On Saturday 27 July 2019 22:24:30 Reco wrote: > On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 06:20:23PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > I was too lazy to dig out that USB TTL cable for the true console, > > > but I suppose that it won't interfere either. > > > > But I'm now missing bklid, and neither apt nor synaptic can find it > > to install it. > > /sbin/blkid. It's in the "util-linux" so you have it installed. > Also, "su -", not "su". > > > That, and a whole restaraunt sized menu of dpkg stuff for building > > packages is on the missing list. Grrrrr. > > apt install build-essential
I *think* I did that. With synaptic. I gave it quite a list, it took about an hour to install it all on a 100Mb circuit. If it will boot normally I'll make sure. If not, I've a stretch install with the same old slow video ( about 1.7 fps for glxgearrs full screen ) that otherwise works well. > > > The user can't even look at dmseg! How dumb is that? > > A security feature. If you want that: > No Reco, its not security, its harassment of someone who actually wants to do work with it and would like to just get to it. > /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.dmesg_restrict=0 > > Reco Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
