Re: [DNG] Script to migrate buster desktop to beowulf v1.8

2021-04-15 Thread tito via Dng
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:32:51 +0200 tito via Dng wrote: > Hi, > > v 1.8 > > now with supported DE's: > > 1) GNOME > 2) LXDE > 3) LXQT > 4) XFCE > 5) KDE > 6) MATE > 7) CINNAMON > > and minor fixes, improvements and cleanups. > > Made script more robust against failures: > 1) added test for

Re: [DNG] Script to migrate buster desktop to beowulf v1.8

2021-04-15 Thread tito via Dng
Hi, v 1.8 now with supported DE's: 1) GNOME 2) LXDE 3) LXQT 4) XFCE 5) KDE 6) MATE 7) CINNAMON and minor fixes, improvements and cleanups. Made script more robust against failures: 1) added test for internet connectivity 2) check that time and date is correct or apt update will fail.

Re: [DNG] Script to migrate buster desktop to beowulf v1.6

2021-04-15 Thread tito via Dng
On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:06:02 +0200 Antoine via Dng wrote: > On Wednesday, 14 April at 16:13, tito via Dng wrote: > > > >Hi, > >thanks for your time and effort. My question was rather practical, > >so let me rephrase it: is there a robust way to detect from a script > >if buster non-free and

Re: [DNG] Script to migrate buster desktop to beowulf v1.6

2021-04-15 Thread Antoine via Dng
On Wednesday, 14 April at 16:13, tito via Dng wrote: Hi, thanks for your time and effort. My question was rather practical, so let me rephrase it: is there a robust way to detect from a script if buster non-free and contrib repos are enabled in /etc/apt/sources.lists so that I can add the same

Re: [DNG] Script to migrate buster desktop to beowulf v1.6

2021-04-15 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 15/04/2021 à 16:01, Hendrik Boom a écrit : >> Yes, but the end result of enforcing free software purism is a lot of >> those so exposed give up and install Windows. I don't blame them. A few >> times I've found it *really* hard to install when the installer just >> says "you might need nonfree

Re: [DNG] Script to migrate buster desktop to beowulf v1.6

2021-04-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:16:08PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > aitor said on Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:28:59 +0200 > > >Hi Steve, > > > >On 14/4/21 15:02, Steve Litt wrote: > >> I think free software purist snobs drive more people back to > >> Windows than cleanse people of their non-free ways. > >The

Re: [DNG] Strange behaviour with last version of grub

2021-04-15 Thread Chris Dos
On 3/9/21 9:22 AM, David Kuehling via Dng wrote: > I think we were bitten by this known Debian Bug: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=925309 > > "Wrong prefix directory hardcoded in signed GRUB image" > > Signed grub assumes that the initial grub.cfg is in