Re: Bookworm: Weird Firefox issue

On Wed, 22 May 2024 23:02:17 +0200 (CEST) local10 wrote: > Have been using Debian + Firefox with Tutanota email for a number of > years and everything was fine until about a week ago when I started > to get a blank empty white page when trying to access the Tutanota > login page:

Re: Onboard not showing up in the XFCE system tray | Partial Solution

On Thu, 16 May 2024 14:09:33 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: > Onboard is not showing up in the XFCE system tray. Bookworm as > updated. I don't see any Debian bug reports or questions on the home > page. I believe I am not running Wayland. > > Has anyone else seen this? Fix/Workaro

Re: Onboard not showing up in the XFCE system tray

On Fri, 17 May 2024 20:42:10 +0200 Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 02:09:33PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > Onboard is not showing up in the XFCE system tray. Bookworm as > > updated. I don't see any Debian bug reports or questions on the > > home

Re: Knocking on the door

On Fri, 17 May 2024 15:49:52 +0200 Maurizio Caloro wrote: >   > > Hello > > > Please i know that this arn't the Dovecot forum, but let me try, on > the log's i have always knocking "unknown user" attempts. > > > > May 15 22:39:31 Dovecot/auth-worker(2602036): Info: conn > > unix:auth-worker

Onboard not showing up in the XFCE system tray

Onboard is not showing up in the XFCE system tray. Bookworm as updated. I don't see any Debian bug reports or questions on the home page. I believe I am not running Wayland. Has anyone else seen this? Fix/Workaround? -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com

Re: Cindex

On Sun, 12 May 2024 09:55:55 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > https://www.opencindex.com/about-cindex/ Thank you. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/

Re: Cindex

On Sun, 12 May 2024 17:20:47 +1000 David wrote: > Cindex, the world's premier indexing software, has just gone open > source. Might be a good project for someone who has the time. > > https://www.opencindex.com/ Are you sure it is open source? I cruised the web site and did not see a license.

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700 Paul Scott wrote: > The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way > I knew to save the log was with a camera. Even though I resized the > image this list apparently didn't allow the attachment. How else can > I save the log during install?

Re: Adding package to Debian Distro

On Thu, 9 May 2024 14:09:52 - (UTC) Curt wrote: > I don't think there is a process by which you could add closed-source > IBM software to a bona fide Debian depository, even the non-free one, > which only seems to contain firmware and drivers for closed-sourced > *hardware*. Isn't that what

Re: Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline.

On 05 May 2024 11:52:32 -0700 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, is anyone using Gosm or something similar to view OpenStreetMap > tiles offline? > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gosm foxtrotgps is simple and easy to use. navit is much more flexible but has a much steeper learning curve.

Re: youtube-dl blocked?

On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:57:17 +0200 Marco Moock wrote: > Am 23.04.2024 um 20:40:25 Uhr schrieb Charles Curley: > > > It does not appear to be blocked from here (North America). > > By DNS? It does not appear to be blocked by DNS. charles@jhegaala:~$ host ytdl-

Re: youtube-dl blocked?

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:15:17 -0300 Markos wrote: > The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html > > is blocked? It does not appear to be blocked from here (North America). > > Is there any other alternative to download videos from Youtube in > Linux command line?

Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:41:24 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > My WAG is that nm-applet is failing to start, but I have been unable > to find if and where any error message is reported. My instance of nm-applet does run, and I see this as part of the boot process: root@hawk:~# journalctl -b |

Re: Help to report a bug related to a usb3 lan adapter driver

On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:57:00 +0200 user7415 same wrote: > I had a discussion in stack exchange related to the problem that is > well explained here: > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/774594/debian-12-all-of-sudden-my-usb3-lan-adapter-get-assigned-random-mac-address-ea > > For what I

Re: tbird troubles

On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:28:24 -0400 gene heskett wrote: > I am supposedly running xfc4 as a desktop, but htop says I have a > heck of a lot of kde5 running. How do I get rid of the kde stuff? > Dependencies seem to be protecting it from being removed. You probably are running one or more

Re: What use can i give to linux?

