Re: Is anybody maintaining nedit?

2024-08-27 Thread Fred
don't use KDE. I just use openbox and xterms. Nedit works fine for me. I have never used the compose function. Best regards, Fred

Re: youtube-dl blocked?

2024-04-24 Thread Fred
ion of rival versions (and the perils of using that site) on the list. Cheers, David. Hi, If you type yt-dlp --help you get a large list of options. yt-dlp --update will get you the very latest version. (Must be root). Best regards, Fred

Re: Content of /etc/ethers

2024-01-04 Thread Fred
IP address so I implemented RARP which is fairly simple. The /etc/ethers file is read by one computer on the network when it receives an RARP request and reports back the requester's IP address. There is an RARP server in the Debian packages. Best regards, Fred

Re: Mouse single click handling?

2023-12-19 Thread Fred
lot easier to throw the mouse away and get a new one. They are almost dirt cheap. Best regards, Fred

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-23 Thread Fred
On 6/23/23 08:12, zithro wrote: On 23 Jun 2023 16:41, mick.crane wrote: On 2023-06-23 11:58, Nicolas George wrote: Andy Smith (12023-06-23): It seemed fine the way it was. The only reason why I didn't answer is that I don't know anything about removing systemd! Me I know just a little about

Re: 60-serial.rules, broken

2023-06-14 Thread Fred
ascha [1] http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/systemd/ [2] http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye-proposed-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz Hi, If systemd is a problem you could try using Devuan Linux. Devuan is Debian without systemd. Best regards, Fred

OT: flatcam, pcb2gcode

2023-04-26 Thread Fred
Hello, Has anyone successfully installed a working version of either flatcam or pcb2gcode? How? Best regards, Fred

Re: hi res pdf needs posterized

2023-04-17 Thread Fred
eers, Gene Heskett. Hi Gene, If you live close to a large city there will be printing shops that serve surveyors that can print large format files. Some Office Max stores can also print large format files. Best regards, Fred

Re: questions about cron.daily

2023-04-06 Thread Fred
On 4/6/23 09:44, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: crontab -l Pierre Frenkiel On Thu, 6 Apr 2023, Fred wrote: On 4/6/23 08:33, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 07:33:26PM +0800, cor...@free.fr wrote: For scripts put under /etc/cron.daily, which special time will they be implemented

Re: questions about cron.daily

2023-04-06 Thread Fred
script. Cheers, Andy I also would like to know when cron.daily scripts run. Greg's command does not appear to reveal the time for that script. I ran Greg's command and got the same result. Best regards, Fred

Re: Debian Server

2023-03-13 Thread Fred
e and crossover web sites probably still have a list of Windows programs that are known to run. Best regards, Fred

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2023-02-16 Thread Fred
burning hatred of printers and this printing system remains unquenched. HI, I use ftp to send postscript files to my Lexmark printer. I am not sure cups is even installed. You might also try netcat since you have the ip address of the printer. Best regards, Fred

Re: stopping mass surveillance

2022-12-16 Thread Fred
On 12/15/22 17:34, operation.privacyenforcem...@secure.mailbox.org wrote: Dan Ritter wrote: operation.privacyenforcem...@mailbox.org wrote: On 1/9/84 19:84, Jeremy Hendricks message was saved by the all seeing eye: Please provide code examples, flow chart, or a white paper. Releasing anythin

Fwd: [DNG] an AI opinion about systemd

2022-12-07 Thread Fred
o/dng A good reason to change to Devuan which is Debian without systemd. Best regards, Fred

Re: general squawk about unattended-upgrade

2022-11-17 Thread Fred
count or care. Take care and stay well. Cheers, Gene Heskett. You could change over to Devuan which is Debian without systemd. Best regards, Fred

Re: t-bird screwing up

2022-10-30 Thread Fred
address book is no longer on the normal message page but is now under tools. However, it does not scroll. Furthermore the hiding scroll bar on T-bird and Firefox is really annoying. Something that isn't broken should not be "fixed". Best regards, Fred

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

2022-09-28 Thread Fred
oots: @jindam_v...@c.im others: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jindam_vani The (right click) openbox menu comes from an .xml file in $HOME/.config/openbox. You can edit this so the menu entries will start the programs you want. The default menu.xml probably is defferent from what you want. Best regards, Fred

