Note this thread Re: Zoom in the official repo is outdated

On April 24, 2024 1:00:29 PM Luiz Romário Santana Rios wrote: Hello, (Please cc me when replying as I'm not subscribed to the list) Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom meetings using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to join meetings, I

Re: what keyboard do you use?

On 2/5/24 14:11, Ash Joubert wrote: On 06/02/2024 04:15, Peter Ehlert wrote: Logitech K270 full size, simple, $22 USD, fits me just fine I use a Logitech MK270r good tip, packaged with a mouse for $6 more thanks. I will get that bundle next time Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo which

Re: what keyboard do you use?

On 2/2/24 17:25, Lee wrote: I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :( ssh in from another machine & do a 'sudo reboot now' and get an alert about 'Keyboard not found.' on power up. The keyboard also doesn't work in another machine so it's really & truly dead. I figure

Re: Donate money

On 1/8/24 04:08, Marco Moock wrote: Am 08.01.2024 um 11:07:30 Uhr schrieb noah poulton: I was wondering, is there a way to donate to Debian via direct debit? I want to to donate but I don't have a paypal account (and I don't really want to create one). There are other ways like IBAN bank

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

On 11/18/23 08:58, Peter Ehlert wrote: thread back from the dead: first, thanks for all of the input and wise suggestions I am going crazy with Thunderbird, and Claws too. Now Claws has a calendar add-on, did not try it but maybe it will suffice. My longtime web and email host support have

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

will message their support and help them correct their error. thanks for listening. Peter Ehlert On 11/18/23 09:06, peter ehlert wrote: damn! I forgot... not able to receive on my POP mail accounts! now using the hateful Gmail... maybe that's why Thunderbird can't use a mailing list, they don't

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

damn! I forgot... not able to receive on my POP mail accounts! now using the hateful Gmail... maybe that's why Thunderbird can't use a mailing list, they don't trust their own email app. Eff Them! On 11/18/23 08:58, Peter Ehlert wrote: thread back from the dead: first, thanks for all

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

to webmasters dot com IMP vs POP ...the "web" seems to reverse the definitions! I don't know who to trust I really want to keep messages on their server, space is Not an issue. Question: with IMAP is it feasible for a mail client to Leave messages on the server? On 8/15/23 09:43, Peter Eh

Re: Please verify Gnome and KDE wiki articles for correctness

On 8/26/23 06:17, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 8/25/23 13:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 01:17:25PM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: I'm a Mate user, and I never thought to read https://wiki.debian.org/MATE until now. I see no flaws but there are several things that should be updated

Re: Please verify Gnome and KDE wiki articles for correctness

On 8/25/23 13:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 01:17:25PM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: I'm a Mate user, and I never thought to read https://wiki.debian.org/MATE until now. I see no flaws but there are several things that should be updated since it's last edit on December 24,2019

Re: Please verify Gnome and KDE wiki articles for correctness

On August 25, 2023 12:49:44 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 01:26:29PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Two of the wiki articles that will help with a migration to Debian are and . It would be helpful if folks with

Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

On 8/15/23 19:20, Max Nikulin wrote: On 15/08/2023 23:43, Peter Ehlert wrote: I am a long time user of Thunderbird. No real complaints, but the GUI has been slowly been changed. I think, Thunderbird will be upgraded to version 115 soon in Debian stable. Major changes of default UI have

Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

On 8/15/23 12:13, Bret Busby wrote: On 16/8/23 00:43, Peter Ehlert wrote: I am a long time user of Thunderbird. No real complaints, but the GUI has been slowly been changed. lately I have been struggling with that, trying to get it to be My Way. Minor success. also the .msf files have

Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

I am a long time user of Thunderbird. No real complaints, but the GUI has been slowly been changed. lately I have been struggling with that, trying to get it to be My Way. Minor success. also the .msf files have gotten Huge and that hinders rapid and easy backups. In the process I would

