Missing ifuse package in Jessie

I thought it would be nice to see if I could sync my iPad with my Jessie box. I downloaded all the packages that online research suggested I would need: apt-get install ideviceinstaller python-imobiledevice libimobiledevice-utils libimobiledevice4 libplist2 python-plist ifuse However, the ifuse

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Xen wrote: > > The thread and the responses by Catherine Gramze is one example of that. > She defends bad writing. She comes up with all kinds of excuses as to not > want to explain anything. Saying it is Good to not explain stuff. > > If you

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

On Friday 30 December 2016 02:23:15 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > My suggestion is you spend less time discussing it, and get started on > writing a few bman pages... :-)) +1! Lisi

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

On Friday 30 December 2016 01:37:53 Xen wrote: > Re Lisi: You clearly find wittering on yourself more fun than actually reading what other people have written. You have actually quoted my precise words, then accused me in your paraphrase of having said something completely different. Try

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

There is noting magic about man pages--what I'm trying to say is that, someone could start writing something similar to man pages, with all the detail or introductory / explanatory material you (they) might want. Maybe call them bman (for beginner man) pages? Then a little effort by a

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

Catherine Gramze schreef op 29-12-2016 19:47: On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Xen wrote: More importantly the man system or man format does not preclude such documents being written as tutorials so basically it is being done all around. So your assertion here does not

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

Re Lisi: "No. The problem here is that the overlap between highly competent technical people (who find tech fun) and people who love writing, and find writing fun, is so small. I personally know one, and he is not a developer. Developers love developing. Writers love writing. Neither

Re: not possible to install apt-transport-https package on jessie

Le 29/12/2016 à 23:14, John Naggets a écrit : $ sudo apt-get update Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie InRelease Get:1 http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB] Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie Release.gpg Hit

not possible to install apt-transport-https package on jessie

Hi, I am trying to install the apt-transport-https package in order to avoid the "E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found." error message which recently appeared when I want to apt-get update/upgrade. Unfortunately something is wrong here but I have no idea what... Have

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

Le 29/12/2016 à 22:14, The Wanderer a écrit : On 2016-12-29 at 15:59, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 29/12/2016 à 16:53, Richard Owlett a écrit : I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

On 2016-12-29 at 15:59, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 29/12/2016 à 16:53, Richard Owlett a écrit : > >> I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: >> /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 >> /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 > > Don't do that.

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

Le 29/12/2016 à 16:53, Richard Owlett a écrit : I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 Don't do that. Really. 1) Don't use drive or partition device names such as

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Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Xen wrote: > > More importantly the man system or man format does not preclude such > documents being written as tutorials so basically it is being done all > around. > > So your assertion here does not really have a basis in reality I must

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

Catherine Gramze schreef op 29-12-2016 19:31: On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Xen wrote: But if you are going to say the purpose of a man page is to be a complete reference guide unto its options, then you will write dirt poor man pages. That is all I can say here ​.

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

Catherine Gramze schreef op 29-12-2016 19:31: On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Xen wrote: But if you are going to say the purpose of a man page is to be a complete reference guide unto its options, then you will write dirt poor man pages. That is all I can say here ​.

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Xen wrote: > But if you are going to say the purpose of a man page is to be a complete > reference guide unto its options, then you will write dirt poor man pages. > That is all I can say here > ​. > ​But that is precisely the original

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

Greg Wooledge schreef op 29-12-2016 16:59: On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 09:53:28AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 All users can mount

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:05:48AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: What lacks to my experience as confused reader and as best effort writer is the user's view on the programs. man pages should document the details and often do sufficiently. But the user looks for solutions, not opportunities.

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz schreef op 29-12-2016 14:44: [sorry for the late response.] On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:05:48AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: It is not easy to describe a program with many use cases and even more particular settings and actions. What lacks to my experience as

Re: Pendrive computer

Lisi Reisz schreef op 29-12-2016 13:58: On Thursday 29 December 2016 02:31:49 Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/28/2016 4:07 PM, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:20:06 -0600 > > Richard Owlett wrote: >> Raspberry (sp?) Pi's have the compute power. But their form >> factor

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Re: Stretch and WiFi ALMOST working

On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 19:54:34 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > However, I now discover that Avahi is not doing its thing properly any > more, and other machines on my network cannot see this machine by name. > Its IP address right now is 192.168.11.13 and its name is affinity. I > have another

