Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd

2024-04-10 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 10, 2024, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Hi, > > On one machine, I have > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2023-10-07 13:43:24 > /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/dm-event.socket -> > /lib/systemd/system/dm-event.socket > > and on another one, I have > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39

Re: ata6.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x100)

2024-01-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jan 12, 2024, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > In one of my new machines, I have a DVD+/-RW drive. There were > no issues on January 8 and 9. But today, I'm getting > > ata6.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x100) > > errors at boot time. > [...] > > Any idea? It's an I/O error between

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

2024-01-02 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jan 02, 2024, Charles Curley wrote: > I have a brand new NVME device, details below, in a brand new computer. > smartd just started returning pending sector errors. Means you've got "N" bad sector(s) on the drive. It happens, even on new drives. > > A recent extended (long) test run since

Re: Help: network abuse

2023-12-21 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 21, 2023, Alain D D Williams wrote: > My home PC is receiving, for hours at a time, 12-30 kB/s input > traffic. This is unsolicited. I do not know what it is trying to > achieve but suspect no good. It is also eating my broadband > allowance. > > Questions: > > • What is going on ? Looks

Re: Mouse single click handling?

2023-12-20 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 19, 2023, Felix Miata wrote: > Alexander V. Makartsev composed on 2023-12-19 11:37 (UTC-0500): > > > local10 wrote: > > >> I have several mice that went bad with the same defect: they > >> sometimes generate two single clicks very quickly (say, within > >> 10-20ms) instead of a single

Re: Mouse single click handling?

2023-12-19 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 19, 2023, local10 wrote: > I have several mice that went bad with the same defect: they sometimes > generate two single clicks very quickly (say, within 10-20ms) instead > of a single click. > > With reference to the above, is there a way or setting to force > several mouse clicks within a

Re: Could not find interfaces configuration file /etc/network/interfaces in Debian Linux 11 (bullseye)

2023-12-07 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 07, 2023, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 03:52:20PM +, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming > wrote: > > [...] > > > Problem > > = > > > > On 6 Dec 2023, our client discovered that their UDM Pro could not perform > > firmware updates automatically. Their UDM

Re: ntpsec as server questions

2023-12-04 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 04, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > [...] > So here on coyote: date -u: > Mon Dec 4 15:47:44 UTC 2023 > but on mkspi: date -u: > Mon 04 Dec 2023 03:47:16 PM UTC > [...] > > WTH? Where is that false 12 hour offset coming from? Coyote seems to use the standard output of 'date' (in 24-hour

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 01, 2023, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:20:57AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > You claim I don't have to do anything to that printer machine, so I > > installed the ICC server here. I have done zip to the dhcpd.conf which looks > > as it it is fully disabled. Assuming I

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 01, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > [lotsa snipping ... ] > > You claim I don't have to do anything to that printer machine, so I > installed the ICC server here. I have done zip to the dhcpd.conf which > looks as it it is fully disabled. Assuming I want a pool of 16 > addresses, say from

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 01, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/30/23 23:18, Max Nikulin wrote: > > [...] > > What I see in your messages are false claims, e.g. that DHCP addresses > > are unstable. DHCP servers *may* be configured to assign fixed addresses > > to particular clients. > > > My ISP does that, so my

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 01, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 12/1/23 05:41, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Nov 30, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > > > On 11/30/23 22:07, John Hasler wrote: > > > > Gene writes: > > > > > let me clarify: This buster machine acting like a 3d pri

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 30, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/30/23 22:07, John Hasler wrote: > > Gene writes: > > > let me clarify: This buster machine acting like a 3d printer does NOT > > > have dhcpcd installed. No trace of it in /etc Only dhcp. > > > > I'm sure it's running dhclient. do > > > > ls

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-11-30 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 29, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/29/23 21:40, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:53:19 -0500 > > gene heskett wrote: > > > > > > A changing network is exactly what dhcp is for. With it you will > > > > not need to do anything when you add a machine. > > > > > > Does

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-11-30 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 29, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/29/23 20:20, John Hasler wrote: > > Gene writes: > > > I've been told that /etc/network/interfaces is not the "today way" to > > > do it. > > > > It works fine. > > > > > Then [dhcp is] something else I'll have to maintain as my network > > > grows, >

