Restoring file capabilities in /usr

2022-02-16 Thread deb
Hi All, Is there an easy method of restoring original file capabilities for the entire /usr directory? The background is I wanted to move my /usr directory to another partition and I copied it with "cp -ar ..." and deleted the original content of /usr to find out my ping does not work because of

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread fm+deb+user
> >hi, >the problem is exactly what says my subject. >every morning, ls /usr/bin/pulseaudio gives: > ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/pulseaudio': No such file or directory >and I must issue "aptitude reinstall pulseaudio" >I plan to put the ls command every minute to find when it disappears, >unle

mpv crashes on exit and all windows that have not been closed up to this point hang

2021-01-11 Thread deb-...@web.de
Package: mpv Version: 0.29.1-1 Hello, I hope this ist the correctly mailinglist, I am not shure whether I interprets the trigger of the bug correctly. But in my opinion, the reason of the error is not by doublecmd, I have tested many Versions of doublecmd, all with the same result. Other players

Re: Fwd: nemo crashes with no error [in Stretch]

2019-07-30 Thread deb
On 7/28/19 11:21 AM, Curt wrote: On 2019-07-28, deb wrote: (Just trying this one again. No one else has seen this?) on Debian Stretch 9.8 to 9.9 --has anyone else run into nemo just flat out crashing? Martin ran into it. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=869165

Fwd: nemo crashes with no error [in Stretch]

2019-07-28 Thread deb
(Just trying this one again. No one else has seen this?) on Debian Stretch 9.8 to 9.9 --has anyone else run into nemo just flat out crashing? No errors shown at crash. No errors that I can dig out in logs. nemo just "goes away", often at the end of completing a copy. Sometimes just when tap

Re: Programming pointer? -- options to run Python3 from web page (not via Flask/cgi/Django)

2019-07-26 Thread deb
On 7/25/19 11:27 PM, Carl Fink wrote: On 7/25/19 11:23 PM, deb wrote: On 7/25/19 6:45 PM, Carl Fink wrote: Is there any specific reason you don't just use mod_python, to remove the overhead of a CGI script? Lack of knowledge only. If I can use mod_python to get that one script t

Re: Programming pointer? -- options to run Python3 from web page (not via Flask/cgi/Django)

2019-07-25 Thread deb
On 7/25/19 6:45 PM, Carl Fink wrote: On 7/25/19 5:06 PM, Joel Roth wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:16:09PM -0400, deb wrote: I have a large static html/AJAX .js apache2 site. If I want to have a server-side script just to handle a contact and push mail out; is there a non-(Django/cgi

nemo, no error-crashes [in Stretch]

2019-07-24 Thread deb
on Debian Stretch 9.8 to 9.9, has anyone else run into nemo just flat out crashing? No errors shown at crash. No errors that I can dig out in logs. nemo just flat out "goes away", often at the end of completing a copy. Sometimes just when tapping a folder. No set type of copy. No set folder.

Programming pointer? -- options to run Python3 from web page (not via Flask/cgi/Django)

2019-07-24 Thread deb
I have a large static html/AJAX .js apache2 site. If I want to have a server-side script just to handle a contact and push mail out; is there a non-(Django/cgi**/Flask) way to run a small Python3 script to do this? The python3 mail script already works standalone (tests out fine from CLI, on

Re: apt-cacher errors

2019-03-25 Thread deb
On 3/25/19 9:21 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 12:11:21PM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: I've found 30 entries referencing wheezy and removed them all: sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher/ -type f -name *wheezy* | xargs rm sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher -type f -name '*wheezy*'

Thanks for the help today folks

2019-03-22 Thread deb
I will summarize them all up. Thanks

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:25 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 22 Mar 2019 at 16:07:24 (-0400), Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 03:00:23PM -0500, David Wright wrote: If you're really worried, first remount the partitions readonly, which will fail if they're in use. Then unmount them and disconne

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 7:39 PM, Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 04:23:32PM -0400, deb wrote: On 3/22/19 4:07 PM, Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 03:00:23PM -0500, David Wright wrote: If you're really worried, first remount the partitions readonly, which will fail if th

