Re: No polkit authentication agent found

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Marco writes: > Am 12.10.2023 schrieb Sharon Kimble : > >> Exactly what programs do I need to install please, so that I can burn >> the image onto the drive please? > > Can you start > /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-g

No polkit authentication agent found

is failing every time saying that 'No polkit authentication agent found'. Exactly what programs do I need to install please, so that I can burn the image onto the drive please? Thanks Sharon Kimble. - -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfa

Re: Does anyone own and use a Kindle Scribe?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Eric S Fraga writes: > On Sunday, 1 Oct 2023 at 15:25, Joe wrote: >> Calibre converts/creates ebooks and is generally a useful accessory for >> a Kindle or other hardware reader. No, I'm not on commission. > > +1 for calibre! > > I use it for mana

Does anyone own and use a Kindle Scribe?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Does anyone own and use a Kindle Scribe, and know how to access and copy files to and from since it moved over to it being mounted as an mtp device, please? As I'm getting desperate to copy files to it, that I want to read! Thanks for listening,

Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi. With every back up, being whether its a restic backup hourly to another hard drive on this machine, or an rsync backup to my synology server, this error message continues to happen/occur. This has only started to occur since I've upgraded t

mpd, clementine, lxmusic, qmmp, quodlibet not playing!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 After downloading and installing the new kernels yesterday I rebooted. And now I cannot get mpd to play any sound at all! Juk can play, as can mpv, but neither can clementine, lxmusic, qmmp, nor quodlibet play! So how can I get them all playin

Unable to print with HP Envy 5030 under Debian 11

er is still supported by them. So what do I need to do to allow me to print with this printer please? Thanks Sharon Kimble. ~ [fn:1] - --8<---cut here---start->8--- ~ $ hp-doct

rsync failing to back up to synology server

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 After enduring a home move, I'm now trying to restart my rsync backups to my synology server, but none are working! I have this command for backing up my emacs - - --8<---cut here---start->8--- /usr/bin/rsync -a

evince cache of recent files?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Where does Evince store its memory/cache of recent files that its loaded in bullseye please? Currently it is only showing the last file, but under Debian 10 it showed the last 10. Thanks Sharon Kimble. - -- Debian 11, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs

Re: What command to use to output to a text file?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Andrei POPESCU writes: > On Mi, 23 iun 21, 13:36:27, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm hoping that you folk can help me out of my predicament? >> >> I have transferred some files in their directories to an exte

What command to use to output to a text file?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I'm hoping that you folk can help me out of my predicament? I have transferred some files in their directories to an external drive mounted in a caddy. How can I get a text file saved from an output of everything on the drive, please? What command

Re: backb losing its mount point

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Darac Marjal writes: > On 31/03/2021 09:32, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm hoping that you folks can help me with a problem that is now >> happening reasonably regularly, actually twice. >> >> I have 2 data d

Re: backb losing its mount point

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Darac Marjal writes: Thanks for replying Darac. > On 31/03/2021 09:32, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm hoping that you folks can help me with a problem that is now >> happening reasonably regularly, actually twice. >

backb losing its mount point

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I'm hoping that you folks can help me with a problem that is now happening reasonably regularly, actually twice. I have 2 data drives on my system /mnt/backa and /mnt/backb. Both are 4tb drives, with backa being 2.74tb and backb 2.81tb. Backb is n

Re: logwatch at midnight?

Dan Ritter writes: > Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> How can I configure logwatch to only fire off at midnight, instead of >> its current 0738, please? > > If I recall correctly, logwatch is run via cron.daily, which > means anacron does it as part of its own routine

logwatch at midnight?

How can I configure logwatch to only fire off at midnight, instead of its current 0738, please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 10.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 26.3, org 9.2.6 signature.

What drivers do I need for a Nvidia geforce GTX 1660 Ti to work?

Yesterday I installed my new graphics card but when I rebooted the system stopped just before the lightdm login box, and just stayed with a cursor blinking at the top left of the screen. I'm assuming that I need new drivers for it, so my question is - What do I need to install to get a - Nvidia

Re: no sound from MPV

velation to me as I was totally unaware of this file, and in its 'audio section' it showed several uncommented items, so I commented them all out and tested MPV again. And it worked, I had sound again! Thank you very much, I'm a happy bunny again! :) Jonas Smedegaard writes: &

no sound from MPV

Ever since upgrading to buster I've been completely unable to get any sound out of MPV. And I haven't found any way online of how to re-enable sound for it either. SMplayer works okay and gives sound, as does mpd, but MPV views a television programmes but no sound. How can I get the sound work

mouse-wheel on a laptop?

