Re: No polkit authentication agent found

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Marco writes: > Am 12.10.2023 schrieb Sharon Kimble : > >> Exactly what programs do I need to install please, so that I can burn >> the image onto the drive please? > > Can you start > /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-g

No polkit authentication agent found

every time saying that 'No polkit authentication agent found'. Exactly what programs do I need to install please, so that I can burn the image onto the drive please? Thanks Sharon Kimble. - -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 12

Re: Does anyone own and use a Kindle Scribe?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Eric S Fraga writes: > On Sunday, 1 Oct 2023 at 15:25, Joe wrote: >> Calibre converts/creates ebooks and is generally a useful accessory for >> a Kindle or other hardware reader. No, I'm not on commission. > > +1 for calibre! > > I use it for

Does anyone own and use a Kindle Scribe?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Does anyone own and use a Kindle Scribe, and know how to access and copy files to and from since it moved over to it being mounted as an mtp device, please? As I'm getting desperate to copy files to it, that I want to read! Thanks for listening,

Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi. With every back up, being whether its a restic backup hourly to another hard drive on this machine, or an rsync backup to my synology server, this error message continues to happen/occur. This has only started to occur since I've upgraded

mpd, clementine, lxmusic, qmmp, quodlibet not playing!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 After downloading and installing the new kernels yesterday I rebooted. And now I cannot get mpd to play any sound at all! Juk can play, as can mpv, but neither can clementine, lxmusic, qmmp, nor quodlibet play! So how can I get them all

Unable to print with HP Envy 5030 under Debian 11

llow me to print with this printer please? Thanks Sharon Kimble. ~ [fn:1] - --8<---cut here---start->8--- ~ $ hp-doctor HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.21.2) Self Diagn

rsync failing to back up to synology server

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 After enduring a home move, I'm now trying to restart my rsync backups to my synology server, but none are working! I have this command for backing up my emacs - - --8<---cut here---start->8--- /usr/bin/rsync

evince cache of recent files?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Where does Evince store its memory/cache of recent files that its loaded in bullseye please? Currently it is only showing the last file, but under Debian 10 it showed the last 10. Thanks Sharon Kimble. - -- Debian 11, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs

Re: What command to use to output to a text file?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Andrei POPESCU writes: > On Mi, 23 iun 21, 13:36:27, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm hoping that you folk can help me out of my predicament? >> >> I have transferred some files in their directories to an external

What command to use to output to a text file?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I'm hoping that you folk can help me out of my predicament? I have transferred some files in their directories to an external drive mounted in a caddy. How can I get a text file saved from an output of everything on the drive, please? What

Re: backb losing its mount point

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Darac Marjal writes: > On 31/03/2021 09:32, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm hoping that you folks can help me with a problem that is now >> happening reasonably regularly, actually twice. >> >> I have 2 data drives

Re: backb losing its mount point

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Darac Marjal writes: Thanks for replying Darac. > On 31/03/2021 09:32, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm hoping that you folks can help me with a problem that is now >> happening reasonably regularly, actually twice. >&

backb losing its mount point

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I'm hoping that you folks can help me with a problem that is now happening reasonably regularly, actually twice. I have 2 data drives on my system /mnt/backa and /mnt/backb. Both are 4tb drives, with backa being 2.74tb and backb 2.81tb. Backb is

Re: logwatch at midnight?

Dan Ritter writes: > Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> How can I configure logwatch to only fire off at midnight, instead of >> its current 0738, please? > > If I recall correctly, logwatch is run via cron.daily, which > means anacron does it as part of its own routine

logwatch at midnight?

How can I configure logwatch to only fire off at midnight, instead of its current 0738, please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 10.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 26.3, org 9.2.6

What drivers do I need for a Nvidia geforce GTX 1660 Ti to work?

Yesterday I installed my new graphics card but when I rebooted the system stopped just before the lightdm login box, and just stayed with a cursor blinking at the top left of the screen. I'm assuming that I need new drivers for it, so my question is - What do I need to install to get a -

Re: no sound from MPV

of this file, and in its 'audio section' it showed several uncommented items, so I commented them all out and tested MPV again. And it worked, I had sound again! Thank you very much, I'm a happy bunny again! :) Jonas Smedegaard writes: > Quoting Sharon Kimble (2019-07-10 12:13:30) >> &g

no sound from MPV

Ever since upgrading to buster I've been completely unable to get any sound out of MPV. And I haven't found any way online of how to re-enable sound for it either. SMplayer works okay and gives sound, as does mpd, but MPV views a television programmes but no sound. How can I get the sound

mouse-wheel on a laptop?