Re: digikam import fails

2022-06-16 Thread Fred
Best regards, Fred

Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones

2022-04-08 Thread Fred
know what I need to say to convey to you that my workplace's network DOES NOT work like what you see on yours. Looking at the stuff that I pasted here, how am I supposed to know whether this corresponds to the physical printer with IP address 10.76.172.100? Have you tried asking the IT dept.? Best regards, Fred

Re: What do we have that will save a manpage as we see it on-screen

2021-10-01 Thread Fred
man command | col -b > command.txt Best regards, Fred

Re: Your Thoughts on Printer Replacement

2021-09-18 Thread Fred
no way to reset the sensor. You have to use Lexmark's exchange program. I don't know if it needs drivers to work with CUPS. I just ftp files to it and it always prints them. I read on this list a few years ago that the best printers are used HP office models. Best regards, Fred

Re: how to change debian installation mirror list?

2021-08-23 Thread Fred 1
On 24/08/2021 02:00, Dan Ritter wrote: Fred 1 wrote: I would like to know where the installation pulls the  list of Debian mirrors. hope I can change it and rebuild the netinstall ISO with jigdo maybe ? It would be nice if I could manually add a custom one during install, but I didn'

how to change debian installation mirror list?

2021-08-23 Thread Fred 1
I would like to know where the installation pulls the  list of Debian mirrors. hope I can change it and rebuild the netinstall ISO with jigdo maybe ? It would be nice if I could manually add a custom one during install, but I didn't see such option, strictly just pick from the list Thank

Re: apt-get and signatures couldn't be verified etc

2021-08-17 Thread Fred 1
vagrant@buster:/mnt/debian_build/apt-1.8.2.3$ ls -ld /var/lib/apt /var/lib/apt/lists /var/lib/apt/lists/partial drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 17 04:22 /var/lib/apt drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 18 01:12 /var/lib/apt/lists drwx-- 2 _apt root 4096 Aug 18 01:12 /var/lib/apt/lists/partial

apt-get and signatures couldn't be verified etc

2021-08-17 Thread Fred 1
i'm on a buster64 vagrant instance, and building an armel distro, using a build.sh, multistrap etc Anyway its undone with all the "W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/mnt/debian_build/rootfs/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_InRelease' couldn't be

Re: need to run the windows version of cura for amd64

2021-02-25 Thread Fred
check with them on the state of application program drivers. www.codeweavers.com Best regards, Fred

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem [solved]

2020-12-09 Thread Fred
On 12/8/20 9:39 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-12-08 07:29, Fred wrote: Hello, I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick.  The fine print on the package says it has SecureAccess software.  It is so secure it prevents me from writing to it without running the included Bill Gates

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Fred
oing to throw it in the trash. Best regards, Fred

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Fred
On 12/8/20 8:40 AM, steve wrote: Hi, Le 08-12-2020, à 08:29:47 -0700, Fred a écrit : Hello, I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick.  The fine print on the package says it has SecureAccess software.  It is so secure it prevents me from writing to it without running the included Bill

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Fred
software. Yuck! fred@ragnok:/media/usb0$ ls -l total 8416 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 Jul 9 2018 SanDiskSecureAccess -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8600360 Nov 4 2016 SanDiskSecureAccessV3.01_win.exe fred@ragnok:/media/usb0$ How did you mount it? root@ragnok:/home/fred# chown fred /media/usb0 chown

SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Fred
Hello, I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick. The fine print on the package says it has SecureAccess software. It is so secure it prevents me from writing to it without running the included Bill Gates cancerous, virus infested, scourge of the Earth software. fred@ragnok:/media/usb0

Re: How to run AppImage file

2020-11-26 Thread Fred
On 11/26/20 12:07 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: Fred writes: On 11/26/20 9:04 AM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: Fred writes: On 11/25/20 12:30 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 12:13:03PM -0700, Fred wrote: fred@ragnok:~$ ./ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage --help bash: ./ClipGrab-3.9.2

Re: How to run AppImage file

2020-11-26 Thread Fred
On 11/26/20 9:04 AM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: Fred writes: On 11/25/20 12:30 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 12:13:03PM -0700, Fred wrote: fred@ragnok:~$ ./ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage --help bash: ./ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage: cannot execute binary file: Exec format

Re: How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl)

2020-11-25 Thread Fred
On 11/25/20 2:15 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 02:12:03PM -0700, Fred wrote: fred@ragnok:~$ uname -m i686 fred@ragnok:~$ file ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, [...] Well, um. It's clearly not going to

Re: How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl)

