Re: need help on cracking wireless password

2018-02-26 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 10:57:03AM +0100, deloptes wrote: > Long Wind wrote: > > > but this is China, we have very low moral standard than you(your email > > shows that you are from USA) the big ? in China is freedomgoogle, > > facebook, twitter ... are all blocked by governmentif we demand

Re: [RESEND] lxde error

2018-08-02 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 11:04:37PM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희) wrote: > i'm new to debian. yesterday i did install debian on chromebook. i get > some error when i start lxde. attached file with error [1]. how can i > resolve it? > > $ lsb_release -d > Description:Debian GNU/Linux 8.11

Re: Set the MTU on the interface

2018-07-30 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 03:55:52PM +0300, Алексей wrote: > Hi! > > I need an advice about how can I set the MTU on the interface which is not in > fact configured. So to explain in more detail: > > I have a debian box acting as a router and it has interface let's say eth0. > Eth0 itself

Re: a dh keys question?

2018-07-31 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:07:53PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi, thanks with answers. > > On Tue, 31 Jul 2018, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > You generate a private/public key pair with ssh-keygen, and send > > the public key over to your destination

Re: a dh keys question?

2018-07-31 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 01:01:31PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi again, > > > > ssh-keygen is a command that comes along with your SSH client in > > Debian (and all other UNIX-like systems that supply OpenSSH). > Understood. > > > That sounds like your DSL company decided to block port 22,

Re: a dh keys question?

2018-07-31 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 11:38:34AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi everyone, > While the question seems simple, at least to me, the reason behind it is > complicated. so I am hoping to focus on the question first. > During the dh key exchange process, where do the user dh key packets come >

Re: a dh keys question?

2018-08-01 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 03:16:26PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > On August 1, 2018 2:50:39 PM EDT, Karen Lewellen > wrote: > But without seeing logs, it's kind of impossible to see what's going on. She's been asked for logs and exact error message several times now, and has not provided any.

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 07:55:00AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 08:29:34AM -0400, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > > Correct. Procmail uses a set of rules to decide what to go with messages > > presented to it; those rules are usually based on the contents of message > > headers,

Re: Debian 9 network management

2018-08-14 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 01:08:40AM -0700, Remigio wrote: > Hi there, > recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch and I noticed that the network > configuration management method was substantially changed. > Infact the file /etc/network/interfaces is almost empty despite I've inserted > the network

Re: Request for information

2018-08-16 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 07:48:28PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Basicly, Brian, IMNSHO, the gpl is saying TANSTAAFL, a concept their MBA > degree professors never explained. I'm afraid I have to chuckle > everytime I see it being enforced. An MBA degree means they've had > common sense beat

Re: Hrdware question

2018-08-12 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 08:01:08PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 11/08/2018 à 22:50, David Christensen a écrit : > > > > 3.  Do a fresh install of Debian onto the SSD.  Partition manually, > > creating three primary partitions: /boot (1 GB), swap (1 GB), and root > > (10 GB). > > Mind to

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 06:05:41PM +, tech wrote: > > ... and why not ? > > > As an example, with a bugzilla, you dont have to dig in n*thousands of > "unread" mails,. You can organized, have a clear view with a dashboard... and > so on. > > And bugzilla is just one possibility. Are you

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 11:33:39AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > 3. Indexed mail searching. Whatever works with your preferred > > mail client. Have cron run a re-index every morning before you > > wake up. > > Care to expand on this one a bit? Not

Re: Sid: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out

2018-08-20 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 05:57:16PM +, Grzegorz Sójka wrote: > Hi there, > > I have following integrated network adapter: > > # lspci -s 02:00 > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) > > By a heavy

Re: Deep Packet Inspection

2018-08-21 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:21:01AM +0300, Mimiko wrote: > Isn't zorp gone commercial only? > > On 19.08.2018 20:51, Dan Ritter wrote: > > zorp is a proxying firewall with many look-inside features, but > > is not arbitrarily deep. > zorp 6.0.10.0-2 is packaged for sid; e

