Re: Problem with colors in terminal

2017-07-12 Thread deloptes
steve wrote: > We see that LS_COLORS is set in xterm but not in xfce4-terminal. I don't > understand why since both should read ~/.bashrc when executed. > > Any ideas? I think .bashrc is read only if you use bash as login shell. You can try bash --login and see if color works, or check if it is

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread deloptes
Gary Dale wrote: > My preference is always to AMD for the simple reasons that they are more > Linux-friendly and, as the number 2 company, need to be supported to > ensure that computing doesn't become a monopoly. They are second behind > Intel in chip sales and second behind NVidia in graphics ca

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-13 Thread deloptes
Felix Miata wrote: > >> so linux friendly that they dropped support for older cards in newer >> kernels, so that our older computers render unusable > > Which older cards are unsupported by either ati and/or modesetting FOSS > drivers? All my Radeon and FireGL still work. I've never needed a > p

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-13 Thread deloptes
Martin Read wrote: > No, they do not work "perfectly" for the older cards, unless you have > extremely undemanding requirements. On my AMD machine with integrated > graphics, Europa Universalis IV's framerate was acceptable with the > proprietary driver, but intolerable with the free driver - and

Re: interesting: Linux on Android

2017-07-15 Thread deloptes
Dan Ritter wrote: > > Not yet a Debian on Android, but: > > https://ollieparanoid.github.io/post/50-days-of-postmarketOS/ > > summarizes the first 50 days of building Linux directly for > several smartphones, with the intention of eventually getting > them fully functional. Their work could lea

Re: moderncv class does not compile in Debian Stretch

2017-07-15 Thread deloptes
Andrea Neroni wrote: > Now, to my questions. Why is Xelatex now required, what changed in the > class? > > How can I solve the latter error? I believe it could be a bug in the > moderncv class, should I report it to package maintainers? Something I learned about latex - never touch a running sys

Epson iScan Tool for Stretch (PATCH)

2017-07-23 Thread deloptes
In case someone is interested. Here is a patch for Epson's iScan for Stretch (libjpeg and libpng16) http://deloptes.org/patches/iscan-2.30.3.debian9.patch regards

Re: Power draw from UPS

2017-07-28 Thread deloptes
Goran wrote: > Yes, I checked with a simple wattmeter and it's correct. > > [send by mobile device] ahh, those mobile devices... you top posted What exactly did you check, so that it is correct ... I'm a simple man and can not read minds yet. regards

Re: Live recording

2017-07-28 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Now I was wondering about the stereo o non-stereo character of such a home > made recording...  I tried to use two microphones together, plugging them > together into the PC with a small common connection doubber.  Can we say > the result is stereo...?  I would doubt...  an

Re: Live recording

2017-07-29 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > What I want to do is recording live piano: I'd like to use two mics for > that, one on the grave and the other one on the high notes.  Besides, some > times I will need to add human voice: this requires, in my idea, a third > microphone... But even starting with two would b

Re: Yes you have standing to sue GRSecurity.

2017-07-30 Thread deloptes
ni...@redchan.it wrote: > I needed to highlight some things in the text so one's eyes don't bleed > out reading it. > > Some variation here and there. > > But the key is you have individual standing to sue. You don't have to > ask the free software conservancy or the linux foundation permission.

Re: Yes you have standing to sue GRSecurity.

2017-07-30 Thread deloptes
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > That's what I was trying to say: while some of the things in his/her > post may be correct, the way they are brought about seems to aim at > spreading hate and chaos instead of at finding a good solution. > >> Just don't feed him here :-) > > Agreed. Again the moral ju

Re: Yes you have standing to sue GRSecurity.

2017-07-30 Thread deloptes
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > This is my opinion, and I hope y'all read it as critically as > you should read anything. I appreciate and value your opinion, but as so much was written here regarding this subject I find the legal clarification in place. It saves one (like me) a lot of digging in the s

Re: Yes you have standing to sue GRSecurity.

2017-07-30 Thread deloptes
Nicolas George wrote: > How do you know you can trust that "legal clarification" better than > what any of us could have written? I do not have any legal training, and > I know approximatively what is written in the first message, but you > would be wrong to take my opinion at face value. > > Hav

Re: Yes you have standing to sue GRSecurity.

