Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 15:54, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 04:51:28PM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > > $ ldd xaralx > > ldd actually needs a path to the executable. It doesn't search $PATH. > > $ ldd "$(which xaralx)" > > > would be one way to do it.

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 17:11, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 05:03:23PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > ???http://www.xaraxtreme.org/download.html??? > > "The binaries we distribute require libstdc++ version 5, which is not

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 15:51, Dominique Dumont <d...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thursday, 15 September 2016 14:24:37 CEST Michael Fothergill wrote: > > What I am I doing wrong here? > > Could you run: > > $ file xaralx > ​Result: mikef@rhinoceros:~/Documents/xaralx/

Re: xaralx package

On 15 Sep 2016 18:17, "Frank" <zuiderd...@gmx.com> wrote: > > Op 15-09-16 om 18:11 schreef Greg Wooledge: > >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 05:03:23PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: >>> >>> ???http://www.xaraxtreme.org/download.html??? >> >&g

xaralx package

and it failed. But maybe it wouldn't have helped any way.. I want to produce some 3D text images for a document. Comments appreciated. Regards Michael Fothergill

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 10:59, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > >> >> My suggestion would be install apt-file, either using aptitude or apt-get > or synaptic if you prefer. > > Then as root: > apt-file update > > Once that is done, you can do apt-file search libpangoxft and see what

Re: xaralx package

On 15 September 2016 at 19:23, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 15 Sep 2016 19:08, "Frank" <zuiderd...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > > Op 15-09-16 om 19:32 schreef Michael Fothergill: > >> > >> On 15 Sep 2016 18:17,

Re: How to fix screen resolution ( has been set to 1024 * 768 )

On 12 January 2017 at 18:50, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 12 January 2017 at 17:50, Cathy Gramze <rhia...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> And what video card/chipset do you have? I got the 1024x768 until I >> installed firmware-Linu

using offlineimap, notmuch and emacs etc....

ions on this are welcome. Regards Michael Fothergill

Re: using offlineimap, notmuch and emacs etc....

Dear Folks, On 7 January 2017 at 16:22, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.oto...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2017-01-07, Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > --001a1145bd88af6ab6054580e973 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > &g

Re: using offlineimap, notmuch and emacs etc....

On 7 January 2017 at 14:15, Mattia Oss <mais.to...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 01:14:21PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I'm also trying to configure offlineimap and mutt, so I'll try to > help. > > > I found a web site that explained how to use i

offlineimap is slow so I tried mbsync but got an IMAP store error...

problem is this error pointing to here? Comments appreciated Regards Michael Fothergill PS I will post up how much faster mbsync is in my case cf offlineimap when I get it running.

checking that all cpus are being used in my installation....

would in gentoo? Also it should then compile pretty swiftly and smoothly (provided the power supply is a good one) should it not? Suggestions on performance testing the FX 8350 chip on this install are welcome. Regards Michael Fothergill

Re: checking that all cpus are being used in my installation....

On 24 December 2016 at 00:10, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: > On 24/12/16 09:45, Michael Fothergill wrote: > >> Suggestions on performance testing the FX 8350 chip on this install are >> welcome. >> > > For an open source multithreaded

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

On 3 April 2017 at 15:17, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 03 April 2017 13:55:44 Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I think choice in food is important - e.g. flavours of spam: > > > > Closed Source: > > > > Regular Spam Hot & Spicy Sp

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

On 7 April 2017 at 19:27, David Niklas wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:30:11 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > The Linux mantra has always been "choice," plethoras of choices. So why > > at install time, is there no choice for the init system? You get what

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

On 9 April 2017 at 21:15, Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 16:25:57 +0100 Michael Fothergill > <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 7 April 2017 at 19:27, David Niklas <do...@mail.com> wrote: > > > > > O

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

I think choice in food is important - e.g. flavours of spam: Closed Source: Regular Spam Hot & Spicy Spam Jalapeño Spam Spam with Black Pepper Low Sodium Spam Low Fat Spam Roast Turkey Spam Hickory Smoked Spam Spam Spread Bacon Spam Cheese Spam Garlic Spam Teriyaki Spam Chorizo Spam Macadamia