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-11-30 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 30, 2023, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 30/11/2023 05:53, Dan Purgert wrote: > > Avahi BS? APIPA ("A"utomatic "P"rivate "IP" "A"ddressing) is not > > avahi/mDNS (aka Bonjour / Zeroconf). > > > > Your DHCP client giving you an AP

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-11-30 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 29, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/29/23 17:52, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > > > On 11/29/23 14:03, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 01:17:18PM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: > > > > > 'ntpd'

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-11-29 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 29, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/29/23 14:03, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 01:17:18PM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: > > > 'ntpd' I think (or is it systemd-timed or something like that nowadays?) > > > > Gene's system is running some d

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-11-29 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 29, 2023, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 01:17:18PM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: > > 'ntpd' I think (or is it systemd-timed or something like that nowadays?) > > Gene's system is running some derivative of buster (Debian 10). > If I remember correctly, bus

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-11-29 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 29, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I have a 3d printer, an arm64 controller running ambian buster > it has an address of 169.254.xx.xx/16 > it can ping this machine but something is killing full net access, so it > can't set its time. The address range 169.254.0.0/16 is

Re: unexpected behavior

2023-11-28 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 27, 2023, Daniel Rodriguez wrote: > > Context: I have Debian 11 in a HDD and Windows 11 in a SSD. Initially, the > first running disk was my SSD. > Event: when I switched to HDD and Debian booted, this applied an > update and restarted as usual. Later it entered the BIOS setting on > its

Re: dedicated IP

2023-11-28 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 28, 2023, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 06:42:53PM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2023, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > > NORPVPN is software that installs a VPN.  Not really trying to solve a > > > problem just securing

Re: dedicated IP

2023-11-27 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 27, 2023, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > NORPVPN is software that installs a VPN.  Not really trying to solve a > problem just securing my machine against intruders.  My understanding of a > dedicated IP means I will always have the same IP. Well, a VPN doesn't "secure your machine against

Re: Performance of my computer

2023-10-30 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 30, 2023, Van Snyder wrote: > On Mon, 2023-10-30 at 19:40 +, piorunz wrote: > > On 30/10/2023 18:56, Van Snyder wrote: > > > Firefox, in every version I've used so far, appears to have > > > memoryleaks. If I kill it, not by clicking its little "X" or Alt- > > > F4, but with"kill -9",

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm:NetworkManager

2023-10-25 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 26, 2023, jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 26/10/23 07:24, David Wright wrote: > > > Or if you already have a domain, you can use a subdomain. eg. I have > > > rail.eu.org, and at home it is depot.rail.eu.org > > I'm not sure how that would work when my home network > > is on a different

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-24 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 24, 2023, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > [...] > -Product- > Name : HP Notebook (Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com) > Family: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP (Hewlett-Packard, > www.hp.com) > Vendor: Hewlett-Packard (Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com) > HP are generally

Re: cli_ how to find_ firefox versions available in all suites

2023-10-21 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 21, 2023, జిందం వాఐి wrote: > * i want to check package versions > available in various suites [ stable, testing, > experimental, etc.. ] using cli > * for example_ firefox As far as I'm aware, the only real option here would be a web-browser (e.g. lynx or elinks) to check

Re: Need help with PGP signature verification

2023-10-08 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 08, 2023, Tom Browder wrote: > On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 3:29 AM DdB > wrote: > > Am 08.10.2023 um 01:16 schrieb Tom Browder: > > > I'm willing to trust published PGP key fingerprints for signers of > > > Rakudo downloadable files. > > > Question: How can I get the fingerprint from the

Re: Debian on Ubiquiti Edgerouter Lite?

