Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system

James Dutton said: > On Tue, 23 May 2023 at 12:50, Artur ??dka via Hampshire < > hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > > According to Debian article (https://wiki.debian.org/mtp) 1.1.18 libmtp > > is required to access Moto G phones, while current package in all Debian > > releases is 1.1.17-3

[Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system

Adam John Trickett said: > I gather it depends on the generation of the phone and what the > vendor felt like. The phone is is new - first appeared in January this year, I understand. I have not yet tried copying files via a library computer - wasn't taking the phone

Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system

Thomas Kluyver said: > Warpinator needs to be running on both ends and discover itself > before you can send files. Wormhole lets you share and then launch > the receiver, but the Android app only seems to be able to send one > file at a time. This might be possible with a laptop, but my main

Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system

Tim said: > https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/n2skx6/connecting_android_phone/ No help there, I'm afraid. James Dutton said: > When I plug the phone into the usb port, the phone asks "Allow access to > phone data". > Deny / Allow Something like that is mentioned on the web. My phone

Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system

Tim said: > I found this a while ago > > https://tomsalmon.eu/2020/01/mounting-android-phone-over-usb-on-debian/ > > Not sure how relevant it is now a days Thanks Tim. That didn't work, but the CLI did provide a possibly more informative error message: error returned by

[Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system

I have a computer running Debian 11 and a new phone with Android 13. How do I access the Android file system from the computer via USB? A web search suggests MTP, but I have not been able to get that to work. I can use tethering via USB, so there is nothing wrong the connection. I have go-mtpfs,

Re: [Hampshire] mounting a logical volume

Dom Rodriguez/shymega said: > Definitely modify the header on a live CD - I don't know if you can do it on a > mounted FS, but my general rule of thumb though my experience is to always do > it on a live CD unless you can make the FS go offline... but as you said your > SSD is on the VG, yeah,

[Hampshire] mounting a logical volume

I am trying to mount a logical volume, under Debian 11.1.0. lsblk gives: NAMEMAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sde 8:64 0 931.5G 0 disk sde1 8:65 0 243M 0 part sde2 8:66 0 1K 0 part sde5 8:69 0 931.3G 0 part It is sde5 that I

Re: [Hampshire] Debian/KDE problems

Aidan said: > This isn't a Debian thing, it is a Plasma thing. KDE in their wisdom > seem to have decided that 'Activities' is where it's all at now. First > you need to define your desired 'Activity' and from there you can the > set about setting up your workspaces as desired, including custom

[Hampshire] Debian/KDE problems

Rocket Repairs have upgraded my computer - it is certainly a lot faster now, I am happy with the hardware, but have some questions about the software. Has anyone on this list got experience with the latest stable Debian with KDE? I have Debian 11.1.0, KDE 5.20.5. Firstly, I can't get multiple

Re: [Hampshire] Debian DVDs

Gareth Evans said: > Assuming you mean they have installed Debian but can't seem to install > software from the DVD [image]... Yes, that appears to be the problem > The entire set of Debian images no longer seems to be available from > debian.org That was the impression I had, but another web

Re: [Hampshire] Debian DVDs

Artur Łądka said: > Best way to have/install virtually any Linux distro nowadays (even > applies to MS Windows 10!) is to download iso image from official > website and put it on USB stick. It is way faster, easier, cheaper and > more eco friendly than burning DVD. I will also suggest to use 

[Hampshire] Debian DVDs

Rocket Repairs in Southampton have been upgrading my main computer. The hardware is done, but there is a software problem. One of the things I want is a Debian DVD (or image thereof) that will allow me to install software without using an internet connection. They are

Re: [Hampshire] Where to get Debian computer?

Keith Edmunds said: > Debian 11 ("Bullseye") isn't quite released yet, but it's stable Perhaps I should wait until it is officially released and allow a little time for any bugs to be fixed. I understand KDE is still included. Gordon Scott said: > There's an awful lot to be said for just a

Re: [Hampshire] Where to get Debian computer?

> I have decided that I can modify my requirements. It seems that > getting a computer with Debian already installed is not possible. > There was a company in the USA that would do that, but they have > gone out of business. In any case, I now think it is not Debian > that provides what I want,

Re: [Hampshire] Where to get Debian computer?

Simon Reep said: > I think your best bet is to get a barebones computer (Novatech?) and buy a > magazine with a cover DVD Would rather have a machine already set up and working. Chris Sykes said: > If you don't mind buying used, Bargain Hardware will ship you a PC Hmm.. rather not. If I'm

Re: [Hampshire] Where to get Debian computer?