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:21 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 3/22/19, David Wright wrote: On Fri 22 Mar 2019 at 14:00:24 (-0400), deb wrote: Just a reminder -- the bulk of mine are Seagate Backup Plus (1-5TB. USB 3.0). On Windows, when you dismount (Safely Remove) these the light goes off. I've

Re: Ways to verify tools/applications? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:22 PM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:52 PM deb <mailto:d...@rangingthoughts.org>> wrote: They won't all be admins, but the top tech folks will be. (But, those are likely the ones who will cause the most trouble). Do you know how to &q

Re: Ways to verify tools/applications? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 7:43 PM, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:44:15AM -0400, deb wrote: Are there list-suggested ways to help verify non-free / out-of-stable-distro or even seldomly updated in-distro tools, PRE-INSTALL? If in your /etc/apt/sources.list you stick to one

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:07 PM, Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 03:00:23PM -0500, David Wright wrote: If you're really worried, first remount the partitions readonly, which will fail if they're in use. Then unmount them and disconnect. Just unmount--that will fail if the partition is in use

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:00 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 22 Mar 2019 at 14:00:24 (-0400), deb wrote: On 3/22/19 1:48 PM, Curt wrote: On 2019-03-22, deb wrote: Depending on what's on the disk, it might be more useful to just use lsof to see what files are open and try to understand what those

Re: Ways to verify tools/applications? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 3:14 PM, bw wrote: in-reply-to= Are there list-suggested ways to help verify non-free / out-of-stable-distro or even seldomly updated in-distro tools, PRE-INSTALL? Well... that's a deep subject. You mention three different categories of pkgs, but I think many people would say the

Curt --- Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 1:48 PM, Curt wrote: On 2019-03-22, deb wrote: Depending on what's on the disk, it might be more useful to just use lsof to see what files are open and try to understand what those might be doing. Thank you Michael. I'll build up a list of these recommendations for

Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 1:36 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote: On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 13:14 -0400, deb wrote: I guess I found that some folks here (not many, but vocal) can be gruff and insensitive; and I just wanted to see if there were more "yielding" lists. The last thing I want to do is have

Michael - Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 12:24 PM, Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:23:29AM -0400, deb wrote: a.  Has anyone used iotop? thoughts? (I did -- it's CLI-based. I was underwhelmed. Hard-ish to use; can't easily pinpoint processes accessing the drives) Well, it's hard to say

Reco - Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 11:56 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:23:29AM -0400, deb wrote: a.  Has anyone used iotop? thoughts? Implemented in Python, so it's a toy. Was*the* thing back in 2.6.x kernel's days. b. Can anyone recommend a different tool? "iostat -kx 1

(Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 12:39 PM, Paul Sutton wrote: On 22/03/2019 15:31, deb wrote: Hello folks: For someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux does anyone have: Preferred other email lists, for new users? Perhaps more basic than this one? There are forums, but the emails are a good

Ways to verify tools/applications? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
Hello folks: Again, for someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux ... Are there list-suggested ways to help verify non-free / out-of-stable-distro or even seldomly updated in-distro tools, PRE-INSTALL? A portion of the users are going to have the ability to sudo apt-get ins

Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
Hello folks: For someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux does anyone have: Preferred other email lists, for new users? Perhaps more basic than this one? There are forums, but the emails are a good way to work too. Thanks!

iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
Hello folks: Situation:   Plenty of portable NTFS drives, occasionally hooked to debian.   The drive's light stays on [indicating use] even when dismounted (but still connected via USB).   I'd like to try and find out what's using the drive.   I don't like the idea of just yanking the cab

[OT] EE, Re: Tangentially: on Canonical being a great company?

2019-03-14 Thread deb
On 3/14/19 10:35 AM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 13 Mar 2019 at 23:19:09 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 13 March 2019 22:19:37 David wrote: On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 08:24, wrote: On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 04:51:57 PM deb wrote: * they sleep with Microsoft of E-E-E fame. Ok

Roberto [SOLVED] -- #pffffft -- Re: Tangentially: on Canonical being a great company?