Re: Partial Freeze Bullseye Mat

On July 15, 2023 10:27:51 AM songbird wrote: Peter Ehlert wrote: On 7/14/23 10:49, songbird wrote: if you use journalctl -f to watch what is happening does anything show up? good thought, thanks. at the moment I see only this: peter@z840x:~$ journalctl -f Hint: You are currently

Re: Partial Freeze Bullseye Mate

On 7/14/23 09:07, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 7/14/23 08:46, piorunz wrote: On 14/07/2023 15:40, Peter Ehlert wrote: I am using a KVM switch. when I flip over to either of the two other computers the mouse and keyboard works as normal. This is most likely a cause of your malfunction

Re: Partial Freeze Bullseye Mat

On 7/14/23 10:49, songbird wrote: if you use journalctl -f to watch what is happening does anything show up? good thought, thanks. at the moment I see only this: peter@z840x:~$ journalctl -f Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.   Users in

Re: General question regarding SSD and harddrive

On July 14, 2023 5:30:34 PM Maureen L Thomas wrote: So I have been looking at new computers and most of them come with SSD's but they are so much smaller than my 2 TB computer that I am not sure what is better. I read a couple of pieces on different groups but still am not sure. SSD's are

Re: Partial Freeze Bullseye Mat

On 7/14/23 08:46, piorunz wrote: On 14/07/2023 15:40, Peter Ehlert wrote: I am using a KVM switch. when I flip over to either of the two other computers the mouse and keyboard works as normal. This is most likely a cause of your malfunction. Not the system, not CPU heat, but KVM device

Partial Freeze Bullseye Mat

Partial Freeze Bullseye Mate on occasion while the system is in use, the keyboard and mouse stop responding. in all other respects it appears to continue operating as normal, my conky shows activity, etc. Keyboard and Mouse use a single USB gizmo. I am using a KVM switch. when I flip over to

Thunderbird Beta

Thunderbird is going through some front end changes, mostly cosmetic I believe. Question: what are the chances that the New version (115.x), after the TBird beta is finished, will be in the Debian Stable repos?

Re: give us a clue

On 6/11/23 10:23, mick.crane wrote: On 2023-06-11 17:53, Peter Ehlert wrote: On June 11, 2023 9:05:13 AM "mick.crane" wrote: Somebody gave me a Toshiba satellite laptop with the identifying number C50-A-19T I think this is what is called a Dynabook. Installed bookworm on it twic

Re: give us a clue

On June 11, 2023 9:05:13 AM "mick.crane" wrote: Somebody gave me a Toshiba satellite laptop with the identifying number C50-A-19T I think this is what is called a Dynabook. Installed bookworm on it twice the last time with the iso with the freeware. Unless this was in the last 24 hours I'm

Re: Debian home page -> Download link broken:

On 6/10/23 14:51, David Christensen wrote: debian-user: $ date Sat Jun 10 14:50:40 PDT 2023 The "Download" link on the Debian home page is currently broken: https://www.debian.org/ -> Download https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-11.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso

Re: Please help with not booting from USB so to install Debian

On 6/8/23 11:36, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I want to install Debian on a new machine but don't manage to boot from USB stick. (I can do so regularly with another machine, so the USB stick is ok and so is the Debian netinst I burned onto it.) At the boot I press F9 and a menu appears where I can

Re: UUIDS

On May 27, 2023 4:37:20 PM PDT, "mick.crane" wrote: >I'm sure it used to be that you could swap linux discs between PCs and it >would sort itself out Yes, it still works like that. I do it frequently. but I try swapping disks about and booting and they complain >"Cannot find UUID..lots of

os-prober Just a Rant

updates cause my edits to be overwritten... that sucks # If your computer has multiple operating systems installed, then you # probably want to run os-prober. However, if your computer is a host # for guest OSes installed via LVM or raw disk devices, running # os-prober can cause damage to those

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/23/23 05:52, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/17/23 21:43, David Wright wrote: On Mon 17 Apr 2023 at 08:47:30 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/16/23 09:29, David Wright wrote: On Sun 16 Apr 2023 at 07:19:18 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr

Re: is it imminent that bookworm becomes stable?

