Re: Debian installer chooses the wrong NVidia driver

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/21/23 23:45, Mario Marietto wrote:
If I dont get wrong,nvidia created one single driver which works for 
every gpu or almost ? it means that if I install the 525 driver for my 
RTX 2080 ti will it work also for my old gpu,GTX 1060 ?




AFIK, NVidia offers different driver generations and my understanding is 
that package nvidia-detect recommends which driver generation is the 
best for your video card.


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian installer chooses the wrong NVidia driver

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/21/23 23:16, Van Snyder wrote:

On Tue, 2023-02-21 at 22:41 +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:

On 2/21/23 22:13, Van Snyder wrote:

I have an NVidia GF108 video card. It works just fine, so I don't see a
reason to replace it.

It needs the nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver.

But when I installed Debian 11, it chose the 470 driver, which doesn't
work with GF108.

Maybe that was caused by selecting "install all the drivers" instead of
"install only the relevant drivers." I thought that meant "download them
all in case you install some new hardware."

Shouldn't the installer install only the drivers for the relevant
hardware, even if it downloads all of them?

I'm not going to re-install just to do an experiment to see if the
installer does it right if I tell it to install only the relevant 
drivers.





Hi!

It seems that nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver is available in Debian 11
(bullseye). You have just to install it. If you have problems again,
then try to use open source driver for NVidia's cards - Nouveau. it's
installed by default and you have just to uninstall NVidia's proprietary
drivers - nvidia-*.


I did install it, but it took me a week to find that that was the 
problem. I had expected Debian's installer to choose to use the correct 
driver even if all the drivers it has in its entire achive are downloaded.



There is a package nvidia-detect

it tells you which driver is appropriate for your NVidia's video card.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian installer chooses the wrong NVidia driver

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/21/23 22:13, Van Snyder wrote:
I have an NVidia GF108 video card. It works just fine, so I don't see a 
reason to replace it.


It needs the nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver.

But when I installed Debian 11, it chose the 470 driver, which doesn't 
work with GF108.


Maybe that was caused by selecting "install all the drivers" instead of 
"install only the relevant drivers." I thought that meant "download them 
all in case you install some new hardware."


Shouldn't the installer install only the drivers for the relevant 
hardware, even if it downloads all of them?


I'm not going to re-install just to do an experiment to see if the 
installer does it right if I tell it to install only the relevant drivers.





Hi!

It seems that nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver is available in Debian 11 
(bullseye). You have just to install it. If you have problems again, 
then try to use open source driver for NVidia's cards - Nouveau. it's 
installed by default and you have just to uninstall NVidia's proprietary 
drivers - nvidia-*.


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Bookworm 1/28/23 updates - No Audio Devices Found

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/28/23 12:04, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:

All,

I just upgraded to the 1/28/23 updates to KF5 102 and now I have no 
audio devices found. My USB headset is plugged in but KDE does not see it.


lsusb lists my USB headphones:
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 046d:0a37 Logitech, Inc. USB Headset H540

lspci lists my audio devices
04:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 
ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor (rev 01)
04:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h 
HD Audio Controller


This appears to be a KDE issue. Is anyone else having this problem? 
Please note the problem started after installing KF5-102 and a reboot.




Hi Timothy!

These are a few things to check

- run alsamixer in console as your user and check that needed channels 
are not muted and volume levels are high enough

- be sure that you use one of these - PulseAudio or PipeWire (not both)
- chances for missing firmware are small for this device but Debian has 
a new section "non-free-firmware" so check output of dmesg command and 
in case of missing firmware you can add "non-free-firmware" to 
/etc/apt/sources.list (something like this)


deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free 
non-free-firmware contrib


Files containing firmware files, you can find with "apt-file" 
package/command. Example:


# apt-file search firware101.bin

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: ARM32 (armhf) - Debian 11 - Bullseye - Image Location Please

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/14/23 02:50, Vishwanath Reddy Mannapuram wrote:

Hi Team,
Could you help me to provide Debian 11 (Bullseye – armhf – image 
location please).
I downloaded from 
_https://raspi.debian.net/tested/20230102_raspi_4_bullseye.img.xz_ 
  but 
it is a 64 bit one, so I am looking for a 32 bit image.

Regards,
Vishwa
__
AVEVA Group plc is registered in England at High Cross, Madingley Road, 
Cambridge, England CB3 0HB. Number 2937296.


Hi Vishwanath,

I'm not sure that this is what you are looking for but here are some 
images - 
https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-armhf/current/images/hd-media/SD-card-images/


Also there is a README file - 
https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-armhf/current/images/hd-media/SD-card-images/README.concatenateable_images


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Drivers for old Packard Bell scanner needed?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/11/23 16:25, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
Local charity shop sells a desktop scanner for next to nothing. I could 
buy it and try it but it's very bulky and it's a long walk. So I'd like 
to have a clue beforehand if it's supported.


The item is a Packard Bell Slimline PB 61428.

I googled it but haven't found anything relevant to Linux. The packaging 
mentions Windows 98. I remember back in the day, the was a wrapper for 
old Windows drivers, I can't remember its name.


Or am I supposed to just plug it in and expect it to work?





Hi Ottavio,

this is a database with supported scanners by SANE - 
http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-PACKARD-BELL


This scanner is not listed as a supported device.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: PowerBook G4 OS

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/10/23 22:45, Bob Crochelt wrote:

Good afternoon:
I have a Powerbook G4 currently running Debian 8 (Jessie).  Is there a
more recent release supported on PPC, and where could I find it please?


No, there is no release for this architecture. The architecture's state 
is "unofficial" and the only branch is unstable/sid. This branch may or 
may not work. If you want to use Debian unstable/sid just replace 
"jessie" with "sid" in /etc/apt/sources.list and do:


# apt update
# apt upgrade
# apt dist-upgrade

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: CPU Microcode - Debian Wiki

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/10/23 13:12, Dan Ritter wrote:

Georgi Naplatanov wrote:

Hi all!

I've just read Debian's Wiki page about CPU Microcode and there are
mentioned Intel's and AMD's processors for AMD64 architecture.

What is the situation with processors from other architectures
(arm64/AArch64 for example)?

  - do they have microcode?
  - can microcode be updated for these processors (from different
architectures) by Linux kernel? Is this supported by Debian GNU/Linux?


Microcode is run by a CPU to translate the nominal instruction
set (some variant on x86-64, for example) to the actually
implemented instruction set.

The majority of RISC-style CPUs don't have a microcode layer
because the point of RISC is that the CPU's native instruction
set is minimized -- the opinion is that compilers should do more
work.

What all CPUs have is errata -- mistakes that were made and
caught. If they are fixable, they are fixed in microcode for
machines that have that, or in the kernel for machines that
don't.

If you search for ARM_ERRATA in
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/Kconfig
you will see a number of situations in which the kernel is
fixing things that would otherwise be fixed in microcode.

So, upgrading the kernel is your best bet for those devices.

-dsr-



Thank you, Dan Ritter!

Kind regards
Georgi

CPU Microcode - Debian Wiki

[Georgi Naplatanov]

Hi all!

I've just read Debian's Wiki page about CPU Microcode and there are 
mentioned Intel's and AMD's processors for AMD64 architecture.


What is the situation with processors from other architectures 
(arm64/AArch64 for example)?


 - do they have microcode?
 - can microcode be updated for these processors (from different 
architectures) by Linux kernel? Is this supported by Debian GNU/Linux?


Thanks in advance.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/7/23 13:33, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
I have a few DOS/Windows abandonware that I'd like to check but I only 
want the DOS ones, because Wine on my installation is a total pain.


For example:

$ file test2/sm416.exe
test2/sm416.exe: Zip archive data, made by v2.0, extract using at least 
v2.0, last modified Sat Mar 15 12:34:37 1986, uncompressed size 221709, 
method=deflate, R


It doesn't really say much about this executable. However, if I 
uncompress it:


$ ls test2/sm/
  ADVANCE.DOC    JOBS.SM   RIGS.SM  SMLRN.HLP  SMREVU.HLP
  ANTENNAS.SM    NAMES.SM  RUNS.SM  SMMAIN.HLP SMSESS.HLP
  CITIES.SM  ORDER.SM  SCRIPT.SM    SMMEAS.HLP SMSTATS.HLP
  CLASSES.SM    'Q'   SESSION.SM   SMMORSE.HLP    SMTKEY.HLP
  EXAMQ.SM   QSO1.SM   SMBLD.HLP    SMONLINE.HLP   STATES.SM
  FEEDBACK.FRM   QSO2.SM   SMBYE.SMT    SMOP.HLP   STEPS.SM
  GROUPS.1   QUICK.DOC SMENH.HLP    SMOPT.HLP  WHATSNEW.416
  GROUPS.2   QWORDS.SM SM.EXE   SM.OVR
  GROUPS.SM  README.1ST    SMHOME.HLP   SM.PIF
  HAMWORDS.SM    REGWORDS.SM   SM.ICO   SMRADIO.HLP


$ file test2/sm/SM.EXE
test2/sm/SM.EXE: MS-DOS executable, MZ for MS-DOS

Which makes me think it's DOS but it could be a false positive. Then, 
how do I run it? Dosemu, Dosbox?




Hi Ottavio,

I think that "file" program has recognized the file properly. If this 
was a Windows program it would contain installer like setup.exe file, 
*.ini file, *.dll files so I think that this is a MS-DOS program.


You can try to run DOS programs with DosBox. If you have a virtual 
machine with 32-bit Windows - this also will work.


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Maximum time for offline updates?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/21/22 19:59, Yvan Masson wrote:

Hi list,

I am using testing with KDE (but I suppose the desktop environnent does 
not matter). I had a LOT of updates to apply today, so I used KDE 
Discover (Gnome Software equivalent for KDE) to apply those in offline 
mode, ie updates are dowloaded and then computer reboots in a special 
mode just to update packages, and reboot normally when finished.


However, update stopped before all packages where updated and computer 
rebooted with packages in a broken state.


When I look journalctl, I see beginning of the update process:

17:44:41 pk-offline-update[742]: sent mode to plymouth 'updates'

And exactly ten minutes later it stops brutally:

17:54:40 systemd[1]: packagekit-offline-update.service: Main process 
exited, code=killed, status=15/TERM
17:54:40 systemd[1]: packagekit-offline-update.service: Failed with 
result 'signal'.



I suppose this maximum time comes somewhere from a systemd configuration 
or systemd unit, but could not find where. Any idea? Also, do you think 
I should report this issue? Against which package?




Hi Yvan,

I don't know what the problem is. Possible workarounds could be to try 
to upgrade the system from console:


- option #1
# apt update
# apt upgrade

- option #2
# aptitude update
# aptitude upgrade


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: No internet

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/18/22 21:16, Soós Dániel wrote:

Dear Tim,

Thanks, it works. On Ubuntu it works too, but there wasn't always 
internet. Is your internet stable on the Testing distro? What is your 
experience on Testing?




Hi Soós,

Debian testing has always been almost perfect.

Today I started working with new computer and I can say that I'm happy. 
I installed some packages from Sid (unstable) because they are not 
available in Testing but this is just fine to me. Some bugs are related 
just to different architecture(s).


I saw strange messages in kernel log:

[   16.240686] thunderbolt :09:00.0: AER: can't recover (no 
error_detected callback)
[   16.240690] xhci_hcd :3d:00.0: AER: can't recover (no 
error_detected callback)

[   16.240693] pcieport :00:1c.4: AER: device recovery failed
[   16.240785] pcieport :00:1c.4: AER: Corrected error received: 
:00:1c.4
[   16.240790] pcieport :00:1c.4: PCIe Bus Error: 
severity=Corrected, type=Transaction Layer, (Receiver ID)
[   16.240790] pcieport :00:1c.4:   device [8086:7a3c] error 
status/mask=8000/2000

[   16.240790] pcieport :00:1c.4:[15] HeaderOF
[   16.240795] pcieport :00:1c.4: AER: Uncorrected (Non-Fatal) error 
received: :00:1c.4
[   16.240803] pcieport :00:1c.4: PCIe Bus Error: 
severity=Uncorrected (Non-Fatal), type=Transaction Layer, (Requester ID)
[   16.240804] pcieport :00:1c.4:   device [8086:7a3c] error 
status/mask=0010/4000

[   16.240804] pcieport :00:1c.4:[20] UnsupReq   (First)
[   16.240805] pcieport :00:1c.4: AER:   TLP Header: 3400 
0752  
[   16.240814] thunderbolt :09:00.0: AER: can't recover (no 
error_detected callback)
[   16.240818] xhci_hcd :3d:00.0: AER: can't recover (no 
error_detected callback)

[   16.240821] pcieport :00:1c.4: AER: device recovery failed
[   16.241093] pcieport :00:1c.4: AER: Corrected error received: 
:00:1c.4
[   16.241097] pcieport :00:1c.4: PCIe Bus Error: 
severity=Corrected, type=Transaction Layer, (Receiver ID)
[   16.241097] pcieport :00:1c.4:   device [8086:7a3c] error 
status/mask=8000/2000

[   16.241098] pcieport :00:1c.4:[15] HeaderOF
[   16.241102] pcieport :00:1c.4: AER: Uncorrected (Non-Fatal) error 
received: :00:1c.4


But this seems solved in kernel 6.1.0 which I hope will be available in 
Testing on January or February.


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Bookworm won't route ipv6 requests

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/11/22 20:12, Jason Bigelow wrote:


On 2022-12-12 04:32, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:

Hi Jason,

how did you configure your Ethernet card - with Network Manager or?

Please provide configuration.

The above errors means that your system is configured to use DNS 
server on localhost (IPv6 - ::1) and connection was refused. So this 
is first thing to check - your DNS configuration. You have the 
following choices:


 - install DNS server on your local computer (BIND for example)
 - you can use DNS on your router
 - you can use DNS provided by your ISP.

Kind regards
Georgi



Hi Georgi,

I am using Network Manager without any input/manual configuration, 
running under
the assumption it would 'just work'. This also means I am using WPA 
supplicant
Since my home network needs no special configuration, I had assumed my 
router or
ISP would act as DNS.  Why would DNS on IPv4 work under this 
configuration but

not IPv6?

It's hard to provide configuration when I'm not sure what I'm looking 
for. I
installed a bare netinst installation, accidentally with GNOME, but then 
removed
it and installed sway and i3 in its place. I haven't touched any 
configuration
text files and have no GUI for it either. /etc/network contains just 
some shell

files, nothing in /etc/network/interfaces.d:

/etc/network$ ls -R

if-down.d  if-post-down.d  if-pre-up.d  if-up.d  interfaces interfaces.d

./if-down.d:
resolved  wpasupplicant

./if-post-down.d:
wpasupplicant

./if-pre-up.d:
wpasupplicant

./if-up.d:
resolved  wpasupplicant

./interfaces.d:

I've never needed to change this state of affairs i.e. autoconfiguration 
as much

as possible, until recently when issues started cropping up.

Aware I was using NetworkManager, I tried configuring it by starting 
nm-applet

and adding a configuration with nm-connection-editor.


I added a DNS server for IPv6, OpenDNS' ipv6 address. I then looked under
into NetworkManager's configuration directory for the connection info:

/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections$ sudo cat 'Wired connection 1'
[connection]
id=Wired connection 1
uuid=aa3b5fa9-a0e8-4ed0-98d5-cae938d836cb
type=ethernet
timestamp=1670726772

[ethernet]

[ipv4]
method=auto

[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
dns=2620:0:ccc::2;
ip6-privacy=2
method=auto

[proxy]



Try to comment or delete the following line:

ip6-privacy=2

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Bookworm won't route ipv6 requests

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/11/22 14:59, Jason Bigelow wrote:

Hello,

I've recently started having network issues on Bookworm. I re-installed 
Debian
and re-upgraded to Bookworm while preserving my /home and /boot 
partitions which
solved the issue of being totally unable to connect, but I have since 
noticed
that I am unable to connected to anything across IPv6, which may be the 
same
issue resurfacing, just not as badly because the installation has had 
time to

establish IPv4 connections..?

I have what should be a standard IP setup for a system upgraded from 
Bullseye

netinst media to bookworm: no firewalls, no proxies. Just a desktop on an
ordinary residential LAN, connected by ethernet port. I have a WLAN card 
but

don't use it, I haven't configured it.