On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 13:38:50 -0700 "James H. H. Lampert" wrote: > Which is why I still have DOS boxes (running IBM PC-DOS 2000, > with DOSShell, and no WinDoze whatsoever…. You might look into freedos. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com

Re: Debian 12.5: pigz 2.6-1 fails with error message (Upstream issue 111)

On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 10:27:33 +0200 Jonathan Chung wrote: > I'm new with Debian bug reporting and thus need some help with that. > pigz 2.6-1 on Debian 12.5 fails to execute due to a fixed bug on > upstream https://github.com/madler/pigz/issues/111 Are you sure this is a bug and not a problem

Re: Bookworm: Where are the ImageMagick binaries other than `convert`?

On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 12:07:47 +1030 Christian Gelinek wrote: > I have ImageMagick installed, but only the `convert` binary is in my > path. > > Other binaries like `magick` are not. Where can I find them, why > aren't they installed? man imagemagick -- Does anybody read signatures any more?

Re: making Debian secure by default

On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 19:00:29 + Andy Smith wrote: > In my view a great example of the "people other than me just need to > get good" fallacy merged with the group of people predisposed to > hate systemd. > > It could have been any direct or indirect dependency of sshd here. > I'm quite sure

Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 17:17:52 +0200 Antti-Pekka Känsälä wrote: > What could be the deal, when Firefox tries to stop me from unmounting > a stick, after I've accessed files on it through Firefox? I worry > about my stick security. Thanks. It sounds like Firefox has a file open on the stick. To

Re: Bluetooth sound problems Debian 12 GNOME

On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:32:18 +0300 Jan Krapivin wrote: > Small problem is that LTS Kernel 6.1 doesn’t support this device, so > I have used Liquorix kernel, which I have installed earlier. Though, > I don’t need this kernel, as it haven’t helped me with sound > interrupts, which was my hope at

Re: Bookworm Networking Issues

On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:54:27 + David wrote: > I am running Bookworm on a thin client and Network-Manger seems to be > the source of my problems. > > I have purged Network-Manager from this thin client, but I can't find > out how to get /etc/network/interface to run. I have added to 2 NIC's

Re: OT: End the Phone-Based Childhood Now

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:30:46 -0700 Steve Sobol wrote: > I already get a ton of legitimate mail from the debian-user mailing > list. Don't need the off-topic crap. Concur. > > Admins, could you please get rid of the people who are contributing > to the noise? Or at least make them aware of

Re: Bookworm, fail2ban and sshd

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:59:49 - (UTC) Curt wrote: > I guess it's this old bug: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770171 Yup, thank you. I added the following stanza to /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/curley.conf: [sshd] backend = systemd (The "enabled" pair is already given in

Re: Bookworm, fail2ban and sshd

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:27:36 + Andy Smith wrote: > I think you want to set "backend = journald" in > /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf or its usual local override, but I have not > tested this as I still use rsyslogd. Thanks, but no cigar. I also tried setting backend to systemd (as noted in man

Re: logcheck(1) in bookworm 12.5 /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles.d/syslog.logfiles

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:25:52 -0700 cono...@panix.com (John Conover) wrote: > Email from logcheck(1) contains: > > E: File could not be read: /var/log/syslog > E: File could not be read: /var/log/auth.log > > which do not exist in bookworm 12.5. > > The offending file: > >

Bookworm, fail2ban and sshd

I'm trying to set fail2ban up on bookworm. It refuses to run with the default configuration (sshd only), reporting: Failed during configuration: Have not found any log file for sshd jail Near as I can figure, fail2ban expects sshd's log file to be /var/log/auth.log. Which does not exist on my

Re: libbusiness-us-usps-webtools-perl and USPS Ground Advantage shipping

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 23:15:13 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: > I need to generate some shipping labels for drop-off at the USPS post > office using USPS Ground Advantage. > > I have a USB thermal printer for the shipping labels, > . > > I see Debian

