Help with understanding touchpad acceleration on libinput/Wayland

2021-03-07 Thread Laura Smith
tried changing acceleration parameters with xinput, but I see from the libinput FAQ that they are aiming for as few user-configurable options as possible. Thanks for your help! Laura

Re: Help Understanding Samba/ssh/LDAP/sssd/Kerberos/File Sharing?

2021-02-23 Thread Kent West
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 8:10 PM Kent West wrote: > Ultimate goal: > 1. Allow Windows/Mac users to map drives to Debian fileshares. > 2. Allow Windows/Mac users to ssh into same Debian box. > > Near as I've been able to figure out (the web documentation seems to be > all over the map), there

Re: Help Understanding Samba/ssh/LDAP/sssd/Kerberos/File Sharing?

2021-02-18 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 9:03 PM Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 8:11 PM Kent West wrote: > >> Ultimate goal: >> 1. Allow Windows/Mac users to map drives to Debian fileshares. >> 2. Allow Windows/Mac users to ssh into same Debian box. >> >> .. >> > My experience is that any

Re: Help Understanding Samba/ssh/LDAP/sssd/Kerberos/File Sharing?

2021-02-18 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 8:11 PM Kent West wrote: > Ultimate goal: > 1. Allow Windows/Mac users to map drives to Debian fileshares. > 2. Allow Windows/Mac users to ssh into same Debian box. > > Near as I've been able to figure out (the web documentation seems to be > all over the map), there are

Help Understanding Samba/ssh/LDAP/sssd/Kerberos/File Sharing?

2021-02-18 Thread Kent West
Ultimate goal: 1. Allow Windows/Mac users to map drives to Debian fileshares. 2. Allow Windows/Mac users to ssh into same Debian box. Near as I've been able to figure out (the web documentation seems to be all over the map), there are basically three ways of authenticating users for logging

Re: Need Help

2021-02-10 Thread David Christensen
the content (it was in the Junk folder): System was working properly. Then on start-up it ended up with a screen showing (initfamfs -- Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands). Also Run fsck MANUALLY without -a or -p options. How do I get into util-linux 2.33.1 to run fsck ?? Please let me

Re: Need Help

2021-02-10 Thread David Christensen
On 09.02.2021 20:46, griffin...@verizon.net wrote: Please see attached. If the attachment is, say, 20 kB (8 pages) or less, please post. If larger, please post the most relevant portions and provide a public URL for the rest. David

Re: Need Help

2021-02-10 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 09.02.2021 20:46, griffin...@verizon.net wrote: Please see attached. Have you done something to the system prior to its failure? Could you send more information about this system? Is it laptop or a stationary PC? Does it uses RAID? Is it "Buster" (Current Stable branch) installation? Due

Need Help

2021-02-09 Thread griffineng
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Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-22 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-22 19:31, Pankaj Jangid wrote: David Christensen writes: On 2021-01-21 21:06, Pankaj Jangid wrote: I am setting up one (or may be two) home-office servers. I have 6 ATI Radian RX580 graphics cards that are lying in cold storage. I used them a couple of years back to experiment

Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-22 Thread Pankaj Jangid
David Christensen writes: > On 2021-01-21 21:06, Pankaj Jangid wrote: >> I am setting up one (or may be two) home-office servers. I have 6 ATI >> Radian RX580 graphics cards that are lying in cold storage. I used them >> a couple of years back to experiment with various crypto-mining >>

Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-22 Thread David Christensen
-supply. So I’ll put that to use. I need your help to setup a system completely free of proprietary software. Please do reply. Several manufacturers produced graphics cards with that name. What is the make and model? Support URL? What is the model of the PSU? Support URL? I would start

Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-22 Thread Pankaj Jangid
Steven Mainor writes: > Well I can say that I have a ryzen 7 2700X in my desktop and I am very happy > with it. I don't know what question specifically I can answer for you but I > have no complaints about it. > > I would look for a motherboard with components(sound, sensors, network >

Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-22 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:39:45 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: ... > The AMD cards probably don't function without a firmware blob, > even with otherwise open-source drivers. Depends what you mean by "function" :) IIRC, my system with an RX-570 would boot to console without the firmware packages

Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
o balance between >cost, performance and reliability will probably be best. But I really >don’t know much about the hardware. > > I already have good modular corsair 1200w power-supply. So I’ll put that > to use. > > I need your help to setup a system completely free of

Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-22 Thread Dan Ritter
Pankaj Jangid wrote: > I don???t want any proprietary software to run on these systems. And hence > exploring possibilities. My questions: > > 1. I had a look at i7 and Ryzen 7. For multi-threading applications, it >appears that Ryzen is better choice because it allows more number of >

Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-22 Thread deloptes
Pankaj Jangid wrote: > 3. I’ll also put these machine to serve local copy of all my data. I’ll > synchronize it with some cloud space. I need recommendations for > reliable hard disks. A combination of SSD/HDD to balance between > cost, performance and reliability will probably be best. But I

Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-21 Thread Steven Mainor
formance and reliability will probably be best. But I really >don’t know much about the hardware. > > I already have good modular corsair 1200w power-supply. So I’ll put that > to use. > > I need your help to setup a system completely free of proprietary > software. Plea

Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-21 Thread Pankaj Jangid
recommendations for reliable hard disks. A combination of SSD/HDD to balance between cost, performance and reliability will probably be best. But I really don’t know much about the hardware. I already have good modular corsair 1200w power-supply. So I’ll put that to use. I need your help

Re: Help request installing wi-fi/video-card proprietary drivers [Debian 10 stable]

2021-01-20 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:58:41 +0100 Linux-Fan wrote: ... > NVidia GPU on laptop can be difficult. In fact, I never managed to get mine > working (on laptops newer than 2006 that is, old ones used to work). This > wiki page might be relevant for you, too: > >

Re: Upstream Default (FOSS) DDX Driver for NVidia GPUs is not Nouveau (was: Help request installing wi-fi/video-card prop...)

2021-01-20 Thread Felix Miata
David Christensen composed on 2021-01-20 11:33 (UTC-0800): > I have a ~2011 Dell Latitude E6520 laptop with Nvidia Optimus graphics. > It has always required non-free firmware for the Wi-Fi. On Debian 9 > with the free nouveau driver, the graphics work fine; both internal and > external. I

Re: Help request installing wi-fi/video-card proprietary drivers [Debian 10 stable]

2021-01-20 Thread David Christensen
for help or maybe an IRC contact would be more efficient. Thank you for being part of this wonderful project, I have a ~2011 Dell Latitude E6520 laptop with Nvidia Optimus graphics. It has always required non-free firmware for the Wi-Fi. On Debian 9 with the free nouveau driver, the graphics work

Re: Help request installing wi-fi/video-card proprietary drivers [Debian 10 stable]

2021-01-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
> in the same post/email, so I would like to ask if this is the right format to > ask for help or maybe an IRC contact would be more efficient. > > Thank you for being part of this wonderful project, > > M B Would you be prepared to re-install Debian to sort out the problems?

Re: Help request installing wi-fi/video-card proprietary drivers [Debian 10 stable]

2021-01-20 Thread Linux-Fan
in the first and second methods suggested in the wiki, it also gave me instability for the previously installed wifi drivers. Due to the several passages and fixes I've tried, I couldn't resume them all in the same post/email, so I would like to ask if this is the right format to ask for help

Help request installing wi-fi/video-card proprietary drivers [Debian 10 stable]

2021-01-20 Thread uekilaw
in the wiki, it also gave me instability for the previously installed wifi drivers. Due to the several passages and fixes I've tried, I couldn't resume them all in the same post/email, so I would like to ask if this is the right format to ask for help or maybe an IRC contact would be more

Need help with RoboLinux Debian/GNU-Linux

2021-01-18 Thread Burkhard Salz
Hi, I just installed Robo Linux Debian/GNU-Linux but I can not play ALL DVD Movies like GI Joe on VLC Player. Please leave me your info what to because I am only a User. Many thanks. Burkhard Salz Brahmsstrasse 27 53332 Bornheim/Germany Codex*Höflichkeit und Menschlichkeit tut nicht weh*

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-15 Thread Rasmus MK
On fredag 15 januari 2021 kl. 13:58:09 CET Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 09:14:53AM +, Rasmus MK wrote: > > > > I use KDE. If I look in Settings -> Regional Settings -> Format it > > > > says > > > > en_SE.UTF-8 (no adjustments). > > > > > > > > LANG=en_SE.UTF-8 > > There is