2020-11-25 Thread Fred
On 11/25/20 12:30 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 12:13:03PM -0700, Fred wrote: fred@ragnok:~$ ./ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage --help bash: ./ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error uname -m Reco fred@ragnok:~$ uname -m i686

Re: How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl)

2020-11-25 Thread Fred
On 11/25/20 12:30 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 12:13:03PM -0700, Fred wrote: fred@ragnok:~$ ./ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage --help bash: ./ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error uname -m Reco fred@ragnok:~$ uname -m i686

How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl)

2020-11-25 Thread Fred
On 11/17/20 11:47 PM, Anssi Saari wrote: Fred writes: There is a binary for Linux available for download as a AppImage file. What is an AppImage file and what does one do with it. The program was probably compiled for Ubuntu. Is it likely to also run on Debian? AppImage files are a kind

Re: Executing 'systemctl poweroff' from script run by cron.

2020-11-24 Thread Fred
d even Linus Torvalds makes mistakes. He's removed one of the main systemd developers from kernel work, with good reason. But we still have the software there. Reco Devuan is Debian with all traces of systemd removed. Best regards, Fred

AppImage files (was: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl)

2020-11-18 Thread Fred
On 11/17/20 11:47 PM, Anssi Saari wrote: Fred writes: There is a binary for Linux available for download as a AppImage file. What is an AppImage file and what does one do with it. The program was probably compiled for Ubuntu. Is it likely to also run on Debian? AppImage files are a kind

Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

2020-11-17 Thread Fred
On 11/17/20 2:41 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-11-17 at 16:27, Fred wrote: On 11/17/20 1:27 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-11-17 at 15:21, Fred wrote: I also looked into compiling the source code which is often as easy as following some simple instructions. The compile makes use of

Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

2020-11-17 Thread Fred
On 11/17/20 1:27 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-11-17 at 15:21, Fred wrote: I also looked into compiling the source code which is often as easy as following some simple instructions. The compile makes use of qmake which gives the error: qmake: could not exec '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt

Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

2020-11-17 Thread Fred
On 11/17/20 1:24 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 01:21:55PM -0700, Fred wrote: I would like to try clipgrab as youtube-dl sometimes doesn't work. Feel free to try whatever you like, but if you want youtube-dl to work, don't use the Debian packages of it. It change

clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

2020-11-17 Thread Fred
ot fooled. So, if the binary is not usable how do I select qt5? Best regards, Fred

Re: Jessie sources list

2020-11-15 Thread Fred
On 11/15/20 9:26 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-11-15 at 11:23, Fred wrote: Hello, What is the proper sources.list for Jessie? I have tried: http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ but apt-get is not happy with update. Per https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive : If you are using APT

Jessie sources list

2020-11-15 Thread Fred
Hello, What is the proper sources.list for Jessie? I have tried: http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ but apt-get is not happy with update. I am in the process up upgrading but I need to install a Debian package first. Best regards, Fred Boatwright

Re: Advice on hardware server to use for small a dedicated data center

2020-06-27 Thread Fred
wares. Can you give me some alternative hardwares in case this idea may take me to much time to solve ? Note: I will need some RAID solution hard or soft. Sorry if my English is bad, it's not my mother language Thank you. To Miles Fidelman: Devuan Linux is Debian with all traces of systemd removed. Best regards, Fred

Re: Question for users of Thunderbird on buster

2020-06-10 Thread Fred
difference. Hello, I am using the same version of Thunderbird on Jessie. The problems you mention don't happen here. However, the mouse scroll wheel doesn't work in the list of messages. It stopped working several versions ago. Best regards, Fred

Re: non function firefox

2020-03-17 Thread Fred
hange. In Gene's original post he said FF wasn't working with Walmart's search function.  Maybe Walmart's search function was temporarily down when Gene tried it.  Has it been tried again? Best regards, Fred

Re: I support the founder of FreeSoftware

2019-09-19 Thread Fred
On 9/19/19 8:40 AM, Default User wrote: On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 05:20 aprekates > wrote: I want to express my support to Richard Stallman amidst a smear attack on his person, on his right to speak, but mostly to what he stands for . I stand by Richa

Re: Reading pdf files

2019-06-15 Thread Fred
not actually have to run Windows. Best regards, Fred

Fwd: [DNG] Linux system can be brought down by sending SIGILL to Systemd

2019-05-24 Thread Fred
Hello, I subscribe to the Devuan Linux mailing list. This posting just arrived and it appears quite important to Debian. Forwarded Message Subject: [DNG] Linux system can be brought down by sending SIGILL to Systemd Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 22:04:34 +0200 From: Martin St