Re: messages on my phone

On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:39:17 + ghe2001 wrote: > Worst of all, I haven't been able to find out how to delete them :-) To delete them, press and hold the message. A menu will pop up. Hit More…. Hit the trash can in the lower left. If you have a mac, you may be able to delete from it. --

Re: Reportbug Assisance

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 20:40:31 -0500 Tom wrote: > Just reminding whomever checks this mailbox, that I am still awaiting > an answer to this question here. Well, I'm no expert on KDE. But if you haven't gotten any other response, as Marco Moock suggested, I'd file it under kinfocenter. Whoever is

Re: strange time problem with bullseye

On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 02:47:06 +0800 hlyg wrote: > wifi connection is good, i suppose both correct time with server > automatically Not necessarily. You should install an NTP client if you haven't already. I suggest systemd-timesyncd. -- Does anybody read signatures any more?

Re: Serious problem with debian 12 bookworm

On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 19:58:13 + (UTC) Anastasia Broch wrote: > Hi I'm using debian 12 in Lenovo yoga legion core i5 12th gen with > RTX 3050 and I'm figuring a serious issue using debian 12 on this PC, > … > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone Apparently some people haven't noticed that this

Re: Problem of suspend activities ( debian 12 )

On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:38:05 +0100 Mansour Nasri wrote: > Hi I'm using debian 12 in Lenovo yoga legion core i5 12th gen with > RTX 3050 and I'm figuring a serious issue using debian 12 on this PC, > When the PC is on sleep mode ( suspend ) it's doesn't wake up anymore > until forcing shutting

Re: where are the crontab files in Trixie?

On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:13:49 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > The debian wiki suggests that the handling of cron/anacron is > > evolving. > > That sounds like a euphemism for "being killed off" by Systemd and > its timers. These days cron and anacron are run as services/timers by systemd.

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:10:31 +0100 Ralph Aichinger wrote: > I just think this mailing > list probably is not the right place to argue this question. Hear, hear! Those who wish to weigh in have done so. I doubt any further argumentation will change anyone else's mind. Now kindly stop wasting

Re: Issue with USB External Keyboard, External Mouse, and Screen Brightness on Dell Laptop

On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:49:54 -0300 Marcelo Laia wrote: > Thank you all for the invaluable assistance provided. Unfortunately, > the issue has resurfaced today. I don't believe it's related to the > age of the hardware, although my Inspiron 5547-A20 is from 2014, as > indicated below: A stab in

Re: Missing http_async_client.so in the `kamailio-extra-modules`

On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:13:46 +0500 Евгений Гостьков wrote: > Can you add http_async_client.so to deb package > `kamailio-extra-modules` or maybe make distinct deb package like a > `kamailio-http-async-client` ? Have you checked with kamailio support resources (mail lists, web sites, etc.)? If

Re: GRUB lost graphical terminal mode

On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:04:47 + Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: > On 19 Feb 2024 22:44 +0100, from borde...@tutanota.com (Borden): > >> Would you be willing to post your /boot/grub/grub.cfg for a setup > >> where you get the blank screen GRUB? > > > > Yeah, I probably

Re: Hard links - How do they work: TANSTAAFL

On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:15:01 -0800 Kushal Kumaran wrote: > Have you read their FAQ page about hard links? > https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/FAQ.md#how-do-snapshots-with-hard-links-work An excellent writeup. The only thing I would add is that creating a hard link does require an

Re: Package Identification Assistance

On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:33:16 -0500 Neal Heinecke wrote: > I need to identify the package responsible for creating the software > sources window. There is a minor bug/typo where the first tab reads > "Ubuntu Software" I have no idea what a "software sources window" is. Do you know the name of

Re: simple virt-manager setup

On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:31:30 +0100 Felix Natter wrote: > Looks like I write my own script, since I don't need snapshots or > incremental backups or even multiple disks :) Take a look at rsnapshot. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com

Re: Unidentified flying subject!