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-23 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 04:05:52PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, August 10, 2018 07:33:39 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > 3. Indexed mail searching. Whatever works with your preferred > > > mail client. Have cron run a re-index every mo

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-24 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 09:52:25PM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: > MANY IAP forbid the use of NNTP (e.g. the french Providers Bougues and > Orange) because of the HUGE traffic it produce. NNTP is about the same efficiency as email. Usenet with binaries groups, on the other hand, matches what

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-24 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 07:23:15PM +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2018-08-24 19:06, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 06:45:00PM +0100, Eric S Fraga wrote: > > > On Friday, 24 Aug 2018 at 20:15, Reco wrote: > > > > -INT_MAX. I win. > > > > > > -1 (wraps around so = INT_MAX) and

Re: Deep Packet Inspection

2018-08-19 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 08:31:42PM +0300, Mimiko wrote: > Hello. > > Maybe this was answered. Is there a Deep Packet Inspection to use in Debian 9 > for a firewall setup? Opensource and maybe in repository. > libndpi and ntopng are packaged, but no firewall built on that is packaged (that I

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-27 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 04:13:30PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:28:35PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:37:48AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > That bandwidth limit is not on your side of the isp, its the ba

Re: why is the kernel "unsleeping" a HDD put to sleep with hdparm -Y ?

2018-08-27 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 07:48:18PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > So I have a 'spare' internal spinning rust bucket which I only use > for backups, and so most of the time when I'm not using it I put it > to sleep with: > > sudo hdparm -Y /dev/sda > > Unfortunately the kernel wakes the drive up

Re: A reliable SIP registrar?

2018-08-27 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 10:52:35AM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > For the Ekiga client in Debian, the Ekiga SIP registrar always works. > For other systems the Ekiga registrar can fail. Mikhail Zabaluev > comments in https://sourceforge.net/p/sofia-sip/bugs/102/ at > 2009-06-08,

Re: xfce4-session launched from .xinitrc, clobbers xrandr settings

2018-08-22 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 07:21:55PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > OK, so I thought I'd wait 3 weeks, and yeah, I know, it's only been > 20 days, but hey, color me impatient. > > What I ended up doing is just adding an xrandr entry to my xfce4 > session, but this seems to slow the startup of the

Re: Gemini PDA -- Voice assist -- does that work with all the OSs

2018-08-22 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:40:52AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I now see that the Gemini PDA is available with 4 operating systems (maybe > one > is still vaporware), but they are Linux, Android, and 2 versions of Sailfish. > > It has a voice assist button, and I'd like to know more

Re: Repository Problem

2018-08-18 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 08:15:12PM +1000, David wrote: > On 18 August 2018 at 05:00, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > I have just installed Stretch on a new SSD on my platform. > > > > During the installation I selected the University of Chicago mirror and > > accepted the defaults plus backports. >

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-27 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:37:48AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > That bandwidth limit is not on your side of the isp, its the bandwidth > from the main trunk lines to the isp. NNTP is a huge bandwidth hog > regardless of how much of it your isp accepts for spooling on local disk > to serve

Re: Pastel colours in slrn - why?

2018-07-18 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 02:45:32PM -0700, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 18/07/18 11:05 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 10:24:45AM -0700, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > What terminal program are you using? Is the behavior the same if you > > fire up slrn i

Re: Pastel colours in slrn - why?

2018-07-18 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 10:24:45AM -0700, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > Recently I upgraded my laptop (a Lenovo T410) from Jessie to Stretch. > I almost have everything working again, but something puzzling (and > irritating) has happened to slrn. All the colours have been softened; > it's as if

Re: Which is better? Microsoft Exchange 2016 or Linux-based SMTP Servers?

2018-07-18 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 03:39:07PM +, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > I am torn between deploying Microsoft Exchange 2016 and Linux-based > SMTP servers like sendmail, postfix, qmail and exim. > > Relative ease of installation and configuration is an important > consideration factor.

Re: HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 Hot Plug 6 LFF - Is Jessie or Stretch ok?

