Replacement Email Client

Hi! All, Looking for recommendations for a lightweight email client that will handle HTML as well as plain text to replace Claws-Mail. Have been using Claws-Mail for years and before it Sylpheed. Claws used to have a basic HTML plugin renderer which was sufficient, but latest version does

Re: can't boot to a graphical interface.

On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 13:39:22 -0400 Frank McCormick wrote: > On 10/3/20 11:20 AM, Kent West wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 8:01 AM songbird > > wrote: > > > > Frank McCormick wrote: > > > While compiling an application today my Debian bullseye

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:23:15 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 16 sep 20, 10:32:14, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Short answer? Probably not. systemd has become too pervasive a > > dependency to do so. It shouldn't be. No other init system I know > > of i

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:44:03 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 9/16/20 5:55 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 16 Sep 2020 at 16:15:12 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:52:15 -0400 > >> Greg Wooledge wrote: > >>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:55:45 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Wed 16 Sep 2020 at 16:15:12 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:52:15 -0400 > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:32:14AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:22:17 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:32:14AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > dbus, which is an xorg dependency, > > Not in buster: > > # apt policy dbus > dbus: > Installed: (none) > Candidate:

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:52:15 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:32:14AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > To make a long story short, after two or so weeks of research and > > numerous failed trials, I came to the conclusion that systemd has > >

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 19:28:34 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: > I have a fresh install of Buster which is running MATE as the Desktop > Environment.  It has taken me until now to get it working, without > messing up my current Stretch install on the same machine.  The next > thing that I want to do

Re: VirtualBox - vboxpci

On Sun, 6 Sep 2020 19:23:46 -0600 wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Klaus Jantzen [mailto:k.d.jant...@mailbox.org] > Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 8:05 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: VirtualBox - vboxpci > > On 9/6/20 12:27 PM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > > On

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:41:06 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: >On Monday, August 31, 2020, 12:24:54 PM EDT, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > My solution to all this has been to delete all my Yahoo accounts and be > done with Yahoo.  Currently, I have only one account left which I'

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:04:46 +0100 Darac Marjal wrote: > On 31/08/2020 14:18, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > On 30/08/2020 19:02, Long Wind wrote: > >> On Sunday, August 30, 2020, 10:20:53 AM EDT, Charles Curley > >> wrote: > >>> Yahoo mail is broken. I encourage Mr. Wind to get another

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

how old the system is, it may not. Are you installing along with other OSes on the system intending to multiboot them? Is Windows installed on the system? Also, please, please, please don't top post. It makes it hard to follow who's replying to whom about what. B > On Saturday, Au

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:59:53 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: > installation of linux to sdb1 failsi believe hard disk has bad sectori use > e2fsck with -c, i.e. read-only testit doesn't  report any error How does install fail? Which version of Debian did you try to install? Did you read

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:37:20 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 24 aug 20, 09:26:57, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Since F2FS is not supported directly for an install, one would have to > > convert to it after or configure the flash drive with another computer > >

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:40:30 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 09:02:05PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >Opinions? Suggestions? Recommendations? > > If I were doing this, I would remount / as read-only after boot, see > what complains, and make adj

Re: Modification user 1000

Le 24/08/2020 à 13:39, G2PC a écrit : Le 24/08/2020 à 13:07, hamster a écrit : Le 24/08/2020 à 13:06, hamster a écrit : Le 24/08/2020 à 11:20, Patrick ZAJDA a écrit : Quant à modifier le répertoire home et le login, au lieu de modifier des fichiers à la main, je ferais plus ça : sudo

Re: Modification user 1000

je ne l'ai jamais utilisé. Il pourrait permettre de faire les changements en une seule étape. Bonne journée, Patrick

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:26:15 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-08-23 11:22, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 01:49:45 -0700 > > David Christensen wrote: > > > >> On 2020-08-21 21:02, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> > >>&