I haven't experienced similar issues on Windows and Android devices on the
same LAN, so I'm thinking it's an issue with my Debian Machine.


I can't get any DNS, ICMP or other protocol requests to reach even 
localhost,

let alone my router. I have pretty limited knowledge about networking.
How can I fix the IPv6 configuration on my machine?

$ host 04:92:26:d1:fa:77
Host 04:92:26:d1:fa:77 not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
$ host -6 04:92:26:d1:fa:77
;; communications error to ::1#53: connection refused
;; communications error to ::1#53: connection refused
;; no servers could be reached

$ host -6 foo
;; communications error to ::1#53: connection refused
;; communications error to ::1#53: connection refused
;; no servers could be reached

$ dig -6 localhost
;; communications error to ::1#53: connection refused
;; communications error to ::1#53: connection refused
;; communications error to ::1#53: connection refused


Hi Jason,

how did you configure your Ethernet card - with Network Manager or?

Please provide configuration.

The above errors means that your system is configured to use DNS server 
on localhost (IPv6 - ::1) and connection was refused. So this is first 
thing to check - your DNS configuration. You have the following choices:


 - install DNS server on your local computer (BIND for example)
 - you can use DNS on your router
 - you can use DNS provided by your ISP.

Kind regards
Georgi



Inspecting the network with WireShark while running DNS queries with 
`dig -6`

shows nothing whatsoever.

$ ip addr
1: lo:  mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
group default qlen 1000

     link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
     inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
     inet6 ::1/128 scope host
    valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp6s0:  mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel 
state UP group default qlen 1000

     link/ether 04:92:26:d1:fa:77 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
     inet 10.0.0.96/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute 
enp6s0

    valid_lft 50579sec preferred_lft 50579sec
     inet6 2001:8003:234d:a600:d010:41cc:f0bc:48f3/64 scope global 
temporary dynamic

    valid_lft 4127sec preferred_lft 4127sec
     inet6 2001:8003:234d:a600:692:26ff:fed1:fa77/64 scope global 
dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute

    valid_lft 4127sec preferred_lft 4127sec
     inet6 fe80::692:26ff:fed1:fa77/64 scope link noprefixroute
    valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlp7s0:  mtu 1500 qdisc mq state 
DOWN group default qlen 1000
     link/ether a2:e1:fa:5c:61:3f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr 
d0:37:45:91:cf:4d


$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.1.1   
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

Select output of lspci:
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
07:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192EE 
PCIe Wireless Network Adapter



Select entries from dpkg-query -l:
ii  avahi-daemon 0.8-6+b1  amd64    Avahi 
mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii  bind9-host 1:9.18.8-1    amd64    DNS Lookup 
Utility
ii  bind9-libs:amd64 1:9.18.8-1    amd64 Shared 
Libraries used by BIND 9
ii  dns-root-data 2021011101    all  DNS 
root data including root zone and DNSSEC key
ii  dnsmasq-base 2.87-1.1  amd64    Small 
caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
ii  glib-networking:amd64 2.74.0-1  amd64 
network-related giomodules for GLib
ii  glib-networking:i386 2.74.0-1  i386 
network-related giomodules for GLib
ii  glib-networking-common 2.74.0-1 all  network-related 
giomodules for GLib - data files
ii  glib-networking-services 2.74.0-1 amd64    network-related 
giomodules for GLib - D-Bus services
ii  iputils-ping 3:20221126-1  amd64    Tools to 
test the reachability of network hosts
ii  ifupdown 0.8.39+b1 amd64    high level 
tools to configure network 

Re: Questions about installing Debian on a laptop

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/5/22 11:57, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:



On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 4:15 AM Georgi Naplatanov <mailto:go...@oles.biz>> wrote:


On 12/5/22 10:47, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
 >
 >
 > On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 3:37 AM Timothy M Butterworth
 > mailto:timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com>
 > <mailto:timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com
<mailto:timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
 >
 >
 >
 >     On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 2:41 PM David Christensen
 >     mailto:dpchr...@holgerdanske.com>
<mailto:dpchr...@holgerdanske.com
<mailto:dpchr...@holgerdanske.com>>> wrote:
 >
 >         On 12/4/22 05:52, Gabor Urban wrote:
 >          > Hi,
 >          >
 >          > I am planning to install Debian on a laptop the first
 >         time.That will not be
 >          > my first installing but I never used notebooks for that. I
 >         have found a lot
 >          > of useful information but I would like to have some
guidance
 >         at the start.
 >          >
 >          > What are the most important issues selecting a laptop I
 >         should be mindful
 >          > about?
 >          >
 >          > Thanks in advance,
 >
 > I have a Ryzen 7 4700U 8 core processor with Radeon Graphics. I am
 > running Debian Testing because Debian Stable does not have
working HDMI
 > sound drivers
 >
 >
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PC72314/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8=1 
<https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PC72314/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8=1> 
<https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PC72314/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8=1 
<https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PC72314/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8=1>>
 >
 > This Laptop requires non-free firmware for: WiFi, Sound, Video
etc. As
 > long as you do not mind running binary blobs I recommend it. The
price
 > is good for the performance.
 >

Hi Timothy,

in case this Radeon video card is integrated in CPU, would you share
your experience with it as usability and performance?

Kind regards
Georgi


The integrated Radeon Graphics performs great.  I play openMW, TES IV 
Oblivion and TES V Skyrim with CrossOver Office on the highest video 
settings and they run like a champ! Without the Non-Free blobs you only 
get a resolution of 1024x768. With the non-free binary blobs you get 
1920x1080. HDMI Audio does not function on Debian 11 due to the kernel 
and drivers being too old. Everything works well with Debian Testing and 
Non-Free Drivers. I transcode a lot of video into Matroska Theora format 
and the transcoding speed is great.




Thank you for the provided information!

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Questions about installing Debian on a laptop

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/5/22 10:47, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:



On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 3:37 AM Timothy M Butterworth 
> wrote:




On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 2:41 PM David Christensen
mailto:dpchr...@holgerdanske.com>> wrote:

On 12/4/22 05:52, Gabor Urban wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > I am planning to install Debian on a laptop the first
time.That will not be
 > my first installing but I never used notebooks for that. I
have found a lot
 > of useful information but I would like to have some guidance
at the start.
 >
 > What are the most important issues selecting a laptop I
should be mindful
 > about?
 >
 > Thanks in advance,

I have a Ryzen 7 4700U 8 core processor with Radeon Graphics. I am 
running Debian Testing because Debian Stable does not have working HDMI 
sound drivers


https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PC72314/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8=1
 


This Laptop requires non-free firmware for: WiFi, Sound, Video etc. As 
long as you do not mind running binary blobs I recommend it. The price 
is good for the performance.




Hi Timothy,

in case this Radeon video card is integrated in CPU, would you share 
your experience with it as usability and performance?


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian mirror size

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 11/28/22 21:36, krys...@ibse.cz wrote:

Hello everyone,
I have setup debian mirror using official archvsync script suite. Mirrored 
architectures are: all source i386 amd64. The rest of config for ftp-sync is 
kept on default values. Everything seems to work fine - only problem is that 
the mirror is too small, at least according to this website: 
'www.debian.org/mirror/size'. Sum of sizes for these architectures is 1488GiB 
(give or take, data are changing every day), but I have only 930GiB stored on 
disk dedicated for mirror. There is no filesystem level encryption involved 
(ext4) or anything like that. There should be no problem with master mirror 
(ftp.debian.cz), since I have tried multiple different ones with no difference. 
Are installation image sizes included in these architecture sizes? If not, what 
makes the difference?

And one last thing - everywhere is recommended not to sync 
'security.debian.org/debian-security' for security reasons. I understand why, 
but are packages in this repository rotated into regular debian repository 
after a while? Just curious, since I do have some offline machines I update 
from my local repository.



Hi,

I think that list is more appropriate for your questions -

https://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors/


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Dell Precision 3570 - Debian instead of Ubuntu

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 11/28/22 11:04, B.M. wrote:

Hi,

I'm going to buy a Dell Precision 3570 laptop in the next couple of weeks.
Since it's a Build Your Own device, I can order it with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-
installed instead of paying for an never used Win 11 :-)

Since all our other computers are happily running Debian, I'd like to replace
this Ubuntu by Debian Testing (later Bookworm). I've already decided to run it
on a single btrfs partition and learn something about subvolumes... I assume
the machine should work well - but who knows? How would you proceed?

a) leave it running Ubuntu forever
b) replace Ubuntu by Debian, fiddling around issues if there are any later
c) resize the partition, install Debian side-by-side, check than if anything
works as expected
d) analyze the installed system (how?) to find out any special configs etc.
before replacing Ubuntu by Debian
e) other...



Hi,

it seems that the laptop has 2 Type A USB ports so if I was you, I would 
put two flash drives in them - one with Debian installer and one empty. 
In this way you can install Debian on second flash drive. Once Debian is 
installed on second flash drive, you'll be able to check whether all 
controllers work properly on Debian. If anything doesn't work properly 
you can always boot Ubuntu from the SSD and check there what 
configuration is. When everything is configured on Debian and you are 
sure you can repeat installation and configuration, you can run Debian 
installer again and install Debian on the internal SSD.



Kind regards
Georgi

Re: ASUS Laptops

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 11/27/22 06:50, Gary Dale wrote:
I've acquired an ASUS laptop (FA506IC-DS71-CA) and installed Debian on 
it. I started with Debian/Bullseye but had some problems starting a GUI 
(using sddm) so quickly did an apt full-upgrade to Bookworm. After 
installing the Realtek and Misc firmware, I'm able to boot into a 
Plasma5 desktop and things run as expected.


I've got a couple immediate annoyances however:
1) no wifi - may be by Mediatek
2) keys are constantly backlit with rotating colours.

I'm fine with the Nouveau drivers. Video speed seems adequate since I'm 
not really into gaming. This just seemed like a decent laptop for the 
price.


Hoping someone can point me to something (or give me some pointers) on 
how to get this set up better. The two "annoyances" really get to me. 
Other things I can probably live with for a while.



Hi Gary,

please attach output of dmesg and lspci commands.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian 11 - Remove sid and go back to stable

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 11/23/22 22:11, Amn wrote:
Hi folks, I thought it would be a good idea to install the sid packages, 
but a lot of things are not working properly, so I would like to go back 
to stable source packages only. How can I do that?




As other users said there is not reliable way to downgrade your system 
from Sid to Stable but if you don't want to reinstall your OS, you can 
try to use Testing branch. The testing branch usually has very good quality.


So you can do this:

 - replace sid with testing in

/etc/apt/sources.list

or bookworm (if you want to continue using bookworm as a stable). If you 
want to continue using testing after release of bookworm - replace sid 
with testing

 - run "apt update" or whatever package manager you use
 - uninstall packages you have problems with
 - install needed packages you uninstalled in previous step. In this 
step Debian will install packages from testing and you probably won't 
have problems.


Good luck!

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: How to create a kernel package

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 10/7/22 11:00, Hans wrote:

Hi folks,

some easy questions.

I want to create a kernel package, which I can install with dpkg. There was a
command doing it instead of "make && make install", and I could not find it
any more. Last time I did it is a long time ago. Does someone know?


Second question: My kernel sources are pointing with a symlink to /usr/src/
linux-5.10/, but by default there was a symlink to the headers, which is /usr/
src/linux-headers-5.10-*/.

For my understanding: When do I need this? I suppose, only when I want to
build modules, right?

Anything else to take notice of, i.e. adding a versionstring, so that I get
not in conflict with the debian repo packages?

Thanks for any hints.



Did you try steps from this Wiki page?

https://wiki.debian.org/BuildADebianKernelPackage

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: [SOLVED] Re: firmware-iwlwifi

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 10/3/22 20:42, David Wright wrote:

On Mon 03 Oct 2022 at 09:25:15 (+0300), Georgi Naplatanov wrote:

On 10/2/22 19:33, Charles Curley wrote:

On Sun, 2 Oct 2022 11:49:14 +0300
Georgi Naplatanov  wrote:


I have a notebook (Lenovo) with Intel's WiFi and I have minor issues
with it - sometimes works as expected but sometimes I cannot connect
to the notebook at first attempt throw SSH or sometimes latency is
high.


Which model Lenovo, and what is the exact wifi device? Please use lspci
to identify the device. For example, on my T520:


Actually I think I found out what was happening:
   - for failed connection attempts trough SSH - the notebook sometimes
switches to suspend/sleep mode and turns off its WiFi card and it
takes time WiFi connection to become active again


I wake up my machines remotely, and then have to unlock (encrypted)
/home, so my unlock script is:

unlock-axis ()
{
 until ping -c 1 -W 1 axis | grep 'bytes from'; do
 printf '%s' "axis ";
 done;
 printf '%(%H:%M:%S)T\n' -1 && ssh -X axis -l unlock
}

This is related to my impatience rather than any system fault.


These are the entries from kernel log:

[3.453655] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode (-2)
[3.453695] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
for information about missing firmware
[3.454449] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode (-2)
[3.454488] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode failed with error -2


[ … counting down to … ]


iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-64.ucode (-2)
[3.455902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-64.ucode (-2)
[3.458342] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-64.ucode failed with error -2

I'm not sure that these messages correlate to my attempts to log in
into the notebook through SSH. The messages appear always in kernel
log.


So is this followed by an entry along the lines of:

   iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-63.ucode

or does it say something like:

   iwlwifi :00:14.3: minimum version required: iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-64
   iwlwifi :00:14.3: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72

The former would explain why your wifi is working, and
the latter would make it surprising that it still worked.



Hi David,

actually I have in the log:

[3.817724] iwlwifi :00:14.3: loaded firmware version 
63.c04f3485.0 QuZ-a0-hr-b0-63.ucode op_mode iwlmvm


I tried to attach full output from dmesg, lshw, and lspci but but my 
message didn't get into mail list so I deleted all my attachments and 
sent my message again.


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: [SOLVED] Re: firmware-iwlwifi

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 10/3/22 20:00, Stefan Monnier wrote:

These are the entries from kernel log:

[3.453655] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode (-2)
[3.453695] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for
information about missing firmware
[3.454449] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode (-2)
[3.454488] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode failed with error -2

[...]

[3.455007] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-64.ucode (-2)
[3.455902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-64.ucode (-2)
[3.458342] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-64.ucode failed with error -2


This shows that the kernel tried to load starting from version 72 going
down and failed down to 64.  AFAICT the Debian package comes with
version 63 of that firmware, so the above messages were probably followed
by a message indicating success in loading
`iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-63.ucode` (which is why you're able to connect
over wifi ;-)


Ah, thanks for explanation,

I thought that these (different numbers) are for different types of 
firmwares and devices. I thought that newer version just replaces the 
old one.



I'm not sure that these messages correlate to my attempts to log in into the
notebook through SSH.


Very unlikely: the timestamps indicate that these messages were emitted
3.45 seconds after the very beginning of the boot

You might want to try and find version 72 of that firmware, put it into
/lib/firmware/, then do an `rmmod+insmod` (or reboot) to force reloading the
firmware and then see if your problems/delays get solved.



https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/

it seems that version 72 is not available but I'll try with 71.

Kind regards
Georgi

[SOLVED] Re: firmware-iwlwifi

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 10/2/22 19:33, Charles Curley wrote:

On Sun, 2 Oct 2022 11:49:14 +0300
Georgi Naplatanov  wrote:


I have a notebook (Lenovo) with Intel's WiFi and I have minor issues
with it - sometimes works as expected but sometimes I cannot connect
to the notebook at first attempt throw SSH or sometimes latency is
high.


Which model Lenovo, and what is the exact wifi device? Please use lspci
to identify the device. For example, on my T520:


Hi Charles and The Wanderer,

Actually I think I found out what was happening:
  - for failed connection attempts trough SSH - the notebook sometimes 
switches to suspend/sleep mode and turns off its WiFi card and it takes 
time WiFi connection to become active again
  - for high latency - 100 ms and sometimes even more - this problem is 
in my router probably (I installed OpenWrt on it, the issue may be in my 
local environment, busy WiFi channel because of neighbours' routers, not 
mature WiFi driver, etc.)


Here are answers to your questions.

This is partial output from lshw:


description: Notebook
product: 82H8 (LENOVO_MT_82H8_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad 3 15ITL6)
vendor: LENOVO
version: IdeaPad 3 15ITL6



root@jhegaala:~# lspci | grep -i wifi
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 
802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
root@jhegaala:~#

You may have to use lspci with no options to identify your wifi device.