2017-07-31 Thread deloptes
Joel Rees wrote: > We may not support GRSecurity's questionable methods, but we may > well decide we should boycott the companies who induced GRSecurity's > stance. > > If you want to know who those companies are, you can find out pretty > quickly by searching the web. I was going to stop writin

Re: need help on running mplayer to watch tv

2017-08-01 Thread deloptes
Long Wind wrote: > i can watch tv with xawtv > now i want to use mplayer > > mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:input=1 -vo xv tv:// > > command above is right, but there's no sound > tv sound is connected to linein of sound card > which options should i add?? > > Thanks! As most of

Re: Live recording

2017-08-01 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina writes: > >> What I want to do is recording live piano: I'd like to use two mics for >> that, >> one on the grave and the other one on the high notes. Besides, some >> times I will need to add human voice: this requires, in my idea, a third >> microphone..

Re: need help on running mplayer to watch tv

2017-08-01 Thread deloptes
Nicolas George wrote: > You realize that 75% of the options are useless for the specific task at > hand, right? You can add this boilerplate to your own commands, but when > giving public advice, better trim them. > If they were useless I wouldn't use them > Also, Long Wind had the video workin

Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity

2017-08-03 Thread deloptes
Mark Fletcher wrote: > > [Full disclosure -- I previously had a different problem on upgrading to > Stretch from Jessie -- see this link for that problem and a link to its > solution --> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/06/msg01196.html > I have never been particularly happy with the sol

Re: Live recording

2017-08-03 Thread deloptes
First of all you need to get basic knowledge of signal and audio processing One good way to understand things 8especially about electricity is water and pipes. Now your mic is a one bucket full of water and you have to pipes (left and right) ... where does the water flow? Rodolfo Medina wrote:

Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity

2017-08-03 Thread deloptes
Mark Fletcher wrote: > If anyone can remember which package that is, I can check if it is > installed... The only thing is I am not sure how it would have got onto > the system if it isn't depended on and I didn't install it manually. And > if it IS depended on, or I did install it manually, apt a

Re: Live recording

2017-08-04 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Now your mic is a one bucket full of water and you have to pipes (left >> and right) ... where does the water flow? > > It flows left and right, I suppose... > > yes and this one input recorded on (at least) two channels is called mono. Mono means single btw. Good base

Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity

2017-08-05 Thread deloptes
Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > No sign of "remove", but I don't know if there would be or not... > > So IF I am interpreting the above correctly, I ran apt autoremove but it > didn't do anything, I did upgrade a shedload of packages and the next > thing to do is to sift through that shedload lookin

Re: Live recording

2017-08-05 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Please, could you explain that?  Suppose I have two usb audio cards, one > for each microphone.  Will they be plugged together into the usb port of > the PC? It might be also PCI card but you said you have a notebook. You plug them to the pc and you get two separate mic in

Re: Bug in Brother HL4040 driver?

2017-08-06 Thread deloptes
Andrew W wrote: > Can anyone help me determine the location of an annoying bug which seems > to persist in the driver(s) for the Brother HL404CN laser printer > please? It has existed since Wheezy and is still present in Stretch. > > Printing from most apps (but interestingly not GIMP) will often

Re: Help with USB audio card

2017-08-08 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi all. > > I just bought an external USB audio card. I plugged it into the USB port > of my > PC and plugged a 3.5mm jack microphone into the `mic' input of the card. > It is shown in lsusb: > > $ lsusb > Bus 002 Device 005: ID 17ef:602e Lenovo > Bus 002 Device 003: ID

Re: Help with USB audio card

2017-08-08 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > hw_ptr : 0 > #+ | 00%^C > Aborted by signal Interrupt... > #+ | 00% > Before you abort, did you see any indication - these percent signs are actually indicating the lev

Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity

2017-08-09 Thread deloptes
Mark Fletcher wrote: > Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed Mark Fletcher wrote: > Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed I am not an expert in BT headphones. I had enough experience with phones. However the process to connect is the same [bluetooth]# default-agent No agent is register

Re: Help with USB audio card

2017-08-09 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I unmuted it from within alsamixer menu: F6 and went into the USB card > table. Then I gave the command... perhaps there is also a volume control to set the volume regards