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 01:49:45 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-08-21 21:02, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Hi! All: > > > > For my Homebuilt NAS [specs below], I've decided on a very small 32GB > > SanDisk flash drive for the system drive to keep the 6

Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

Hi! All: For my Homebuilt NAS [specs below], I've decided on a very small 32GB SanDisk flash drive for the system drive to keep the 6 available SATA II connectors free for storage drives. But I'm concerned about writes wearing out the flash drive too soon. I don't know if it has wear leveling

Re: dns cache for localdomain via djbdns

On 12.08.20 15:28, Dan Ritter wrote: Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 02:59:23PM +0200, Patrick Frank wrote: Greg writes: You can execute the "./run" script by hand for testing purposes [...] When I tried "exec envuidgid Gnscache ..." it logged me out.

dns cache for localdomain via djbdns

Hello, on a Debian 10 host I created a virtual machine with very basic features to build a dns cache for my home network with djbdns. I fail to understand how Daemontools are used properly. Following the instructions on http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/install.html went okay.

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 16:14:46 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:40:03PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >Anyone currently using OpenMediaVault, or have recommendations for > >another package, or advice, in general, on homebuilt NAS? > > My advice

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

the docs on SyncThing, I agree. It's more of a personal Dropbox for your devices. Not what I was looking for. Besides most NAS software have "Dropbox-like" plugins, if such a feature is needed. Thanks for your feedback. B > On 7/30/2020 4:28 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Thu

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:27:03 +0200 "Torben Schou Jensen" wrote: > Instead of using old hardware, another solution could be to invest in a > small Raspberry Pi and a USB disk. > > A year back I created such a NAS solution. > Raspberry Pi3 + 1 TB USB disk > > Raspberry Pi OS is based on Debian.

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 18:41:46 -0500 Leslie Rhorer wrote: > I run a pair of Debian servers. One is essentially a NAS, and the > other is a backup system. Both have 30TB (soon to be 48TB) arrays. I > am running XFS, rather than ZFS on the RAID arrays. ZFS is definitely > nice, but is

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

, 7 machines. Thanks. I'll look into it. B > On 7/29/20 12:40 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hi! all, > > > > Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than > > letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OLD! I > > built it

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:09:51 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hi! all, > > > > Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than > > letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OLD! I > > built it

Homebuilt NAS Advice

Hi! all, Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OLD! I built it 13 years ago. However, it's been upgraded many times since, and was still my main box running Stretch until last year. Its current specs:

Re: Lancement de Free Tube

ou sinon, au lieu d'un service online, tu peux utiliser un RSS (newsboat) + un lecteur video (mpv) pour garder ton anonymat sur youtube et autre plateforme video. https://www.reddit.com/r/mpv/comments/f4la99/demo_newsboatmpv_as_a_youtube_client/ Patrick

Re: Lancement de Free Tube

tube Je dois le faire pour démarrer des snapshots de chromium, ça ressemble fort à l'erreur que j'avais avant de faire ça. En espérant que ça aide, Patrick Le 19/07/2020 à 22:03, firenze...@orange.fr a écrit : Bonsoir à tous, Free Tube, bien que sous licence GPLv3, n'est pas un paquet ma

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 08:21:29 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. > Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the > installation of "recommended" packages. > > Therefore I did an install without *ANY* desktop

Re: xfce not controlling desktop

On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:42 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > Hello, all: > > > > Since a recent upgrade of my testing system to debian 10, xfce no longer > > controls the desktop, so no background image, no right-click to bring up > > the menu,

xfce not controlling desktop

Hello, all: Since a recent upgrade of my testing system to debian 10, xfce no longer controls the desktop, so no background image, no right-click to bring up the menu, etc. Top and bottom panels works as they always have. Any thoughts? Hope you're all staying safe and well Cheers Patrick

dahdi-dkms : erreur avec le kernel 5.5 (backports)

