Re: [Solved]: What DE to replace GNOME with?

2024-06-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 11:47:59 +0200 DdB wrote: Hello DdB, >BTW: the GNOME team did that to me repeatedly In fairness, it's not just Gnome that erodes features. TBH, they *all* do it. I've seen features removed from Plasma, Claws Mail, Tellico, loads of stuff. Worst of all is when the removal

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 May 2024 14:01:58 -0400 Paul M Foster wrote: Hello Paul, >Nope. On a 3 phase system with individual phases at 120V, you will never In the UK, each phase is nominally 240V, not 120V. That's why David mentioned 440V between phases. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 May 2024 18:11:48 +0100 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Hello debian-u...@howorth.org.uk, >I have a powerline adapter (Devolo units). There's no such restriction, >as far as I know. My powerline transmitter and receiver are certainly >on different circuits. Fair enough. Different

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 May 2024 11:31:29 +0100 "mick.crane" wrote: Hello mick.crane, >Is there not some system that runs ethernet over the mains wiring or >did I misunderstand it. Yes, there is. I believe you're thinking of powerline adaptors. They do require everything be on the same circuit, however.

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 May 2024 11:35:25 + Andy Smith wrote: Hello Andy, >people. I don't know that it would add enough value to cover the >cost of doing it, though. Almost certainly not; Social housing where I live is non-existent because, according to the builders, the land costs more than they

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 May 2024 18:19:10 -0500 David Wright wrote: Hello David, >We didn't meet any lack of understanding. Rather, the problem is which >rooms do you connect, and precisely where do you place the wallplates. That's what I meant, really. Christ, they can't even place power outlets

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 May 2024 17:09:02 -0400 Paul M Foster wrote: Hello Paul, >for internet (WHY aren't new houses wired with Cat5/6/7?). The local Cost Lack of understanding (in the building trade) -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The blindingly

Re: Uninstalling a package and its entourage

2024-05-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 May 2024 10:57:54 -0400 Eben King wrote: Hello Eben, >Is there an easier way to uninstall a package and everything it brought >in at one swell foop? Thanks. apt/apt-get autoremove or apt/apt-get autoremove --purge The first removes the packages installed as dependencies, the

Re: Continuous integration with Debian virtual machines

2024-05-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 May 2024 10:00:02 + André Rodier wrote: Hello André, >Anyone know a hosting service, like GitHub or GitLab, offering recent >Debian You asked, and were answered, yesterday. It would be preferable to continue in that thread, rather than start a new one. -- Regards _

Re: no more sound after upgrade (trixie/sid)

2024-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 26 May 2024 13:16:28 +0200 Kamil Jońca wrote: Hello Kamil, >About 2 years ago I got new laptop. Sweeping generalisation coming; Laptops can be troublesome for Linux when they're fairly recently released. Largely because the makers play fast and loose with accepted standards and cut

Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs

2024-05-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 14 May 2024 15:11:16 +0200 Richard wrote: Hello Richard, >"Top posting" (writing the answer above the text that's being replied >to) is literally industry standard behavior. This 'literally' isn't industry. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" /

Re: [off topic] High Sierra, was: Cindex

2024-05-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 12 May 2024 22:27:58 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: Hello Thomas, >Hah ! Do they think that ISO 9660 is dead enough so they can highjack >its birth name ? Happens all the time (just saying - not condoning); Solid State Drive - referring to HDs without moving parts. BITD, Solid State

Re: Cindex

2024-05-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 May 2024 05:10:13 +1000 David wrote: Hello David, >The best thing to do would be to ask them. Surely this is off-topic here. From the FAQ; What platforms does Cindex run on? Any supported version of Windows, including 10 and 11 macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and up Unless

Re: debian bookworm japanese kana input disabled

2024-05-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 9 May 2024 10:06:29 + Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: Hello Michael, >However, I seem to have had a similar issue even after upgrading to >the first regression-fixed glib2.0 packages on Bookworm. Specifically, >dead keys no longer working with the Swedish keyboard