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/13/19 5:32 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 04:51:57PM -0400, deb wrote: On 3/13/19 4:26 PM, *Jonathan Dowland* wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 01:48:04PM -0400, deb wrote: So, like Redhat, thousands of volunteers working the code for years, will see nothing

EEE

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/13/19 5:24 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 04:51:57 PM deb wrote:     * they sleep with Microsoft of E-E-E fame. Ok, I'll bite -- what is E-E-E? Seriously? Never heard of it? Embrace, Extend, Extinguish? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_e

Jonathan -- #pffffft -- Re: Tangentially: on Canonical being a great company?

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/13/19 4:26 PM, *Jonathan Dowland* wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 01:48:04PM -0400, deb wrote: So, like Redhat, thousands of volunteers working the code for years, will see nothing when canonical is sold. Red Hat employs thousands of people who are writing code, so when IBM

(Thank you Tom) Re: David --- Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/13/19 3:43 PM, Thomas D Dial wrote: On Wed, 2019-03-13 at 11:12 -0400, deb wrote: On 3/12/19 9:50 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 3/11/19 11:13 AM, deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was

David --- Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/12/19 9:50 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 3/11/19 11:13 AM, deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . *MY* Assumptions:   * MIXED NETWORK, with Win, Mac, Linux

Tom --- Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/11/19 3:35 PM, Thomas D Dial wrote: On Mon, 2019-03-11 at 14:13 -0400, deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . *MY* Assumptions: * MIXED NETWORK, with Win, Mac

Alexander -- Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/11/19 3:47 PM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 11.03.2019 23:13, deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . *MY* Assumptions:  * MIXED NETWORK, with Win, Mac

Thanks Mart -- Re: Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/11/19 5:08 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote: And yeah, Debian is an upstream distribution, so you will have a lot of people who are being overly purist about Linux solutions, because they have the luxury of working in homogenous environments. Unfortunately a lot of them are lousy communicators.

(non-free issue) Re: Installing Debian on SSD

2019-03-12 Thread deb
I have installed Stretch on an SSD, with uefi, without any trouble. Me, as well (9.8). Here's one thing to watch out for. Unlike Ubuntu, MInt, etc, debian will not install non-free drivers by default. In the virtualbox scenario you had before, VB does an excellent of emulating the ne

At the risk of stoning -- has anyone USED tiger for checking security?

2019-03-12 Thread deb
I see this with an apt-cache search but I drew back when I saw that it wants to include "john-data" to crack passwords. *`tiger *- checks system security but uses john-data, which cracks passwords` I look forward to comments from those who have used either or want to suggest an alternative

David -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/12/19 11:05 AM, David Wright wrote: On Tue 12 Mar 2019 at 15:01:32 (+0100), Mart van de Wege wrote: Stefan Monnier writes: OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe is legitimate. I di

Joe - Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-11 Thread deb
On 3/11/19 2:47 PM, Joe wrote: On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:13:38 -0400 deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . I don't think that has been true for several years, t

WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-11 Thread deb
I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . *MY* Assumptions:  * MIXED NETWORK, with Win, Mac, Linux (EXT4 formatted).  * many portable 1-5TB drives making the rounds, formatted with

Tangentially: on Canonical being a great company?

2019-03-11 Thread deb
re: Canonical being a great company as postured by one here:   * They have already been caught selling search results to Amazon.   * the board let go ALL non-corporate members - the People's voice.   * they sleep with Microsoft of E-E-E fame.   * The owner is hell bent on getting to IPO lev

Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread deb
On 3/10/19 1:33 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote: deb writes: Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.   * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.   * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 and just want to check. When you say going back and forth

And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread deb
I posted a question A/Vs and got negative waves like the below. Several people ASS-UMED I was trying to kludge Windows into Linux, (see Canonical if you want to find Linux-folk sucking up to Windows) instead of working to bring Linux into Windows strongholds (and be aware of the problems there

Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread deb
Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.  * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.  * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 and just want to check.  * (Clamscan already caught 4 things) a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond   

David - Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-04 Thread deb
On 3/3/19 2:38 PM, David Wright wrote: Are you using a proportional font, by any chance, for working on these scripts. Not a good idea. I am not using a proportional font anywhere. Had the original string been pasted into the OP, like your error message at the end, it would have been obvio

Greg: Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-04 Thread deb
On 3/4/19 8:33 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sun, Mar 03, 2019 at 09:33:07AM -0600, David Wright wrote: Letting the shell parse and reparse is rarely a good idea and can lead to quoting hell, necessitating a visit to one of Greg's wikis. For this particular thread, I recommend: https://mywiki.