I have decided that I can modify my requirements. It seems that getting a computer with Debian already installed is not possible. There was a company in the USA that would do that, but they have gone out of business. In any case, I now think it is not Debian that provides what I want, but KDE:

[Hampshire] Where to get Debian computer?

My desktop computer has gone wrong. On starting it, I get a brief view of the usual text etc, then the screen goes blank. Holding down F2 is supposed to enter a set-up procedure, but all I get is a short bleep and a blank screen. I think the main board has failed. The machine is now about 7 years

Re: [Hampshire] Debian flash drive mount problem

Brad said: > This page may be useful for getting info about various commands; > http://cb.vu/unixtoolbox.xhtml Yes, thanks, that does look useful. However, Arch Linux appears to be for system experts - my interests are really elsewhere. Peter Alefounder. -- Please post to:

Re: [Hampshire] Debian flash drive mount problem

Nick Chalk suggested: > /dev/sdb1 /media/flash auto noauto,user 0 0 ... > The limitation of this approach is that it assumes > the flash drive will always appear as /dev/sdb1. Ha! More often sdf1, and I have also seen sdg1. Anyway, problem now solved. I reinstalled kdeplasma-addons, but

Re: [Hampshire] Debian flash drive mount problem

Simon Reap made a very useful point: > > On 01/06/2020 11:34, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote: > > mount /dev/sdb1 /media/flash > > > > I can read from the flash drive, but only write to it using > > the command line as root, which is not very convenient.

[Hampshire] Debian flash drive mount problem

My main computer, not connected to the internet, is running Debian 7.1 with KDE. Normally, if I plug in a USB flash memory stick, an option to mount it will pop up from the panel. Something has gone wrong and that no longer happens. A google search has told me how to mount it: su fdisk -l

Re: [Hampshire] web browser recommendation

Here's something odd. Today I found my Chromium would not work at all, and I had to re-install it. Facebook has stopped complaining and another web site which would not load properly now does so. I can only guess that it had become corrupted in some way and/or I now have a newer version. Anyway,

Re: [Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

Problem is now solved, or at least circumvented. The web site works with my new Firefox (didn't with an old one at a public library - maybe it doesn't like old browsers), so I can download the files direct to the laptop. Thanks for all the comments and help, but I think I will just avoid trying

Re: [Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

Gareth Evans asked: > What is the full text in the address/location bar in the file > manager when you view the phone folder containing the files you want > to copy? Full address is in two text boxes: XT1032 Download output of $ mount with file manager looking at /Download: /dev/sda3 on / type

Re: [Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

Thanks Gareth. I tried https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs It said: detect failed: no MTP devices found So I don't think that's the problem. If it were, would copying of files from XT1032/DCIM/Camera work? > Also, what problems do you have with Chrome on the website(s) concerned? On one of

[Hampshire] file transfer, Android to Ubuntu

I have a laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I find that I can transfer photos from an Android phone connected by a USB cable using the file browser. They are in XT1032/DCIM/Camera However, csv files in XT1032/Download are listed but can not be moved. I get an error message: Error getting file:

Re: [Hampshire] libgtk-1.2.so.0

Daniel Llewellyn said: > You really don't want to be messing with libc if you can avoid > it. There be dragons for the unwary. The machine in question is not connected to the internet: I really want to avoid a long chase after dependencies. I will try virtualbox, but it will have to wait a

Re: [Hampshire] libgtk-1.2.so.0

James Courtier-Dutton said: > There are multiple Linux tools that can do that. > A popular one is "blender" I do not have the correct versions of libc.so.6 and libm.so.6 for blender. An attempt to install a new libc resulted in further errors:

Re: [Hampshire] libgtk-1.2.so.0

On 11 May, 2018 at 17:09 James Courtier-Dutton said: > On 11 May 2018 at 16:34, Peter Alefounder via > Hampshire<hampsh...@mailman.lug.org. > > I am trying to use an old program called moonlight. I get the message: > > error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-1.2.so.

