Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:31:07PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > I'm about to install buster or bullseye on a newly acquired laptop > with an SSD (a first for me). I'm intending to clean (zero or > randomise) the entire drive with dd before I start, and am > interested in any pitfalls with that. >

Re: help me diagnose rt2800usb

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 09:09:49AM +, Long Wind wrote: > i have erased stretch to install buster, but problem persistin my past > successful installation, buster installer shall prompt me to provide firmware > for wireless adapter , but this time it don't prompt > > > > Buster insta

Re: debian installation issue

On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 07:09:29AM -0400, songbird wrote: > Joe wrote: > ... > > It doesn't help that the BIOS is broken, that it does not honour the > > EFI DefaultBoot, and always rewrites entry if I change it. > > Fortunately, it does honour NextBoot, or I'd never be able to get it > > boot

Re: Secure Boot in QEMU (was Re: debian installation issue)

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 06:07:50AM -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > Okay. I am running Debian Bullseye (selected earlier, during its testing > phase, because I needed its level of QEMU to import a VM from Mint 20's > QEMU: Buster's QEMU refused). My computer is an HP EliteDesk 705 G1-SFF. > > I h

Re: upgrade to testing

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 05:26:29PM +, Wil wrote: > How do I upgrade from Debian stable to Debain testing? Hi Wil, Don't - at least not directly. If your /etc/apt/sources.list says "stable" anywhere in it, you probably want to change that to reference "buster" today, anyway. Bullseye - Debia

Re: help me diagnose rt2800usb

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 09:45:40AM +, Long Wind wrote: > i have erased buster to install stretchfirmware is set up by installer and it > works after installationif it isn't set up, then i'm unable set it up after > installation. > PS: Thank Cater anyway! Hi Long Wind, Please don't do this:

Re: When does a Terminal/System create New child Processes (forks), and when it doesn't

On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 04:35:33PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Namaste, my illustrious List leaders and senior members, > > I had already asked my question here: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/06/msg00423.html > > But i guess that owing to my continuing with a SOLVED thread i wasn'

Re: OT: Music player with substantial speakers than can play things like mp3, wav files from an SD card or USB pendrive

On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 07:50:44PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I'd like to find a fairly large (I mean not a tiny hand held thing that uses > batteries and has tiny controls) music player that can play things like mp3, > wav and other music files from either an SD card or a USB pendrive. >

Re: Debain 11 Release Candidate - Screen Freeze (NVidia)

On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 07:48:00PM +0200, Spongebob Schwammkopf wrote: > Dear Support Team, > > as soon as I manually switch off my 4K LG OLED 48C1 Monitor (HDMI) > connected to my NVidia GTX 1650 grafics card and on again the screen is > frozen. This means no mouse or keyboard is working. Also a

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 08:14:08AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have vision problems. > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > Help please. > > Richard, What's the program? For some Xterms, t

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 08:48:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > One paragraph of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide"[1] causes me grief. > It is part of "6.3.5. Installing the Base System"[2]. > > That paragraph states: > > When packages are installed using the package management system, it wi

Re: Debian stable - updates

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 03:06:57PM +0200, Christian wrote: > Hi Doc Evans, > > thanks a lot for your reply. > > That´s great news indeed. > The fact that Debian stable is rock solid is a great asset in itself. So > together with security updates it will surely make for a fine production > system

Re: Debian stable - updates

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 03:18:06PM +0200, Christian wrote: > Hi Tomas, > > thank you so much for your reply. > > > Thing is: "stable" means [...]  Only bug fixes and security patches go in. > > Great! That is the most important aspect for me. > I really don't need the latest-and-greatest version

Re: Synaptic error message

On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 09:20:33AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have a empty machine on which I've done a default install of > Debian 10.7.0 with MATE as my desktop. As I intend later to install some > non-Debian software I wanted a local repository. To have a known base to > start from I extra

Re: Synaptic error message

On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 10:46:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/26/2021 10:11 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 09:20:33AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I have a empty machine on which I've done a default install of > > > Debia

Re: Regarding My Email to Mr. Tormod Volden, Could your xscreensaver package be improved by switching off the LED backlights with "xset dpms force off"?

On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 04:14:39PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Mr. Tormod Volden is the maintainer of xscreensaver package of Debian. > If multiple requests are sent to Mr. Volden, the same line to switch > off LED backlights of laptop, with "xset dpms force off", could be > implemented. > > Hop

Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?