[SOLVED II] (Thomas) Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-03 Thread deb
On 3/3/19 2:43 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, if spaces are involved, then quotation marks hould be put around the argument of "echo". Using the leading blank from David Wright's post: $ fname=" long file with spaces.mp4" $ x=`echo $fname | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev` $ test "$x".mp4 = "

[SOLVED] Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-03 Thread deb
On 3/2/19 10:22 PM, der.hans wrote: Am 02. Mar, 2019 schwätzte deb so: moin moin, rather than the double-reverse, try the truncate operator. basename=${fname%.*} $ ( fname=fred.mp4; echo ${fname%.*} ) fred $ ( fname=fred.georg.mp4; echo ${fname%.*} ) fred.georg $ ( fname=fred.txt; echo

re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-02 Thread deb
On 3/2/19 8:07 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 07:56:58PM -0500, deb wrote: This has to be simple and I'm just missing it. If I pull a filename from a temp file into a variable, I can ls it fine. If I cut off the extension, and tack on my own SAME EXT,

Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-02 Thread deb
This has to be simple and I'm just missing it. If I pull a filename from a temp file into a variable, I can *ls* it fine. If I cut off the extension, and tack on my own SAME EXT, *ls* no longer works. (The actual script is more elaborate, loading *vlc* , etc -- but this summarizes & shows m

[Solved] Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-23 Thread deb
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:10:45 + Brian wrote: On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote: Simplified query: After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet connection, how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits available on a

Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-22 Thread deb
Simplified query: After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet connection, how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits available on a USB drive)? Thanks On 2/21/2019 7:21 PM, deb wrote: On 2/21/2019 7:12 PM, deb wrote: So, I

Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-21 Thread deb
On 2/21/2019 7:12 PM, deb wrote: So, I punched on to install Debian 9.7 onto the Intel NUC (https://www.provantage.com/intel-boxnuc7i7bnh~7ITSP1CM.htm) bypassing the wireless part, as I was still stuck on it asking for iwlwifi-8265-26.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-25.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-24.ucode

Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-21 Thread deb
So, I punched on to install Debian 9.7 onto the Intel NUC (https://www.provantage.com/intel-boxnuc7i7bnh~7ITSP1CM.htm) bypassing the wireless part, as I was still stuck on it asking for iwlwifi-8265-26.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-25.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-24.ucode,  iwlwifi-8265-23.ucode in the netwo

Some other Personal Server options -- - Re: GnuBee: freedom-respecting Network Attached Storage

2019-02-17 Thread deb
On 2/16/2019 8:25 PM, Ben Finney wrote: Andy Smith writes: If all you require is access to your data when you are out and about, and you do currently have always-on Internet at home, you could build a cheap server, attach your existing USB storage to it, and serve it with owncloud Other P

Re: Can't scan new disk

2019-02-15 Thread deb
On 2/15/2019 6:24 PM, Mark Allums wrote: umount /dev/sdb1 root@martha:~# e2fsck -c -c -C 0 -f -F -k -p /dev/sdb1 Just curious, is it a Western Digital disk?

Peter -- Re: (Stuck! Fresh 9.6 install) iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode <- Can not find/what is it? Spot of help please?

2019-02-15 Thread deb
On 2/15/2019 11:01 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: Buster install on 820 Friday, February 15 2019 on USB #1: firmware-buster-DI-alpha5-amd64-netinst.iso I also have on USB #2: firmware-9.4.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso booted with #1, ... It did ask for firmware, I put #2 in and pressed "continue" and install co

Guillermo -> Re: P2V Debian 9 with VMware Converter

2019-02-15 Thread deb
On 2/15/2019 10:38 AM, Calabaza wrote: I'm a Spanish speaker, sorry for my bad English. -- Guillermo Galeano Fernández Your English (and help) are excellent Guillermo. I'm sure that the majority of others could not help in Spanish, were the situations reversed. Thank you!

Thanks Dan. Re: Swap space choice on a SSD <- Current best practice on?