://ix.io/2n8n Quelqu'un a-t-il rencontré ce type d'erreur et/ou aurait une piste pour solutionner ce problème SVP ? Est-ce que compiler Asterisk depuis les sources produirait cette erreur et serait la seule solution ? -- Patrick ZAJDA

Kazam 1.5.x - anyone successfully installed?

ure what to do next. If anyone has solved the issue or can give me some advice I'd be grateful. (The solutions offered in several places after a Google search have not worked, and are addressed to a similar problem people were having with 1.4.5.) Thanks and please stay safe Patrick

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

On Wed, 13 May 2020 07:38:00 +0200 Sven Hartge wrote: > Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote: > >> Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto: > > >> > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say,

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

Il giorno mer 13 mag 2020 alle ore 02:36 Rick Thomas > ha scritto: > > > On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote: > > > Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto: > > > > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

On Tue, 12 May 2020 17:17:29 -0700 "Rick Thomas" wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote: > > Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto: > > > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is > > > fin

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

On Wed, 13 May 2020 00:37:52 +0200 Andrea Borgia wrote: > Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto: > > > > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is > > fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just > > opin

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

On Wed, 13 May 2020 12:33:32 + Steve McIntyre wrote: > nemomm...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is > >fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just > >opinions. > > > >Anyone know for sure? I hate having to

Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

Hi! All, I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just opinions. Anyone know for sure? I hate having to waste hundreds of megs for a partition that only needs to hold a few megs, if that much. This

how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

Hello, two of my computers have a similar role as desktop. The installed packages are nearly the same, the configuration is nearly the same and the stored data in /home also. Especially the texts, the pictures and the like require too much time and effort to keep in sync. At first I wrote a

Re: Buster without systemd?

On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:04:18 + Michael Howard wrote: > On 23/03/2020 23:20, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:15:14 + > > Michael Howard wrote: > > > >> On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020

Re: Buster without systemd?

On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:15:14 + Michael Howard wrote: > On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 > > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > >> There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. > >> Th

Re: Buster without systemd?

On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 Jude DaShiell wrote: > There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. > That system maintained sysv and still has support. ASCII is Stretch without systemd or any of the dependencies. Devuan hasn't release its "Buster" version yet. B

Re: OT Filing for free vs Free File, was Re: Simple software for a scanner … LIDE 700F)

On Mon, 9 Mar 2020 10:12:59 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 09:02:02AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > One hopes that you've distinguished between 'filing for "free"' and > > the actual IRS Free File Program. > > > >

Copie de fichiers dans un point de montage SSH

sole que je pourrais exécuter directement sur le serveur s'il vous plaît ? J'ai bien essayé VIFM mais pour le moment, un peu de mal à comprendre comment l'utiliser ;) En espérant avoir fourni suffisamment de détails. Bonne journée, -- Patrick ZAJDA

Re: Comment interdire la consultation de son serveur web sur son IP directe et le port 443?

> > Voilà la conf actuelle, si quelque chose d'anormal SAUTE aux yeux ? > https://wiki.visionduweb.fr/index.php?title=VirtualHosts_des_domaines_enregistrés PS: c'est peut etre pas une bonne idee de mettre ta config apache sur un site. amicalement patrick

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:28:59 +0800 kaye n wrote: > *So, how long does it take to load the second time?* > About 4 seconds. > > After doing this: > > > *kaye@laptop:~$ sudo suroot@laptop:/home/kaye# sync && echo 3 > > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches* > Yes, it opened slow again. Slow disk then?