On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 09:01:48PM +, Long Wind wrote: > i think terminal font used by jessie is nice but it's ugly in stretch how > to set font? Thanks! As sudo / root equivalent: dpkg-reconfigure console-setup should work. [Please consider moving to something later than stretch for secur

Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?

On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 05:33:57PM -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021, 5:02 PM Long Wind wrote: > > > i think terminal font used by jessie is nice > > but it's ugly in stretch > > how to set font? Thanks! > > > > I believe that this is done through Frame Buffer settings. > > Th

Re: Buster on Win 10 Problems

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 11:36:48AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > I have dual booted platforms in the past, and would prefer not to do so to > solve the problems. > > These problems are not show stoppers, but rather annoying. > > On 06/29/2021 10:29 AM, Peter Ehlert

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 12:13:53PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-06-29 5:52 a.m., IL Ka wrote: > > > > > > There's plenty of book you can find by searching on Google with the > > subject "X11 architecture" or something similar. > > > > There is a classi

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 02:43:28PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On 2021-06-29 1:27 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 04:33:50PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > >> ssh -Y is similar to ssh -X but does some authentication - yuu don't have

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Re: Fwd: Re: why pdf file at archive.org is so slow to open

Just a polite reminder: however annoyed you feel, insulting each other on list really doesn't help get technical or other points across. Anybody can phrase things badly: anybody can get things wrong at times: everybody can be wrong at times or just be badly informed. If all else fails: when you

Re: Suggested way to ssh into obsolete devices (with old ssh crypto)?

On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 10:40:00AM +0200, Ralph Aichinger wrote: > Hi, everybody, as a bullseye user I am seeing messages like > > | Unable to negotiate with 10.0.17.52 port 22: no matching > | key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 > > with increasing frequency, esp

Re: Bullseye installation problem

On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 11:45:10AM +0100, Chris Bell wrote: > Thanks for the reply > > > Machine HP Proliant ML150 with 5GB RAM and currently a single HDD. I > normally > > use a netinst CD created locally from the jigdo image (amd64). > > I have tried to install both basic bullseye rc1 and bull

Re: Suggested way to ssh into obsolete devices (with old ssh crypto)?

On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 12:05:41PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Like you, I have been using CLI options to the ssh command to adjust the > > necessary algorithms if I need something "insecure". > > You should be able to set that option for a specific (set of) hosts in > .ssh/config so you don'

Re: Bullseye installation problem (with Matrox GPU)

On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 04:26:52PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Andrew M.A. Cater composed on 2021-07-06 12:56 (UTC): > > > Try installing firmware-misc-nonfree which will pull in > > firmware-amd-graphics > > I think. > > > I normally install firmware-

Re: Mail Reader

On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 11:41:25PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi guys (and possibly girls), > > I am currently using Thunderbird as a mail reader. > It did a good job until now. > I am also using the PGP plugin. > > But I am feeling the limits, it also gets somewhat pretty sl

Re: Mail Reader (updated)

On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 11:24:35AM +0200, Francesco Florian wrote: > Hi, > I use a combination of three things; I don't think it's the setup you want, > but some of them can be replaced with others. > 1. offlineimap to fetch the emails from the mail server and store them in > Maildir format. As t

Re: Grub Rescue

On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 09:35:45PM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Will try Bash command in Grub rescue> > 1. Set up as root and get # instead of $ > (but how? I did it once but forgot how exactly) > 2. ls > 3. set root=(hdo,gpt1) > 4. insmod normal > 5. normal > > Now, please: > Will someone te

Re: 2 NIC's

On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 10:33:50AM +0100, David wrote: > Thank you for the information supplied. > > I have a confession to make, eth0 & eth1 changed place when I > configured eth1. > > The 2 NICs (and Debian) are working correctly, now to get the proxy > server to work as I want. > > regards, >

Re: Buster no release file

On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 10:18:37AM +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2021-07-10 23:44, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > I *REALLY* and truly hate assholes like that. > control freaks are the biggest problem facing society today. > mick > -- > Key ID4BFEBB31 > Folks, Rather than call people assholes

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 10:05:39PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Brian wrote: > > Variable change? A link from either of you, please. > > After googling "offensive variable name" i got to: > > "Fix use of offensive word in kafka receiver factory_test" > https://github.com/open-telem

Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 06:55:30PM +, Gregory McPherran wrote: > Hi, > > This shows the new security line form as: > DebianBullseye - Debian > Wiki > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security

Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:52:18AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:22:17AM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Take the opportunity to at least upgrade to Debian 9 and, ideally, 10. > > Debian 11 should be here inside a month - if you can get to 10, you