2019-02-13 Thread deb
Thank you. On 2/13/2019 9:11 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: deb wrote: On 2/13/2019 8:46 AM, Michael Stone wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 08:41:33AM -0500, deb wrote: #1 Given that it's not great to pound the same area of a SSD with writes; is it indeed still best practice to go with a swap part

Re: Swap space choice on a SSD <- Current best practice on?

2019-02-13 Thread deb
On 2/13/2019 8:46 AM, Michael Stone wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 08:41:33AM -0500, deb wrote: #1 Given that it's not great to pound the same area of a SSD with writes; is it indeed still best practice to go with a swap partition on a SSD rather than a swap FILE? That's not a

Swap space choice on a SSD <- Current best practice on?

2019-02-13 Thread deb
Hello folks: Again -- fussing with a full (not from a live .iso) 9.7 install; the Debian GUI installer is suggesting a Swap partition on a Kingston SSD. #1 Given that it's not great to pound the same area of a SSD with writes; is it indeed still best practice to go with a swap partition on

Re: WiFi without Network Manager

2019-02-13 Thread deb
note: this is why I think top-posting is best. People don't have to scroll through tons of crap to get to "Thanks" :-) On 2/12/2019 3:07 PM, ghe wrote: On 2/12/19 9:15 AM, deb wrote: Glenn, thanks for this! More than welcome. For your amazement, here's the comcastRout

(Alexander) Re: (Stuck! Fresh 9.6 install) iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode <- Can not find/what is it? Spot of help please?

2019-02-13 Thread deb
On 2/12/2019 3:25 PM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: In response to that painful "(still installing 9.7 ...)". You can also use these official and unofficial at the same time images to install Debian. [1] As a last resort you can disassemble laptop and physically remove Intel WiFi NIC before ins

Glenn -> Re: WiFi without Network Manager

2019-02-12 Thread deb
On 2/12/2019 9:46 AM, ghe wrote: comcastRoutes.sh is a shell script that fixes the routing table and resolv.conf to Glenn, thanks for this! Is there much to comcastRoutes.sh and resolv.conf that would require scrubbing so that you might be able to share these? (I'm on comcast as well; an

Re: Sound stoped unecpected

2019-02-11 Thread deb
Hello Michelle. Just an obvious question -- do you have any way to ensure that the actual speaker hardware was not fried in the hardware crash? Are you getting ANY sound from the speakers? On 2/11/2019 4:37 PM, Michelle Konzack wrote: Good evening *, I have a ThinkPad T400 with Docking Sta

Re: (Stuck! Fresh 9.6 install) iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode <- Can not find/what is it? Spot of help please?

2019-02-11 Thread deb
I bookmarked this https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmware_during_the_installation I believe restarting the installer (from USB) with a second USB inserted with the firmware solved it... needed packages were found and used. sorry, I don't have my notes, and my memory is crap today O

(Stuck! Fresh 9.6 install) iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode <- Can not find/what is it? Spot of help please?

2019-02-11 Thread deb
Hello folks: When I hit the networking section on a fresh install of 9.6 (full install .ISO, not live), I'm told to insert a USB of these non-free bits.    iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode, iwlwifi-8625-25.ucode, iwlwifi-8625-24.ucode, iwlwifi-8625-23.ucode, iwlwifi-8625-22.ucode The Problem is -

dmesg BIOS error

2015-05-28 Thread Deb
What does this error listing in my dmesg mean: [0.00] ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): 32/64X FACS address mismatch in FADT: 0xCF7E4E40/0xCF7E4D40, using 32-bit address (20140424/tbfadt-283) Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Viruses and rootkits WAS Re: weird problem with one mail account in Thunderbird....ISP or what ?

2015-05-28 Thread Deb
university math, the stuff you learned in ninth grade starts to trip you up unless you get refreshers. I'm betting the onerous grind of a professional school almost makes people forget how to use a fork. Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Viruses and rootkits WAS Re: weird problem with one mail account in Thunderbird....ISP or what ?