Re: time_t transitions in testing

2024-05-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 03 May 2024 12:11:22 +0100 "mick.crane" wrote: Hello mick.crane, >Eeeek "725 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see >them" Quite a few here, too. Although not as many as you had; 46 packages removed 46 packages installed (t64 versions of the packages removed)

Re: time_t transitions in testing

2024-05-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 3 May 2024 01:11:31 -0400 songbird wrote: Hello songbird, > mainly i wanted to make sure that anything removed was >being replaced and that my desktop would still be usable >and that seems to have happened. This has been my experience, too. I will also add my thanks to the many,

Re: recent Trixie upgrade removed nfs client

2024-05-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:48:09 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: Hello Gary, >Yes but: both gdb and nfs-client installed fine. Moreover, the >nfs-client doesn't appear to be a dependency of any of the massive load >of files updated lately.  The gdb package however is but for some This transition is

Re: recent Trixie upgrade removed nfs client

2024-04-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:51:01 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: Hello Gary, >Not looking for a solution. Just reporting a spate of oddities I've >encountered lately. As Erwan says, this is 'normal'. Especially ATM due to the t64 transition. As you've found out, paying attention to removals is a Good

Re: youtube-dl blocked?

2024-04-24 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:50:06 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: Hello Greg, >The youtube-dl package in Debian 12 is a transitional package which >brings in yt-dlp (version 2023.03.04-1 currently). v2024.somethingorother is in stable-backports. Let's face it: yt do their level best to stop stuff like

Re: On user expectations (Was Re: *****SPAM***** Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian)

2024-04-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:35:58 + Andy Smith wrote: Hello Andy, >I suspect that your text above has come out sounding more entitled >than you intended, as English is not your first language. In fairness to Hans, he did go on to explain as much. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:38:18 +0200 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >I only hope, it will not happen the same fate like usermin and webmin >happened to: It was once removed from the repoi with th ereason >"spagehetti code, bad code" and then no one ever took a look again to Which, no doubt, makes it

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:55:26 +0200 Erwan David wrote: Hello Erwan, >What scares me is seeing part of 18 ongoing transition, and 4 "coming >soon transitions" with "please do not upload if it is not related to >the transition". Several (well, lots of) transitions have landed at pretty the same

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:18:23 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: Hello Vincent, >Actually, if I understand correctly, LibreOffice will really be >removed on some architectures (armhf ppc64el s390x mips64el riscv64). >Fortunately, I am not concerned by this removal (only by the fact >that my bug

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:35:57 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: Hello Vincent, >If this is not permanent, why have all the bugs been closed? That I have no answer for. I was basing my "this is not permanent" on the fact that there are a large number of auto-transitions currently ongoing, and many

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:12:39 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: Hello Vincent, >Is there any reason why LibreOffice has been removed from Debian??? https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libreoffice Has all the info you need, and more. Expect it to be removed from testing, too. This is not permanent. --

Re: Root password strength

2024-03-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:46:04 +0100 Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: Hello Pierre-Elliott, >You have a rather bad cybersecurity approach. I use password generators and vaults for all my passwords. Nothing wrong with my cyber-security. Also note that I put 'written down' in single quotes - it was

Re: Root password strength

2024-03-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:09:31 +0100 Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: Hello Pierre-Elliott, >Most of the time, writing down a password is a very bad idea. Not in your own home. And in any event, it depends where one keeps that 'written down' password. And if it *does* become an issue at home,

Re: How does the 64bits time_t transition work?

2024-03-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:22:16 +0100 Detlef Vollmann wrote: Hello Detlef, >Is there a description anywhere how the 64bit time transition works? I'm far from an expert, but from what I've read, this transition is *huge*. Possibly the largest that has ever occurred in Debian. It's going to take

Re: Spam from the list?

2024-03-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:36:25 +0100 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >I do not believe, it is a training problem. Why? Well, your formerly >mail was marked as spam. So I marked it as ham. Now, your second mail >again is marked as spam. Spam/ham training is not, IME, a single shot affair. However, as

Re: Spam from the list?

2024-03-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:53:49 +0100 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >It should be well trained Spam training is an ongoing process >But until then suddenly the false positives increased from one day to >another, although I had changed nothing. because the spam changes. What's coming now is

Re: Spam from the list?

