Re: Results of Testmail_1-3

On Jul 04, 2024, Hans wrote: > So, these are th eresults: > > 1. A new created maiil does not have a spam tag. > > 2. Reply to my own mail does also not have a spam tag. > > 3. Reply to any user mail DOES have a spam tag. > > So it looks like there is something , which some mailservers do not

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

Lucio Crusca wrote: > Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: > > > > maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? > > > > I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that > > # apt-get install gitlab > > should just work out of the box, or there is a problem, either on my

Re: timeout for iptables

Max Nikulin wrote: > On 02/07/2024 19:28, Dan Ritter wrote: > > iptables (which are currently implemented in nftables) don't have a native > > timeout; > > nft sets have the timeout option. Isn't it to specify interval of time to > remove elements? It works with ips

Re: timeout for iptables

Jeff Peng wrote: > Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules? > > for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and > another IP should be blocked for one week. iptables (which are currently implemented in nftables) don't have a native timeout; you need

Re: Shell UA

Jeff Peng wrote: > Do u know if there is a shell UserAgent that can be used to log in gmail? > mutt can support OAUTH or an app-specific password; if you can set up the latter, most other mail agents can also use it. -dsr-

Re: how2 format a flash drive

Lee wrote: > My gripes and difficulties are the same thing. No universal image > viewer like Ifranview, `apt search image viewer` suggests: eog, eom, ephoto, photoqt.. among dozens of others. But start with one of those. > an html editor would be nice -- something along > the lines of the

Re: Need help with narroely focused use case of Emacs

Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/28/2024 03:53 PM, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 28 Jun 2024 14:04 -0500, from rowl...@access.net (Richard Owlett): > > > I need to replace ANY occurrence of > > > > > >thru [at most] > > > > > > by > > > > > > > > > I'm reformatting a

Re: fail2ban: default 5 attemps == 1 SSH client connection?

Steffen Dettmer wrote: > I encountered multiple times that debian based containers use fail2ban by > default with a max attempt value of 5, even for SSH logins using strong > asymmetric keys. There is no "debian based container" standard. Talk to whoever built your container. (Why isn't it

Re: Why can't i get gnome extensions installed on bookwork?

DdB wrote: > Hello list, > > i am out of luck and into a rabbit hole, please help me out! > > Now, i am lost. I thought, in stable, the Fox-esr would be compatible > with the gnome extensions, but it claims, that would not be case. > > What am i missing? As far as I can tell, this needs two

Re: htmldoc default font size

Roger Price wrote: > I'm using htmldoc 1.9.11-4+deb11u3 to convert html files to pdf. When > playing with the fontsize option I discover that the default is not a whole > number, more like 11.2 points. Is this the expected behaviour ? > > Background: The manual at

Re: MoinMoin wikis and Debian 11+

Greg Wooledge wrote: > As we're nearing the end of life for Debian 10, I'm still wondering > what MoinMoin wiki users are supposed to do. (This includes > as near as I can see from SystemInfo.) ... > Or should we burn the entire site down, migrate to some other wiki

Re: disable GUI/X?

David Chmelik wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:47:58 +0200, tomas wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 04:39:50AM -, David Chmelik wrote: > >> On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:39:15 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > >> > David Chmelik composed on 2024-06-19 02:24 (UTC): > >> > > >> >> How can I disable GUI/X

Documentation improvement (optical and USB install media)

Nobody is advocating removing the optical disk media options. There are no plans to do so, that I am aware of. Planning to do so would not make sense, since the current build process happily produces images suitable for both optical disks and USB filesystem devices. All the discussion has

Re: CD/DVD is obsolete or deprecate at 2025?

Vitold S wrote: > Is there a chance to change in next versions i.e. Debain 13 or other > versions an assembly specifically for a USB flash drive as primary > download? Do you think the time has come? When do you think this moment > will happen? Several years ago.