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-15 Thread Rasmus MK
On fredag 15 januari 2021 kl. 13:56:17 CET Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 14 ian 21, 19:06:34, Rasmus MK wrote: > > During the Debian installation (graphical) I configured my locale to be > > "en_SE.UTF-8". > > Can you explain how you managed to do that? > > Right now im trying the latest daily

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 15 ian 21, 17:45:06, Rasmus MK wrote: > On fredag 15 januari 2021 kl. 13:56:17 CET Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 14 ian 21, 19:06:34, Rasmus MK wrote: > > > During the Debian installation (graphical) I configured my locale to be > > > "en_SE.UTF-8". > > > > Can you explain how you

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-15 Thread Rasmus MK
On Friday, 15 January 2021 03:53:54 CET David Wright wrote: > On Thu 14 Jan 2021 at 19:06:34 (+), Rasmus MK wrote: > > I'm looking for help in understanding how locales work and how to > > configure my system running Debian Testing. > > > > During the Debian

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-15 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 09:14:53AM +, Rasmus MK wrote: > > > I use KDE. If I look in Settings -> Regional Settings -> Format it says > > > en_SE.UTF-8 (no adjustments). > > > LANG=en_SE.UTF-8 There is no such locale in the "dpkg-reconfigure locales" list on my buster system. │ Locales to

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 14 ian 21, 19:06:34, Rasmus MK wrote: > > During the Debian installation (graphical) I configured my locale to be > "en_SE.UTF-8". Can you explain how you managed to do that? Right now im trying the latest daily (for arm64, but it shouldn't matter) and if I select Language: English and

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread David Wright
On Thu 14 Jan 2021 at 19:06:34 (+), Rasmus MK wrote: > > I'm looking for help in understanding how locales work and how to configure > my > system running Debian Testing. > > During the Debian installation (graphical) I configured my locale to be > "en_SE.U

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread Rasmus MK
n see now that I have one locale in the console environment and one in the desktop environment. this clears out some confusion. Thank you. > > If your actual issue is "when I'm working inside my python virtual > environment, shit breaks" then I'm afraid I can't help you much wit

Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread Rasmus MK
Hi list, I'm looking for help in understanding how locales work and how to configure my system running Debian Testing. During the Debian installation (graphical) I configured my locale to be "en_SE.UTF-8". Recently a python script crashed with the error message "unsupported

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
vironment. If your actual issue is "when I'm working inside my python virtual environment, shit breaks" then I'm afraid I can't help you much with that. Maybe someone else on this list knows about locales inside python venvs, or maybe you could seek help from a python list.

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2021-01-14 20:06, Rasmus MK wrote: Hi list, I'm looking for help in understanding how locales work and how to configure my system running Debian Testing. During the Debian installation (graphical) I configured my locale to be "en_SE.UTF-8". Recently a python script crashed with

Re: megacli help

2021-01-11 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Den 06.01.2021 17:28, skrev basti: Hello, I want to set all my drives to RAID0 to use mdadm. "megacli help" have the following options: My version of megacli gives several pages of output for the 'help' option. megacli is a very strange program, but there is method to the madnes

Re: megacli help

2021-01-09 Thread Richard Hector
On 7/01/21 5:28 am, basti wrote: Hello, I want to set all my drives to RAID0 to use mdadm. Is there any advantage in that? I entirely agree with using mdadm rather than hardware raid, given the choice, since it allows for switching the disks into a system with a different card/adapter. But

Re: megacli help

2021-01-06 Thread basti
Am 06.01.21 um 19:45 schrieb Greg Wooledge: > On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 05:28:24PM +0100, basti wrote: >> "megacli help" have the following options: >> >> MegaCli -CfgEachDskRaid0 [WT|WB] [NORA|RA] [Direct|Cached] [-enblPI] >> [CachedBadBBU|NoCa

Re: megacli help

2021-01-06 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 05:28:24PM +0100, basti wrote: > "megacli help" have the following options: > > MegaCli -CfgEachDskRaid0 [WT|WB] [NORA|RA] [Direct|Cached] [-enblPI] > [CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU] [-strpszM]|[FDE|CtrlBased] [-Default| > -A

Re: megacli help

2021-01-06 Thread basti
I'm new on LSI raid adapters. OK i will try storcli. Don't know that megacli is deprecated. THX Am 06.01.21 um 17:45 schrieb Reco: > Hi. > > On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 05:28:24PM +0100, basti wrote: >> Hello, I want to set all my drives to RAID0 to use mdadm. >>

