[(fwd): [Debian/Bullseye] - Come far scattare il 'fallback relayhost'?]

[Ennio-Sr]

This is just to apologize for sending the 'forwarded' message to the wrong list!
Have everybody a happy New Year,
ennio

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Subject: [Debian/Bullseye] - Come far scattare il 'fallback relayhost'?
From: Ennio-Sr 
Reply-To: nasr.la...@tin.it
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:10:34 +0100
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Visto che è passato il mio precedente messaggio circa Majordomo, invio
[...]
Grazie dell''attenzione, ennio
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[Debian/Bullseye] - Come far scattare il 'fallback relayhost'?

[Ennio-Sr]

Visto che è passato il mio precedente messaggio circa Majordomo, invio
subito l'altra domanda, alla quale non ho trovato risposta, tanto è vero
che imiei messaggi alla lista non 'passavano'.

Nel file /etc/postfix/sasl_pwd avevo queste due righe:

smtps.tin.it nasr.la...@tin.it:password_in_chiaro
smtp_fallback_relay smtp.autistici.org  al.mu...@autistici.org:password_in 
chiaro

lle quali seguivano altre, che peròerano commentate con '#'.

Ebbene, perché quado i messaggi alla lista venivano respinti da tin.it,
come mai non veniva usata la seconda riga contenente il 'fallback_relay'?

Grazie dell''attenzione, ennio

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Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

[Ennio-Sr]

* fmn...@gmail.com  [220418, 03:09]:
> Hello Ennio,
> 
>   this usually happens when you are using a graphics driver that
> depends on a kernel module that is not shipped with the standard
> kernel, like nvidia-driver for example. You need to reinstall the
> module, linking it against the new kernel (boot into 4.15 and reinstall
> the driver).
> 
> -Francisco
> 
Hi Francisco and thank you for the hint; however,  as I use the
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau driver I doubt your suggestion will work in
my case. Anyway I'll bear in mind it for next time linux-image is
upgraded...
Ciao, Ennio

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Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

[Ennio-Sr]

* Long Wind  [210418, 10:26]:
>  Thanks, my card is old, but it should work and it work in 9.3
> i don't think changing resolution/depth will help
> the setting is same as in stretch 9.3
> resolution/freq are recommended by monitor's manual
> [...]

Hi Francisco,
yesterday I had a similar problem: during an 'apt-get upgrade' a new
*linux-image-4.15.0-0.bpo.2-amd64_4.15.11-1~bpo9+1_amd64.deb*
was installed. After a reboot I wasn't able to get X and could not
detect why that was happening as xorg.log showed no errors! 
Going back to the previous:
Linux mcmini-4_1-deb 4.14.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.14.13-1~bpo9+1 \
   (2018-01-14) x86_64 GNU/Linux
solved the empasse.

Hope this helps.
Regards, Ennio
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Re: [Debian-Stretch on macmini-4.1] Can't get X working with nvidia

[Ennio-Sr]

* Henning Follmann <hfollm...@itcfollmann.com> [120318, 08:09]:
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 12:21:17AM +0100, Ennio-Sr wrote:
> > Hi all!
> > [...]

> > ...solution to the 'black screen' coming out running startx, I'm curious to
> > know if there is any of you with the same hardware who found a
> > workaround and would share it.
> 
> I do have a macbookpro and for me it was exactly the issue. e.g. The
> graphics adapter by default is not bus master.
> 
Sorry, I do not understand what #'is not bus master'# means

> > 
> > Looking at the various logs I can't find any clue. 
> > Reading <https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#configure> I also
> > consulted the suggested link 'http://askubuntu.com/a/613573/134848' but
> > as its author worked on a MacBook7,1 whereas mine is macmini4,1 I'm
 ~~
> > afraid either I misunderstood his advices concerning the 'setpci -s' (my
> > values where different) or that patch is not applicable to macmini.
> > 
> 
> 
> what is the result of 
> nvidia-detect
> ?
I can't tell because in the meantime I went back to the 'nouveau'
driver: up to now it hasn't yet frozen (cross fingers ;-)
However, Xorg.?.log showed the module was detected and loaded and this
fact is asserted by the following lines extracted from a 'journalctl -xb
--boot=-x' (where 'x' was the number of boot when nvidia was installed)