Valid DKIM signature

2017-08-13 Thread deloptes
It should have been more proper to start a new thread. X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=5.21 tagged_above=-1 required=5.3 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FORGED_MUA_MOZILLA=2.309, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, FREEMAIL

Re: Valid DKIM signature

2017-08-14 Thread deloptes
Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote: > Dear deloptes, > > deloptes 께서 쓰시길, > 《記事 全文 에서》: > >> It should have been more proper to start a new thread. >> >> X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=5.21 tagged_above=-1 required=5.3 >> tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0

Re: why audio recording is so hard in Linux

2017-08-14 Thread deloptes
Long Wind wrote: > even simple task like recording from line in can't be donethough i try > very hard mencoder has many advanced featuresall seem useless > > maybe alsa is at fault??or because of poor documentation? > i had used openbsd, it's > easyhttps://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html#confaudio

Re: need help on audio recording

2017-08-14 Thread deloptes
Perhaps I start offering babysitting for hire. "never be able to see sound wave in audacityeven after making choices by click this or that button" Long Wind definitely did not read the manual :) Long Wind needs to learn how to learn and perhaps that there are manual pages Long Wind needs to d

Re: need help on audio recording

2017-08-14 Thread deloptes
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > C'm on. Be friendlier. Communication is sometimes difficult. From > what can be seen here, Long Wind has crossed a large cultural gap > to be here. Reading docs is sometimes difficult, even for me (and > I was born in a language which is most probably neighbour to your

Re: no /etc/inittab

2017-08-14 Thread deloptes
Erik Christiansen wrote: > Now, if that brings back ifconfig as well, I won't have to rummage about > finding which package that might be in. > $ dpkg -S /sbin/ifconfig net-tools: /sbin/ifconfig should be installed manually as it is no longer part of the base system ... and I thought I learned

Re: [OT] Valid DKIM signature (Was: Re: I want to rejoice like a queen. Pauline)

2017-08-14 Thread deloptes
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > I have received plenty of spams with valid DKIM signatures. As long as > you have a domain, adding DKIM is pretty straightforward. Perhaps one should look into what valid DKIM sig means, perhaps it is not exactly the same what you understand. https://mandrill.zendes

Re: need help on audio recording

2017-08-14 Thread deloptes
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Thanks, Gene. You brought over my point better than I could have Yes indeed, I admit I learn from you each day

Re: need help on audio recording

2017-08-14 Thread deloptes
Brian wrote: > Then you answer your own questions. (But cover yourself in case there is > a comeback). Yes, you are evidently a professional politician. It's just Gene :) Regarding the assumption, which I don't think match reality in this particular case, I agree with the will to educate and at

Re: [solved] Re: Live recording

2017-08-14 Thread deloptes
> > For human voice, I bought a USB audio card and plugged a third microphone > into > it. So now I have: > > mic1 for piano basses; |__ plugged together into the > mic2 for piano highs; | above Y cable > mic3 for voice -> -> -> -> plugged into the USB dongle. > >

Re: [solved] Re: Live recording

2017-08-15 Thread deloptes
> > > Thanks, I'll have a try. But can we say that all this allows us to do > without > mixer or multi-channel audio interface...? In fact, I suppose I could > even add some other USB cards if I wanted to add more instruments, say a > violin... > > Cheers, > > Rodolfo there are always some p

Re: Thoughts on Anible?

2017-08-18 Thread deloptes
RavenLX wrote: > Should Ansible be added to my list? Or do devs recommend something else? > > (I am wondering if the "user" mailing list is even the right place to > ask?) It was indeed a long reading. I couldn't understand why you exactly use config automation. In my opinion it is best suited

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-09 Thread deloptes
Elisabetta Falivene wrote: > I did an upgrade from debian 7 wheezy to debian 8 jessie on the master of > a cluster (1 master + 8 nodes). It seemed all went well. Then I rebooted > the machine and the problems began. I can't boot the master anymore > returning an error: > > *Running scripts/local-

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread deloptes
Elisabetta Falivene wrote: > It wasn't me to configure the machine in the first place so is a bit > tricky. I can give more information if you can point me out what you could > need. thank you a lot well it is interesting to know if you have raid or so, if your boot and root are on LVM, or probab

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-10 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > Moreover, the simple zcat|cpio -i no longer works with stretch's initrd > images.  They're in a different format, and you have to use > lsinitramfs or unmkinitramfs to see or extract their contents. > > On a jessie system, the zcat|cpio -i may still work (not sure about > b

Re: Kernel problem?