Re: can't connect to eduroam due to SSL3 unsupported protocol

Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2024-06-17 08:26:39 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On stable: > > $ openssl list -disabled > > Disabled algorithms: > > IDEA > > MD2 > > MDC2 > > RC5 > > SCTP > > SSL3 > > ZLIB > > > > So, S

Re: can't connect to eduroam due to SSL3 unsupported protocol

Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Hi, > > Under Debian/unstable, I can't connect to eduroam due to the following > reason: > > Jun 17 13:58:31 qaa wpa_supplicant[1184]: wlp0s20f3: > CTRL-EVENT-EAP-PROPOSED-METHOD vendor=0 method=25 > Jun 17 13:58:31 qaa wpa_supplicant[1184]: wlp0s20f3:

Re: No image from analog cameras with TW6816 video capture card.

A. F. Cano wrote: > > I hope this is the proper forum to post this. The more relevant lists > of years ago are no longer active: > > https://www.linuxtv.org/lists.php > > I'm trying to get these Lorex SR AIS color cameras, that are supposedly > capable of 1024 x 768 max and 728 x 488 NTSC, to

Re: [ SOLVED] Re: Yet ANOTHER ThunderTurd ( Thunderbird ) topic... Text Size

Bret Busby wrote: > On 4/6/24 00:10, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > I will say that one should probably not expect perfection from an email > > reader that's named after a cheap wine. > > > > ? USA-centric reference. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavored_fortified_wine -dsr-

Re: alt-~ in xfce

Paul Scott wrote: > (Debian sid) > > Can alt-~ in  XFCE switch windows of the same application? Settings -> Window Manager -> Keyboard Find "Switch window for same application". Tap "Edit" Type alt ~ Try it out. -dsr-

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

Michael Grant wrote: > I have long been plagued by the problem if sitting in a room or on a boat > with someone, 2 devices right next to one another, and no trivially easy way > to send a file from one device to the other without say first uploading it > to some mutual third party (e.g.

Re: [Solved]: What DE to replace GNOME with?

DdB wrote: > Am 01.06.2024 um 11:02 schrieb Andrew M.A. Cater: > > You would need to go from buster - bullseye to bookworm anyway. > > > > Read the Release Notes for Bullseye to pick up on any changes. > > > > Do note also that Bookworm is currently supported: Bullseye security > > support ends

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

Juan R.D. Silva wrote: > I use Skype installed from Debian official repo. A couple of days ago it > refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into it, I > found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server and basically > forces everyone to use Snap package instead.

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

Carter Zhang wrote: > Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? > There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, > Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective problems. On the Debian side, options include: - SFTP and SCP via

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

Paul M Foster wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 08:15:36AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > You're spending the money on a house, which is $LARGESUM. Spend > > the comparatively small amount of extra money on some form of > > wiring before you move in, so you don't end u

Re: moving some packages back to bookworm stable

to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 02:02:47PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > ISTR that "apt-get install =" will unconditionally > install of , if necessary pulling in dependencies. > > But I've never tried it :-) That pulls in dependencies but does not install packages that

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

Paul M Foster wrote: > We're moving across the state, and from what I've seen, providers there > will do something similar-- provide a router and/or modem which has wired > and wireless capabilities. However, because the house is not prewired for > internet, we must solve the problem of getting

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

Paul M Foster wrote: > At some point this year, I'm moving into a new house, and it is not wired > for internet (WHY aren't new houses wired with Cat5/6/7?). The local > internet provider will likely provide a wireless router, as they all do. My > idea is to put a device which receives wireless

Re: moving some packages back to bookworm stable

Stefan Monnier wrote: > > # apt install -t=bookworm db-util db5.3-util libc-bin libc-dev-bin > > I can never remember exactly what `-t` really does, but I suspect you'll > need things like > > apt install libc-bin/bookworm To install a single backported (or other release) package, apt-get

Re: Address 127.0.1.1

Paul M Foster wrote: > Folks: > > In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line: > > 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite > > I think Debian put it there. > > Later in the file, I've got: > > 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite > > So there are two entries for the same (my) machine. Is

Re: And another Dell Vostro 1700 question

Van Snyder wrote: > I have some DisplayLink e1649Fwu USB monitors. > > When I boot, there's junk (mixed graphics and text that seems to be out > of sync) on one, and the other is dark. When I reboot, it's almost the > same, except the monitors' roles have switched. > > Would the nouveau driver

Re: Debian, fail2ban, Version?

