Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 23 February 2021 23:54:03 Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> Then reboot and cross your fingers. > > > > Arthritis at 86 is beginning to make that painful. :( > > I don't believe in crossing fingers either FWIW, I pick my nose > instead, and I think it works just as well (but be careful not to

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread David Wright
On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:21:41 (-0600), Tom Browder wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 19:36 David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote: > > ... > > > > > I also edit /etc/hosts and make the first

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Then reboot and cross your fingers. > Arthritis at 86 is beginning to make that painful. :( I don't believe in crossing fingers either FWIW, I pick my nose instead, and I think it works just as well (but be careful not to do that right after chopping some habanero), Stefan

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 23 February 2021 20:35:54 David Wright wrote: > On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett wrote: ... > > > > > > > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do

[BUG REPORT] luajit-2.1.0-beta3/jit/bcsave.lua:240: cannot convert 'nil' to 'unsigned short'

2021-02-23 Thread Tiezhu Yang
(1) Background Source: luajit Version: luajit_2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.3_mips64el.deb Severity: important Link: https://packages.debian.org/sid/luajit (2) Description of problem When I build bcc, there exists the following build error: [ 34%] Generating bcc.o /usr/bin/luajit: /usr/share/luajit-2.1.0-be

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 19:36 David Wright wrote: > On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote: ... > > > I also edit /etc/hosts and make the first couple of lines look like > > > this: > > > > > > 127.0.0.1 localho

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-23 09:58, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but something is overriding my efforts to rename the machine after the install because I'd like to replace "lathe

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread David Wright
On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett wrote: ... > > > > > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename > > > the machine and make it stick? Hopefu

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 23 February 2021 19:22:19 James B wrote: > With systemd-based Debian, the probably now best way to set a hostname > is with: > > hostnamectl set-hostname NAME > > What Tom suggested is completely valid, but hostnamectl should I > understand be the preferred route as I believe it will up

Unable to boot on Xen HVM + OVMF

2021-02-23 Thread John Mok
Hi, Tried to install Buster on Xen HVM + OVMF. Installation completed successfully, but unable to boot (Windows HVM guest has no boot problem). Re-install Buster with BIOS and boot succeeded. OVMF boot NOT supported on Debian ? I hope someone could point me in the right direction. Best regards,

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett > wrote: ... > > > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename > > the machine and make it stick? Hopefully without losiing the > > networking > > Hey, Gene. I usually h

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread James B
To my mind, getting familiar with the newer 'ctl' commands that come with systemd is no bad idea.I like the consistency, personally.The 'systemctl' command is one to be used all the time particularly. -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qua, 24 Fev ʼ21, às 00:22, James B escreveu: >

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread James B
With systemd-based Debian, the probably now best way to set a hostname is with: hostnamectl set-hostname NAME What Tom suggested is completely valid, but hostnamectl should I understand be the preferred route as I believe it will update everything necessary automatically.Doing it this way will

Re: authentication bug (or feature?) with multiple encrypted lvm2 volume groups

2021-02-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:19:03 +0100 Marco Möller wrote: > Obviously, the in Step 2 entered (wrong) password (for "A") is stored > and without further interactive consultation automatically used as > the input for the password authentication of "B". > Is this a bug or a feature? If it is a bug, wh

Re: Help Understanding Samba/ssh/LDAP/sssd/Kerberos/File Sharing?

2021-02-23 Thread Kent West
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 8:10 PM Kent West wrote: > Ultimate goal: > 1. Allow Windows/Mac users to map drives to Debian fileshares. > 2. Allow Windows/Mac users to ssh into same Debian box. > > Near as I've been able to figure out (the web documentation seems to be > all over the map), there are

authentication bug (or feature?) with multiple encrypted lvm2 volume groups

2021-02-23 Thread Marco Möller
Two volume groups (lvm2) exists, Each of them is encrypted and thus protected by its own password. Lets call the volume groups and their corresponding passwords like this: VGpassword "A" "pwA" "B" "pwB" "pwA" and "pwB" differ from each other. Step 1: during boot I am asked for the

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 3:13 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > > > Patient: Doctor when I move my arm this way, it hurts. > > > Doctor: Don't do that with your arm. Next! > > > > very funny, but I don't see how it is related to my

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread Dan Ritter
Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Tue, 23 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > Patient: Doctor when I move my arm this way, it hurts. > > Doctor: Don't do that with your arm. Next! > > very funny, but I don't see how it is related to my pulseaudio problem, > unless you suggest to don't use it !

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 23 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: Patient: Doctor when I move my arm this way, it hurts. Doctor: Don't do that with your arm. Next! very funny, but I don't see how it is related to my pulseaudio problem, unless you suggest to don't use it ! best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett wrote: ... > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename the > machine and make it stick? Hopefully without losiing the networking Hey, Gene. I usually have to fiddle around a little, but I've always had success on Debian this

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom > powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but something > is overriding my efforts to rename the machine after the install because > I'd like to replace "lathe" with

Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but something is overriding my efforts to rename the machine after the install because I'd like to replace "lathe" with "TLM" for The Little Monster. No

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-23 Thread Joe
On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:37:12 -0500 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 11:13:12 AM Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > You can always add more filesystem space later. It's easier if > > you're using LVM but that isn't required. You just build another > > filesystem on the new drive