2018-01-10 Thread deloptes
David Wright wrote: >> It seemed to install vmlinuz-4.9.0-5-686-pae (and associated config and >> image files, etc) in place of 4.9.0-4-686-pae versions.  Now the system > > ↑↑↑ really? It's a different package so > it should install alongside the old one. no, this is one and the same pa

Re: 404 trying to use stretch/backports

2018-01-11 Thread deloptes
Felix Miata wrote: > Didn't help. :-( can you open it in the browser

Re: 404 trying to use stretch/backports

2018-01-11 Thread deloptes
Brian wrote: > I can see what you are saying about mixing stable and unstable but don't > completely follow it in this case. Only mc and mc-data from unstable are > needed and the libraries on stable are sufficient to produce a working > mc. Are you suggesting these libraries could be subject to f

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-11 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > I don't actually know how many cpio archives are concatenated together > in that image.  At least two, obviously, with the first uncompressed > and the second gzipped. This kernel is custom, produced on one stretch system. On other stretch system another custom image is as

Re: Kernel problem?

2018-01-11 Thread deloptes
David Wright wrote: > That's right: deloptes claim was mistaken, which I pointed out > because errors of fact need correcting. > I didn't mean to mystify you (or anybody else). Sorry I agree with you, I also learned something, thanks.

Re: black screen after hibernation

2018-01-12 Thread deloptes
Kamil Jońca wrote: > But I cannot turn on my monitor. screen saver?

Re: black screen after hibernation

2018-01-12 Thread deloptes
Kamil Jońca wrote: > deloptes writes: > >> Kamil Jońca wrote: >> >>> But I cannot turn on my monitor. >> >> screen saver? > Can you explain? > KJ sorry I read now the log from your post regarding backlight Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-param

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-12 Thread deloptes
David Wright wrote: > It seems likely that it's because you can add blobs to a preexisting > initramfs without polluting it/having to unpack and repack it. Greg's > example seems to contain an Intel blob. Not compressing it could be > down to futility, or even licence restrictions (not "hiding" it

Re: System won't boot anymore after upgrade to jessie

2018-01-12 Thread deloptes
David Wright wrote: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/243657/appending-files-to-initramfs-image-reliable > > BTW the necessity of directories to be unpacked before their contents > still pertains, ie ignore the trick in "cpio -o"'s manpage about using > find … -depth to create arch

Re: IAX VoIP in Debian 9.

2018-01-14 Thread deloptes
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hello, > > Can VoIP be achieved using IAX in Debian 9? If so, can any notes > about installation and configuration be recommended? > > Thanks, ... Peter E. aren't there enough documents around asterisk? what do you expect - debian howto?

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread deloptes
J.W. Foster wrote: > I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an email > server located on an existing website server. I have installed;  exim4 > light, dovecot, Thunderbird, OpenSSL, and TLS security. I have tried > following several bits of documentation regarding this wit

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread deloptes
basti wrote: > exim users mailing list would be a good place for your question I think. > basti, first of all we do not top post and second we reply to the message we intend to answer. As I've been using exim extensively and was part of team supporting cloud with exim and imap (dovecot), I can t

Re: setting gpg keyserver & source-list in 443-https

2018-01-14 Thread deloptes
sejobu...@bitmessage.de wrote: > how-to setting gpg keyserver & source-list in 443-https > > - gpg (2.1.18) was installed by default without .conf & .dirmngr > i followed this how-to but it does not work. > https://sks-keyservers.net/overview-of-pools.php > hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net > This is

Re: Printing problem

2018-01-14 Thread deloptes
arne wrote: > amd64 both systems > OS: Daily updated Linux Stretch > > After 5 hours of googling, countless unnecessary rebooting > I still can only print from thin client > , > Not from PC (Only pdf and postscript from files using lpr) > Both macines are running debian stretch updated daily > No

Re: Acrobat Reader stops works

2018-01-15 Thread deloptes
Kamil Jońca wrote: > Carl Fink writes: > >> Another thought: according to the app database at winehq.org, it's >> possible to install the Windows version under Linux. > > And I think, that would be only working solution. > But I am curious why its workink on my second computer :/ > KJ usually y