Maurizio Caloro wrote: > Hello > > Please why on Debian Bullseye, 11.9 is a pretty old version available in the > repository? > > # fail2ban-server -V > > 0.11.2 Bullseye became stable in August of 2021. "Stable" means that packages don't change except to fix serious bugs, especially

Re: How to run automatically a script as soon root login

Richmond wrote: > I was experimenting, and found this works: > > sudo xterm -e "echo 1 > hello" > > It created a file owned by root. But I found I was able to remove it > without being root even though group and world permissions were read > only. The owner of a directory can delete any file

Re: How to run automatically a script as soon root login

Mario Marietto wrote: > --> If they only want this thing to happen when root logs in directly on a > console or ssh, then .profile may indeed be the correct answer. > > Yes,I don't need to run xorg and a desktop environment,since warp-cli > disconnect and warp-cli connect do not require them. >

Re: Graphic Equalizer for Sound

Richmond wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > > Richmond wrote: > > Let's put in a broad bell that will cover bass and low treble > > voices: tap the first gear icon on top of a slider. By default, > > all these bands are configurable and set to no change, so we're >

Re: Graphic Equalizer for Sound

Richmond wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > > Parametric EQs are not the same as graphic EQs, but they are > > reasonably easy to understand and offer much more control. > > > > Suppose you want to boost all the bass below 50Hz. The > > parametric type you want

Re: Graphic Equalizer for Sound

Richmond wrote: > Is it possible to have a graphic equalizer for sound output? I am using > the Mate desktop. I installed EasyEffects from a flatpak and it appears > on the menu but does nothing. I don't know the command line. Probably > there is an error. I don't know anything about why a

Re: Zoom in the official repo is outdated

Luiz Romário Santana Rios wrote: > Hello, > > (Please cc me when replying as I'm not subscribed to the list) > > Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom meetings > using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to join meetings, > I had to uninstall it

Re: Efficient Package Dependency Search with aptitude

Yassine Chaouche wrote: > In my ongoing mission for precise package management, > I embarked on a quest to swiftly locate all installed packages dependent on > /mysql-server/. > Swift reconnaissance led me to /aptitude/, our stalwart ally in the Debian > arsenal. > Executing a tactical maneuver

Re: Current best practices for system configuration management?

Mike Castle wrote: > and so on, it is time to explore solutions. I only have four systems > at the moment (two physical and two virtual), so I don't think I need > something too fancy. > > My first thought was to simply add a `Files:` section to *.control > files I use for my metapackages.

Re: opinion - apt-mirror or aptly

fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > i intend to create a local mirror for debian armhf > it seems apt-mirror and aptly are the applications most used > is one easier, more reliable, ... If all you want is a local mirror, apt-mirror is less configuration. If you want a more complicated system --

Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd

On Apr 10, 2024, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Hi, > > On one machine, I have > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2023-10-07 13:43:24 > /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/dm-event.socket -> > /lib/systemd/system/dm-event.socket > > and on another one, I have > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39

Re: Root password strength

jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 20/3/24 19:03, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2024 15:46 +0800, fromjeremy.ard...@gmail.com (jeremy ardley): > > > [users are locked out from uploading their public key using ssh-copy-id] > > So the private keys aren't private, thereby invalidating a lot of >

Re: Root password strength

Jan Krapivin wrote: > I read Debian Administrator's handbook now. And there are such words: > > The root user's password should be long (12 characters or more) and > impossible to guess. ... > The thing is my password is very easy now, and i haven't thought about > *"automated > connection

Re: Debugging an USB array issue

Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > on a Debian bullseye uptodate system [1], I experiment frequent (every > 3-4 hours on heavy load) disk disconnections from a md RAID10 array with > 4 drives connected to an USB 1M adapter [2]. > > Errors do not look like a timeout, but like a DMA error [3]. > >