I have an Entroware notebook computer, model W950PU, which when it boots shows it as a 'style-note', and I can disable the touch pad when I use a USB mouse. But I can't get the mouse-wheel working! So how can I get full functions with the mouse please on this laptop? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste

Unable to install .iso's in virtualbox, but why?

I'm having great difficulty in getting virtualbox running. every time that I try to install an iso it fails and shows this in a pop-up - --8<---cut here---start->8--- Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Debian-64. VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for a

Re: unable to connect to database in MediaWiki 1.27.4 installation

mick crane writes: > On 2018-07-08 19:03, mick crane wrote: >> On 2018-07-08 17:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> mick crane writes: >>> >>>> On 2018-07-08 08:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>>>> I'm unable to get mediawiki from the repos w

Re: unable to connect to database in MediaWiki 1.27.4 installation

mick crane writes: > On 2018-07-08 08:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm unable to get mediawiki from the repos working as it is consistently >> failing at accessing the database as part of its configuration at the >> beginning. I say 'consistently' as the same

unable to connect to database in MediaWiki 1.27.4 installation

I'm unable to get mediawiki from the repos working as it is consistently failing at accessing the database as part of its configuration at the beginning. I say 'consistently' as the same problem has occurred when trying to install mediawiki from source, and this is a clean fresh install so I think

kernel errors only showing on reboot - nouveau & tpm_crb

Every time that I reboot this shows up in my daily logwatch - --8<---cut here---start->8--- WARNING: Kernel Errors Present intel-lpss: probe of :00:1e.0 failed with error -22 ...: 2 Time(s) nouveau: probe of :01:00.0 failed with error -12 ...

Re: new computer and now missing firmware

Georgi Naplatanov writes: > On 06/18/2017 11:51 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I've just got a new computer and I'm finding that something isn't >> loading due to missing driver/s. >> >> Logwatch shows this - >> >> --8<--

new computer and now missing firmware

I've just got a new computer and I'm finding that something isn't loading due to missing driver/s. Logwatch shows this - --8<---cut here---start->8--- WARNING: Kernel Errors Present EXT4-fs (sdd1): error count since last ...: 1 Time(s) EXT4-fs (sdd1

Re: How to rename my wired connection from 'eno1' to 'eth0'?

Dejan Jocic writes: > On 13-06-17, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> Due to a hard-drive failure I've had to install Debian 9 and I've got a >> peculiar problem. >> >> My wired connection is showing as 'eno1' instead of the unexpected >> &

How to rename my wired connection from 'eno1' to 'eth0'?

Due to a hard-drive failure I've had to install Debian 9 and I've got a peculiar problem. My wired connection is showing as 'eno1' instead of the unexpected 'eth0', which means that my 'vnstat' is failing to record my network traffic. So how do I change its name please? I've googled but haven't f

Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly)

Sharon Kimble writes: > Since an upgrade on 2017-03-28 my debian Jessie system is continuously > dropping my soundcard such that mpd and mpv have no sound at all, but, > at this time qmmp and mplayer2 both have sound and work as they should. > > My sound card is an on-board chip

Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly)

Since an upgrade on 2017-03-28 my debian Jessie system is continuously dropping my soundcard such that mpd and mpv have no sound at all, but, at this time qmmp and mplayer2 both have sound and work as they should. My sound card is an on-board chip here - --8<---cut here--

Re: How to restart root sending emails?

Andy Smith writes: > Hi Sharon, > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 10:55:05AM +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> In an effort to get gnus to read root emails I've chowned >> /var/mail/mail, added myself to the 'mail' group, changed the >> permissions of /var/mail/

Re: Sound Problem

"Stephen P. Molnar" writes: > On 03/11/2017 05:36 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: >> On Sat, 2017-03-11 at 09:39 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: >>> Up to date Jessie. >>> >>> Sound worked until I turned power off to the external speakers. The >>> sound has not been working since I turned the speakers

How to restart root sending emails?