I have an Entroware notebook computer, model W950PU, which when it boots shows it as a 'style-note', and I can disable the touch pad when I use a USB mouse. But I can't get the mouse-wheel working! So how can I get full functions with the mouse please on this laptop? Thanks Sharon. -- A

Unable to install .iso's in virtualbox, but why?

I'm having great difficulty in getting virtualbox running. every time that I try to install an iso it fails and shows this in a pop-up - --8<---cut here---start->8--- Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Debian-64. VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for

Re: unable to connect to database in MediaWiki 1.27.4 installation

mick crane writes: > On 2018-07-08 19:03, mick crane wrote: >> On 2018-07-08 17:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> mick crane writes: >>> >>>> On 2018-07-08 08:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>>>> I'm unable to get mediawiki from the repos wo

Re: unable to connect to database in MediaWiki 1.27.4 installation

mick crane writes: > On 2018-07-08 08:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm unable to get mediawiki from the repos working as it is consistently >> failing at accessing the database as part of its configuration at the >> beginning. I say 'consistently' as the same problem has oc

unable to connect to database in MediaWiki 1.27.4 installation

I'm unable to get mediawiki from the repos working as it is consistently failing at accessing the database as part of its configuration at the beginning. I say 'consistently' as the same problem has occurred when trying to install mediawiki from source, and this is a clean fresh install so I

kernel errors only showing on reboot - nouveau & tpm_crb

Every time that I reboot this shows up in my daily logwatch - --8<---cut here---start->8--- WARNING: Kernel Errors Present intel-lpss: probe of :00:1e.0 failed with error -22 ...: 2 Time(s) nouveau: probe of :01:00.0 failed with error -12

Re: new computer and now missing firmware

Georgi Naplatanov <go...@oles.biz> writes: > On 06/18/2017 11:51 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I've just got a new computer and I'm finding that something isn't >> loading due to missing driver/s. >> >> Logwatch shows this - >> >> --8<

new computer and now missing firmware

I've just got a new computer and I'm finding that something isn't loading due to missing driver/s. Logwatch shows this - --8<---cut here---start->8--- WARNING: Kernel Errors Present EXT4-fs (sdd1): error count since last ...: 1 Time(s) EXT4-fs

Re: How to rename my wired connection from 'eno1' to 'eth0'?

Dejan Jocic <jode...@gmail.com> writes: > On 13-06-17, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> Due to a hard-drive failure I've had to install Debian 9 and I've got a >> peculiar problem. >> >> My wired connection is showing as 'eno1' instead of the unexpected

How to rename my wired connection from 'eno1' to 'eth0'?

Due to a hard-drive failure I've had to install Debian 9 and I've got a peculiar problem. My wired connection is showing as 'eno1' instead of the unexpected 'eth0', which means that my 'vnstat' is failing to record my network traffic. So how do I change its name please? I've googled but haven't

Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly)

Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> writes: > Since an upgrade on 2017-03-28 my debian Jessie system is continuously > dropping my soundcard such that mpd and mpv have no sound at all, but, > at this time qmmp and mplayer2 both have sound and work as they should. &g

Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly)

Since an upgrade on 2017-03-28 my debian Jessie system is continuously dropping my soundcard such that mpd and mpv have no sound at all, but, at this time qmmp and mplayer2 both have sound and work as they should. My sound card is an on-board chip here - --8<---cut

Re: How to restart root sending emails?

Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> writes: > Hi Sharon, > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 10:55:05AM +, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> In an effort to get gnus to read root emails I've chowned >> /var/mail/mail, added myself to the 'mail' group, changed the >> permissions

Re: Sound Problem

"Stephen P. Molnar" writes: > On 03/11/2017 05:36 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: >> On Sat, 2017-03-11 at 09:39 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: >>> Up to date Jessie. >>> >>> Sound worked until I turned power off to the external speakers. The >>> sound has not been working

How to restart root sending emails?