:00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (rev 20)


I'm not sure what you mean by


… sometimes I cannot connect to the notebook at first attempt throw
SSH or sometimes latency is high.


Well, I'll try to explain.

This is a small network with a router connected to Internet, one 
workstation connected to the router through Ethernet and the notebook 
connected with its WiFi card to the same router.


When the notebook is started, I log in into KDE and KDE connects the 
computer to my wireless network automatically. The notebook has 
installed Debian testing (up to date), KDE and KDE applet for Network 
Manager. After that I try to connect from workstation (Ethernet 
connection) through SSH to the notebook (WiFi).



Connecting to the network and using SSH are two distinct operations. Do
you connect to a network, and then check that you have a working network
before you try SSH?
I don't perform any checks usually because KDE connects the notebook 
automatically to my network.



What are you using to connect the laptop to a network? Network Manager?



Network manager through applet in KDE.


In kernel log are visible messages for unsuccessful attempts to
load firmware files.

Do those correlate with successful or unsuccessful attempts to join a
network? Please show us the exact log entry.


These are the entries from kernel log:

[3.453655] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode (-2)
[3.453695] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for 
information about missing firmware
[3.454449] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode (-2)
[3.454488] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode failed with error -2
[3.454518] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-71.ucode (-2)
[3.454553] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-71.ucode (-2)
[3.454581] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-71.ucode failed with error -2
[3.454592] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-70.ucode (-2)
[3.454624] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-70.ucode (-2)
[3.454651] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-70.ucode failed with error -2
[3.454662] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-69.ucode (-2)
[3.454694] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-69.ucode (-2)
[3.454720] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-69.ucode failed with error -2
[3.454730] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-68.ucode (-2)
[3.454761] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-68.ucode (-2)
[3.454787] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-68.ucode failed with error -2
[3.454799] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode (-2)
[3.454831] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode (-2)
[3.454858] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load for 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode failed with error -2
[3.454868] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-66.ucode (-2)
[3.454902] iwlwifi :00:14.3: firmware: failed to load 
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-66.ucode (-2)
[3.454929] iwlwifi :00:14.3: Direct firmware load

Re: firmware-iwlwifi

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 10/2/22 10:22, Brad Rogers wrote:

On Sat, 1 Oct 2022 20:37:34 +0300
Georgi Naplatanov  wrote:

Hello Georgi,


The package is outdated but it's important.


It's the same version as in sid.  VCS has -2 (merely bookkeeping
updates).  Bug tracker shows no blocker bugs and no indication of
anything newer.

If you have specific problems you're encountering, share them here for
assistance.  If that doesn't work out, file a bug report.



Hi Brad,

thanks for the advice.

I have a notebook (Lenovo) with Intel's WiFi and I have minor issues 
with it - sometimes works as expected but sometimes I cannot connect to 
the notebook at first attempt throw SSH or sometimes latency is high. In 
kernel log are visible messages for unsuccessful attempts to load 
firmware files.


Anyway, I'll try to use upstream's firmware files for Linux kernel and 
if these issues disappear I'll file a bug report.


Kind regards
Georgi

firmware-iwlwifi

[Georgi Naplatanov]

Dear Debian community,

what is the problem with firmware-iwlwifi in testing?

The package is outdated but it's important.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: What distro

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 9/13/22 17:51, Dan Ritter wrote:

Amn Ojee Uw wrote:

If my intention is to use Linux as a developing platform why should I
concern myself on what distro to use?


You should use whatever distro is most convenient for your
needs. Nobody else can tell you what those needs are.


Debian Linux can be perfect in many cases. Unfortunately some security 
scanners (required by some companies) are not available for Debian but 
if you like Debian in such cases Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions 
can be a good choice too.


HTH

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Wireless card driver bug

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 9/10/22 19:46, Maximiliano Estudies wrote:

Hi,

I seem to have hit a bug with the wireless card driver of my laptop.
This happened twice already, my laptop became unresponsive and I
couldn't issue any sudo commands. After hard rebooting the laptop I
see this entries in the syslog:

Sep 10 14:51:50 user-thinkpad kernel: mt7921e :03:00.0: driver own failed
Sep 10 14:51:51 user-thinkpad kernel: mt7921e :03:00.0: driver own failed
Sep 10 14:51:51 user-thinkpad kernel: mt7921e :03:00.0: chip reset
Sep 10 14:51:53 user-thinkpad kernel: mt7921e :03:00.0: driver own failed

This is my network card:
user@user-thinkpad:~$ lspci | grep -i mt7921
03:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express
Wireless Network Adapter

after that the kernel seems unable to get cpu time:

Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: [ cut here ]
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: WARNING: CPU: 15 PID: 16958 at
kernel/kthread.c:659 kthread_park+0x7f/0x90
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: Modules linked in: nf_tables
libcrc32c nfnetlink ctr ccm rfcomm cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher
af_alg bnep btusb btrtl btbcm btintel btmtk bluetooth
jitterentropy_rng drbg >
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  sp5100_tco watchdog soundcore
roles k10temp rfkill typec ac serial_multi_instantiate evdev
acpi_cpufreq ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler msr parport_pc ppdev lp
parport fuse c>
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: CPU: 15 PID: 16958 Comm:
kworker/u32:11 Not tainted 5.18.0-4-amd64 #1  Debian 5.18.16-1
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: Hardware name: LENOVO
20UHCTO1WW/20UHCTO1WW, BIOS R1CET67W(1.36 ) 10/20/2021
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: Workqueue: mt76
mt7921_mac_reset_work [mt7921_common]
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: RIP: 0010:kthread_park+0x7f/0x90
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: Code: 00 48 85 c0 74 2d 31 c0 5b
5d e9 dc 45 b4 00 0f 0b 48 8b 9d 68 0a 00 00 a8 04 74 ae 0f 0b b8 da
ff ff ff 5b 5d e9 c1 45 b4 00 <0f> 0b b8 f0 ff ff ff eb d5 0f 0b eb
d1>
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: RSP: 0018:b38848677e00
EFLAGS: 00010202
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: RAX: 0004 RBX:
911b51d35c80 RCX: 
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: WARNING: CPU: 15 PID: 16958 at
kernel/kthread.c:659 kthread_park+0x7f/0x90
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: Modules linked in: nf_tables
libcrc32c nfnetlink ctr ccm rfcomm cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher
af_alg bnep btusb btrtl btbcm btintel btmtk bluetooth
jitterentropy_rng drbg >
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  sp5100_tco watchdog soundcore
roles k10temp rfkill typec ac serial_multi_instantiate evdev
acpi_cpufreq ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler msr parport_pc ppdev lp
parport fuse c>
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: CPU: 15 PID: 16958 Comm:
kworker/u32:11 Not tainted 5.18.0-4-amd64 #1  Debian 5.18.16-1
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: Hardware name: LENOVO
20UHCTO1WW/20UHCTO1WW, BIOS R1CET67W(1.36 ) 10/20/2021
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: Workqueue: mt76
mt7921_mac_reset_work [mt7921_common]
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: RIP: 0010:kthread_park+0x7f/0x90
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: Code: 00 48 85 c0 74 2d 31 c0 5b
5d e9 dc 45 b4 00 0f 0b 48 8b 9d 68 0a 00 00 a8 04 74 ae 0f 0b b8 da
ff ff ff 5b 5d e9 c1 45 b4 00 <0f> 0b b8 f0 ff ff ff eb d5 0f 0b eb
d1>
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: RSP: 0018:b38848677e00
EFLAGS: 00010202
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: RAX: 0004 RBX:
911b51d35c80 RCX: 
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: RDX: 0001 RSI:
0003 RDI: 911b53608000
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: RBP: 911b53608000 R08:
911b4b312460 R09: b38848677db0
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: R10: b38848677b10 R11:
838d1528 R12: 911b4b3108c0
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: R13: 911b4b3120a0 R14:
911b4b3185d0 R15: 911b4b3123f0
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: FS:  ()
GS:911e3fbc() knlGS:
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: CS:  0010 DS:  ES:  CR0:
80050033
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: CR2: 7f45dee27000 CR3:
00020b61 CR4: 00350ee0
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel: Call Trace:
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  mt7921e_mac_reset+0x9e/0x2d0 [mt7921e]
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:
mt7921_mac_reset_work+0x9f/0x14a [mt7921_common]
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  process_one_work+0x1e5/0x3b0
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x390/0x390
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  worker_thread+0x50/0x3a0
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x390/0x390
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  kthread+0xe8/0x110
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
Sep 10 14:51:55 user-thinkpad kernel:  

Re: Firewall blocking my new Debian 11 server ports 80 and 443

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 5/28/22 22:11, Tom Browder wrote:
> As the bare-iron server came from my long-time cloud provider (since
> Debian 6), incoming ports 80 and 443 are blocked.
> 
> I ran my usual iptables command for new servers from them, but this
> time the default settings were different so it didn't work.

Try to flush the tables and (re)set default policies for the existing
chains.

> Output from "sudo iptables -S" before my attempt:
> 
> -P INPUT ACCEPT
> -P FORWARD ACCEPT
> -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
> -N f2b-sshd
> -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 22 -j f2b-sshd
> -A f2b-sshd -s 62.204.41.56/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 61.177.173.48/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 167.172.187.120/32 -j REJECT --reject-with 
> icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 43.156.124.69/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 43.154.46.209/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 61.177.172.98/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 122.160.233.137/32 -j REJECT --reject-with 
> icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -j RETURN
> 
> My usual incantation and response:
> 
> # sudo iptables -A IN_public_allow -p tcp -m tcp --dport  80 -m
> conntrack --ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED -j ACCEPT
> iptables: No chain/target/match by that name.

You have no chain "IN_public_allow". Probably you should create it.


> Then I tried:
> 
> # sudo iptables -A  INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport  80 -m conntrack
> --ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED -j ACCEPT
> # sudo iptables -A  INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport  443 -m conntrack
> --ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED -j ACCEPT

It's a good practice to set input/output network interfaces.

> Again checking status:
> 
> # sudo iptables -S
> -P INPUT ACCEPT
> -P FORWARD ACCEPT
> -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
> -N f2b-sshd
> -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 22 -j f2b-sshd
> -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED -j 
> ACCEPT
> -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -m conntrack --ctstate
> NEW,UNTRACKED -j ACCEPT
> -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED -j 
> ACCEPT

You have second rule for port 80/tcp, do you need it?

> -A f2b-sshd -s 62.204.41.56/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 61.177.173.48/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 167.172.187.120/32 -j REJECT --reject-with 
> icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 43.156.124.69/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 43.154.46.209/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 61.177.172.98/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -s 122.160.233.137/32 -j REJECT --reject-with 
> icmp-port-unreachable
> -A f2b-sshd -j RETURN
> 
> But no open ports in spite of the output shown.
> 
> I am considering moving to ufw but am reluctant due to the possibility
> of getting locked-out of my remote server. I am used to logging in
> with two separate terminals to avoid that during initial setup but
> want to make sure that is safe.
> 

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: how to install gcc-6 in debian bullseye

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 5/2/22 23:25, michaelmorgan...@gmail.com wrote:
> Can anyone kindly instruct me how to install gcc-6 in Debian 11? I need
> compile a software and was hinted gcc version (10) is too high. I have
> old machine with gcc 6 and was able to compile it there.
> 

It seems that Debian 9 has gcc-6 so you can use Docker image with Debian 9.

HTH

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian 11 bullseye - will it work on 12th gen core i3-12100?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 4/25/22 18:46, R. Ramesh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   My age old intel NUC with pentium N3700 is sick and needs replacement.
> I am interested in building one based on core i3-12100 cpu. It has intel
> UHD 730 per my quick check. Is this CPU/GPU combo fully supported in
> debian 11/bullseye? I am looking to run the current setup as is on new
> hardware (simply swap the disk from NUC to new build)
> 
> Debian 11 bullseye with default kernel/packages for most part.
> Grup_pc legacy BIOS boot.
> X org with intel driver (I think) that is currently running on Pentium
> N3700/NUC.
> mythtv 31/fixes from debian multimedia (I think)
> 
> Do you see any issues I should take care of before transfering the disk
> to the new system when I build. Let me know if I should go for older
> hardware to avoid any hiccups.
> 

Hi Ramesh,

Debian 11 was released almost 1 year ago. For new hardware you will need
Debian testing. For Debian 11 (current stable) you'll need second hand
hardware.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Running Steam Proton Games with primusrun

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 3/27/22 14:03, Jonathan Marquardt wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have a Dell XPS 15 with a dedicated NVIDIA GPU and I have a working
> bumblebee setup. It works with all kinds of games, except for steam ones.
> I'm trying to run Proton games with primusrun but it somehow doesn't work.
> Here's an example with Battlefield V:
> 
> Game process added : AppID 1238810 "primusrun 
> /home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/reaper SteamLaunch 
> AppId=1238810 -- 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_soldier'/_v2-entry-point
>  --verb=waitforexitandrun -- 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Proton 
> 7.0'/proton waitforexitandrun  
> 'link2ea://launchgame/1238810?platform=steam=bfv'", ProcID 30792, IP 
> 0.0.0.0:0
> chdir /home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Battlefield 
> V
> ERROR: ld.so: object 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so'
>  from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
> ERROR: ld.so: object 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so'
>  from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
> ERROR: ld.so: object 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so'
>  from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
> GameAction [AppID 1238810, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to 
> WaitingGameWindow
> with ""
> GameAction [AppID 1238810, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to Completed 
> with ""
> ERROR: ld.so: object 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so'
>  from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
> ERROR: ld.so: object 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so'
>  from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
> ERROR: ld.so: object 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so'
>  from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
> pid 30807 != 30804, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)
> primus: fatal: failed to load any of the libraries: 
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia/libGL.so.1:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/libGL.so.1:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia/libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: 
> No such
> file or directory
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No 
> such file or directory
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such 
> file or directory
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such 
> file or directory
> Game process removed: AppID 1238810 "primusrun 
> /home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/reaper SteamLaunch 
> AppId=1238810 -- 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_soldier'/_v2-entry-point
>  --verb=waitforexitandrun -- 
> '/home/parckwart/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Proton 
> 7.0'/proton waitforexitandrun  
> 'link2ea://launchgame/1238810?platform=steam=bfv'", ProcID 30792
> ThreadGetProcessExitCode: no such process 30805
> ThreadGetProcessExitCode: no such process 30804
> ThreadGetProcessExitCode: no such process 30795
> 
> 
> This happens regardless if I run Steam with primusrun or set the launch
> options of the game itself in Steam to use primusrun.
> 
> I don't really know why Steam is complaining about these missing shared
> object files since two of them clearly exist on my system:
> 
> $ ls -al /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia/libGL.so.1 
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/libGL.so.1 
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1
> ls: cannot access '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia/libGL.so.1': No such file 
> or directory
> ls: cannot access '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/libGL.so.1': No such file 
> or directory
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Mar 23 13:06 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 -> 
> /etc/alternatives/glx--libGL.so.1-i386-linux-gnu
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Mar 23 12:49 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 
> -> /etc/alternatives/glx--libGL.so.1-x86_64-linux-gnu
> 
> Can someone tell me a solution?
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 

Hi Jonathan,

from the log and output of ls command it's obvious that the required
files in */nvidia/ folder are missing so it's some kind of installation,
configuration or compatibility problem.

Which Debian version are you using? How did you install Nvidia video
driver - from Debian repository or manually with Nvidia's installer?

Keep in mind that some MS Windows games require PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU
parameter to be set in Proton. [1]

By the way, my experience with Proton is very positive but I thought of
to by an AMD video card.

Re: force IPv6 dynamic address?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 3/22/22 23:11, Jeremy Ardley wrote:
> I have a debian workstation with a static IPv6 address mapped in DNS as
> well as dynamic addresses which change with time.
> 
> The problem I have is that when my thunderbird mail client connects to
> gmail it always uses the static IPv6 address as originator and this
> shows up in the headers of the delivered mail.
> 
> How can I make my system and/or thunderbird use the constantly changing
> dynamic IPv6 address instead?
> 


Hi Jeremy,

I don't know whether you use Network Manager or not, but on IPv6 tab
there is a field "Privacy" with the following options:

 - Default
 - Disabled
 - Enabled (prefer public address)
 - Enabled (prefer temporary address).