On April 24, 2023 4:39:47 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 05:52:55AM +0800, hl wrote: i always use stable, Thanks! You're welcome! And that was the entire body of your email, so that's all you had to say, yes? ... Please do not put important details exclusively in the

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On 4/22/23 17:12, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 23/4/23 04:49, Peter Ehlert wrote: Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop". When you select a desktop install with standard Debian you don't have lot of control over what is installed. And that's even with an advanc

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/17/23 21:43, David Wright wrote: On Mon 17 Apr 2023 at 08:47:30 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/16/23 09:29, David Wright wrote: On Sun 16 Apr 2023 at 07:19:18 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr 2023 at 07:03:41 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On April 22, 2023 12:58:24 PM Mark Fletcher wrote: On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. What command is used for an elimination complete? I use this command but don't get the effect desired. # apt-get install

Re: hi res pdf needs posterized

On 4/17/23 12:02, Fred wrote: On 4/17/23 11:55, gene heskett wrote: Greetings all printing experts; I have an extremely high res pdf of a 3d printer controller board. I need to print it in the same or close, resolution I can see it on screen in libreoffice draw. But its equ to 26" wide! So

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/16/23 09:29, David Wright wrote: On Sun 16 Apr 2023 at 07:19:18 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr 2023 at 07:03:41 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer Damned nice, the improvements are appreciated. I ran rc1 in my

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr 2023 at 07:03:41 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer Damned nice, the improvements are appreciated. I ran rc1 in my usual manner, and the only difference I noticed was the one extra question about non-free firmware

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr 2023 at 07:03:41 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer Damned nice, the improvements are appreciated. I ran rc1 in my usual manner, and the only difference I noticed was the one extra question about non-free firmware

Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer Damned nice, the improvements are appreciated. using the new debian-bookworm-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso Legacy install, GPT partition graphic install, manual partitioning Mate Desktop (others were deselected) WiFi firmware: with a cheap USB WiFi adapter plugged in

Re: xfce install

On 12/24/22 05:24, steef van duin wrote: hi folks i am wrestling with a fresh 11.6-black-screen installation to get  a xfce-desktop going. allthough I think I used from the commandline the most appropriate commands by apt i keep gretting the response 'cannot find xfce4'   when i do btw

Re: Backing up whole Debian installation from laptop to laptop via ssh?

On 11/14/22 06:53, Ottavio Caruso wrote: I have an old Thinkpad on its last legs which I cannot shutdown (long story). Then I have a slightly better Thinkpad with similar hard drive. Debian is split into three partitions (root. home and swap)/ I'll recreate a similar partitioning from a live

Re: ping

On 11/13/22 06:50, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 06:04:51AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: root@joule:/home/root# /bin/ping -c 3 192.168.0.12 PING 192.168.0.12 (192.168.0.12) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.0.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.079 ms 64 bytes from

Re: Installing Wi-Fi card driver ( completing informations)

On 9/9/22 05:39, Mansour zermello wrote: Hi, I'm a new user in the Linux world especially debian, but i was interested by debian since very long time but one day I decided to install it and start to use it, i had difficulties to install it but with a lot of effort and searches i succeeded,

Re: Screenshot with Gnome

On 7/26/22 04:40, Richmond wrote: I am trying to take a screenshot of a selected area. The Wiki here: https://wiki.debian.org/ScreenShots I find it curious that only Gnome, Xfce, and KDE are listed on that page... someone should step up and flesh it out for the other common desktops,

Re: multiple network interfaces...and a ghost

On 7/11/22 21:35, Tixy wrote: On Mon, 2022-07-11 at 19:51 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: [...] I decided to try a fresh netinstall alongside and Boom: === multiple network interfaces eno1: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I218-LM enp5s0: Intel Corporation 1210 Gigabit Network

multiple network interfaces...and a ghost

after a system update and a new kernel I rebooted. all seemed fine but the network would not connect... Debian Mate, network install, it just works and I never have messed with the settings. not a clue what was going on. long story short, messing around a live USB did log in fine. I decided