Re: megacli help

2021-01-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 05:28:24PM +0100, basti wrote: > Hello, I want to set all my drives to RAID0 to use mdadm. > "megacli help" have the following options: Is there any particular reason you're using megacli instead of storcli? MegaCli is deprecated. If it's poss

megacli help

2021-01-06 Thread basti
Hello, I want to set all my drives to RAID0 to use mdadm. "megacli help" have the following options: MegaCli -CfgEachDskRaid0 [WT|WB] [NORA|RA] [Direct|Cached] [-enblPI] [CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU] [-strpszM]|[FDE|CtrlBased] [-Default| -Automatic| -None

Re: Help with install on old Mac

2020-12-10 Thread Bob McGowan
://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/ keep us informed if you have succeeded :-) Hello Didier, Thanks for the links.  I too had noticed some of the Debian links were broken. I did try a different, smaller, USB stick for the firmware, but it did not help.  Plus some of the info from other pages

Re: Help with install on old Mac

2020-12-05 Thread didier gaumet
Hello Disclaimer: I am not familiar with Apple (old or new) hardware There is the Debian Jessie installation manual for the powerpc architecture: https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/powerpc/index.html.en the 3.6.1 section could explain why you have difficulties to boot from your hard

Help with install on old Mac

2020-12-05 Thread Bob McGowan
directory locations and had no success with the installer finding the files.  This may be due to the size of the stick (32G), I'll try something smaller later. The real issue I need help with is that I can't figure out how, or even if it is possible, to use virtual consoles with Debian for Power

Re: Help: br0 brings down ethernet

2020-11-14 Thread Dan Ritter
Alain D D Williams wrote: > Most of it works nicely; one problem is starting a network bridge takes down > the ethernet connection. > > Can anyone please offer any clues: > > /etc/network/interfaces.d/br0 contains: > iface br0 inet static > bridge_ports enp3s0 This tells br0 to eat

Help: br0 brings down ethernet

2020-11-14 Thread Alain D D Williams
I'm upgrading my desktop from CentOS-6 to Debian -- CentOS-8 has Gnome 3 that I can't abide, Debian has Mate. Most of it works nicely; one problem is starting a network bridge takes down the ethernet connection. Can anyone please offer any clues: /etc/network/interfaces.d/br0 contains: iface

Re: Quick help on

2020-10-08 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 9:35 AM wrote: > > I've recently found that if I leave the machines with the KVM set to the > Jessie machine, when I come back, the power light on the monitor is red, > but > does not come back to life when I move the mouse or press a key. > I had a similar problem with

Re: Quick help on

2020-10-08 Thread Bob Weber
in the last year so it is something in the system is doing it.  Googling wasn't much help.  I have put all the settings (in KDE) to not sleep or turn off the monitor to no avail. -- *...Bob*

Re: Quick help on

2020-10-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 10:34:33 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I've recently found that if I leave the machines with the KVM set to > the Jessie machine, when I come back, the power light on the monitor > is red, but does not come back to life when I move the mouse or press > a key. My

Quick help on

2020-10-08 Thread rhkramer
What I'm looking for: I didn't do much research on this problem, I checked the settings I could quickly find in Jessie, and did a google search or two on []. I'm not looking for in depth help at this point, I have a workaround, I'm looking for someone who might have had the same problem and can

Advice and/or help

2020-10-04 Thread kdibble
I don't know to whom these should go to, or how to get them fixed. Documentation: Having read the fine manual: Neither man apparmor or man apparmor.d have any mention of apparmor.d/local There is no mention of proper formatting of apparmor.d/local files. At

Re: Help - How to paste from host (Debian) to Virtual machine (Win10)

2020-09-08 Thread Dennis Wicks
Kushal Kumaran wrote on 9/7/20 7:31 PM: Dennis Wicks writes: Greetings! Is there any way that I can copy and paste from Deb host to VM Win10 and vice versa? Assuming you are using qemu-kvm to run your VM, the search keyword would be SPICE. You need to have the appropriate devices

Re: Help - How to paste from host (Debian) to Virtual machine (Win10)