2018-07-15 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 05:28:47PM +0100, Bernie Elbourn wrote: > Hi > > I have one of these running Wheezy - been stable for years without issue. It > also has original firmware etc. Yep - needs updating > > Has anyone got one of these running Jessie, or Stretch OK ... Is/was there > any

Car Audio USB Jacks

2018-07-23 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 02:08:37PM -0400, Doug wrote: > > On 07/22/2018 04:57 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > This may or may not be off topic, but you folks seem to know something about > CDs, so I'll ask: > My friend has just gotten a Korean car--it's either a Hundai or a Kia, I > don't remember,

Re: debian mobile and easy install.

2018-07-22 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 03:52:56PM +0100, furey2310 wrote: > Hi, > > All the talk regarding linux mobile o/s and one after the other... > discontinued. > > why is there not a compiled set of instructions (installation code itself) > to be saved on a usb (only installs on a mobile device) as in

Re: Getting packages from stable again instead of unstable

2018-07-19 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:43:51AM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > I'm going to pose my question here at the top in case it can be answered > without wading through all the details that follow: > > Now that I have removed unstable form sources.list and preferences > (pinning), won't my packages

Re: trusting .deb packages

2018-07-24 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:45:38AM -0500, Anil Duggirala wrote: > I am thinking about installing the Mega.nz app on my Debian Stretch > installation. They provide a .deb package. Is there anything I can do to > ensure this is a safe package? To know that this package will not create a >

Re: Debian Stretch Am Confused about /dev/dsp

2018-08-30 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 03:10:24PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > The software I wrote doesn't predate oss but some > documentation I red years ago that probably does predate oss was > what I used to wrige some C routines that send and receive sound > plus use ioctl to set, say, /dev/dsp

Re: Confused by Amanda

2018-09-02 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 04:09:22PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > I recently messed up some files and decided to resort to the backup to > recover them. I was able to do so, but the process left me wondering if > I would really be in a position to do so in all cases. For example, > Amanda

Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch

2018-09-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 05:47:37PM -0500, Josh W. wrote: > Debian Users, > I am having a terrible time setting up a free VPN Service! Could > "Any Body" point me to an UP To Date way. to set up OpenVPN on Debian > Stretch? Your Help is Much Needed!!! Thank you! sudo apt install openvpn

Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch

2018-09-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 07:42:58PM -0400, Wayne Sallee wrote: > Has anyone set up OpenVPN with ssh-keygen -t rsa ? > Technically, you can do that. In practice, you need to have a CA set up, of which easy-rsa is the simplest choice. Why? Revocation. Let's suppose you have an SSH server.

Re: Odd problem with MATE Search Tool

2018-08-31 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 07:29:26AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I just installed SciTE text editor from the repository. > The default font size was too small so I went looking for the appropriate > properties file. > > I entered "scite" in the "Name contains:" box and chose "Filesystem" in the

Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch

2018-09-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:29:02AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 07:42:58PM -0400, Wayne Sallee wrote: > >> Has anyone set up OpenVPN with ssh-keygen -t rsa ? > >> > > > > Technically, you can do that. >

Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch

2018-09-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 06:56:44AM -0400, Wayne Sallee wrote: > > > On 09/05/2018 06:30 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:29:02AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > > > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > On Tue, S

Re: Fwd: terminal will not wak after hibernation

2018-07-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 07:33:12PM -0400, Dave wrote: > > after hibernation the terminal will not wake ( apparently, no signal ) > > the computer wakes, the keyboard lights up. > > I just installed deb 9.4 amd / the bios was just updated. By terminal, do you mean monitor? If so: 1.

