Hi,
> Outside Debian there are companies producing operating systems based on
> Debian and providing commercial support for those operating systems,
> probably the biggest example is Ubuntu provided by Canonical:
>
> https://ubuntu.com/
> https://canonical.com/
Yet, if at all possible, you
>Excuse me, but I am drawing a Blank, when searching for information on a
>Package called "Wyland". Are you, by any chance referring to Wayland, the
>alternative to Xorg?
Congratulations.
Not even I am that obsessed with pointing out the mistakes of others.
-nik
Hi,
>Thank you - how do I let Gnome run in X11 session? I am afraid the user
>would stick to Gnome.
>
Set UseWayland=false in /etc/gdm3/*.conf
-nik
>> Family is using Zoom, International.
>> They will use Zoom, and I need to participate.
>
>Seems straightforward. Just get on with it.
Don't. Zoom is not necessary to stay in touch with family. If you cannot get
another video conferencing provider, use a phone. But do not prove to providers
Hi,
>Is there such a thing as a Free Software API for smartwatches/personal
>fitness devices? With maybe a FOSS app, and a way to use them with a
>Linux-based PC?
At FOSDEM, I learned about Bangle.JS.
-nik
Hi,
>I want to use the pass password urtility on Linux, in my Emacs eterm.
>
>The TERM environment variable seems to be ignored, the ncurses utility
>starts and this is totally unusable.
>Is there any option, beside recompiling the software to have it working
pass does not have an ncurses
Hi,
>is there a simple commandline command to get pdftk so kind to merge a
>couple of pdf-files?
look at pdfjoin.
-nik
>Export regulations do not apply to Open Source software (Debian is an
>example).
Source?
-nik
>What's the idea behind references and in-reply-to? Which or both are
>the
>right way to go?
>
>Found this old link, sounds complicated.
>http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/changing_from/
>
>In the meantime, tell Markos @
>https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/07/msg00573.html
>about
>Yes, it does. Despite what others have said, there is a beneficial
>patent
>exhaustion effect. If software with patented algorithms is
>distributed by the
>patent owner, for example by Microsoft via GitHub, the patent is
>exhausted.
>https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/patent_exhaustion/
Hi,
>Why do these restrictions exist? The reason most social media services
>use an
>age limit of 13 or over is in part because of a law in the USA. The
>COPPA law
>or Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act states that any
>organisations or
>people operating online services (including social
No. I, for one, do not care much who owns GitHub.
Most of what's wrong there can be explained by stupidity or lack of care rather
than being evil.
And most companies seem to make one common mistake when it comes to diversity:
They mistake diversity for caring for certain groups of people,
>Can you give sources for your claim about their discrimination? That
>one is new to me.
I did. Please read my mails in this thread.
-nik
>Does putting software on GitHub give them any kind of claim on the
>intellectual property of the software?
No.
>> please do*never* use GitHub for free software
>
>Please explain, in detail, why.
If discrimination against parts of the community is not enough for you, here's
why:
https://mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tools.html
https://www.adamhyde.net/another-good-reason-not-to-use-github/
Hi,
>Further to the comments by nik on the Salsa vs Github thread.
>
>Am I right in thinking that you can be _any_ age to contribute to
>projects hosted on Salsa and contribute to the Debian project in
>general?
Yes. This results from the fact that in Debian, noone cares whether you are
old,
Hi,
>I am creating levels for the Rocks and Diamonds game (
>https://www.artsoft.org/ ) these are being uploaded to my project
>repository on salsa
>
>https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/rocksndiamondslevels
>
>I am in the process of updating the README.md files so, hopefully
>others
>can also
>The OP posted to each and every user PLUS the list. That is a huge no
>no. Consider yourself advised that us old timers don't go for that and
>never have. Ric
I never saw a mail where they did that. Plonk.
Den 16. januar 2019 23:43:04 CET, skrev Ric Moore :
>On 1/16/19 5:04 AM, plataleas plataleas wrote:
>> Indeed the mirror was not updated correctly. Sorry for that.
