Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan

2018-03-01 Thread john doe
On 3/2/2018 2:03 AM, Thomas George wrote: I think this should work. For the present I have moved on to other tasks. The printer has a usb connection to the pc so I can print as needed. Others on the lan cannot use the printer. you can share the printer using cups. The other on the LAN would

Re: LVM partitions not mounting after upgrade

2018-03-01 Thread David Christensen
On 02/28/18 07:28, Andy Pont wrote: Hello, Today I have upgraded the third of our three Debian servers from Jessie (8.10) to Stretch (9.3) and whilst the first two went without a problem the final one only boots to the maintenance mode prompt. This particular server uses an Intel motherboard

DIY FOSS firewall/ router

2018-03-01 Thread David Christensen
On 03/01/18 07:23, John wrote: > Slightly different issue but I am part way through an upgrade from > Whezzy to Stretch. After the upgrade to Jessie my (headless) computer > failed to boot. After a struggle getting keyboard and screen it > stalled after loading the kernel, probably a broken init

Re: Using apcupsd for power failure controle

2018-03-01 Thread Richard Hector
On 02/03/18 03:09, Marc Auslander wrote: >> I think you can usually set the power-on behaviour in the BIOS (or EFI, >> presumably) - independently of the OS or any shutdown process. >> >> Richard > So here's the issue - maybe I'm missing something. > > If I configure apcupsd to shutdown on power f

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread Richard Hector
On 02/03/18 04:23, John wrote: > Slightly different issue but I am part way through an upgrade from > Whezzy to Stretch. After the upgrade to Jessie my (headless) computer > failed to boot. After a struggle getting keyboard and screen it > stalled after loading the kernel, probably a broken initr

Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan

2018-03-01 Thread Thomas George
I think this should work. For the present I have moved on to other tasks. The printer has a usb connection to the pc so I can print as needed. Others on the lan cannot use the printer. On 03/01/2018 05:08 AM, Bernd Gruber wrote: Can't you just plug the printer locally to a PC, change manually

Re: Using MATE's workspaces effectively

2018-03-01 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: ... > However, it would solve a problem that I had assumed had to be endured. > I frequently have a workflow needing root access for which I don't find > "su" convenient causing me to logout as 'richard' and login as 'root' > and back again. um, i open a terminal window i

Re: Using MATE's workspaces effectively

2018-03-01 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: ... > I repeat my question, which has been snipped in this thread. >> What did you do immediately after installation to set this up? >> What should I be reading? >> [If it makes a difference, I use Stretch including systemd.] i generally put my aliases in .bashrc for the u

Re: Using MATE's workspaces effectively

2018-03-01 Thread songbird
Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2018-02-28, Dominic Knight wrote: ... >> Maybe upscaling would help a lot here, it does when I output on hdmi, >> with Mate that's >> System - Preferences - look and feel - appearance >> then >> fonts - detail - resolution >> I set mine to around 144 and leave system fon

Re: Boot Order Change

2018-03-01 Thread Dan Norton
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:41:42 -0500 Felix Miata wrote: > Dan Norton composed on 2018-02-22 16:05 (UTC-0500): > > > Installs of both stretch and buster modify the boot order such that > > "debian" is first under "UEFI Boot Sources". After installation, the > > bios menu has to be edited in order t

bug filing question: Gnome session crashes on resume from suspend or hibernate; Nvidia driver suspected

2018-03-01 Thread Peter Becich
Hello, I am trying to determine which package to file this bug under. My login session is frequently lost when the computer resumes from suspension or hibernation.  The computer takes me to the Gnome login screen.  About one in two resumptions fail this way. Debian 9.3 kernel 4.15.0-1-amd64

Re: Problems with KDE in Debian Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread Curt
On 2018-03-01, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > > Hi all! > > Some time ago I started to experience some problems in KDE. In a random > way, when I'm using any application like Firefox, Chromium or > Thunderbird, the window starts blinking incessantly and becomes > unusable. When that happens I have no cho

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread deloptes
John wrote: > It booted OK with  the last Whezzy kernel but I am afraid to try to > upgrade to Stretch with this suspect system.  Problem is this machine > is the interface between the LAN and the Internet so without it things > are difficult I use serial to usb and manage reboots this way. I hav

Problems with KDE in Debian Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi all! Some time ago I started to experience some problems in KDE. In a random way, when I'm using any application like Firefox, Chromium or Thunderbird, the window starts blinking incessantly and becomes unusable. When that happens I have no choice but to close the application and reopen it. Th

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread John
Slightly different issue but I am part way through an upgrade from Whezzy to Stretch. After the upgrade to Jessie my (headless) computer failed to boot. After a struggle getting keyboard and screen it stalled after loading the kernel, probably a broken initrd file It booted OK with the last Whe

Debian custom installer

2018-03-01 Thread basti
Hello, I have to try to create a custom installer for debian cd to install over ssh with a preseed.cfg his is working well. Now i want to be able to start the installer immediately. my label in txt.cfg look like label netinstall config ssh.cfg menu default default netins

Re: debian package for mu/mu4e 1.0

2018-03-01 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 02:59:17PM +0100, juh wrote: > Hi all, > > is there a debian package for mu/mu4e 1.0 anywhere? > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mu4e -- Roberto C. Sánchez

Re: Using apcupsd for power failure controle

2018-03-01 Thread Marc Auslander
(Was Were is gapcmon?) >> >> I've always use apcupsd which still works in stretch. My use is pretty >> trivial - just reports - I don't do anything automatic on power fail >> since I can't figure out how to do anything that will always wind up >> with my machine running when the power comes back!

debian package for mu/mu4e 1.0

2018-03-01 Thread juh
Hi all, is there a debian package for mu/mu4e 1.0 anywhere? TIA juh

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 11:41:34 PM David Christensen wrote: > There are two schools of thought for Debian major version upgrades: > > 1. Do an in-place upgrade. > > 2. Do a fresh install and migrate. > > > Years ago, I tried the former. Invariably, I ran into problems I could > not

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread Sven Hartge
Curt wrote: > On 2018-03-01, deloptes wrote: >> David Christensen wrote: >>> So, now I do the latter.  This is facilitated by, and integrated >>> into, my backup/ restore, archive, and imaging processes.  I have >>> confidence in the results. >> >> I have been updating regularly wheezy -> jessie

Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan

2018-03-01 Thread Bernd Gruber
Can't you just plug the printer locally to a PC, change manually the PC's network-address to 192.168.1.x, connect to the printer and change its IP to 192.168.2.x. Then, of course, you will loose the connection, but the printer will be in the desired network. Don't forget to change IP-configurati

Re: Some tasks very slow after upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2018-03-01 Thread Curt
On 2018-03-01, deloptes wrote: > David Christensen wrote: > >> So, now I do the latter.  This is facilitated by, and integrated into, >> my backup/ restore, archive, and imaging processes.  I have confidence >> in the results. > > I have been updating regularly wheezy -> jessie -> stretch > > I ne

screen freezes when I try to log

2018-03-01 Thread BELAHCENE Abdelkader
Hi, Sometimes the login thru the lightdm fails. That means I log but the screen freezes and nothing happens, no login no desktop ( using the xfce4). When I go to the terminal ( using CTRL+ALT+F1 ), and I log using shell, I can start the : startx -- :1, and access to the graphical Desktop.. Where