2015-05-28 Thread Deb
Linux bots would the same effort yield? That's for profit, but why wouldn't at least a few random amateurs create Linux malware for fun and practice? Or is it too difficult for the pimples-and-braces crowd? Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Laptops, UEFI, Secure Boot and Debian

2015-05-28 Thread Deb
On 05/28/2015 01:41 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Wed, 27 May 2015, Deb wrote: On 27/05/15 05:21 PM, deloptes wrote: Patrick Bartek wrote: Researching a laptop purchase (within the next 6 months or so) to replace my aging Desktop (1 to 8.5 years depending on which parts). Going to

Re: mysterious cruft output on Jessie amd64

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
7;t like a program that lists /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/grub.efi as a "questionable" file, along with about a thousand other files that don't look all that questionable. Is there a better tool for the purposes that cruft is normally used for? (You've told me some things I can do

Re: mysterious cruft output on Jessie amd64

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
On 27/05/15 04:08 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Deb wrote: I'm intimidated by the bug reporting system and kind of afraid to use it, but I'll read up on it thoroughly and see whether I can file a bug report without getting yelled at (or filing a duplicate by mistake). LOL! I have been ye

Re: Laptops, UEFI, Secure Boot and Debian

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
ots UEFI with zero issues. So did the netinstaller. But I don't remember whether I've ever seen Wheezy installed for UEFI boot. Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/556645c2.5040...@gmx.com

Re: mysterious cruft output on Jessie amd64

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
es bug. I read it and am not concerned, unless I should post in that bug report that I've duplicated the findings. Thanks very much for your reply. Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: How to boot without GUI

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
in/true, then reboot and start from console only with the display manager disabled. Then, once they'd done what they wanted in console, they could hack the file back to uncomment or put back the original configuration. Just a thought. Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

mysterious cruft output on Jessie amd64

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
3/cerfl.3.gz > /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/python-support.pth The rest were unexplained files. Could someone explain the standard console output to me and tell me whether the dpkg and symlink outputs are anything to worry about? Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: Compiling kernel: problem!

2013-11-07 Thread antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it
The same problem, with kernel 3.10, was present with Wheezy 486 on same computer. Thanks Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1383829602.35782

Re: Compiling kernel: problem!

2013-11-07 Thread antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it
The same problem, with kernel 3.10, was present with Wheezy 486 on same computer. Thanks Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1383828867.2

Re: RAID 6 mdadm

2013-04-15 Thread deb...@paulscrap.com
On 04/15/2013 02:44 PM, Dexter Filmore wrote: > Am Wednesday 10 April 2013 23:54:28 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: >> On 4/10/2013 12:32 PM, Dexter Filmore wrote: >> >> It's not necessary to ask on linux-raid, and as you have not yet done >> so, I'll clarify this now: >> >> Both the md RAID1 and RAID10 per

Booting Wheezy Install on Software Raid 6

2013-04-15 Thread deb...@paulscrap.com
Hi Folks, I'm in the process of assembling a storage system, and am running into an issue while testing the setup in a VM. The setup has 6 three terabyte harddrives that I'd like to put in RAID 6 (Eventually more will be added, expanding the array). I'd like everything to be on

Re: Running pae kernel on non-pae system

2013-02-23 Thread deb...@paulscrap.com
On 02/23/2013 02:15 PM, Dom wrote: > On 23/02/13 18:36, deb...@paulscrap.com wrote: > > I think the pae bit will only be used by CPUs that support it, otherwise > it will be ignored and run normally. Only some "really old" CPUs (like > some others I do run) won't

Running pae kernel on non-pae system

2013-02-23 Thread deb...@paulscrap.com
Hi Folks, Last night I updated an older laptop of mine from Squeeze to Wheezy. It went fine, but I did run into an odd particularity. This system (Dell D505) has a Pentium M processor. My understanding is that the Pentium M's are just about the only modern(ish) processor without

Re: Cdw: Compiling and creating file.deb from file source

2012-01-21 Thread antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it
Da: Elimar Riesebieter A: debian-user@lists.debian.org Inviato: Sabato 21 Gennaio 2012 18:05 Oggetto: Re: Cdw: Compiling and creating file.deb from file source * antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it [120121 15:38 +]: I don't know! Regards [...] >