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

2018-01-15 Thread deloptes
Richard Owlett wrote: > I repeated > dpkg -i /home/richard/Downloads/amaya_11.4.7-1_i386.deb > followed by > apt-get -f install > with the same result ; If this app depends on ssl 0.98, it might have been working on jessy or wheezy - it is very likely that it will have some other missing feature

Re: Acrobat Reader stops works

2018-01-15 Thread deloptes
Kamil Jońca wrote: > 1. With strace I checked which libraries were open, then (with dpkg -S ) > found packages - no differences on *.so files. > 2. Moreover I copied  proper *.so files from "working"  to "non-working" > computer, to dedicatd directory, and with LD_LIBRARY_PATH forced to use > them

Re: [HS]_deloptes_(was https etc.)

2018-01-15 Thread deloptes
sejobu...@bitmessage.de wrote: > From: deloptes debian-user@lists.debian.org > the subject is how to set up in https gpg & the source-list : it works of > course but not in 443. > it is not safe in http because the port:80 must be opened ; using https i > could close it ;) >

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

2018-01-15 Thread deloptes
Michael Lange wrote: > Oddly, so far as I have followed this thread, no one seems to consider the > possibility to try and compile the application from the sources. I > wonder if the debian developers should quit shipping the build system > when nobody wants to use it anyway ;-) well this was goi

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

2018-01-15 Thread deloptes
Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Instead of using apt, next time use aptitude -f install, reason is if > aptitude can not fix the problem it will give you a clue as what you can > do.  Also if you apt install and run 'upgrade-system' upgrade-system > will tell what to do, and clean your system too. I thoug

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

2018-01-16 Thread deloptes
Curt wrote: > Obsolated: portmanteau of deprecated and obsolete? > > I thought it was merely not recommended for upgrades. > might be we check to see what is official statement on that > PS: Have you ever performed 'apt-get moo'? (You don't need to be root.) > Gives you a cow. > 'aptitude moo'

Re: Crossgrading Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit: Solving package dependency problems after kernel change.

2018-01-16 Thread deloptes
Sven Hartge wrote: > Still, there is no guarantee it will work and for production systems I > strongly advise you to just backup the data and reinstall from scratch > as 64bit system. +1 copy data (backup) dpkg --get-selections install 64 dpkg --set-selections migrate configurations 90% is plan

Re: Acrobat Reader stops works

2018-01-17 Thread deloptes
Kamil Jońca wrote: > I tried this also, on working and not working machine. No differences > in list of libraries. you could replace ldd with gdb or valgrind and get the stack where it fails

Re: Banishing UUIDs from grub

2018-01-18 Thread deloptes
Dave Sherohman wrote: > What is the recommended method for preventing grub from using UUIDs to > refer to filesystems in the current Debian stable distribution? what is the reason to avoid UUIDs? (if not very private)

Re: Acrobat Reader stops works

2018-01-19 Thread deloptes
Kamil Jońca wrote: > Another puzzle element: with libc6_2.25-6 (i386+amd64) reader works. what puzzle, you said you compared all the libraries. I have in stretch: libc6:amd64/i386 2.24-11+deb9u1 with which version it was not working and where libc6_2.25-6 comes from? regards

Re: Radiotray fails in stretch

2018-01-20 Thread deloptes
Eike Lantzsch wrote: > And that's it. I don't have any experience with radiotray and have no > suggestions. > Is it still maintaned? > For now I'm going to deinstall it again. No time nor energy to > investigate. looks like a shit program to me - just wondering how it got it into debian packages.

Re: Simple iptables table doesn't let me forward X windows

2018-01-20 Thread deloptes
Joe wrote: > OK, that leaves little doubt that it's a firewall issue. usually xauth missing or wrong xauth people do upgrade, then just press yes and pile up mess over mess and then come here to ask for help. it's fun regards

Re: Radiotray fails in stretch

2018-01-21 Thread deloptes
Curt wrote: > Of course if the application isn't working that does qualify as a major > point in its disfavor. > > I just read that 'python-xdg' should be a hard dependency, the > installation of which has fixed some folks' mortal bugs. I understand the purpose of this application, however the b

Re: OT: Help with a search and replace script in Perl for a big file with no line breaks