Maybe you have to choose the last option.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Wayland vs X

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 3/9/22 00:01, Kevin Exton wrote:
> I tried Wayland some years ago now (might have been when they first
> trialled it in Ubuntu) but decided not to stick with it.
> 
> Since more desktop environments are beginning to choose Wayland as the
> default display protocol, I was wondering if others think there's
> significant user benefits to making the change?

Hi Kevin,

Wayland has new features, better security model and improved
performance, and these areas of improvements seem considerable to me.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Ho to properly rebuild single module?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/27/22 23:13, Grzesiek wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I need to apply the following
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/1645106372-23004-1-git-send-email-mike.marcinis...@cornelisnetworks.com/T/#u
> 
> and rebuild ib_qib. To rebuild I wrote the following script
> ($1 is the kernel version, i.e. 5.16.0-3)
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #use in /usr/src
> set -e -x
> tar xJf linux-source-`echo $1| cut -f -2 -d.`.tar.xz
> cp linux-headers-$1-amd64/.config linux-source-`echo $1| cut -f -2 -d.`/
> cp linux-headers-$1-amd64/Module.symvers linux-source-`echo $1| cut -f
> -2 -d.`/
> cd linux-source-`echo $1| cut -f -2 -d.`
> patch -p1 < ../ib_qib.patch
> make menuconfig
> # press exit and save
> make kernelversion
> make scripts
> make prepare
> make modules_prepare
> make M=drivers/infiniband/hw/qib ib_qib.ko
> 
> But the module I get is almost 20 times bigger than the original one.
> 
> What is the proper way to build?
> 

Hi Greg,

I don't know how to build a single module but I use this Debian's howto
to build Debian packages for Linux kernel.

https://wiki.debian.org/BuildADebianKernelPackage

HTH

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: URI for USB-connected Samsung CLX-4195 multifunction printer

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/3/22 21:49, Intense Red wrote:
>I had this working but now after a Linux reinstall I cannot get it to work 
> again. :-(
> 
>Using Samsung/HP's proprietary driver package at (https://support.hp.com/
> us-en/drivers/selfservice/samsung-clx-4195-color-laser-multifunction-printer-
> series/16462344)  the driver installs the printer into CUPS.
> 
>system-config-printer's  GUI shows a CLP-300 printer added; everything 
> looks 
> cool so far -- but it doesn't work. system-config-printer shows the printer's 
> device URI is "mfp:/dev/mfp4" but under /dev there is no mfp* devices.
> 
>As I remember, the previous working printer config used a URI of "USB-
> something" indicating that the printer was connected via a USB cable (which 
> it 
> is).
> 
>So my question is: How do I detect a printer connected via USB? What is 
> the 
> USB URI for such a printer?
> 

Hi,

try to configure the printer through CUPS' web interface.

On the computer on which the printer is connected, open in browser

http://localhost:631/admin

enter

 - your username and password (in case of sudo)

or

 - "root" username and password

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian 11 installer and encryption

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/3/22 14:07, john doe wrote:
> On 2/2/2022 9:57 PM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I saw that the installer of Debian 11 supports encrypted volumes.
>>
>> Is this LUKS2?
>>
> 
> Yes for the root partition, works pretty well.
> 

Thank you, Jhon and Andrew for the answers.

Kind regards
Georgi

Debian 11 installer and encryption

[Georgi Naplatanov]

Hi all,

I saw that the installer of Debian 11 supports encrypted volumes.

Is this LUKS2?

If it's not, what is it?

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/18/22 15:49, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 01:19:58PM +, Richmond wrote:
>> Why do I see this?
>>
>> host cooperative.co.uk
>> cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1
> 
> Because whoever set up that DNS zone made an error.
> 
> unicorn:~$ host cooperative.co.uk
> cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

I have seen local-link IPv6 addresses as well :)

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: book recommendation regarding ipv6

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/16/22 23:16, email.list...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> This might not be the right forum but I have already duckduck:ed it and
> I don't know where else to ask, what is the best book/books to buy for a
> thorough understanding of ipv6?
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> Andreas Berglund
> 

Hi,

"IPv6 Essentials" from Silvia Hagen was a good starting point. I read
second edition 10 years ago and I'm not sure if there are newer and
better books.

Unfortunately I still have no IPv6 connectivity and stopped using 6in4
tunnels because of foreign address space - Internet looks differently
from different countries :)

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Instalacja Debian8 błąd w Release

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/14/22 18:56, Wojciech wrote:
> Thanks Georgi.
> 
> Guys, Don't solve it. I solved it myself.
> I have a feeling you don't quite understand what I'm writing about.
> 
> choose-mirror pointing to the branch
> http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/
> The Release found there points (redirects) to
> http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dists/oldoldstable/
> At that location lies another distribution/different version, not Jessie.
> This pointing is wrong regardless of whether Jessie is oldoldstable or
> should be archive.
> Jessie is not in the indicated/redirected
> http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dists/oldoldstable/. There is a
> different version there.
> 
> Of course i soo https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive, but in this
> pleaces isn't Jessie (Debian 8). The latest version is squeeze (Debian 6).
> Of course i don't why. In my opinion Debian 8 should be moved to
> archive, but it is not

Hi Wojciech,

on that page are listed all Debian archive mirrors.

https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive

If you pickup the first mirror you'll see that Debian Jessie is there

http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/debian/dists/

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Installation Debian8 error in Release

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/14/22 03:16, Wojciech wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks Tomas for your answer.
> In the installation process, at the moment of when I choosing mirror
> server for example  http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dist/jessie/Release
> installation is break.
> For jessie is selected choose-mirror: wget -q
> http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dist/jessie/Release -O - | grep -E 
> '^(Suite|Codename):'
> Output this command is:
> Suite:  oldoldstable
> Codename: jessie
> In the next step is choose-mirror: wget -q
> http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dist/oldoldstable/Release -O - | grep -E
> '^(Suite|Codename):' because earlier Suite is oldoldstable (2xold and
> stable)
> Output this command is:
> Suite: oldoldstable
> Codename: stretch
> Attention: not jessie
> 
> Codename jessie is version 8.11
> Codename stretch is version 9.11
> 
> Correct destination link is oldoldoldstable (3xold and stable)
> Realease from http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dists/oldoldoldstable/Release:
> "
> Origin: Debian
> Label: Debian
> Suite: oldoldstable
> Version: 8.11
> Codename: jessie
> ..."
> Correct entry in   http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/Release
> will be
> "
> Origin: Debian
> Label: Debian
> Suite: oldoldoldstable
> Version: 8.11
> Codename: jessie
> ..."
> This situation is on many mirror servers. I checked Sweden, Switzerland,
> Holland and USA.
> Is it a little clearer now ?
> Workaround this trouble is installation without mirror server, and after
> reboot write manually list source packages to /etc/apt/sources.list and
> run tasksel and choose components (of course after apt update)
> 
> Have a nice day
> 
> W dniu 13.01.2022 o 14:58, Thomas Schmitt pisze:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Google translation says that Wojciech wrote:
>>> During the installation, when you choose a mirror server, packages is
>>> mistake.
>> Maybe the fallback servers listed in debian-8.11.1-amd64-DVD-1.jigdo
>> can be used.
>> I understand that this one is quite time specific:
>>
>>   http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20190212T020859Z/
>>
>> (But its libburn versions date back to 2012.)
>>
>> This one seems to be the last resort for everything ever released:
>>
>>   http://us.cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/snapshot/Debian/
>>
>>
>>> Is this email enough if I have to write to a world group?
>> It would be better in english language.
>> Google translations tend to become riddling or ridiculous.


Hi Wojciech,

for old unsupported versions of Debian you should not use regular Debian
mirrors, you should use "archive" mirrors.

https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Instalacja Debian8 błąd w Release

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/13/22 13:02, Wojciech wrote:
> W trakcie instalacji w momencie wyboru serwera lustrzanego pakietów jest
> błąd.
> choose-mirror: wget -q
> http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dist/jessie/Release -O - | grep -E 
> '^(Suite|Codename):'
> Ta komenda zwraca:
> Suite:  oldoldstable
> Codename: jessie
> W następnym kroku jest:
> choose-mirror: wget -q
> http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dist/oldoldstable/Release -O - | grep -E
> '^(Suite|Codename):'
> I tu instalator staje.
> Wskazana komenda zwraca:
> Suite: oldoldstable
> Codename: stretch
> Czyli Debian 9.11
> 
> Właściwa wersja jest w
> wget -q http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/dist/oldoldoldstable/Release -O
> - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
> Suit: oldoldoldstable
> Codename: jessie
> 
> Czyli w Release z jessie jest wskazanie na oldoldstable (2xold) a
> powinno być na oldoldoldstable(3xold).
> 
> Problem dotyczy wielu serwerów i dystrybucji.
> Sprawdzałem amd64,i386 i arm64.
> Serwery Polska (jak pokazuje) też icm, Szwecja, Holandia, Szwajcaria, USA.
> 
> Kiedy mogę się spodziewać naprawienia ?
> Jak jest metoda obejściowa w tym momencie.
> 
> Czy wystarczy ten mail czy muszę pisać na grupę światową ?
> 
> Pozdrawiam
> Wojciech.

Hi Wojciech,

Debian 8 (Jessie) is unsupported even as LTS.

https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

It has "died" as oldoldstable - this is my guess.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: OT: Recommendation for a new Debian laptop

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/12/22 09:54, john doe wrote:
> Debians,
> 
> i've been using a laptop for a fiew years now and before this laptop
> dies on me I would like to buy a new laptop.
> 
> I'm thinking about two options:
> - Buying something of the shelph and installing Debian on it
> - Buying a pine64 or alike
> - Any other alternative?
> 
> The only requirement is to have virtualisation available.
> 
> Basically, I'm looking for some feedback to have a laptop with Debian on
> it.
> 
> Any suggestion is appreciated.
> 
> -- 

Hi John,

be sure that virtualization software you want to use is supported by
your new computer's architecture. For example VirtualBox is a
virtualization software for x86 and amd64 only while pine64's
architecture is arm64 (AArch64).

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: How to rotate then save a PDF document?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/11/22 16:37, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I use MATE and thus use Atril as viewer.
> Typically I have no need to modify PDF documents.
> I received a reading a long reading list which needs to be rotated left
> to be read. Atril rotates it but does not save it as rotated.
> 
> What's the simplest tool to permanently rotate that specific document?
> TIA
> 
> 

Hi Richard,

I'm not 100% sure but you can try Gimp.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Bullseye default swap partition size?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/8/22 19:38, Tixy wrote:
> On Sat, 2022-01-08 at 19:18 +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
> [1] If I remember correct, you couldn't actually disable swap, just set
> it's size to the minimum of 4MB.
> 


Hi Tixy,

it's possible not to use swap. Debian installer (in expert mode) shows a
warning if the user doesn't create swap partition.

On installed system swap can be turned off with swapoff command and swap
partition can be removed from /etc/fstab manually.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian installation doesn't see my network

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/8/22 19:13, sciguy wrote:
> This has happened with what I have tried so far: Debian and Ubuntu. I
> have been accustomed to my network card being auto-detected and the
> internet being automatically connected with an installation, but I am
> not getting internet on installation, so much of the installation has
> failed.
> 
> This machine was set up as a dual boot, and is running Windows 10 with
> the latest updates. It has previously run a version of Ubuntu Studio,
> but with this upgrade (first by USB then by DVD), I am not getting a
> network, and so the installation remains half-finished.
> 
> Somehow, after changing this over to Debian, where the installation
> failed for the same reason, Windows 10 EFI detected the incomplete
> installation and now offers "finishing the Debian installation" as a
> boot option when I reboot.
> 
> It seems the root of my problem is in Microsoft's choice to take over
> the EFI in a recent update, thereby supplanting GRUB, which was there
> before. GRUB was a technology I understood fairly well; EFI is not. Can
> anyone suggest, or point to some resources, for how to install Linux
> alongside W10, in a way that the EFI appears to recognize (since it
> seemed to almost accidentally with Debian).
> 
> For the record, the motherboard is an ASUS Maximus VI Hero with an
> onboard Intel NIC (Intel Ethernet Connection I217-V). The processor is
> an Intel Core I7-4770K (Haswell).
> 
> It needs to go online for at least the video drivers (I have NVIDIA and
> a dual monitor), and I am hoping that it is not needing to go online for
> the network driver.
> 


Hi sciguy,

I'm not sure that UEFI/BIOS mode is the reason for not connecting to
Internet but check in which mode Debian installer recognize the system
during initial screen menu.

Here are two screenshots

BIOS mode - https://ibb.co/Q8yvyYz
EFI mode - https://ibb.co/pKfpcQp

if you want EFI mode try to disable compatibility mode in UEFI. If you
want BIOS mode then enable compatibility mode in UEFI.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Bullseye default swap partition size?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/8/22 18:54, John Conover wrote:
> 
> I just installed Bullseye, using default "use entire disk" as the HD
> configuration from the Graphical Install option on a Live USB SD.
> 
> The swap partition size installed on the HD is 1 GB.
> 
> Buster, etc., used to be about the size of memory, (8 GB in my case,)
> for the swap partition size.
> 
> Is there a reason for such small default swap partition size on a 1 TB
> HD in Bullseye that I don't know about?
> 

Hi John,

nowadays computers have a lot of RAM and some people (including me)
don't create swap partition or swap file at all. In case of SSD (Solid
State Disk) you can look at this wiki [1]


[1] https://wiki.debian.org/SSDOptimization

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Hyper-typematic and Firefox responsiveness in Weston.

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 1/1/22 19:14, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> Hello Georgi,
> 
> Thanks for the reply and greetings for the New Year.
> 
>     From: Georgi Naplatanov 
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2021 22:41:43 +0200
> Message-id: <[] 10e5a66a-e9f9-1d1a-a67b-a283fb5c7...@oles.biz>
> In-reply-to: <[] E1n38th-rt-2j@joule>
> References: <[] E1n38th-rt-2j@joule>
> 
>> I just tested Firefox on KDE and Wayland (on Debian testing) and I
>> didn't notice any issue. 
> 
> Two possibilities.
> (1) Your machine architecture is generally more advanced than mine. 
> Latencies aren't noticeable.
> 
> (2) Your machine has one or more ASIC chips lacking here.  An ASIC 
> accelerating graphic processing might prevent latencies.
> 
>> I tried a few clips on youtube.com 
> 
> For youtube I use an Alcatel tablet.  
> 
>> ... and a few sites for open source software.
> 
> The desktop here is primarily for email and editing in Wikimedia 
> projects. Ie. shunting characters.  Even an old 486 machine can do 
> that. The difficulties are in the interface rather than in computing 
> power.
> 

I tried on VirtualBox and CPU is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @
3.20GHz, GPU is the embedded one in the CPU - Intel UHD Graphics 630

Happy new year!

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Hyper-typematic and Firefox responsiveness in Weston.

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/31/21 05:48, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Debian 11 is easily arranged so that "startx" or "weston" can be 
> issued at the console command line.  That allows simple qualitative 
> comparisons.
> 
> In weston, keyboard response can be hyper-typematic.  The briefest 
> keypress can give at least two instances of the key action; sometimes a 
> half dozen.  That includes backspace.  Consequently keyboard input is 
> impossible. This happens not in every instance of weston but often 
> enough to be a nuisance. Has anyone else observed this?
> 
> According to documentation, Firefox works natively in Weston.  Ie. 
> Firefox doesn't work through Xwayland. With Wayland intended to be 
> more efficient than X11 I expect Firefox to be more responsive on 
> Weston than on X11.  Nevertheless Firefox is noticeably slower on 
> Weston. Anyone else observed this?
> 

Hi Peter,

I just tested Firefox on KDE and Wayland (on Debian testing) and I
didn't notice any issue. I tried a few clips on youtube.com and a few
sites for open source software.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: pulseaudio only finds one sink but alsa shows all

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/30/21 14:04, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Thursday, 30 Dec 2021 at 13:16, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>> Try to run (as root)
>>
>> # alsactl init
>>
>> and restart the computer.
> 
> Thank you.  Tried this.  No difference unfortunately.
> 
> As an aside, is it necessary to restart the computer?  My system is
> typically up 24/7 so I hate rebooting.  I did do it this time but just
> wondering.
> 

By the way, you can try PipeWire as well.