Re: Fwd: terminal will not wak after hibernation

2018-07-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 09:34:48AM -0400, Dave wrote: > > On 7/5/18 9:18 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 07:33:12PM -0400, Dave wrote: > > > after hibernation the terminal will not wake ( apparently, no signal ) > > > > > > the

Re: Fwd: terminal will not wak after hibernation

2018-07-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 10:33:52AM -0400, Dave wrote: > > > I cannot SSH in to this sytem. > > I have tried Ctrl Alt F1 or F2 does not work. You'll need to reboot. Ctrl-Alt-Del should work. -dsr-

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > You're both missing the main point, which is that a Brother > > printer with BRscript/3 is essentially a Postscript printer, and > > you can treat

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:16:59PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > If you meant hplip drivers, which are available from Debian > > repository, then I wonder what actually makes them so much "from > > Debian"? IMHO, their avalability from Debian repository does not > > really make them

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 11:38:41PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 07:05:52PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > >

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 12:53:20PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > You'

Re: How to access this group via NNTP in PAN client.

2018-07-06 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 08:25:13AM -0700, Piotr Martyniuk wrote: > On Friday, 6 July 2018 17:20:03 UTC+2, Dan Ritter wrote: > > The missing ingredient here is an NNTP server that: > > > > a) carries linux.debian.user > > b) gives you read and, optionally, post pr

Re: How to access this group via NNTP in PAN client.

2018-07-06 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 08:09:32AM -0700, zaxonx...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to use X11 newsgroup client (Pan) to access linux.debian.user > group using NNTP protocol. > > Does anyone using NNTP client with this group? The missing ingredient here is an NNTP server that: a)

Re: Fwd: terminal will not wak after hibernation

2018-07-07 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 09:45:25AM -0400, Dave wrote: > I wanted to know if this hibernation / waking issue can be solved by using > more compatable motherboards, hardware, ect ... or is this issue prevelant > regardless of the hardware and bios being used ? It's a specific combination of

Re: Fwd: terminal will not wak after hibernation

2018-07-08 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 04:16:19PM -0400, Dave wrote: > > > On 7/7/18 11:24 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 09:45:25AM -0400, Dave wrote: > > > I wanted to know if this hibernation / waking issue can be solved by using > > > more compa

Re: BTRFS and debian

2018-07-13 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 07:53:01PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > I have been reading Evi Nemeth, et al, 2018, "Unix and Linux System > Administration Handbook", 5 e.. The authors make the point that cloud > servers should be treated like cattle, not like pets -- e.g. when pets are > sick,

Re: VT2 for Xorg?

2018-07-09 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 09:08:17AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 01:08:59PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > With a bash fn like: > > ttyGetNum () { return $(tty | grep -oE '[0-9]+$') ; } > > > > Then something like this will id your current tty: > > ttyGetNum;

Re: Beeping after power irregularities?

2018-03-06 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 10:50:52AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > Our AC power just blinked several times. More or less concurrently with > that, something in our server cage (we think it's a Debian box); it doesn't > appear to be an AS/400, any network gear, or our UPS) began emitting >

Re: adsl bridge mode

2018-03-07 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 01:17:01AM +0300, Gokan Atmaca wrote: > Hello > > I got ADSL bridge mode. I can get ip address from DHCP from the > service provider. > How do I configure it ? Let's assume that the Debian machine is connected to the ADSL modem on eth0 The basic configuration in

Re: Disable SATA LPM (Link Power Management)

2018-04-06 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 09:08:03PM +0200, basti wrote: > > > On 06.04.2018 20:20, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 07:05:00PM +0200, basti wrote: > >> Hello, > >> is there a way to disable LPM for mv_sata driver by commandline? > >> >

Re: Disable SATA LPM (Link Power Management)

2018-04-06 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 07:05:00PM +0200, basti wrote: > Hello, > is there a way to disable LPM for mv_sata driver by commandline? > per-disk, not per-driver: echo STATE > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/link_power_management_policy where STATE can be: max_performance medium_power

Re: hdmi from cable box in a Linux window?