Re: logcheck(1) in bookworm 12.5 /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles.d/syslog.logfiles

John Conover wrote: > > Email from logcheck(1) contains: > > E: File could not be read: /var/log/syslog > E: File could not be read: /var/log/auth.log > > which do not exist in bookworm 12.5. They do as soon as you install rsyslog. Arguably this should be in rsyslog's package, though

Re: Bind9 local DNS not forwarding query to public DNS

Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Need your experience advice, We have a BIND9 DNS server that operates both > privately and publicly for the domain example xyz.com. I use the private > DNS for certain secure nodes on our local network. I want all VPN users to > be able to resolve these secure nodes

Re: very poor nfs performance

Mike Kupfer wrote: > Stefan K wrote: > > > > Can you partition the files into 2 different shares? Put the database > > > files in one share and access them using "sync", and put the rest of the > > > files in a different share, with no "sync"? > > this could be a solution, but I want to

Re: strange time problem with bullseye

Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > I don't ordinarily shut this machine down for the most part. Every once in a > while all of my swap partition gets filled up, and then there's this > continuous hard drive activity that I'm assuming is what they mean by > "thrashing". The only option at that

Re: ldap_result() failed: Can't contact LDAP server

Shaheena Kazi wrote: > Package: nslcd > > I have upgraded from Debian 11 to Debian 12. > > The problem is that I keep getting the below errors in the syslog... > 893:2024-02-29T16:30:13.055665+00:00 hostname-shaheena nslcd[7712]: > [d062c2] ldap_start_tls_s() failed (uri=ldap:// >

Re: Spam from the list?

Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > during the last moonths I get more mails from the debian-user list marked as > spam than before. Something must have changed. > > I examined the header of the mails, but did not see any unusual. > > Below I send the header of an example of such a mail, maybe you

Re: Temporary failure in name resolution

Shaheena Kazi wrote: > Package: ntpsec > > Hello, we were using Bullseye and have upgraded to Bookworm. > With Bookworm, we have ntpsec. > The package is installed successfully and the service looks good. > But the syslog is filled with below messages: > >

Re: “Secure Connection Failed” Error in Firefox

Marcelo Laia wrote: > Hello Debian users! > > When accessing the website https://gontijoonibus.gontijo.com.br/ on Firefox > Android (on my smartphone), the site is accessed normally. However, when > attempting to access this site on the desktop, Debian Firefox-ESR version > 115.8.0esr

Re: Getting my PCMCIA Serial card to work

Anders Andersson wrote: > I like old PCMCIA cards, and would like to get a serial card to work > on a Thinkpad X40 running Debian 12.5. > > The card is just called "Serial I/O PC Card" and should be physically > and electrically compatible, 3.3V/5V, 16 bit. I think it is this: >

Re: Error: Failed to start Apache2 service on boot

Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 03/01/2024 11:08 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > > > > [1] Look at /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf line 11 > > there you should see something like > > [2] "ExecCG" which probably should read "ExecCGI" instead. > > > That was the problem. Many thanks.

Re: Useful Unix compatible commands

Jonathan Matthew Gresham wrote: > If you know any more that can work on GNU compatible software or Unix > compatible software please indicate the commands in your reply. Perhaps you want to read the Debian Administrator's Handbook? https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/ Or an

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > I don't want to bikeshed, though. Slavery ended in the US about 150 > years ago. I don't know any slaves, and I don't own any slaves, so I > don't really have a dog in the fight. Point of fact: slavery is legal in the USA, as a legal punishment. Other point of fact:

Re: Journald's qualities (was: Selective rotation of journald logs)

Stefan Monnier wrote: > Makes one wonder why they don't use naive append-only "plain text" logs > (tho with appropriate delimiters (maybe some kind of CSV) to make > searches more reliable than with old-style plain text logs)? > > What are the advantages of journald's representation? > I mean,

Re: 'sensors -j' and "ERROR: Can't get value of subfeature in0_input: Can't read"

Emanuel Berg wrote: > sensors(1) and in particular the command 'sensors -j' now > reports > > ERROR: Can't get value of subfeature in0_input: Can't read > ERROR: Can't get value of subfeature in1_input: Can't read > > for the CPU and GPU temperatures. > > This previously worked so I don't

Re: how to downgrade nvidia-graphics-drivers packages?

Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > Looking at a set of installed binary packages built from the same source > package, I would like to keep the version numbers consistent. There might > be exceptions, but in general you won't like to mix unstable and experimental > binary packages from the

Re: Hard links - How do they work

Keith Bainbridge wrote: > As promised: > I said sometime in this thread that timeshift (and Back in Time) use hard > links to create progressive copies of the system. The more I think about how > hard links reportedly work, I reckon it can't be simply hard links. > > So I'm starting a new thread

Re: Debian bookworm: reboot required

Klaus Singvogel wrote: > I'm not searching for kind of notifier, instead I want to lookup the reboot > by my own (shell) script, like via existance of a file. > > I'll install unattended-upgrades now, and will see, if it helps at next > kernel installation. I will note that while

Re: hexchat being discontinued?

Default User wrote: > Well, it seems that hexchat is being discontinued. > IMHO, it is/was the only IRC client that was actually usable.  > > Any recommendations for a GOOD alternative? I like weechat. Some people like quassel. Hexchat is packaged in bookworm, so there's no reason for you to

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

hw wrote: > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 06:44 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > > hw wrote: > > > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > > > [...] > > > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > > > product

Re: testing new sdm drive

to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 07:50:18AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > So, if you want to use `badblocks`, you may want to do it on an > > encrypted partition (that covers the whole device) rather than on the > > raw device. > > This is an interesting idea. I haven't

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

hw wrote: > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > [...] > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > products, and it makes APC not recommendable any longer. > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? Liebert at the high end, CyberPower at the

Re: testing new sdm drive

David Christensen wrote: > > Page 1-16 states: > > USB 3.1 Gen 1 connectors (20-1 pin U31G1_12; U31G1_34) > > This connector allows you to connect a USB 3.1 Gen 1 module for additional > USB 3.1 Gen 1 front or rear panel ports. With an installed USB 3.1 Gen 1 > module, you can enjoy all the

Re: NUC freeazing due to kernel bug

Tim Janssen wrote: > I use debian server on my NUC to run a low powered home server. It freezes > every 2-3 days what looks to be a kernel bug. From a lot of testing it only > occurs when the ethernet cable is inserted and it seems it has to do > something with low power mode (c-states). These

Re: Copy from Firefox and paste into Terminal with Vim

David Christensen wrote: > On 2/5/24 16:48, Dan Ritter wrote: > > David Christensen wrote: > > > Please provide a URL that describes the Vim "+ and "* buffers, how to > interact with them within Vim, how to interact with them from other apps, > etc.. ht

Re: Mixing HDD and SSD in lvm

Kamil Jońca wrote: > > Debian box with LVM > LVM uses 2 PV - raid devices each uses 2 HDD (rotating) > discs (with sata interfaces). > > Now I am considering replacing one PV with md device constisting of SSD > discs, so LVM will be have one "HDD" based pv and one SSD based PV. > Should I

Re: Copy from Firefox and paste into Terminal with Vim

David Christensen wrote: > Normally, I can cut and paste between Xfce desktop applications. > > > Enter a Zip Code of "12345", highlight the first result, copy it to the > clipboard, start Terminal, open a file with Vim, press "i" to enter insert > mode, and paste, sometimes I see what I copied

Re: what keyboard do you use?