In an effort to get gnus to read root emails I've chowned /var/mail/mail, added myself to the 'mail' group, changed the permissions of /var/mail/mail, and generally frigged around with it. Consequently root emails have seemingly not run my expected logwatch this morning, and neither did it

How to access my new fileserver?

I'm just setting up a home fileserver, going through a tp-link adsl2+ modem and router. I've installed the base system with a 7gb /, 2 gb swap and 2gb /home. I can log in as my user "foo" on the computer, and have installed openssh-server, htop, lm-sensors, emacs, and screen. I've rebooted and

Re: How to access my new fileserver?

<to...@tuxteam.de> writes: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 04:27:13PM +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > [...] > >> But I can't ssh into it using 'ssh foo@fooserver'. Every time that I try >> it appears not to connect, just leaving a blank access line and my ram >>

Re: How to access my new fileserver?

David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> writes: > On 01/10/2016 08:27 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm just setting up a home fileserver, going through a tp-link adsl2+ >> modem and router. I've installed the base system with a 7gb /, 2 gb swap >> and 2gb /home. I

Re: Trying to remove "architecture i386"

Ansgar Burchardt <"Ansgar Burchardt"@43-1.org> writes: > Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> writes: >> ╭ >> │sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 >> ╰ >> >> which failed saying - >> >> dpkg: error: cannot remove

Re: Trying to remove "architecture i386"

Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> writes: > I am running a "amd64" version of jessie and in an effort to get > 'crossover_14.1.11-1.deb' installed, which is 32-bit. To do this I issued the > command - > > ╭ > │sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 > ╰

Trying to remove "architecture i386"

I am running a "amd64" version of jessie and in an effort to get 'crossover_14.1.11-1.deb' installed, which is 32-bit. To do this I issued the command - ╭ │sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 ╰ and then - ╭ │dpkg --print-foreign-architectures ╰ then I did a 'apt-get update' and

Re: installing hplip-3.15.11 for my HP Deskjet_1000_J110

Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 10:08:44 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: >> >> > Does the machine print with >> > >> > lp -d print_queue >> >>

Re: installing hplip-3.15.11 for my HP Deskjet_1000_J110

Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > On Thu 26 Nov 2015 at 19:03:49 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I've been >trying to set up my HP Deskjet_1000_J110 which is recognised > by >jessie, but when I print a test page it does it with no problem, but > >when I try to prin

installing hplip-3.15.11 for my HP Deskjet_1000_J110

I've been trying to set up my HP Deskjet_1000_J110 which is recognised by jessie, but when I print a test page it does it with no problem, but when I try to print a letter from libreoffice, it just churns out blank pages. So I've downloaded hplip-3.15.11 and tried to run it to install it, but it

Solved [was Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user?]

to...@tuxteam.de writes: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 02:19:35PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:44:41AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> > <to...@tuxteam.de> writes: >> >> [...] >> >> > > Still confused here. W

Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user?

<to...@tuxteam.de> writes: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 06:09:41PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> <to...@tuxteam.de> writes: >> >> > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 03:09:29PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm having great difficulty in getting vnstat

How to run 'vnstat' as user?

I'm having great difficulty in getting vnstat to run as user, like I had on my previous i386 computer. I have created the new 64bit eth0 binary file in ~/cron/lib/ so that it is backed up with my regular backups with obnam. Except it seems that only root or vnstat can run and own the

Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user?

<to...@tuxteam.de> writes: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 03:09:29PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm having great difficulty in getting vnstat to run as user, like I had >> on my previous i386 computer. I have created the new 64bit eth0 binary >> file in ~/cron/lib/ so t

SOLVED - Re: fstab entry for a 3.6TB drive

Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> writes: > On 10/15/15, Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> wrote: >> Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> writes: >> >>> Also, does /back-a exist (mount won't create the mountpoint itself, so &g

Re: FW: xfsdump package not available in testing?

Nemeth Gyorgy writes: > 2015-10-16 08:04 keltezéssel, James Homuth írta: > >> Poking around the Debian packages website, xfsdump should be available >> in Stretch per that page (link included below). However: >> # apt-get install xfsdump >> Reading

fstab entry for a 3.6TB drive

I'm trying to mount a 3.6TB hard drive formatted and labelled with gparted, and I have twice managed to lock myself out of the computer until I removed the offending line in fstab. This is the fstab line that I'm going to try and use - --8<---cut

Re: fstab entry for a 3.6TB drive

Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> writes: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 01:52:37PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm trying to mount a 3.6TB hard drive formatted and labelled with >> gparted, and I have twice managed to lock myself out of the computer >> u

Moving from a 686-pae kernel to amd64?

