Re: "Got notification..." message

2019-01-26 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 1/26/19, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 1/26/19, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: >> hi, >> I just discovred today that I have every day, in syslog, more than 10 >> lines of message like: >> >> inetd.service: Got notification message from PID 31376, but reception

Re: "Got notification..." message

2019-01-26 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
tion if this had been found on my machine. :) As an aside, I sent "ps aux" to a text file to easily view that first column. The file's only 165 lines long yet the PID column's last sequentially numbered entry at that second was "28909". That makes me curious as to how those

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

2019-01-26 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ports instead of one. I'm all game for that, but... then... that... means... having to come up with an additional USB hub to cover that... and... have mercy. *makes my head hurt right about now* Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

2019-01-25 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
tories, very kindly others have already done the mental drain of that work by researching, verifying, and then labeling THOUSANDS of packages within the main, contrib, and non-free child directories. #ThankYOU to those kindly folks! :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: how to select sound card in mixer

2019-01-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
nts remaining. As a further and totally OT aside, the "sound card" search also landed these two packages that look interesting: cw - Morse code tutor - command line user interface xdemorse - decode Morse signals to text Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

For fans: ELinks update via Mentors :)

2019-01-18 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
clarations or something. Pretty sure that project was how I ended up with /lib32 and /libx32 in my (now old) Stretch. #ToDoList: Must try that again.. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: Interpreting package version number

2019-01-16 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
n for others, even if you don't ever pursue the Developer route. It's nice to know what's going on under the hood. :) [0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2019/01/msg00145.html [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2019/01/msg00150.html Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: Slow boot

2019-01-11 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 1/11/19, Dan Ritter wrote: > Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: >> On 1/11/19, Dan Ritter wrote: >> > >> > As an experiment -- try this: >> > >> > echo udev_log=\"err\" >> /etc/udev/udev.conf >> > >> > (Or, a

Re: Slow boot

2019-01-11 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
dit /etc/udef/udev.conf and insert/change > that as necessary.) Manually editing sounds like a good route because mine says this when you get there: # udevd is started in the initramfs, so when this file is modified the # initramfs should be rebuilt. "[S]hould"... Sounds like some of that should/shall/will and must (??) coming into play. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: do you find old firefox is better than new one?

2018-12-21 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
irectories under root: /lib32 and /libx32. Those two new directories undoubtedly came about while playing with package libx32gcc1 and a couple related things. I smell another debootstrap coming on way sooner than later. Business as usual. A two-day old instance of Buster's core files is sitting in the

Re: Hardware detection issue with debian

2018-12-18 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
. The fix, including their suggestion to even use jmtpfs, was probably something that pulled up thanks to whatever errors I was receiving at the time. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Most reliable dual band driver/chipset

2018-12-16 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
that same external hard drive's dock. In fact am STILL using that same dock ~five years later. :) PS No, modules never played a part in that particular experience. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
a shop that could still make that screened contraption for theirs. Cindy :) On 12/13/18, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 12/12/18, Hans wrote: >> >> For the problem with dust, a toughbook might be the best solution, but it >> is >> expensive and heavy. >> >> I b

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
shelf that makes it inconvenient to lift a box off easily. The waterproof keyboard option would help for the part outside the box. Never thought about similar for the mouse, but they sure do collect their share of gunk inside, too. Just offering as a potential temporary solution until something perfect comes along. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: Debian social

2018-12-10 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
. IRC as a communication means has always been iffy k/t local dialup so it's not been viable over the years. :D Cindy :) [0] https://lists.debian.org/completeindex.html [1] https://wiki.debian.org/IRC#Debian_IRC_channels -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: Making a modal window

2018-12-09 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
argeted CONSTANTLY. It would be nice to find something that helped parents better control children's access to their own tech equipment Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: Making a modal window

2018-12-09 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
me forward every time to ask to borrow that key to play online. With so many children being hurt via their online presence, it's a great idea... *IF* one can find a method such that other tech-savvy children can't teach one's own kids how to override it during those every times... :D Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: Non-GUI Arduino IDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
sual image of elinks' format for me. PS I'm going to take a peek at that junior-programming option. Its description makes it sound like it just might communicate at about the speed of my brain these days. Highlighting it in case someone might want to test drive it with actual kids. :D Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: systemd+anacron breaks cron jobs