>
>PLEASE stop spamming me and the entire list, who you have CC'd to
>everyone personally. Jerk
Please get yourself removed from
Hi,
> With rmadison we can see that 4.9.144 is available on the mirrors, but not
> yet „active“ in the stable
> distribution:
>
> $ rmadison linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64
> linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64 | 4.9.130-2 | stable | amd64
> linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64 | 4.9.144-1 |
Hi,
> Thanks for your reply. Is it possible to extract this information from the
> mirror server (CentOS based)?
>
> Where the information is stored on the repository server specifying a
> package as stable?
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
-nik
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:18:55AM +0100, plataleas plataleas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are upgrading our Debian servers (AMD64). We found that the following
> kernels are available on public Debian mirrors:
>
> kernel-image-4.9.0-8-amd64-di_4.9.130-2_amd64.udeb
>
>
>Here is a script that you can run from a cron job which will log
>Internet status and store
>the results into a file in your home folder called net-test.txt:
>
>#! /bin/bash
>
>date >> ~/net-test.txt
>ping -c 1 google.com >> ~/net-test.txt
>
>#end of file
smokeping is a tool made for this.
> [...]
So, this is not an Ubuntu mailing list, right?
>[quote] Ubuntu Forums has a strict zero-tolerance policy when it comes
>to
>posting dangerous commands.
Oh... Aren't that the people who have
$ sudo chmod 777 /etc/passwd; gedit /etc/passwd
all over their Wiki :D?
-nik
>> > [1] https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86
Seriously? They forbid linking against libraries if their code is not shipped
with their sources?
That also seems like a security nightmare in the making.
Mozilla themselves weren't even *that* ridiculous, were they?
-nik
Hi,
>I tried to add "phase1="tls_disable_tlsv1_2=1"" (see below the complete
>wpa_supplicant configuration.
That leaves you with only TLS 1.3, then ;).
You probably want to set tls_disable_tlsv1_1=0 instead, but I did not try
(because please update the RADIUS server).
Cheers,
Nik
Hi,
On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:08:41PM +0200, Pétùr wrote:
> On debian sid, I have the following error when trying to connect to a WPA2
> Entreprise network (PEAP + MSCHAPv2) with :
>
> Tue Oct 2 14:07:43 2018 : Error: TLS Alert write:fatal:protocol version
> Tue Oct 2 14:07:43 2018 : Error:
> AFAICS you did not write anything about /boot/grub.
I did not mention it by name, I only said there are two parts and I do not
see why the mere installation to the MBR or to the EFI area should fail ;).
> > Can you explain why this fails on installation, where /boot/grub can be
> > written?
>
>*cough*
>You should get some information about how GRUB is installed and works.
>GRUB comes in two main parts :
>- the core image in various locations (+ boot image in some boot sector
>
>for GRUB BIOS)
>- the /boot/grub directory
Yep. I basically said that (in paragraphs you removed from the
Hi,
> I'm trying to install Debian Stretch with full disk encryption
> (LVM-on-LUKS). But when the installer is trying to install Grub in crashes
> with the following error message:
>
> ```
> Unable to install GRUB in dummy
> Executing 'grub-install dummy' failed.
>
> This is a fatal error.
>
> Maybe I'm overly sensitive, but that creepy critter constantly peeping
> at me grates on my nerves.
Good thing it's not a boggart[0]!
-nik
[0] https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/boggart
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Hi,
> I've got a Dell Latitude E6220 (with "Intel Corporation 2nd Generation
> Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)"
> according to lspci) running Debian stretch, with the Xfce4 desktop.
> After a fresh boot, when I plug an external monitor into its HDMI
> port, the
Hi,
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 09:04:16PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> Anyone know of a webmail that works on stretch?
>
> I've just spent half an afternoon trying first roundcube then prayer.