On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:30:14 + Richmond wrote: > So you need to store a lot of data and then verify that it has written > with 'diff'. Yeah. I've been thinking about this. Yeah, I know: dangerous. What I would do is write a function to write 4096 bytes of repeating data, the data being

Re: Unidentified subject!

On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:02:36 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Test it with Validrive. > > https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm > > Looks like proprietary software for Windows. badblocks, available in a Debian repo near you, might be a suitable replacement. -- Does anybody read signatures any

Re: D12 Installer does not recognize rtl8xxxu wifi

On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 19:24:35 +0100 Felix Natter wrote: > If I start a shell from the installer, I can see that the necessary > module rtl8xxxu is loaded (the same one that is loaded in live > option). So I guess it is a firmware issue. How can I get an > installer with non-free firmware (if that

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:29:21 + Andy Smith wrote: > I do not overly want to buy a Windows licence, run it > in a VM and pass USB through to that VM just to try this. You could try wine. You might need the more recent crossover-office, which is proprietary (but contributes greatly to wine).

Re: Network Problem: Redirection

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 15:52:41 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > But I don't think that will solve the routing problem. Well, I was wrong. That did solve the routing problems. I moved the apt-proxy line for the VMs' benefit into a VM's /etc/hosts and took it out of hawk's /etc/hosts. samba is

Re: Network Problem: Redirection

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 16:52:48 -0500 Greg Wooledge wrote: > Well, we don't know what's "right" or "wrong" on your networks. These > are private (non-routable) addresses with no meaning to anyone but you > and your fellow network denizens. Agree. > > If you need different name resolution

Re: Network Problem: Redirection

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 22:10:19 +0100 Marco Moock wrote: > Sorry for the first post. > Your problem is located in the name resolution. > > Show /etc/nsswitch.conf I have not touched this. root@hawk:~# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # Example configuration of GNU Name Service

Re: Network Problem: Redirection

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 16:28:06 -0500 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > However, when I try to ping samba by host name: > > > > root@hawk:~# ping samba > > PING samba (192.168.122.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > > Note that this is a *different* IP address. Good catch, thank you. > > > # For the benefit of

Network Problem: Redirection

I have an interesting network problem. I have a samba service on hawk. I have an alias for it in DNS: root@hawk:~# host samba samba.localdomain is an alias for hawk.localdomain. hawk.localdomain has address 192.168.100.6 root@hawk:~# host hawk hawk.localdomain has address 192.168.100.6

Re: How to insert symbols into emails

On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:02:20 +0100 Franco Martelli wrote: > I read that for custom sequence I've to create a ~/.XCompose file, > but where can I find the character to map i.e. Greek letters: "α" "β" > "γ" ? Try the gucharmap package. You look a character up by name, and copy it into place. E.g.

Re: Stop packagekitd from downloading updates

On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 14:10:46 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > How can I stop those downloads? > > Currently, I did > > systemctl mask packagekit Well, you might just get rid of the package. apt purge packagekit should do it. Less drastic, to simply shut down the current daemon, systemctl

Re: Automatically installing GRUB on multiple drives

On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:17:34 +0100 Nicolas George wrote: > Which leads me to wonder if there is an automated way to install GRUB > on all the EFI partitions. I'm not aware of any existing solutions. Perhaps a script based on: for i in a b c d e ; do echo /dev/sd$i ; grub-install /dev/sd$i ;

Re: SOLVED: Re: Chromium oops: libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 07:33:59 + Tixy wrote: > On Tue, 2024-01-23 at 13:34 -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > [...] > > As you've already found out, that's not the latest one, and if I'm not > mistaken is the one that introduce a wifi bug [1], so that could > explai