Re: youtube video downloader for chrome

2019-03-22 Thread Fred
On 03/22/2019 05:05 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 02:24:08PM -0700, Fred wrote: One option that might have helped with a problem that was posted in about the last week is the --restrict-filenames option which may prevent the need to quote the URL. No, that won't preven

Re: youtube video downloader for chrome

2019-03-21 Thread Fred
On 03/21/2019 11:57 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 21 Mar 2019 at 10:17:11 (-0700), Fred wrote: On 03/21/2019 08:41 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 21 Mar 2019 at 15:38:41 (+0100), Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:34:42 +0100 (CET) Pierre

Re: youtube video downloader for chrome

2019-03-21 Thread Fred
o: youtube-dl --help will show all the options. Best regards, Fred

Mouse wheel scrolling hesitates

2018-12-04 Thread Fred Okuma
nfortunate programs. Any suggestions? Fred (not a member of this mailing list, yet)

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-21 Thread Fred
apply. Try it. You'll like it! Best regards, Fred

Re: What time is it, really?

2018-08-10 Thread Fred
On 08/10/2018 08:18 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 09 Aug 2018 at 14:26:30 (-0700), Fred wrote: On 08/09/2018 12:42 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 09 Aug 2018 at 20:39:16 +0200, john doe wrote: On 8/9/2018 5:00 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 10:49:52AM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote

Re: What time is it, really?

2018-08-09 Thread Fred
and an Ethernet interface so computers on the local network can ask for the time. The hardware works and the software is able to decode the WWVB time code. I am interested in finishing it now. The computers on the network can use a Perl program to get the time. Thanks for the help. Best regards, Fred

Re: What time is it, really?

2018-08-09 Thread Fred
On 08/09/2018 07:42 AM, Nicolas George wrote: Fred (2018-08-09): Someone complained off list about the timestamp in my emails being off. Being a hardware person I think hardware should work properly and clocks should keep accurate time. So I installed ntpdate as suggested but it is not active

What time is it, really?

2018-08-09 Thread Fred
response agrees closely with an "atomic" clock I have. The computer clock is about 10 min. fast. fred@ragnok:~$ /usr/sbin/ntpdate -q time.nist.gov server 2610:20:6f96:96::4, stratum 1, offset -610.512368, delay 0.09421 server 132.163.96.4, stratum 1, offset -610.509394, delay 0.08899 9

Re: need help with sftp

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 12:30 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 12:15:34PM -0700, Fred wrote: I need to ftp some files from a new Sid installation to either of two other computers on the network. Neither is configured for a "secure" version of ftp and there is no reason to do th

Re: need help with sftp

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 10:20 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 09:53:57AM -0700, Fred wrote: On a new Sid installation I need to ftp some files to another computer on the network. sftp appears to be the only ftp program available. The other computers on the network do not use ssl so the

need help with sftp

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
. I don't see any option that makes sftp just do plain ordinary ftp. Is this hopeless? Best regards, Fred

Re: need help with bashburn

2018-08-03 Thread Fred
On 08/03/2018 03:18 PM, Fred wrote: On 08/03/2018 02:14 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: On Fri, 3 Aug 2018, Greg Wooledge wrote: Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 17:10:17 From: Greg Wooledge To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: need help with bashburn Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 21:10:33 + (UTC

Re: need help with bashburn

2018-08-03 Thread Fred
me like something changed in wodim and bashburn has not been updated accordingly. I think I will try cdrskin. Best regards, Fred

need help with bashburn

2018-08-03 Thread Fred
, Fred

Re: GarminExpress possible on Debian with WINE?

2018-07-25 Thread Fred
clean 32-bit Wineprefix"? Is Wineprefix a file, or what? I have wine32.32bit, if that is relevant. Thanx--doug Hello, You might try the commercial version of wine at https://www.codeweavers.com They have a free trial version and if it works the full version is not very expensive. Best regards, Fred

Re: Problems with https://manpages.debian.org/

2018-06-23 Thread Fred
using firefox-esr (52.7.3) on Jessie and the above link opens immediately. Best regards, Fred

need help with gtkam (on Jessie)

2018-02-27 Thread Fred
mand line program gphoto2 appears to work ok. At least it will download photos from the camera without complaint. Best regards, Fred

Re: a hexeditor please

2018-02-09 Thread Fred
identical 64Gb card. gparted says its a blank card. So I want to inspect the file, but khexedit, with no scroll bar, makes that down arrow scan a multiyear project. Do we have a better hex editor? Thanks all; How about using a text editor (like nedit) that has a search function. Best regards, Fred

Re: EDA software.