2023-09-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Sep 12, 2023, Christian Groessler wrote: > Hello Group, > > is there a Debian version which could be installed on mentioned > Edgerouter? Yes, sort of -- their firmware is (was) a custom Debian (iirc, stretch). Quick check of their site https://ui.com/download/software/erlite3 shows that they

Re: bug report question

2023-09-07 Thread Dan Purgert
On Sep 07, 2023, duh_gently...@simplelogin.com wrote: > Thank you for your advice! No problem. > > lspci says: > 00:01.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models > 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge Okay so it's the root PCI bridge on the motherboard. Are there any BIOS/UEFI

Re: bug report question

2023-09-07 Thread Dan Purgert
On Sep 07, 2023, duh_gently...@simplelogin.com wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to submit a bug, but I'm not quite sure which package it > should be. > I could not find anything similar in the bugtracker. > > The problem occurs every 10-20 times. After the system has been suspended > and then

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jul 12, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 7/12/23 06:01, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > > ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : > > [...] > > 2 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAIDhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID) > Unfortunately, I'm getting wikipedia's fancy 403 at that link? Seems it was

Re: Fwd: Problem verifying iso file

2023-06-23 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jun 23, 2023, Thomas George wrote: > I thought I had posted this to the debianlist but somehow it seems to have > been posted to myself [...] > > What am i doing wrong? > [...] > I tried md5sum SHA512SUMS.txt SHA512SUMS.sign.txt If you're trying to verify the signature on the checksum file,

Re: Replacing a Motherboard and CPU

2023-06-06 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jun 06, 2023, Mick Ab wrote: > If I replace a motherboard in a desktop PC with a motherboard of the same > model and manufacturer, do I need to do anything apart from reconnecting > everything and possibly updating the BIOS ? Might need to update / reinstall GRUB, thanks to secureboot / MOK

Re: netmask question

2023-05-23 Thread Dan Purgert
On May 23, 2023, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Dan Purgert wrote: > > On May 22, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > > > I don't see it, 255 is all 8 bits set, 256 is all 8 bits cleared > > > and carry set. > > > > In "natural counting", 2^8 is 25

Re: netmask question

2023-05-22 Thread Dan Purgert
On May 22, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/22/23 15:04, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 12:16:09PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > On 5/22/23 03:32, Tim Woodall wrote: > > > > On Mon, 22 May 2023, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > > > >  number; for (human) display it is

Re: User is not in the sudoers file

2023-05-08 Thread Dan Purgert
On May 08, 2023, Igor Korot wrote: > Hi, ALL, > Is there a reason for the default install > I immediately get the error in the subj? You likely created a root account during the initial setup. Doing that skips over adding the first user (created during install) to sudoers (i.e. "the operator

Re: Verison IPv6 -- I want to stick with IPv4 (was Re: ipv6: static ipv6 address with dynamic network address possible?)

2022-08-11 Thread Dan Purgert
On Aug 10, 2022, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, August 10, 2022 04:12:11 AM Curt wrote: > > I never realized that local addresses were fundamentally identical in all > > local networks because there weren't enough addresses in the first > > place, and that NAT was essentially designed

Re: Need working repo for Deb7 - wheezy

2022-08-05 Thread Dan Purgert
On Aug 05, 2022, Karthik Jeyabalan wrote: > Team Debian, > > We have few machines running EOL Debian 7- Wheezy and tried to connect > deb repo by using below in sources.list, but they are not working. Can > you please help to provide the working repo. As far as I am aware, the repos are pulled

Re: SSH resources, specifically on certificates (certificate authentication)

2022-07-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jul 13, 2022, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 13 Jul 2022 at 18:40:18 (-0400), Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2022, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I seem to have gone down a rabbit hole. > > > > > > I want(ed?) to set up ssh on my LAN using certi

Re: SSH resources, specifically on certificates (certificate authentication)

2022-07-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jul 13, 2022, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I seem to have gone down a rabbit hole. > > I want(ed?) to set up ssh on my LAN using certificate authentication, and am > having a lot of trouble finding the information I need / would like to have. Which is what, exactly? Other than the "active

Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom install of MATE]

2022-03-08 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 08, 2022, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Before I retired I spent decades in customer and engineering support. > > Became familiar clashing desires and corner cases. > > I wasn't looking at X needing a DM, but rather that if the DE {MATE in my > > case} was going to be useful it had to start

Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server

2020-08-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Aug 01, 2020, deloptes wrote: > David Christensen wrote: > > > I have residential VDSL service from AT  Fortunately, AT does not > > block port 22, AT assigned an IPv4 address for my WAN connection, and > > the address has never changed. > > The OP is asking about dynamic IP, no? Technically

Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh vs. ssh xterm

2020-04-28 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 28, 2020, Steve Keller wrote: > What are best practices to create a remote terminal? I see to ways: > Create a local terminal emulator and run ssh to the remote host in > that or call ssh to run the terminal emulator on the remote host, > i.e. > > xterm -e ssh -X or ssh -X

Re: Jitsi (was Re: Please help me find a good Debian compatible video card).

