Re: unkown root password and mkdir problem.
for superuser: su regards. On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 4:14 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 05 nov 21, 19:17:11, Thomas George wrote: > > > > I have used sudo successfully with many commands including mkdir but sudo > > tar fails to uncompress files because it cannot make the necessary > > directories. That is sudo tar runs but must use mkdir which fails. > > In such cases you might want to run the command in a `sudo -i` (or '-s', > depending on your preference) session. > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser >
Re: [SOLVED] Firefox + Thunderbird upstream solution
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 5:49 AM piorunz wrote: > My new manual - put together thanks to you guys here on this mailing > list. Thanks to all of you . Now I run newest Thunderbird, and newest > Firefox ESR, both with firejail just like before. I will wait for Debian > versions to appear, I keep them installed, but I won't hold my breath. > My TB & Fx are safe now, without dozens of security vulnerabilities open. > > - > How to download & maintain new Firefox ESR & Thunderbird (from Mozilla): > > Shutdown both TB & Fx. Backup their profiles now: > cp -r .mozilla .mozilla-debian > cp -r .thunderbird .thunderbird-debian > > cd /usr/bin > sudo mv thunderbird thunderbird.bak > sudo mv firefox firefox.bak > > From now, Debian ESR versions are unavailable. You can restore them by > moving /usr/bin/firefox.bak to /usr/bin/firefox (and same with > thunderbird) and restoring their old profiles, as older version won't > read profile modified by newer version. > > Run instructions below each time there is new upstream version of > Firefox or Thunderbird: > /cd opt > sudo wget -O firefox.tar.bz2 > " > https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-esr-latest=linux64=en-GB > " > sudo tar vxf firefox.tar.bz2 > sudo rm firefox.tar.bz2 > sudo ln -fs /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/ > > sudo wget -O thunderbird.tar.bz2 > " > https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-latest=linux64=en-GB > " > sudo tar vxf thunderbird.tar.bz2 > sudo rm thunderbird.tar.bz2 > sudo ln -fs /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/ > > On first thunderbird launch, run it via "thunderbird -P" instead of > clicking your usual shortcut, because it creates empty profile by > default, you don't need that, you want your old profile selected as > default and loaded each time. > > -- > With kindest regards, Piotr. > > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ > ⠈⠳⣄ > >
Re: Firefox ESR EOL
easier than this? $su #cd /opt #wget -O firefox.tar "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-esr-latest=linux64; #tar xf firefox.tar #ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/ #exit $firefox *info* https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/latest-esr/README.txt Firefox is a web browser developed by Mozilla. Regards On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 5:16 PM piorunz wrote: > On 09/12/2021 22:06, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 08:44:12PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > >> The one thing that would be good would be a backport of the mesa-utils > to > >> Bullseye as that would also solve problems with Debian and GUI apps > under > >> WSL2 and Windows :) > > > > I've seen that proposed a few times: backport Mesa to get EGL support to > > solve this problem. Is it definitely the case that there is no hardware > > for which GLX is supported and EGL is not? > > > > Could firefox-esr and mesa be updated in backports? If that makes is any > easier? So main repository is not messed that much with? > > -- > With kindest regards, Piotr. > > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ > ⠈⠳⣄ > >
Re: Firefox ESR EOL
all versions: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/ version esr: wget -O firefox-esr.tar " https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-esr-latest=linux64; remember, delete cookies, etc: rm -r ~/.mozilla Regards. On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:28 PM piorunz wrote: > On 09/12/2021 17:15, Michael Castellon wrote: > > wget -O firefox.tar > > "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest=linux64 > > <https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest=linux64>" > > Thanks! > > Can you generate the same, but for Firefox-ESR? > > -- > With kindest regards, Piotr. > > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ > ⠈⠳⣄ >
Re: Firefox ESR EOL
wget -O firefox.tar " https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest=linux64; tar xf firefox.tar ./firefox/firefox ·info· https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/latest/README.txt ·dependency· apt install libdbus-glib-1-2 Regards On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 5:12 AM 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? > > -- > With kindest regards, Piotr. > > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ > ⠈⠳⣄ > >
