11 Thread Tom Browder
t; (https://galaxy.ansible.com/), which is a repository of use contributed > roles for a variety of tasks. I have already looked at it briefly. Unfortunately I didn't find exactly what I was looking for, but some pieces look very useful. Thanks, Mike. -Tom

Re: Ansible recommendations?

2020-02-11 Thread Tom Browder
he way to go if your laptop needs to be the "master" (I suppose ... Thanks, Yvan, and you're right, the push mode is just what I need, whete it be Ansible or Rex. Cheers! -Tom

Re: Ansible recommendations?

2020-02-11 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 9:46 AM Mike Oliver wrote: > Tom Browder writes: ... Mike, thanks for your help. I just ordered the eBook you suggested. And, after looking at Rex, I think I'll try the Ansible route for now (although porting it to Raku would be an interesting project). Cheers! -Tom

Re: Ansible recommendations?

2020-02-11 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 09:25 Dan Ritter wrote: > Tom Browder wrote: ... > If you have flocks of nearly identical servers in several > flavors, you want Puppet or Chef or something similar. > ... > Puppet has its own language for configuration. > > Both take the approac

Re: Ansible recommendations?

2020-02-11 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 09:38 Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > On 2/11/20 4:08 PM, Tom Browder wrote: ... > > 1. If you have experience with Debian ansible, are you or were you > > satisfied with the experience? > ... > I won't say much about ansible since I didn't use it long

Ansible recommendations?

2020-02-11 Thread Tom Browder
books in print about Ansible. Can you recommend one for an experienced sysadmin who is an Ansible newbie? 3. If you don't recommend Ansible, can you recommend any other similar system? Thanks. -Tom

Re: "Ethernet trouble" thread

2020-02-04 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 2:54 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Feb 01, 2020 at 05:45:26PM +0100, Tom H wrote: >> >> You state that it's no longer udev that renames NICs. The following's >> from a sid VM using svsinit+sysvrc. > [...] >> udev is renaming "eth0&q

Re: Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Dial
On 1/28/20 03:15, Aidan Gauland wrote: On 27/01/20 12:40 pm, Tom Dial wrote: I can't tell whether or not this response is facetious. If it is, and you are not determined for other reasons to use Linux, I recommend FreeNAS No, I was serious, but I do have limits.  I've looked at FreeNAS

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Browder
ll report results later after I've given this a few days. Thank you so much Nate, Tomas, Curt, David, Byung-Hee, and Greg! Debian folks are great! Cheers! -Tom

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:36 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 04:11:33PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > when highlighting disappears, run "xrdb /dev/null" and restart emacs > > So, wait. You're saying that it *works for a little while* after > you lo

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Browder
app, search for the ... No, Curt, I didn't, but I will. I'm sorry I glossed over the point about the dconf editor. I will try that today. Thanks. -Tom

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Browder
like to be able to experiment with other desktops or window managers. Can I do that and still return safely to my current setup? If so, what do you recommend? Best, -Tom

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-27 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 2:39 AM wrote: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 08:04:29PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:17 AM wrote: ... > > Have you had a look in /etc/X11/Xresources? Yes, contents: $ cat /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common ! $Id$ ! load color-spe

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-27 Thread Tom Browder
Ugh, suggestions welcome, but I'm about to give up. Thanks for all the suggestions. If anyone does have an .Xresources file that seems to give a satisfactory emacs GTK under Buster I would love to get a copy to try it. Thanks, -Tom > > on the OP's machine as part of the Mate kitchen

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-27 Thread Tom Browder
l that I do get a boat load of xsession errors (file ~/.xsession-errors) which I've gotten used to over the years after getting no help from the sources I tried. And they didn't seem to be all that detrimental to my normal usage. I've posted those in a github gist here: https://gist.github.com/tbrowder/1e29c8541227588c08c7764be7b859d4 Thanks. -Tom

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-27 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:49 Nate Bargmann wrote: ... > At this point, I think you need to find any file on your system that has > the Emacs X resources that xrdb showed and comment them out. ... Good suggestion, Nate. And thanks for your and the other folks' patience. -Tom

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-27 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 05:37 Tom Browder wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 5:00 AM Nate Bargmann wrote: > > OP, Tom, you might try: > > > > grep -i "Emacs" /etc/X11/app-defaults/* > Would it help if I post my entire /etc/X11 directory and init.el on my

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-27 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 5:00 AM Nate Bargmann wrote: > OP, Tom, you might try: > > grep -i "Emacs" /etc/X11/app-defaults/* Nothing on mine, either, Nate. Thanks. -Tom

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-26 Thread Tom Browder
K+ GUI support) > anti-aliased fonts were well supported), I have configured Emacs the > same in my ~/.emacs.d/init.al file: > > (custom-set-faces ... Thanks, but I like a white os very light background. -Tom

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-26 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 5:01 AM Curt wrote: ... > I guess we'll never know why unless you show us the output of > > xrdb -query Sorry, to be so late, but I just did. -Thanks. -Tom