>
> Roundcube works (allegedly) with apache. I'm not an expert on apache2,
> but as far as I can see, there is an
Hi,
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 04:27:31PM +0100, mick crane wrote:
> apt update seems to have stopped working
> #
>
> # apt update
> Err:1 http://debian.heanet.ie/debian buster InRelease
> Could not connect to debian.heanet.ie:80 (193.1.193.65). - connect (111:
> Connection refused) Cannot
Hi,
>So . . . if you want to send mail to another user on your box, and
>you do not want it to get bounced around on the internet but only
>to go into some spool queue somewhere strictly on your local machine,
>how do you do it?
Sounds very much like an emacs anti-feature.
$ mail -s
On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 10:31:11PM +, Andre Rodier wrote:
> […]
Yeah! I've not come such a long way yet, considering I am only 27 years
old, but I have been using Linux systems for 14 years now. Started with
SuSE 7.2 (with a short visit to 5.3 for fun), switched to Ubuntu later
and the nto
Hi,
> I guess its one of those brain fucked idiots
Although I realy agree with you, I don't think your tone is by any means
better, and you should instead lead by example and not insult anyone on
a Debian mailing list even if you are angry.
Cheers,
Nik
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> In the Free Software world, the response to something not
> working is generally:
> 1)If you know how, fix it and send the fix to the project so
> it helps everyone, or,
> 2)If you don't know how to fix it, report the problem in a
> useful way, so someone else can fix it and help everyone.
I
Hi,
>Today, though - which may be unrelated - it prompted me to check the
>certificate, which weirdly seemed to belong to my VPS provider; it
>wasn't the one configured in dovecot.
>
>Has anyone else seen either of these issues? My VPS provider hasn't
>come
>up with any ideas yet.
They have a
> > Stop abusing children as an âexampleâ for stupidity!
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> ?
> what do you mean ?
> - that children must not follow the "example" of wilco (speaking about
> that you do not know/have is a troll lol) : 90% of idiots thinks that the
> others are idiots but not themselves ? is
> (> as 90 percent ... .)
> it is a kid point of view (troll).
Stop abusing children as an “example” for stupidity!
Thanks.
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> what is the goal in having an identical copy of the disk?
It's not even so much that.
It's that the person who will be changing the disks will be hardly
capable of just that, and will not get anything close to root access to
the machine.
And I am afraid that all that complexity around
Hi,
> Instead, if you just want a disk that has a readable copy of the files, you
> may find that rsync is more straightforward and can be a lot faster after
> the first time if the volume of changes is a small percentage of the total.
Yes, of course. But that would not lead to an identical copy
Hi,
I have the following scenario:
* A server with two hard drives in removable cases
* A backup process writes data to both disks, making up a live backup server
* A third disk is to be kept off-site
* On a ergular basis, I want to hot-swap one of the disks, as in, remove
one of the two
> # chroot /path/to/mount dpkg -l
Even…
# dpkg --root=/path/to/mount -l
…that one exists.
-ingrid
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# chroot /path/to/mount dpkg -l
;)?
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Hi,
>I am wondering, if it is normal, that systemd is restarting a service,
>which I as root did
>stop. In may case it is laptools-mode.
>
>See the output of syslog:
>Jul 20 12:16:47 localhost laptop-mode: enabled, not active
>
>
>I know, I can force systemd, not to start demons at boot, but
it? Thanks!
topic and stop
gone horribly off-
that this thread has
all just agree
So, can we
Sent from my very colourful mailer which encodes as it pleases.
Hi,
>If this is true and it is a doddle to convert an ordinary debian
>install
>with systemd running on it to the old sysvinit format then why is there
>all
>this sturm und drang and spam on this subject...??
Because DDs are listening, but users aren't :D.
-nik
Hi,
>A while ago, I initiated the "If Linux Is About Choice ..." thread
>about why there is no choice of inits during an initial install.
>
>Since that time, I've tested several systemd-less distros[1] as well as
>Stretch as replacements for my aging Wheezy system. With Stretch my
>plan was to
n-desktop-environment, please file a wishlist bug (in a more
helpful tone).