2018-12-05 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 12/5/18, Kamil Jońca wrote: > Cindy-Sue Causey writes: > >> On 12/5/18, Kamil Jońca wrote: >>> Michael Biebl writes: >>> >>>> >>>> My general remark that anacron is typically not needed anymore, still >>>> stands though (

Re: systemd+anacron breaks cron jobs

2018-12-05 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ust helped throw that #fakeNews impression out the window. #ThankYou! Maybe you could try a different, creative combination of other keywords' "apt-cache search" that you know should work with respect to anacron. That might lead to more possibilities than what pulled up above. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-11-30 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ies. As another aside, I've more than a few times caught and rescued rsync backup whoopsies that ended up saved as hard data under /mnt and /media. Check, check, and double-check then check one more last time because things do not always work as intended.. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: stretch update overwrites nano file

2018-11-26 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
a location like /etc/nano/ but I don't think the code for that > has been written into the program. I suppose it would still wipe out a symlink that was hooked to something under something like ~/.something. In a perfect world, it would say, "Ewww, I don't know what that is," and keep m

Re: need google chrome installation instructions that work

2018-11-22 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ing difficult package usage decisions. We just had that recent thread about playing the escalating dependency game by hand. I broke one my setups k/t that very thing only hours after having commented on that same thread. Fix-missing/fix-broken both shoved a hand in my face while yelling, *Uh-

Re: VLC doesn't shutdown when closed

2018-11-21 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
rver that duplicates the stream it reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves them through HTTP." Maybe that has something to do with it not going gentle into that good night? That "show me" there even references an additional plugin package for-r-r-r-r. backgrounding happy Samba. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: keyboard configuration issue

2018-11-21 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
orry about that. :) On 11/21/18, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 11/21/18, redmood wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I just installed debian 9 on my laptop. I encrypted the disk, so I have >> to type a keyphrase before accessing the data on the disk. I also have a >> user

Re: keyboard configuration issue

2018-11-21 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ales and console-setup are not. Wonder if one of the ones on hold for this older setup is the offender that found its way into the shiny new version where no packages are currently on Developer hold... OR NOT. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Mirror release file expired

2018-11-09 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
> (invalid since 17h 5min 48s). Updates for this repository will not be >> applied. >> >> What's the best way to communicate this to the folks who manage that >> particular mirror -- the Columbia one? > > http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/ has a contact address. What he sa

Re: Mirror release file expired

2018-11-09 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
he bottom of that same page. Its expressed purpose is for it to be used "[t]o report problems or make suggestions" regarding the mirror(s). Hope that helps! :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
s" just ticked up a couple notches as of two hours ago. This choice wasn't near as much fun as picking between entire operating systems. The libjs-extjs/libjs-json experience appears to have potential to cause problems if newbies don't know how to *consciously* keep it in check.. which I, for

Re: I may volunteer to be a package maintainer

2018-11-08 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ctures... and this is all Buster is offering: xserver-xorg-video-qxl - X.Org X server -- QXL display driver qemu - fast processor emulator, dummy package Maybe things are on Developer hold? I don't remember that being a thing when I was using testing in the past, though. Seems like it was only apparent during upgrades. Feeling a little like I've just stepped off into the Twilight Zone. Where'd everybody go?! :)) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome

2018-11-07 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
upgraded. > After this operation, 121 MB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n > Abort. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Creating a bootable (non-UEFI) backup copy of a bootable (non-UEFI) Debian hard disk

2018-11-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
-grub where appropriate specifically because of UUIDs and now lately PARTUUIDs**.. Resume has NEVER hit my radar like those others. I wonder how many people that tip will help now. OR not :) Cindy :) ** PARTUUIDs (in fstab) are an accidental find that have been helping boot 3TB gpt hard drives when boot errors were saying *correct*, *properly identified* UUIDs did not exist. -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements

2018-10-24 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 10/24/18, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:56:30 +0100 > mick crane wrote: > >> >> It's not very PC but disqus seems to work > > sometimes. What Joe said... It does work on dialup... "....sometimes." Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock,

Re: what is sitting on USB device?

