Re: USB Mass Storage Class

n adapter. ... > Would unintentionally switching to MTP mode affect things? > (I wouldn't expect detection to be affected, only transfer.) Connected it again this morning and after 5-10 minutes the cable is hot. A short in the cable seems likely. Will reply again later. Thanks,

TCP/IP over Bluetooth

d at least? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +1 360 639 0202 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

bochs; mouse and headerbar.

floppy A: as active. The mouse is crossed out. The problem is only that bochs can not access /dev/console? I haven't found anything pertinent in /usr/share/doc/bochs/* . /dev/console should be made accessible? How? Other ideas? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789

The DISPLAY variable.

ar as real environment variables to the program: VARIABLE=value program_name [arguments]" Here Debian jessie is running on a machine with two screens connected to one video card. Therefore try these commands. peter@dalton:~$ DISPLAY=:0.0 program peter@dalton:~$ DISPLAY=:0.1 program In both c

Re: The DISPLAY variable.

.conf is the only way to create screen 1? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel +1 360 639 0202 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: The DISPLAY variable.

cross the Viewsonic and then across the Panasonic. The program window is at (0,0) on the Viewsonic. Not on the Panasonic. Thanks for the reply,... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel +1 360 639 0202 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: The DISPLAY variable.

Thanks Liam and Dan. From: Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org>, Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:12:14 -0400 > ... if you used XINERAMA or NVidia or AMD's proprietary tools, ... Used xrandr commands in .xsessionrc. peter@dalton:~$ cat .xsessionrc # dalton:/home/peter/.xsessionrc created 2014-12-10

gimp resynthesizer

ctionality. There is a Filters > Script-Fu > {Console, Refresh Scripts, Start Server}. Usage of these eludes me. Any tips to make the gimp resynthesizer work? Thanks! ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel +1 360 639 0202 ht

Re: gimp resynthesizer

Heal > Selection). Good, thanks. If I want the patch to be created from a specific area, that should be sampled into the foreground, the background or the clipboard. Will experiment a little. Thanks again, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456

Re: gimp resynthesizer

ters > Map > Resynthesize works. Usage is straightforward. Select an area to use as the source of the patch. Select the area to be patched. Then let the resynthesizer do the work. Task completed with no significant difficulty. Thanks to Siard and Sven,

Reportbug - relevant package

keyboard etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards Peter

Matrox Meteor frame grabber.

Debian display composite video using this card? Which packages are needed? Thanks,... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html

Re (3): /etc/dhcp3 in jessie.

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Re (2): /etc/dhcp3 in jessie.

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Correction: Re: Matrox Meteor frame grabber.

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/etc/dhcp3 in jessie.

orts a few dhcp packages; no dhcp3. Therefore "rm -r /etc/dhcp3" is OK? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.h

Re: Testing/Unstable Synaptic broken again.

On 06/09/16 19:29, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 09/06/2016 09:12 AM, Peter wrote: >> I believe the problem was caused by the libgtk upgrade. >> See >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=836341 > > > Thanks Peter, I upgraded all but the 4 gtk-3 packages

Re: Testing/Unstable Synaptic broken again.

I believe the problem was caused by the libgtk upgrade. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=836341 Regardsm Peter

Re: stunnel or sibling

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stunnel or sibling?

SL capable but a connection to https is required. Can stunnel or something else do that? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html

JVC camera and Hauppauge PVR-150 framegrabber. Was: Re: MTI camera ...

. Is there an equilent in the Test Bench? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

MTI camera and Hauppauge PVR-150 framegrabber.

image" changes from the screenshot to scattered lines. I expect the image to be a 2x3 or 3x4 rectangle rather than the narrow band in the screenshot. Synchronization is failing? Faulty framegrabber? Suggestions? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789

Re (2): MTI camera and Hauppauge PVR-150 framegrabber.

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Devices in V4L2 Test Bench

The V4L2 Test Bench should list devices in the "Select v4l device" window. This screenshot illustrates an example where a USB camera produces an image but the test bench shows no device. http://easthope.ca/V4L2TestBench.png Ideas? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789

Re: MTI camera and Hauppauge PVR-150 framegrabber.

, > which don't need to be tuned. Here using only the RCA connector. Unless a new idea surfaces this morning, I'll buy another card in the afternoon and find whether the display is different with that. Thanks for the help, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 1234567

Re: MTI camera and Hauppauge PVR-150 framegrabber.

ogue. A dependancy not respected? Thanks again, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#wpa_supplicant

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Re: name for wireless interface

before the next release. Thanks for replying. Now I know that this problem is not so unusual. Regards, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthop

name for wireless interface

A TL-WN722N adapter connected to a stretch system gives these results. peter@imager:~$ lsusb | grep Ath Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n root@imager:/home/peter# iwlist scan wlxa0f3c10a28f7 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down lo

Arial vs. Helvetica.

a concern. What is the conclusion. Should I specify, Arial or Helvetica or something else? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629

Connection to ubcsecure.