-nik
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>I'm interested in tinkering with components of MATE and testing them
>while
>leaving the APT-installed versions alone. I've built and installed the
>components from the Github repos and installed them to /usr/local/. I
>can't figure out how to load applets from /usr/local. In particular,
>can
>* It should be easy to make it working in some minutes (half an hour of
>configuration at most).
>* It should be harmless and reversible (of course)
>* It should last the whole day, people trying to figure that out.
# apt install sl
# ln -s /bin/ls /usr/local/bin/sl
# ln -s /usr/games/sl
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 02:07:54PM +0200, Dominik George wrote:
> > That's how w^Hsomeone rooted Dreamhost.
>
> Are you referring to the 2012 incident, or something more recent?
>
> I thought the former was an issue with lax filesystem permissions.
(This is getting som
Hi,
> […] on Ubuntu 14.04 […]
Any chance you chose the wrong mailing list?
Cheers,
Nik
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>Well, not without getting root first.
>
>And making something listen that spawns a shell usable to gain further
>access is a big win. Keeping uploading PHP code to some vulnerable
>webserver will at some point be noticed. Uploading something spawning a
>shell once probably not.
>
When $someone
>If someone unauthorised is on your machine can they not just as well
>remove firewall rules?
Well, not without getting root first.
And making something listen that spawns a shell usable to gain further access
is a big win. Keeping uploading PHP code to some vulnerable webserver will at
some
>My understanding is that if there are no services listening on a port
>then
>it cannot be accessed.
Well, if nothing is listening on a port, then something can start doing so
unconditionally.
That's how w^Hsomeone rooted Dreamhost.
-nik
>> apt also uses apt-listbugs...
>
>Yes, but one can't exclude a package listed by apt-listbugs.
>With aptitude, one just goes to the package and hits ":".
Sure. Just press h on the package.
-nik
>1. When I want to exclude some buggy packages. I often do this with
> aptitude, where major bugs can be reported by apt-listbugs.
apt also uses apt-listbugs...
-nik
>I meant a replacement with a text UI.
I never had any situation where this would have helped me instead of being
clumsy and painful within 12 years of systems administration.
What's your use case?
-nik
>Is there any replacement?
Yes, apt.
-nik
Hi,
> >iptables -L FORWARD -nv
>Chain FORWARD (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
>pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
>destination
>XX ACCEPT all -- br0br0 0.0.0.0/0
>0.0.0.0/0
What is that supposed to do?
Forwarding on the IP layer,
Hi,
>Is there a programmatic way that a piece of software can learn what
>desktop environment it is executing in?
Short answer: No.
Long answer:
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/116539/how-to-detect-the-desktop-environment-in-a-bash-script
Cheers,
Nik
>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+you+disable+%2F+enable+services+from+starting+in+systemd%3F
Well, the most exciting thing about this kind of questions is that you can
actually just go on using update-rc.d...
-nik
>I hope that applies only to pre-release versions.
>I am bandwidth limited and depend on purchased DVD sets of
>released versions.
>TIA
The different *CD* sets are vanishing, not the general *DVD* sets.
-nik
>So my question: If I don't want to use the BIOS's Fake RAID, and want
>to
>use only the Linux kernel's software RAID, do I want to turn RAID off
>in
>the BIOS
Yes.
Also, always prefer dmraid over some fake RAID.
-nik
Hi,
> How do I check the systemd-networkd thing?
ps aux… ;)
The MAC changing would also have to be configured in
/etc/systemd/network .
-nik
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>> "ifconfig" can not handle multiple IPv4 addresses on one interface
>and
>> needs this kind of crutch.
>>
>> The far more modern command "ip" has no such limitations.
>
>I've found my own brain to have a similar limitation, and find
>interface
>aliases useful for clarity even when I have ip(8)
Hi,
>I need to know that what is the difference b/w eth1.0101 and eth:1.
>actually i need to know what is the main difference in "." and ":".
>any suggestion will be highly appreciated.
: denotes an alias (second address on same interface), . denotes a VLAN, and
eth:1 is nonsense.
Cheers,
Nik
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