Re: SOLVED: Re: Chromium oops: libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:25:58 +0700 Max Nikulin wrote: > On 24/01/2024 03:34, Charles Curley wrote: > > So I purged the newer kernel, inux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64 > > The current kernel is linux-image-6.1.0-17-amd64 > > Perhaps you have not restored your sources.list or ap

SOLVED: Re: Chromium oops: libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 10:19:48 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > I have just installed Bookworm on my ancient Lenovo T520 (2011), > replacing Bullseye. I suspect the problem is somewhere in the video > driver chain. Any thoughts on how to proceed further with this? > > Upon trying to

Re: Debian 12 System Requirement

On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 04:09:14 + CHENG YING KIT KEITH wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Can I install Debian 11 or 12 with "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v3 @ > 2.30GHz" CPU? Do they both support the following application > > Nginx 1.22.1 > PHP 8.2.7 > Mariadb 10.11.4 Debian 11 comes with php

Re: Looking for archive management system for backups burned to optical discs

On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:27:51 -0800 David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > I have a SOHO file server with ~1 TB of data. I would like archive > the data by burning it to a series of optical discs organized by time > (e.g. mtime). I expect to periodically burn additional discs in the >

Re: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as /devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input16

On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 22:41:01 +0100 Geert Stappers wrote: > Hoping that is it possible: > > How to inject key stroke or "button pressed" in > /devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input16 ? Thinkwiki might be useful. https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki -- Does anybody read signatures

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:51:17 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > So, IIUC the problem is that the hardware video decoder drivers aren't > found for some reason. I checked my VA-related packages and they seem > to be installed: > > # aptitude search '\' | grep '^i' > i A i965-va-driver -

Re: netatalk not on bookworm

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:39:21 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > On upgrading from bullseye to bookwork, my netatalk installation has > been nuked. The bullseye package (3.1.12~ds-8+deb11u1) is still > present but no daemon is running nor is my Mac making backups to the > server. > >

Re: Chromium oops: libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:02:44 +0700 Max Nikulin wrote: > On 14/01/2024 00:19, Charles Curley wrote: > [...] > > [...] > > Have you faced real issues namely with hardware acceleration? Other than this, not that I know of. > > iHD driver is tied first, but your

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:10:28 -0500 gene heskett wrote: > gene@coyote:~/src/klipper-docs$ lsblk -d -o > NAME,MAJ:MIN,MODEL,SERIAL,WWN /dev/sd[hijkl] > NAME MAJ:MIN MODEL SERIAL WWN > sdh8:112 Gigastone SSD GSTD02TB230102 > sdi8:128 Gigastone SSD GST02TBG221146 > sdj

Re: No Release file for Security Update

On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:31:52 -0500 Thomas George wrote: > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.2.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 DVD > Binary-1 with firmware 20231007-10:29]/ bookworm main > non-free-firmware > > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free > non-free-firmware > > deb

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 21:32:44 + (UTC) phoebus phoebus wrote: > I have a client workstation with a proprietary terminal emulator > running on Windows. This PC is connected to a POS printer via a COM > serial port. The client workstation along with the printer and other > connected devices,

Chromium oops: libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

I have just installed Bookworm on my ancient Lenovo T520 (2011), replacing Bullseye. I suspect the problem is somewhere in the video driver chain. Any thoughts on how to proceed further with this? Upon trying to run chromium, I get: charles@jhegaala:~$ chromium & [2] 33609 charles@jhegaala:~$

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:59:48 -0500 Greg Wooledge wrote: > The real problem here is that we're all blind men trying to grasp > the elephant. A good summary of what we know so far. I suspect that the OP should question whether it's time to scrap the elephant entirely, and re-think the problem de

Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:42:54 -0500 gene heskett wrote: > gene@coyote:~$ sudo smartctl -i -d /dev/md0p1 Gene, you could try reading the fine man page. The -d option takes an argument, which eats the /dev/md0p1, leaving no device for smartctl to look at. I have no idea what md0p1 is, but I doubt