2020-09-07 Thread Kushal Kumaran
Dennis Wicks writes: > Greetings! > > Is there any way that I can copy and paste from Deb host to VM Win10 > and vice versa? > Assuming you are using qemu-kvm to run your VM, the search keyword would be SPICE. You need to have the appropriate devices attached to the VM (a spice channel at the

Help - How to paste from host (Debian) to Virtual machine (Win10)

2020-09-07 Thread Dennis Wicks
Greetings! Is there any way that I can copy and paste from Deb host to VM Win10 and vice versa? Many TIA! Dennis

Re: Need help -- Virtual Machine Manager

2020-09-05 Thread Fabien Roucaute
Le 05/09/2020 à 19:27, Dennis Wicks a écrit : > Yes, everything is in the same box/host. I need to know how to mount a > physical CD! > TNX! > You go in the menu View-> details-> CD-ROM, and then you select the physical drive in the list (usually /dev/sr0)

Re: Need help -- Virtual Machine Manager

2020-09-05 Thread Dennis Wicks
Fabien Roucaute wrote on 9/5/20 1:40 AM: Le 05/09/2020 à 01:57, Dennis Wicks a écrit : I'm running Win10 with Virtual Machine Manager on Deb 10.4. How to I attach my CD drive to Win10 so I can install some software? Many TIA! Dennis Either the ISO or the CD-ROM need to be on the host. If

Re: Need help -- Virtual Machine Manager

2020-09-05 Thread Fabien Roucaute
Le 05/09/2020 à 01:57, Dennis Wicks a écrit : > I'm running Win10 with Virtual Machine Manager on Deb 10.4. How to I > attach my CD drive to Win10 so I can install some software? > > Many TIA! > Dennis > Either the ISO or the CD-ROM need to be on the host. If KVM/libvirt doesn't run on the

Need help -- Virtual Machine Manager

2020-09-04 Thread Dennis Wicks
I'm running Win10 with Virtual Machine Manager on Deb 10.4. How to I attach my CD drive to Win10 so I can install some software? Many TIA! Dennis

help with bug report for boot delay in networking

2020-08-22 Thread Armin Faltl
Hi, occasionally I experience a hang in booting during the network setup. The boot screen shows a timeout of 5min 7sec going to 6min 37sec after the former expired. Then the system starts normally and the networks work, including openvpn and barracudavpn (when in use). I didn't file a report

Re: [Python-Help] Python 3 Segmentation Fault

2020-08-05 Thread J.Arun Mani
Hello all. I found a crazy fix to this issue. Running Python in Isolation mode raises no problem ! That is, you need to run Python like this: $ python3 -I So having the isolation mode fix the issue, what next step shall I take to make the fix permanent (I mean tweak or look at which modules,

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

2020-07-30 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 08:46:24AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:56:27AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Sigh. It /used/ to be simple. > > Honestly, it never was [...] C'm on. At least there was a finite set back then. These days, the set is infinite, or at least

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

2020-07-30 Thread Klaus Singvogel
Greg Wooledge wrote: > Every type of login follows a completely different set of steps for > configuring your environment. Reconciling these and achieving a uniform > environment across all possible login types is *extremely* difficult, > if not impossible. It's more or less a layer model with

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

2020-07-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:56:27AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Sigh. It /used/ to be simple. Honestly, it never was. Even in the old days, users had different login shell options, so if you wanted a consistent environment for csh and sh users, for example, you had to write two different

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

2020-07-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:21:54AM +0200, Benedikt Tuchen wrote: > When I use no display manager like lightdm, I start i3 via startx in > the console. If I do this dmenu and rofi are using my personal $PATH > variable. For example it includes "$HOME/.local/bin". But when I > use a display manager,

Re: Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

2020-07-30 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:21:54AM +0200, Benedikt Tuchen wrote: > Hello, > > I got some strange behavior with my PATH variable and maybe somebody > here can help me with this. > > When I use no display manager like lightdm, I start i3 via startx in > the console. If I d

Need help with PATH variable (i3/debian buster)

2020-07-30 Thread Benedikt Tuchen
Hello, I got some strange behavior with my PATH variable and maybe somebody here can help me with this. When I use no display manager like lightdm, I start i3 via startx in the console. If I do this dmenu and rofi are using my personal $PATH variable. For example it includes "$HOME/.loca