2018-01-24 Thread deloptes
David Christensen wrote: > I used to subscribe to Perl Beginners, but the administrator got draconian > about discussing other languages, I dropped, and now I appear to be > banned: > > https://lists.perl.org/list/beginners.html > > >> I've never used Perl, but I'm hoping Perl can do the job fo

Re: Akonadi problem

2018-01-26 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > What version of kde? I am using kmail here, without an akonadi instance > visible in htop. But this kmail is 1.9, from the TDE desktop, a fork of > kde at about the 3.5 point, with tons of bugs fixed that kde never had > the time to listen to. It Just Works now. +1 The new k

Re: OT: Help with a search and replace script in Perl for a big file with no line breaks

2018-01-26 Thread deloptes
Sometimes I am wondering where people get the time to spent on such things. >> On Jan 24, 2018, at 11:40 PM, deloptes wrote: >> >> David Christensen wrote: >> >>> 2.  Get a tool that understands the dump file (such as the original >>> database engine),

Re: Playing or Ripping UDF CDs Under jessie

2018-01-27 Thread deloptes
Martin McCormick wrote: > sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1]  <> ASC=0xc6 ASCQ=0x2ASC=0xc6 ASCQ=0x2 > sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 05 06 a2 00 00 02 00 > end_request: I/O error, dev sr1, sector 1317512 > Buffer I/O error on device sr1, logical block 164689 > > It looks like it probably can read norma

Re: Playing or Ripping UDF CDs Under jessie

2018-01-27 Thread deloptes
Martin McCormick wrote: > I think there is a deliberate protocol violation in the > control data that is there to discourage copying as there are > just too many brand new disks (6 all together) for them all to be > duds.  I do agree that damaged disks do normally throw these > errors but it also

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread deloptes
Michael Fothergill wrote: > Your need to upgrade to unstable (Debian Sid).  Then you need to get the > latest kernel from the kernel.org website. worst BS ever seen - DON'T LISTEN TO THIS PLEASE Michael, please stop writing such things in public regards

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread deloptes
Michael Fothergill wrote: > I accept that are some kernels that you could run in stable apparently > that address the security issue etc. > I apologise for inaccuracy there. > But perhaps not all of what I posted is BS. You can run any kernel in stable I just build 4.14 make oldconfig make -j4

Re: Playing or Ripping UDF CDs Under jessie

2018-01-29 Thread deloptes
Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Good luck reading audio track data from CD-ROMs with dd. Or subcode > information. Tip: you can't. :D you are correct - it is really a pity - as those things are just bits

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > Hardware was also becoming more powerful, as one would expect.  More RAM > meant less pressure to produce minimalist kernel images. > > All of these things put together meant that for most users, Debian's > kernel images were good enough that they didn't feel a need to buil

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread deloptes
Carl Fink wrote: > Be fair: you also don't need Spectre or Meldtdown to compromise > Linux-based computers.  Somethings as simple as going a week between > installing security upgrades can do it. well - at least that's not so easy as windows or android with compromised security in mind

Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

2018-01-29 Thread deloptes
Michael Lange wrote: > I believe that deloptes' rather harsh comment referred to your > suggestion that the OP should upgrade to Sid rather than to anything else > you wrote. yes indeed - thats true in fact you can setup sid with debootstrap, chroot to it, build your kernel there

Re: Got tired of waiting for suspend/resume (something like that)

2018-02-01 Thread deloptes
Curt wrote: > Unfortunately my crypttab (which I've never touched or looked at) > reveals the following: > > #               > cryptswap1 /dev/sda5 /dev/urandom swap,cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 > > Which is dangerous because that dev/sda5 gets wiped out at every > (re)boot. > > curty@einstei

Re: systemd 237-1: problem starting dnsmasq

2018-02-02 Thread deloptes
Sven Hartge wrote: > Stefan Pietsch wrote: > >> after the systemd upgrade from 236-3 to 237-1 (Debian sid) the dnsmasq >> service does not start correctly. > > I reported this as > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889144 > > It also affects munin-node > https://bugs.debian.org

Re: systemd 237-1: problem starting dnsmasq

2018-02-03 Thread deloptes
Michael Stone wrote: > I've had far fewer issues with systemd than I did before systemd. Now > that our anecdotes have canceled each other out, could you please > refrain from irrelevant systemd complaining in the future? this is a bit arrogant as I did not complain, but asked a question on a pos

Re: systemd 237-1: problem starting dnsmasq

2018-02-03 Thread deloptes
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Please, don't kindle that flames. We all know by now which > preferences we have. Don't try to frame it as an "us vs them" > issue. That's more or less what I tried to tell Michael as > well, I hope I succeeded a bit. surely not. we've had enough discussion on the topic

Re: Causes, cures and prevention of orphaned inodes?