2018-10-23 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
e me choke on my coffee from laughing.. and the coffee's not even done perking yet. :D On a whim, I tried "mount | grep sdb3" > IT WORKS!! Grep's turning out to be handy that way in a lot of cases that don't always immediately come to mind. In that line above, grep returned one line that properly reported how my /dev/sdb3 partition is currently mounted. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Impossible to migrate to buster

2018-10-20 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ust throwing in that there's always the possibility of a stuck keyboard key if nothing else works in that specific kind of case. Stuck keyboard keys are the first thing I test. I do so by giving my Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys (all *6* of them if present) a couple pops. Doesn't always help, but it *has* helped eno

Re: Filing a follow-up request

2018-10-16 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
metimes it *does* take a while, especially since I'm also seeing increasing references to how much development work there is that needs done and how relatively few Developers there are to do all that work.. :) Hope that helps.. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia,

Re: Disable and Enable Screensaver via Bash Script

2018-10-16 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
other packages to try to add this same *user friendly* feature if they know it exists. :) Glass definitely not half full, I can't help but smell a really stinky can of worms with this because of bugs it would surely trigger in the early stages * sorry 'bout that!* :D Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: jessie and stretch time problem

2018-10-14 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
p during that particular debootstrap, and then maybe the system filled in what it thought it needed. However that change occurred, it worked at the time because there was no notable difference in how time was presented. ? :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Upset with debian performance

2018-10-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
bout Firefox. Glass half full in momentarily forgetting that super easy, nearly universal route is that Quantum's roadmap wouldn't be sitting, breathing in yet another open tab waiting for its turn to be read. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Upgrading with a low data cap

2018-10-07 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
r me* for about 8 months to a year now. If you do a lot of temporary sandbox playing with things like debootstrap'ing and test-driving new operating systems all the time, you just GOTTA remember to unmount before you wipe a partition clean else *OUCH*. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

2018-10-04 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ce left time for other (likewise massive) downloads that led to more self-education about the inner workings of *all* things #Linux.. :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: all files moved to lost+found

2018-09-30 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
What about that 2TB sized hard drive on a laptop'ish, right? I've seen where that's not compatible in *some* cases although I'm sure newer equipment could handle it. I have secondhand, older equipment that all has an expressed/recommended 1TB size limit, if that much. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey T

Re: screensaver and sundries questions

2018-09-25 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
milar circumstances. It's just... "comforting" to know it would be that much harder for someone to mess with my shtuff if they ever came in behind my back. :) Good luck! Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: utilities

2018-09-25 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
mind for me. That would give an idea of the extremely base set that is needed/necessary to get the party started (on regular occasion)... Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: calibre ebook project?

2018-09-24 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ork around it. >> >> You're up to something. What is your real agenda? My interpretation is there was a miscommunication moment there. Karen was saying some kindly folks had written offline as she had originally suggested. *They*, the kindly folks, had offered her one or more ways to get around the *ina

Re: Is GIMP seriously broken in Buster?

2018-09-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
un it from a terminal window to see if that helps at least give you some error messages to work with. It's fresh in mind because I did that earlier with Thunar file manager just to run as root user. Ended up accidentally uncovering some (missing) flash related whoopsies I had caused to occur. :) C

Re: Thunderbird - big fonts in messages.

2018-09-07 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
tly for my liking/cognitive comfort while they try to make up their minds as to what they finally want to end up doing.. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: sound card problem

2018-09-05 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
the internal workings... Yes, I do understand that the card would have to be capable of certain [tasks]. If that card's not capable, maybe others are? > input/output might be shortened on the board - why would you look at BIOS? Hail Mary pass...? Apparently because it's that annoying a (dis)f

Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail

2018-08-28 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
hread we had here about manually installing via dpkg and then running into repeated missing dependencies. I just checked ~/.bash_history and saw my topic was... *cough* flash versus pepperflash. I was attempting deb package installs with "dpkg -i" while otherwise only favoring the m

Re: Xindy package for stretch

2018-08-21 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
owing it's just not in Stretch Stable. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Deep Packet Inspection