2018-04-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 04:14:09PM -0700, John Conover wrote: > > Is there a good way of getting hdmi from a cable TV box into a window > on the Linux screen? Anyone done it? Yes, the most straightforward is a box that takes HDMI in, connects to your network and makes an RTSP stream available

Re: Error while upgrading from Wheezy to Stretch

2018-04-12 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 07:57:07PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 11 Apr 2018 at 15:31:32 (-0400), David Parker wrote: > > I am trying to upgrade two test boxes from Wheezy to Stretch (skipping > > Jessie). The upgrade worked on one of them, although I ran into errors and > > had to run

Re: Adaptec Raid Controller

2018-04-17 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 05:55:20AM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello *, > > very long time ago (17 years) I used 3Ware Hardware Raid Controller where > most are working up to now and they are not broken yet. > > However, for all newer installations I use Adaptec and especially the > 71506E

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 06:07:28PM -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > Thanks! Between you and Abdullah, I believe I have, what I need, next > window with my Friend. > > Consider this "Provisionally Solved". And now for the other thing: > > > One more thing: Because of some changes, from 8 to 9,

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 03:13:09PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 04/21/18 14:24, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > > One more thing: Because of some changes, from 8 to 9, I am being asked to > > do Network Administration, with both Hands behind my Back: Debian CD1 > > does *NOT* install the

Re: Error while upgrading from Wheezy to Stretch

2018-04-19 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 02:47:05PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 19 April 2018 11:32:28 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > The only thing I would say is use apt "pinning" to prioritize the > > backports repository lower than the other repositories so you don't > > accidentally get

Re: RME Hammerfall / VLC

2018-04-25 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 09:24:30PM +, Glenn English wrote: > Debian Buster, RME Hammerfall soundcard, VLC 3.0.1 > > Already looked at the VLC site and found nothing useful, so I whine to > the audio gurus on this list. > > Audacity works fine playing mp3s and flacs (meters bounce, sound in >

Re: postfix "delivery-date" - how to?

2018-04-25 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 08:38:39PM +0200, Kamil Jońca wrote: > > Exim has a nice feature: it puts "Delivery-date" header when terminates > delivery to pipe/mailbox. > > Is it posible with postfix? It is possible, not necessarily convenient. Here's how Postfix delivers mail:

Re: IPv6 radvd questions

2018-03-26 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 08:25:56PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm getting a little confused by the radvd docs, and possibly by IPv6 > concepts in general ... > > The router I'm configuring isn't the default gateway of the LAN; it's an > openvpn endpoint (server), and I just want

Re: hotspot

2018-03-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 04:50:20PM +0300, Gokan Atmaca wrote: > Hello > > I want to create a hotspot system on Debian. > Can you help me with this? You need hostapd and a compatible wifi adapter. apt-get install hostapd and then decide whether you're offering a bridged or routed connection.

Re: hotspot

2018-03-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 05:46:26PM +0300, Gokan Atmaca wrote: > >> > >> I want to create a hotspot system on Debian. > >> Can you help me with this? > > > > You need hostapd and a compatible wifi adapter. > > > Actually I want something similar to the captive portal. Is there such > a software

Re: Which kernel should I use?

2018-09-27 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 06:40:59PM -0500, Dennis Wicks wrote: > I notice that there is available two different kernels; > > linux-image-4.9.0-8-686-pae > > and > > linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-686-pae > > I am running on a Pentium 4. > > Which one of these should I be using? And just

Re: dual port cross over cable bonding

2018-10-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 10:46:15AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 03:45:14PM +0100, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > > Yes, 192.168.200.1 and 192.168.200.2 netmask 30 > > All ports and cables work when tested 1-1 but not with my 2-2 bonding > > config. > >

Re: dual port cross over cable bonding

2018-10-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 03:45:14PM +0100, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > Yes, 192.168.200.1 and 192.168.200.2 netmask 30 > All ports and cables work when tested 1-1 but not with my 2-2 bonding > config. > > > Looks like your LACP is correct but your IP addressing is wrong. > > > > Do you have

Re: dual port cross over cable bonding

2018-10-05 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 03:14:15PM +0100, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > Hello, > > I have 2 servers running Proxmox 5.2 (based on Debian 9). > > I've connected Ethernet ports between them with a pair of cross over cables. > > When only 1 port on each and 1 cable are used connectivity looks fine with

Re: systemd can't start a dæmon and doesn't give any error either

2018-10-08 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 06:17:52PM +0800, Weiwu Zhang wrote: > To show this dæmon itself is properly configured and runs fine on Debian 9.5: > > # su bitcoin > $ cd > $ /usr/local/bin/bitcoind -daemon > Bitcoin server starting > $ pgrep bitcoind > 3946 > > However, it won't start if converted to

Re: Upgrading with a low data cap

2018-10-08 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 06:35:19AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I haven't yet read the documentation for apt-cache-ng and don't know if it > would match my mental image. I was assuming that that all the packages that > I downloaded/upgraded were still in a cache which could be transferred to

Re: Are these instructions meant to be executed on Debian 9.5.0?