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

On 5 April 2017 at 12:27, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 01:29:07AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> >> On Apr 3, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Tom Browder wrote: >> >> But I kind of understand why systemd, but I wish I could find a good >>>

Re: Spam on Debian lists (was: Actually)

On 20 April 2017 at 21:40, Jochen Spieker wrote: > fc: > > > > Actually -- does anyone monitor this list for this type of stuff? > > You have no idea *how much* spam is blocked by the work of the list > masters. But it's not that anybody monitors all of the almost 300

Re: help please

On 22 April 2017 at 10:32, CoreyL wrote: > this is my account and yet someone else is controlling it. I know for a > fact . > > coreylendo > ​What sort of account are you referring to (e.g. bank account?) Regards MF​

Re: Spam on Debian lists

On 21 April 2017 at 03:11, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 4/20/17, Ben Finney wrote: > > Patrick Bartek writes: > > > >> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:40:56 +0200 Jochen Spieker > >> wrote: > >> > >> > fc: > >> >

Re: PLEASE STOP YOUR MAILS

On 8 July 2017 at 16:11, wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jul 08, 2017 at 10:21:22AM -0400, Jason Wittlin-Cohen wrote: > > If you want to unsubscribe, go here: https://lists.debian.org/ > debian-user/ > > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 2:55 AM,

Re: stop your mail

On 8 July 2017 at 16:52, Fungi4All wrote: > > From: scdbac...@gmx.net > > Hi, > (Can real people be that stupid ? Is this the proof for > brain damage caused by mobile phones ?) > > > Look at how many people are NOT protesting the G20, or > the earth's summit of earth

Re: Replace systemd

On 3 July 2017 at 21:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to use > > an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use Windows. My > >

Re: Remotely exploitable bug in systemd (CVE-2017-9445)

On 2 July 2017 at 09:26, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2017-07-02 09:34 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > Le 01/07/2017 à 23:19, Sven Joachim a écrit : > >> On 2017-07-01 16:36 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > >> > >>> Am I correct in interpreting this: > >>>

Re: Einstellungen in Kontact

​Dear Sir, Please use a German mailing list. Regds MF ​ Zieht den Bayern die Lederhosen aus Voller Spannung und voller Spass, leg ich mich ins grüne Gras. Es ist Samstag und wir können feiern, heute kommt der FC Bayern. Alle sind hier guter Dinge, und überall hört man sie singen: Zieht den

Re: Debian installation issues

iso onto it and booting from it instead and see what happens. Cheers Michael Fothergill ​ > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Thank you >

Re: Debian installation issues

On 9 June 2017 at 20:59, Fungi4All wrote: > Here is some relevant reading of installing linux system besides Win8 and > in some cases the same problem exists on Win 10. > https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-alongside-a-pre- >

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 18 May 2017 at 18:03, Dominik George wrote: > Hi, > > >A while ago, I initiated the "If Linux Is About Choice ..." thread > >about why there is no choice of inits during an initial install. > > > >Since that time, I've tested several systemd-less distros[1] as well as >

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 20 May 2017 at 14:43, Cat <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 02:20:15PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > If this is true and it is a doddle to convert an ordinary debian install > > with systemd running on it to the old sysvinit format then why is there

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 20 May 2017 at 15:59, Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > On Sat, 20 May 2017 14:20:15 +0100 > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > >with systemd running on it to the old sysvinit format then why is there >

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 18 May 2017 at 17:48, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > A while ago, I initiated the "If Linux Is About Choice ..." thread > about why there is no choice of inits during an initial install. > > Since that time, I've tested several systemd-less distros[1] as well as > Stretch as

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 24 May 2017 at 16:22, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 23 May 2017 18:45:16 -0500 David Wright > wrote: > > > On Tue 23 May 2017 at 13:42:07 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > It's easier, simplistic even, to replace systemd as the init

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 20 May 2017 at 14:43, Cat <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 02:20:15PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > If this is true and it is a doddle to convert an ordinary debian install > > with systemd running on it to the old sysvinit format then why is there

Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

On 23 May 2017 at 22:19, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 22 May 2017 08:30:15 +0900 Joel Rees > wrote: > > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 1:48 AM, Patrick Bartek > > wrote: > > > > > > A while ago, I initiated the "If Linux Is About

Re: Debian installation issues

On 8 June 2017 at 17:52, David DLC wrote: > Thank you for the info on the mailing address. > > > The #debian bot currently recommends iskimager/> > > if you need to write the Debian install image to a USB device from > > Windows. > > I actually

Re: Debian installation issues

On 8 June 2017 at 17:08, David DLC wrote: > Thank you for all the replies! I haven't really used a mailing list > before, so I'm not 100% sure I'm responding to the correct location. Do I > hit "reply all" or just reply to the debian-user@lists.debian.org address? > > Anyway,

Re: Debian installation issues

On 8 June 2017 at 17:57, Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 8 June 2017 at 17:52, David DLC <drvr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you for the info on the mailing address. >> >> > The #debian bot currently recommend

Re: Debian installation issues

On 9 June 2017 at 08:01, Fungi4All wrote: > > UTC Time: June 8, 2017 4:17 PM > From: wool...@eeg.ccf.org > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 11:08:32AM -0500, David DLC wrote: > > Thank you for all the replies! I haven't really used a mailing list > before, > > so I'm not 100%

Re: Debian installer not finding free space

On 13 June 2017 at 10:20, Dan Purgert wrote: > David DLC wrote: > > [...] > > I have 40 gb unallocated on my C drive currently. When I start up the > > installer and get to the disk partitioning section, it cannot find the > > free space in the "guided" section. Am I doing

Re: Why does no one care that Brad Spengler of GRSecurity is blatantly violating the intention of the rightsholders to the Linux Kernel?

On 15 June 2017 at 16:41, wrote: > Why does no one care that Brad Spengler of GRSecurity is blatantly > violating the intention of the rightsholders to the Linux Kernel? > He is also violating the license grant, Courts would not be fooled by his > scheme to prevent

Re: Why does no one care that Brad Spengler of GRSecurity is blatantly violating the intention of the rightsholders to the Linux Kernel?

On 15 June 2017 at 21:38, deloptes wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 06/15/2017 02:10 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hmm, am I feeding the spammer? [snip] > > > > Likely > > > >> > >> PS: aconcernedfossdev doesn't "command" much respect in my mind, > >> especially

Re: Debian installation issues

On 10 June 2017 at 14:05, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > On 06/09/2017 03:37 PM, Michael Fothergill wrote: > >> On 9 June 2017 at 20:59, Fungi4All <fungil...@protonmail.com> wrote: >> >> Here is some relevant reading of installing linux syste

Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian

On 28 November 2017 at 19:22, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 28 Nov 2017 at 10:28:57 (-0500), The Wanderer wrote: > > I've run across someone who says her machine is running Debian > > oldoldoldstable or maybe even oldoldoldoldstable, and who consequently > > can't

Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot

On 29 November 2017 at 03:15, Dan Norton wrote: > > On 11/13/2017 01:55 PM, Joe wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:01:27 -0500 > Dan Norton wrote: > > > > Although I didn't say so, each install would have its own set of >

Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian

> > >> >>> >>> >> >>> As a friendly recommendation: > If it was about me, I would encourage to backup the home directories as > well as mail or similar, depending what other kind of services running > under the particular system. > > Backup the data to an external usb drive or the whole source

Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws

On 4 January 2018 at 17:55, The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 2018-01-04 at 12:30, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > On 4 January 2018 at 17:22, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > > > >> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and- >

Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws

story for CPU: don't speculate (but it's significantly > *slower*). > ​Isn't this mainly an Intel problem? I use AMD chipsets. I would go for Ryzen nowadays anyway. Regards Michael Fothergill​ > > -- > "An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something > dis

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 17:38, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 04:51:35PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@mikef-PC:/etc/apt# apt-get -t experimental install > > linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64 > > Reading package lis

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 18:12, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 January 2018 at 18:00, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> W: Possible mis

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 17:38, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 04:51:35PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@mikef-PC:/etc/apt# apt-get -t experimental install > > linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64 > > Reading package lis