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 02:59:27PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > May I suggest we get back on-topic. > > There's a topic? I think we're so far from the topic that we can't > even get back to it with a compass. > > > Greg Wooledge (he who

Re: VirtualBox Problem

On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 08:12:53PM +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2021-07-17 20:00, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > First off, let me say that I am not trying to start a war or nasty > > exchange4of insults. > > > > I am forced by circumstance to run a Linux program on my Windows 10 > > Laptop. In ord

Re: where can i find a list of wireless adapter that debian support

On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 08:32:39PM +0800, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote: > Thanks, mick! > i've found some adapter with search enginehopefully it can be installed in > debian without firmware from non-free > It's fairly unlikely that any modern adapter will work with no non-free firmware: the

Re: kernel patch for "FULL FREEZE" branch /testing

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 04:00:26PM +0200, Marco Möller wrote: > On 22.07.21 13:49, Tixy wrote: > > On Thu, 2021-07-22 at 12:23 +0200, Marco Möller wrote: > > > Hello everyone! The Debian development branch "bullseye"(/testing) is in > > > status "full freeze", if I am correctly informed, and packag

Re: Debian Security

On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 01:07:24AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi ! > How would you copy the debian security update repository ? > I know it's not recommended. > But I'd like to do so. > -- > Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside > -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development > In

Re: Debmirror

On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 09:37:14AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-07-25 3:42 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > Polyna. > > I always have heard it's better to put all documents, files, photos etc > > in a usb or external harddisk. And do a clean reinstall of the update

Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 04:13:40PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 25 Jul 2021 at 09:39:36 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > Hi, > > Why bother people with requesting a receipt when we read you message ? > > > > There's thousands of person on this list. You really need / want a > >

Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 03:30:39PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 03:21:54PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: > > On 2021-07-25 11:13 a.m., Brian wrote: > > > Belt and braces? We see you believe in it. :) > > What do you mean by this ? > > Belt and braces ?? >

Re: Types of Debian updates

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 05:49:31PM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Please tell & explain which update types there are like > Point release Debian has major release versions. The Debian stable version today (20210727) is Debian 10 - codename Buster. Roughly about every three months/quarter of a year

Re: 32b upgrade to 64 b; Boot.plist

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 06:53:18AM +0200, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Hi beautiful ideals! > Decided to install Virtual Machine & Docker in this 14 year old ex-Macbook. > In which I installed Debian "Buster" i386 32 bits. As some of you know, I > did some failures during installation, the dvd player "hu

Re: burn iso to usb

On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 01:59:48PM +0200, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > How mount iso to usb in terminal? (Debian 10.10 i386 32 bit) > > Multiwriter does not work; > Debian Mate answers in the red: "Cannot find program". > > Terminal is also difficult; "cannot find or open file" etc, but at least > resp

Re: MDs & Dentists

On Sun, Aug 01, 2021 at 04:30:45PM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Security. > Rarely discussed in Linux(?).. > Was scammed recently; naive me let a man w/Bad accent take over my laptop > to 'help refund BTC' & make me pay 100$. > Because of that &/or me in Synaptic bloating (2 many) packages, which

Re: MDs & Dentists

gh for someone else to try and hack you and, objectively, whether facts support this. All the very best, as ever, Andrew Cater > > On Sun, 1 Aug 2021, 16:50 Andrew M.A. Cater, wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 01, 2021 at 04:30:45PM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > > Security.

Re: Being concise [Re: Iso to Usb]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 05:30:30PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > What are you asking for here ? Or trying to achieve ? > > On 2021-08-02 4:48 p.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > I cowarded out of Terminal, or not really, cos Gnome Multiwriter did it > > in 5 minutes. > > But lat

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Re: Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

Thank you David for the reminder I'm afraid that August sneaked up on me without me noticing. I've reposted the FAQ and I've used some of the suggestions you've outlined in a new piece about how to ask smart questions and read answers. The general advice that is often given to go away and read Er

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 11:43:26PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > Problems? > > = > > > > Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the > > Debian Community Team . >

Re: Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

Hi Brian, Some of the people who have received temporary bans have then come back and been relatively well behaved thereafter. As a member of the Debian Community team, I'm certain that the listmasters have banned people for short periods in the past. Rather than being judgmental or jumping to c

Re: How to Boot Linux ISO Images Directly From Your Hard Drive Debian

On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 10:02:36AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-07 9:31 a.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 11:56:52AM +0100, Brian wrote: > >> On Fri 06 Aug 2021 at 19:11:48 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > >> wrote: > >> > >> [...