2024-03-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:19:27 +0100 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >Does one see any reason, why this is considered as spam??? Further to what Thomas says; You haven't told your spam filtering that it's ham. If you don't train your spam filters, it's never going to get any better at detecting what

Re: Problem with sleeping mode ( debian 12 ) please help

2024-03-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 15:09:34 +0100 Mansour Nasri wrote: Hello Mansour, >Hi I'm using debian 12 in Lenovo yoga legion core i5 12th-gen with >Nvidia {cut} You asked this, or a very similar question, on 29 Feb. You had two responses that I saw. I suggest you review those replies and respond

Re: missing development package?

2024-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 11:56:54 + debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Hello debian-u...@howorth.org.uk, >Does the # character at the start of the deb-src line matter? Yes; It comments out deb-src as a repo, so it can't/won't be used. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is

Re: “Secure Connection Failed” Error in Firefox

2024-03-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 12:26:20 -0300 Marcelo Laia wrote: Hello Marcelo, >website https://gontijoonibus.gontijo.com.br/ on I get the same results as Greg - in several browsers. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The blindingly obvious is never

Re: packages.debian.org seems to be down

2024-03-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 09:14:14 +0100 Harald Dunkel wrote: Hello Harald, >is it just me, or is https://packages.debian.org/ down? I had a >similar problem yesterday morning. Home page loads, but clicking on "View Packages..." links result in a 503 error. Other links are working (probably because

Re: Data and hardware protection measures; was: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:19:55 +0100 hw wrote: Hello hw, >How do you know in advance when the battery will have failed? Even my very basic UPS (APC Backup 1400) has a light on the front labelled "Replace Battery". That, combined with a very annoying high pitch scream, are pretty good motivators

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Filling the FAT (was: playing CDROM music questions)

2024-01-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 10:07:26 -0600 David Wright wrote: Hello David, >The size of that is fixed when formatted, at least up to FAT16. >Long filenames will eat it up more quickly still. Create >subdirectories and the problem goes away. Yes, this is exactly what I experienced. So not the FAT at

Re: playing CDROM music questions

2024-01-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 16:15:27 +0100 Nicolas George wrote: Hello Nicolas, >Pictures or it did not happen. Didn't bother because it appeared to be a well-understood phenomenon, based on my limited research. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The

Re: playing CDROM music questions

2024-01-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 13:25:52 +0100 Nicolas George wrote: Hello Nicolas, >What are you talking about? FAT does not get “overloaded” by long >filenames. Seen it happen; Long filenames, mixed case, and files saved at the beginning of a session of copying multiple files would be lost because the

Re: playing CDROM music questions

2024-01-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 21:09:54 + Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: Hello Michael, >Alternatively, they also offer SanDisk SDXC 128 GB memory cards at $14 >a piece. One such will easily hold 1000 CDs at near-CD quality MP3. Depends; I ended up buying three smaller sticks,

Dealing with SPAM.

2023-12-25 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 25 Dec 2023 16:50:13 +1100 Zenaan Harkness wrote: Hello Zenaan, >OMG money! I, being Debian User it The best thing to do is ignore SPAM. If you *must* reply, don't quote the whole thing and send it to the list *again*. Thank you. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is

Re: Could we please cease this thread now? [WAS Re: lists]

2023-12-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:25:26 -0500 Pocket wrote: Hello Pocket, > Forwarded Message Putting a private message on the list, without sender's consent, is very rude indeed. Given that it was announced by sender beforehand that they would reply privately, I'm absolutely certain

Re: lists

2023-12-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:08:54 +0100 Marco Moock wrote: Hello Marco, >He can read that list via Usenet because it is gatewayed to it Thank you; I'm aware there are several ways to read the messages. I was merely pointing out the (perhaps) obvious. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is

Re: lists

2023-12-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:13:12 -0500 Pocket wrote: Hello Pocket, >Every 60 days I get kicked from this list which I receive an email >stating my kick value is 2%. Sounds as though something is rejecting posts at your mail provider. Hence you get kicked. You don't need to be subbed to post to

Re: Mouse single click handling?