Re: Hibernate filled my /root

On 5/26/22 09:00, Reco wrote: Hi. On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 08:13:39AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: /var/log now contains 29.3 GB /var/log/syslog 10.0 GB /var/log/kern.log 10.0 GB /var/log/syslog.1 4.1 GB /var/log/kern.log.1 4.0 GB That's impressive, to say the least.    I have

Re: Hibernate filled my /root

ally touch it. On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 6:14 PM Peter Ehlert wrote: /root partition was 40 GB, about 15 GB was free /swap 20 GB, unused hibernate restart failed Using Gparted I found /root was full resized /root to 50 GB boots properly now /var/log now contains 29.3 G

Hibernate filled my /root

/root partition was 40 GB, about 15 GB was free /swap 20 GB, unused hibernate restart failed Using Gparted I found /root was full resized /root to 50 GB boots properly now /var/log now contains 29.3 GB /var/log/syslog 10.0 GB /var/log/kern.log 10.0 GB /var/log/syslog.1 4.1 GB

Re: Debian desktop environment

On 5/24/22 05:20, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 01:27:29PM +0200, Antonino Saetta wrote: So I was wondering, why am I asked to choose (or not) a GNOME desktop environment, other than *Debian desktop environment*? uncheck that box, select any other Desktop you want, or None.

Re: Debian desktop environment

On 5/24/22 04:53, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 24/5/22 7:27 pm, Antonino Saetta wrote: Also, what's the lightest desktop? Default, XFCE or LXDE...? I use Mate.  It's closest to the old gnome so no fancy crap I am with you on that. BTW: the mate-desktop-environment-extras is a Great

Re: no update possible

On 5/3/22 06:29, Schwibinger Michael wrote: Good afternoon Thank You Terminal and root terminal do say command not found. please post Exactly what the command is that you entered and Exactly what the error message is *copy and paste please What do I do wrong? Regards Sophie

Re: No dbg packages for Plasma?

On 4/6/22 06:20, Luiz Romário Santana Rios wrote: I just noticed that there seem to be absolutely no debug packages for plasma-desktop or for plasma frameworks. The only thing I can find online is this plasma-desktop-dbgsym package[1], which is only available for Sid. I believe the Debian

Re: update, reboot required?

On 3/19/22 06:32, piorunz wrote: On 19/03/2022 10:02, songbird wrote:    there is also package debian-goodies which has the command checkrestart.  i'm not sure which is better.    songbird All I know is that needrestart works for me, it correctly prompts for computer reboot after kernel

Re: Which flavour for a 2GB RAM laptop?

On 3/4/22 02:58, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-03-04 11:47 UTC+0100, Ottavio Caruso wrote: One of my memory slot has died, so I am running a Thinkpad with 2GB ram only. I have been told that, even if I put a 4GB ram module in, it won't be as fast as 2x2GB ram (true? Stop me here if I am

IGNORE Re: folder compression issue

Thanks for the ideas. I got anxious, compressed the Folders individually, then the files into a separate Zip. I deleted the problem folder... not elegant, not solved. On 2/1/22 09:20, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On 2022-02-01 12:17, Bijan Soleymani wrote: find | xargs stat Oops that might not

folder compression issue

I am using Debian Mate with the GUI. in Caja file manager, right click on the desired folder. "Compress" is displayed on a list of options. default is .tar.gz format this works fine, I do it regularly ... mostly big folders, ~11.4 GB and ~2,400 items. now I am following the same method

Re: Bullseye default swap partition size?

On January 9, 2022 3:24:18 PM Charles Curley wrote: On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 22:27:20 +0100 Marco Möller wrote: It might be difficult to start without a swap partition, but then realize over time that you need it and getting headaches from where to free space for it. Gparted, do a little

Re: Bullseye default swap partition size?