I tried it on Debian testing and I have not noticed any problem.

https://wiki.debian.org/PipeWire

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: pulseaudio only finds one sink but alsa shows all

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/30/21 14:04, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Thursday, 30 Dec 2021 at 13:16, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>> Try to run (as root)
>>
>> # alsactl init
>>
>> and restart the computer.
> 
> Thank you.  Tried this.  No difference unfortunately.
> 
> As an aside, is it necessary to restart the computer?  My system is
> typically up 24/7 so I hate rebooting.  I did do it this time but just
> wondering.
> 

Just to be sure that all daemons are restarted.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: pulseaudio only finds one sink but alsa shows all

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/30/21 02:04, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Wednesday, 29 Dec 2021 at 20:39, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>> When PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is started can you see
>> audio devices on "Configuration" tab?
> 
> Hi Georgi,
> 
> no, that's the problem.  The configuration tab only shows the HDMI audio
> device.
> 
>> In PulseAudio Volume Control application (Playback tab) you can see all
>> audio streams and applications being played and in case of multiple
>> sound devices you can set each sound stream to which sound device to be
>> played.
> 
> Yes, understood; unfortunately only the single output is available,
> either here or in the configuration tab.
> 


Try to run (as root)

# alsactl init

and restart the computer.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: pulseaudio only finds one sink but alsa shows all

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/29/21 15:36, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm on Debian 11.2, pretty much up to date.  I have a mystery with sound
> that I cannot resolve.  I have according to lspci the following audio
> devices:
> 
> 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset High 
> Definition Audio Controller [8086:1d20] (rev 06)
> 02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 HDMI Audio Controller 
> [10de:0e1b] (rev a1)
> 
> Pulseaudio only finds the second of these (speakers in an attached HDMI
> monitor) which is fine for much of my use.  However, it means that I
> cannot use headphones plugged in to the box.  Alsa lists all the
> devices:

When PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is started can you see
audio devices on "Configuration" tab?

> $ aplay -l
>  List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices 
> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3220 Analog [ALC3220 Analog]
> card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
> card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
> card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
> 
> but pulseaudio only shows the HDMI interface.  
> 
> Any hints on getting pulseaudio to find the Intel device would be
> welcome.


In PulseAudio Volume Control application (Playback tab) you can see all
audio streams and applications being played and in case of multiple
sound devices you can set each sound stream to which sound device to be
played.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: qmail package in bullseye

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/24/21 14:58, 황병희 wrote:
> Hi, there is no qmail package in bullseye. what's wrong?

The software seems unmaintained for a long time [1]. According to
wikipedia the last release is from 1998 and I think there was an
incompatibility with the qmail's license and Debian. I've never seen
qmail's binary packages in Debian. I think there were tools in Debian
which allowed users to compile qmail on their own.

If you are looking for SMTP you can look at Postfix and Exim.

Kind regards
Georgi

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qmail

Re: keyboard setup

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/20/21 18:03, mick crane wrote:
> Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
> Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64
> Architecture: x86-64
> 
> I'm still having trouble with random lines from elsewhere in the file
> I'm editing getting plonked a hundred or so lines away.
> Which is a pain as it can take a while to locate them.
> Want to use the console Ctrl+Alt+Fx for a bit and see if it's something
> to do with X
> Trouble is I can't get the console keyboard keys to do the same thing as
> in Xfce.
> I read that the keyboard map is supposed to be shared between console
> and X but not here.
> I try various things.
> "dpkg-reconfigure console-setup"
> "dpkg-reconfigure console-data"
> "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-setup"
> "service keyboard-setup restart"
> reboot the PC
> nothing seems to work.
> this particular keyboard is small generic USB thing which works with
> Microsoft Office keyboard layout.
> but in console some keys are not what is on the key. eg "#" is UK Pound
> sign.
> "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-setup" does have that layout as a selection.
> Is there something I need to do after selecting to get it to work ?
> 
> mick

Hi Mick,

did you try

# dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
# service keyboard-setup restart

There is a wiki - https://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/18/21 13:34, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> Am Freitag, 10. Dezember 2021, 13:25:17 CET schrieb Roberto C. Sánchez:
>> [...]
>> All the hate in this thread is really very tiresome.  I'm not directing
>> this specifically to you, Christian, rather speaking of the general tone
>> of this thread.  Discussing alternatives for users who are concerned
>> about still being on FF 78 ESR and who would like options for running
>> the latest ESR is fine.  But bashing on the people who have been working
>> literally for months on sorting out all of the issues (and there are
>> many) to bring the latest FF ESR into Debian stable/oldstable is not
>> productive.  Nor is it productive to point at Debian and other distros
>> and say things like "they do it, how come Debian can't?"  Each distro
>> has slightly different objectives, operating frameworks, etc.  Debian's
>> goals are different from Ubuntu's goals, are different from Fedora's
>> goals, are different from Mozilla upstream's goals.  Let's just accept
>> that (or work constructively to adjust the goals to better suit you) and
>> support the people doing the work.
> 
> Hi Roberto,
> 
> thanks and I agree with all you wrote. But also be aware that not all critics 
> is bashing and not everybody has the skills and/or time to actively help to 
> backport the necessary packages. I do not intend to bash anybody, I 
> understand 
> that Debian is based on volunteer work (which is tremendous), and I hope that 
> you consider the feedback as constructive.
> 
> What I am missing is transparency, but it might be my fault that I just do 
> not 
> find the right information. What would help me feeling more comfortable with 
> the situation is 
> 
> 1) a statement which is informing the users through a Debian channel about 
> the 
> thread before that appears on Linux Blogs/news channels. Even now I have not 
> seen any comment on this topic. I am subscribed to the what I think are the 
> relevant Debian channels for Debian users (and some more).
> 
> 2) an estimate for the ETA. That would it make easier for me to decide if I 
> can just wait for the update or if I need to work on another solution myself.
> 


I also think that if Debian project cannot handle with particular
security issue on time then Debian users should be informed.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/9/21 20:20, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 07:49:01PM +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>> On 12/9/21 19:09, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 06:59:07PM +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>>>> On 12/9/21 18:43, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Please note that Mozilla is constantly updating to newer rustc and LLVM
>>>>> versions.  That means that preparing a new major ESR release for Debian
>>>>> requires not just the packaging of the firefox-esr and thunderbird
>>>>> updates, but also some very complex toolchain components.  Those
>>>>> components are usually already in unstable/testing, but for stable,
>>>>> oldstable, and LTS, the toolchain must be backported first.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As far as I know Ubuntu has no such problem with Firefox.
>>>>
>>> Debian also supports additional hardware architectures and the toolchain
>>> components sometimes require specific work in order to support those
>>> additional architectures.  In fact, that was the case with this current
>>> update that is underway.
>>>
>>> However, the point is not about arguing which is better, Debian or
>>> Ubuntu.  Naturally, Debian is better.
>>>
>>> Rather, the point was simply to offer assurance that this work is
>>> underway and that it is near completion.
>>>
>>> It is lamentable that it has taken this long, but that is not an
>>> indication of a lack of effort on the part of the people in Debian
>>> working on this.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Roberto
>>
>>
>> thanks for the explanation. I didn't want to offend anybody. I use both
>> - Debian and Kubuntu and like more Debian and I have been using it for
>> almost 2 decades. The idea was that somehow Ubuntu handles well with
>> this problem. This is all I meant.
>>
> No offense was taken.
> 
> I think what is important is to understand is that a statement like "As
> far as I know Ubuntu has no such problem with Firefox" implies an
> inappopriate value judgment.  That is to say, the circumstances that
> have led to Ubuntu being in a "better" position (by your estimation) are
> necessarily different than those which have led to Debian being in a
> "worse" position.
> 
> I was simply trying to shed light on the differences in circumstances,
> because they are important and because I think it is unkind to devalue
> the work of those in Debian just because we happen to strive to a
> different set of criteria than perhaps what Ubuntu strives for.  

Hey Roberto,

here is no devalue by my side. It was "go see how Ubunto does the stuff
and backport to Debian if it's appropriate". It was the idea.


Kind regards
Georgi


The
> discussion, both in this thread and in the Phoronix "article" and its
> associated discussion seem to be overly negative without good cause.
> I'm glad that the other sub-threads in this discussion seem to be
> focusing on alternative solutions that allow users to achieve their
> objectives until the firefox packaging situation in Debian improves.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Roberto
> 

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/9/21 19:09, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 06:59:07PM +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>> On 12/9/21 18:43, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>>>
>>> Please note that Mozilla is constantly updating to newer rustc and LLVM
>>> versions.  That means that preparing a new major ESR release for Debian
>>> requires not just the packaging of the firefox-esr and thunderbird
>>> updates, but also some very complex toolchain components.  Those
>>> components are usually already in unstable/testing, but for stable,
>>> oldstable, and LTS, the toolchain must be backported first.
>>>
>>
>> As far as I know Ubuntu has no such problem with Firefox.
>>
> Debian also supports additional hardware architectures and the toolchain
> components sometimes require specific work in order to support those
> additional architectures.  In fact, that was the case with this current
> update that is underway.
> 
> However, the point is not about arguing which is better, Debian or
> Ubuntu.  Naturally, Debian is better.
> 
> Rather, the point was simply to offer assurance that this work is
> underway and that it is near completion.
> 
> It is lamentable that it has taken this long, but that is not an
> indication of a lack of effort on the part of the people in Debian
> working on this.
> 

Hi Roberto


thanks for the explanation. I didn't want to offend anybody. I use both
- Debian and Kubuntu and like more Debian and I have been using it for
almost 2 decades. The idea was that somehow Ubuntu handles well with
this problem. This is all I meant.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/9/21 18:43, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 04:37:18PM +, Tixy wrote:
>> On Thu, 2021-12-09 at 14:18 +, piorunz wrote:
>>> On 09/12/2021 12:47, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Piotr,
>>>>
>>>> a new release of Firefox ESR was uploaded to Sid two days ago and
>>>> probably will be uploaded to stable soon.
>>>>
>>>> https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=firefox-esr=sid
>>>
>>> ESR 91 was first uploaded to sid in November. It didn't migrated to
>>> Testing, or Stable, due to problems. Package tracker show some details:
>>> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firefox-esr
>>>
>>> There is a bug here:
>>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1001234
>>>
>>> Rust compiler for Stable is not available? It means we have to continue
>>> to use outdated, vulnerable Firefox ESR until this is resolved? When it
>>> will be?
>>
>> Think it's more complicated than just a compiler [1]
>>
>> Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I've just installed ESR 91
>> direct from Firefox, as it seems Debian are likely to leave us with an
>> insecure browser for a long time. Considering this was known about
>> before the last release, you would have thought we would have been
>> warned about it in the release notes, or through some other means.
>>
>> The only mention of Firefox in the release notes is...
>>
>> For general web browser use we recommend Firefox or Chromium.
>> They will be kept up-to-date by rebuilding the current ESR
>> releases for stable.
>>
> Work on this is nearing completion.
> 
> Please note that Mozilla is constantly updating to newer rustc and LLVM
> versions.  That means that preparing a new major ESR release for Debian
> requires not just the packaging of the firefox-esr and thunderbird
> updates, but also some very complex toolchain components.  Those
> components are usually already in unstable/testing, but for stable,
> oldstable, and LTS, the toolchain must be backported first.
> 

As far as I know Ubuntu has no such problem with Firefox.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/9/21 12:12, piorunz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I noticed that Debian Stable uses Firefox ESR 78.15.0, which is final
> update of 78 series. All further updates go to Firefox ESR 91, as
> Mozilla page says:
> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/78.15.0/releasenotes
> 
> "Version 78.15.0, first offered to ESR channel users on October 5, 2021
> This is the final planned ESR78 release. Eligible users will be
> automatically updated to the ESR91 release on November 2."
> 
> Since 2 November, Firefox 78 is EOL and we all should upgrade. I use
> Debian Bullseye on several of my computers, and they all are on ESR 78.
> 
> Firefox 91 should migrate to Stable as soon as possible, otherwise we
> risk unpatched security vulnerabilities being present in Debian Stable,
> there are several of them already.
> https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/firefox-esr
> 
> Is there any remedy for this?
> 

Hey Piotr,

a new release of Firefox ESR was uploaded to Sid two days ago and
probably will be uploaded to stable soon.

https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=firefox-esr=sid

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian 11.1 Firefox ESR 78.15.0esr add-on icons

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 12/5/21 05:47, David Christensen wrote:
> debian-user:
> 
> I installed debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso on a Dell Latitude
> E6520 today:
> 
> 2021-12-04 19:28:18 dpchrist@laalaa ~
> $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a ; dpkg-query -W firefox-esr
> 11.1
> Linux laalaa 5.10.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.70-1 (2021-09-30) x86_64
> GNU/Linux
> firefox-esr    78.15.0esr-1~deb11u1
> 
> 
> Firefox is not displaying icons for my add-ons in the toolbar -- HTTPS
> Everywhere, NoScript, and Privacy Badger.  I am unable to configure the
> extensions without their icons (?).
> 
> 
> Firefox on Debian 9 correctly displays icons for add-ons:
> 
> 2021-12-04 19:32:16 dpchrist@tinkywinky ~
> $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a ; dpkg-query -W firefox-esr
> 9.13
> Linux tinkywinky 4.9.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.272-2 (2021-07-19)
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> firefox-esr    78.15.0esr-1~deb9u1
> 
> 
> I tried customizing the toolbar, but the add-on icons are not available.
> 
> 
> I tried deleting compatibility.ini, extension-preferences.json, and
> extensions.json as recommended by FredMcD, but the icons are still missing:
> 
>     https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1311859
> 
> 
> Suggestions?

Hi David,

do you have reasons to use Firefox ESR?

I have been using Mozilla's builds for Forefox and I have been happy
with them. On the other hand, builds form Linux distributions lack of
support for non-free parts of Firefox like DRM and these builds don't
allow users to watch protected content like video and video streams.

So my advice is - use the builds from Mozilla.org, it seems that you use
AMD64 architecture which is supported architecture by Mozilla.org

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 11/22/21 00:47, Hans wrote:
> Hi Georgi,
> 
> yes, that sounds interesting. And fingerprinting of a transceiver is the main 
> thing. Thus, for example, you can identify people's radio transceivers, they 
> use to radio interfere. I am a licensed radio amateur, and those people are 
> often doing this on repeaters.
> 
> They want to be anonymous, however, many of them are also licensed radio 
> amateurs, and their callsigns are known.
> 
> Of course they are using the same radio transmitters for normal trafficing, 
> and so they could be identified. This is the same technics our 
> "Bundesnetzagentur" is using (the radio government).
> 
> It would also give the ability, to supress those people on the repeaters, 
> when 
> they misuse it. For example, an unlicensed radio could be filtered out, so 
> that its transmission will not be send by the repeaters.
> 
> And as the range of a handheld transceiver is not large, only a small area 
> would be interfered - not the whole area the radio repeater is covering.
> 
> I did not find any similar solution to xmit-id, especially none for linux. If 
> you know one, I will be happy, to point me at them.
> 
> If you know one, this would be interesting, so it could maybe run on a small 
> computer, like a Raspberry Pi.
> 
> These are just my thoughts, why I stumbled over this application, and maybe 
> others would be interested, too.
> 
> As I know, there are also bibg applications ported from DOS to linux (like 
> doom), I thoughtm that would be easy - just start a cross compiler, then fix 
> some issues, ready. But I believe, it is not that easy, I suppose, this is a 
> lot lot lot work. And as far as I understood, code from DOS C is far from 
> similar to Linux C.
> 
> That is a pity, but good to know, if I might some time begin to code myself: 
> I 
> won't never ever code for DOS or Windows or any proprietrary OS! Never!
> 
> Have a very nice day!
> 
> Best regards
> 

Hi Hans,

I just gave an idea and I'm far away from this field.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: ALSA plugins

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 11/21/21 20:57, Miroslav Skoric wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I was recently told that ALSA doesn't normally allow sharing a soundcard
> with two applications, but there are two ALSA plugins, dsnoop and dmix
> to share capture and playback respectively. I spent some time in
> searching the web for possible info on how to install or how to check if
> those plugins are installed, but did not find instructions. Any pointer
> in that direction? Thanks in advance.
> 

Why don't you use PulseAudio or maybe PipeWire?