> 
> what does 
> sudo lshw -businfo -class bridge -class display
> report back?
> 

Ok, this is the result with nouveau installed, but it was identical when
nvidia was installed (of course, being hw stuff)

Bus info  Device  Class  Description

pci@:00:00.0  bridge MCP89 HOST Bridge
pci@:00:03.0  bridge MCP89 LPC Bridge
pci@:00:0e.0  bridge NVIDIA Corporation
pci@:01:00.0  bridge XIO2213A/B/XIO2221 PCI Express to 
PCI Bridge [Cheetah Express]
pci@:00:15.0  bridge NVIDIA Corporation
pci@:00:16.0  bridge NVIDIA Corporation
pci@:00:17.0<->   bridge MCP89 PCI Express Bridge
pci@:05:00.0<->   displayMCP89 [GeForce 320M]

> and the file you created
> /etc/grub.d/01_enable_vga.conf

> can you pleas list the contents of this file?

Here it is (I saved it before removng nvidia):

# 01_enable_vga.conf
# per modificare i valori del bridge e del display della nvidia
# cfr. proprietary-nvidia-drivers-on-mac-with-efi (ask ubuntu)
  setpci -s "00:17.0"  3e.b=8
  setpci -s "05:00.0"  04.b=7

>
Note that when I checked, as suggested by the ubuntu link author, with
  $ sudo setpci -s "00:17.0" 3e.b
08
  $ sudo setpci -s "05:00.0" 04.b
07
I obtained the correct values.

Some further considrations:
While I'm writing this answer I'm recalling to my mind that I was acting
in complete ignorance of what all that mean, particularly the 3e.b=8
etc. In the meantime I have desperately searched the web for an
explanation of hex structure, which I found a few hours ago. And the
only doubt, now, is that I might have first given that setpci
instruction with the same values of ubuntu post (05.b=7) and after
getting the black screen having corrected to 04.b=7.
I am still not sure which value would have been correct and if you know
please tell me just for the case I might go back again to nvidia in case
of new frequent frozes of nouveau.

Many thanks for your help. Regards, Ennio

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[Debian-Stretch on macmini-4.1] Can't get X working with nvidia

[Ennio-Sr]

Hi all!

since I installed new kernels (i.e. 4.9.0 and 4.14.0-0) to be
half-protected against Meltdown/Spectre I was having freezing problems
with X using 'nouveau' driver (never had any problem with older
kernels). So i decided to try the original non-free nvidia driver as
provided by the nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver and relted packages. Now,
after struggling for a couple of days to search the web for a possible
solution to the 'black screen' coming out running startx, I'm curious to
know if there is any of you with the same hardware who found a
workaround and would share it.

Looking at the various logs I can't find any clue. 
Reading  I also
consulted the suggested link 'http://askubuntu.com/a/613573/134848' but
as its author worked on a MacBook7,1 whereas mine is macmini4,1 I'm
afraid either I misunderstood his advices concerning the 'setpci -s' (my
values where different) or that patch is not applicable to macmini.

Thanks for your attention, regards, ennio
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Re: Bluetooth Connection Issue

[Ennio-Sr]

* Michael Milliman  [040417, 08:00]:
> [...] 
 
> Given this information the following questions present themselves:
>   1) Is there a setting somewhere that will cause this issue?
>   2) Is this a known issue with Testing or Blueman?
>   3) Is there a solution which will allow use of Blueman for pairing?
> 
> Clearly, the kernel and drivers on the system are working correctly, or
> I would not be able to accomplish the pairing with bt-device.  I suspect
> the problem is with notifications, either in general, or with Blueman
> specifically, that is causing the problem, and that were I to be getting
> the notification I expect, I would be able to accept the pass code and
> proceed normally.
> 

Hi Michael,

I had a problem with bluetooth too, although it was of a different type.
However, why not have a look at posts dated 'Feb 02' c,y. and
subject:'Bluetooth: unable to pair Apple Wireless keyboard Mod. A1016'.
You might find some useful info, particularly as far as 'agent' is
concerned.