I installed this jessie setup on 10/02/14 from an old wheezy net-install disc dated 28/05/13! I'm in the process of downloading a jessie net-install for future installation. This setup is currently running a 3.16.0-4-686-pae kernel. Is it a good idea to convert to a 64bit kernel, specifically

Re: Moving from a 686-pae kernel to amd64?

Sorry, I meant that I installed this jessie setup on 10/02/15! Got the year wrong! Ooops! Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.6, emacs 24.4.1.0 signature.asc

Re: Moving from a 686-pae kernel to amd64?

Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com writes: Sharon Kimble wrote: This setup is currently running a 3.16.0-4-686-pae kernel. Is it a good idea to convert to a 64bit kernel, specifically 3.16.0-4-amd64? How much memory do you have in your system? 4G actual, 3.84g useable. If the answer is 4G

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working I couldn't find an 050 model. Did you mean

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

David Christensen dpchr...@holgerdanske.com writes: On 02/24/2015 03:23 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. ... It has crashed when I've been using it, and its crashed overnight

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Eike Lantzsch zp6...@gmx.net writes: On Tuesday 24 February 2015 18:56:23 Sharon Kimble wrote: Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working I couldn't find an 050 model. Did you

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk writes: On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:23:08AM +, Sharon Kimble wrote: I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, I've had it a fortnight now and its longest uptime

Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, I've had it a fortnight now and its longest uptime has been just over 3 days, even though its on all the time! It has crashed when I've been using it, and its

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Petter Adsen pet...@synth.no writes: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:23:08 + Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com wrote: I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, I've had it a fortnight now and its

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk writes: On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:23:08AM +, Sharon Kimble wrote: I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, I've had it a fortnight now and its longest uptime

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working I couldn't find an 050 model. Did you mean H50? Nope, its a Lenovo 050 Desktop from ebuyer. reasonably okay except for the occasional

Re: Removing unwanted language files from texlive.

Jörg-Volker Peetz jvpe...@web.de writes: How did you install texlive? What is the output of apt-mark showmanual | grep texlive ? Through the jessie repository. Your command gives the output - texlive-full Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo =

Removing unwanted language files from texlive.

I've installed texlive getting *everything* which also includes getting many language files that I am never going to use, such as cjk [japanese I think], etc. How do I go about removing them in a sane way please? Is it as simple as `sudo apt-get remove texlive-lang-*', and then just adding back

backup drive has died.

Last night my backup drive died and is now totally unresponsive, but it did give this error message when I tried to access it - --8---cut here---start-8--- Error mounting /dev/sde1 at /media/boudiccas/back1: Command-line `mount -t ext4 -o

Re: backup drive has died.

Gary said: Install smartmontools on your system and check the backup drive's SMART status. Something like smartctl -H /dev/sde If it passes, then reusing is OK. Otherwise, try to recover what you can by making a copy of the disk using dd- rescue. Hans said: To your question for reuse: I would

Re: how to update TexLive 2014, apt-get or tlmgr?

Norbert Preining prein...@logic.at writes: On Sat, 09 Aug 2014, Chris Bannister wrote: I'm using TexLive 2014 from the jessie repos, and also keeping a watching brief on comp.text.tex where it shows updates to packages as they occur. I'm interested in the tcolorbox and glossaries packages

Re: dieting/losing weight programs?

Florent Bories florent.bor...@gmail.com writes: On 7 August 2014 10:26, Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com wrote: Are there any programmes in the repos for dieting/losing weight please? (...) Sharon. Hi Sharon, It appears that pondus helps to track weight. Maybe

Re: dieting/losing weight programs?

Rusi Mody rustompm...@gmail.com writes: On Thursday, August 7, 2014 2:00:01 PM UTC+5:30, Sharon Kimble wrote: I've recently been looking in the jessie repos for any programme relating to diet management, or weight management, i.e. anything at all about dieting or losing weight. And I can't

how to update TexLive 2014, apt-get or tlmgr?