2018-08-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
lar expressions to match against data payloads of packets". That makes it sound like it might have basic offerings that wouldn't fit everyone's needs. I decided that might not stop someone who knows how to roll out what they really need if they have a good, base Debian package as a template. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Repository Problem

2018-08-18 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
It's the first time I've ever done the "ping -c", I always just ping because I never thought about taking it any further than just making sure I was connected to the Net... to which I am so am off to search for answers. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Disable new feature on Jessie / KDE 4.14.2

2018-08-16 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
to force distance between the icons so that you don't get near them unless you move the cursor on top of them on purpose? I've been there, done that A LOT over the years.. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * I comment, therefore I am procrastinating asking big box store: WHERE'S MY BIRDSEED?! *

Re: Disable new feature on Jessie / KDE 4.14.2

2018-08-16 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
desktop environments. If no user *_CHOICE_* options are offered to control what it SOUNDS LIKE you're describing, you can always file a wishlist reportbug report asking if the developers would please consider adding an on/off toggle to a future release. Hopefully maybe whatever you're using does at

Re: Slow boot

2018-08-14 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
someone eventually :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Backyard Pishing (Very active private birding adventure) * runs with duct tape *

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-14 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ry manual process. If you're into really "seeing" how things interact, that's one route that'll help catch a quick peek... including learning how to track down more packages *that won't kill your system* if those dependencies aren't immediately available through one's favored package repositor

Re: mailing list is the future (corrected spelling mistakes)

2018-08-11 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
on occasion so I know of them, but that *woooshed* over my head as a possible intended reference, most likely k/t a lack of coffee. :) Hoover the Mover... and it apparently _is_ about cars. I'm done. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: which program/command can show wireless connection quality?

2018-08-10 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
uring 9-1-1 emergency calls are NOT able to call out *at all* when they're sitting in my driveway. Seems natural to a-sume those two community resources have communications systems powerful enough to worm through anything, but apparently... nope. At least not when it comes to sitting underneath a ti

Re: Using Sid (was: New `no sound' problems)

2018-08-09 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
as to have a product that's legitimately ready to wear the tag "stable". Something like that... :) BECAUSE things are getting ready to roll over again sooner than later, I decided this week to try another testing debootstrap. In fact, let's do that right now. See ya! Can't do that and chat online at the same time, either, dialup yada-yada.. :D Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Asck some information for start to help Debian

2018-08-06 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ing this work! Your thought triggered the thought that Debian-Publicity can always use help translating... well... publicity, e.g. related blog posts. :) https://lists.debian.org/debian-publicity/ If one follows that list long enough, you'll see shoutouts with requests for translations that re

Re: need help with bashburn

2018-08-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
forget. Man, cdrskin is little. That always amazes me when a lot of power can be had in very small Linux programs. Some of it is about all the sharing between libraries and such, but still... :) Oop, and here you go k/t apt-listbugs: "grave bugs of bashburn (-> 3.0.1-2) b1 - #885884 - bashburn: does not work: it passes incorrect options to wodim, so no CD can ever be burnt Summary: bashburn(1 bug)" That just popped up after all the packages downloaded. Maybe that's a piece of what's going on? OR NOT. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: reportbug gives error

2018-07-27 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ight could use a little developer help there. *have mercy!* :D I wish I knew how to help with that. I can't do what I do on my computer without them (GRUB family) first miraculously opening that front door into the computer in the first place. #ThankYou! :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: apache not running at boot

2018-07-22 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
he feedback for a command such as "apt-get upgrade". I don't how other package managers handle the same. That extra step is worth it to me because maybe the problem is with a dependency package and not necessarily the primary desired one. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Arduino and Python or gcc compiler?

2018-07-22 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
kid to all this new tech > stuff though. The word "tinker" was the tell I picked up on there. As it turns out, that was right on the money. :D Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Can one Mount a usb Drive read-only?

2018-07-18 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
memory is yelling that I've possibly even heard the computer grunting and groaning while trying to keep up with that outside interference. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: [SOLVED] Re: apt-get update hangs forever

2018-07-15 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
578 MB of additional disk space will be used. It sure pays to hoard previously downloaded dotDeb archive files when you're on dialup! Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: YES! - was [Re: A command similar to "tree -sd" ?]