Re: Install debian on USB-stick
Hi, https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.1.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-standard+nonfree.iso # cp debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-standard+nonfree.iso /dev/sdb # sync for other live https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.1.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/ for minimal usbstick https://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/slax/Slax-9.x/slax-64bit-9.11.0.iso Regards. On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 9:48 AM Sim Sim wrote: > Hi. > > Is possible to install debian-11.1.0-i386-netinst.iso on 16Gb > USB2.0-stick? A minimal environment, of course. And productivity do not > need, just curiosity. > > Thanks. >
Re: [Sid] Firefox problem
wget --no-check-certificate -O firefox.tar " https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest=linux64; On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 5:54 PM Grzesiek wrote: > On 10/19/21 16:21, Grzesiek wrote: > > On 10/18/21 5:35 PM, Celejar wrote: > >> On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:55:45 +0200 > >> Grzesiek wrote: > >> > >>> Hi there, > >>> > >>> On some of machines I use, after opening of Firefox I get empty browser > >>> window (with menus, decorations etc) but nothing else is displayed. Its > >>> impossible to open menu, type address, etc. The only thing you can do > is > >>> to close the window. After changing display configuration (rotate to > >>> portrait, adding external monitor..) it starts to work as expected. You > >>> do not even need to reopen. Moreover, it looks that Firefox was running > >>> ok all the time but nothing was displayed. > >>> After recent updates on some machines I get the same problem using > >>> firefox-esr. > >>> The only error mesg I get is: > >>> ###!!! [Parent][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to > >>> send/recv, messages will be lost > >> > >> I don't know what that message means, but I frequently get a similar > >> message from Firefox, despite the fact that the program is (mostly) > >> functional. > >> > >> ###!!! [Child][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to > >> send/recv, messages will be lost > > > > So the message is not related to the problem > > > > After some more tests I discovered that the problem occurs on all my > machines using integrated GPU and intel_drv.so driver (i5-2520M, > i5-2450M, i7-2600, i5-8250U). The workaround is to switch to > modesetting_drv.so or rotate to portrait. After that Firefox starts to > work as expected. > > On builds based on discrete GPU (in my case Nvidia GTX) Firefox works ok. > > Any ideas? > > Could you confirm? > > Regards > Greg > >
Re: Getting Bullseye's VLC to read/play H265 videos
mplayer -vo vdpau -vc ffhevcvdpau 4k_stream.mp4 On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 4:24 PM Intense Red wrote: >How can I convince Bullseye's VLC to read/play H265 videos? > >I have various h265 CODECS installed and other sources on the net > report > than VLC can play these files -- but not Bullseye's VLC. > >Can anyone whack me with a clue-bat? TIA. > > -- > "It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy > than > when there's not." -- Bill Gates, Fortune Magazine, July 17 2007. > > > > >
Re: replacement of sqsh for debian 11
Thanks, I'll prove it. On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 3:48 PM didier gaumet wrote: > sqsh seem to be a substitute for Sybase isql > > there are isql and iusql (UTF-8) programs in the unixodbc package > >
Re: replacement of sqsh for debian 11
sqsh > sql server database sqlite3 > sqlite3 database I need to connect to the sql server. Thanks On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 5:38 AM Махно wrote: > Hello. I think sqlite3 is a good alternative. > > > 2021-10-27, tr, 00:55 Michael Castellon rašė: > > > > replacement of sqsh for debian 11? > > > > thanks. > > regards. >
Re: Change eth0 to eno1
for back the old names for the interfaces: # nano /etc/default/grub edit the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0" # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg # reboot On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 6:06 PM Paul M. Foster wrote: > Folks: > > Along about Debian 10, the standard first ethernet card interface for a > desktop machine, referred to as "eth0", was changed to "eno1". Just out > of idle curiosity, does anyone know why this was done? (It broke some > stuff on my machine.) > > Paul > > >
replacement of sqsh for debian 11
replacement of sqsh for debian 11? thanks. regards.