Re: systemd-timesyncd

On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:02:25 +0700 Max Nikulin wrote: > Isn't it /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf, not /etc/systemd/timesyncd? It > might be a reason why systemd-timesyncd did not follow configuration. It is indeed /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf. However, there is also /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf.d/,

Re: Trouble with OpenSMTPD

On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 17:36:12 -0500 Paul M Foster wrote: > For reason(s) I don't understand, opensmtpd will not start via > "systemctl start opensmtpd". According to "sudo smtpd -n", the > configuration file passes, but it just won't start. Have you looked to see what systemd has to say? After

Re: systemd-timesyncd

On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 20:36:12 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > Take care, stay warm, well, and unvaxed. > > ^^^ > > Gene - no partisan opinions, please, as per Code of Conduct? Oh, come on! Just because Gene doesn't like certain ancient Digital Equipment

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 17:25:48 -0800 David Christensen wrote: > I would be curious to know if a secure erase forces the pending > sector issue and, if so, what the result is. An interesting thought. Alas, I am far enough along on re-installing that I do not want to try it. Sorry. -- Does anybody

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 21:01:28 + Andy Smith wrote: > So has this coaxed the drive into reducing its pending sector count > to zero or does that still say 1? Last I looked, it was still at 1. When I finish my reinstallation, I will look again. > > I have had drives in the past that never

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

On Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:48:39 + Eric S Fraga wrote: > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with > Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of > my boxes and thought

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 11:58:54 +0100 wrote: > > > > OOPS! -w is the destructive test. I now have a hard drive full of > > 0x00s. I should have used the -n option. However, it reported no > > failures. > > Ouch, I hope you had a backup. All the essential stuff, yes. -- Does anybody read

Re: The current package wpasupplicant doesn't support WPA3-Personal authentication. What alternatives to it exist?

On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 22:40:33 +0100 Stella Ashburne wrote: > > Are you sure? WPA3-Personal is hardly new so Bookworm should have > > the support. Even the package description says that. > > > Could you provide me the URL to the package description please? You can get the package description of

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 13:25:26 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > I now have a writing test (-w) running. It has reported no failures on > its first pass. OOPS! -w is the destructive test. I now have a hard drive full of 0x00s. I should have used the -n option. However, it reported no fa

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 11:05:10 + Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: > Since both tests finished without > finding any errors, there _should_ have been no unreadable sectors. Agree. > > I'm inclined to believe that your drive is fibbing SMART data. Sigh. I am inclined to agree.

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 00:29:42 + Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 04:42:37PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > [...] > > If a SMART long self-test came back clean then it already has been > re-mapped as a long self-test reads every user-accessibl

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 18:01:32 -0500 Dan Purgert wrote: > On Jan 02, 2024, Charles Curley wrote: > > I have a brand new NVME device, details below, in a brand new > > computer. smartd just started returning pending sector errors. > > Means you've got "N" bad sect

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 17:47:18 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Charles Curley wrote: > > I have a brand new NVME device, details below, in a brand new > > computer. > > You might, but that's not what the details you show us are > saying. > > [...] > > That say

1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

I have a brand new NVME device, details below, in a brand new computer. smartd just started returning pending sector errors. A recent extended (long) test run since the first reported pending sector returned no errors. How worried should I be? Device Model: NS256GSSD330 Serial Number:

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

The refactoring and headers are an improvement, thank you. On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 22:56:03 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > If you change subject or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the > subject line on your email accordingly so that this can be clearly > seen. > > For example: New

Re: Bug on upgrade to bookworm with Apache/PHP?