Regards,
   Ennio

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[SOLVED] Re: [debian/stretch] problems playing zipped midi file on console

[Ennio-Sr]

* Ennio-Sr <nasr.la...@tin.it> [130317, 17:21]:
> [Duplicates a post to _debian/italian@..._]
> 
> However, when I try to play a  zipped midi file (from within _lynx_) the
> two PCs behave differently: one plays it using timidity, whereas the
> other asks to Download or Cancel the file.
> 

Just for future on-lookers (including myself)
Solved comparing strace results: in /home/user there was an incomplete
hidden .mime.types disrupting the previous configuration.
Regards, Ennio

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[debian/stretch] problems playing zipped midi file on console

[Ennio-Sr]

[Duplicates a post to _debian/italian@..._]

Hi all!

I hope somebody can help me solve this dilemma:

I have two PCs with the same debian version and (to the best of my
knowledge) the same configuration, at least AFA _/etc/mime.types_ and
_/home/user/.mailcap_ is concerned.

However, when I try to play a  zipped midi file (from within _lynx_) the
two PCs behave differently: one plays it using timidity, whereas the
other asks to Download or Cancel the file.

BTW, _/etc/lynx/lynx.cfg_ and _/home/user/.lynxrc_ are also the same.
Can you suggest what else should I check?

Thanks for your attention, regards Ennio

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Re: [(fwd): Debian/Stretch - network-manager_1.4.4-1 and libbluetooth3_5.43-1]

[Ennio-Sr]

* deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> [080217, 19:45]:
> Ennio-Sr wrote:
> > ...
> 
> I don't see dependency between network-manager and bluetooth in jessie
> 
No, the dependency is on 'libbluetooth3' for Stretch version of
network-manager (1.6.0-1). No dependencies are shown for previous
versions.

> Even if NetworkManager is removed, you can still configure network easily.
> 

Mmh, I started to feel lost when the 'route -n' showed no connection and
'ifup eth0' said 'unknown device' or something like that. 
Then I found older version 1.4.4-1, which is probably Jesiie's.

Regards, Ennio

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Re: [(fwd): Debian/Stretch - network-manager_1.4.4-1 and libbluetooth3_5.43-1]

[Ennio-Sr]

* Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> [060217, 00:16]:
> On 2/4/17, Ennio-Sr <nasr.la...@tin.it> wrote:
> > [...]
> 
> Was your email signature attached to wherever this didn't arrive? I
> just... I found this in my sp am bucket so maybe that's why it never
> arrived where you sent. Maybe the signature is triggering something? I
> [...] 
> 
Yes, it was, and it's 'pure text', no evil in it ;)
Perhaps the addresses I used (shown in the 'apt-cache show' of the two
pkgs, are reserved to developers. Theu were rejected with '550
Unroutable address'.
> 
> > [...]

> You said that you found what you needed in /var/cache/apt/archives?
> The impression I got was that this is where deletions were going to be
> made. Is it that you happened to have an older archive dotDeb that is
> being left alone because it's pre this deletion thing?
> 
Yes, the older version 1.4.4-1 had been preserved, whereas the new one,
1.6.0-1 had vanished.

> Where are you seeing packages deleted from?

No, I modified the default behaviour creating the file '01Keep-debs' in
'/etc/apt/apt.conf.d' as suggested by the warning during the upgrade.

> [...] 

> 
> Upon reading that something IMPORTANT was going to start being quietly
> deleted as a default, my reaction was something along the lines of...
> 
> An itty-bitty tiny little freakout for a second.
> 
> And pretty much for the kind of reason it sounds like you're saying here.
> 

Well, we don't know the underlying reason of this choice...


> The more I think back on it, I specifically monitored dotDeb archive
> file deletions for a few days after that message appeared, but I never
> saw anything change.

I heve no clue to this.

> [...]

> specifically k/t the fear of being cut off if I don't have the right

What does 'k/t' mean? (Sorry, I'm not English mother tongue!)

> 
> Just thinking out loud. I really don't have any other feedback...
> except maybe...
> 
> *ACK!* :D
>

I hope that is not for me!