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 11/21/21 13:54, Hans wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I know, there are lots of coders here and I have a question. There is an old 
> DOS application I found, which is open source and GPL.
> 
> As far as I know, this application is written in C, it is running in textmode 
> ("ncurses-mode").
> 
> Since there is no similar linux based application like this, I wondered, ho 
> difficult for an experienced coder it will be, to get a DOS application 
> natively running in linux.
> 
> For those, who are interested, this is what this application is for:
> 
> The application is for radio enthusiasts. It can recognize every radio 
> transceiver with its transmission. This is because every radio transceiver 
> has 
> its very personally transient response, just like a fingerprint. This 
> application gets its signal then from the if-module via the souzndcard and 
> shows the very special transient response as a graphic. These graphic can be 
> named and whenever the transceiver is sending again, it will be recognized.
> Very useful to recognize and rerecognize unwanted stations.
> 
> I can send the app wherever you want to (attaching it here, does not allow to 
> send the mail strangely), so everyone can take a look. This app is available 
> in the web, but a little bit hidden, if you do not know its exactly name.
> 
> The original author of the application has sadly passed by many years ago, 
> but 
> as I said, it is GPL. If someone is bored, he can do with it, whatever he 
> wants.
> 
> Long text, short question: As I am no coder, though I would like to know, how 
> much time (roughly estimated, not exactly!) an experienced coder would need 
> and if this would be possible at all. How many hours do you think? Is DOS C 
> and Linux C compatible, so that such thing could be easy? 
> 
> I will be happy of all feedback!
> 
> Best regards
> 

Hi Hans,

my understanding is that finger prints functionality is the most
important part for you. There are radio receiver applications for Linux.
Maybe it'll be easier needed functionality to be implemented to one of
existing applications.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: processor compatibility

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 11/13/21 22:39, deutsch_da...@tuta.io wrote:
> Hello! Is the Intel Core i7-9750H processor supported by your operating
> system?
> 

Hi!

The architecture of this processor is AMD64 so it's supported and you
can use this image -

https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.1.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-11.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Getting Bullseye's VLC to read/play H265 videos

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 10/31/21 19:58, Intense Red wrote:
>> Works out of the box on mine. Played H265 4K no problem. What is the
>> error you're getting?
> 
>VLC doesn't give an error, it just endlessly tries loading and reloading 
> the file (a video from a security camera).
> 
>I'm guessing it's some oddity in the file format produced by the cheap 
> Chinese security camera. Purportedly ffmpeg can convert the file to another 
> more 
> common format; that's my next step to deal with the issue.
> 

If VLC is not hard requirement then you can try SMPlayer/mpv or mpv only.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Issue with kernel 5.10.0-9-*?

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 10/30/21 16:30, Hans wrote:
> I also saw, there is kernel-5.14*-bpo* (I believe bpo stands for 
> "backported"?), did not test this kernel, but if 5.14 will become stable, 
> this 
> issue might be already fixed in this version. Dunno
> 


Hi Hans!

bpo means backports.

Linux 5.14 is stable now and some distributions use it - Fedora, Arch
and probably other too.

I'm not sure where it'll be better you to report this issue  - on Debian
bug tracking system or upstream - https://bugzilla.kernel.org/

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: runlevel

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 10/12/21 20:05, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> hi,
> I found today that my runlevel is set to 5, but I have no idea where it
> comes from.
> in /etc/inittab, it is set to 2, but I saw that this file is no more used.
> So, can anybody tell where it is set?
> 

In systemd.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Development permissions

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 9/22/21 07:15, Paul M. Foster wrote:
> 
> On 9/21/21 11:42 PM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>> On 9/22/21 06:09, Paul M. Foster wrote:
>>> Folks:
>>>
>>> This is probably a stupid question for many of you, but I've been
>>> struggling with it since I started using Linux in 1996.
>>>
>>> Say you have a directory in which there are development files. A number
>>> of users will be creating, deleting and modifying the files there. This
>>> is the type of situation which might have been common on old Unix
>>> university systems. (Users might be accessing files via Samba, NFS, or
>>> locally.)
>>>
>>> Just to make this more concrete, assume the development tree is in
>>> /var/www/html/website.
>>>
>>> Without setting directory and file permissions to 777, how do you allow
>>> the above? What combinations of groups, directory owners/permissions and
>>> file owners/permissions might make this possible?
>>>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> you can create a user group, add all developers to it and give this
>> group permissions to read and write to that particular folder
>> (/var/www/html/website).
>>
>> If you need more granular permissions (e.g. several development teams)
>> then you can use ACLs (Access Control List).
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Georgi
>>
> This is more or less the solution I tried. However, when a user creates
> a file on this system, the permissions are (for example) paulf:paulf.
> This means that, despite the directory permissions, other users won't be
> able to modify the file normally (assuming a system umask of 022).
> 
> However, I did just read an excellent explanation of the setgid bit,
> which apparently, sets the GID of a created file to that of the
> directory, rather than the file's creator. This might work. I haven't
> tested it yet.
> 
> I've heard of ACLs, but never had the need to user or learn about this.
> I'm assuming that attending to ACL issues requires additional steps in
> the creation/editing/deletion of files?
> 

I have not used ACLs either. I heard about them about 15 or more years
ago and it required parameter (as I can remember) during file system
creation. I don't know what is the situation now.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Development permissions

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 9/22/21 06:09, Paul M. Foster wrote:
> Folks:
> 
> This is probably a stupid question for many of you, but I've been
> struggling with it since I started using Linux in 1996.
> 
> Say you have a directory in which there are development files. A number
> of users will be creating, deleting and modifying the files there. This
> is the type of situation which might have been common on old Unix
> university systems. (Users might be accessing files via Samba, NFS, or
> locally.)
> 
> Just to make this more concrete, assume the development tree is in
> /var/www/html/website.
> 
> Without setting directory and file permissions to 777, how do you allow
> the above? What combinations of groups, directory owners/permissions and
> file owners/permissions might make this possible?
> 

Hi Paul,

you can create a user group, add all developers to it and give this
group permissions to read and write to that particular folder
(/var/www/html/website).

If you need more granular permissions (e.g. several development teams)
then you can use ACLs (Access Control List).

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: problem with sound for bullseye upgrade on amd64: must be root for sound to work on my machine

[Georgi Naplatanov]

Hi James,

try to run:

# alsactl init

as root, reboot and adjust all channels with alsamixer or similar with
your (non-root) user.

Kind regards
Georgi

On 8/25/21 20:02, James D Freels wrote:
> I have not received a response yet, but I am hoping.
> 
> What I know:
> 
> -sound works as root, not as user
> 
> -snd_oxygen module (required driver for my card) is loaded, but I can't
> verify what is loading it.  no messages in dmesg show it being loaded
> 
> -since snd_oxygen is loaded, it makes sense that aplay works as root
> 
> -pulse does not show the sound card, but does show the hdmi audio on my
> nvidia card, and the microphone on my web cam.  Both are muted in
> pavucontrol
> 
> -big question:  why doesn't sound card get loaded by pulseaudio ?  How
> can I force that
> 
> -I am now going over every occurrence of a pulseaudio configuration file
> on my system for a clue
> 
> Any help appreciated.  Is there a good troubleshoot procedure for
> debian/11/bullseye sound problems ?
> 
> 
> On 8/24/21 3:05 PM, James D Freels wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am a long-time debian user, and just recently upgraded my buster
>> amd64 machine to bullseye.  Essentially everything works as expected
>> so far.  However, one very nagging problem I currently have is that my
>> sound does not work unless I am rooted.  For example, if I issue the
>> command
>>
>> aplay bark.au
>>
>> where bark.au is a snippet sound file of a dog barking, it fails.
>> However, if I issue the command
>>
>> sudo aplay bark.au
>>
>> it works fine.  Similar sound playing occurs with any sound-playing
>> app.  For example mpg123, vlc, etc., all require a sudo or be logged
>> in as root to work.
>>
>> I have looked all around the WWW to try to find a solution to this
>> problem.  The most common solution is to make sure that user ids are
>> in the audio group in the /etc/group configuration file. Of course, I
>> have that, and have confirmed it.  This is not a brand new
>> installation after all, but an upgrade.
>>
>> Other common remedies I have tried are to fiddle with the pavucontrol
>> and alsamixer settings.   My sound card does not show up in the
>> pavucontrol (pulse doesn't find my sound card), but DOES show up in
>> the alsamixer.
>>
>> I have also looked at the debian sound wiki, and other sources to try
>> to fix this problem.
>>
>> Then, I remembered that I often used this form to learn about debian
>> way back in the days when I first started using debian about 1994 or
>> so.  Perhaps I can get some expert help.  Maybe a source I can go down
>> a list of troubleshoot to nail this one down.  It is obviously a
>> permissions issue (I also looked at device permissions, etc.).
>>
>> Just a bit puzzled and frustrated.
>>
>> P.S.
>>
>> BTW, my sound card is a C-Media, Xonor DG with chip set CMI8788 and
>> uses the oxygen HD audio driver.
>>
>> lspci -v output corresponding:
>>
>> 05:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8788
>> [Oxygen HD Audio]
>>     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. CMI8786 (Xonar DG)
>>     Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22, NUMA node 0
>>     I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
>>     Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
>>     Kernel driver in use: snd_oxygen
>>     Kernel modules: snd_oxygen
>>
>> Nothing has changed with the hardware, and I know the setup works. 
>> This seems to be a permissions/software issue.
>>
>>
>>

Re: Please help to test latest Debian 11 release candidate on real hardware

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/25/21 1:33 AM, Mark Allums wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/24/2021 3:14 PM, Andrey Ponomarenko wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> Let's help developers to test upcoming Debian version 11 by filling
>> out the community-driven list of tested hardware configurations:
>> https://github.com/linuxhw/TestCoverage/tree/master/Dist/Debian_11
>> 
> I get a 404 at the above address.
> 

The URL has extra bracket at the end. Just remove it.

Re: Please help to test latest Debian 11 release candidate on real hardware

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/24/21 11:14 PM, Andrey Ponomarenko wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Let's help developers to test upcoming Debian version 11 by filling out
> the community-driven list of tested hardware configurations:
> https://github.com/linuxhw/TestCoverage/tree/master/Dist/Debian_11
> 
>  
> The development team only has a limited set of hardware for tests, but
> I'm sure we can find almost any configuration in the community. Anyone
> can easily add their computers / laptops or servers info to the list
> using the package https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/hw-probe
> .
>  
> You can download Debian 11 release candidate on the page
> https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> .
>  

Does submitting report for 4+ years old hardware make sense?

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian Security

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/24/21 6:47 PM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrot
> 
> I simply want to have a local copy of the security updates so I can
> install machine really fast with some limited bandwidth. And I can't use
> apt-cache because I want this to be on a hard disk and independant of
> the network.
> 

In such case you can use proxy like Squid.

Re: Boring Buster => Bullseye Upgrade Report

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/22/21 8:48 PM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> 
> I upgraded a Gigabyte NUC-style tiny desktop (i5-5010U) from
> buster to bullseye. Nothing interesting to report; it just
> worked.
> 

+1

I did it on the beginning of May and I have had no problems so far.

Docker provides packages for Debian 11. A problem was VirtualBox but I
installed packages for Ubunto as I did when Debain 10 was still testing.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: where can i find a list of wireless adapter that debian support

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/19/21 10:46 AM, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
> 
> i hate to install firmware from non-free section
> in some instances free adapter perform better than non-free one
> 
> i browse some e-shop, some vendor claim that you needn't driver for
> their adapter installation
> i guess driver is included somewhere in adapter, vendor say they can be
> installed in Windows
> after all chinese desktop market is dominated by Windows
> it's very difficult to install them in linux
> some web site offer instruction on how to install them in linux  
> 

Hi,

I haven't seen database with supported WiFi network cards for Linux but
if you have liked a particular WiFi adapter then you can search on
Internet to check if it's supported or not.

Another option is to test particular device with live image.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Free LAMP VPS hosting

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/18/21 10:07 AM, john doe wrote:
> Debians,
> 
> I have a LAMP configured at home but now I would like to make this LAMP
> publickly available to the world.
> 
> As it was suggested on this list, it is not reasonable to make my LAMP
> available online (security wise/no commercial link).
> 
> Looking online for a free VPS I stumbled on (1), is there any other
> alternative/other approach?
> 
> 
> 1)  https://www.gigarocket.net/free-vps.php
> 


Hi John,

a VPS with 1GB RAM won't serve much clients because one PHP process of
PHP-FPM usually uses between 20 and 50MB RAM. I would recommend shared
hosting or dedicated server for busy sites.

Cheap shared hosting
https://www.machighway.com/

Dedicated servers and other services
https://www.hetzner.com/


Kind regards
Georgi

Re: VirtualBox Problem

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/17/21 10:00 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> First off, let me say that I am not trying to start a war or nasty
> exchange4of insults.
> 
> I am forced by circumstance to run a Linux program on my Windows 10
> Laptop. In order to accomplish his I have installed Buster in a
> VirtualBox v-6.1. Although the AMD Rizen 5 CPU has eight threads, of
> which the VirtualBox only allows four of the threads to be used.
> 
> Unfortunately , perhaps not too surprisingly, neither the Windows 10 or
> VirtualBox sources seem to have a solution that I can find. Google is
> defiantly not my friend.
> 
> 

I didn't understand what the problem is?

Another option to run Linux application on Windows 10 is WSL2.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64 missing on security.debian.org

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/12/21 10:07 PM, mabi wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I still have an older Debian 8.11 system running and would like to apply the 
> latest security patches. Unfortunately it seems like some packages are 
> missing from http://security.debian.org as you can see in the apt-get 
> update/upgrade" below:
> 
> $ sudo apt-get update
> Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie InRelease
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie Release.gpg
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie Release
> Get:1 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease [44.9 kB]
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie/non-free amd64 Packages
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie/contrib amd64 Packages
> Get:2 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages [781 kB]
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie/contrib Translation-en
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org jessie/non-free Translation-en
> Get:3 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib amd64 Packages [2,506 
> B]
> Get:4 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free amd64 Packages 
> [4,702 B]
> Get:5 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib Translation-en [1,211 
> B]
> Get:6 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Translation-en [401 kB]
> Get:7 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free Translation-en [11.8 
> kB]
> Fetched 1,247 kB in 2s (512 kB/s)
> Reading package lists... Done
> 
> $ sudo apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> The following packages have been kept back:
>   linux-image-amd64 xen-linux-system-amd64
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64 xen-linux-system-3.16.0-10-amd64
> 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
> Need to get 35.0 MB of archives.
> After this operation, 27.6 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> Err http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main 
> xen-linux-system-3.16.0-10-amd64 amd64 3.16.81-1
>   404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.2.132 80]
> Err http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main 
> linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64 amd64 3.16.81-1
>   404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.2.132 80]
> E: Failed to fetch 
> http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux/xen-linux-system-3.16.0-10-amd64_3.16.81-1_amd64.deb
>   404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.2.132 80]
> 
> E: Failed to fetch 
> http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux/linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64_3.16.81-1_amd64.deb
>   404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.2.132 80]
> 
> E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with 
> --fix-missing?
> 
> I have the following entries in my /etc/apt/sources.list file:
> 
> deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian jessie main non-free contrib
> deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
> 
> Any idea how I can fix that?
> 
> Thank you very much in advance.
> 
> Best regards,
> Mabi
> 


Hi mabi,

Debian Jessie's support has ended even as LTS.

https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Thanks for help!

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/11/21 9:18 PM, Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> 
> How repaired hdd in old osx 8.6 mac i386.
> A live usb with debian 10.9 buster did it asked to change from Bios boot
> to Uefi boot & reinstalled hdd. Laptop works. So now can put distro in
> usb, & try which debian based distro works best on Mac osx 10.13.6. MX,
> PsychOS, Manjaro, Debian?
> I liked the software setup in Psychos; many writing tools in it.
> Gunnar

Hi Gunnar,

what is the hardware you want to use with GNU/Linux?

At the beginning you mentioned macOS 8.6 and after that macOS 10.13.6 ???