On January 9, 2022 10:02:21 AM Hans wrote: Am Sonntag, 9. Januar 2022, 18:45:22 CET schrieb Tixy: However, I believe, hibernating will use the swap partition, so I think, it might be a good idea, to create a swap partition twice as big as the memory, if you want to use it. Double the 64 GB

Re: Mate desktop environment: anything akin to update-notifier

On 12/12/21 9:01 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: Hi, is there anything in Debian's flavour of the Mate DE which notifies the user of pending APT updates? I use package-update-indicator I don't care for the default so I set the command for installing updates as synaptic-pkexec I'm not

SID: update-grub ---Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions.

the full error message at the end of update-grub: Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions. Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration. Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry. Question: why would this desirable? it's totally new

Re: Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

On 12/6/21 1:56 AM, fran...@libero.it wrote: Hello, unfortunately, nothing David suggested worked, so I finally set it on in the bios Legacy (via F12) and then reinstalled Debian. Now if I turn on, Grub appears with Debian that starts (even if it takes a while to boot) and if I want to

Re: Debian 11.1 Firefox ESR 78.15.0esr add-on icons

On 12/4/21 7:47 PM, David Christensen wrote: debian-user: I installed debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso on a Dell Latitude E6520 today: 2021-12-04 19:28:18 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a ; dpkg-query -W firefox-esr 11.1 Linux laalaa 5.10.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP

Re: why Debian?

On 12/2/21 3:56 AM, Piper H wrote: For debian and ubuntu, which one should I choose as my personal development  system? Thanks. pleas do some more research. it is Personal choice: for a Stable and Secure, with no problems, everyday computer use, use Debian for experimental plunking around

Re: aboutdebian.com

On 11/19/21 6:52 AM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2021, 1:05 AM Nate Bargmann > wrote: * On 2021 18 Nov 23:00 -0600, A_Man_Without_Clue wrote: > Does anyone remember the site existed in the past, aboutdebian.com ? I

Re: Is "Debian desktop environment" identical to "GNOME" upon installation?

On 11/5/21 4:50 AM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote: Hi, I did some test by installing 2 identical virtualbox instances (EFI turned on) with the same netinst image . I typically use XFCE, so I wanted to test if leaving "Debian desktop environment" marked would affect or not my XFCE

Re: Debian

On 10/19/21 6:08 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: piorunz wrote: On 19/10/2021 13:10, lou wrote: On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have been

Re: dead lock

On 10/14/21 5:54 AM, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: hi After  a Debian install on my amd64 laptop, I'm faced to what looks like a beautiful dead lock: I wanted to set a root account, but that was refused because I'm not in /etc/sudoers, and to put me in this file, I need root privilege! providing some

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

On 10/13/21 8:16 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two choices for internet connectivity:    an ethernet device   *OR*   WiFi However, I use a USB device [ an Alcatel Linkzone from T-Mobile ] The installer is unable

Re: Trouble connecting to wifi, Debian 11

On 10/13/21 6:14 AM, kaye n wrote: Hi Friends I've installed Debian 11 LXQT in my hard drive. I noticed connman does not automatically run on startup, which is fine. I manually open Connman. It can detect my usb wifi adapter because under Wireless tab, it says Wifi technologies: 1 Found, 

Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not?

On 10/11/21 5:59 AM, local10 wrote: Hi, Am considering upgrading from buster to bullseye and looking for some feedback from those who have already done so. Was it worth it, in your opinion? Anything you like in particular about bullseye? Any problems/issues or degradation of

Re: Printing bug: which package to report?