> Cindy :)

Regards, Ennio

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[(fwd): Debian/Stretch - network-manager_1.4.4-1 and libbluetooth3_5.43-1]

[Ennio-Sr]

Hi all!
I'm forwarding to the list this message which didn't reach the original
destination. I would have to get through bugzilla to report a bug, bat
this is not a bug. Although, I think it might help some onlookers...

Regards, Ennio


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Subject: Debian/Stretch - network-manager_1.4.4-1 and libbluetooth3_5.43-1
Reply-To: Ennio-Sr <nasr.la...@tin.it>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 20:27:00 +0100
To: Debian Bluetooth Maintainers 
<pkg.bluetooth.maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Cc: Utopia Maintenance Team <pkg.utopia.maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org>

Hi!
As you certainly know (and I learnt recently), in the oncoming
Debian/Stretch version, the network-manager pkg depends on libbluetooth3
so that when this package is removed network-manager will be removed as
well. 
Now, considering that - if I understand well - the Stretch default
policy will be to delete all downloaded packages once they have beeen
installed (unless you modify default), a newby could have problems to reconnect.

AAMOF it happened to me a few days ago when, while struggling to pair an
apple wireless keyboard, I removed all bluetooth related packages and
remained 'isolated' from the world. Luckily enough I had a
network-manager package in the /var/cache/apt/archives and could solve
my problem.

Of course, the deletion of network-manager is announced when you remove
libbluetooth3 but I think it should be stressed by a stronger axplicit warning,
also considering that while removing bluetooth one would not expect that
network-manager will vanish altogether and could not notice the weak
'Remv network-manager ...' amon others.

Thank you for the nice result of your work. 
Best regards,
   Ennio

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[SOLVED] Re: Bluetooth: unable to pair Apple Wireless Keyboard Mod. A1016

[Ennio-Sr]

* Ennio-Sr <nasr.la...@tin.it> [030217, 00:46]:
> * deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> [020217, 23:34]:
> > Ennio-Sr wrote:
> > 
> > did you have a look here?
> > http://askubuntu.com/questions/730316/apple-wireless-keyboard-wont-connect-in-15-10
> > 
> > and here they say to "trust", but well, this is after successfull pairing
> > http://askubuntu.com/questions/701978/how-can-a-bluetooth-keyboard-that-requires-a-code-entry-be-paired-in-the-termina
> > 

Sorry! I was so excited to forget to add 'Solved' to the subject

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Re: Bluetooth: unable to pair Apple Wireless Keyboard Mod. A1016

[Ennio-Sr]

* deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> [020217, 23:34]:
> Ennio-Sr wrote:
> 
> > No, I can assure all commands were in order, including 'agent'.
> > ...
> 
> Wait you say squeeze. The thing is bluetooth changed significantly since
> squeeze. If I am not mistaken wheezy to jessie. So jessie has the new
> version of bluez. You can read there what changed if interested.
> did you have a look here?
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/730316/apple-wireless-keyboard-wont-connect-in-15-10
> 
> and here they say to "trust", but well, this is after successfull pairing
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/701978/how-can-a-bluetooth-keyboard-that-requires-a-code-entry-be-paired-in-the-termina
> 
> I am not familiar with bt keybards, but if it was working it should work in
> stretch too. I spent time dealing with bt and my mobile phones. Now I use
> blueman to manage the adapter, however I used also bluetoothctl several
> times in the past. What happens if you try to connect and then pair?
> 
> FYI I have on jessie
> 
> blueman 1.99~alpha1-1+deb8u1
> bluemon 1.4-6
> bluetooth   5.23-2
> bluez   5.23-2+b1
> bluez-dbg   5.23-2+b1
> bluez-firmware  1.2-3
> bluez-hcidump   5.23-2+b1
> bluez-obexd 5.23-2+b1
> bluez-test-scripts  5.23-2
> btscanner   2.1-5.1
> libbluetooth-dev5.23-2+b1
> libbluetooth3:amd64 5.23-2+b1
> libbluetooth3-dbg   5.23-2+b1
> libgnome-bluetooth133.14.0-2
> pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 5.0-13
> 

Let me say it in one single word: 'GREAT!!!'

Following instructions reported in the first link solved the problem
(and I'm right now using the Wireless Keyboard :-)

My thanks are not enough to express my gratitude. Thank you so much
indeed. All the best for you and Heaven bless you!