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 18:00, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for > module r8169 > > > There is a gripe in there about the linux headers file not being i

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 25 January 2018 at 23:28, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:23:38 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > I am continuing the discussion of the kernel 4.14.1

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 26 January 2018 at 17:18, tv.deb...@googlemail.com < tv.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 26/01/2018 22:37, Michael Lange wrote: > >> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:19:27 +0530 >> "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: >> >> >>> gcc-7[.2] was really gcc-7.3-rc for a while, and

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 26 January 2018 at 16:49, tv.deb...@googlemail.com < tv.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 26/01/2018 22:08, Michael Lange wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:34:51 +0530 >> "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: >> >> Hi, sorry to jump into the thread this late,

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

​Dear All, I have decided to get rid of GCC8 using ML's helpful command suggestion. I will install gcc 7 again as sid and try again with kernel 4.14.15. ​Cheers MF >

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

>> > Hi, sorry to jump into the thread this late, I didn't follow the beginning. > You can save yourself quite a bit of hassle by downloading the upstream > up-to-date vanilla kernel 4.15-rc9 and compile that with Unstable gcc-7. > All you need is there already and you will get as good a

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 26 January 2018 at 16:17, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >>> >> Hi, sorry to jump into the thread this late, I didn't follow the >> beginning. >> You can save yourself quite a bit of hassle by downloading the u

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 26 January 2018 at 16:26, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 26 January 2018 at 16:17, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >>>> >>> Hi, sorry to jump i

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 26 January 2018 at 16:37, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 04:17:27PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > ​Is the sid gcc now 7.3 as someone said earlier even though it says it is > > 7.2? > > Sid apparently has both "gcc&

Re: a potential investor and collaborator has shown a little interest in Climostat

r me - say 6.30? But I'm flexible on this. > > Cheers, > Paul > > > > On 26/01/2018 16:08, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > Dear Paul, > > Many thanks for the offer. > > I need to think of a good place to have a meal round here. > > We could try e.g. the B

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 22:32, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:07:07 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (...) > > > ​I tried installing the headers file and i

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 25 January 2018 at 15:59, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 25 January 2018 at 13:14, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 25 January 2018 at 13:01, Greg Wooledge <wool...

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 25 January 2018 at 17:20, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:59:04 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ​I have become sid and installed a ton of dependencies from the > > experimental respos

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

I have been looking at the web page here: https://wiki.debian.org/BuildADebianKernelPackage and noticed that the source file is supposed to be put in /usr/src it says. It thinks the file would have a format like this: *linux-source-x.x.tar.bz2* The file ​ I downloaded from the kernel.org

extracting file with xz file tar.....

now where the files went/confirm it ran properly? Cheers Michael Fothergill

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 25 January 2018 at 19:25, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 18:15:29 +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > Also is fakeroot installed by default or do I need to install it > > separately? > > apt show fakeroot | grep -i priority >

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

On 25 January 2018 at 20:33, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 08:14:24PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > root@mikef-PC:/usr/src# tar -xf linux-4.14.15.tar.xz > > > > Can anyone think of a command that will let me know where

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

> Not sure, but didn't you want the very latest 4.15rc for some > Meltdown/Spectre issues? Are these also in 4.14.15? > > ​ > ​I copied the config file from the boot directory for the current 4.15.0 rc8 kernel as .config. I then ran make menuconfig and then realised I didn't need to change

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

Dear All, I ran it again after deleting the .config file, copy the one /boot over again and running the yes """| oldconfig command and makekpkg and it ran and crashed again: https://pastebin.com/GJkEMVvc ​Should I have run make clean or something before repeating everything? Regards MF​

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 25 January 2018 at 22:04, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > I ran it again after deleting the .config file, copy the one /boot over > again > and running the yes """| oldconfig command and makekpkg > &g

kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

Dear All, I am continuing the discussion of the kernel 4.14.15 compilation in the Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9 post in a new post. The reason I am running with this kernel and not the 4.15.0 rc9 kernel that is now available on kernel.org is that: 1. It is stable 2. I have never

