Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

On 2017-11-23 02:05, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Librecad seems good and I got it working > instantly on a Debian box. > > Only how do I draw a box and then change the > properties to specific side lengths? > > For example, if I want to picture a building > that is rectangular (from above) with one sid

Re: HTML5 problem

On 11/23/2017 12:05 AM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I cannot view any HTML 5 video in Firefox.  I have the latest version > from just a few days ago and still no HTML 5.  I am so tired of this > crap.  I have tried various ad ons with no luck.  I have the latest > Debian version and the newest versio

The Second OS won't run from GRUB

My HDD status is below. (parted) print all Model: ATA ST3320418AS (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 320GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number  Start   End    Size    Type  File system Flags  1  1049kB  318GB  318GB   primary   ext4    boot

Re: OT plain text missing from web mail (was: Installer Can Not Find Root"

Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-22 19:09 (UTC-0500): ... > 4. This laptop I'm borrowing is notorious for having a hyper-sensitive touch > pad. You can be typing along in the spot you have chosen for input and > suddenly > it gets a wild hair and relocates the cursor to somewhere else. As a hunt and

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

Librecad seems good and I got it working instantly on a Debian box. Only how do I draw a box and then change the properties to specific side lengths? For example, if I want to picture a building that is rectangular (from above) with one side 10m and the other 5m? I managed to make an approximate

Re: OT plain text missing from web mail (was: Installer Can Not Find Root"

-Original Message->From: mrma...@earthlink.net>Sent: Nov 21, 2017 3:37 PM>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org>Subject: Re: OT plain text missing from web mail (was: Installer Can Not Find Root">>Tom Furie composed:>>> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 05:47:55PM -0500, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: That's

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

On 23/11/17 12:17, arne wrote: On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:27:30 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, arne wrote: Did yo install the file brother-HLL2340D-cups-en.ppd? I would be glad to use it, but it is not listed in the download page (the is no HL-Lxxx or HLLxx ppd). Wher

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

On 23/11/17 07:52, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: For the first time in my life, I was unable to configure a printer for Linux, Before trying to replace it, I'm curious to know whether somebody could make it(or a similar model) to work. I had no problem with the wifi config. and no problem also when prin

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:27:30 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, arne wrote: > > > Did yo install the file brother-HLL2340D-cups-en.ppd? > > > > I would be glad to use it, but it is not listed in the download > page (the is no HL-Lxxx or HLLxx ppd). Where did you find

Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

Catalin Soare wrote: > However, I can still not test to get a file, even with the tftp-hpa client > on the machine where I'm hosting the VM. > Anyway, thank you guys very much! Maybe with time and experiments I'll > figure it out :) I use few virtual and physical machines diskless and they boot v

Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

Thank you for that! Now I can indeed see the files requested by my tests. Now the funny part is that I've decided to try a VM again, and boot a netboot.xyz.kpxe file. And that worked! However, I can still not test to get a file, even with the tftp-hpa client on the machine where I'm hosting the V

HTML5 problem

I cannot view any HTML 5 video in Firefox.  I have the latest version from just a few days ago and still no HTML 5.  I am so tired of this crap.  I have tried various ad ons with no luck.  I have the latest Debian version and the newest version of Firefox.  What the hell have I done wrong this

Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

On 22.11.2017 22:03, Catalin Soare wrote: > However, this means that even though tftpd-hpa is running, it's not > bound to the port 69? Or at least it's not "listening"; this seems to be > what the netstat output is saying (there's no "listening" on the line > with tftpd). That's normal behavior f

Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

On Nov 22, 2017 22:42, "Ulf Volmer" wrote: On 22.11.2017 21:24, Catalin Soare wrote: > udp0 0 0.0.0.0:69 > 0.0.0.0:* 1117/in.tftpd > :~$ nc -vz lab 69 > lab.home.org [192.168.1.179] 69 (?) : Connection > refused A

Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Catalin Soare wrote: > Does anybody know what's happening here? What I should check? iptables?? -- Glenn English

Re: Debian 9 tftp issue

On 22.11.2017 21:24, Catalin Soare wrote: > udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:69               > 0.0.0.0:*                           1117/in.tftpd        > :~$ nc -vz lab 69 > lab.home.org [192.168.1.179] 69 (?) : Connection > refused As you can see in the nets

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 01:01:57PM -0500, Doug wrote: > install some kind of sound, and PCLOS doesn't know what to do with that. If > there is an Ubuntu version then it should certainly install in Debian, which > INVENTED the .deb system. Try it--the The advice to not install an Ubuntu package on

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, arne wrote: Did yo install the file brother-HLL2340D-cups-en.ppd? I would be glad to use it, but it is not listed in the download page (the is no HL-Lxxx or HLLxx ppd). Where did you find it? best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Debian 9 tftp issue

Hello everyone, I am trying to setup a PXE server on a computer on which I've just installed Debian 9.2. So I've installed tftpd-hpa, and left the configuration as it was: TFTP_USERNAME="tftp" TFTP_DIRECTORY="/srv/tftp" TFTP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0:69" TFTP_OPTIONS="--secure" But, I can't connect to po

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

On 11/22/2017 02:26 PM, Siard wrote: Pierre Frenkiel: [...] but no way with CUPS. Did you try the CUPSwrapper driver for your model supplied by Brother itself? http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=gb&lang=en&prod=hll2340dw_us_eu_as&os=128 I have a similar driver for another Bro

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:52:59 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > For the first time in my life, I was unable to configure a printer for > Linux, > Before trying to replace it, I'm curious to know whether > somebody could make it(or a similar model) to work. > I had no problem with the wifi

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

On 11/22/2017 01:52 PM, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > For the first time in my life, I was unable to configure a printer for > Linux, Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a difference, particularly with respect to

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

Pierre Frenkiel: > [...] but no way with CUPS. Did you try the CUPSwrapper driver for your model supplied by Brother itself? http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=gb&lang=en&prod=hll2340dw_us_eu_as&os=128 I have a similar driver for another Brother model, and it works fine with it.