[RESOLVED] Re: Deluged setup instructions/help

2020-07-25 Thread Intense Red
To get Deluge running one should remember that deluged is a Python program which rewrites its variables to a config file on exit. Once the config file is located it can be edited and the variables The initialization problem is a problem. I used update-rc.d to disable the /

Re: Deluged setup instructions/help

2020-07-10 Thread Intense Red
> Checking the /etc/default/deluged file would be recommended as well. That just contains a switch to enable the daemon (already done to no effect). > In case you (the OP) end up writing a .service file (system or user) to > replace the init script kindly attach it to a wishlist bug for

Re: Deluged setup instructions/help

2020-07-10 Thread Intense Red
> may I ask whether there is anything about deluge/deluged in particular that > makes you want to use it? My default is to use the transmission package but that has a documented bug in which some torrents cause an "invalid argument" error. > Or is it just the one you've used before, so you

Re: Deluged setup instructions/help

2020-07-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 10 iul 20, 09:40:48, davidson wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 Intense Red wrote: > > > but nothing for current versions of Debian and many of the guides suggest > > doing all sorts of "odd" things (like creating /etc/systemd/system/ > > deluged.service files > > Well, in a way that isn't odd

Re: Deluged setup instructions/help

2020-07-10 Thread davidson
On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 Intense Red wrote: I want to set up a deluged server on Debian stable. I don't know anything about deluge. I am idly curious. Given how many bittorrent clients there are to choose from, may I ask whether there is anything about deluge/deluged in particular that makes you

Deluged setup instructions/help

2020-07-09 Thread Intense Red
I want to set up a deluged server on Debian stable. Installing the relevant packages there are zero -- none, nada, zilch! -- instructions or example config files. From my perspective deluged nor deluge-web does not install itself in any sort of a working or bare-bones configuration which

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-11 Thread David Wright
see any need to argue with him over it. At > > > some point it's reasonable to simply accept that someone is trying to do > > > something and either help or not. I haven't seen anyone arguing with the OP, even though there are several arguments elsewhere in the thread. > > I

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-11 Thread Nicolas George
Michael Stone (12020-06-11): > I wasn't referring to that statement, I was referring to several other > emails which were apparently being justified by that statement. I have not seen anything like this. Do you have references? > So the rest of your strawman is, I guess, irrelevant. You could

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-11 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:58:39AM +0200, deloptes wrote: There is nothing unpolite in the mentioned statement: "There is no dilemma at all: we are not paid help-desk technicians." I wasn't referring to that statement, I was referring to several other emails which were appare

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-11 Thread tomas
s due to your own perspective? >and what actually bothers me most is that some people think > they are on this earth to judge over others. > > There is nothing unpolite in the mentioned statement: "There is no dilemma > at all: we are not paid help-desk technicians

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-11 Thread deloptes
acceptable both right and left, however I see more often finger pointing from the left and what actually bothers me most is that some people think they are on this earth to judge over others. There is nothing unpolite in the mentioned statement: "There is no dilemma at all: we are not

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-10 Thread tomas
asked politely! OK > I am honestly fed of this. When I read following: ^^^ It seems that the definition of "polite" differ strongly among people :-/ > There is no dilemma at all: we are not paid help-desk technicians. > > I do not think or

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-10 Thread deloptes
lowing: There is no dilemma at all: we are not paid help-desk technicians. I do not think or have a perseption it is unpolite. It is a true statement. Period. Now the superior moral leftists came here to judge what is polite and what not. Please give me a break. Thank you

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-10 Thread Nicolas George
Michael Stone (12020-06-10): > It helps create a positive community. Constantly attacking people because > you think they're in some way wrong does not. Yes. That is true. What is the link with the current sub-discussion? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-10 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 09:51:37PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: Michael Stone (12020-06-10): Interacting in a polite fashion shouldn't require a paycheck. What does politeness have to do with it? It helps create a positive community. Constantly attacking people because you think they're in

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-10 Thread Nicolas George
Michael Stone (12020-06-10): > Interacting in a polite fashion shouldn't require a paycheck. What does politeness have to do with it? We can very politely explain to somebody that their question makes no sense. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-10 Thread Michael Stone
/)? * Or are they expected to put the issue into perspective and challenge it? I know it can be frustrating because this is not always the answer we as OP want to read but it can be really instructive as we understand we were on a wrong track. There is no dilemma at all: we are not paid help-desk

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-10 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 09:20:50PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: * Are the respondents supposed to answer the OP question directly without hindsight (potential XY problem sometimes - http://xyproblem.info/)? * Or are they expected to put the issue into perspective and challenge it? I know it

Re: [OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-10 Thread Nicolas George
perspective and challenge it? I > know it can be frustrating because this is not always the answer we as OP > want to read but it can be really instructive as we understand we were on a > wrong track. There is no dilemma at all: we are not paid help-desk technicians. Regards, -- Nicolas G

[OT] How to help the OP? (was: How long will this take?)