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 25 January 2018 at 22:35, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 21:43:19 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Not sure, but didn't you want the very latest 4.15rc for some > >

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 25 January 2018 at 13:14, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 25 January 2018 at 13:01, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:36:46PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: >> > ​If I beco

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 25 January 2018 at 09:50, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:15:59 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I have the same problem as in Gentoo. >

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

> > > I have the same problem as in Gentoo. > > In order to install gcc 7.3 rc2 I think I would need to be sid. > > > I don't think I want to be sid at present. > ​But if I did want to be sid, would a source file like this suffice: ​ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 14:11, Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> wrote: > On 2018-01-24 14:44:18 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 January 2018 at 12:58, Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de>

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

>> > ​I tried installing gcc 8 on buster. It needs cpp8 which needs > ​libmrpfr6 > > ie this > > https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libmpfr6 > > which looks like its about being sid again.​ > > > ​I need to go to dependency rehab and sing the dem bones song again. > > Suggestions on

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 25 January 2018 at 13:01, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:36:46PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > ​If I become sid and install the kernel correctly, could I go back to > being > > just buster (sounds like an energy drink) an

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 16:19, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 03:49:08PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > If you can be sid and experimental together then I guess [...] > > Experimental is not a release. You can't "be experimental

Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

On 24 January 2018 at 16:19, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 03:49:08PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > If you can be sid and experimental together then I guess [...] > > Experimental is not a release. You can't "be experimental

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

On 30 January 2018 at 15:23, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * rhkra...@gmail.com [2018-01-29 10:47 -0500]: > > [...] > > On the other hand, if I download kernel source, I would need GCC, and a > > version that is sufficient for the code. > > One can check the

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

On 30 January 2018 at 16:02, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 30 January 2018 at 15:23, Elimar Riesebieter <riese...@lxtec.de> wrote: > >> * rhkra...@gmail.com <rhkra...@gmail.com> [2018-01-29 10:47 -0500]: >> >> [.

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

On 29 January 2018 at 18:02, Michael Lange wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:47:57 -0500 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Again, checking / confirming my understanding, if you download a kernel > > image (which is normal for me), there is no need for me to have any > >

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

On 30 January 2018 at 21:45, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:14:36 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I am not really so sure what the correct dosage ought to be now. > > Maybe ju

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

On 30 January 2018 at 16:36, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 30 January 2018 at 16:02, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 15:23, Elimar Riesebieter

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

On 30 January 2018 at 13:22, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:13:47PM +0100, Michael Lange wrote: > > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The response from Greg was the following: > > > &

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

On 2 February 2018 at 04:35, Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 11:53:36AM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > Thus for anyone in the entire world who is new to linux,the most > > efficient route at present coul

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 27 January 2018 at 11:59, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:25 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Where would the default location of such a file be if were

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 27 January 2018 at 12:43, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 12:12:57 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > ​Should the filename be something like linux-image-4.14.14.deb etc?

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 27 January 2018 at 13:38, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:12:13 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ​I think I will sign up on the gcc gnu help page and ask people if they > >

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 27 January 2018 at 13:38, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:12:13 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ​I think I will sign up on the gcc gnu help page and ask people if they > >

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 27 January 2018 at 11:59, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:25 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Where would the default location of such a file be if were

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 25 January 2018 at 23:28, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:23:38 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > I am continuing the discussion of the kernel 4.14.1

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 27 January 2018 at 11:26, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you install the kernel, the following page ( > https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/ch08s06.html.en) says you > must run the following command: > > *​dpkg -

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

It does seem as if make-kpkg has gone awol here. MF

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

When you install the kernel, the following page ( https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/ch08s06.html.en) says you must run the following command: *​dpkg -i ../linux-image-3.16-subarchitecture_1.0.custom_i386.deb*. ​Do I need to run mrproper beforehand? I can't see any linux-image file in

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 27 January 2018 at 12:12, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 27 January 2018 at 11:59, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:26:25 + >> Michael Fothergill <mich

Re: kernel 4.14.15 compilation using GCC 8 in unstable.......

On 27 January 2018 at 12:43, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 12:12:57 + > Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > ​Should the filename be something like linux-image-4.14.14.deb etc?

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