On 10/3/21 3:01 PM, David Jarvie wrote: I've found a new printing bug which I want to report, but I don't know which package to report against. My Samsung M2885FW printer now always prints double sided even when I set the duplex print parameter to Off. This is on Debian Bullseye. It didn't

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

On 9/25/21 5:10 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2021-09-25 at 20:00, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 07:51:18PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, September 25, 2021 07:43:04 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: I had to look up the meaning of FAOD. Are you kidding me? What

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

Respectful sir, please review what you just wrote on a public facing page. I for one would not want you in my work place. Best Wishes with your job search. BTW: the internet is Forever. It can't be cancelled. On September 24, 2021 10:38:01 AM Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: On 9/24/2021 8:04 AM,

Re: Access to files in wiki.debian.org.

Is there some reason why the wiki is not shown on the https://www.debian.org page? It seems logical that a link would be on https://www.debian.org/support On 9/22/21 3:48 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: Ken wrote: Does anybody know when access to wiki.debian.org will be opened? There are two files

Re: Make wider selectable edge in Mate windows

On 9/19/21 5:31 AM, songbird wrote: Dedeco Balaco wrote: ... My theme is a personalized one. I can give information about it, Jeremy. Just tell me what and how. i've been running MATE via testing for a long time now (and also keep a spare stable partition for booting in case of trouble)

Re: Debian 11 and Win10 dual boot -- SOLVED

On 8/28/21 1:07 PM, Intense Red wrote: The problem was that Win10 would constantly overwrite the MBR and blow away GRUB which forced the computer to boot straight into Windows. The solution is to go into Windows, open a command prompt/shell as the Windows administrator and run:

Re: Debian stable + backports + testing

On 8/28/21 5:35 PM, Yoann LE BARS wrote: Hello everybody out there! On 2021/08/29 at 02:26 am, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: That said, Dan's advice is quite solid: have your mixed environment in a VM, chroot, or other virtual environment. When it gets into an unusable state (it very likely will

Re: CUPS permissions >Fixed

On 8/26/21 5:53 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 01:37:49PM +0100, Brian wrote: On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 13:23:58 +0100, mick crane wrote: On 2021-08-26 12:59, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 8/25/21 12:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: Some people report restarting the browser is enough

Re: CUPS permissions

On 8/26/21 5:53 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 01:37:49PM +0100, Brian wrote: On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 13:23:58 +0100, mick crane wrote: On 2021-08-26 12:59, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 8/25/21 12:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: Some people report restarting the browser is enough

Re: CUPS permissions

On 8/26/21 5:07 AM, Brian wrote: On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 09:16:31 +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: On 25/8/21 22:40, Peter Ehlert wrote: CUPS permissions when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is displayed as expected. Manage Printers does display my MFCL3770CDW and I am

Re: CUPS permissions

On 8/25/21 12:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:47:33AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 8/25/21 9:27 AM, Henning Follmann wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 05:40:36AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: CUPS permissions when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard

Re: CUPS permissions

On 8/25/21 9:27 AM, Henning Follmann wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 05:40:36AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: CUPS permissions when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is displayed as expected. Manage Printers does display my MFCL3770CDW and I am (apparently) able to manage

CUPS permissions

CUPS permissions when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is displayed as expected. Manage Printers does display my MFCL3770CDW and I am (apparently) able to manage and edit the settings. however Add Printer gives> Unable to add printer: Forbidden is this normal behavior? I

Re: Reply configuration (was: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012)

On 8/11/21 5:02 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 11/08/2021 12:25, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 11 August 2021 04:02:14 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: Debian is about choice Polyna. That is mine. Quit monopolizing the conversation unless you are helping the user SOLVE his/her

Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012

On 8/10/21 7:14 AM, Nicolas George wrote: Hi. We need to replace an all-in-one printer-scanner, a HP Deskjet 3054A. Based on past experience, I am favoring HP, because AFAIK they mostly play fair about Libre drivers, and their ink is too expensive but not insanely so. The HP OfficeJet 8012

Re: ISO to external SSD

On August 3, 2021 8:17:58 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: Second, the price of spinning disks is such that it makes no sense to buy anything smaller than 4TB, which will fit all this, and 6-8 TB are often a reasonable idea even for single users. You seem to assume a 3½" form factor which either