In an effort to get gnus to read root emails I've chowned /var/mail/mail, added myself to the 'mail' group, changed the permissions of /var/mail/mail, and generally frigged around with it. Consequently root emails have seemingly not run my expected logwatch this morning, and neither did it yesterd

Re: How to access my new fileserver?

writes: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 04:27:13PM +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > [...] > >> But I can't ssh into it using 'ssh foo@fooserver'. Every time that I try >> it appears not to connect, just leaving a blank access line and my ram >> is gradua

Re: How to access my new fileserver?

David Christensen writes: > On 01/10/2016 08:27 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm just setting up a home fileserver, going through a tp-link adsl2+ >> modem and router. I've installed the base system with a 7gb /, 2 gb swap >> and 2gb /home. I can log in as my user

How to access my new fileserver?

I'm just setting up a home fileserver, going through a tp-link adsl2+ modem and router. I've installed the base system with a 7gb /, 2 gb swap and 2gb /home. I can log in as my user "foo" on the computer, and have installed openssh-server, htop, lm-sensors, emacs, and screen. I've rebooted and chec

Re: Trying to remove "architecture i386"

Sharon Kimble writes: > I am running a "amd64" version of jessie and in an effort to get > 'crossover_14.1.11-1.deb' installed, which is 32-bit. To do this I issued the > command - > > ╭ > │sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 > ╰ > &g

Re: Trying to remove "architecture i386"

Ansgar Burchardt <"Ansgar Burchardt"@43-1.org> writes: > Sharon Kimble writes: >> ╭ >> │sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 >> ╰ >> >> which failed saying - >> >> dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386'

Trying to remove "architecture i386"

I am running a "amd64" version of jessie and in an effort to get 'crossover_14.1.11-1.deb' installed, which is 32-bit. To do this I issued the command - ╭ │sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 ╰ and then - ╭ │dpkg --print-foreign-architectures ╰ then I did a 'apt-get update' and tr

Re: installing hplip-3.15.11 for my HP Deskjet_1000_J110

Brian writes: > On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 10:08:44 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> Brian writes: >> >> > Does the machine print with >> > >> > lp -d print_queue >> >> No, it says - >> >> --8<---cut here---

Re: installing hplip-3.15.11 for my HP Deskjet_1000_J110

Brian writes: > On Thu 26 Nov 2015 at 19:03:49 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I've been >trying to set up my HP Deskjet_1000_J110 which is recognised > by >jessie, but when I print a test page it does it with no problem, but > >when I try to print a letter from libre

installing hplip-3.15.11 for my HP Deskjet_1000_J110

I've been trying to set up my HP Deskjet_1000_J110 which is recognised by jessie, but when I print a test page it does it with no problem, but when I try to print a letter from libreoffice, it just churns out blank pages. So I've downloaded hplip-3.15.11 and tried to run it to install it, but it

Solved [was Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user?]

to...@tuxteam.de writes: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 02:19:35PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:44:41AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> > writes: >> >> [...] >> >> > > Still confused here. What's the content of thi

Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user?

writes: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 06:09:41PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> writes: >> >> > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 03:09:29PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm having great difficulty in getting vnstat to run as user, like I had >> >>

Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user?

writes: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 03:09:29PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm having great difficulty in getting vnstat to run as user, like I had >> on my previous i386 computer. I have created the new 64bit eth0 binary >> file in ~/cron/lib/ so that it is backed

How to run 'vnstat' as user?

I'm having great difficulty in getting vnstat to run as user, like I had on my previous i386 computer. I have created the new 64bit eth0 binary file in ~/cron/lib/ so that it is backed up with my regular backups with obnam. Except it seems that only root or vnstat can run and own the ~/cron/lib/eth

SOLVED - Re: fstab entry for a 3.6TB drive

Cindy-Sue Causey writes: > On 10/15/15, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> Darac Marjal writes: >> >>> Also, does /back-a exist (mount won't create the mountpoint itself, so >>> your root filesystem should have a "back-a" directory entry)? >>>

Re: FW: xfsdump package not available in testing?