Re: when will bullseye become stable?

On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 07:20:43AM +, Long Wind wrote: > it seems bullseye is somewhat behind scheduledo you have latest info about > release date? 14th/15th August - so this coming weekend :) All the very best, Andy Cater

Re: SSD Memory Card (was The Raspberry Pi that Took a Day Off.)

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 07:39:12AM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 09:07:31PM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdh: 28.8 GiB, 30908350464 bytes, 60367872 sectors > > Disk model: USB HS-SD Card > > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 byt

Re: SSD Memory Card (was The Raspberry Pi that Took a Day Off.)

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 07:30:25AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > David Wright writes: > > I've not heard of that problem. You were prevented from zeroing the > > entire device, which would have wiped the partition table anyway. > > > > What I would want to check is that the OS isn't doing some

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 04:16:19PM +0100, hdv@gmail wrote: > On 2022-01-28 15:31, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > On 2022-01-28 08:40, hdv@gmail wrote: > > > I am reasonably sure the problem lies in some form or combination of > > > software. Sadly, my expertise in that area is insufficient to find > >

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 05:05:56PM +0100, hdv@gmail wrote: > On 2022-01-28 16:53, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > Wherever possible, it's easier if you are using Debian stable: more people > > will hae experience / be running that at any one time. > > > > All th

Re: USB sound device present but NOT visible in ‘alsamixer’

On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 10:28:32PM +0530, Pankaj Jangid wrote: > Sorry for the Wrong subject line earlier. > > Pankaj Jangid writes: > > > I have setup a new system. Apart from the display related issue, that I > > had posted in another thread, I am facing an issue related to my > > external ‘Ye

Re: why copying big file fails?

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 03:11:36PM -0500, a wrote: > i create video mp4 with android's screen-recorder, it's about 4G > > i connect it to debian with jmtpfs and copy it to ext4 hard disk with more > than 10G  of free space > > it fails: cp: error reading > 'DCIM/ScreenRecorder/Screenrecorder-2022

Re: why copying big file fails?

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 03:32:47PM -0500, a wrote: > Thank Andrew! > > i connect android phone with jmtpfs and use cp command to copy it > > i use bullseye for i386, intel core2 Q8200 2.33G > > why shall i use scp? it's to be used for copying between hosts > Because scp will verify transfers as

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Re: One user system.

On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 11:47:35AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: john doe > Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 19:29:02 +0100 > > If my understanding is correct, you will need to use 'sudo'. > > Thanks. Still a multi-user system. > > Whereas puppy linux has one user, root. > > To make d

Re: Debian 11 installer and encryption

On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 10:57:35PM +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > Hi all, > > I saw that the installer of Debian 11 supports encrypted volumes. > > Is this LUKS2? > > If it's not, what is it? > > Kind regards > Georgi > LUKS 2 as of Debian 10, apparently. Works really well for me in Debian

Re: Installing Bullseye and update

On Sat, Feb 05, 2022 at 08:35:28PM +0100, notoneofmyseeds wrote: > Hello, > > I recently installed bullseye and a problem (perhaps it's not) remains. > > The 'problem' is that when one installs from a DVD image, the > sources.list file is not updated, even after I selected to use the > 'mirror' d

Re: why pdf viewer is missing in firefox for bullseye?

On Sat, Feb 05, 2022 at 04:02:44PM -0500, lou wrote: > how to install pdf plugin? > > firefox for old debian distro can open pdf file > > > According to the Firefox release notes from Mozilla, firefox now includes its own pdf viewer - click on the link or open it in your Downloads folder https

Re: date & X copy/paste broke on upgrading to Debian 11

On Sun, Feb 06, 2022 at 11:58:08AM +0100, José Luis González wrote: > Hi, > > Upon upgrading to Debian 11 several things broke. > > The two that come to my attention now are: > > 1. System time is one hour more than it should. Timezone (as set by > tzdata) is correct. > Hi System time: what

Re: A Question About Two Bullseye OS on different Dives.