Any tips are welcome. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Video input vs. systemctl enable.

* From: Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> * Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 23:16:15 +0300 > ... load appropriate kernel modules. For USB cameras it's uvcvideo usually. peter@dalton:~$ lsmod | grep uvc peter@dalton:~$ Indeed; not loaded as a module. With several camera related

Re: Video input vs. systemctl enable.

hooting the Hauppauge WinTV card. And a bug report might be needed. Thanks for the patient help,... P. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: USB camera;

u3) is newer than that in Debian! Do you still want to file a report [y|N|q|?]?" Why isn't it a plain old stock kernel? Upgraded to stretch and nothing unusual about apt usage here. peter@dalton:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list # dalton:/etc/apt/sources.list # mirror.it.ubc.ca = 137.82.116.42 deb

Correction, Re: failure of cheese with a Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000

URL for the screenshot corrected. This problem might be an easier first step. lsub detects the LifeCam. root@dalton:/home/peter# lsusb | grep Micro Bus 001 Device 007: ID 045e:00f8 Microsoft Corp. LifeCam NX-6000 This screenshot shows that Ekiga recognizes the device but declines to activate

Re: failure of cheese with a Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000

This problem might be an easier first step. lsub detects the LifeCam. root@dalton:/home/peter# lsusb | grep Micro Bus 001 Device 007: ID 045e:00f8 Microsoft Corp. LifeCam NX-6000 This screenshot shows that Ekiga recognizes the device but declines to activate it. The menu option is grey rather

USB camera; was Re: Video input vs. systemctl enable.

* From: Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> * Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:20:18 +0300 > What does 'lsusb' and 'lsusb -t' show for you? peter@dalton:~$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hu

Video input vs. systemctl enable.

ystemctl enable ..." required for video input? peter@dalton:~$ uname -a Linux dalton 4.9.0-3-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u3 (2017-08-06) i686 GNU /Linux peter@dalton:~$ ls -ld /dev/v* crw-rw 1 root tty 7, 0 Sep 19 05:26 /dev/vcs crw-rw 1 root tty 7, 1 Sep 19 05:26 /dev/vcs1 c

v4l2 cameras in stretch.

in stretch? None found here. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: v4l2 cameras in stretch.

buntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1634445 It addresses the WinTV PVR-150. Again I have no idea of similarity to this adapter. Will investigate the NTSC vs. PAL question before pursuing software further. Thanks for the reply, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 1234

LTE router usage.

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failure of cheese with a Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000

format MPEG (cheese:1572): Cogl-WARNING **: driver/gl/cogl-pipeline-opengl.c:932: GL error (1280): Invalid enumeration value What is a "Theme parsing error"? Is there a simple fix for the format problem? What is meant by 'Invalid enumeration value"? Thanks,

Re: name for wireless interface

MAC or Ethernet address prefixed with "wlx". root@dalton:/home/peter# ip addr show wlan1 4: wlan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether a0:f3:c1:0a:28:f7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Thanks Kushal, ... Peter E. -- 12345678

Re: failure of cheese with a Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000

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Re: USB camera.

* From: Curt <cu...@free.fr> * Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:22:48 + (UTC) > I'm reading that this material requires a tweak: > options uvcvideo quirks=0x100 > in > /etc/modprobe.d/uvcvideo.conf I was using quirks=0x80 but can try 100 also. Thanks,

Re: USB camera;

tion and a /dev/video0. A little progress but still no image. "GUVCVIEW: no valid file extension for image file" A file name problem? Any simple fix for that? Any further comments before I make a bug report? Thanks, ... Peter E. peter@dalton:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image ii

Re: USB camera;

From: Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 10:16:20 +0300 > Try (assuming that you have appropriate device permissions): > > mpv tv:// --tv-device=/dev/video0 peter@dalton:~$ mpv tv:// --tv-device=/dev/video0 Playing: tv:// [tv] Selected driver: v4l2 [tv] name:

Re: USB camera;

Debian 9? Many packages in 9 are being updated. Maintainers must be swamped. I can be patient until commotion subsides. Thanks for the help, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202

Re: bash usage.

ingDirectory ..." checks whether something is mounted at the working directory. What about checking whether the filesystem of a specific device is mounted at that directory? Can that be checked easily? Additional tips to improve the script are always welcome. Thanks,

Unidentified subject!

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Configuring a TLS tunnel for an HTTP browser.

documentation? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: USB camera.

06, P/N: 860-000177, PID: LZ944BN Can anyone confirm one working in Debian 9? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html

EDA software.

of the EDA packages will be a good starting point? Is any integrated with Librecad? Thanks,... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html

bash usage.