2020-04-27 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 27, 2020, Dan Ritter wrote: > [...] > If I recall correctly, all that's needed is a SIP account with a > PSTN bridge company, so you might find that voip.ms or 8x8 or > any number of other companies might fill that need for a > reasonable price. That might be exactly what I was looking for

Re: Jitsi (was Re: Please help me find a good Debian compatible video card).

2020-04-27 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 27, 2020, Nicolas George wrote: > Dan Purgert (12020-04-27): > > I tried it locally (with a LOCAL instance running) and it worked quite > > nicely for half a dozen PCs / laptops around the house. > > Oh, interesting. > > Have you found a good set of instructio

Re: Jitsi (was Re: Please help me find a good Debian compatible video card).

2020-04-27 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 25, 2020, Kenneth Parker wrote: > I couldn't help noticing your .sig reference to Jitsi. There were threads > about it, as a good replacement for Zoom. Also, there is a strong need in > another online community that I belong to. > > How is your experience with a "room" with, say about 10

Re: Kind reminder: please don't reply to and/or quote spam, ever

2020-04-21 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 20, 2020, Russell L. Harris wrote: > [...] > Neo-mutt documentation led me to believe that there is a "b" command > (or something of the sort) for BOUNCE; but I did not find it, perhaps > because I use the "Classic Dvorak" keymap. I then discovered that > commands not tied to a key can be

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-14 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 14, 2020, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:21:14 -0400 > Dan Purgert wrote: > > Hello Dan, > > >Mine actually says "tested only in Lynx, if it doesn't look right in > >your preferred CLI browser, let me know" :) > > Which is fine.

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-14 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 14, 2020, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 05:52:48 -0400 > Dan Purgert wrote: > > Hello Dan, > > >"Works best with Internet Explorer" :D > > That sort of statement on a web site is coming back. :-( Mine actually says "tested only

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-14 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 14, 2020, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 14 apr 20, 08:19:50, Curt wrote: > > On 2020-04-14, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > It doesn't matter much as nobody is proposing to replace debian-user > > > with Discourse. > > > > Nobody but Neil McGovern himself. > > > >

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-14 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 13, 2020, John Hasler wrote: > Kenneth Parker writes: > > On a Laptop of mine, I have an old version of Firefox, with the > > "NoScript" add-on. I wonder how it would work there. > > Works ok for a casual test. I have no acount so I have no idea how it > would work for posting, though. >

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 13, 2020, Sven Hartge wrote: > Dan Purgert wrote: >> [...] > > TS was basically *required* while in a big engagement though. If you > > weren't on TS, you weren't in the raid / fleet / whatever the game at > > hand called it. > > I think the TS/Mumble vs

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 13, 2020, Sven Hartge wrote: > Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Apr 13, 2020, Sven Hartge wrote: > > >> And I've also witnissed this in other contexts, be it in an > >> Enterprise setup (where one group flocks to Confluence and the other > >> stay in the

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 13, 2020, Michael Howard wrote: > On 13/04/2020 19:18, Sven Hartge wrote: > > Michael Howard wrote: > > > On 13/04/2020 17:49, John Hasler wrote: > > > > Michael Howard writes: > > > > > In your opinion. Total rubbish in my opinion. Far better to have > > > > > more channels open than just

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 13, 2020, Curt wrote: > On 2020-04-13, Sven Hartge wrote: > >> Sorry, which different pools are you refering to? > > > > Different pools of people. > > There could be a channel to connect the pools. Then people could row > from one to the other. Unfortunately, that rarely seems to