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 20:02:57 + Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:45:43 -0800 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hello Patrick, > > >On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:45:43 + > >Brad Rogers wrote: > >> I note that Patrick says his starts in 3 or 4 secs. I

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

kes about 35 seconds for your Debian > > >system to > > > > At least. As you say, subsequent starts are much faster. > > > > I note that Patrick says his starts in 3 or 4 secs. I was going to > > suggest that he's using the LO quick starter, but that seems to be > >

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

arts are much faster. > > I note that Patrick says his starts in 3 or 4 secs. I was going to > suggest that he's using the LO quick starter, but that seems to be long > gone - the option to use it is not there in 6.4. I use version 6.1. When I load via the "libreoffice" menu item, I

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 11:27:49 +0800 kaye n wrote: > By the way, it only takes 35 seconds on the first execution. If I close > libreoffice, and open i again, it's really not so slow. > Thank you So, how long does it take to load the second time? B > On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 10:17 AM kaye n

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:17:09 +0800 kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends! > > I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian system to > open LibreOffice. Mine does. My Debian is: No. Initially, after a reboot, so all RAM was cleared of buffered apps, the LibreOffice "Start" panel

Re: Sudo

On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 08:21:44 +0100 wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:00:03PM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:18:01 + > > Brian wrote: > > > > > On Tue 28 Jan 2020 at 11:02:12 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > &

Re: Sudo

On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:29:06 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 29/1/20 6:02 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> My point is that sudo is more of a security "hole" since it only > >> requires a user's password which in my experience are less secure since > >> m

Re: Sudo

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:18:01 + Brian wrote: > On Tue 28 Jan 2020 at 11:02:12 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > The biggest security flaw with any OS is the user. > > By God. I wish I said that! > > The same is true is true of motor cars, washing machines, micr

Re: Sudo

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:16:18 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 27 ian 20, 13:01:17, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:30 +0200 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > In the typical sudo setup the root account is locked, so both su an

Re: Sudo

vor of the Mac told me. I'm not all that familiar with Macs, although it seems I know more about them than the average Mac user. :) B > > Keith Bainbridge > > keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com > 0447 667 468 > > On 28/1/20 8:11 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >

Re: Sudo

On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:58:58 + Joe wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:24:16 -0600 > David Wright wrote: > > > > > > It's always interesting to read opinions of which aspects of Debian > > are too insecure for people to use. > > > > Compared to, say, Windows? > > A few days ago, I

Re: Sudo

On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:30 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 25 ian 20, 19:28:39, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 12:27:21 -0600 > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:40 AM Patrick Bartek > > > wrote: > &

Re: Sudo

On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 12:27:21 -0600 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:40 AM Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:39:28 -0700 > > "Harold Hartley" wrote: > > > > > I did a net-install and installed with no problems. >

Re: Sudo

On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:39:28 -0700 "Harold Hartley" wrote: > I did a net-install and installed with no problems. > The only problem I’m having is when I want to check for updates or install a > file, it tells me that I’m not in the sudoers file. > I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m the only

Re: Use system drive, in another system

On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:19:37 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 20 ian 20, 08:50:07, Esteban L wrote: > > I have Debian installed on a computer which functions as my server > > (email, webhost, smb, etc).. > > > > I want to upgrade the hardware, but don't necessary want to setup all > > the

Re: Use system drive, in another system

On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:50:07 +0100 Esteban L wrote: > I have Debian installed on a computer which functions as my server > (email, webhost, smb, etc).. > > I want to upgrade the hardware, but don't necessary want to setup all > the systems again. I did that yesterday with a new build Ryzen 5

Re: Print Settings issue

e to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > Have you tried aptitude? ('sudo aptitude' if installed) I have found it very good at resolving dependency issues. There are any number of reasons why that version of lsb is not installable; aptitude can at least likely tell you in more detail what the issue is and maybe offer a solution. Patrick

Re: First boot issue

On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:25:01 -0800 Kord wrote: > Hi, > > I recently installed Debian 10.2 as a dual boot on a second HDD separate > from windows 10, and when booting from grub, have not been able to get > pass the “ [ ok ] gnome display manager”. Is there any fix for this? > Thanks Without

Re: Debian Installer Bug -Wifi driver not installed

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 06:16:17 -0800 Peter Ehlert wrote: > I have a desktop computer running Debian Buster Mate that I want to move > to a different location and use Wifi. > Using a cheap USB dongle NetworkManager Applet detects the device, lets > me select from available networks, accepts

Re: New Buster install crashing

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:45:59 + (UTC) "J.W. Foster" wrote: > So this is the issue. This is a newly built system hardware that > is all cutting edge and I have other Linux OS as well as windows > installed and all work well. I have had a consistent issue with Buster > crashing the system. I

Re: 'apt update' failure, me or repository?