On Sun, Feb 06, 2022 at 05:10:16PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > My main Debian platform has four drives: > > /dev/sda500GB Buster > /dev./sdb 1 TB > /dev/sdc500 GB > /dev/sdd1TB Bullseye > > The boot order is /dev/sr0 then /dev/ssd, which i want to keep. Now grub > comes up

Re: Query

On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 08:50:36AM -0700, William Lee Valentine wrote: > I am wondering whether a current Debian distribution can be installed > and run on an older Pentium III computer. (I have Debian 11.2 on a DVD.) > > The computer is > >    Dell Dimension XPS T500: Intel Pentium III processor

Re: Wrong libvirt version in bullseye installation

On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 02:34:20PM -0800, Gary L. Roach wrote: > I have been trying to get a cleen copy of qemu/kvm installed but when I try > to install qemu-system I get: > >     libvirt-clients : Depends: libvirt0 (= 7.0.0-3) but 8.0.0-1~bpo11+1 is > to be installed. > cat /etc/debian_version

Re: Unable to boot UEFI laptop from Debian 11 Live USB stick

On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 08:47:16PM -0600, Flacusbigotis wrote: > I have followed Debian's instructions ( > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstall#Creating_a_Bootable_Debian_USB_Flashdrive) > for creating a bootable USB stick but it fails to boot on my UEFI laptop. > In contrast, I am able to create

Re: let me understand this - packages delay

On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 10:17:48PM +0100, Maurizio Caloro wrote: > > Hello, please this is a friendly request and a discussion starter > > keep asking myself why there are such big version differences > between the publisher and the packages. > > -Buster 10.11- > ii  postfix 3.4.14-0+deb10u1, wa

Re: solid state storage device with USB type-A plug for use as OS drive (was Re: Installation "Bullseye")

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 06:50:49PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 2/9/22 08:02, notoneofmyseeds wrote: > > I'd suggest an SSD if you have one. Or, perhaps a recommended USB stick. > > Perhaps someone here has suggestions for such stick that maintains r/w > > over a while and is fast. > > I a

Re: Compatibility of Debian 9 compiled files in Debian 11 version

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 05:54:08PM -, Nagaraju Mulpuri wrote: > Dear Debian Users, > Greetings of the day! > I have been using Debian 9 version for the last 4 years. Recently, my > computer crashed. I have to install Debian OS again. I am planning to install > Debian 11 version. I have many o

Re: Unable to boot UEFI laptop from Debian 11 Live USB stick

:18 AM Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > I had a similar issue the other day with an old Intel Baytrail > > > notebook where the UEFI is 32 bit and the processor is 64 bit - using a > > > Debian multi-arch installer work

Re: Installation on a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13

On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 12:05:54PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:42:27 +0100 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 11 feb 22, 15:24:55, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > > > 1) The graphics are terrible. Both graphical and text mode are > > > scrunched into the top third or so

Re: Uninstalling a package removes other essential packages: What is the best course of action?

Stella (and others) This is apparently a long standing bug from pango1.0 Debian bug #565500 and has been outstanding for a decade or so. Thai poses interesting font, formatting and display properties - if you're not Thai, it doesn't matter to you, but, as you can see it's fairly well embedded i

Re: Memory leak

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 10:05:27AM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, February 13, 2022 01:29:09 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 09:21:00AM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I'm sure they are not one from each tab -- I often have 100 tabs open (in > Jessi

Re: Uninstalling a package removes other essential packages: What is the best course of action?

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 11:18:12AM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Dearie > > > Most of it just slips in as the default language > > of Debian. > > Does Debian have a default language? What is it? Latin? Esperanto? American > English? > Probably N. European English as learned in school - which

Re: You know what? Not only Debian but Fedora 35 has libthai too....and more

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 12:06:27PM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Hi guys > > I ran some tests on almost all flavors of Fedora 35. They include: > > "Default" edition > > Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso > > Network Installer > > Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-35-1.2.iso > > Fedor

Re: Throw an hard drive with Debian installation into...

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 12:31:58PM +0200, Anssi Saari wrote: > Thomas Anderson writes: > > > I am curious, what would happen if I threw a fully functionally, > > > > Linux installation (HDD) into an entirely different hardware configuration: > > > > Different Process AMD->Intel? > > > > Ram/mobo

Re: Misremembered

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 06:45:15PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On Tuesday, February 15, 2022 5:59:37 PM EST Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > Yes, "infected" floppy disks were a thing. There really wasn't any > > > way to make money off viruses, though. > > > > I think McAffe would disagree. > > > So

Re: cinnamon - slow boot up times

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 04:21:43AM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 2/15/22, Thomas Anderson wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have Bullseye installed on an SSD, it boots up fast as expected up > > until the login screen. > > > > I enter my login credentials...then, queue the music...just a darker >