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 13, 2020, Sven Hartge wrote: > Nate Bargmann wrote: > > [...] > And I've also witnissed this in other contexts, be it in an Enterprise > setup (where one group flocks to Confluence and the other stay in the > mailinglist) or a MMO guild, where one group prefers to converse in > Teamspeak

Re: Moderation (not!) [was: Debian is testing Discourse]

2020-04-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 13, 2020, John Hasler wrote: > Brad writes: > > Most web forums don't have email capability though. Only discourse > > and groups.io that I know of have it. > > Though described as a mailing list manager Sympa has a full Web > interface that might satisfy email-phobic millennials. Thank

Re: Moderation (not!) [was: Debian is testing Discourse]

2020-04-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 13, 2020, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 08:23:40AM -, Curt wrote: > > On 2020-04-13, wrote: > > > > > > It is as easy to moderate a mailing list as it is a platform la > > > discourse. So this isn't a criterion to decide between both. > > > > It is, on the

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-13 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 13, 2020, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > [...] > If the interface is as good as google mail in browser, I won't last long; > maybe 2 minutes. It makes gmail look good. -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281

Re: Anti-malware for my personal Debian workstation?

2020-04-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 12, 2020, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > [...] > No, I think the only (small) edge free operating systems have over > the rest of the pack is that, on average, their users tend to be > more curious (and, as a result, educated). Don't forget "distrustful of the 'this is way better for you

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 12, 2020, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > On Sunday, 12 April 2020 09:21:42 -04 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 12 apr 20, 11:10:22, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > I know I will be out here. > > > > I seriously doubt this (or any) mailing list will be shut down as long > > as there is significant

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-05 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 05, 2020, Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 07:18:04 -0400 > Dan Purgert wrote: >> On Apr 05, 2020, Celejar wrote: >>> Well, you don't name your ISPs, but I'm pretty sure the big ones >>> generally forbid running servers (for anything beyond "personal&q

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-05 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 05, 2020, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 21:11:33 -0400 > Dan Purgert wrote: > > > On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > > > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:46:00 -0400 > > > Dan Purgert wrote: > > > > > > > On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: &

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:46:00 -0400 > Dan Purgert wrote: > > > On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > > > [...] > > > Fair enough - but has anyone looked into, say, Jitsi Meet's default > > > settings? Do they block non-hosts

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > [...] > Fair enough - but has anyone looked into, say, Jitsi Meet's default > settings? Do they block non-hosts from screen sharing? IIRC, jit.si (their web-client) defaults to needing a passphrase to even get in. But I only ever took a cursory glance before

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 03, 2020, Martin McCormick wrote: > John Hasler writes: > > look at screen. > > I use screen all the time and maybe I am missing > something but what you get with screen is a new shell in each > window, very useful but nothing to do with RS-232 ports. Maybe something like Minicom

Re: HTML mail + PDF attachments

2020-03-27 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 27, 2020, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Mar 27, 2020, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 26 mar 20, 18:41:10, Reco wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 08:53:35AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > > > I understand. But some of the stuff I receiv

Re: HTML mail + PDF attachments

2020-03-27 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 27, 2020, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 26 mar 20, 18:41:10, Reco wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 08:53:35AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > I understand. But some of the stuff I receive does not work as > > > expected. What do I do with the following PDF: > > > > > >

Re: HTML mail + PDF attachments

2020-03-26 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 26, 2020, Tixy wrote: > On Thu, 2020-03-26 at 07:38 -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > > As you said, the correct approach would be utilizing IMAP -- however, > > whether or not there is IMAP access is entirely dependent on the > > server's configuration. Offhand I don't kn

Re: HTML mail + PDF attachments

2020-03-26 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 26, 2020, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Mar 26, 2020, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:24:38AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > Opening pdfs in a reader is trivial with mutt. Just press 'v' and then > > > 'Return' on the pdf attachment. It shoul

Re: HTML mail + PDF attachments

2020-03-26 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 26, 2020, Russell L. Harris wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:24:38AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Opening pdfs in a reader is trivial with mutt. Just press 'v' and then > > 'Return' on the pdf attachment. It should be opened in your default pdf > > viewer. This should work also for