I'm using TexLive 2014 from the jessie repos, and also keeping a watching brief on comp.text.tex where it shows updates to packages as they occur. I'm interested in the tcolorbox and glossaries packages and see that they have recently been updated. What is the best way of getting the updated

dieting/losing weight programs?

I've recently been looking in the jessie repos for any programme relating to diet management, or weight management, i.e. anything at all about dieting or losing weight. And I can't find any! The nearest I could find was for nut-nutrition which appeared to be console-based and american-centric

kernel errors present - how to resolve them please?

Every day the following appears in my logwatch email --8---cut here---start-8--- WARNING: Kernel Errors Present EXT4-fs (sde1): error count: 1 ...: 1 Time(s) EXT4-fs (sde1): initial error at 1397381477: _ ...: 1 Time(s) EXT4-fs (sde1): last

Re: kernel errors present - how to resolve them please?

Curt cu...@free.fr writes: On 2014-07-25, Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com wrote: Every day the following appears in my logwatch email =2D-8---cut here---start-8--- WARNING: Kernel Errors Present EXT4-fs (sde1): error count: 1 ...: 1 Time(s

Logwatch output in the Kernel section

I have two problems that have been bothering me for some time, the first for about several days, and the second for a week or two. - This has begun appearing in my daily Logwatch output, and now using these file managers is virtually impossible as they are so untrustworthy. But what can I

Re: systemd waisted 5 hours of my work time today

Johann Spies johann.sp...@gmail.com writes: This morning my work laptop would not boot.  I could not even get to single user mode initially and when I got  as far as that I could not type anything on the terminal.  I suspect some upgrade yesterday caused it. In the end I had to search for a

Re: systemd waisted 5 hours of my work time today

Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de writes: On 2014-07-24 16:18 +0200, Sharon Kimble wrote: Johann Spies johann.sp...@gmail.com writes: This morning my work laptop would not boot.  I could not even get to single user mode initially and when I got  as far as that I could not type anything

unable to access website, getting 502 Bad Gateway errors

I am totally unable to access two websites that are very important to me, they're my own! And they are both listed in the sig of this email. I have tried with the following browsers - chromium, google-chrome, iceweasel, konqueror, opera, midori, qupzilla, conkeror, links, and in all of them I get

SOLVED [Re: unable to access website, getting 502 Bad Gateway errors]

...@gmail.com writes: On Monday 21 July 2014 15:59:12 Curt wrote: On 2014-07-21, Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com wrote: http://www.tgmeds.org.uk/ http://www.sharons.org.uk/ I get 502 Bad Gateway nginx/1.2.1 for both sites. I see both, what seems to be, correctly. Lisi

Re: rsync of mtp://[usb:001,012]/ ?

James Cloos cl...@jhcloos.com writes: SK == Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com writes: R https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs SK Thanks, I was able to download a binary from there, go-mtpfs.x86, SK and made it executable and then ran - Is your kernel 32 bit or 64 bit? If the latter

Re: rsync of mtp://[usb:001,012]/ ?

Reco recovery...@gmail.com writes: Hi. On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 06:41:08AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: I have a mobile phone and a kindle fire, both of which can be manually mounted, but they are given names like mtp://[usb:002,042]/ currently the kindle fire. And mtp://[usb:001,012]/ which

Re: rsync of mtp://[usb:001,012]/ ?

Reco recovery...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:11:41 +0100 Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com wrote: Neither of them show in mount, although I know that I can mount either using jmtpfs /media/galaxy. But doing that gives a very flakey connection, prone to dropping it or i/o

rsync of mtp://[usb:001,012]/ ?

I have a mobile phone and a kindle fire, both of which can be manually mounted, but they are given names like mtp://[usb:002,042]/ currently the kindle fire. And mtp://[usb:001,012]/ which is the mobile phone. How can I do a rsync backup of them both, or any backup at all really, just in case the

Auto-emptying of trash.