2017-12-06 Thread Fred
, Fred Boatwright

Re: How to compile color database?

2017-11-09 Thread Fred
On 11/08/2017 10:30 PM, Richard Hector wrote: On 09/11/17 11:41, Fred wrote: Hello, After editing /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt what program needs to run to recompile the color database? According to google it should be rgb < rgb.txt but the rgb program is nowhere to be found. Is it necessary?

How to compile color database?

2017-11-08 Thread Fred
Hello, After editing /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt what program needs to run to recompile the color database? According to google it should be rgb < rgb.txt but the rgb program is nowhere to be found. Best regards, Fred Boatwright

Rsync

2017-11-05 Thread Fred Ringwald
make rsync optional, given the importance of backup data. Thank you to Sven and to those who have read and considered my question. Fred Ringwald f...@ringwald.org Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 22:20:52 +0100 From: Sven Hartge To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: rsync Message-ID: <0dunvs31

rsync

2017-11-04 Thread Fred Ringwald
I find it fascinating that the stock amd64 netinst 9.1.0 installation did not install rsync. Does anyone know why that was not automatically included? Yes, this was easily remedied, I just find it fascinating that it was no longer included. Thank you, Fred Ringwald f...@ringwald.org

Re: what package to edit colors?

2017-11-03 Thread Fred
On 11/03/2017 10:41 AM, Siard wrote: Fred wrote: Xcoloredit was available for Solaris to view system standard colors and enter rgb values. I found this is available for some of the BSD distributions but not Debian. All I could find is kcolorchooser which is associated with KDE which I don&#

what package to edit colors?

2017-11-03 Thread Fred
iewer/editor package for Debian (Jessie) or does anyone know where the source code for xcoloredit is? Best regards, Fred Boatwright

Re: compile problem on older program

2017-10-28 Thread Fred
On 10/28/2017 02:30 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 01:55:54PM -0700, Fred wrote: Hi, The source is at https://www.pastebin.com/X4a4p9U2 There are many similar lines with static keyword which the compiler didn't complain about. Except that every other line wit

Re: compile problem on older program

2017-10-28 Thread Fred
On 10/28/2017 09:50 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 09:29:16AM -0700, Fred wrote: Hello, I need to compile an older program and have a compile error. How can I resolve this? Unfortunately I am not a C programmer although I do assembler programming. Here is the output

compile problem on older program

2017-10-28 Thread Fred
X) matches++; if (Ptr->Points[i].Y == Ptr->Points[j].Y) matches++; } if (matches == 4) return(1); else return(0); } I am using Jessie. Best regards, Fred Boatwright

Re: Serial Ports and Perl

2017-10-26 Thread Fred
") || die "something or other:$!\n"; This would open it for writing. You are using "sane" parameters that serial ports default to so you wouldn't need to specify them. Best regards, Fred Boatwright

Re: Debian packages for Sparc

2017-10-08 Thread Fred
On 10/07/2017 06:48 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: Fred wrote: I have a Sun Ultra 5 that needs to continue running Wheezy for a while. I tried to apt-update but binary_sparc is no longer at http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/Release. What do I need to change the sources list to

Debian packages for Sparc

2017-10-07 Thread Fred
Hello, I have a Sun Ultra 5 that needs to continue running Wheezy for a while. I tried to apt-update but binary_sparc is no longer at http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/Release. What do I need to change the sources list to? Best regards, Fred

Re: Minicom problem

2017-09-15 Thread Fred
On 09/15/2017 01:21 AM, deloptes wrote: Fred wrote: Hi, I sometimes use minicom to talk to some equipment over a wired connection. Minicom comes up off line and I can't find what makes it go on line. I look through some of the menus and at some point it decides it is on line. Maybe i

Minicom problem

2017-09-14 Thread Fred
t the foolishness immediately go on line? Best regards, Fred Boatwright

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-02 Thread Fred
t is very easy to use. I have been using it for assembler programming for more than 17 years. Best regards, Fred Boatwright

Re: Suitable text editor [NOT word processor] or workaround?

2017-04-01 Thread Fred
on > to make sure I'm editing the right portion. > I might say I was looking for an "analog" not "digital" solution. I recommend nedit. I have used it for assembler programming for many years. Best regards, Fred

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-23 Thread Fred
mart sells them. Until recently (like maybe 6 months) they still sold blank VHS tapes. Best regards, Fred

Re: Suitable text editor [NOT word processor] or workaround?