Ennio

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Re: Bluetooth: unable to pair Apple Wireless Keyboard Mod. A1016

[Ennio-Sr]

* deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> [020217, 20:26]:
> Ennio-Sr wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for your attention. Regards, Ennio
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2276551
> 
> I think you missed agent on and so on

No, I can assure all commands were in order, including 'agent'.
In the meantime a look given to 'lsmod' in the older mcmini (the one
with squeeze ppc that paired with the kb) showed that there the
bluetooth mod was used, among others, by 'l2cap' and 'sco', which are
missing both in Jessie and Stretch kernel's modules.
OTAH I have no idea what those modules helped doing...

BTW, I red the suggested url, and so many others up to now and have no hope 
left ;-(

Thanks, Ennio


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Re: Bluetooth: unable to pair Apple Wireless Keyboard Mod. A1016

[Ennio-Sr]

* Ennio-Sr <nasr.la...@tin.it> [010217, 19:33]:
> 
> OK, I did it, but nothing changed: getting more or less the same errors
> as before,may be some more. But I'll come back with some consistent data...
> Regards, Ennio
>  

And here we are!
The bluetooth Stretch version is bugged so I tried again with Jessie;
This is a screen dump of the commands used:


root@mcmini-4_1-deb:~# hciconfig hc10 sspmode 0 ->>> # same result not 
runnning this one #


root@mcmini-4_1-deb:~# bluetoothctl
[NEW] Device 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF Apple Wireless Keyboard
[bluetooth]# show  
Controller C8:BC:C8:E9:DA:AA  
Name: mcmini-4_1-deb 
Alias: mcmini-4_1-deb 
Class: 0x0c0104
Powered: yes
Discoverable: no 
Pairable: yes 
UUID: Headset AG(1112--1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: Generic Attribute Profile (1801--1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: A/V Remote Control(110e--1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: Generic Access Profile(1800--1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: PnP Information   (1200--1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (110c--1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: Audio Sink(110b--1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: Audio Source  (110a--1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) 
Modalias: usb:v1D6Bp0246d052B
Discovering: no  <<<-
[bluetooth]# discoverable on  <<< -
Changing discoverable on succeeded
[CHG] Controller C8:BC:C8:E9:DA:AA Discoverable: yes
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started 
[CHG] Controller C8:BC:C8:E9:DA:AA Discovering: yes  
[CHG] Device 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF RSSI: -74

[bluetooth]# pair 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF
Attempting to pair with 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF   ->>> # not touching kb
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationTimeout
[CHG] Device 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF RSSI: -55 

[bluetooth]# pair 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF  
Attempting to pair with 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF   ->>> # input 1234
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationTimeout  

[bluetooth]# pair 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF
Attempting to pair with 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF   ->>> # input 
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationTimeout

[bluetooth]# pair 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF
Attempting to pair with 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF   ->>> # input 00
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationTimeout 

[bluetooth]# exit
[DEL] Controller C8:BC:C8:E9:DA:AA mcmini-4_1-deb [default]


root@mcmini-4_1-deb:~# hidd --search
Searching ...
Connecting to device 00:0A:95:3F:A8:DF 
Can't get device information: Function not implemented

root@mcmini-4_1-deb:~# dpkg -l | grep -i blue  
ii  bluez  5.43-1amd64   Bluetooth tools and 
daemons
ii  bluez-compat   4.99-2amd64   BlueZ 3.x 
compatibility binaries
ii  bluez-firmware 1.2-3 all Firmware for Bluetooth 
devices 
ii  bluez-hcidump  5.43-1amd64   Analyses Bluetooth HCI 
packets  ->>> (1)
ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0:amd643.20.0-1  amd64   Introspection data for 
GnomeBluetooth 
ii  libbluetooth3:amd645.43-1amd64   Library to use the 
BlueZ Linux Bluetooth stack 
ii  libgnome-bluetooth13:amd64 3.20.0-1  amd64   GNOME Bluetooth tools 
- support library 

->>> (1) Bluetooth gave the same errors before installing this (Jessie) pckg
root@mcmini-4_1-deb:~#  