Nemeth Gyorgy writes: > 2015-10-16 08:04 keltezéssel, James Homuth írta: > >> Poking around the Debian packages website, xfsdump should be available >> in Stretch per that page (link included below). However: >> # apt-get install xfsdump >> Reading package lists... >> D

Re: fstab entry for a 3.6TB drive

Darac Marjal writes: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 01:52:37PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I'm trying to mount a 3.6TB hard drive formatted and labelled with >> gparted, and I have twice managed to lock myself out of the computer >> until I removed the offendi

fstab entry for a 3.6TB drive

I'm trying to mount a 3.6TB hard drive formatted and labelled with gparted, and I have twice managed to lock myself out of the computer until I removed the offending line in fstab. This is the fstab line that I'm going to try and use - --8<---cut here---start-

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

Bob Proulx writes: > Sharon Kimble wrote: >> This setup is currently running a "3.16.0-4-686-pae" kernel. Is it a >> good idea to convert to a 64bit kernel, specifically >> "3.16.0-4-amd64"? > > How much memory do you have in your system? 4G act

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

Sorry, I meant that I installed this "jessie" setup on 10/02/15! Got the year wrong! Ooops! Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.6, emacs 24.4.1.0 signature.asc D

Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

I installed this "jessie" setup on 10/02/14 from an old "wheezy" net-install disc dated 28/05/13! I'm in the process of downloading a jessie net-install for future installation. This setup is currently running a "3.16.0-4-686-pae" kernel. Is it a good idea to convert to a 64bit kernel, specificall

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Patrick Bartek writes: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> Patrick Bartek writes: >> >> > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> > >> >> I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working >> > >>

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

David Christensen writes: > On 02/24/2015 03:23 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working >> reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. >> ... >> It has crashed when I've been using it, and its crash

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Eike Lantzsch writes: > On Tuesday 24 February 2015 18:56:23 Sharon Kimble wrote: >> Patrick Bartek writes: >> > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working >> > >> >

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Patrick Bartek writes: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working > > I couldn't find an 050 model. Did you mean H50? Nope, its a Lenovo 050 Desktop from ebuyer. > >> reasonably okay e

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Darac Marjal writes: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:23:08AM +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working >> reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, I've >> had it a fortnight now and its lo

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Petter Adsen writes: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:23:08 + > Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working >> reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, I've >> had it a fortnight now and its l

Re: Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

Darac Marjal writes: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:23:08AM +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working >> reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, I've >> had it a fortnight now and its lo

Lenovo 050 desktop crashing

I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, I've had it a fortnight now and its longest uptime has been just over 3 days, even though its on all the time! It has crashed when I've been using it, and its crashe

Re: Removing unwanted language files from texlive.

Jörg-Volker Peetz writes: > How did you install texlive? > > What is the output of > > apt-mark showmanual | grep texlive > > ? Through the jessie repository. Your command gives the output - texlive-full Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bit

Removing unwanted language files from texlive.

I've installed texlive getting *everything* which also includes getting many language files that I am never going to use, such as cjk [japanese I think], etc. How do I go about removing them in a sane way please? Is it as simple as `sudo apt-get remove texlive-lang-*', and then just adding back th

Re: backup drive has died.

Gary said: Install smartmontools on your system and check the backup drive's SMART status. Something like smartctl -H /dev/sde If it passes, then reusing is OK. Otherwise, try to recover what you can by making a copy of the disk using dd- rescue. Hans said: To your question for reuse: I would s

backup drive has died.

Last night my backup drive died and is now totally unresponsive, but it did give this error message when I tried to access it - --8<---cut here---start->8--- Error mounting /dev/sde1 at /media/boudiccas/back1: Command-line `mount -t "ext4" -o "uhelper=udisks2,n

Re: dieting/losing weight programs?

Rusi Mody writes: > On Thursday, August 7, 2014 2:00:01 PM UTC+5:30, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I've recently been looking in the jessie repos for any programme relating >> to diet management, or weight management, i.e. anything at all about >> dieting or losing weight.

Re: dieting/losing weight programs?

Florent Bories writes: > On 7 August 2014 10:26, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > Are there any programmes in the repos for dieting/losing weight please? > (...) > Sharon. > > Hi Sharon, > > It appears that pondus helps to track weight. Maybe it would be of som

Re: how to update TexLive 2014, apt-get or tlmgr?