2023-12-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:01:46 +0100 (CET) local10 wrote: Hello local10, > So I thought perhaps there was a way to fix them instead of buying a > new one every 6-12 months. Replace the flaky switch. If you're not happy wielding a soldering iron, get a friend to do it - assuming you know someone

Re: Security vulnerability at curl package: CVE-2023-44487: HTTP/2 Rapid Reset

2023-11-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:56:28 + "Marold Marcus (DC-AE/ESW1)" wrote: Hello Marold, Firstly, we're (for the most part) users, not developers. >I would like to request an upgrade of the curl package (Linux Ubuntu >Core 22 / Secondly, we're _Debian_ users not Ubuntu. You'll have to take it up

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-11-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:15:56 -0600 Mike McClain wrote: Hello Mike, >A second item that's slightly off topic, I've had no luck setting >up claws-mail to send out through frontier.net and if anyone knows how >to do that I'd appreciate the claws-mail setup for it. Without knowing what you've

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-11-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 11:57:03 + Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 19:31:31 +0000 >Brad Rogers wrote: >> Can be altered in Prefs. >> Display; Summaries Message list tab "Mark message as read" section. >Thank you. I never told it to do that. I

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-11-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 19:20:49 + Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >currently, selecting an email in the list marks it as read, which is not Can be altered in Prefs. Display; Summaries Message list tab "Mark message as read" section. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}"

Re: Request advice on Optimal Combo-usage of Gmail and Mailman, as mentioned in Msg-Id. "2023/11/msg00443"

2023-11-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:57:34 -0300 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: Hello Eduardo, >It's not only google, I'd say it's the norm, except for "advanced" >users that use good MUA. Now *I'm* shocked (like Andy Smith is). I haven't ever used web mail, so had no idea. >And those are getting rare, I

Re: Request advice on Optimal Combo-usage of Gmail and Mailman, as mentioned in Msg-Id. "2023/11/msg00443"

2023-11-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:04:47 + Andy Smith wrote: Hello Andy, {gmail web interface} > that people put up with that. If they've always used google (and let's face it, there are plenty of people that fall in to that category), then they have no experience of anything else and quite possibly

Re: claws-mail

2023-11-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:09:55 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hello Jeffrey, >> >I seem to recall IMAP is a better choice than POP when using Claws. >> It makes no difference. >To whom? The OP's problem, or hypothetically? Sorry, I was not explicit; No difference to CM. POP3 and IMAP (etc,

Re: claws-mail

2023-11-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:22:13 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hello Jeffrey, >I seem to recall IMAP is a better choice than POP when using Claws. It makes no difference. Many people prefer IMAP, certainly. Equally, there are those that prefer POP3 - myself among them. Of course, with google,

Re: claws-mail

2023-11-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 04:39:02 + (UTC) mike.junk...@att.net wrote: Hello mike.junk...@att.net, >I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to get claws-mail working Head over to https://lists.claws-mail.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users Maybe even subscribe to their list. Expect to have to give

Re: limit on attachment in mail to list

2023-11-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 19:01:57 -0600 Nicholas Geovanis wrote: Hello Nicholas, > >Or maybe they are used to the more recently-devised file sharing >services which let you exchange zillions of much larger files than this >list allows, but every hour. On any given day I might listen to several

Re: limit on attachment in mail to list

2023-11-10 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:10:12 +0800 hlyg wrote: Hello hlyg, >how do you defend debian's vagueness that Large attachments are >discouraged? It's not really a matter of vagueness on Debian's part, but politeness on the sender's part. It's easy to forget that not everyone has an always on,

Re: debian.org - broken Download link.

