Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-05 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 08:44:58 -0400 Greg Informed me about Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine > And I'm using fvwm with systemd. +1 -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** Life is an adventure

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread David
On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 13:06, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 06 Aug 2021 at 09:30:17 (+1000), David wrote: > > 'chmod -R' is less useful because it does not discriminate > > between files and directories, I never understood why it > > does not offer that option, because usually we need all file > >

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread David Wright
On Fri 06 Aug 2021 at 09:30:17 (+1000), David wrote: > On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 06:03, Gary L. Roach wrote: > > > Second, why am I separating out the Path the way I am doing? I need to > > check each level for existence then, if the level doesn't exist, create > > the directory, cd to the

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:47:04PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > I believe I've hit contexts in which I could use '-print0 | xargs -0' > but couldn't figure out a way to get the job done with '-exec', because > I needed the command which was being run to process the output to be a > pipeline. (I no

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-08-05 at 20:25, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> >> find . -type d -exec chmod -v 0644 '{}' \; > >> > Use + instead of \; to make them more efficient. > >> What does + make as a difference ? > > It's a replacement for xargs, except that it actually works, unlike > xargs, which is horribly

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread David
On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 10:58, Christian Groessler wrote: > On 8/6/21 2:52 AM, David wrote: > > I was commenting on how I have always been puzzled why > > someone made the effort to give 'chmod' an '-R' option, but > > never made it actually useful for common cases. As it is, > > it seems that

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 02:58:00AM +0200, Christian Groessler wrote: > On 8/6/21 2:52 AM, David wrote: > > I was commenting on how I have always been puzzled why > > someone made the effort to give 'chmod' an '-R' option, but > > never made it actually useful for common cases. As it is, > > it

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Christian Groessler
On 8/6/21 2:52 AM, David wrote: I was commenting on how I have always been puzzled why someone made the effort to give 'chmod' an '-R' option, but never made it actually useful for common cases. As it is, it seems that it's really only useful for modifying the write attribute. Hmm. "chmod -R

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread David
On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 10:01, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On 2021-08-05 7:30 p.m., David wrote: > > On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 06:03, Gary L. Roach wrote: > > 'chmod -R' is less useful because it does not discriminate > > between files and directories, I never understood why it > > does

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Christian Groessler
On 8/6/21 2:01 AM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: find . -type d -exec chmod -v 0644 '{}' \; to change the folder find . -type f -exec chmod -v 0755 '{}' \; to change files Pah. Use 'xargs' :-) $ find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644 $ find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
> >> find . -type d -exec chmod -v 0644 '{}' \; > > Use + instead of \; to make them more efficient. > What does + make as a difference ? It's a replacement for xargs, except that it actually works, unlike xargs, which is horribly broken without GNU extensions. find . -type d -exec chmod 755

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-05 8:07 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 08:01:22PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> find . -type d -exec chmod -v 0644 '{}' \; >> >> to change the folder >> >> find . -type f -exec chmod -v 0755 '{}' \; >> >> to change files > > You've

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 08:01:22PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > find . -type d -exec chmod -v 0644 '{}' \; > > to change the folder > > find . -type f -exec chmod -v 0755 '{}' \; > > to change files You've switched the permissions around. You want 644 on the files, and 755

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-05 7:30 p.m., David wrote: > On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 06:03, Gary L. Roach wrote: > >> Second, why am I separating out the Path the way I am doing? I need to >> check each level for existence then, if the level doesn't exist, create >> the directory, cd to the directory, set chown

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread David
On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 06:03, Gary L. Roach wrote: > Second, why am I separating out the Path the way I am doing? I need to > check each level for existence then, if the level doesn't exist, create > the directory, cd to the directory, set chown and -x chmod. After that > check the next level and

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 18:58 Gary L. Roach wrote: > Hi all; > I have just recently delved into the magical world of Bash scripting and I long ago gave up bash scripting for other than simple scripts, even for sysadmin chores. Most Linux distros, including our favorite Debian, come with Perl

Re: How's @ $ €

2021-08-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-05 3:01 p.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > My experience of life is if I criticise someone usually it's in me; > mirroring myself; projecting. > Something I need improve on(?). > I got an advice that might work: > Go to Devuan with it; Debian simplified? If it works, ok for me. Devuan is