[Hampshire] libgtk-1.2.so.0

I am trying to use an old program called moonlight. I get the message: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I can't find libgtk-1.2.so.0 anywhere - is it still available? I would need a 64 bit AMD version. Peter

[Hampshire] problem with Perl/Tk idletasks

Is there an expert on Perl/Tk on this list, or can someone point me towards some forum where there is such an expert, please? I have a Perl/Tk script which takes data and plots it in graphical form on a canvas, under the control of various widgets in a separate control window. One function is a

Re: [Hampshire] problem installing silentcast

Daniel Llewellyn said: > If ffmpeg isn't in the 14.04 release then enabling the universe repo > won't help I had a feeling that might be the case. > The way you install deb packages from file rather than a repository > is to use dpkg directly: > > dpkg -i /path/to/downloaded-ffmpeg-debfile.deb

Re: [Hampshire] problem installing silentcast

Daniel Llewellyn said: > ?ffmpeg is in universe. This repository should be enabled by default unless > you > have a minimal installation provided by some vps/cloud providers. Thank you, Daniel. The installation was done by Dell. My web searches have revealed that I am not the only one with this

[Hampshire] problem installing silentcast

I have been trying to install silentcast on a laptop running Ubuntu. It depends on ffmpeg, which appears to be missing from the standard Ubuntu repository. I compiled it from source, available at ffmpeg.org. Silentcast still won't install: pra@pra-Inspiron-15-3552:~$ sudo apt-get install

Re: [Hampshire] Linux laptop

> Have you already bought it Peter? Yes, I have, thanks, Imran. I got one of these: m.dell.com/mt/www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3552-laptop-ubuntu/pd?oc=cn55231_id=inspiron-15-3552-laptop-ubuntu a Dell Inspiron. I prefer Debian to Ubuntu, but it's good enough. I now know why people choose

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu libncurses5

Chris Liddell said > I assume it's a closed source editor? I don't have the source. The editor is an old one called ne, but not the one easily found by an internet search. It can be used as a filter and can run scripts. I haven't found anything else that will do all that, so I still use it.

[Hampshire] Ubuntu libncurses5

I have recently acquired a laptop running Ubuntu. There is a specific text editor that I would like to have working on it (I have it on my Debian desktop system). When I try to use it on the laptop, I get this: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object

Re: [Hampshire] Linux laptop

Thanks to all those who replied, Thomas Kluyver, Ian Park, Aaron West and particularly Ben Parsonage. Ben - I think you have solved the problem. The Dell Inspiron machine looks like it will do very well. I investigated Entroware some time ago, but they do not reply to email. At the time I was

[Hampshire] Linux laptop

If I were to get one of these: https://www.tesco.com/direct/acer-156-es15-intel-celeron-4gb-ram-1tb-hdd-dvdrw-red-laptop/392-0906.prd?skuId=392-0906=sku_cmp=ppc*PX+-+DNF+Electrical*PX+-+Shopping+GSC+-+Argos+-+Technology+-+Electricals*PRODUCT+GROUP392-0906*=COLH6NjdlNMCFdUV0wodWCkLEA=aw.ds would

Re: [Hampshire] eMMC

Jonathan Hudson said: > >It appears that many modern laptop computers have a type of flash > >memory storage called eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard). Some web sites > >claim that this will not work with Linux; others that it will if the > >system is sufficiently new, and yet others that it will if

[Hampshire] eMMC

It appears that many modern laptop computers have a type of flash memory storage called eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard). Some web sites claim that this will not work with Linux; others that it will if the system is sufficiently new, and yet others that it will if the system is an old one. Has

Re: [Hampshire] general genealogy questions?

Brad Rogers said: > >Wondered if people had any opinion on which was best value, Find > >My Past or Ancestry.com? > > Whilst there's much overlap between the two, you may find that, > ultimately, you'll need data from both of them. For example, only FMP > has the 1939

Re: [Hampshire] How to get a laptop with Linux?

Thanks to all. Plenty of advice there, not all consistent, but it's good to have a range of views! I will investigate entroware, minifree and PC Specialist. I'm not really sure exactly what I want as yet - something to act as a backup for a desktop system and that I can take with me when away

[Hampshire] How to get a laptop with Linux?

What is the best way to acquire a laptop running Linux these days? Various web searches haven't helped me much. Some sites say it's better to get one running Windows, then install Linux. However, I get the impression that it can be difficult to have all the hardware working properly, because of a

[Hampshire] ELF problem

I have been trying to get a program called Genome Mate Pro to work. It is available as a zip file which contains the main program and two folders, one for "Resources" and one for "Libs" (from genomemate.org, the 2016r08 version). When I tried to run it, it complained that it: Failed to

[Hampshire] Village History Website

Chris Dennis asks: > I've had a look at other local history sites around the country, and most of > them are somewhere between awful and broken.  I haven't found one yet that > makes > me think "Yes, we'll do it like that." > > Does anyone have any suggestions? You could contact the Society of