What do you want to do with GNU/Linux? You mentioned writing software
but what does this mean - software for writers like LibreOffice or
anything else?

if you are looking for high quality software then I would recommend
Debian, Ubuntu LTS releases or something based on them. Rolling release
distributions often are low quality software - they usually have more bugs.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Docker installation problem

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 7/4/21 2:17 AM, Gary L. Roach wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 10
> KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5
> Qt Version: 5.11.3
> KDE Frameworks Version: 5.54.0
> Kernel Version: 4.19.0-17-amd64
> OS Type: 64-bit
> Processors: 4 × AMD FX(tm)-4350 Quad-Core Processor
> Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
> 
> I have been trying to get a working installation of Docker. This should
> be easy considering all of the information available. Alas, for me, this
> doesn't seem to be the case. My latest attempt was to use the
> instructions at
> *https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-on-debian-10*
> . I followed the instructions to the letter with the exception of
> skipping over the repository setup that I installed before. I got the
> following:
> 
>> apt install docker-ce
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree   
>> Reading state information... Done
>> The following additional packages will be installed:
>>   docker-ce-cli docker-ce-rootless-extras docker-scan-plugin
>> Recommended packages:
>>   slirp4netns
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>   docker-ce docker-ce-cli docker-ce-rootless-extras docker-scan-plugin
>> 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> Need to get 0 B/79.1 MB of archives.
>> After this operation, 335 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
>> qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display
>> /Could not connect to any X display./
>> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde
>> debconf: (debconf-kde-helper terminated abnormally (exit status: 1))
>> debconf: falling back to frontend: Qt
>> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Qt
>> debconf: (Can't locate Debconf/FrontEnd/Qt.pm in @INC (you may need to
>> install the Debconf::FrontEnd::Qt module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl
>> /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.28.1
>> /usr/local/share/perl/5.28.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.28
>> /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.28
>> /usr/share/perl/5.28 /usr/local/lib/site_perl
>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at (eval 22) line 2.)
>> debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
>> Selecting previously unselected package docker-ce-cli.
>> (Reading database ... 263049 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to unpack
>> .../docker-ce-cli_5%3a20.10.7~3-0~debian-buster_amd64.deb ...
>> Unpacking docker-ce-cli (5:20.10.7~3-0~debian-buster) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package docker-ce.
>> Preparing to unpack
>> .../docker-ce_5%3a20.10.7~3-0~debian-buster_amd64.deb ...
>> Unpacking docker-ce (5:20.10.7~3-0~debian-buster) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package docker-ce-rootless-extras.
>> Preparing to unpack
>> .../docker-ce-rootless-extras_5%3a20.10.7~3-0~debian-buster_amd64.deb ...
>> Unpacking docker-ce-rootless-extras (5:20.10.7~3-0~debian-buster) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package docker-scan-plugin.
>> Preparing to unpack
>> .../docker-scan-plugin_0.8.0~debian-buster_amd64.deb ...
>> Unpacking docker-scan-plugin (0.8.0~debian-buster) ...
>> Setting up docker-scan-plugin (0.8.0~debian-buster) ...
>> Setting up docker-ce-cli (5:20.10.7~3-0~debian-buster) ...
>> Setting up docker-ce-rootless-extras (5:20.10.7~3-0~debian-buster) ...
>> Setting up docker-ce (5:20.10.7~3-0~debian-buster) ...Could not
>> connect to any X display.
>> Created symlink
>> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/docker.service →
>> /lib/systemd/system/docker.service.
>> Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/docker.socket
>> → /lib/systemd/system/docker.socket.
>> Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with
>> error code.
>> See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for
>> details.Could not connect to any X display.
>> invoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "start" failed.
>> ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
>>    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor
>> preset: enabled)
>>    Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sat
>> 2021-07-03 15:54:00 PDT; 9ms ago
>>  Docs: https://docs.docker.com
>>   Process: 28141 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd://
>> --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited,
>> status=1/FAILURE)
>>  Main PID: 28141 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
>> dpkg: error processing package docker-ce (--configure):
>>  installed docker-ce package post-installation script subprocess
>> returned error exit status 1
>> Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
>> Processing triggers for systemd (241-7~deb10u7) ...
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  docker-ce
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>> root@debian:/var/run/docker#
>> 

Re: Bullseye (mostly) not booting on Proliant DL380 G7

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 6/29/21 1:29 PM, Claudio Kuenzler wrote:
> Hi Georgi
> 
> I noticed that kernel logs you posted are between 62nd - 64th second
> after kernel loading. Why is the boot process so slow?
> 
> 
> Due to a disabled SATA device in BIOS, the kernel tries to do an ERST
> and SRST and does this until 60s after boot. 
> That's OK, it's been the same on Buster, too.
>  
> 
> If you think that video driver can be an issue then you can try to
> configure the system not to use framebuffer (if the system
>  doesn't use GUI).
> 
> 
> Could you tell me how? Or a reference to it?
> 
> In the meantime I re-configured grub to boot with the following parameters:
> 
> debug rootwait earlyprintk=vga,keep earlycon pause_on_oops=5 panic=60 
> no_console_suspend
> 

I have not done this but found that article:

https://atkdinosaurus.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/how-to-almost-disable-framebuffer-in-ubuntu/

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Bullseye (mostly) not booting on Proliant DL380 G7

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 6/29/21 12:08 PM, Claudio Kuenzler wrote:
> Sorry for auto-responding all the time ;-)
> I was just able to catch a "freeze" followed by a successful boot
> afterwards.
> 
> The successful boot continues with these lines:
> 
> [   62.922169] systemd[1]: Finished Create System Users.
> [   62.923633] systemd[1]: Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev...
> [   62.941753] systemd[1]: Finished Create Static Device Nodes in /dev.
> [   62.944691] systemd[1]: Starting Rule-based Manager for Device Events
> and Files...
> [   62.953082] systemd[1]: modprobe@drm.service: Succeeded.
> [   62.953539] systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Module drm.
> [   62.983630] systemd[1]: Started Rule-based Manager for Device Events
> and Files.
> [   62.991307] systemd[1]: Finished Set the console keyboard layout.
> [   63.015898] input: Power Button as
> /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5
> [   63.016490] systemd[1]: Finished Coldplug All udev Devices.
> [   63.018250] systemd[1]: Starting Helper to synchronize boot up for
> ifupdown...
> [   63.020119] power_meter ACPI000D:00: Found ACPI power meter.
> [   63.020214] power_meter ACPI000D:00: Ignoring unsafe software power cap!
> [   63.020280] power_meter ACPI000D:00: hwmon_device_register() is
> deprecated. Please convert the driver to use
> hwmon_device_register_with_info().
> [   63.029971] systemd[1]: Finished Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors,
> snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling.
> [   63.030392] systemd[1]: Reached target Local File Systems (Pre).
> [   63.031784] IPMI message handler: version 39.2
> [   63.035060] ipmi device interface
> [   63.036149] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
> [   63.038539] EDAC MC1: Giving out device to module i7core_edac.c
> controller i7 core #1: DEV :3e:03.0 (INTERRUPT)
> [   63.038670] EDAC PCI0: Giving out device to module i7core_edac
> controller EDAC PCI controller: DEV :3e:03.0 (POLLED)
> [   63.039204] EDAC MC0: Giving out device to module i7core_edac.c
> controller i7 core #0: DEV :3f:03.0 (INTERRUPT)
> [   63.039315] EDAC PCI1: Giving out device to module i7core_edac
> controller EDAC PCI controller: DEV :3f:03.0 (POLLED)
> [   63.039405] EDAC i7core: Driver loaded, 2 memory controller(s) found.
> [   63.044910] ipmi_si: IPMI System Interface driver
> [   63.044996] ipmi_si dmi-ipmi-si.0: ipmi_platform: probing via SMBIOS
> [   63.045059] ipmi_platform: ipmi_si: SMBIOS: io 0xca2 regsize 1
> spacing 1 irq 0
> [   63.045134] ipmi_si: Adding SMBIOS-specified kcs state machine
> [   63.045263] ipmi_si IPI0001:00: ipmi_platform: probing via ACPI
> [   63.045393] ipmi_si IPI0001:00: ipmi_platform: [io  0x0ca2-0x0ca3]
> regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
> [   63.045652] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
> [   63.046504] hpwdt :02:00.0: HPE Watchdog Timer Driver: NMI
> decoding initialized

> This line catches my attention:
> 
> [   62.953082] systemd[1]: modprobe@drm.service: Succeeded.
> 
> This is missing (doesn't show) when the freeze happens.
>

Hi Claudio,

I noticed that kernel logs you posted are between 62nd - 64th second
after kernel loading. Why is the boot process so slow?

If you think that video driver can be an issue then you can try to
configure the system not to use framebuffer (if the system
 doesn't use GUI).

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian 11 and Clementine music player [SOLVED]

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 6/26/21 12:06 PM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
> On 6/26/21 11:41 AM, Robbi Nespu wrote:
>> On 6/21/21 4:57 AM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I use Debian 11 (which is still testing) and I have installed Clementine
>>> music player version 1.4 rc2.
>>>
>>> The problem is that when I try to listen particular stream I get this
>>> error message "Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in."
>>>
>>> With Debian 10 I had no such issue, the stream was playable.
>>>
>>> I couldn't guess which plugin is missing on Debian 11. This is the list
>>> with installed gstream packages:
>>>
>>> gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-fdkaac:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-gl:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-gtk3:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-libav:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-nice:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-apps
>>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-qt5:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-rtsp:amd64
>>> gstreamer1.0-tools
>>> gstreamer1.0-x:amd64
>>> libgstreamer-gl1.0-0:amd64
>>> libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0:amd64
>>> libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:amd64
>>> libgstreamer1.0-0:amd64
>>>
>>>
>>> and the stream is :
>>>
>>> https://bss.neterra.tv/rtplive/veselinaradio_live.stream/chunklist.m3u8
>>>
>>> so my questions are :
>>>   - why isn't this stream playable on Debian 11?
>>>   - do I have to install additional packages and which?
>>>   - or is this a bug in Clementine?
>>>
>>> By the way, the stream is playable with MPV video player on Debian 11.
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Georgi
>>>
>>
>> I tried reproduce, and yes.. getting same result
>>
>>  clementine
>> 16:32:54.346 WARN  unknown  QObject::startTimer:
>> Timers cannot be started from another thread
>> 16:32:54.346 WARN  unknown  QObject::startTimer:
>> Timers cannot be started from another thread
>> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1
>> "../gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c(1024): no_more_pads_full ():
>> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-0:"
>> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 "no suitable
>> plugins found:"
>> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1
>> "../gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c(4719): gst_decode_bin_expose ():
>> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-0/GstDecodeBin:decodebin0:"
>>
>> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 "no suitable
>> plugins found:"
>> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 "Missing decoder:
>> application/x-gzip (application/x-gzip)"
>> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 ""
>> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1
>> "../plugins/elements/gstqueue2.c(3236): gst_queue2_loop ():
>> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-0/GstQueue2:queue2-0:"
>> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 "streaming
>> stopped, reason not-linked (-1)"
>> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2
>> "../gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c(1024): no_more_pads_full ():
>> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-15:"
>> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2 "no suitable
>> plugins found:"
>> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2
>> "../gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c(4719): gst_decode_bin_expose ():
>> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-15/GstDecodeBin:decodebin1:"
>>
>> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2 "no suitable
>> plugins found:"
>> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2 "Missing decoder:
>> application/x-gzip (application/x-gzip)"
>> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2 ""
>> 16:33:01.640 ERROR logging:66(GLib) Source ID 13 was not
>> found when attempting to remove it
>> 16:33:02.725 ERROR logging:66(GLib) Source ID 12 was not
>> found when attempting to remove it
>>
>> I try play
>> https://bss.neterra.tv/rtplive/veselinaradio_live.stream/chunklist.m3u8
>> via VLC (my fav

Re: Debian 11 and Clementine music player

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 6/26/21 11:41 AM, Robbi Nespu wrote:
> On 6/21/21 4:57 AM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I use Debian 11 (which is still testing) and I have installed Clementine
>> music player version 1.4 rc2.
>>
>> The problem is that when I try to listen particular stream I get this
>> error message "Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in."
>>
>> With Debian 10 I had no such issue, the stream was playable.
>>
>> I couldn't guess which plugin is missing on Debian 11. This is the list
>> with installed gstream packages:
>>
>> gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-fdkaac:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-gl:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-gtk3:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-libav:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-nice:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-apps
>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-qt5:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-rtsp:amd64
>> gstreamer1.0-tools
>> gstreamer1.0-x:amd64
>> libgstreamer-gl1.0-0:amd64
>> libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0:amd64
>> libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:amd64
>> libgstreamer1.0-0:amd64
>>
>>
>> and the stream is :
>>
>> https://bss.neterra.tv/rtplive/veselinaradio_live.stream/chunklist.m3u8
>>
>> so my questions are :
>>   - why isn't this stream playable on Debian 11?
>>   - do I have to install additional packages and which?
>>   - or is this a bug in Clementine?
>>
>> By the way, the stream is playable with MPV video player on Debian 11.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Georgi
>>
> 
> I tried reproduce, and yes.. getting same result
> 
>  clementine
> 16:32:54.346 WARN  unknown  QObject::startTimer:
> Timers cannot be started from another thread
> 16:32:54.346 WARN  unknown  QObject::startTimer:
> Timers cannot be started from another thread
> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1
> "../gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c(1024): no_more_pads_full ():
> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-0:"
> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 "no suitable
> plugins found:"
> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1
> "../gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c(4719): gst_decode_bin_expose ():
> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-0/GstDecodeBin:decodebin0:"
> 
> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 "no suitable
> plugins found:"
> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 "Missing decoder:
> application/x-gzip (application/x-gzip)"
> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 ""
> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1
> "../plugins/elements/gstqueue2.c(3236): gst_queue2_loop ():
> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-0/GstQueue2:queue2-0:"
> 16:33:00.377 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    1 "streaming
> stopped, reason not-linked (-1)"
> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2
> "../gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c(1024): no_more_pads_full ():
> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-15:"
> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2 "no suitable
> plugins found:"
> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2
> "../gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c(4719): gst_decode_bin_expose ():
> /GstPipeline:pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin-15/GstDecodeBin:decodebin1:"
> 
> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2 "no suitable
> plugins found:"
> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2 "Missing decoder:
> application/x-gzip (application/x-gzip)"
> 16:33:01.640 ERROR GstEnginePipeline:718    2 ""
> 16:33:01.640 ERROR logging:66(GLib) Source ID 13 was not
> found when attempting to remove it
> 16:33:02.725 ERROR logging:66(GLib) Source ID 12 was not
> found when attempting to remove it
> 
> I try play
> https://bss.neterra.tv/rtplive/veselinaradio_live.stream/chunklist.m3u8
> via VLC (my favorite!) but it failed.
> 
> I can play my local radio playlist on both software without problem
> https://radioklasikmobile.secureswiftcontent.com/memorystreams/HLS/rtm-ch016/rtm-ch016-96000.m3u8
> 
> 
> This is all *gstream* package installed on my system
> $ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gstreamer
> ii  gstreamer1.0-gl:amd64 1.18.4-2
>    amd64    G

Debian 11 and Clementine music player

[Georgi Naplatanov]

Hi all,

I use Debian 11 (which is still testing) and I have installed Clementine
music player version 1.4 rc2.

The problem is that when I try to listen particular stream I get this
error message "Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in."

With Debian 10 I had no such issue, the stream was playable.

I couldn't guess which plugin is missing on Debian 11. This is the list
with installed gstream packages:

gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0:amd64
gstreamer1.0-fdkaac:amd64
gstreamer1.0-gl:amd64
gstreamer1.0-gtk3:amd64
gstreamer1.0-libav:amd64
gstreamer1.0-nice:amd64
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-apps
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:amd64
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64
gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:amd64
gstreamer1.0-qt5:amd64
gstreamer1.0-rtsp:amd64
gstreamer1.0-tools
gstreamer1.0-x:amd64
libgstreamer-gl1.0-0:amd64
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0:amd64
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:amd64
libgstreamer1.0-0:amd64


and the stream is :

https://bss.neterra.tv/rtplive/veselinaradio_live.stream/chunklist.m3u8

so my questions are :
 - why isn't this stream playable on Debian 11?
 - do I have to install additional packages and which?
 - or is this a bug in Clementine?