Re: need help on setting up thunderbird

2021-08-05 Thread lou
tomas, thunderbird is working now

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 01:03:16PM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote: > First, the IFS command sets the string separator. The default values are > space /n and one other. The / is not among them. Yes, we know that. The issue is that you are setting IFS for the whole script, when you probably *should*

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Gary L. Roach
hi all; I really appreciate all of your help. The file now works. See attached. Now t0 answer some questions. First, the IFS command sets the string separator. The default values are space /n and one other. The / is not among them. If I don't set the delimiter before I do the read, the

Re: Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Hi Brian, Some of the people who have received temporary bans have then come back and been relatively well behaved thereafter. As a member of the Debian Community team, I'm certain that the listmasters have banned people for short periods in the past. Rather than being judgmental or jumping to

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 07:35:55PM +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > > Listmasters' discretion is always the final arbiter. > > Indeed. They apply the lump hammer. Always assuming the best ;-/ Cheers - t signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-05 Thread Brian
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 23:30:45 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 11:43:26PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > > Problems? > > > = > > > > > > Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-05 Thread Brian
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 21:21:33 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: [...] > > The objective of Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside appears to be to put > > the user in his place. > > > Strangely, I got many thanks from this user, when I explained to him > about the fact that "top posting"

Re: bad experience with Thunderbird for IRC (OFTC) ?

2021-08-05 Thread Marco Möller
On 05.08.21 15:28, Marco Möller wrote: Hello! Do you have bad experience using Thunderbird as an IRC client for IRC in the OFTC network? In the past I used HexChat, now running KDE Plasma I am considering Konversation to be an option, but as I anyway use Thunderbird for email, maybe I simply

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-05 8:44 a.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 01:49:50PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> FWIW: my laptop runs wth SysV init, no Gnome (actually no desktop >> environment), but with X and a window manager (Fvwm). It's not >> always "obvious", but it is definitely

Re: bad experience with Thunderbird for IRC (OFTC) ?

2021-08-05 Thread Henning Follmann
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 03:28:44PM +0200, Marco Möller wrote: > Hello! Do you have bad experience using Thunderbird as an IRC client for IRC > in the OFTC network? In the past I used HexChat, now running KDE Plasma I am > considering Konversation to be an option, but as I anyway use Thunderbird >

Re: How's @ $ €

2021-08-05 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 05/08/2021 04:48, Gunnar Gervin wrote: Thx all. Problem solved; to your orientation. Most other challenges are possible to find in Duckduckgo or Google, & in former answers. I was in lack of sleep cos of heat Thus a bit manic; flooding, sorry. & didn't see the importance of culture, rules,

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, The Wanderer wrote: > It might be worth filing a documentation-level kernel bug report about > this, or at least posting to the LKML to ask what the reasoning here is. ... together with a handful of sr and isofs bug fixes, if this was an ideal world. {:) I wrote: > > (Wasn't there a way to

AMD Ryzen 5600G now available

2021-08-05 Thread Dan Ritter
At various times, people on this list have talked about optimal price/performance desktop systems intended to run Debian. The AMD Ryzen 5600G is now out; the first price I saw for it was $265 US including shipping. It's a 6 core, 12 thread CPU + AMD GPU suitable for the vast majority of

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-08-05 at 09:04, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > >> Can someone tell me where I should look for the kernel for the >> loopback setting? > > Quite exactly a year ago i learned the hard way that it's > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP which on amd64 should be set to "m" to get /dev/loop*. > See its

bad experience with Thunderbird for IRC (OFTC) ?

2021-08-05 Thread Marco Möller
Hello! Do you have bad experience using Thunderbird as an IRC client for IRC in the OFTC network? In the past I used HexChat, now running KDE Plasma I am considering Konversation to be an option, but as I anyway use Thunderbird for email, maybe I simply use Thunderbird also for IRC? Thanks for

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > Can someone tell me where I should look for the kernel for the > loopback setting? Quite exactly a year ago i learned the hard way that it's CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP which on amd64 should be set to "m" to get /dev/loop*. See its description at

Re: test vs. [ [was: Bash script problem]

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 08:32:39AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 01:59:06PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 07:19:11AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > The external versions of test and [ need to exist for POSIX conformance, > > > and also so

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 01:49:50PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > FWIW: my laptop runs wth SysV init, no Gnome (actually no desktop > environment), but with X and a window manager (Fvwm). It's not > always "obvious", but it is definitely doable. Debian's happy. And I'm using fvwm with systemd.