2020-06-10 Thread l0f4r0
are why the OP is doing it. I can think of several > possibilities, but I don't see any need to argue with him over it. At some > point it's reasonable to simply accept that someone is trying to do something > and either help or not. > It's the usual dilemma on mailing-lists/forums: * A

Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small

2020-06-05 Thread Nate Bargmann
If you're used to the common keystrokes for copy/cut/paste/undo of C-c/C-x/C-v/C-z, then you'll want to enable CUA mode. There are caveats that certain commands won't mirror the tutorial exactly but as far as I use Emacs, it is a benefit. I do disable CUA mode when I use Org mode as it uses the

Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small

2020-06-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/05/2020 09:58 AM, mick crane wrote: On 2020-06-05 12:47, Richard Owlett wrote: Suggestions for a *text editor*, *NOT word processor*, which can set tab stops at column N1, N2, N3, ... ? Typical *text editors* set distance between stops to one specific value. If I understand correctly.

Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small

2020-06-05 Thread mick crane
On 2020-06-05 12:47, Richard Owlett wrote: Suggestions for a *text editor*, *NOT word processor*, which can set tab stops at column N1, N2, N3, ... ? Typical *text editors* set distance between stops to one specific value. If I understand correctly. I had a look and you can set the tab

THANK YOU!!!! -was- [Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small]

2020-06-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/05/2020 07:07 AM, John Hasler wrote: Richard Owlett writes: Suggestions for a *text editor*, *NOT word processor*, which can set tab stops at column N1, N2, N3, ... ? Emacs. Took me <30 seconds to set Help text font to legible size. Not sure why it took me that long *R

Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small

2020-06-05 Thread John Hasler
Richard Owlett writes: > Suggestions for a *text editor*, *NOT word processor*, which can set > tab stops at column N1, N2, N3, ... ? Emacs. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small

2020-06-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On a LUG mailing list I asked for a *text editor* which could set tabs at arbitrary column locations. I was referred to LibreOffice Writer. Clicking the Help button yields unreadably small text. How do I set the Help system's font size to something legible? Suggestions for a *text editor

Re: Help: External monitor on modern Acer Nitro 5 laptop

2020-05-27 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Monday, 25 May 2020 at 18:54, Sander Marechal wrote: > Hello all, I am going totally mad trying to get my new laptop working > properly under Debian. On my desktop, which has two providers (aka graphics cards), after asking for help on the 'net, I added this line to my .xsession to get

Help: External monitor on modern Acer Nitro 5 laptop

2020-05-25 Thread Sander Marechal
Even when it does load then xrandr still sees only 1 provider, not 2. I'm going mad here :-( Can someone please help? Kind regards, -- Sander Marechal

Pavel Durov this project will be important, I'm trying to help children

2020-05-20 Thread Марк Демьянкин
if you even indirectly have a connection, "Pavel Durov" or Telegram (software) programmers, please send them, let them write to the address greed_is_destruct...@xmpp.jp The project is larger and more promising. Here is not all. I do not know much English! I do not ask for money for the project!

Re: Jitsi (was Re: Please help me find a good Debian compatible video card).

2020-04-29 Thread tomas
On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 12:36:50AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de (12020-04-28): > > I never tried, mind you. I've got better things to do with my time than > > wrangling down a Java Monster (TM). > > > > That said, I don't know what your point is (besides whining around a > >

Re: Jitsi (was Re: Please help me find a good Debian compatible video card).

2020-04-28 Thread Nicolas George
to...@tuxteam.de (12020-04-28): > I never tried, mind you. I've got better things to do with my time than > wrangling down a Java Monster (TM). > > That said, I don't know what your point is (besides whining around a > bit here): you get the thing as a Debian packaged source. You have > shown

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