Henrik Morsing wrote: > Happy Hacking lite for the last 20+ years, absolutely nothing else will > suffice. And I work faster than any colleague I've ever met because of it. > > And it has to be that exact version (they don't make it anymore) because of > the right-side Fn key and the separate

Re: what keyboard do you use?

jeremy ardley wrote: > Lee wrote: > > > I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :( > > I have decided to go to the mechanical keyboard style where you get positive > feedback on key strokes. > > For me there are two 'colors' that are interesting > > Blue which has strong

Re: printing problem, markdown files

gene heskett wrote: > On 2/1/24 12:24, Dan Ritter wrote: > > gene heskett wrote: > > pandoc -f markdown FILEIN.md -t pdf -o FILEOUT.pdf > > > > will turn markdown into PDF, which you can probably print, if by > > no other means than FTP to the printer i

Re: printing problem, markdown files

gene heskett wrote: > debian bookworm everting updated earlier this morning. > > I have an about 125 page .md file I need hardcopy of. If you don't have pandoc installed: sudo apt install pandoc then: pandoc -f markdown FILEIN.md -t pdf -o FILEOUT.pdf will turn markdown into PDF, which you

Re: can't type certain letters

fjd wrote: > You cannot type 'w', 'r', 'y', 'u', 'o' and return key. I haven't checked if > capitals are affected or if non-alphabeticals like '$' or '=' are affected. > It's got an American keyboard. > > The problem is present when you boot direct to BIOS/UEFI. > > All I want to know are

Re: Automatically installing GRUB on multiple drives

hw wrote: > How is btrfs going to deal with this problem when using RAID? Require > hardware RAID? > > Having to add mdadm RAID to a setup that uses btrfs just to keep efi > partitions in sync would suck. You can add hooks to update-initramfs or update-grub. To a first approximation:

Re: Changing The PSI Definition

Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 07:32:38PM -0500, Thomas George wrote: > > The current PSI works perfectly but I don't like the pale green prompt. > > > > Tried editing .bashrd , /ext/fprofile and /ext/bash.bashrc but no changes to > > the PSI definition had any effect > > You

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

Stefan Monnier wrote: > Server Version: 15.0.0 > Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz > Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right > Default Sink: @DEFAULT_SINK@ > Default Source: @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ > Cookie: 40db:2cde > % > > Not sure what the `Cookie`

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Does mplayer give any more interesting errors? > > Oh, I didn't notice it at first, but now that you ask, yes it does: > after something like a timeout period it says: > > AO: [pulse] Init failed: Timeout > Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' > > And lo

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

Stefan Monnier wrote: > > This should be the Intel 4500 integrated gpu, which is part of > > the i915/i965 family. It needs: > > > > - an intel kernel module > > According to `lsmod | grep '^i'` I have `i915` loaded. Is that the one? Yes. > > - X11 running the intel video driver > >

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

Stefan Monnier wrote: > Whenever I try to view videos in Firefox in my trusty Thinkpad T61, > Firefox just eats up the CPU but doesn't actually show the video. > > At startup I get the following message: > > [GFX1-]: vaapitest: VA-API test failed: failed to initialise VAAPI > connection.

Re: su su- sudo dont work

Schwibinger Michael wrote: > Good afternoon. > Root terminal is fine. > What do I do wrong? > What did I destroy? > > PC does have only one user=admin. > > Regards Sophie > Is it the rescue mode? Please tell us: exactly what rescue mode you were using exactly what the prompt was exactly

Re: NUT and Eaton UPS produce a lot of error messages

Stefan Schumacher wrote: > Hello > > I recently bought a small UPS by Eaton in order to prevent my > btrfs-fileserver (running Debian 12 Bookworm, which is also the source > of my nut-installation) from shutting down abruptly while writing > something important during a power loss. I have found

Re: standardize uid:gid?

Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I haven't tried it but I would assume that if the user exists then the > > package uses that. So cresting a template /etc/passwd before > > installing packages would fix this. > > That works, indeed. Maybe Someone™ should develop a small "UGID server" > which

Re: man page for cut

Richmond wrote: > echo hello|cut -b=2-5 > cut: invalid byte/character position ‘=2-5’ > Try 'cut --help' for more information. > > Why is this? > > (An example paints a thousand words). $ echo hello|cut -b 2-5 ello $ echo hello|cut --bytes=2-5 ello -dsr-

Re: ata6.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x100)

On Jan 12, 2024, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > In one of my new machines, I have a DVD+/-RW drive. There were > no issues on January 8 and 9. But today, I'm getting > > ata6.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x100) > > errors at boot time. > [...] > > Any idea? It's an I/O error between

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

phoebus phoebus wrote: > Dear members of the Debian community, > > I am currently on the lookout for a terminal emulator on Debian that can > handle controlled printing from a remote server often referred to as > "passthrough" printing. Our specific requirement is the ability to select the >

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

Stefan Monnier wrote: > > manufacturers in different memory banks, but since it's always > > possible to power down, replace or just remove memory, and power > > up again, > > Hmm... "always"? What about long running computations like that > simulation (or LLM training) launched a month ago and

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

David Christensen wrote: > On 1/11/24 05:50, Dan Ritter wrote: > > David Christensen wrote: > STFW the Dell PowerEdge 6850 (circa 2004) featured "hot plug" disk drives, > expansion slots, memory risers, power supplies, and system cooling fans: > > https://download

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

David Christensen wrote: > On 1/10/24 09:07, Curt wrote: > > On 2024-01-10, David Christensen wrote: > > dual network interfaces, and dual power supplies come to mind. I am unclear > about dual processors and/or dual memory banks. Moving beyond one computer, There are no systems that I'm

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

Curt wrote: > On 2024-01-10, David Christensen wrote: > > > > > > Given the OP's situation -- 8 consumer SSD's, same make and model, > > possibly from a defective manufacturing batch, all purchased at the same > > time, all deployed in the same RAID-6, all run 2.5 years 24x7, and all > >

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

The Wanderer wrote: > So... as the Subject asks, should I be worried? How do I interpret these > results, and at what point do they start to reflect something to take > action over? If there is not reason to be worried, what *do* these > alerts indicate, and at what point *should* I start to be

Re: xfce screen detachment

Russell L. Harris wrote: > system: amd64 desktop, debian 12, xfce, NEC MultiSync EA192M monitor > > I don't know precisely how to describe the problem, other than > "detachment". About every week or so, when using the rodent, the > entire screen -- borders and all -- moves with respect to the

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 17:47:18 -0500 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > root@tiassa:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda > smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-6.1.0-17-amd64] (local build) > Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: > ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

Charles Curley wrote: > I have a brand new NVME device, details below, in a brand new computer. You might, but that's not what the details you show us are saying. > smartd just started returning pending sector errors. > > A recent extended (long) test run since the first reported pending >

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

On Jan 02, 2024, Charles Curley wrote: > I have a brand new NVME device, details below, in a brand new computer. > smartd just started returning pending sector errors. Means you've got "N" bad sector(s) on the drive. It happens, even on new drives. > > A recent extended (long) test run since

Re: Bug on upgrade to bookworm with Apache/PHP?

Andrew Wood wrote: > This is because the php7.4 files have now been replaced with php8.2 > > Specifically sym linsk in  /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ which link to  > /etc/apache2/mods-available/ > php7.4.conf -> ../mods-available/php7.4.conf > php7.4.load -> ../mods-available/php7.4.load > >

Re: No Sound With Bookworm

Thomas George wrote: > Pulseaudio Volume control shows a strong signal audio output but nothing > reaches the speakers. > > This must be a well known problem but I can't find the answer. Check the volume control's tabs for Output Device and Configuration; frequently PA decides there is no

Re: APT preferring `stable` over `stable-security`

Stefan Monnier wrote: > I noticed today that one of my machines was still running openssh > 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u1 rather than 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2 even though it is > supposed to do its unattended-upgrades, so I tried a manual upgrade and > the result was still the same. > > Only after > > apt

Re: Help: network abuse

David Christensen wrote: > Does Debian and/or Linux support SYN cookies? Yes. Put net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1 in an appropriate sysctl.d/ file. To check on current settings: sysctl -n net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies

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