# And this is part of journalctl -xb
...
Feb 02 18:03:58 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: vendor 0x0 product: 0x0
Feb 02 18:03:58 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: No agent available for request 
type 4
Feb 02 18:03:58 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: device_notify_pin: Operation 
not permitted
Feb 02 18:04:42 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: vendor 0x0 product: 0x0
Feb 02 18:04:42 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: No agent available for request 
type 4
Feb 02 18:04:42 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: device_notify_pin: Operation 
not permitted
...
Feb 02 18:05:38 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: vendor 0x0 product: 0x0
Feb 02 18:05:38 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: No agent available for request 
type 4
Feb 02 18:05:38 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: device_notify_pin: Operation 
not permitted
Feb 02 18:06:52 mcmini-4_1-deb bluetoothd[4414]: No agent availa

Re: Debian/Stretch: how to boot in text mode

[Ennio-Sr]

* Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> [010217, 16:08]:
> Ennio-Sr composed on 2017-02-01 21:21 (UTC+0100):
> 
> > After upgrading to Stretch I'm unable to find a way to boot with no GUI.
> > I tried setting 'GRUB-GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text" in /etc/default/grub,
> > moving to 'K01gdm3' all 'S??gdm3' instances in /etc/rc?.d, but nothing
> > happens.
> 
> You haven't provided your meaning for "text mode".
> 

What I ment was to receive (after booting) a login prompt in tty1 console;
then, if and when I need it switch to a new tty and call 'startx'
Michael's reply was perfect: it did exactly what I wanted ;-)


> Greg and Michael's replies answer how to stop booting to a GUI login manager.
> 
> If instead what you wish is to avoid seeing any GUI effects, but do want to
> see boot messages from kernel and scripts as init proceeds, you need to
> ensure they have not been turned off by quiet or splash parameters on the
> kernel cmdline. Also, Plymouth may have been installed, which is a more
> sophisticated form of GUI splash during boot. Maybe all you need to do is
> purge Plymouth, and/or eliminate quiet and/or splash from your kernel
> cmdline (purge them from both GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= and
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= in /etc/default/grub, then run update-grub).

I'll keep in mind your suggestions: for the time being I'm not sure I
understand them well.

Many thanks to you all (Greg, Michael and youself) for the rapid and
efficient answers.
Regards, Ennio

P:S: I'm answering your message from mutt (in a console) from my laptop
as I messed up with postfix on main PC and my messages are being bounced
by the list. Now I've got to understand how to solve this new problem...

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Debian/Stretch: how to boot in text mode

[Ennio-Sr]

Hi all!

After upgrading to Stretch I'm unable to find a way to boot with no GUI.
I tried setting 'GRUB-GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text" in /etc/default/grub,
moving to 'K01gdm3' all 'S??gdm3' instances in /etc/rc?.d, but nothing
happens.
Any help, please?
Regards, Ennio

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Re: Bluetooth: unable to pair Apple Wireless Keyboard Mod. A1016

[Ennio-Sr]

* deloptes  [010217, 00:46]:
> ennio wrote:
> 
> > I'm waiting for 'stretch' to be officially the new 'stable' debian
> > version on 5th February so as to fully upgrade my system (now it is
> > partially Jessie, partially Stretch) and check again whether or not
> > bluetooth works with this quite old keyboard.
> 
> You could use stretch in apt/sources.list and upgrade already. No need to
> wait until 5th. Have some balls, show some character!
> 
> regards

OK, I did it, but nothing changed: getting more or less the same errors
as before,may be some more. But I'll come back with some consistent data...
Regards, Ennio
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Bluetooth: unable to pair Apple Wireless Keyboard Mod. A1016

[Ennio-Sr]

Hi all!
Has any of you benn able to pair the subject keyboard with bluetooth
under linux debian/jessie or stretch?
Using bluetoothctl 'pair xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'
if I don't touch any key, nothing happens, and after a while I get:
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationTimeout

In case I enter '', bluetoothctl will say:
[Agent] PIN code: 939765
I enter this code and again it says
[Agent] PIN code: 118685
and so on until it stops with the AuthenticationTimeout error.