On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:50:03 + Andrew Wood wrote: > Found the following issue when running an upgrade. > > Apache refuses to restart with error: > > apache2_reload: Your configuration is broken. Not restarting Apache 2 > apache2_reload: apache2: Syntax error on line 146 of >

Re: Printer weirdness

On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 13:02:28 +0100 Hans wrote: > 1st question: > Although there are no printers configured in CUPS, LibreOffice does > see and can use the printers. My idea is, that Libreoffice is using > its owb printer drivers, can that be, does someone know more? > > 2nd question: > When

Re: Change suspend type from kde menu

On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 23:17:06 +0100 Valerio Vanni wrote: > /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/dvb-suspend.sh That may work, but by putting the script in /usr/lib/systemd, you run the risk of it being clobbered on the next update to systemd. Better to put it in /etc/systemd/system-sleep/. Files in

Re: problem with Jami

On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 21:37:05 +0100 "s...@gmx.com" wrote: > Thanks, i resolved it! Wonderful. For the benefit of those who might come after, how did you solve it? Please change the subject to start with SOLVED. Thank you. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com

Re: how to clone apt repository to newest only?

On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:49:13 -0500 "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > I must be missing something here. If one is running a system that's > NOT net-connected, why is security so important an issue? Physical access, especially a multi-user system. Think a college science lab. -- Does anybody

Re: netatalk not on bookworm

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:25:11 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > I was able to build from source per the instructions at > https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/htmldocs/intro.html et seq., > starting with "git clone https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk.git;. Well, that didn't work.

Re: APT preferring `stable` over `stable-security`

On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 11:12:01 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > The `sources.list` files says: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable-security main > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stable main I take it this is bookworm. In that case, you also need: # bookworm-updates, to get updates

Re: package manager

On Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:57:58 -0600 William Torrez Corea wrote: > > Hit:8 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable InRelease > > > > Hit:9 https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin4/apt/bullseye > > pgadmin4 InRelease > > Hit:10 tor+http://deb.ooni.org unstable InRelease > > Err:4

Re: netatalk not on bookworm

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:39:21 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > On upgrading from bullseye to bookwork, my netatalk installation has > been nuked. The bullseye package (3.1.12~ds-8+deb11u1) is still > present but no daemon is running nor is my Mac making backups to the > server. > >

netatalk not on bookworm

On upgrading from bullseye to bookwork, my netatalk installation has been nuked. The bullseye package (3.1.12~ds-8+deb11u1) is still present but no daemon is running nor is my Mac making backups to the server. Is there a known fix or workaround for this? -- Does anybody read signatures any

Re: Is there a problem with Linux-image-6.1.0-16?

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:02:34 -0500 Gary Dale wrote: > Several days ago my main server upgraded to kernel 6.1.0-16 but > various other devices that are also running Bookworm seem stuck at > 6.1.0-13. They are all using the same architecture. Some are using > the same mirror as the server that

Re: Formal reminder of Codes of Conduct [WAS Re: Could we please cease this thread now?]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:36:00 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > Replies to you which are specifically marked as replies off-list are > private. Don't repost private information. The normal expectation is > that the list is public and communication to the list is public. > If someone

Re: Mouse single click handling?

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:43:37 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > FWIW there's a case to be made that "The Right Thing" is to try and > reduce consumption of resources, and prolonging the use of hardware > falls in this category. One's time is also a finite resource. -- Does anybody read signatures

Re: Mouse single click handling?

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:01:46 +0100 (CET) local10 wrote: > I've been replacing them, I have 4-5 mice like that, they all fail > with the same defect after 6-12 months or so. So I thought perhaps > there was a way to fix them instead of buying a new one every 6-12 > months. I suggest you buy a

Re: Mason service on personal computer

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:57:52 -0500 Daniel Rodriguez wrote: > I read on the web and it suggests that it works when one uses a > firewall in the middle of the network to administrate. I don't have a > firewall, it's a simple personal PC, but I would like to confirm if > this is a service that is

Re: Zoom on Bookworm?

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:30:55 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Use Jitsi, if possible. You can even run your own Jitsi server, if > desired. And it is open source. . You might also look at Jami, which has the virtue of being in the Debian repos. apt show jami-daemon -- Does

Re: How to index mails in kmail?

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:19:59 +0100 Hans wrote: > is there a way to get all mails of kmail get indexed? Try mairix. apt show mairix -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/

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