Norbert Preining writes: > On Sat, 09 Aug 2014, Chris Bannister wrote: >> > I'm using TexLive 2014 from the jessie repos, and also keeping a >> > watching brief on "comp.text.tex" where it shows updates to packages as >> > they occur. I'm interested in the "tcolorbox" and "glossaries" packages >>

dieting/losing weight programs?

I've recently been looking in the jessie repos for any programme relating to diet management, or weight management, i.e. anything at all about dieting or losing weight. And I can't find any! The nearest I could find was for "nut-nutrition" which appeared to be console-based and american-centric alt

how to update TexLive 2014, apt-get or tlmgr?

I'm using TexLive 2014 from the jessie repos, and also keeping a watching brief on "comp.text.tex" where it shows updates to packages as they occur. I'm interested in the "tcolorbox" and "glossaries" packages and see that they have recently been updated. What is the best way of getting the updated

Re: kernel errors present - how to resolve them please?

Curt writes: > On 2014-07-25, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> Every day the following appears in my logwatch email >>=2D-8<---cut here---start->8--- >> WARNING: Kernel Errors Present >> EXT4-fs (sde1): error count:

kernel errors present - how to resolve them please?

Every day the following appears in my logwatch email --8<---cut here---start->8--- WARNING: Kernel Errors Present EXT4-fs (sde1): error count: 1 ...: 1 Time(s) EXT4-fs (sde1): initial error at 1397381477: _ ...: 1 Time(s) EXT4-fs (sde1): last err

Re: systemd waisted 5 hours of my work time today

Sven Joachim writes: > On 2014-07-24 16:18 +0200, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> Johann Spies writes: >> >>> This morning my work laptop would not boot.  I could not even get to >>> single user mode initially and when I got  as far as that I could >>&

Re: systemd waisted 5 hours of my work time today

Johann Spies writes: > This morning my work laptop would not boot.  I could not even get to single > user mode initially and when I got  as far as that I could not > type anything on the terminal.  I suspect some upgrade yesterday caused it. > > In the end I had to search for a windows user who

Logwatch output in the "Kernel" section

I have two problems that have been bothering me for some time, the first for about several days, and the second for a week or two. - This has begun appearing in my daily Logwatch output, and now using these file managers is virtually impossible as they are so untrustworthy. But what can I d

SOLVED [Re: unable to access website, getting "502 Bad Gateway" errors]

> On Monday 21 July 2014 15:59:12 Curt wrote: >> On 2014-07-21, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> http://www.tgmeds.org.uk/ >> http://www.sharons.org.uk/ >> >> I get >> >> 502 Bad Gateway >> nginx/1.2.1 >> >> for both sites. > > I

unable to access website, getting "502 Bad Gateway" errors

I am totally unable to access two websites that are very important to me, they're my own! And they are both listed in the sig of this email. I have tried with the following browsers - chromium, google-chrome, iceweasel, konqueror, opera, midori, qupzilla, conkeror, links, and in all of them I get

Re: rsync of mtp://[usb:001,012]/ ?

James Cloos writes: >>>>>> "SK" == Sharon Kimble writes: > > R>> https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs > > SK> Thanks, I was able to download a binary from there, "go-mtpfs.x86", > SK> and made it executable and then ran - > >

Re: rsync of mtp://[usb:001,012]/ ?

Reco writes: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:11:41 +0100 > Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> Neither of them show in "mount", although I know that I can mount either >> using "jmtpfs /media/galaxy". But doing that gives a very flakey >> connection, prone to

Re: rsync of mtp://[usb:001,012]/ ?

Reco writes: > Hi. > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 06:41:08AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I have a mobile phone and a kindle fire, both of which can be manually >> mounted, but they are given names like "mtp://[usb:002,042]/" currently >> the kindle fire. An

rsync of mtp://[usb:001,012]/ ?

I have a mobile phone and a kindle fire, both of which can be manually mounted, but they are given names like "mtp://[usb:002,042]/" currently the kindle fire. And "mtp://[usb:001,012]/" which is the mobile phone. How can I do a rsync backup of them both, or any backup at all really, just in case

Auto-emptying of trash.