On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:55:55 -0600 Art Sackett wrote: > For any who've found this thread by searching for the problem they're > having, the workaround is to create the file > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99useragent and populate it with: > > Acquire > { > http::User-Agent "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux

Re: imprimer un message avec mutt

a fonctionne parfaitement, Patrick

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:59:00 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > B writes: > > To make things easy, I figured to just uninstall GNOME. Wouldn't work > > no matter what method I tried. Uninstall always wanted to remove ALL X > > based stuff. Dependency hell. Researched a lot. No solutions found. > >

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 21:40:08 +0300 Reco wrote: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 11:21:26AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:44:32 -0500 > > John Hasler wrote: > > > > > Patrick Bartek writes: > > > > They are each their own

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:44:55 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > Patrick Bartek writes: > > Try unistalling a DE, either in part or whole, to replace it with > > another and you'll end up with no xorg and all the stuff that goes > > with it, and all the apps that run under

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:44:32 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > Patrick Bartek writes: > > They are each their own Hell. Package management software solved, > > more or less, one type, but created another beast as the OP has > > discovered and that we each deal with in our ow

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:01:31 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > Patrick Bartek writes: > > Welcome to the Wonderful Hell of Dependencies. > > That's not dependency hell. Dependency hell is what we had before > package management systems. I assure you that occasionally permitting

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Sun, 6 Oct 2019 21:50:54 +0300 "goleo ." wrote: > Hi. > > After installing Debian 10 on my laptop (I choose desktop LXQT) > I noticed that Xarchiver is preinstalled and it was inconvenient > to me in the past, so I opened Synaptic to remove it. But when > I click on "xarchiver" and choose

Re: I can't find 1920x1080 from Display Settings

On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 18:26:23 +0300 Jari Fredriksson wrote: > Hello. > > I'm using Debian Buster in a VirtualBox VM on my server. I use it from > Windows using Remote Desktop. > > The desktop size is not automatically my FullHD size so I need to go to > Display Settings and there from a

Re: Can't install package in an offline desktop with Debian 9 (Stretch)

On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:17:18 +0300 dalios wrote: > On 9/21/19 11:50 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:50:40 +0300 > > dalios wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I have a desktop with Debian 9.9 (Stretch) installed. I hav

Re: Can't install package in an offline desktop with Debian 9 (Stretch)

On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:50:40 +0300 dalios wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a desktop with Debian 9.9 (Stretch) installed. I have moved it in > a house were cable connection is not available but wifi is (thanks > neighbors), so I used an older wifi adapter that I have. The adapter is > (according to

Re: Autocomplete and shortcuts slow in Terminal

On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 09:15:27 -0500 Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote: > hello, > I have recently fresh installed Buster on my laptop. I am noticing that > autocomplete (Tab) in my Terminal (Gnome Terminal) is a second slower > than usual. When I push the Tab key it takes a bit longer than usual, >

Re: buster to testing

On Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:03:03 +0100 mick crane wrote: > excuse my forgetfulness > have 2 PCs cheerfully running 10.1 > If I want to change one to testing is it *just* a question of changing > the sources list ? > Not entirely. That's the second step. The first, is to read the instructions.

Re: About firmware to install

On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:07:31 + (UTC) Simeone Dominique wrote: > Dear friends, > I am new with Debian 10. > I need to install firmware and brasero. > I try to do it but the system said or send the document in the wrong place. > I need some help. > I wrote wget /usr/local/lib/firmware

Re: is it possible run 32-bit app on 64-bit amd system??