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-26 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 5:16 PM Mike Kupfer wrote: > Curt wrote: > I had something similar to this happen to me with Emacs 24. I ended up > adding an override to my ~/.emacs to set the highlighting color. > > Tom, which Emacs package are you using? The (default) GTK-based bui

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-26 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:17 AM wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 04:10:37PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > I have a new laptop running Buster (with the MATE desktop) and noticed my > > Emacs highlighted text was not showing any differently than non-highlighted > > text. Af

Re: Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-26 Thread Tom Dial
ny of them. Full disclosure: I have no connection with IXsystems other than as a satisfied user, and have used Linux (nearly all Debian) almost exclusively for over 25 years. Regards, Tom Dial td...@acm.org

Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-24 Thread Tom Browder
anything. I wanted to see if the mere presence of the file would affect the situation, but apparently not. I hope someone can suggest something to fix this problem permanently. Thanks. Best regards, -Tom

Re: Problem with slow local network access

2020-01-20 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 08:33 Tom Browder wrote: > Just recently I've noticed a tremendous slow down in my normal work flow > between two local hosts on my home wireless network. I use a Terminix app > on an iPad to ssh into my laptop running Debian 10 Buster. > Please disregard,

Problem with slow local network access

2020-01-20 Thread Tom Browder
have I touched it with the previous laptop it replaced. A previous query to this list when I first noticed a slight slowdown some months ago elicited comments about rebooting the network modem but that doesn't seem to help. Suggestions welcome! Thanks. -Tom

AMD 10.2 netinstall

2020-01-18 Thread tom h
Hello, Recently I have installed stable on a few old optiplex workstations that have an AMD graphics card. On first boot I always get a black screen and have to: 1. Enable non-free 2. Install firmware-linux-nonfree. Even though the netinstall media is firmware-10.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso

Re: Graphical indicators for Caps Lock and similar keys

2020-01-18 Thread Tom Browder
d Num lock keys. I would like to try your suggestion if you can tell me how to actually implement it--I am no longer familiar with the text settings for desktop tweaks, but I am comfortable with such changes with clear instructions. -Tom

Re: Graphical indicators for Caps Lock and similar keys

2020-01-18 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 3:27 AM Curt wrote: ... > There's also apparently the 'mate-tweak' package, after installation of which > (Preferences/Look and Feel/MATE Tweak/Enable keyboard LED). That worked, at least I can see the position of my Caps Lock key now--thanks, Curt! -Tom

Re: Graphical indicators for Caps Lock and similar keys

2020-01-17 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 20:55 Jape Person wrote: > On 1/17/20 7:27 PM, Tom Browder wrote: > > Is there any way to get a graphical indicator on a docking bar to show > > their status? > > > I don't know whether or not gkrellm-leds would work for you. That looks like a

Graphical indicators for Caps Lock and similar keys

2020-01-17 Thread Tom Browder
I have a laptop, running Debian 10 (Buste) with the Mate desktop. Unfortunately the laptop doesn't have light indicators on the keyboard for keys such as: CapLock, NumLock, Insert, etc. Is there any way to get a graphical indicator on a docking bar to show their status? Thanks, -Tom

package install: pinning and warnings

2020-01-07 Thread tom h
So I've got a test box that I have sid installed on and the following in my /etc/apt/preferences Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 1000 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 100 I also have these two packages installed: sapt-listbugs apt-listchanges I went to install

Re: Bootable USB Buster System

2019-10-26 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 12:52 deloptes wrote: > deloptes wrote: > ... > > Rebooted and voila it works. > > > > regards > > Perhaps I should write a howto as I see +1 interested That would be great! As usual, the Devil is in the details! Best regards, -Tom

Re: Slow LAN on daughter’s network using ssh

2019-10-19 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:41 john doe wrote: > On 10/19/2019 6:07 PM, Tom Browder wrote: > > At home I use ssh from my iPad to my local Debian Buster laptop with no > > noticeable delay most of the time. ... > Could be one of the following: > - Network topology &

Re: Slow LAN on daughter’s network using ssh

2019-10-19 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:23 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Tom Browder (2019-10-19 18:07:51) > > At home I use ssh from my iPad to my local Debian Buster laptop with > > no noticeable delay most of the time. ... > If you don't have control over the gatewat router and

Slow LAN on daughter’s network using ssh

2019-10-19 Thread Tom Browder
DSL router for her LAN and I use Cox’s standard router for mine. I have tried a reboot of her router and service is a bit better, but it rapidly deteriorates. Both our systems have separate 2.4 and 5 GHz networks. I use both at home but but I am only using 5 GHz at her house. Thanks. -Tom

Re: Nodejs and Harp static website generator

2019-10-12 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 15:51 Tom Browder wrote: > Has anyone on this list had any experience with Harp (https://harpjs.com)? > > I am having trouble getting it re-installed and not getting much help from > the developer. > SUCESS (sort of) I found a hack that works and h

Nodejs and Harp static website generator

2019-10-12 Thread Tom Browder
Has anyone on this list had any experience with Harp (https://harpjs.com)? I am having trouble getting it re-installed and not getting much help from the developer. Alternatively, can anyone recommend a suitable substitute for it. Thanks for any help or suggestions. Warm regards, -Tom

Re: I support the founder of FreeSoftware

2019-09-19 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 11:30 Jude DaShiell wrote: > On Thu, 19 Sep 2019, Fred wrote: ... > > > Do we have our lying idiot, bag of crap, fake President to thank for > making > > that much worse? > Not all agree with you. Politics and angry speech have no place on this list. -Tom

Google APIs: know any books on the subject?