Revisiting a question that I asked in March last year about how to auto-empty a trash bin. This has worked very well until today, when on one of my drives it also deleted the trash bin as well, so my follow-on script to give me the size of my trash bin failed as there wasn’t a trash bin to evaluat

Re: you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

Filip writes: > On Sun, 11 May 2014 12:23:19 +0100 > Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> Chris Bannister writes: >> >> --8<---cut here---start->8--- >> locale >> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 >> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en >> LC_C

Re: you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

Sharon Kimble writes: > Chris Bannister writes: > >> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 06:36:34PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 11/05/14 17:06, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> > But is there a system-wide solution, just in case it starts >>> > happening

Re: you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

Chris Bannister writes: > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 06:36:34PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 11/05/14 17:06, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> > But is there a system-wide solution, just in case it starts >> > happening in some other programme please? >> >>

Re: you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

Scott Ferguson writes: > On 11/05/14 17:06, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> When copying and pasting some text from a text document into >> emacs, it starts out as - ╭ │Remember, most breast lumps are >> not cancerous, but you don't know if you don't a

you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

When copying and pasting some text from a text document into emacs, it starts out as - ╭ │Remember, most breast lumps are not cancerous, but you don't know if you don't ask. ╰ but appears as - ╭ │Remember, most breast lumps are not cancerous, but you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019

emacs development?

I was a very happy user of the fortnightly 'emacs-snapshot' from 'emacs.naquadah.org' but they stopped producing then back in January. Has anyone been doing the emacs snapshots since then please? And if so, would they be willing to share them please? Has anyone got an url for the testing/developm

Re: questions about password safes

On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:05:00 -0500 Dave Woyciesjes wrote: > On 03/07/2014 11:56 AM, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I run Wheezy, desktop Xfce. I want to start using a password > > safe. I've done some searching on the Web and would like to use > > Bruce Schneier's "Password Safe". There is a package in

A SOLUTION - Re: compton and shadows

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:05:41 + Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:16:43 + > Peter Tynan wrote: > > > On 7 March 2014 02:46, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in

Re: compton and shadows

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:16:43 + Peter Tynan wrote: > On 7 March 2014 02:46, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in > > 'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to about &

Re: compton and shadows

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 06:26:47 +0100 Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > What are the effects of the -C (uppercase c) switch? No discernible difference. Sharon. > > -- > Gian Uberto Lauri > Messaggio inviato da un tablet > > > On 07/mar/2014, at 03:46, Sharon Kimble > &

compton and shadows

If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in 'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to about one inch above your launcher. In this shadow you are unable to click any button or pane-descriptor like in 'tmux', it is effectively 'dead-ground' and unusable. Is the

Loading themes in emacs

I have the strange problem in that if I load a theme using 'M-x load-theme' and then put in a theme name when prompted like 'brin' it only shows the theme background colour in the fringe and the mode-line and nowhere else. Its the same whatever theme I load. The relevant section from my .emacs is

Re: Losing '_b00jdlb8_default' from a files name?

On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:31:40 -0800 David Guntner wrote: > Sharon Kimble grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > I am using this script to convert radio programmes downloaded with > > 'get-iplayer' from '*.m4a' to '*.mp3', and it works very well. > &

Losing '_b00jdlb8_default' from a files name?

I am using this script to convert radio programmes downloaded with 'get-iplayer' from '*.m4a' to '*.mp3', and it works very well. for i in *.m4a; do faad "$i" x=`echo "$i"|sed -e 's/.m4a/.wav/'` y=`echo "$i"|s

Re: wheezy + xfce + samsung galaxy S3 android doesn't mount

On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:32:09 -0500 Paul Cartwright wrote: > Is there some magic, besides mtpfs to make xfce mount my android > phone? Thunar doesn't see it, yet I can cd to the mount point and cd > down to the DCIM... pictures folder in a terminal window, > now I remember why I changed to MATE be

Re: May I introduce to you ..... 'beeb'

On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:11:10 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 03/02/14 02:44, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:51:04 +1100 > > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > >> On 02/02/14 00:13, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >>> > >>> May

Re: May I introduce to you ..... 'beeb'

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:51:04 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 02/02/14 00:13, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > May I introduce to you ‘beeb’ the all-singing, all-dancing, upgrade > > to ‘get-iplayer’! > > > > > > > Any problems, or furthe

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