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

On 22-11-2017 16:52, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > For the first time in my life, I was unable to configure a printer for > Linux, > Before trying to replace it, I'm curious to know whether > somebody could make it(or a similar model) to work. > I had no problem with the wifi config. and no proble

cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

hi, For the first time in my life, I was unable to configure a printer for Linux, Before trying to replace it, I'm curious to know whether somebody could make it(or a similar model) to work. I had no problem with the wifi config. and no problem also when printing from Windows, but no way with CUPS

upper limit size for loopback storage

hello, i am creating a test 400mb loopback storage: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/jnkdsk bs=400M count=1 # losetup /dev/loop1 /jnkdsk # mkfs.ext4 /dev/loop1 # mount /dev/loop1 /mnt/jnkdsk in day to day usage of loopback storage in terms of I/O performance, susceptibility to data corruption ,etc,et

Re: Identifying needed wifi driver

On 11/22/2017 09:24 AM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 22 Nov 2017 at 08:06:21 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: I had installed Stretch from a DVD set. It prompted for a WiFi driver which I did not have. I made a handwritten which is not completely legible [iwlwifi is legible]. I've not _intentionally

Re: Identifying needed wifi driver

On 11/22/2017 08:15 AM, Jeroen Mathon wrote: Could you run `lspci` and send us the output? No mention of anything "wifi". My reading of the man page suggests that it's information is derived from the device driver -- no driver implies information available. On 11/22/2017 03:06 PM, Richar

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

On 11/22/2017 05:36 AM, Anil Duggirala wrote: On Tue, Nov 21, 2017, at 10:02 PM, Doug wrote: On 11/21/2017 05:04 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Kent West wrote: I've recently discovered sweethome3d, and have enjoyed designing a new house for myself. CAD Software Free Download | DRAFTSIGH

Does not Debian support mobile broadband anymore?

Hi, everyone, Since my Debian testing was upgraded on Oct 29, the mobile broadband in my laptop could not be used. The mobile broadband is missing in the network-manager UI, and wvdialconf can not configure the broadband either. The message of wvdialconf is as below, **

Re: Identifying needed wifi driver

On Wed 22 Nov 2017 at 08:06:21 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > I had installed Stretch from a DVD set. > It prompted for a WiFi driver which I did not have. > I made a handwritten which is not completely legible [iwlwifi is legible]. > I've not _intentionally_ deleted any log files. > Where would

Re: Installer Can Not Find Root

-Original Message- >From: Tom Furie >Sent: Nov 22, 2017 5:48 AM >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Installer Can Not Find Root > >On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 09:28:55PM -0500, Dan Norton wrote: > >> > ...and all of Dan's mails to the list... > >> All? How far back? > >That was

Re: Identifying needed wifi driver

Could you run `lspci` and send us the output? On 11/22/2017 03:06 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I had installed Stretch from a DVD set. > It prompted for a WiFi driver which I did not have. > I made a handwritten which is not completely legible [iwlwifi is > legible]. > I've not _intentionally_ del

Identifying needed wifi driver

I had installed Stretch from a DVD set. It prompted for a WiFi driver which I did not have. I made a handwritten which is not completely legible [iwlwifi is legible]. I've not _intentionally_ deleted any log files. Where would the desired information be? TIA

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

Anil Duggirala wrote: > Librecad or Qcad are the best options to my > knowledge. QCad: QCad has been removed from wheezy for depending on qt3 and containing non- distributable fonts, patterns, libraries, and documentation. LibreCAD is the community-maintained qt4 port of

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

Anil Duggirala wrote: > Librecad or Qcad are the best options to > my knowledge. Both are in the repos as well. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Re: Installer Can Not Find Root

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 09:28:55PM -0500, Dan Norton wrote: > > ...and all of Dan's mails to the list... > All? How far back? That was my error, somehow my fingers typed "list" when my brain was thinking "thread". Cheers, Tom -- BOFH excuse #185: system consumed all the paper for paging si

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017, at 10:02 PM, Doug wrote: > > On 11/21/2017 05:04 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: >> Kent West wrote: >> >>> I've recently discovered sweethome3d, and have enjoyed designing a >>> new house for myself. >>> >> sweethome3d is in my repos but it says it is an "interior" design >> applic

Sound with Intel Baytrail device (Lenovo Ideapad 100S)

Hi, although sound has been reported to work with this device (e.g. here: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113151 ) I am not able to make it work (with Stretch), maybe someone here has managed to do so and can give me a hint? I compiled a 4.14.0 kernel with a .config someone who report

Re: Installer Can Not Find Root

On Tuesday 21 November 2017 21:28:55 Dan Norton wrote: > -Original Message- > > >From: Tom Furie > >Sent: Nov 21, 2017 3:25 AM > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: Installer Can Not Find Root > > > >On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 05:47:55PM -0500, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > >> That