Re: HTML mail + PDF attachments

2020-03-26 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 26, 2020, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > [...] > URLs: install urlview and press Ctrl-b to select the url you want (will > be passed to your default browser) Nice to know! Something new for the toolbox! -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335

Re: HTML mail + PDF attachments

2020-03-26 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 25, 2020, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-03-25 20:03, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > At the moment I am running neo-mutt on Debian 9.  Once or twice a day > > I receive a HTML message, typically with a PDF file as an attachment. > > Picking out and viewing the links and attachments always

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

2020-03-25 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 25, 2020, Joe wrote: > On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:50:00 +0100 > deloptes wrote: > > > Patrick Scribus wrote: > > > > > What do you guys > > > use for similar tasks? > > > > I guess from share to a cloud. > > > > I spent a lot of time in phone sync via bluetooth (calendar, > > contacts,

Re: question related to #953223

2020-03-07 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 07, 2020, Curt wrote: > [...] > Maybe the bug reporter had both fuse and fuse3 installed simultaneously, > at which point he purged one or the other. Both packages provide an > /etc/fuse.conf file. Ah, two packages sharing the same config file is the bit that escaped me. Thanks for

Re: question related to #953223

2020-03-07 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mar 07, 2020, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Mar 07, 2020 at 11:09:26AM +0100, Patrice Duroux wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am facing the same situation as reported in the issue here: >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953223 > > I must admit I don't quite understand the bug

Re: This is weird: I can ssh into a box, but I can't access it directly

2020-02-27 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 27, 2020, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 01:47:10PM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: > > Interesting that "root from SSH" would behave differently than "local > > root". That's news to me. > > Well, they run different programs, and read

Re: This is weird: I can ssh into a box, but I can't access it directly

2020-02-27 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 27, 2020, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > On 2/26/20 8:52 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > > Are you ssh'ing in as root? If not, is your user's $HOME on the > > machine's failing disk, or another (remote?) drive? > > and I replied (off-List, and *not* intentionally

Re: scp overwriting precaution?

2020-02-27 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 26, 2020, Greg Marks wrote: > When using scp to copy files from my server to my laptop (both running > Debian 10 and both with the same directory tree), I like to back up > the files in case I discover that I've overwritten a newer version of > a file with an older version. (I seem to make

Re: This is weird: I can ssh into a box, but I can't access it directly

2020-02-26 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 26, 2020, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > One of our Linux boxes is behaving oddly. If I ssh into it, I can connect > easily, and I get: > [...] > > But if I go into the server cage, and punch it up on the KVM switch, > and try to sign on as root, I get: Are you ssh'ing in as root? If not,

Re: Looking for an inventory software which is free software and not IT-centric

2020-02-19 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 19, 2020, elvis wrote: > > On 19/2/20 12:31 pm, Dan Purgert wrote: >> On Feb 19, 2020, Linux-Fan wrote: >>> Hello fellow list members, >>> >>> I am looking for a software of which I am sure it exists, but I fail >>> to find online

Re: Looking for an inventory software which is free software and not IT-centric

2020-02-18 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 19, 2020, Linux-Fan wrote: > Hello fellow list members, > > I am looking for a software of which I am sure it exists, but I fail > to find online, thus asking if anybody might know such a thing? Of > course, it is best if it is included on Debian, even better if in > stable :) . If not, it

Re: *nix

2020-02-17 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 17, 2020, Curt wrote: > On 2020-02-17, Doug McGarrett wrote: >> >> >>> >> [...] I hope I never have to do so again. (I fell off the stoop >> after tripping over my dog's tether in the dark on the 4th of July, >> 1915, and spent most of the summer in various stages of recovery.) >> Maybe

Re: Revised description of a FOSS friendly PDA

2020-02-15 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 13, 2020, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/11/2020 10:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I wish to enter/store data while away from home. The data will then be >> transferred to my laptop via a USB cable. [Think the capability of one >> of the old Palm Pilots in a smartphone(sic) form factor] >>

Re: Do one thing. Do it right.