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-23 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 10:37 AM wrote: > On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 11:13:12 AM Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > You can always add more filesystem space later. It's easier if you're > using > > LVM but that isn't required. You just build another filesystem on the new > > drive after it's installed

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-23 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 11:13:12 AM Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > You can always add more filesystem space later. It's easier if you're using > LVM but that isn't required. You just build another filesystem on the new > drive after it's installed and mount it into your filesystems, at the > appr

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-23 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 2/23/21 8:13 AM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: You can always add more filesystem space later. It's easier if you're using LVM but that isn't required. You just build another filesystem on the new drive after it's installed and mount it into your filesystems, at the appropriate mount point. Indee

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-23 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
You can always add more filesystem space later. It's easier if you're using LVM but that isn't required. You just build another filesystem on the new drive after it's installed and mount it into your filesystems, at the appropriate mount point. Where is that? Depends on your needs. What if it's a

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 23 Feb 2021, David Wright wrote: When did this start to happen? . for years? . since installation? Is this buster? Are you running any applications, particularly those involving sound, as root, particularly in response to some previous problem? Is it just that binary that goes

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread David Wright
On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 09:38:08 (+0100), Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > every morning, ls /usr/bin/pulseaudio gives: > ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/pulseaudio': No such file or directory > and I must issue "aptitude reinstall pulseaudio" I plan to put the ls > command every minute to find when it disap

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
Patient: Doctor when I move my arm this way, it hurts. Doctor: Don't do that with your arm. Next! ☺ On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 7:09 AM wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 01:40:22PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > > Greg Wooledge (12021-02-23): > > > This *is* part of the diagnostics. Preventing the de

Re: AD user can't ssh in

2021-02-23 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
And OK, remembered this too ☺ The clocks of all servers in a Kerberos domain must be tightly sync'd and under control of a local master clock. That's because of the timestamps in the Kerberos tickets. Authentication fails without it. And again as with name resolution, that config must be complete b

Re: AD user can't ssh in

2021-02-23 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
Let me add this if I may Kent, esp for others who might go there. When you first configure the linux server into an LDAP/AD or LDAP domain, you MUST complete the "final production" name resolution/resolver/DNS config BEFORE joining the domain. If you don't but later move it into that domain, it sti

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread tomas
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 01:40:22PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Greg Wooledge (12021-02-23): > > This *is* part of the diagnostics. Preventing the deletion and then > > watching the logs to see who complains may help you pinpoint the > > culprit. Or it may not. But it's worth a try. > > Watch

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread tomas
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 01:07:10PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > fm+deb+u...@phosphorusnetworks.com (12021-02-23): > > maybe change your disk, but for now, try: > > > > # chattr +i /usr/bin/pulseaudio > > > > and see if it continues disappearing. > > And if somebody has an ache somewhere, they

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread Nicolas George
Greg Wooledge (12021-02-23): > This *is* part of the diagnostics. Preventing the deletion and then > watching the logs to see who complains may help you pinpoint the > culprit. Or it may not. But it's worth a try. Watching the logs was not in the advice. With that addition, the advice is reason

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread Greg Wooledge
Nicolas George (geo...@nsup.org) wrote: > fm+deb+u...@phosphorusnetworks.com (12021-02-23): > > maybe change your disk, but for now, try: > > > > # chattr +i /usr/bin/pulseaudio > > > > and see if it continues disappearing. > > And if somebody has an ache somewhere, they should just take > paink

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread Nicolas George
fm+deb+u...@phosphorusnetworks.com (12021-02-23): > maybe change your disk, but for now, try: > > # chattr +i /usr/bin/pulseaudio > > and see if it continues disappearing. And if somebody has an ache somewhere, they should just take painkillers? Fixing the symptom without understanding the issu

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread tomas
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:37:34AM -0300, fm+deb+u...@phosphorusnetworks.com wrote: [...] > maybe change your disk, but for now, try: > > # chattr +i /usr/bin/pulseaudio > > and see if it continues disappearing. And watch your log files. Perhaps you catch the perpetrator whining loudly that i

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread fm+deb+user
> >hi, >the problem is exactly what says my subject. >every morning, ls /usr/bin/pulseaudio gives: > ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/pulseaudio': No such file or directory >and I must issue "aptitude reinstall pulseaudio" >I plan to put the ls command every minute to find when it disappears, >unle

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-23 Thread martin f krafft
Semih, Maybe I can provide a quick and easy solution, depending on what happens when you type ``` $ sudo lvs ``` into a terminal. Could you let us know what that spits out? Thanks, -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/

need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi, the problem is exactly what says my subject. every morning, ls /usr/bin/pulseaudio gives: ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/pulseaudio': No such file or directory and I must issue "aptitude reinstall pulseaudio" I plan to put the ls command every minute to find when it disappears, unless someb

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 23 feb 21, 00:37:52, Semih Ozlem wrote: > I am currently pre-planning. If it could be done, then I am going to go > about searching and purchasing necessary devices in order to do the task. > That's why I am asking in the first place. I have a usb device that I can > attach for testing now.

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-23 Thread Michael Howard
On 23/02/2021 08:13, Darac Marjal wrote: On 22/02/2021 22:56, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came thru in a pinch. Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone goofy?

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-23 Thread Darac Marjal
On 22/02/2021 22:56, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > >> I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came >> thru >> in a pinch. > > Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone > goofy? > > I went looking for duck