Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-05-01 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 03:05:18PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > I'm still trying to find a way to make that ghost disk disappear. I am > > fairly sure a reboot will sort it but solving the problem without > > understanding it is something I only do when there is a good reason, > > like

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-04-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 4/3/17, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > Any way to reset udev? (in a way that doesn't nuke the system and > require a reboot anyway) > > I'm still trying to find a way to make that ghost disk disappear. I am > fairly sure a reboot will sort it but solving the problem without >

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-04-03 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 09:01:59PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 09:32:33PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:58:51PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:02:27AM +0200,

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-04-03 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 09:32:33PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:58:51PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:02:27AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:31:45AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > >

Re: [way off topic] Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-28 Thread David Wright
On Tue 28 Mar 2017 at 12:46:18 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > i wrote: > > > Just wait until you read my alternative facts about the raison d'être > > > of systemd. > > kAt wrote: > > I want to read it > > If you test > > http://scdbackup.webframe.org/make_isombr_part > > as

Re: [off topic] Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-28 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > Just wait until you read my alternative facts about the raison d'être > > of systemd. kAt wrote: > I want to read it If you test http://scdbackup.webframe.org/make_isombr_part as described in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg01215.html on your USB stick and

Re: [off topic] Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-27 Thread kAt
Thomas Schmitt: > Hi, > > tomás wrote: >> Beware of the Sun! > > Says the Oracle ... > >> You often *make* my day, Thomas :-) > > Just wait until you read my alternative facts about the raison d'être > of systemd. I want to read it Except for the last two lines > Have a nice day :) >

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-27 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:58:51PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:02:27AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:31:45AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Tomas has tried to give me

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-27 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:02:27AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:31:45AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > [...] > > > Tomas has tried to give me pointers on that but I'm afraid I don't > > understand where to take that. Is there any chance someone who isn't a > >

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-27 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:01:57PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:02:27AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:31:45AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Tomas has tried to give me

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-27 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:02:27AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:31:45AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > [...] > > > Tomas has tried to give me pointers on that but I'm afraid I don't > > understand where to take that. Is there any chance someone who isn't a > >

[off topic] Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, tomás wrote: > Beware of the Sun! Says the Oracle ... > You often *make* my day, Thomas :-) Just wait until you read my alternative facts about the raison d'être of systemd. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: [off topic] Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-27 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:24:47AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > tomás wrote: > > Don't forget Ariadne and the yarn, and give my greetings to the > > Minotaur ;-) > > Minotaur XP was replaced by the incompatible cyclops-scylla 2.0. > You

[off topic] Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, tomás wrote: > Don't forget Ariadne and the yarn, and give my greetings to the > Minotaur ;-) Minotaur XP was replaced by the incompatible cyclops-scylla 2.0. You will have to replace your old Theseus desktop by the new Oddity Experiencer which gives the look-and-feel of a smartphone and

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-27 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:31:45AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: [...] > Tomas has tried to give me pointers on that but I'm afraid I don't > understand where to take that. Is there any chance someone who isn't a > self-proclaimed "desktop luddite"

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 12:28:33PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > > Well, I am sorry to say that the extents of the advice I can give on > handling troubles with Gnome or other desktop environments is "apt-get > purge gnome nautilus; apt-get install fvwm zsh". I can still suggest two > basic

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-26 Thread Nicolas George
Le sextidi 6 germinal, an CCXXV, Mark Fletcher a écrit : > That directory in /media/mark was owned by... mark this time! BUT, Files > has the New Folder command greyed out, indicating it does NOT think it > can write to this device. And I cannot paste anything into the device's > pane in Files.

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-26 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 06:53:15PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: [...] > So perms are fixed in fact but not according to the Files application. > And detection and auto-prompting for the passphrase on connect is not > working for this device but is

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 11:31:19AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Le sextidi 6 germinal, an CCXXV, Mark Fletcher a écrit : > > Yeah I guess so, but chmod or chown of WHAT, though? > > Of the root directory of the drive, i.e. the directory where it is > mounted: chown you /media/mark/drive while

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-26 Thread Nicolas George
Le sextidi 6 germinal, an CCXXV, Mark Fletcher a écrit : > Yeah I guess so, but chmod or chown of WHAT, though? Of the root directory of the drive, i.e. the directory where it is mounted: chown you /media/mark/drive while it is mounted. > Also, for some reason I can't reply-list to your mails,

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 11:14:02AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Le sextidi 6 germinal, an CCXXV, Mark Fletcher a écrit : > > However, can't write to it, and I have to drop to the > > command line and su to root before I can do so. > > Obvious guess: it has nothing to do with

Re: Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-26 Thread Nicolas George
Le sextidi 6 germinal, an CCXXV, Mark Fletcher a écrit : > However, can't write to it, and I have to drop to the > command line and su to root before I can do so. Obvious guess: it has nothing to do with encryption and only to do with permissions on the root directory. So I would

Encrypted flash drives

2017-03-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
Hello the list! This is a problem of repairing an encrypted USB drive that isn't playing nice with Gnome after setup although it is basically working and no data has been lost. Today I opened my desk drawer and found the USB flash drive I have used to back up my GPG private keys, revokation