Re: Types of Debian updates

Welcome. I suggest you spend some time becoming familiar with Debian. the Debian Wiki should be your primary resource. with your favorite search tool search "debian wiki _ " for each of the questions you listed. read each page carefully and follow the links. LMDE is Not Debian. Linux Mint

Re: location of screenshots during debian install

On 7/27/21 12:14 AM, Jupiter777 wrote: hello, I am in the middle of installing buster 10.10.x on my computer. I see that I can take screenshots as the dialog boxes tell me:   Screenshot Saved as /var/log/ But /var/log is not on the bootable  usb I am using ... Where are the

Re: Please help to test latest Debian 11 release candidate on real hardware

On 7/24/21 2:54 PM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: On 7/24/21 11:14 PM, Andrey Ponomarenko wrote: Hello! Let's help developers to test upcoming Debian version 11 by filling out the community-driven list of tested hardware configurations:

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

On 7/12/21 7:39 AM, Kevin N. wrote: Right, and I myself have lodged a ticket to ban bar after foo because it might lead to blithe attitudes concerning alcohol in our vulnerable youth. Don't get me wrong: like many other things, offensive languages is a serious one. But, instead of helping,

Re: Buster on Win 10 Problems

Have you investigated the possibility of Dual Booting? it's a bit complicated, but it works. Separate Disk Dive is best On 6/29/21 6:28 AM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: First, let me assure the list that I am not trying to ignite a flame war. I have a legitimate reason for installing Debian

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

On 6/27/21 7:37 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 07:31:57AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 6/27/21 12:29 AM, Curt wrote: On 2021-06-25, Richard Owlett wrote: One paragraph of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide"[1] causes me grief. It is part of "6.3.5. Inst

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

On 6/27/21 12:29 AM, Curt wrote: On 2021-06-25, Richard Owlett wrote: One paragraph of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide"[1] causes me grief. It is part of "6.3.5. Installing the Base System"[2]. Install only the standard system utilities with the installer, and then once you have a

Re: Resolved: Can MATE DE be attractive as well as functional

On 6/27/21 3:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/26/2021 03:30 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: Can icons placed on desktop be in a regular geometric pattern. I think it tries to do that. But over the years I've had differing monitor geometries. Does operator have any control over where next icon

Re: Can MATE DE be attractive as well as functional

On 6/26/21 2:07 PM, Bret Busby wrote: On 27/6/21 4:30 am, Richard Owlett wrote: Can icons placed on desktop be in a regular geometric pattern. I think it tries to do that. But over the years I've had differing monitor geometries. Does operator have any control over where next icon is

Re: Can MATE DE be attractive as well as functional

On 6/26/21 1:30 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: Can icons placed on desktop be in a regular geometric pattern. I think it tries to do that. But over the years I've had differing monitor geometries. Does operator have any control over where next icon is placed? to my knowledge no. there is the

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

On 6/22/21 9:17 AM, Richmond wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. Help please. On the menu bar of mate-terminal, select Edit -> Profile

Re: firefox file list

On 5/28/21 5:33 AM, fxkl47BF wrote: i'm using debian 10.9 and firefox 88.0.1 how do i get firefox to show dot files in file listings use the check box at the top right of the file window "show hidden objects"

Re: Upgrading to Bullseye?

On 5/27/21 5:45 AM, latin...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: Hello list can somebody help with the correct sources.lst Bullseye please? that's kinda complicated, as the others have already said 1. I suggest you review this, lots of info https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting 2. probably a fresh

Re: bullseye fslint

On 4/23/21 4:50 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2021-04-23 at 07:29, Peter Ehlert wrote: fslint is gone. what alternatives are there? I've never used such a tool myself, but a quick "apt-cache search lint | grep -i 'fs|filesystem'" finds rmlint, which looks like it might do the job..

bullseye fslint

fslint is gone. what alternatives are there? I want a GUI in the debian repos

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