Re: How to write in Chinese

2020-11-28 Thread 황병희
> are you sure it's more free than fonts-wqy-* or fonts-arphic-*? Google Noto CJK fonts were/are published under the SIL Open Font License. So that became default fonts of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for CJK users. Sincerely, CJK user Byung-Hee -- ^고맙습니다 _白衣從軍_ 감사합니다_^))//

Re: Advice on laptop with USB-C port and USB-Type C Multipoint Adapter (and VGA)

2020-11-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 28 nov 20, 09:07:14, Rh Kramer wrote: > Advice on laptop with USB-C port and USB-Type C Multipoint Adapter > > Background: a few months ago, I bought a generic / inexpensive USB-Type C > Multipoint Adapter (with VGA output) and around the same time ordered a > laptop > that advertised a

Re: Getting "logged" out of GNOME on tty1 if switching to other ttys (Wayland)

2020-11-28 Thread Vishal Subramanyam
On Sat, 2020-11-28 at 15:50 +, Vishal Subramanyam wrote: > Hey, > I reinstalled Debian (bullseye) today and I noticed two changes. > Earlier, both tty1 and tty2 were graphical > consoles with GNOME running. Everything was pretty smooth and I could > switch back and forth between > the consoles

Re: Why use an email client AND sendmail/popa3d - Does this avoid the hijack?

2020-11-28 Thread David Wright
On Thu 26 Nov 2020 at 09:34:25 (+), Joe wrote: > On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 21:57:10 -0600 David Wright wrote: > > > Perhaps the problem is similar to the one I had with this list > > (hence the change I made above). What happened was that my posts' > > Envelope-from (set to the same as my From addre

Re: Why use an email client AND sendmail/popa3d - Does this avoid the hijack?

2020-11-28 Thread David Wright
On Thu 26 Nov 2020 at 08:52:30 (+), mick crane wrote: > On 2020-11-26 03:57, David Wright wrote: > > > What sort of rejections and/or bounces have you had? > > It showed up that mails to getmail list that uses Exim were refused as > unsubscribed whereas before was OK. I take it that was late

Re: debian-10.6.0-amd64 cryptsetup: Waiting for encrypted source device sdb2_crypt

2020-11-28 Thread David Wright
I'm rather hazy on this as I haven't yet tried encrypting /, but only /home and swap. On Fri 27 Nov 2020 at 21:22:24 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: > The motherboard firmware is configured for BIOS mode. When I ran the > Debian Installer (d-i), it came up in BIOS mode. I choose 'manual' > pa

Re: How do I contribute patches to packages (GitLab merge requests or diff -u + bug report)?

2020-11-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Vishal Subramanyam wrote: > I wish to contribute patches to Debian packages, but I am confused > about how I should go about doing so. The Debian Handbook says that > using GitLab might make it easier for maintainers to merge changes, but > somebody on an IRC channel told me that the old email-bas

How do I contribute patches to packages (GitLab merge requests or diff -u + bug report)?

2020-11-28 Thread Vishal Subramanyam
Hey, I wish to contribute patches to Debian packages, but I am confused about how I should go about doing so. The Debian Handbook says that using GitLab might make it easier for maintainers to merge changes, but somebody on an IRC channel told me that the old email-based workflow is still the domin

Re: How to write in Chinese

2020-11-28 Thread 황병희
> why do you recommend "Google Noto CJK"? Its licence is *free* totally. So that became default font of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for CJK users. Also that is used most Google products such as Android, Chrome OS, as far as i know. Sincerely, CJK user Byung-Hee -- ^고맙습니다 _白衣從軍_ 감사합니다_^))//

Re: How to write in Chinese

2020-11-28 Thread Long Wind
why do you recommend "Google Noto CJK"?i've installed it, it isn't amazing

xmodmap, a combination which does not use Mode_switch

2020-11-28 Thread Eugen Dedu
Hi, I do not succeed in mapping the Home "key" to a given combination. I have already mapped in my .xmodmap file: ! set AltGr as Mode_switch keycode 108 = Mode_switch and it works well to type accentuated characters for example. I have recently changed my laptop. On it (Dell), the Home key is

Re: debian-10.6.0-amd64 cryptsetup: Waiting for encrypted source device sdb2_crypt

2020-11-28 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-11-28 01:03, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 28 nov 20, 00:46:22, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-11-27 22:39, David wrote: On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 16:22, David Christensen wrote: Please configure your mail client so that it does not put the sender's e-mail address into the body of

Re: Getting "logged" out of GNOME on tty1 if switching to other ttys (Wayland)

2020-11-28 Thread Vishal Subramanyam
I would like to add the following lines from executing "systemctl status gdm". ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; static) Active: active (running) since Sat 2020-11-28 20:53:42 IST; 2h 34min ago Process: 559 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/g