Re: about 10th new install of bullseye

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 09:15:50AM -0800, Gene Heskett wrote: > Two problems: > > > terminals went funkity late tuesday, spent Wed-Thu trying to reboot, would > not go beyond the 15 second mark rebooting. Finally ran the net installer in > rescue mode, copied my 122gb /home dir, on a 1.9T raid1

Re: about 10th new install of bullseye

Hi Gene, If this was someone calling you from a TV station saying they had a TV transmitter that was varying in power output - you'd have a mental checklist. You'd get down there, perhaps schedule some sort of power down / reduced power operation and then you'd check - power supplies, feeder cable

Re: Definitive instructions for Buster LTS security updates

On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 04:28:33PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: > > > On 2022-02-21 15:45 UTC+0100, David Wright wrote: > > > AFAICT, running buster, nothing has yet changed. My sources.list > > is attached (ignore the first line), and as of this morning it > > yields: > And I think nothing wil

Re: Trying to deug initramfs boot delay

On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 12:50:13AM +0100, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > I installed bullseye (32-bit) onto a Lenovo IdeaPad 100S laptop. The > system generalliy runs fine, however there is a minor nuisance with a > delay of about 40 sec. at the begining of the boot process at the > "Loading init

Re: Trying to deug initramfs boot delay

On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 09:19:14AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:45:34 + > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > I think Charles Curley is also installing on one, too. > > I am installing on an Ideapad, a "Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13".

Re: jigdo can't complete debian-10.9.0-amd64-STICK16GB-1.iso: 63 files not found

On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 11:06:17PM +0100, Danilo Schembri wrote: > Hi, > > jigdo can't complete debian-10.9.0-amd64-STICK16GB-1.iso: 63 files not found. > > I use jigdo-lite 0.8.1. > > Is there a clean way to solve this? > > Regards, > Danilo Schembri > Fingerprint 83e0 dd30 92c2 0121 1fe7 d67d

Re: jigdo can't complete debian-10.9.0-amd64-STICK16GB-1.iso: 63 files not found

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 06:33:46PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > it comes to me that you could try > >http://us.cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/snapshot/Debian/ > > as answer to jigdo-lite's request for "Debian mirror" (while being in > the directory with the .jigdo file and the incomple

Re: website

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 06:28:01PM +0100, lina wrote: > Hi, > > Does anybody know what is the cost range to build the website for a lab? > including all, > > basically layout is > > research | people | publication > > Thanks for your help, $0 if you can code HTML and setup your own web server

Re: My printer doesn't work for bullseye's cups

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 02:39:55PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On Thursday, February 24, 2022 1:08:26 PM EST Brian wrote: > > On Wed 23 Feb 2022 at 18:44:37 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > > [...[ > > > > > With all the crash and burn sessions I've had with bullseye, I'd have > > > to go get th

Re: Authentication failed after su-

On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 07:54:39PM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > According to https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse, > > "Use the WPA passphrase to calculate the correct WPA PSK hash for your SSID > by altering the following example" > > the command to type is > > su -l -c "wpa_passphrase mys

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Re: how many W a PSU for non-gaming Debian?

On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 06:47:14PM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Alexis Grigoriou wrote: > > >> I've heard that for gaming you would want a 600~800W PSU > >> [1] but how do I know how many W I need for my computer > >> use? I think the most resource-intense I do would be > >> compiling and watching

Re: Which flavour for a 2GB RAM laptop?

On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 04:06:01PM +0900, 황병희 wrote: > Ottavio Caruso writes: > > > One of my memory slot has died, so I am running a Thinkpad with 2GB > > ram only. I have been told that, even if I put a 4GB ram module in, it > > won't be as fast as 2x2GB ram (true? Stop me here if I am > > wron

Re: Installing/Preparing Debian on a headless system

On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 05:08:21PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: > > > On 2022-03-09 16:53 UTC+0100, Christian Britz wrote: > > > > > > On 2022-03-09 16:50 UTC+0100, Brian wrote: > >> The short answer is that you use the network-console udeb. To do that, > >> I preseed wirh > >> > >> d-i anna

Re: got a mdadm puzzler

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 07:18:56AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I just had a bad time rebooting with 2 combined problems. > > 1. A brand new acer wireless mouse was found of on powerups, but refused > to move the pointer even in the bios, until that mouse was replaced with >

Re: Ukrainian language

On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 07:48:41AM +0100, Ihor Sovych wrote: > Good afternoon Dear developers of my favorite DEBIAN OS. > > My name is Ihor Sovych, I am Ukrainian. > > I understand that you are very busy people, but anyway - I ask you very much > to make the Ukrainian language in the Debian OS fu

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