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 09:53:28AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: > /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 > /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 > > All users can mount and read. > However only root can

Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

I am using Jessie with MATE. I added these two lines to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext2users,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 ext2users,rw 0 0 Did not get what I expected after reading the man pages for fstab and mount(8). All users can

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Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine

On 12/29/2016 7:25 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 11:09:14 PM Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/28/2016 4:53 PM, Brian wrote: On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: There is a separate issue with default font sizes that I've noticed before, but am

Re: Pendrive computer

Richard writes: > I meant to say that I was aiming at an archetypal PDA. That would be the Newton. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

[sorry for the late response.] On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:05:48AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > It is not easy to describe a program with many use cases and even > more particular settings and actions. > > What lacks to my experience as confused reader and as best effort writer > is the user's

Re: Pendrive computer

On 12/29/2016 6:58 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 29 December 2016 02:31:49 Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/28/2016 4:07 PM, Joe wrote: On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:20:06 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: What I'm looking for is a retail product that would compete with PDA's of a

Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine

On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 11:09:14 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/28/2016 4:53 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> There is a separate issue with default font sizes that I've noticed > >> before, but am now motivated to address. Default

Re: Pendrive computer

On Thursday 29 December 2016 02:31:49 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/28/2016 4:07 PM, Joe wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:20:06 -0600 > > > > Richard Owlett wrote: > >> What I'm looking for is a retail product that would compete with > >> PDA's of a decade ago. > > > > I

Re: Constant crash on Debian 8.x in Dell T5610

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:09:22AM +0100, deloptes wrote: > > Dear community; I have recently installed Debian 8.x (last edition stable) 8 dot *what* precisely? There was a major change to the kernel's USB code in the middle of the jessie series. Before that, I had frequent lock-ups on my home

Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine

On 12/29/2016 4:52 AM, Brian wrote: On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 22:09:14 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/28/2016 4:53 PM, Brian wrote: On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: There is a separate issue with default font sizes that I've noticed before, but am now motivated to

Re: viewing pictures with gmediarender / gupnp-av-cp

On Sat, 24 Dec 2016, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: I try to display pictures from dlna servers, using gmediarender and gupnp-av-cp. That almost works, but just a part of the pictures are displayed (the upper left part, i.e. 1/4 of the pictures) I didn't find any configuration for these programs. Does

Re: /etc/network/interfaces: create bridge without IP address?

On 12/29/2016 11:49 AM, Reco wrote: > > auto br0 > iface br0 inet6 auto > bridge-ports ... > bridge-maxwait 0 > > Please note that you have to specify *something* in 'bridge-ports' > stanza. > Thanx, I was too blind to see. Regards Harri

Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine

On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 21:59:03 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/28/2016 4:46 PM, Brian wrote: > >On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>I just purchased a used Lenovo T430 and did my interpretation of a minimal > >>install of Debian 8.6.0 with a Mate DE. > >> >

Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine

On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 22:09:14 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/28/2016 4:53 PM, Brian wrote: > >On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>There is a separate issue with default font sizes that I've noticed before, > >>but am now motivated to address. Default fonts

Re: /etc/network/interfaces: create bridge without IP address?

Hi. On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 10:01:20AM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > how can I define a bridge in /etc/network/interfaces without > assigning it an IP address and netmask? It is supposed to > be IPv6 link-layer only. auto br0 iface br0 inet6 auto bridge-ports ...

Re: Constant crash on Debian 8.x in Dell T5610

Julio Cesar Mendez Carvajal wrote: > Dear community; I have recently installed Debian 8.x (last edition stable) > in my workstation. I am facing frequent, but TO FREQUENT crashes in the > system. As a result, the system restart too frequently. Is there any > problem with the system or any other

/etc/network/interfaces: create bridge without IP address?

Hi folks, how can I define a bridge in /etc/network/interfaces without assigning it an IP address and netmask? It is supposed to be IPv6 link-layer only. Regards Harri

Re: chgrp with user

deloptes schreef op 28-12-2016 20:17: Xen wrote: Xen schreef op 27-12-2016 23:13: Lost my temper there, Winston would say. Yes, I play video games too. What's the problem with that? You have a problem with that too? :). Also still want to add, If I may. No need to be so sensitive to