Getting "logged" out of GNOME on tty1 if switching to other ttys (Wayland)

2020-11-28 Thread Vishal Subramanyam
Hey, I reinstalled Debian (bullseye) today and I noticed two changes. Earlier, both tty1 and tty2 were graphical consoles with GNOME running. Everything was pretty smooth and I could switch back and forth between the consoles easily. But now, there's only one graphical console running on tty1 (C

Re: Advice on laptop with USB-C port and USB-Type C Multipoint Adapter (and VGA)

2020-11-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Rh Kramer wrote: > The KVM switch has VGA input and output, and the Multipoint adapter has USB-C > input and, among other things, a VGA output (and RJ-45 for Ethernet, bbut no > HDMI, which would be irrelevant anyway in view of the KVM switch and my VGA > monitor). > > Below I quote some info

Re: Kernel problem

2020-11-28 Thread songbird
Hilary Snaden wrote: ... > What change in 5.9 (perhaps 5.8) may be caused the machine to freeze, > and can it be fixed? p.s. use the command reportbug as it will give more relevant information that will help. :) songbird

Advice on laptop with USB-C port and USB-Type C Multipoint Adapter (and VGA)

2020-11-28 Thread Rh Kramer
Advice on laptop with USB-C port and USB-Type C Multipoint Adapter Background: a few months ago, I bought a generic / inexpensive USB-Type C Multipoint Adapter (with VGA output) and around the same time ordered a laptop that advertised a USB-C port. When I received the laptop, I saw that it did

Re: Kernel problem

2020-11-28 Thread songbird
Dan Ritter wrote: ... > Could be anything. You are running the unstable version of > Debian. > > You should report it to the Debian kernel maintainers: > Debian Kernel Team *nods* will be very important to know the type of the processor and laptop, it may be one of the peripheral interface

Re: Kernel problem

2020-11-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Hilary Snaden wrote: > Description: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid > > After a recent kernel update, my previously very stable laptop developed > major problems. After a period usually of about 12 hours (once after only 2 > hours, once after about 36), the machine froze, requiring a hard power >

Re: How to write in Chinese

2020-11-28 Thread 황병희
> IMO Chinese character is more appropriate word to use than ideogram Really i need to study more about Chinese language, thanks for advice! Sincerely, CJK user Byung-Hee -- ^고맙습니다 _布德天下_ 감사합니다_^))//

Re: How to write in Chinese

2020-11-28 Thread 황병희
Markos writes: > ... > Thank you, 谢谢 Very nice!!! Sincerely, CJK user Byung-Hee -- ^고맙습니다 _布德天下_ 감사합니다_^))//

Re: Sharing files LINUX-LINUX / LINUX-WINDOWS / WINDOWS-WINDOWS

2020-11-28 Thread mick crane
On 2020-11-28 03:08, Kanito 73 wrote: Hello I have up and running two dual boot LINUX (Debian 10) and WINDOWS 10 machines and want to connect them to be able to work without spending time copying files from/to on a usb device, have multiple copies of a same file, etc. You can use WinSCP to to

Re: Sharing files LINUX-LINUX / LINUX-WINDOWS / WINDOWS-WINDOWS

2020-11-28 Thread deloptes
Kanito 73 wrote: > At first I thought to use both SAMBA for LINUX-WINDOWS and maybe NFS for > LINUX-LINUX but I used NFS long time ago and it was slow as a turtle. Is > there another networking service available that runs faster only for > LINUX-LINUX or it is better to use SAMBA for everything_

Re: debian-10.6.0-amd64 cryptsetup: Waiting for encrypted source device sdb2_crypt

2020-11-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 28 nov 20, 00:46:22, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-11-27 22:39, David wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. :-) > > > > On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 16:22, David Christensen > > wrote: > > Please configure your mail client so that it does not put the sender's > e-mail address into the body o

Re: debian-10.6.0-amd64 cryptsetup: Waiting for encrypted source device sdb2_crypt

2020-11-28 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-11-27 22:39, David wrote: Thanks for the reply. :-) On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 16:22, David Christensen wrote: Please configure your mail client so that it does not put the sender's e-mail address into the body of your reply. Note that the system drive is 'sdb' (the USB drive was

Kernel problem

2020-11-28 Thread Hilary Snaden
Description:Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid After a recent kernel update, my previously very stable laptop developed major problems. After a period usually of about 12 hours (once after only 2 hours, once after about 36), the machine froze, requiring a hard power cycle. At no time did deskto

Re: Sharing files LINUX-LINUX / LINUX-WINDOWS / WINDOWS-WINDOWS

2020-11-28 Thread Joe
On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 03:08:41 + Kanito 73 wrote: > Hello > > I have up and running two dual boot LINUX (Debian 10) and WINDOWS 10 > machines and want to connect them to be able to work without spending > time copying files from/to on a usb device, have multiple copies of a > same file, etc. >