PROBLEM Given a storage device, /dev/GRN, and mount point, /home/peter/testdir/, determine in a shell script whether /dev/GRN is mounted or something is mounted on /home/peter/testdir/. ATTEMPTED SOLUTION Create testdir and execute this script. #!/bin/bash # Demonstrate use of "mount

PostScript Manuals.

1.1, Fifth printing, May 1994 Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202

Failure of cups printing.

Hi, Since upgrading from Debian 8 to 9, CUPS printing has failed with this log message. "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertogutenprint.5.2" not available: No such file or directory Whereas, peter@computer:~$ ls -ld /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertogutenprint.5.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 42972 Fe

Re: Failure of cups printing.

From: kamaraju kusumanchi Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:00:46 -0400 > The bug report says that it was fixed in 5.2.10~pre2-2 . You can try > installing that version and see if that solves your problem. This is in the current Debian 9. peter@computer:~$ dpkg -l | grep r-guten ii printer-

Re: Making a driver for the Matrox P650 card.

you tried asking Matrox? They might have someone who > can tell you definitively. Just submitted a request. Will report later. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender I

Making a driver for the Matrox P650 card.

An attempt to make the driver fails with the following log. Is a solution feasible? Debian has evolved too far for the P650? Thanks, ... Peter E. = Using kernel headers in /lib/modules/4.9.0-5-686-pae/build/include for kernel version 4.9.x making all

Re: IAX VoIP in Debian 9.

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Re: IAX VoIP in Debian 9.

tude, etc. Will have a look. Thanks Ionel, ... P. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: USB camera;

delop...@gmail.com * Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:04:40 +0100 > ID 0471:2036 Philips (or NXP) Webcam SPC1030NC > > works very well - already ~10y in use At PC Galore I found a Logitech M/N: V-U0006, P/N: 860-000177, PID: LZ944BN which gives a good image. peter@dalton:~$ lsusb | grep Logi Bus 0

Re: Making a driver for the Matrox P650 card.

the failure reported in my preceeding message, please let me know. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.ht

IAX VoIP in Debian 9.

Hello, Can VoIP be achieved using IAX in Debian 9? If so, can any notes about installation and configuration be recommended? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender

The TP-Link TL-WN722N USB WiFi adapter ...

... worked in Squeeze or Wheezy. In Stretch, Network Manager fails to report wlan0 automatically. After wlan0 is specified in Perferences, extant networks are visible. Nevertheless, connection fails even with authentication off in the router. peter@computer:~$ lsmod | grep ath ath9k_htc

Sound devices.

0:2:1.0 cat: write error: Invalid argument Invalid argument? It's a sound device. Seems either the wiki is outdated or there is a snag in the system. Ideas? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202

at based alarm.

Given a file named wake containing this script, an alarm can be started with at. at -f wake 6:30 How can the xterm be started with std{in,out,err} connected there? Thanks, ... Peter E. #!/bin/sh xterm input="" until [[ $input != "" ]] ; do echo Beginning until l

Re: at based alarm.

guess): OK, thanks. wake is now simplified to this. peter@computer:~$ cat wake #!/bin/bash input="" until [[ $input != "" ]] ; do echo Beginning until loop. /usr/bin/play /home/peter/ring.wav read -n 1 -t 4 input done Test the script. peter@computer:~$ xterm -e ./

Re: at based alarm.

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Specifying a device for sox output.

This system has three snd devices. peter@dalton:~$ ls /dev/snd/by-id/* /dev/snd/by-id/usb-046d_0807_C9748B60-02 /dev/snd/by-id/usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Audio_Device-00 /dev/snd/by-id/usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Headphone_Set-00 peter@dalton:~$ ls /dev/snd/by-path/* /dev/snd/by-path/pci-:00:03.0-usb-0

Re: Sound devices.

* From: deloptes delop...@gmail.com * Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:24:25 +0100 > I am not 100% sure but I think you need > alsa-oss - ALSA wrapper for OSS applications > to be able to use dsp. root@dalton:/home/peter# dpkg -l | grep alsa-oss ii alsa-oss 1.0.28-1 i386 ALS

Re (2): Configuration of router.

* From: David Wright deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk * Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:18:45 -0600 > Write bashrc ; wake ; sleep 5' > and give yourself 5 seconds to read what it says in the xterm. Interactively. peter@hertz:~$ declare -f wake wake () { input="";

A reliable SIP registrar?

w any specification or best practice published by IETF that I'm aware of." Diamondcard.us works for any system I use but is paid gateway to the PSTN. Can anyone recommend a SIP registrar for general use beyond Debian? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and t

Sane via GIMP.