2018-02-04 Thread deloptes
Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Can anyone give me some guidance in what I should be looking for?  It > would be much appreciated. >From my experience most probably inappropriate shutdown (no unmount when shutdown). How do you shutdown your machine? Can you try without systemd (just install sysvinit a

Re: I do not want to install Linux

2018-02-07 Thread deloptes
Richard Owlett wrote: > I suspect that I know what happened, but will not give perhaps erroneous > directions. Can you please disable the magnet that attracts all kind of dumb people to debian list :) (irony off)

Re: I do not want to install Linux

2018-02-08 Thread deloptes
Michael Fothergill wrote: > I guess I could give it a try.  I have run Bodhi Linux.  That is quite > good. Kali is excellent for network geeks

Re: Debian buster & gnucash

2018-02-08 Thread deloptes
Jape Person wrote: > I installed gnucash from unstable by adding this line > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian sid main > > (temporarily) to /etc/apt/sources.list, then running It's simply wrong, because you don't know when the program will hit the fan. It should be installed from backports if

Re: Sound devices.

2018-02-08 Thread deloptes
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > According to https://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ > cat /usr/share/sounds/ekiga/ring.wav >/dev/dsp > should also.  In fact it gives nothing but the command prompt. I am not 100% sure but I think you need alsa-oss - ALSA wrapper for OSS applications to be able to use dsp.

Re: libgparted bug.

2018-02-09 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > Trying to make a backup image of a 64GB bootable sdcard. Th os say its > 59.b GB when it mounts the original, but pull copy to a file and its > nearly a megabyte bigger than 64gigs.  So obviously the file is bigger > than a brand new unformatted disk. > Hi Gene, you should

Re: libgparted bug.

2018-02-09 Thread deloptes
David Wright wrote: > Well, as I explained, I don't use a DE so I wouldn't have a clue. > There presumably are people here who use TDE. I see it mentioned > a lot. I use the 14.1 - DEV version, but also in previous one I have never experienced automounting. Could be that Gene installed automount

Re: how to change network setting after installation

2018-02-10 Thread deloptes
Long Wind wrote: > i've just installed stretch, minimal installationnow i want to change > network connection from  cell phone hot spot to router > i've not installed X window > Thanks! If you have not installed any network manager (NetworklManager or WICD) you do it the old way /etc/network/inte

Re: libgparted bug.

2018-02-11 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf.  And it has exactly the switch I was looking > for. So ATM its turned off. But damn! I just now plugged in the cell > phone and the icon popped up in about a second. But I guess thats > because I didn't block it for sdf. > The icon itself is not

Re: libgparted bug.

2018-02-11 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > I don't believe usbmount did this one, 60-persistent-storage.rule I think > did this one as I only kill sdd, and the phone, if the card reader (sdd) > is plugged in would have made the phone be sdf. I don't think you need usbmount at all, but I am not at 100% sure for wheezy

Re: libgparted bug.

2018-02-11 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: >> TDE has support channels. People there are far more likely to be >> familiar with wheezy (unsupported on Debian) and their own packages >> (not in Debian) and any automounting issues. > there is no automount - Gene might remove usbmount package and see if this helps. The p

Re: libgparted bug.

2018-02-12 Thread deloptes
Curt wrote: > On 2018-02-11, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 11 February 2018 18:19:00 Brian wrote: >> >>> On Sun 11 Feb 2018 at 17:07:03 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> > On Sunday 11 February 2018 15:31:13 Brian wrote: >>> > > linuxcnc is an Xfce based system and that DE does the >>> > > automo

Re: libgparted bug.

2018-02-12 Thread deloptes
Brian wrote: >> I don't know what you mean, but I read and post to both lists >> (user/devel) > > January was a busy time on the list. > I didn't have that impression if you mean TDE. It is a small community (at least the posting part of it). >> Unfortunately I upgraded long time ago from jess

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