By the way, the stream is playable with MPV video player on Debian 11.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Cross compilation error

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 6/16/21 5:39 PM, Jonathan Tremesaygues wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I’m using Debian Buster amd64 and I try to cross-compile ppp for armhf.
> 
> I never cross-compiled before so I have followed this guide:
> https://wiki.debian.org/CrossCompiling#Building_with_dpkg-buildpackage
> 
> A paste of my actions is available here: http://paste.debian.net/1201433/
> 
> If I understand the error, the compiler search for the amd64 version of
> the libssl-dev’s headers instead of the armhf one. But I don’t
> understand why. Any idea or clue?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jonathan T.
> 

Hi Jonathan,

probably this warning is the issue.

"dpkg-architecture: warning: specified GNU system type
arm-linux-gnueabihf does not match CC system type x86_64-linux-gnu, try
setting a correct CC environment variable"

The environment variable CC should contain the path to the compiler for
armhf architecture not for amd64 one.

HTH

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Server setup

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 6/13/21 9:50 PM, john doe wrote:
> On 6/13/2021 8:12 PM, john doe wrote:
>> On 6/13/2021 7:57 PM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 2021-06-13 1:52 p.m., Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>>>> On 6/13/21 7:53 PM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you read the part of my message I've left you'll see that :
>>>>>
>>>>> 1st, I'm using a OVH server but it's provided by one-provider, so the
>>>>> interface (aka Wizard) ain't the same.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2nd, I am asking how to do something using command line interface. So
>>>>> don,t tell me "Hey dude, use a wizard".
>>>>>
>>>>> 3rd, regarding contacting tech support. You really think it's OVH's
>>>>> job
>>>>> to explain to me how to install OS using network boot and a shell
>>>>> interface ? I doubt
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a little hint for life... If someone is telling you, I'm fucked
>>>>> using a CLI and they seem to have a basic knowledge of what they are
>>>>> doing. Then think twice and you'll get in your mind that they've
>>>>> already
>>>>> exhausted the easy one of using a click and poop solution like a
>>>>> wizard.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Polyna-Maude,
>>>>
>>>> I'm very sorry if I have made you feel bad.
>>>>
>>>> I have not used dedicated servers for years so excuse me for not being
>>>> familiar with OVH or whatever company you use for VPS or dedicated
>>>> servers. My point is that there should be something like configurator
>>>> (wizard, template or whatever) what has to help you to do initial
>>>> configuration of OS - partitions, RAID level, network configuration and
>>>> minimal OS installation, and - yes - if that is not Debian installer
>>>> then yes - you can ask technical support to provide information for the
>>>> tool they use.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> Georgi
>>>>
>>>
>>> You must also have a huge need to answer question without reading what
>>> they are.
>>>
>>
>> The same as yours spitting out the same thing for the third time.
>>
> 
> To 'Georgi Naplatanov', my inttention was not to imply that your answer
> was bad/incorrect.
> 
> My apologies if this was the case.
> 
> -- 
> John Doe
> 


No problem John.

Have a nice day/night.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Server setup

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 6/13/21 7:53 PM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> I have a choice of OS and it does a great job running Debian Buster.
>>> But...
>>>
>>> The "standard" installation give me one partition in RAID mirror ( 3 x 2
>>> To). So I get only a big root partition and nothing else
>>>
>>> I don't have access to my server with a KVM, so all has to be done thru
>>> the network using a recovery (rescue) option. That is, I was able to
>>> reboot in rescue mode, use debootstrap to populate a new system.
>>>
>>> Where it did fail was for the reboot.
>>
>> Hi Polyna-Maude,
>>
>> I didn't understand what you problems were. Using GPT partition table
>> with BIOS (not UEFI) is just fine therefore you have "BIOS boot"
>> partition for the second stage of Grub. If you have problems with
>> partitioning or other part of initial Debian installation I recommend to
>> ask OVH's support. In the past they had wizard where you can configure
>> partitions. ... and don't forget to configure IPv6, according to
>> statistics provided by Google, 1/3 of their users use IPv6.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Georgi
>>
> 
> If you read the part of my message I've left you'll see that :
> 
> 1st, I'm using a OVH server but it's provided by one-provider, so the
> interface (aka Wizard) ain't the same.
> 
> 2nd, I am asking how to do something using command line interface. So
> don,t tell me "Hey dude, use a wizard".
> 
> 3rd, regarding contacting tech support. You really think it's OVH's job
> to explain to me how to install OS using network boot and a shell
> interface ? I doubt
> 
> Just a little hint for life... If someone is telling you, I'm fucked
> using a CLI and they seem to have a basic knowledge of what they are
> doing. Then think twice and you'll get in your mind that they've already
> exhausted the easy one of using a click and poop solution like a wizard.
> 

Dear Polyna-Maude,

I'm very sorry if I have made you feel bad.

I have not used dedicated servers for years so excuse me for not being
familiar with OVH or whatever company you use for VPS or dedicated
servers. My point is that there should be something like configurator
(wizard, template or whatever) what has to help you to do initial
configuration of OS - partitions, RAID level, network configuration and
minimal OS installation, and - yes - if that is not Debian installer
then yes - you can ask technical support to provide information for the
tool they use.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Server setup

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 6/13/21 2:01 AM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi !
> I'm renting a server with one-provider (OVH).
> 
> I have a choice of OS and it does a great job running Debian Buster.
> But...
> 
> The "standard" installation give me one partition in RAID mirror ( 3 x 2
> To). So I get only a big root partition and nothing else
> 
> I don't have access to my server with a KVM, so all has to be done thru
> the network using a recovery (rescue) option. That is, I was able to
> reboot in rescue mode, use debootstrap to populate a new system.
> 
> Where it did fail was for the reboot.
> 
> The machine doesn't seem to use EFI (like most server) and I only see
> the following partition using the automatic installer.
> 
> root@polynamaude:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda
> Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
> Disk model: HGST HUS724020AL
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: gpt
> Disk identifier: CCB4C5CB-BB03-4D36-B307-AF5B5BF830A1
> 
> Device  StartEndSectors   Size Type
> /dev/sda1  34   2008   1975 987.5K BIOS boot
> /dev/sda22009 3905976495 3905974487   1.8T Linux RAID
> /dev/sda3  3905976496 39070250711048576   512M Linux filesystem
> /dev/sda4  3907025072 3907029134   4063 2M Linux filesystem
> 
> So I can see it's a gpt table
> But I get a bit lost when it's time to use grub to setup my machine by
> remote.
> 
> Someone has a clue ?
> 
> Yes it's not a huge power horse but I plan to make it usable as a mirror
> for the community (Debian) so help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 


Hi Polyna-Maude,

I didn't understand what you problems were. Using GPT partition table
with BIOS (not UEFI) is just fine therefore you have "BIOS boot"
partition for the second stage of Grub. If you have problems with
partitioning or other part of initial Debian installation I recommend to
ask OVH's support. In the past they had wizard where you can configure
partitions. ... and don't forget to configure IPv6, according to
statistics provided by Google, 1/3 of their users use IPv6.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: thunderbird vs clawsmail

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 6/6/21 5:43 PM, fxkl47BF wrote:
> i've gone back and forth between thunderbird and clawsmail
> 
> clawsmail is lightweight and clean, i like that
> debian stable only has an old version, i don't like that
> to get an up to date version i have to continuously compile from source, i 
> don't like that
> 
> thunderbird is overly heavyweight for my use, i don't like that
> thunderbird is self updating, i like that
> 

Hi,

Debian is one of the biggest distribution but sometimes not everything
can come from it. You can look at new distribution independent package
managers like flatpak.

HTH

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 5/2/21 3:21 PM, Pat Pathmanathan wrote:
> I am trying to install Debian 10.9 on the old iMac G5. I burned the
> 'debian-10.9.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso’ image to CD on a newer iMac (2017).
> When I boot the iMac G5 holding the ‘Option’ key down with the CD
> inserted, the G5 doesn’t recognise the CD as a bootable CD. I then did
> the same with the 'debian-bullseye-DI-rc1-ppc64el-DVD-1.iso’. Till the
> same problem. I was able to install Ubuntu Mate 16.04 for powerpc
> without any problem. 
> 
> Can you please help me to solve this problem?
> 

Hi Pat,

Debian has 3 architecture for powerpc :
 - ppc64el (official)
 - powerpc (unofficial)
 - ppc64 (unofficial)

Only official architectures have testing and stable branches. Unofficial
architectures have unstable/sid branch only.

I'm not sure what computer architecture your old mac belongs to so try
to use the same architecture you have used with Ubuntu.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Moving from iptables to nftables

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 4/2/21 12:23 PM, William Torrez Corea wrote:
> Actually i'm moving/migrating from the old iptables/xtables (legacy)
> world to the new nftables framework.
> 
> I execute step by step the migration process:
> 
>  1. generate a translation of an iptables/ip6tables command to know the
> nftables equivalent
>  2. Translate the whole ruleset in a single run 
> 
> I using the nf_tables compat backend. I suppose that translation to
> native nftables syntax is done if available but I don't get any result.
> 
> *sudo ebtables-nft -L*
> *
> *
> *Bridge table: filter
> 
> Bridge chain: INPUT, entries: 0, policy: ACCEPT
> 
> Bridge chain: FORWARD, entries: 0, policy: ACCEPT
> 
> Bridge chain: OUTPUT, entries: 0, policy: ACCEPT*
> 
> 


Hi William,

if your firewall configuration is not too complex then you can use
"gufw" GUI program to set up your firewall. gufw is GUI for ufw (Ubuntu
FireWall) and both are available in Debian repository.

HTH

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: how to indent when printinng a ps file

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 3/24/21 8:20 PM, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> hi,
> I'm fighting with the following stupid problem:
> I want to indent when printing a ps file.
> For a text file, it's easy with the "lpr -o page-left option, but
> it doesn't for a ps file. Google didn't help for that.
> Has anybody a solution?
> 
> best regards,


Hi!

I'm using Debian 10. I checked lpr's man page and I didn't see
"page-left" as an option.

If you are looking for a GUI program then you can check Gimp. It can
import PS and PDF files and it supports margins in "File/Print" screen.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Debian switchable MTA mechanism

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/16/21 10:37 AM, Kevin Shell wrote:
> Hello Debian Users.
> 
> Why Debian does't have a switchable MTA mechanism
> to allow install multiple MTAs at the same time?
> 
> Fedora, Centos etc. allow users to install 
> multiple MTAs at the same time.
> There's a "alternatives --config mta" command
> to allow to choose between alternative MTA.
> 

Hi Kevin.

What is the use-case for multiple MTAs, port 25 is only one.

If you want multiple MTAs then you can use some kind of virtualization
like Docker for example.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/13/21 11:17 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> [This would probably be an FAQ if I knew the proper incantation...]
> 
> I realized recently that a box I've been running for a while isn't
> seeing all of its installed memory.  The BIOS screens indicate that 8GB
> is installed, but Debian (recently upgraded to Buster) only sees a bit
> over 3GB.
> 
> cjg@dragon:~$ head -1 /proc/meminfo
> MemTotal:    3331096 kB
> 
> During boot I noticed the following message:
> 
> [    0.012080] WARNING: BIOS bug: CPU MTRRs don't cover all of memory,
> losing 4800MB of RAM.
> 
> So I guess it's time to start learning about the wonderful world of MTRRs.
> 
> cjg@dragon:~$ cat /proc/mtrr
> reg00: base=0x0 (    0MB), size= 2048MB, count=1: write-back
> reg01: base=0x08000 ( 2048MB), size= 1024MB, count=1: write-back
> reg02: base=0x0c000 ( 3072MB), size=  256MB, count=1: write-back
> reg03: base=0x0cff0 ( 3327MB), size=    1MB, count=1: uncachable
> 
> cjg@dragon:~$ head -9 /proc/cpuinfo
> processor    : 0
> vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
> cpu family    : 6
> model    : 15
> model name    : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU  6300  @ 1.86GHz
> stepping    : 2
> microcode    : 0x56
> cpu MHz    : 1598.388
> cache size    : 2048 KB
> 
> Here's the first part of /var/log/messages:
> 
> [    0.00] Linux version 4.19.0-6-amd64
> (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 8.3.0 (Debian 8.3.0-6)) #1
> SMP Debian 4.19.67-2+deb10u1 (2019-09-20)
> [    0.00] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-6-amd64
> root=UUID=4d3143dd-d732-4755-b832-05753ab9c53a ro quiet
> [    0.00] x86/fpu: x87 FPU will use FXSAVE
> [    0.00] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x-0x0008efff]
> usable
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0008f000-0x0009]
> reserved
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000e-0x000f]
> reserved
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0010-0xcfd60fff]
> usable
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xcfd61000-0xcfd6dfff]
> reserved
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xcfd6e000-0xcfe1efff]
> usable
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xcfe1f000-0xcfee8fff]
> ACPI NVS
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xcfee9000-0xcfeecfff]
> usable
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xcfeed000-0xcfef1fff]
> ACPI data
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xcfef2000-0xcfef2fff]
> usable
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xcfef3000-0xcfefefff]
> ACPI data
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xcfeff000-0xcfef]
> usable
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xcff0-0xcfff]
> reserved
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0xfff0-0x]
> reserved
> [    0.00] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0001-0x00022bff]
> usable
> [    0.00] NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
> [    0.00] SMBIOS 2.4 present.
> [    0.00] DMI:  /DG965WH, BIOS MQ96510J.86A.1687.2007.0510.0258
> 05/10/2007
> [    0.00] tsc: Fast TSC calibration using PIT
> [    0.00] tsc: Detected 1864.782 MHz processor
> [    0.02] e820: update [mem 0x-0x0fff] usable ==> reserved
> [    0.05] e820: remove [mem 0x000a-0x000f] usable
> [    0.011126] last_pfn = 0x22c000 max_arch_pfn = 0x4
> [    0.011134] MTRR default type: uncachable
> [    0.011135] MTRR fixed ranges enabled:
> [    0.011137]   0-9 write-back
> [    0.011139]   A-F uncachable
> [    0.011140] MTRR variable ranges enabled:
> [    0.011142]   0 base 0 mask F8000 write-back
> [    0.011144]   1 base 08000 mask FC000 write-back
> [    0.011145]   2 base 0C000 mask FF000 write-back
> [    0.011147]   3 base 0CFF0 mask 0 uncachable
> [    0.011148]   4 disabled
> [    0.011149]   5 disabled
> [    0.011149]   6 disabled
> [    0.011150]   7 disabled
> [    0.011968] x86/PAT: Configuration [0-7]: WB  WC  UC- UC  WB  WP  UC- WT
> [    0.012074] e820: update [mem 0xcff0-0x22bff] usable ==>
> reserved
> [    0.012080] WARNING: BIOS bug: CPU MTRRs don't cover all of memory,
> losing 4800MB of RAM.
> 
> Is there some sort of HOWTO that covers this stuff?  Where do I go from
> here?
> 


Hi Charlie,

try to update your system first.

In your log kernel version is 4.19.67-2+deb10u1 (2019-09-20),
latest in Buster is 4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30).

I am not sure that this update will help you but I guess it won't become
worse.

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: chromium: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/12/21 10:39 PM, Jeremy Ardley wrote:
> 
> For problematic sites I use GNU Web instead. It will be perfectly
> adequate to access your switch web page.
> 


What is GNU Web, does Debian have package for it?

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: debian does not boot

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/10/21 12:34 PM, Semih Ozlem wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Debian 10 system does not boot. It gets stuck at the blue screen with
> the logo.
> 
> In the start options, when a recovery mode is selected, after entering
> password root prompt appears. What steps should be taken after that to
> recover system. Also there is no connection to internet and nmcli
> command does not get any responses so internet connection can't be
> established to run commands like apt --fix-broken install.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 


Hi Semih,

you can use "Debian Network" install ISO and in recovery mode you can:

 - run fsck to check file systems
 - reinstall boot manager
 - fix broken packages or whatever is needed

HTH

Kind regards
Georgi

Re: Firefox problem

[Georgi Naplatanov]

On 2/3/21 1:12 AM, Frank Miles wrote:
> With the most recent Firefox update, some of the widgets on a 
> Bibliocommons (library) website cease working.  They still work
> either using the Epiphany browser, or my android phone.
> 
> Any recommendations on how I might debug this?
> 
> Running DebianAmd64 'Buster'.
> 


Hi Frank,

you can try to reproduce the issue with most recent version of Firefox.
Just download Firefox archive (from mozilla.org) somewhere under your
home folder, unpack it and start it. If the issue is not reproducible
then you can to open bug report for regression.

Kind regards
Georgi