On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:13:33 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: > i want to run adobe pdf reader on jessie for amd64 > the last adobe reader 4 unix is for 32bit, i'm afraid it can't run on 64bit > system You want to research multiarch -- multiple architectures. But your CPU MUST support 32-bit

Re: August 10, 2019

On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:53:29 + (UTC) Randy Demerchant wrote: >  I have a dell laptop 1720 and desktop acer ax 1935. I like to know > can I install and use Debian on eithers of these two system with out > ant problems Can you let me know thank you Randy The short answer? Probably. How well

Re: buster netinst timezone

On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 21:38:23 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > The netinst cd image for Buster 10.0.0 does not offer a UTC option for > English -> United States. Mine did. IIRC it was part of the timezone choice at install. Last in the list. Stock Buster Netinstall CD. I don't use UTC, but

Re: WiFi interface unexpected response

On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 09:48:03 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 06 aug 19, 18:13:02, zetam.imap wrote: > > > > > Why do you need this if you configure wpa in /etc/network/interfaces? > > > > Normally the wireless interface is activated when a user accesses their > > account on the

Re: WiFi interface unexpected response

On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 01:34:43 -0300 "zetam.imap" wrote: > hello > I have quite (to me) unexplained behavior in a wifi interface I defined > in /etc/network/interfaces config file. > I turned off NetworkManager > >  root@:~ # systemctl stop NetworkManager.service >  root@:~ # systemctl disable

Re: Virtual Box

On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 15:12:18 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 05 Aug 2019 at 12:06:57 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 11:50:07 -0400 Greg Wooledge > > wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:44:35AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > &

Re: Virtual Box

On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 11:50:07 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:44:35AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:41:06 -0400 > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 02:42:36PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote

Re: Virtual Box

On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:41:06 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 02:42:36PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > To help installing the .deb file, install gdebi-core (commandline > > version) from Buster's repo. It will take care of dependencies >

Re: Buster's Strange Behaviour Purging Firefox-esr

On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 11:37:51 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Sat 03 Aug 2019 at 09:05:52 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 07:09:29 +0200 Sven Joachim wrote: > > > On 2019-08-02 21:36 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: Buster's Strange Behaviour Purging Firefox-esr

On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 08:03:32 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 02 aug 19, 21:36:17, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hi! All -- > > > > Installed Buster (netinstall CD, LXDE desktop ONLY, system-utils) in > > Virtualbox 6.0 on Stretch (sysvinit as init) host to test an

Re: Buster's Strange Behaviour Purging Firefox-esr

On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 07:09:29 +0200 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2019-08-02 21:36 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Installed Buster (netinstall CD, LXDE desktop ONLY, system-utils) in > > Virtualbox 6.0 on Stretch (sysvinit as init) host to test and evaluate. > > Firefox-e

Buster's Strange Behaviour Purging Firefox-esr

Hi! All -- Installed Buster (netinstall CD, LXDE desktop ONLY, system-utils) in Virtualbox 6.0 on Stretch (sysvinit as init) host to test and evaluate. Firefox-esr, of course, installed by default, but after installing Google Chrome didn't need it anymore, so . . . When I apt purge firefox-esr,

Re: Virtual Box

On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 03:22:24 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Download the .deb directly from Oracle's web site.  This is the way I've > > always installed Virtualbox.  Never used the Debian repo versions > > ever.  Don't forget the Host Extensions p

Re: Virtual Box

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 18:03:51 +0100 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to > install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed > because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the > Buster repositories. >

Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?

On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:51:24 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 07/29/2019 10:10 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > [snip] > > Since your machines are very close together, take a look at USB to USB > > networking. > > Did ;} One of the first things I thought of as I da

Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?

On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:05:02 +0200 john doe wrote: > On 7/29/2019 12:57 PM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 05:40:40AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> A concern is security issues. Bluetooth, being short range, may thus > >> have an advantage. Speed is not an issue

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