2020-02-14 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 14, 2020, Richard Owlett wrote: > Youngsters have two foibles: > More is always better. "less is more" > Glitz for its own sake. > > For perspective: > 1. although only in mid-70's, my parents would be in their 12th > decade. > 2. my father took a M.E. degree rather than

Re: Looking for FOSS supported PCIe x4 SATA 6 Gb/s HBA with 4 or 8 ports

2020-02-11 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 10, 2020, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-02-10 13:55, Dan Purgert wrote: >> On Feb 10, 2020, David Christensen wrote: >>> [...] >>> It has the following expansion slots: >>> >>> - One PCI Express 2.0 x16 add-in card connector >>> -

Re: Looking for FOSS supported PCIe x4 SATA 6 Gb/s HBA with 4 or 8 ports

2020-02-10 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 10, 2020, David Christensen wrote: > [...] > It has the following expansion slots: > > - One PCI Express 2.0 x16 add-in card connector > - One PCI Express 2.0 x4 add-in card connector > - One PCI Express 2.0 x1 add-in card connector > > a. While migrating backup data, I recently saw

Re: local network capability scanner?

2020-02-07 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 07, 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 07 February 2020 05:53:05 Dan Purgert wrote: >> [...] >> a "gigahertz" switch? neat :) (I think you meant gigabit again). > > Guilty. Blame it on oldtimers. Hehe, and I was busy scouring Amazon too... > [...]

Re: local network capability scanner?

2020-02-07 Thread Dan Purgert
On Feb 07, 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > My local network has 2 8 port switches, one here in this room that claims > to be a gigabit and managed. > > One of its ports is connected to the upstream port of another dumber > unmanaged 8 port switch that feeds the machines in the

Re: freecad

2020-01-21 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Levente wrote: > Hi all, > > > I recently experienced that I can't launch FreeCad. > > lev@mercury:~$ freecad > freecad: error while loading shared libraries: libhdf5_serial.so.100: Sounds like your general user account doesn't have permissions to

Re: Protecting no longer supported Windows7

2020-01-15 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Debian server serving/doing DHCP/DNS/firewall/..., as of today, > Microsoft stops supporting Windows7. > > Is there anything that I could do to protect those Windows7 hosts that > are behind this server? Since

Re: web server for development

2020-01-10 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 02:29:51PM -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: >> SFTP (SSH) has basically zero to do with RFC959 FTP; and provided that a >> target host already allows SSH logins, SFTP is quite likely already

Re: web server for development

2020-01-10 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Nate Bargmann wrote: > [...] > I would ask if their Web host supports Secure FTP, which is FTP using > SSL, AIUI. I use it for my Web Host updates, in fact it was recommended > by the host

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-06 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 07:54:44 +0100 > john doe wrote: > >> Yes there is, I connect to a VM using SSH and my Windows screenreader >> does not like curses interface and maybe .other interface(s) as well > > Since there are

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

2019-12-17 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 09:25:04AM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Not sure this'll reach you, [...] > > It did, but my reply to you bounced. The From: address you're putting > on your outgoing mail is nonfunct

Re: Difference between ipp, ipps, http, https CUPS protocols?

2019-11-15 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 mick crane wrote: > On 2019-11-14 23:52, Dan Purgert wrote: > >>> What is more interesting is why a user thinks that the LPD protocol >>> gives them something that IPP doesn't. >> >> Who said that LPR/LPD gave

Re: Difference between ipp, ipps, http, https CUPS protocols?

2019-11-14 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Brian wrote: > On Thu 14 Nov 2019 at 11:12:38 -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Sorting by "newest" on their (laser / color led) models listing results >> in the "HL-L3270CDW" being listed as "newest" -- diggi

Re: Difference between ipp, ipps, http, https CUPS protocols?

2019-11-14 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Brian wrote: > On Wed 13 Nov 2019 at 13:55:57 -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: >> You asked about the "classic" printers we both (apparently) own. Mine >> here still support being addressed via LPR/LPD, not to mention PCL, >>

Re: Difference between ipp, ipps, http, https CUPS protocols?

2019-11-13 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Brian wrote: > On Tue 12 Nov 2019 at 20:27:00 -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Brian wrote: >> >> >> >> Not really, tbh. I haven't had to look that deeply into the state of >> >> printing i

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