In /var/log/messages there is something like:
,,, Bluetooth-WARNING **: Could not load pin-code-database.xml

Trying old 'hidd --search' (that worked wonderfully in older Squeeze)
would say: Connecting ..
and then:

Can't get device information: function not implemented.

I'm completely lost and frustrated.
Can you help me? Thanks in advance, Ennio

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Bluetooth mouse and keyboard not detected after pause

[Ennio-Sr]

Hi all!

The following message remained unanswered on debian-powerpc NG.
I hope there is somebody among the many more followers of this list who
may have had a similar problem with Squeeze. I'm particularly curious to
know whether upgrading to Wheezy could solve the problem.

Thanks for your attention.
 Ennio

- quote 


My wireless Apple keyboard and mouse are not aumatically detected after
being inactive for 15-20 minutes and must be paired again with the aid
of a usb keyboard or an iPad (giving hidd --search from command line).

This happens with:
. Mac Mini PowerPC G4 mid 2005 1.42GHz
. Linux ... 2.6.32-powerpc and Debian/Squeeze
. bluetooth 4.101-3 newer than version in archive
. bluez/squeeze uptodate 4.66-3 
. ps | grep bluetooth:
root   443  0.0  0.0  0 0 ?S21:21   0:00  \_ [bluetooth]
root  1243  0.0  0.3   5864  1644 ?Ss   21:21   0:00 
/usr/sbin/bluetoothd
root  1485  0.0  0.1   2564   772 ?S21:21   0:00 
/usr/bin/bluetooth-agent 
ennio 1867  0.0  1.2  81076  6252 tty6 S21:23   0:00
  \_ bluetooth-applet

Do you have similar experience? Is there any workaround?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Is it possible to recover PG-8.4 databases from raw data?

[Ennio-Sr]

Hi all,

having messed up my GNU/Linux installation (squeeze/wheezy/sid) I had to
reinstall it but forgot to dump my PG database. I do have a fair recent
dump in my laptop but 

I would like to know whether it is still possible to recover

from raw data, i.e. files in '/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main'
which I copied  to a backup disk before *re-formatting /var  /usr* dirs
while installing Debian/Squeeze.
More than a necessity this is a challenge that I took to learn a bit
more about how things work in postgresql.

I read in docs that Debian sets thing a bit different from the simple
postgresql installation, so this should be the right NG to ask for help.

That said my system is now running under:

Linux 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 09:49:36 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
postgresql-8.4/squeeze uptodate 8.4.13-0squeeze1
postgresql-client-8.4/squeeze uptodate 8.4.13-0squeeze1
postgresql-client-common/squeeze uptodate 113+squeeze1
postgresql-common/squeeze uptodate 113+squeeze1

a cluster was created in the same directory as before and I overwrote it
with the files in my backup disk.
I created user in the new installed pg-8.4 and, after starting pg, I see
that:
user$ psql mydb
does work, mut no data are found:

Target width for wrapped format is 100.
Output format is wrapped.
No relations found.
  List of databases
   Name|  Owner   | Encoding | Collation | Ctype |   Access privileges   
---+--+--+---+---+---
 mydb  | ennio| LATIN1   | en_US | en_US | 
 postgres  | postgres | LATIN1   | en_US | en_US | 
 template0 | postgres | LATIN1   | en_US | en_US | =c/postgres
 : postgres=CTc/postgres
 template1 | postgres | LATIN1   | en_US | en_US | =c/postgres
 : postgres=CTc/postgres
(4 rows)

In an old post by Tom Lane, one of the PG's authors, I read that copying
old files in the same dir should work. So I'm wondering why it didn't
work in my case.

To this respect I fear this could be related to the situation I had
before re-installation.
AAMOF I tried to install pg-9.1 (from wheezy) but pg_upgradecluster
didn't work,(*) so I came back to previous 8.4 version (but probably I
didn't downgrade postgresql-client as well.
As I continued to use mydb without noticing any irregularity I was not
aware of any problem until, trying to downgrade to squeeze all wheezy
packages, I removed postgresql-client 9.1 sure that it was useless as I
was running pg-8.4 :-(.
After a rboot I realized the mess caused by that removal and so decided
to re-install squeeze from scratch

May be I should install postgres-client/wheezy to see if Tom Lane's
suggestion works?