2018-07-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
probably more the terminal's default itself... honors the "duc-nox ls -R /var/log > ducNikonPics2018" [print to file] deal, too. That's the bonus feature that will REALLY help me. #ThankYou from behind this keyboard, too! :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Local system program analytics

2018-07-12 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
esponse then made me think... a close second might be something that monitors activity on... /usr/bin; /usr/sbin; etc... ? OR NOT. :) That would take into account the various ways various users choose to access packages throughout every day, e.g. via Applications menu and terminal command line... Also

Re: debian/testing repo question

2018-07-10 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
t I personally haven't been able to duplicate elsewhere so far. *cough* Hint: I've looked. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * Sid and I are on a break. *

Re: Buster and apt wanting to remove tons of packages...

2018-07-10 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
int to a higher or lower distribution, not so much. That sometimes starts a ticking time bomb toward almost inevitable self-destruction. ALSO been there, done THAT a very long time ago. *NEVER... EVER... AGAIN!* :D Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Separate /home directories etc?

2018-07-08 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ition that is bound to all the other, more primary "parent" /home partitions. Next up will be self-teaching on how to set up a hopefully no-fail fstab entry for that many years' long dream come true. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: viewing font samples

2018-07-08 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
then keep changing the font preference in the toolbar. *rather a pain but still effective alternative* :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA

Re: Gimp broken in Debian Sid?

2018-07-06 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
I learned that while working through problems with the Opera-Beta browser. Once the config file(s) became "contaminated" with new features while older features started falling by the wayside, that's when I first started seeing the problems AND then tied OTHER problems to how config files MIGHT cause our programs' success and failures over a very extended period of time... Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Fwd: terminal will not wak after hibernation

2018-07-05 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
eForce 9600 GT] (rev a1) Its fan... um.. "works", but the dogs have hit the case (hard) a few times so things aren't running as optimal as they used to/should be. Ahhh, #FurBabies. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Fwd: terminal will not wak after hibernation

2018-07-05 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ind). Would a quiet change in keyboard layout configuration or compatibility prevent that combination from working, maybe? OR NOT. :) Secondary disclaimer: Mine's got stock systemd. $ systemd --version systemd 232 +PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD +IDN Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Help need in a Debian Based Project

2018-06-26 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
that touched a product before it hit the cyber shelves Ditto on the documentation. They've got it going on when it comes to hitting the front page of web searches.. #hsfmodem *COUGH!* Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape (because sharp

Re: Problems with https://manpages.debian.org/

2018-06-23 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
idering it's dialup) if I manually remove that tracking information and try again. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: [Solved, largely] Re: Latest version of X not starting in buster

2018-06-14 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
way, those references pulled up related to xinit, startx, and xserver-xorg-legacy. All three were used as standalone keywords during searches. Mentioning that in case it helps narrow down a related search. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: What's the difference between the dialout and tty groups?

2018-06-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
*for me*. I, too, have read at least once out there that we need to be members of as few groups as possible for computer safety reasons. Cindy :) [0] https://wiki.debian.org/SystemGroups -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Cannot delete files

2018-05-26 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ough.. it's only asked to perform [storage tasks] once or twice a day for a couple minutes instead of being asked to keep processing things basically every second. :) That permissions thing... that's... got my interest. I've got something I've got to try again. It's not the kind of thing you can ponder out loud. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Update on my update problem with gnome system.

2018-05-26 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ically mentioned directly related to "full-upgrade" in "man apt", but there was a helpful bottom-of-the-page reference that did still point users toward "man 5 apt_preferences". It's then up to us users to heed those additionally suggested manpages as potentially being important to whatever we may be trying to accomplish. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Laptop randomly reboots

2018-05-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ck. It's been like that for maybe two years. So far, that seems to be all that one needs... in spite of no air conditioning instead of a fan to help dissipate the heat, for example. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Re: Where is templato to create package?

2018-05-17 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
package's issues before proceeding forward with your own. If you do use another package as a template for your own, don't forget to credit if/as appropriate/needed/requested by that package's developer. :) Good luck! Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Debian testing not receivng packages at least in gnome.