Re: test vs. [ [was: Bash script problem]

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 01:59:06PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 07:19:11AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > The external versions of test and [ need to exist for POSIX conformance, > > and also so that you can -exec them from find(1) or other similar > > programs. > > I

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:47:30PM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote: > Thanks for the help but I still have the problem of the if statement always > being true. This time I enclosed the file so you can test it. You didn't make the changes that I told you to make yesterday. But this has already been

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 04:36:59AM -0700, Colin Williams wrote: > I'm running bullseye / debian 11.0 testing. I have been running a > script that is supposed to write a filesystem image (for chromiumOS). > In short I'm getting the following > > losetup: cannot find an unused loop device > partx:

test vs. [ [was: Bash script problem]

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 07:19:11AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 10:07:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > [1] Nowadays this is a little white lie: most shells have them > >as builtins, but they are supposed to behave like regular > >programs, for compat. There

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 10:38:47AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:26:35AM +0100, Tixy wrote: > > ; has no special meaning inside "". The expression is true because > > there is only a single non-null argument between the [ ] Precisely. But you're probably not

losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread Colin Williams
I'm running bullseye / debian 11.0 testing. I have been running a script that is supposed to write a filesystem image (for chromiumOS). In short I'm getting the following losetup: cannot find an unused loop device partx: stat of failed: No such file or directory partx: stat of failed: No such

Re: need help on setting up thunderbird

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 06:34:18AM -0400, lou wrote: > Thank didier and tomas! i've set up thunderbird > > when i receive mail, thunderbird prompts me for password, i enter > 16-char-long code, password used in their web-based mail isn't used I think I din't understand you: is thunderbird

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 06:10:01AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-05 4:06 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > Steve. > > At least Debian works better in this old Mac best of all else I've > > tried. Debian is very instructive, which in itself is an argument to use >

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 10:07:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > [1] Nowadays this is a little white lie: most shells have them >as builtins, but they are supposed to behave like regular >programs, for compat. There /is/ a /bin/test, but I can't >find a /bin/[ on my system anymore.

Re: need help on setting up thunderbird

2021-08-05 Thread asoeldner
Am 05.08.2021 um 12:34 schrieb lou: Thank didier and tomas! i've set up thunderbird when i receive mail, thunderbird prompts me for password, i enter 16-char-long code, password used in their web-based mail isn't used Take a look in "Settings" and there for Master-Password ..

Re: need help on setting up thunderbird

2021-08-05 Thread lou
Thank didier and tomas! i've set up thunderbird when i receive mail, thunderbird prompts me for password, i enter 16-char-long code, password used in their web-based mail isn't used

Re: HOW change keyboard

2021-08-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-05 4:31 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > How do I change keyboard in Xfce desktop? > > History/what I did: > > Chosen keyboard (in setup during installation process) > disappeared/changed into a keyboard without keys: " @ $ € " > > Maybe it happened  because I chose  > " i686 pae "

Re: How's @ $ €

2021-08-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-05 3:48 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Thx all. > Problem solved; > to your orientation. > Most other challenges are  > possible to find in Duckduckgo or Google, & in former answers. > I was in lack of sleep cos of heat > Thus a bit manic; flooding, sorry. > & didn't see the

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-05 4:06 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Steve. > At least Debian works better in this old Mac best of all else I've > tried. Debian is very instructive, which in itself is an argument to use > it for a newbie in IT & Linux. > BR, > Gunnar. > PS. > And level of patience, respect & even

Re: WiFi turned off

2021-08-05 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 10:30:42 +0300 Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Hi again, experts. > Please advice how fix it. > WiFi gone. > I used ethernet cable to reinstall Debian i386 32b Buster. Now WiFi won't > turn on. In Xfce desktop "Advanced Network Manager" shows the WiFi > provider, but "Save" button's

Re: HOW change keyboard

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 11:31:42AM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > How do I change keyboard in Xfce desktop? > > History/what I did: > > Chosen keyboard (in setup during installation process) disappeared/changed > into a keyboard without keys: " @ $ € " For Debian, the relevant package is

Re: HOW change keyboard

2021-08-05 Thread mick crane
On 2021-08-05 09:31, Gunnar Gervin wrote: How do I change keyboard in Xfce desktop? this looks to cover it. https://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:26:35AM +0100, Tixy wrote: > On Thu, 2021-08-05 at 10:36 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: > [...] > > > > [ A="0 ; " ] > > > > is always true. It seems it probably has something to do with expansion, > > quoting and the special meaning of ;. > > > > ; has no special meaning