2023-10-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 8 Oct 2023 21:20:04 +0700 Dmitry wrote: Hello Dmitry, >https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-12.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso Appears to have been updated/corrected. Now works, d/l'ing Debian 12.2 after recent point release. Transitional error, I suspect - Debian

Re: Letting Windows go: scanning

2023-09-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:17:14 -0400 Timothy M Butterworth wrote: Hello Timothy, >When I used to use HP MFD's I used to have to connect to it with USB to >get scanning. I do not know if network scanning is now supported or not. My HP 8012e (a wifi only device) scans happily. -- Regards _

Re: bookworm and network connections

2023-09-02 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 08:44:38 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: Hello Greg, >Because we've already deleted the message from person I can understand that for the occasional slip up (1), but when the perpetrator does it habitually (1) Over-zealous with the delete key, for example. -- Regards

Re: bookworm and network connections

2023-09-02 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 12:08:37 +0100 Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >I did not write any of the text you quote. You did, but it was not what Timothy was responding to. What you wrote was quoted right at the bottom of the message, and irrelevant to Timothy's response. Which begs the question: Why do

Re: bookworm and network connections

2023-09-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 1 Sep 2023 14:02:31 -0600 "D. R. Evans" wrote: Hello D., >So how do I fix this so that the networking is configured to work >correctly during the boot sequence, as it has always done before? I had changing ethernet port issues and found that creating

Re: Problem with libreoffice and localisation - LO hangs

2023-09-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:57:29 +0200 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >thanks for the fast response. Yes, you are correct, my information was >not much. No probs. >This issue appeared suddenly from one day to another and he swore, he >had nothing done except shutting down and starting. When someone

Re: Problem with libreoffice and localisation - LO hangs

2023-09-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:51:35 +0200 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >I also discovered, that the installation of libreoffice-l10n-de will >deinstall several lib With little in the way of information from you, we can only guess, but the first thing to check is that the localisation package is the same

Re: Not authorized to run synaptic

2023-08-29 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:11:01 -0300 Bruno Schneider wrote: Hello Bruno, >Apparently, some service needed to be restarted, because the problem >went away after a reboot. Perhaps policykit? Almost certainly; Here, Synaptic required root password *until* policykit was installed (as a dependency

Re: General Questions

2023-08-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 17:01:22 +0600 Tatoka wrote: Hello Tatoka, >1. Is Subscribing to mailing list free? Yes. All that's needed is a valid email address to sign up with. >2. I have problem with ClamAv: Sorry, can't help with that as I have no experience with ClamAV. -- Regards _

Re: Trojan

2023-08-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 11:20:37 +0100 Alain D D Williams wrote: Hello Alain, >Sorry if I came across as overly cynical. You didn't. The same can't be said for me, though. ;-) >It would be nice if they also went after the perps/crims behind >phishing emails‡‡ Not the job of government. Not

Re: Trojan

2023-08-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:36:02 +0100 Alain D D Williams wrote: Hello Alain, >They will look at it and do something - or so they claim, Most likely that 'something' will be to compile statistics about phishing attacks. Maybe produce a leaflet, or update the advice given on a web page somewhere.

Re: btrfs check Causes File Corruption

2023-08-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 20 Aug 2023 18:28:56 +0800 "Longhao.Chen" wrote: Hello Longhao.Chen, >Hello everyone, Please be patient. Waiting less that an hour before reposting a question gains you little. This is a users mailing list, not a paid for support forum. Anyone here is volunteering their time. Users

Re: is it unusual that 12.1 is released so soon after 12?

2023-08-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 18:14:16 +0800 hlyg wrote: Hello hlyg, >it seems that x.1 are really stable while x are beta release Little could be further from the truth. By the time an X.0 release is issued, much work has already been done; *including* beta releases. That's not to say X.0 releases

Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-08-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 08:58:25 +0200 Thierry Leurent wrote: Hello Thierry, >Thanks for the information YW, Thierry. Unless one reads the Claws mailing list, it's not easy to have known what was going on. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The

Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-08-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:10:20 +0200 Thierry Leurent wrote: Hello Thierry, >-  Claws mail not render correctly html mails. It doesn't render them at all, unless you have a suitable plugin installed(1). And yes, for a while, HTML rendering was not great. This was due to removal (in many

Re: UNUBSCRIBE

2023-08-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:40:54 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: Hello Charles, >Possibly. Although in the past, having sent a similar email, I have >actually gotten acknowledgments from the offender. It does happen, yes. IME, though, it is rare. >I responded as I did in order to teach not only the OP

Re: UNUBSCRIBE

2023-08-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 22:12:30 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: Hello Charles, >You would probably do better to send that to a special email address Since the OP wants out, I'd have thought it /extremely/ unlikely they'll read any on-list replies. The usual behaviour seems to be; 1. send

Re: Package policy?