2018-10-08 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 10:27:17AM +, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > Good afternoon from Singapore, I came across this Linux Journal article > titled "DIY: Build a Custom Minimal Linux Distribution from Source", written > by Petros Koutoupis. Link: >

Re: Slow firefox and high cpu usage

2018-10-12 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 12:57:15PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 10 Oct 2018 at 18:45:16 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 06:15:06PM -0400, bw wrote: > > > On Wed, 10 Oct 2018, Dan Ritter wrote: > > running software that the Debian Project

Micro-report: using Stable without systemd

2018-10-14 Thread Dan Ritter
Throughout Jessie and Stretch, I have been running Debian without systemd as the init system. If systemd became installed by accident, I promptly removed it in favor of sysvinit. I have done so on six desktops, two laptops, and a large number (I will not specify, but in the hundreds) of

Re: Micro-report: using Stable without systemd

2018-10-14 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 06:09:12PM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 10/14/2018 4:23 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > Throughout Jessie and Stretch, I have been running Debian without > > systemd as the init system. If systemd became installed by accident, I > > promptly remo

Re: Upgrading with a low data cap

2018-10-17 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 10:10:01AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Richard Owlett writes: > > Quoting webopedia.com, "A local-area network (LAN) is a computer > > network that spans a relatively small area." The sticking point is an > > unstated assumption - a LAN connects two *OR MORE* computers. I

Re: Line wrap problem - Pluma 1.16.1 on Debian 9.1

2018-10-17 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 09:55:08AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/17/2018 09:37 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 08:46:40AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I wanted to have line wrap occur at column 70. > > > I went to Preferences->View. >

Re: What are the differences between systemd and non-systemd Linux distros?

2018-10-16 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 12:05:58PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > 2) systemd is supposed to be a security improvement over systemv. Do you know who told you that, or where it was written down? -dsr-

Re: Why does sound encoded with mencoder crackle in debian stretch but not in buster?

2018-10-19 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 04:09:19PM +0200, Markus Grunwald wrote: > I'm transcoding some TV Series with mencoder. I wrote a script where the > core is: > > mencoder 1.ts -o 1.avi -passlogfile /tmp/tmp.VQ6WZm1tSo/pass.log > -demuxer lavf -nosub -vf softskip,harddup -aspect 16:9 -aid 0 -oac

Re: Why does sound encoded with mencoder crackle in debian stretch but not in buster?

2018-10-19 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 04:48:17PM +0200, Markus Grunwald wrote: > Hello Dan, > > > Does > > -oac copy > > do the same thing? > No, that works! > > Strange. No, no, it means that you have successfully identified the source of the problem as being ffmpeg's audio conversion. On the other hand,

Re: Line wrap problem - Pluma 1.16.1 on Debian 9.1

2018-10-17 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 08:46:40AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I wanted to have line wrap occur at column 70. > I went to Preferences->View. > Line wrapping was indicated as enabled. > I selected "display margin" and set the margin to 70. > Margin displays. > Text does *NOT* wrap. > I also

Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements

2018-10-23 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 09:53:57AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I want to establish a mailing list for the group. > > I want to find either: > >* a "service" that would host a mailing list for the group for free > >* or, put a (simple) mailing list application on one of my

Re: Package shared library with application

2018-10-23 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 08:36:37AM +, Damir Porobic wrote: > Hi All, > > > I'm trying to package my application together with a shared library that I > have written but run now into following error: > > > dpkg-shlibdeps: error: no dependency information found for >