Re: Cdw: Compiling and creating file.deb from file source

2012-01-21 Thread antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it
Da: Elimar Riesebieter A: debian-user@lists.debian.org Inviato: Sabato 21 Gennaio 2012 15:11 Oggetto: Re: Cdw: Compiling and creating file.deb from file source * antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it [120121 13:40 +]: > Hi all I try with: apt-get bu

Cdw: Compiling and creating file.deb from file source

2012-01-21 Thread antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it
Hi all I try compiling and creating package.deb with checkinstall, of the programm cdw, the version 0.3 do not function with Squeeze: http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/cdw/cdw/cdw%200.7.0/cdw-0.7.0.tar.gz on the folder /home/Downloads/cdw/src: checkinstall -D appears errors: `/home/Do

Boot screen line

2012-01-19 Thread antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it
Hi all It possible  that the text appearingwhen loading Debian, write them on a singleline of the screen? Or when loading is complete, clearentire screen? Thanks Regards

How to install Truecrypt on Debian squeeze?

2012-01-19 Thread antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it
Hi all How to install Truecrypt on Debian Squeeze? Thanks Regards

Recompile a custom kernel

2008-12-29 Thread debianista . deb
Hey folks, I have a big doubt ... I would like to recompile my custom kernel without always start from 0, I mean I got the files created before (/debian/) and now I just pretend to add a single Module to my config, do I have to recompile all of it again ? or can I just update the old one ? I u

Keyboard Problem

2007-12-17 Thread deb
I recently installed the k7-SMP debian kernel and after rebooting the ps/2 keyboard stopped working. Remotely via ssh I can login and everything is working fine. I then went back to the generic 386 kernel I had before and the keyboard works fine. There is a some convoluted history that I should men

Re: mail I keep getting

2007-12-17 Thread deb
> Hello. My system keeps sending me the following message, > each day or so: > > /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: > error: error accessing /var/lib/zope2.7/instance: No such > file or > directory error: zope2.7:24 glob failed > for /var/lib/zope2.7/instance/*/log/*.log > run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logro

sid: system unusable after upgrade: tput invalid option -- 2

2007-07-17 Thread Dot Deb
Dear all, today I had a very bad experience and I hope to find the solution with your help. I upgraded my debian/sid after many weeks and I found that, at boot, each init script stops with the error: tput invalid option -- 2 I do no quite underst

URGENT: my gnome desktop is dead

2007-07-16 Thread Dot Deb
This morning I switched my laptop on, as usual, but after logging in (using gdm), gnome only shows me the tomboy window. No panels, no background, no icons ... Yesterday I regularly switched off the laptop. I did not upgrade the system recently (I'm running

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2007-01-05 Thread deb
gt;> >>>/What was Your solution? I want to know. >>> >>> >> >>sorry, if that was not clear enough from context: >> >>I searched for a backport of sun java for Sarge (as the >>program >>my children want to run was not happy with the free >>alter

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2007-01-05 Thread deb
I think your best bet would be to get an older version of debian. if you get the last dot release of the 2.0 series (2.3 I think) you should be able to install it with just the 16MB you have, then upgrade to 3.1 or etch or whatever. The old bootfloppies had much lower memory requirements. I once us

canto cumulus

2006-12-07 Thread deb
hi list is there anybody who has some experience in working with cumulsserver 6.6 on debian sarge? -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

gnome+main menu+shutdown

2006-09-19 Thread debianista . deb
hey    I would like to know what are the commands behind shutdown and logout at the main menu applet (GNOME) or where can I see that? pleasethanksregardsdebianista.deb

Re: /dev/hda full - cannot find used space

2006-08-07 Thread nicksub500-deb
Problem solved. Once I mounted hda on /mnt/slash as you suggested, I saw that I now had a directory /mnt/slash/usbdrive (!!) What happened was that a few weeks ago the external usb drive mounted at /mnt/usbdrive was turned off and unmounted. However, the daily rsync backup script running as root

/dev/hda full - cannot find used space

2006-08-05 Thread nicksub500-deb
Hi Everyone, I have a sarge installation, which has been running perfectly for a year or so. It runs a small office - mail, ldap, database, network drives, etc. It was installed in standard sarge multi user configuration. It has an 80GB hard disk and a 250GB external drive mounted via USB2 for ba

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