) The result is at http://easthope.ca/SanePreview.png Ie. previewing and scanning appears to be impossible. Ideas? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 1234

Re: LTE router usage.

in communication between router and cell tower, which degrades efficiency.. Has anyone encountered a question such as this? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus softwa

Re: LTE router usage.

the tower > to split them. It would double the number of packets and if the ISP is > counting packets instead of bytes, then it would easily explain a factor > of 2 increase. Thanks Roberto, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed

Debian on flash a store.

ve article about running a Linux system from a flash store? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- This message was transmitted by software carefully written to avoid the vulnerability and additional overhead of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 1234567

Mystery interface reported by ip.

re in /etc/. Where does the name originate? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 36

Re: Mystery interface reported by ip.

th*", NAME="LocLCS1788" The old name "LocLCS218301788" was dredged up from somewhere outside /etc/. Where? Old NIC names are cached? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability

Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

ed in DVD-R." ; popd ; And retrival. pushd ; printf "Insert a DVD-R containing a tar archive."; read t ; xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -toc 2>&1 ; xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -extract / -- | tar -vxf ; xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -eject ; popd ; Comments?

Re: Mystery interface reported by ip.

w this dodgy picture and make a better reply. About a week hence. Thanks, ... P. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Te

Re: Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

) and writing a file system hadn't crystalized well. Software can take an action, or not, without direct evidence. To my thinking, all the examples in https://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/ assume an ISO 9660 filesystem. No issue for an experienced user but a ready trap for a novice. Thanks again

Re : Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

rectories. Subdirectories are excluded from the first stage of backup. I can't think of a reason for a symlink to exist but will keep the possibility in mind. An exception is a likely source of trouble. Regards, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by

Re: Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

. Are they in POSIX? Best avoided? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202

Re: pushd/popd

reason to avoid pushd/popd? Not in POSIX merely because it isn't done yet? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 1234567

Re: Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

. Can discuss these stages 2 and 3 later. Thanks, ... Peter E. Backup() { \ if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then echo "Too many arguments."; else echo "0 or 1 arguments are OK."; if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then echo "0 arguments is OK.&quo

Subject: Re: Mystery interface reported by ip.

> That's unusual, to say the least. Definitely beyond my experience. > And what about this: > udevadm test /sys/class/net/LocLCS218301788 Will report on that when at the site again November 20 or so. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by

Re: Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

atus when possible; root status when necessary. Arbitrary use of root status opens unnecessary vulnerability. > But clearly you're going to ignore all advice I give, so fine. Not ignoring advice. Replies concerning pushd, popd, tar and xorriso have been invaluable. Thanks,

Password policy.

Hi, https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good_password specifies "6 to 8 characters". Is that adequate against currently available brute force? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by softwar

Re: Password policy.

v 2018 20:22:58 +0300 > So, 6 characters is somewhat low (that GPU is outdated by today's > standards). 8 characters seem ok. Good. Thanks Reco. I'll keep the present 8 characters and not start shifting to 9 or 10. Regards, ... Peter E. -- Message composed

Re: Password policy.

uessable words for the password. ... pets, ... are all bad choice for the password." > You are going to have to say what you mean > by "brute force", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute-force_attack Regards,... Peter E. -- Message composed and tra

Re: Mystery interface reported by ip.

tml .) peter@joule:~$ collect /etc/udev/rules.d/70* SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1d:7e:00:ee:9f", \ ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="LocLCS1788" SUBSYSTE

Re: pushd/popd

nterested in the reasoning behind this choice. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Te

Re: Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

u over > simply putting the commands in a script so that you can run something like > "sudo backup" on demand. How are multiple commands defined in one file? Then invoke? sudo backup1 sudo backup2 sudo backup3 Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitte

Re: Mystery interface reported by ip.

* From: Reco * Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 19:56:24 +0300 > Ok, let's do it the hard way. > > udevadm info /sys/class/net/LocLCS218301788 peter@joule:~$ udevadm info /sys/class/net/LocLCS218301788 P: /devices/pci:00/:00:1e.0/:02:08.0/net/LocLCS218301788 E: DEVPATH

Re (2): Password policy.

giving away the hashed password file exists? Regards, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the complication, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 3

Re: Password policy.

quently. ... Unless magic is involved. (?) Regards, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the complication, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 1234

Recognition of SiS900 Ethernet driver by Debian 9.5 installer.

The 8.7 and 9.3 installers had no difficulty recognizing the SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC. The 9.5 installer complains that no NIC is available. If the driver is chosen from the list presented, the NIC is still not recognized. Any ideas about this? Thanks, ... Peter E

Paper size reported in Document Viewer.

o the PDF file. Ideas? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 1234567

Re: SVG in SVG.

ow Document Viewer derives the numbers "270 x 349". Regards, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12

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