2023-08-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:24:45 +0200 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >I can only guess, the package maintainers removed it, because it did >not work somewhow, but why then put it back again? They didn't put it back. It was never removed from Sid (things rarely are)[1]. It was removed from Testing in

Re: Partial Freeze Bullseye Mate

2023-07-15 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 15 Jul 2023 06:56:02 -0700 Peter Ehlert wrote: Hello Peter, > to fiddle, it seems I am getting bad connections in some >ports, but not consistent It wouldn't surprise me; USB has to be one of the worst connection types ever devised from a mechanical point of view. The situation is

Re: why bookworm isn't called deb12?

2023-07-07 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 07 Jul 2023 16:08:44 -0500 John Hasler wrote: Hello John, >That processor was targeted at embedded systems and it made sense in >some applications. I don't understand why anyone would put it in a >desktop. Cost. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}"

Re: Why does Debian have code names for releases?

2023-07-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:34:50 +0200 Emanuel Berg wrote: Hello Emanuel, >Maybe the UK roads also follow a system. They certainly did. The remnants can be seen still. Maybe wikipedia has an article about it - I've not checked. A DDG (or other search engine) lookup would find something. --

Re: Why does Debian have code names for releases?

2023-07-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:33:23 +0200 Emanuel Berg wrote: Hello Emanuel, >days, they want their product or project to come up first if >anyone Googles them. What comes up first is the company with biggest wallet. Name, or number, matters not one iota. -- Regards _ "Valid sig

Re: Why does Debian have code names for releases?

2023-07-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 03 Jul 2023 18:28:49 +0200 Emanuel Berg wrote: Hello Emanuel, >But M5 can be a bolt size and a lot of other things as well, Context! When the conversation is about roads in the UK, why would *anyone* think bolt size? -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}"

ADD?REMOVE SOFTWARE

2023-06-12 Thread Brad McDonald
IS there any way to make multiple selections of a file,it's dependencies and dependant packages rather than one by one as that is very slow.For example 3 nights ago I installed all the "electrical" by first the named folder then the dependencies then the dependant packages.The following 2 nights I

Re: problem with local DNS

2023-06-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:49:11 +0200 Michel Verdier wrote: Hello Michel, >I already answered to your problem : I suspect OP is of the belief that we will respond to them directly and, as a consequence, they are not reading the list. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is

Re: Isn't KDE Live ISO accompanied by an ultra-light Windows Manager, like OpenBox is with LXDE?

2023-05-29 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 30 May 2023 07:33:10 +0530 "Susmita/Rajib" wrote: Hello Susmita/Rajib, >Mailing Lists don't ban anyone from posting. No, but moderators do. People (well, email addresses) certainly *can* be blacklisted. Now, whether or not your contact is blacklisted here, only the list admin know.

Re: problem with gcin: Maybe another XIM server is running.

2023-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 26 May 2023 21:12:06 +0100 Brad Rogers wrote: >You only need one; Picked according to your preference. They all do >the same thing, but use different toolkits. That said, having them all installed may not be the problem. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is

Re: problem with gcin: Maybe another XIM server is running.

2023-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 27 May 2023 01:55:47 +0800 hl wrote: Hello hl, >Thank Brad! these three packages are installed, error message remain >same You only need one; Picked according to your preference. They all do the same thing, but use different toolkits. -- Regards _ "Valid si

Re: problem with gcin: Maybe another XIM server is running.

2023-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 26 May 2023 16:07:17 +0800 hl wrote: Hello hl, >i use bullseye for amd64 and install gcin Did you also install one of; gcin-gtk2-immodule gcin-gtk3-immodule gcin-qt5-immodule -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The blindingly obvious

Re: What does "freeze" mean in Debian?