Re: versioning file system

2018-10-26 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 05:32:52PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > I did Fortran programming on VAX/VMS machines back in the 1980's. Its > file versioning feature was a godsend [1][2]. I want that on my Debian > machines. > > 2018-10-25 17:28:29 dpchrist@vstretch ~ > $ apt-cache search

Re: Help me Linux

2018-10-31 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 08:17:13AM -0400, songbird wrote: > > > > The reason for this mail is, I am not really very expert or well versed in > > any computer language or any field of computer. > > my statement above is based upon this sentence... I went to a pretty good CS undergraduate

Re: Help me Linux

2018-10-31 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 04:38:53PM +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 01:30:12PM +, Curt wrote: > > On 2018-10-31, songbird wrote: > > > P M wrote: > > > > > >> Hey, this is Piyush M. > > >> I am a computer science graduate from 2015. > > > > > > you were ripped off

Re: Migrating Debian installation to a new motherboard

2018-10-31 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:10:06PM +0100, local10 wrote: > > > > How did you reconfigure the MAC address after the migration? I'm gettig > > "network is unreachable " even for local IPs so I guess I'll need to do > > that too. Thanks > > > > 1. I'm runnig Buster > > 2. Motherboard NIC is

Re: Migrating Debian installation to a new motherboard

2018-11-01 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 05:12:35PM +0100, local10 wrote: > 1. Nov 2018 10:18 by pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org : > > > > Le 01/11/2018 à 15:10, local10 a écrit : > >> > >> Note that the 2nd interface is enp3s0 not enp2s0 as I have  in > >> /etc/network/interfaces. This,

Re: Help me Linux

2018-10-30 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 01:47:05PM +0530, P M wrote: > > The reason for this mail is, I am not really very expert or well versed in > any computer language or any field of computer. But I feel strong > connection and relationship with Linux. I also love Python programming > language. Despite of

Re: Raid

2018-11-05 Thread Dan Ritter
Finariu Florin: >  Hi,somebody can help me with some information about why I can not seethe > Raid0 created in bios? > I have a motherboard EPC602D8A with 2chipsets: Intel C602 (Sata2 x 4, Sata3 > x 2) and Marvell SE9172 (Sata3x 2). I create in BIOS a Raid0 on Marvel and > another Raid0 on

Re: Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

2018-11-06 Thread Dan Ritter
Thomas Schmitt: > Hi, > > i have to add that the example gesture > > $ dd if=/dev/sr0 count=1 >/dev/null 2>&1 > > which shall pull in the tray and wait until the drive is ready, does not > work any more. Is this approximately equivalent to `eject -t` ? -dsr-

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Cindy-Sue Causey: > But... bank account STILL does not work... > > It yelled javascript was not enabled and basically *almost* KICKED me > out IMMEDIATELY because it wasn't available. > > Which led to me sitting here thinking... I THOUGHT javascript was > security issue prone to the point folks

Re: Dell Trackpad - No Primary Button

2018-11-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Kent West wrote: > I have a brand new Dell Latitude 5590 laptop on which I've installed Debian > 9.6. > > An external mouse works fine, but the finger-stick pointer doesn't work > (which I don't really care about), and the trackpad doesn't work right > (which hampers me). > > The trackpad moves

Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Shane Dev wrote: > > > > > > So, I can't offer a better suggestion than those already offered > > (rebuild from source package or install with pinning, though I would > > personally opt for rebuilding the package from buster). However, I am > > quite curious what new features are in vim 8.1 that

Re: Dell Trackpad - No Primary Button

2018-11-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Kent West wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 12:04 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Kent West wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:28 AM Dan Ritter > > wrote: > > > > Google tells me you have a > > > > IEI Integration Corp DELL0817:00 044E:121F T

Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed?

2018-11-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Adrian D'Costa wrote: > I can disable nouveau-module and do a workaround by recompiling the kernel > and copying the nvidia.ko module to /lib/module and do modprobe nvidia. And > I am using proprietary NVIDIA driver for Linux on Debian flavours. I found > this works for my machine. > > > Why

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