Re: HOW change keyboard

2021-08-05 Thread Gunnar Gervin
How do I change keyboard in Xfce desktop? History/what I did: Chosen keyboard (in setup during installation process) disappeared/changed into a keyboard without keys: " @ $ € " Maybe it happened because I chose " i686 pae " (or similar name) under "advanced" (option 2) in start-up of the

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2021-08-05 at 10:36 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: [...] > > [ A="0 ; " ] > > is always true. It seems it probably has something to do with expansion, > quoting and the special meaning of ;. > ; has no special meaning inside "". The expression is true because there is only a single non-null

Re: need help on setting up thunderbird

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 10:08:55AM +0200, didier gaumet wrote: > > Hello, > > >From memory (so take it with a grain of salt), when Thunderbird asks > for a password to access a mail server for the first time [...] This is more or less my recollection, yes. > I would imagine that is somewhat

Re: need help on setting up thunderbird

2021-08-05 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, >From memory (so take it with a grain of salt), when Thunderbird asks for a password to access a mail server for the first time, it proposes to store it in order for the user to not have to enter his password each time. But this storage is not mandatory. If the user choses to enter his

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:47:30PM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote: > Thanks for the help but I still have the problem of the if statement > always being true. This time I enclosed the file so you can test it. Please, don't top quote. It confuses the hell out of me. Now, I think in your script if

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-05 Thread Gunnar Gervin
Steve. At least Debian works better in this old Mac best of all else I've tried. Debian is very instructive, which in itself is an argument to use it for a newbie in IT & Linux. BR, Gunnar. PS. And level of patience, respect & even humility is a bit higher here than the smaller, also quick

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-05 Thread Gunnar Gervin
Steve, Thx for the tip. I'll test Devuan a bit later; so far it looks all doable in Debian i386 Xfce i686 pae chosen (under "Advanced" in startup) with some Gnome packages added. Cos I must work, too, with what I have now. I am grateful a 14 year old Mac can work as good as this does; looking

How's @ $ €

2021-08-05 Thread Gunnar Gervin
Thx all. Problem solved; to your orientation. Most other challenges are possible to find in Duckduckgo or Google, & in former answers. I was in lack of sleep cos of heat Thus a bit manic; flooding, sorry. & didn't see the importance of culture, rules, definition of issue, & similar; I'm quite

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread Anssi Saari
"Gary L. Roach" writes: > Hi all; > > I have just recently delved into the magical world of Bash scripting > and programmed up the following script(not finished). The object is to > parse the Path and check for the existence of each directory. Please > don't send back an Awk or Sed statement

WiFi turned off

2021-08-05 Thread Gunnar Gervin
Hi again, experts. Please advice how fix it. WiFi gone. I used ethernet cable to reinstall Debian i386 32b Buster. Now WiFi won't turn on. In Xfce desktop "Advanced Network Manager" shows the WiFi provider, but "Save" button's grey passive; not possible to turn on. Installed B.a.t.m.a.n another

Re: need help on setting up thunderbird

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 07:38:44AM +0800, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote: > mail provider gives me 16-character-long authorization code for smtp > server(something like 77c93457b12ab54a)i can't enter it in thunderbird > > in Account Settings/Outgoing Sever dialogPort should be 587which shall

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 09:21:33PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-04 3:19 p.m., Brian wrote: > > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 20:48:50 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > The previous remark about following all the different messages from > > -user is insulting,

Re: Bash script problem

2021-08-05 Thread john doe
On 8/5/2021 5:47 AM, Gary L. Roach wrote: Thanks for the help but I still have the problem of the if statement always being true. This time I enclosed the file so you can test it. Two things: - Why is the var 'IFS' set above the read command? - What are you trying to do here? -- John Doe

Re: Youtube-dl ya no me funciona.[SOLUCIONADO]

2021-08-05 Thread fabian monge
Le dio permisos 777 a todos los binarios dentro de /usr/local/bin? No soy experto en linux ni en seguridad. Pero eso me parece poco seguro. Tal sea mejor idea un +x. Y quitar las w. Saludos. On Sun, Aug 1, 2021, 11:03 AM Aristobulo Pinzon wrote: > Muchas gracias a todos los que me ayudaron en