2019-08-23 Thread Tom Browder
) book? Thanks. Cheers! -Tom

Re: Emacs probs in buster: selected text not highlighted

2019-08-17 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 4:12 PM Mike Kupfer wrote: ... > IIRC, GTK3 lets the user (theme) specify the color to be used for > selection. So something else you could experiment with (using > emacs-gtk) is different themes. Thanks, Mike, very helpful! -Tom

Re: Emacs probs in buster: selected text not highlighted

2019-08-17 Thread Tom Browder
ting works (but other colors are changed). Still investing. Some progress, though, thanks a heap! -Tom

Re: Emacs probs in buster: selected text not highlighted

2019-08-15 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 2:04 AM Johann Spies wrote: ... > What does "/usr/bin/emacs --debug-init" show? I got no messages and a normal looking blank window with a *scratch* buffer. -Tom

Re: Arrow annotation in GIMP.

2019-08-14 Thread Tom Browder
blic when I get the time. Check out https://perl6.org for more info on the language. Best regards, -Tom

Emacs probs in buster: selected text not highlighted

2019-08-12 Thread Tom Browder
regards, -Tom

Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae

2019-08-11 Thread Tom Browder
le of points: 1. I had to restart the system, a mere logout didn't change anything. 2. The surprise is that it didn't actually show my user name, it showed my real name. So security is a little better than showing my user name; in fact, it seems better because, otherwise, folks in my audience could see me type my user name! Best regards, -Tom

Re: Acess Devian 9 laptop by another devica via wifi

2019-08-11 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 10:15 Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 08:31:34AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 5:12 AM Tom Browder > wrote: > > > > > > > > Is there any reliable way to either (1) always connect via the LA

Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae

2019-08-10 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 10:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 10 aug 19, 09:52:48, Tom Browder wrote: > > > > I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing. Okay, good point. I'll try that route... Thanks. -Tom

Buster Mate: how to set default user nae

2019-08-10 Thread Tom Browder
memory has me entering it in the blank user name slot!). I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing. I have also tried "find ~/.config -exec grep -i user {} \; -print " and found nothing that seemed worth a deeper look. Can anyone help me? Thanks. Best regards, -Tom

Re: Buster RC 1 upgrade to stable

2019-07-10 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 18:34 songbird wrote: > Tom Browder wrote: > > > > I had to use Buster RC 1 to successfully install Debian on a new laptop > > (from Zareason) since I couldn't get Stretch stable to work. > > > > Now that Buster is stable, how should I pro

Buster RC 1 upgrade to stable

2019-07-10 Thread Tom Browder
on this list are procedures for those who upgraded to testing from Stretch. Thanks. -Tom

Re: Debian Programming languages

2019-05-24 Thread Tom Browder
Perl 6 community. We welcome all to visit <https://perl6.org> and join the fun! (We did have some server problems recently which may have led you to think development has stalled.) Warmest regards, -Tom #perl6, #perl6-dev alias: tbrowder github: tbrowder

Re: Remote server access via KVM?

2019-05-09 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 07:35 Dan Ritter wrote: > Tom Browder wrote: > > My remote server hosted with Dedispec has serious problems and they have > > offered me access via KVM. > > > > What do I need on my end to use that access to fix my remote host from my &g

Remote server access via KVM?

2019-05-09 Thread Tom Browder
My remote server hosted with Dedispec has serious problems and they have offered me access via KVM. What do I need on my end to use that access to fix my remote host from my home network? All the references I see are access to VMs running on a local network. Thanks. -Tom

Re: New dual boot laptop: Best file system for a USB live image for installation?

2019-04-25 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 07:02 Tom Browder wrote: > > I'm preparing to install Win 10 and Deb 9 on a new ZaReason laptop which has > no installed OS on it. Again, thanks to all who offered help. I have my new Zareason laptop up and running! Basic specs: UltraLap 6440 i7 Processor: i

Re: New laptop: need advice on choice of file system types

2019-04-15 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 9:50 AM Tom Browder wrote: > > I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and ... Thanks to all who have given me advice on selecting the file system for a new laptop. After considering all suggestions and my use of the laptop, I have decided

Re: New laptop: need advice on choice of file system types

2019-04-12 Thread Tom Browder
has to learn new controls in a reliable vehicle, or flying in a local home-built experimental aircraft? ;-D -Tom

New laptop: need advice on choice of file system types

2019-04-12 Thread Tom Browder
and values his data and wants reasonable reliability? Thanks, -Tom

New dual-boot laptop with two SSD drives: should I use LVM (and I have no experience with it)?

2019-04-12 Thread Tom Browder
mputer via a USB inteface. I'm leaning toward using LVM but would appreciate any advice from LVM users. Thanks. Best regards, -Tom

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