2018-05-16 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
even with that one-liner sources.list file. I would have thought it was all in the same single repository bucket that our packagers pluck from regularly... :) My faded memory is that this came up here on Debian-User, and there *is* some rational thought process as to why that doesn't naturally happen... I think... ? Maybe.. ? Or not..? :) Cindy =) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-10 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
t. I fried a couple different power supplies over the years because my brain didn't cognitively register that hot smell for what it was the second it appeared. Those times it happened, I remember kicking myself (HARD!) for not *simply* making sure there were no dust bunnies gathering inside the case in th

Re: A long rant on Debian 9

2018-05-08 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
link was just shared here in last few days: https://www.debian.org/CD/verify This one is because it pulled up in my search just now (and might provide something useful for new users): https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-verify-an-authenticity-of-downloaded-debian-iso-images That came via StackExchan

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

2018-05-06 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
y are blown thick, they are also a problem. >> >> ^ electrolytic capacitors, for you non-German >> speakers >> :) > > Thank you! Ditto because a quick Internet search is primarily bringing up pens. That would have been a head scratcher where I'd have been wondering what in

Re: Backup problem using "cp"

2018-05-06 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
. It's a handy keyword to throw into the search mix. "tar" and "file" have been coming up for me for specific copy needs lately, primarily related to plucking via time stamps within large, single directories. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Inexplicable memory usage after move to Debian9

2018-04-27 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
s pretty much verified. Apparently ~600 tabs this morning. When a browser flashes that warning that opening more than a few tabs has potentially negative consequences.. they ain't just whistling Dixie... :) Cindy. -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs... in search of more (very) cheap RAM *

Re: has anyone tried simple-cdd? (was: Installer image for installation via ssh

2018-04-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ription mentions QEMU so there you go... :) If it absolutely demands a physical disk to plant itself, I may even have one of those that works. Optimal for today's World, though, will be if it offers an option that lets you save something like an ISO file straight to a hard drive. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Su

Re: mkisofs (was: Installer image for installation via ssh)

2018-04-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
response for "apt-cache search xorrisofs". I must have hit up the Internet yet again to find xorriso as an option. That or I chipped the "fs" off the tailend and tried "apt-cache search xorriso" instead... ? :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Not receiving emails

2018-04-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 4/19/18, Francisco M Neto <fmn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2018-04-19 at 11:07 -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: >> On 4/19/18, Francisco M Neto <fmn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Yeah, being subscribed is not an issue. I have verified that myself >> > more

RESUME=UUID=XXX (Was: I am wishing to insert this UUID in fstab-file.)

2018-04-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ussed before, but I also occasionally still keep seeing people with various issues related to resuming from sleep/hibernate. Adding this kind of tweak is not common chatter until very recently and probably in places where it would be overlooked by many.. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Not receiving emails

2018-04-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
ast one list on lists.debian.org. Doesn't have to be >> debian-user. I keep finding one particular user's emails in there the last couple weeks. In the past, I've found others. It will occur in spurts. I just keep digging them out. Maybe one user's emails are triggering Gmail to mark all that way in your particular case. Seems odd.. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: mkisofs (was: Installer image for installation via ssh)

2018-04-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
do something like: xorriso -as mkisofs Try researching that and see if you can find something that does what you're trying to do. You might need to drop the hyphen (-) in searches because that sometimes tells search engines you do NOT want that word when you DO want it included in this particular search. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager

2018-04-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
m working on my personal lack of enough (computer) memory issue, but in the meantime, its glass half full side is that it shows what can and does happen timely to what's being chatted here. Chalked it up on the win side. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: utf

2018-04-01 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
thought occurred because I use UTF-8 and find fonts missing sometimes (too?) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * hops with duct tape *

Re: XFCE problems

2018-03-31 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
urred on two different days while involving three distinct, non-intended actions. All three incidences have involved a total of possibly 30 seconds of my conscious awareness. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
the repetitious "pain" of entering a password ~20 or more times a day every day even as a private user.. Except that I also know how easily I can access anything I need if I've mangled a partition or something e.g. made it unbootable yet I can still snag absolutely anything I need off of it

Re: how to view config file changes without running an upgrade?

2018-03-21 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
raptor rehabilitation list. One last proofread before sending found at least four completely missing words. :D Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with a few less words spewing off the keyboard these days (not as good as it sounds) *

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