Do you have any similar experience?

Thanks for your attention.
Regards, Ennio


(*)
This is the impasse emerging from that upgrading:

postgresql/wheezy uptodate 9.1+134wheezy1
postgresql-client/wheezy uptodate 9.1+134wheezy1
postgresql-client-common/wheezy uptodate 134wheezy1
Linux deby.ei.hnet 2.6.32-trunk-686 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 06:32:16 UTC 2010
i686 GNU/Linux]

I upgraded pg_8.4 to 9.1 and run pg_upgradecluster but if I try to
connect with:
$ psql mydb -p 5433  (to make sure everything is ok) I get:

psql: FATAL:  role ennio does not exist

su - postgres   createuser ennio, warns:

createuser: creation of new role failed: ERROR:  role ennio already exists

Trying to ocnnect as postgres (psql -p 5433) I get the warning in
subject.


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Iceweasel, Flashplayer and Google Finance

[Ennio-Sr]

Hi all!

SHORT QUESTION:
Can you see Google Finance graghics *interactively* using
Iceweasel=15.0 and Shockwave Flash_11.2.r... on Squeeze?

LONG  QUESTION:

[using: 
flashplayer-mozilla/squeeze uptodate 3:11.2.202.243-dmo3
iceweasel/squeeze-backports uptodate 17.0~a2+20121004042009-1~bpo60+1
on:
Linux deby.ei.hnet 2.6.32-trunk-686 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 06:32:16 UTC 2010
i686 GNU/Linux]

On my PC, iceweasel is no longer able to show Google Finance graphics
(those relating to a particular share quotations in a certain period
)correctly:

- when a flash plugin is enabled (no matter whether it is
  mozilla's or Adobe's or flashplugin-nonfree's), no graphic appears
- disabling the flash plugin a graphic is shown with the warning:

  For the ubercool interactive charts, you need to install the Adobe
   Flash Player.

moreover,if I try to get the graphic for a different period (6m, 1y, 5y)
a new blank window appears only!

Downgrading iceweasel to a previous version (3.5.??) doesn't help at all
because the simple access to google finance will result in the killing of
the browser with an illegal instruction notice in xterm.

After disabling all the plugins (Tools:Addons:Plugins) I get the default
Google Finance graphic (which, BTW, seems to be a .swf itself and I
would expect it would not show up when plugins are disabled!?) 

I have no clues whatsoever to establish what is wrong. AAOF before last
upgrade a couple of weeks ago everything worked smoothly. Then Google Gmail
started to complain about the iceweasel version I was using and I
changed that...;(

I may have inadvertently deleted some 'assisting' package, which I'm
enable to establish. [For sure I zapped /usr/X11R6 directory, but X
seems to be working perfectly using Xorg]. 
What I should like to know is if somebody can check and tell me what he
sees on Google Finance, i.e. does he see the graphic *interactively*, in
the sense that moving the cursor along the graphic curve the values
shown in the left upper corner do change?

Thanks for your attention. Regards,
 Ennio

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Re: [OT* aiutatemi a verificare 'what is going on!'

[Ennio- Sr]

 You probably want the italian language mailing list (debian-user-it) I
 think it is called


Thank you David, you're right: I was trying to contact the Italian
list with no success. Now it's partially solved and, definitely, I
should have advised the list after realizing I used the wrong address.
So, this is a good chance for me to apologize.
Regards,
 Ennio


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[OT* aiutatemi a verificare 'what is going on!'

[Ennio- Sr]

Scusate!
sono giorni che cerco di far passare un messaggio, ma pare proprio
che sia rimasto incastrato in qualche ingranaggio nascosto in un
labirinto ... [E dire che ho anche rifatto la subscription!]
Non mi risponde il 'maestro di lista' e il 'maggiordomo' non raccoglie le
mie richieste di aiuto ... mi sento _'vox clamantis in deserto'_
;-(((

Come ultima ratio ho ri-sottoscritto la lista con (stessonome)@gmail.com ...

Nel caso mi vediate, qualche anima pia puo` spiegarmi che succede?
Grazie!
Ennio

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