2023-05-25 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 25 May 2023 10:06:16 +0200 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >What did I not understand? For me "freeze" means "stay at actual status >and do only necessary changes for security or breaking reasons". It's that. Only "essential"(1) updates are permitted. If you think there are a large number of

Re: video issue following latest bullseye update

2023-05-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 17 May 2023 10:15:28 -0600 "D. R. Evans" wrote: Hello D., >Is it OK that that will also be removed? As Felix says, "Yes." Further to that, you may also remove, at your discretion, any video driver you do not use. In the interest of full disclosure; I've never bothered myself. Video

Re: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver

2023-05-10 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 May 2023 16:26:20 -0400 chris wrote: Hello chris, >Any update on the status of this Epson printer? The world is dying to >know the outcome of this saga We're back to the beginning; It doesn't print. No other info. OP is either; beyond help, rubbish AI, or trolling. -- Regards

Re: Was it a good idea to buy an Epson printer?

2023-05-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 May 2023 15:04:19 + Schwibinger Michael wrote: Hello Schwibinger, >the printer is not printing. > >Is this a better explanation? No. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The blindingly obvious is never immediately apparent"

Re: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver

2023-05-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 8 May 2023 12:37:35 -0400 chris wrote: Hello chris, >Are we at the point yet where this has enough attention it would have >been cheaper to crowd fund a new printer?? 藍藍 (smiley noted) I'm betting even that wouldn't work; At this point, I'm of the opinion (after a quick glance

Re: relevance of packages in repositories

2023-05-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 8 May 2023 07:12:12 +0200 Oliver Schoede wrote: Hello Oliver, >It was already concluded we're supposed to be talking about Neovim, the Not really. OP hasn't been back to clarify, but version numbers appear to support the hypothesis. However, that's not a guarantee of accuracy.

Re: disk usage for /usr/lib on bullseye

2023-05-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 1 May 2023 12:10:08 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: Hello Charles, >Ah. I don't recall that I've ever tried that. Maybe one should >experiment on a throw-away VM. :-) Go ahead: What's life without a little jeopardy? :-) -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}"

Re: disk usage for /usr/lib on bullseye

2023-05-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 01 May 2023 14:09:56 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: Hello Stefan, >The main downside is usually that you won't be able to access Or reboot, into a working system, if it's the *only* kernel. But hey... :-) -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" /

Re: disk usage for /usr/lib on bullseye

2023-05-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 1 May 2023 11:06:25 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: Hello Charles, >to not purge the two most recent kernel packages, and especially not >the kernel you are currently running on. If memory serves, should one try to do that, warnings are issued. Not quite HAL in "2001, A Space Odyssey",

Re: debian stretch Sources update error,can anyone support?

2023-04-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:08:10 +0800 justzx wrote: Hello justzx, >W: The repository 'http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian-current >stretch-backports Release' does not have a Release file. Usually means your url is malformed. The 404 errors later seem to corroborate this. See

Re: Commands service and systemctl.

2023-04-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 10:47:21 +0200 Michel Verdier wrote: Hello Michel, >anacron is launched from systemd >/lib/systemd/system/anacron.service >/lib/systemd/system/anacron.timer Unless; anacron (2.3-36) unstable; urgency=medium If you run Debian testing/unstable and ever installed anacron

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:38:37 -0400 Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hello Jeffrey, >I don't think I would blame GMail for that. Maybe it's the sender's MUA? It's well known that google discard what they see as 'duplicate' messages. It is nothing to do with the sender's MUA. Always remember google's

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 21:08:51 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: Hello Andrew, >If you are subscribed to the mailing list and you post, you should see >a copy turn up in your mailing list mails Unless your email provider is google, or somebody covertly using google. -- Regards _ "Valid

Re: Which Diff tool could I use for visually comparing two text files where Word Wrap is possible?

2023-04-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 9 Apr 2023 15:13:22 +0530 "Susmita/Rajib" wrote: Hello Susmita/Rajib, >Sometimes I have difficulties understanding some emails. That's understandable if, as I'm assuming, English is not your first language. >Could you please elaborate a little further please? Use a quote style like

Re: Which Diff tool could I use for visually comparing two text files where Word Wrap is possible?

2023-04-09 Thread Brad Rogers
Please be are that people here are volunteering their time, and time is a precious commodity. Would you therefore, make life easy for them by using a convention quoting style in your messages to the list. Persist with the style you currently employ and you will find that people's desire to help

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