2017-03-16 Thread Fred
the files read only would be acceptable but not preferable. Suggestions? TIA I recommend Nedit. Best regards, Fred

Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"

2016-12-03 Thread Fred
ered already after realising it had inadvertantly deleted one of my mails. Just don't let it get anywhere near apt cat /dev/zero > ... A cat is the center of the Universe. It doesn't have pangs of regret or remorse. I recommend: mv cat >/dev/null Fred B.

Re: Problem getting NAS box NFS/CIFS to work with Jessie

2016-10-04 Thread Fred
Hi Dan, On 10/04/2016 06:46 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: Fred wrote: [...] When I try to mount the -321 to access it: root@ragnok:/home/fred# mount.nfs 192.168.0.32:Volume_1 /mnt/dns321 -v [...] mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting 192.168.0.32

Re: Problem getting NAS box NFS/CIFS to work with Jessie SOLVED

2016-10-03 Thread Fred
On 10/03/2016 01:16 PM, Fred wrote: On 10/03/2016 09:59 AM, Joe wrote: On Mon, 03 Oct 2016 08:05:59 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, I am trying to get a D-Link DNS-321 NAS box to do NFS/CIFS on a private network with a PC running Jessie. FTP to the -321 works ok. In the -321 admin web page I

Re: Problem getting NAS box NFS/CIFS to work with Jessie

2016-10-03 Thread Fred
On 10/03/2016 09:59 AM, Joe wrote: On Mon, 03 Oct 2016 08:05:59 -0700 Fred wrote: Hello, I am trying to get a D-Link DNS-321 NAS box to do NFS/CIFS on a private network with a PC running Jessie. FTP to the -321 works ok. In the -321 admin web page I have the NFS server enabled. The SMB

Problem getting NAS box NFS/CIFS to work with Jessie

2016-10-03 Thread Fred
access it: root@ragnok:/home/fred# mount.nfs 192.168.0.32:Volume_1 /mnt/dns321 -v mount.nfs: timeout set for Sun Oct 2 12:53:54 2016 mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4,addr=192.168.0.32,clientaddr=192.168.0.2' mount.nfs: mount(2): Protocol not supported mount.nfs: trying

Re: Four people decided the fate of debian with systemd. Bad faith likely

2014-03-03 Thread Fred Wilson
On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 23:53:28 -0600 y...@marupa.net wrote: > Which probably demonstrates why there's no hidden agenda going on surrounding > systemd and there were legitimate reasons why it was finally chosen. Of course there were legitimate reasons, but only those reasons that are important for

Re: Four people decided the fate of debian with systemd. Bad faith likely

2014-03-03 Thread Fred Wilson
On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 10:53:51 + Jack wrote: > On 02/03/2014 05:11, Eric Newcomb wrote: > > Technical issues aside, I went through the list of members of the > > tech-ctte, found here: https://www.debian.org/intro/organization. I > > searched each name on the list on Google, and I can't hones

Re: Four people decided the fate of debian with systemd. Bad faith likely

2014-03-03 Thread Fred Wilson
On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:30:08 -0600 y...@marupa.net wrote: > For example, initscripts are so VERY not portable. I am sorry to say this, > but > it is true. In theory they should be, as you state, according the UNIX > Philosophy they should be. But here comes the problem of that philosophy > ass

Re: Four people decided the fate of debian with systemd. Bad faith likely

2014-03-03 Thread Fred Wilson
On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 09:20:44 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > You grow up. Technically inferior stuff always seems to get the money, > but you get to live in the results of your choices. On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:00:40 -0600 y...@marupa.net wrote: > > > Doesn't make the decision to drop SysV Init, a system

Re: Four people decided the fate of debian with systemd. Bad faith likely

2014-03-03 Thread Fred Wilson
> I want to do number crunching, I don't want to be bothered by the boot > process. It works. If I have to go make coffee while the boot process > is happening, I'll go make coffee. While your invisible guests are doing somthing similar inside your computer? :D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: Four people decided the fate of debian with systemd. Bad faith likely

2014-03-03 Thread Fred Wilson
On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:52:40 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: > Which is fine for you, and I can understand and appreciate that, for my > own personal computers my sentiments are similar. However my business > purposes involve meeting SLAs so reboots once or twice a year can cost a > lot of money - so

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