Revisiting a question that I asked in March last year about how to auto-empty a trash bin. This has worked very well until today, when on one of my drives it also deleted the trash bin as well, so my follow-on script to give me the size of my trash bin failed as there wasn’t a trash bin to

you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

When copying and pasting some text from a text document into emacs, it starts out as - ╭ │Remember, most breast lumps are not cancerous, but you don't know if you don't ask. ╰ but appears as - ╭ │Remember, most breast lumps are not cancerous, but you don\u2019t know if you

Re: you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com writes: On 11/05/14 17:06, Sharon Kimble wrote: When copying and pasting some text from a text document into emacs, it starts out as - ╭ │Remember, most breast lumps are not cancerous, but you don't know if you don't ask

Re: you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz writes: On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 06:36:34PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 11/05/14 17:06, Sharon Kimble wrote: But is there a system-wide solution, just in case it starts happening in some other programme please? Try enabling utf (it's

Re: you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com writes: Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz writes: On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 06:36:34PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 11/05/14 17:06, Sharon Kimble wrote: But is there a system-wide solution, just in case it starts happening in some other

Re: you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

Filip fi...@fbvnet.be writes: On Sun, 11 May 2014 12:23:19 +0100 Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com wrote: Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz writes: --8---cut here---start-8--- locale LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LC_CTYPE

emacs development?

I was a very happy user of the fortnightly 'emacs-snapshot' from 'emacs.naquadah.org' but they stopped producing then back in January. Has anyone been doing the emacs snapshots since then please? And if so, would they be willing to share them please? Has anyone got an url for the

Re: questions about password safes

On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:05:00 -0500 Dave Woyciesjes woycies...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 03/07/2014 11:56 AM, Paul E Condon wrote: I run Wheezy, desktop Xfce. I want to start using a password safe. I've done some searching on the Web and would like to use Bruce Schneier's Password Safe. There

Re: compton and shadows

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 06:26:47 +0100 Gian Uberto Lauri gianuberto.la...@gmail.com wrote: What are the effects of the -C (uppercase c) switch? No discernible difference. Sharon. -- Gian Uberto Lauri Messaggio inviato da un tablet On 07/mar/2014, at 03:46, Sharon Kimble boudic

Re: compton and shadows

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:16:43 + Peter Tynan ha...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote: On 7 March 2014 02:46, Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net wrote: If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in 'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to about one inch above

A SOLUTION - Re: compton and shadows

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:05:41 + Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net wrote: On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:16:43 + Peter Tynan ha...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote: On 7 March 2014 02:46, Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net wrote: If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank

compton and shadows

If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in 'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to about one inch above your launcher. In this shadow you are unable to click any button or pane-descriptor like in 'tmux', it is effectively 'dead-ground' and unusable. Is

Loading themes in emacs

I have the strange problem in that if I load a theme using 'M-x load-theme' and then put in a theme name when prompted like 'brin' it only shows the theme background colour in the fringe and the mode-line and nowhere else. Its the same whatever theme I load. The relevant section from my .emacs is

Losing '_b00jdlb8_default' from a files name?

I am using this script to convert radio programmes downloaded with 'get-iplayer' from '*.m4a' to '*.mp3', and it works very well. for i in *.m4a; do faad $i x=`echo $i|sed -e 's/.m4a/.wav/'` y=`echo $i|sed -e

Re: Losing '_b00jdlb8_default' from a files name?

On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:31:40 -0800 David Guntner da...@guntner.com wrote: Sharon Kimble grabbed a keyboard and wrote: I am using this script to convert radio programmes downloaded with 'get-iplayer' from '*.m4a' to '*.mp3', and it works very well. for i in *.m4a

Re: wheezy + xfce + samsung galaxy S3 android doesn't mount

On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:32:09 -0500 Paul Cartwright pbcartwri...@gmail.com wrote: Is there some magic, besides mtpfs to make xfce mount my android phone? Thunar doesn't see it, yet I can cd to the mount point and cd down to the DCIM... pictures folder in a terminal window, now I remember why I

Re: May I introduce to you ..... 'beeb'

On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:58:45 -0500 Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: On 02/01/2014 08:13 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: May I introduce to you ‘beeb’ the all-singing, all-danc ing, upgrade to ‘get-iplayer’! The BBC has some superb radio and TV programmes, some of which they have released

Re: May I introduce to you ..... 'beeb'

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:51:04 +1100 Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/02/14 00:13, Sharon Kimble wrote: May I introduce to you ‘beeb’ the all-singing, all-dancing, upgrade to ‘get-iplayer’! snipped Any problems, or further instruction required

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