Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Paul M Foster wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 08:15:36AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > You're spending the money on a house, which is $LARGESUM. Spend > > the comparatively small amount of extra money on some form of > > wiring before you move in, so you don't end u

Re: moving some packages back to bookworm stable

2024-05-28 Thread Dan Ritter
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 02:02:47PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > ISTR that "apt-get install =" will unconditionally > install of , if necessary pulling in dependencies. > > But I've never tried it :-) That pulls in dependencies but does not install packages that

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Paul M Foster wrote: > We're moving across the state, and from what I've seen, providers there > will do something similar-- provide a router and/or modem which has wired > and wireless capabilities. However, because the house is not prewired for > internet, we must solve the problem of getting

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Paul M Foster wrote: > At some point this year, I'm moving into a new house, and it is not wired > for internet (WHY aren't new houses wired with Cat5/6/7?). The local > internet provider will likely provide a wireless router, as they all do. My > idea is to put a device which receives wireless

Re: moving some packages back to bookworm stable

2024-05-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > > # apt install -t=bookworm db-util db5.3-util libc-bin libc-dev-bin > > I can never remember exactly what `-t` really does, but I suspect you'll > need things like > > apt install libc-bin/bookworm To install a single backported (or other release) package, apt-get

Re: Address 127.0.1.1

2024-05-24 Thread Dan Ritter
Paul M Foster wrote: > Folks: > > In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line: > > 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite > > I think Debian put it there. > > Later in the file, I've got: > > 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite > > So there are two entries for the same (my) machine. Is

Re: And another Dell Vostro 1700 question

2024-05-20 Thread Dan Ritter
Van Snyder wrote: > I have some DisplayLink e1649Fwu USB monitors. > > When I boot, there's junk (mixed graphics and text that seems to be out > of sync) on one, and the other is dark. When I reboot, it's almost the > same, except the monitors' roles have switched. > > Would the nouveau driver

Re: Debian, fail2ban, Version?

2024-05-20 Thread Dan Ritter
Maurizio Caloro wrote: > Hello > > Please why on Debian Bullseye, 11.9 is a pretty old version available in the > repository? > > # fail2ban-server -V > > 0.11.2 Bullseye became stable in August of 2021. "Stable" means that packages don't change except to fix serious bugs, especially

Re: How to run automatically a script as soon root login

2024-05-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Richmond wrote: > I was experimenting, and found this works: > > sudo xterm -e "echo 1 > hello" > > It created a file owned by root. But I found I was able to remove it > without being root even though group and world permissions were read > only. The owner of a directory can delete any file

Re: How to run automatically a script as soon root login

2024-05-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Mario Marietto wrote: > --> If they only want this thing to happen when root logs in directly on a > console or ssh, then .profile may indeed be the correct answer. > > Yes,I don't need to run xorg and a desktop environment,since warp-cli > disconnect and warp-cli connect do not require them. >

Re: Graphic Equalizer for Sound

2024-05-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Richmond wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > > Richmond wrote: > > Let's put in a broad bell that will cover bass and low treble > > voices: tap the first gear icon on top of a slider. By default, > > all these bands are configurable and set to no change, so we're >

Re: Graphic Equalizer for Sound

2024-05-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Richmond wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > > Parametric EQs are not the same as graphic EQs, but they are > > reasonably easy to understand and offer much more control. > > > > Suppose you want to boost all the bass below 50Hz. The > > parametric type you want

Re: Graphic Equalizer for Sound

2024-05-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Richmond wrote: > Is it possible to have a graphic equalizer for sound output? I am using > the Mate desktop. I installed EasyEffects from a flatpak and it appears > on the menu but does nothing. I don't know the command line. Probably > there is an error. I don't know anything about why a

Re: Zoom in the official repo is outdated

2024-04-24 Thread Dan Ritter
Luiz Romário Santana Rios wrote: > Hello, > > (Please cc me when replying as I'm not subscribed to the list) > > Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom meetings > using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to join meetings, > I had to uninstall it

Re: Efficient Package Dependency Search with aptitude

2024-04-24 Thread Dan Ritter
Yassine Chaouche wrote: > In my ongoing mission for precise package management, > I embarked on a quest to swiftly locate all installed packages dependent on > /mysql-server/. > Swift reconnaissance led me to /aptitude/, our stalwart ally in the Debian > arsenal. > Executing a tactical maneuver

Re: Current best practices for system configuration management?

2024-04-18 Thread Dan Ritter
Mike Castle wrote: > and so on, it is time to explore solutions. I only have four systems > at the moment (two physical and two virtual), so I don't think I need > something too fancy. > > My first thought was to simply add a `Files:` section to *.control > files I use for my metapackages.

Re: opinion - apt-mirror or aptly

2024-04-17 Thread Dan Ritter
fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > i intend to create a local mirror for debian armhf > it seems apt-mirror and aptly are the applications most used > is one easier, more reliable, ... If all you want is a local mirror, apt-mirror is less configuration. If you want a more complicated system --

Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd

2024-04-10 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 10, 2024, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Hi, > > On one machine, I have > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2023-10-07 13:43:24 > /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/dm-event.socket -> > /lib/systemd/system/dm-event.socket > > and on another one, I have > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39

Re: Root password strength

2024-03-20 Thread Dan Ritter
jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 20/3/24 19:03, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2024 15:46 +0800, fromjeremy.ard...@gmail.com (jeremy ardley): > > > [users are locked out from uploading their public key using ssh-copy-id] > > So the private keys aren't private, thereby invalidating a lot of >

Re: Root password strength

2024-03-19 Thread Dan Ritter
Jan Krapivin wrote: > I read Debian Administrator's handbook now. And there are such words: > > The root user's password should be long (12 characters or more) and > impossible to guess. ... > The thing is my password is very easy now, and i haven't thought about > *"automated > connection

Re: Debugging an USB array issue

2024-03-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > on a Debian bullseye uptodate system [1], I experiment frequent (every > 3-4 hours on heavy load) disk disconnections from a md RAID10 array with > 4 drives connected to an USB 1M adapter [2]. > > Errors do not look like a timeout, but like a DMA error [3]. > >

Re: logcheck(1) in bookworm 12.5 /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles.d/syslog.logfiles

2024-03-14 Thread Dan Ritter
John Conover wrote: > > Email from logcheck(1) contains: > > E: File could not be read: /var/log/syslog > E: File could not be read: /var/log/auth.log > > which do not exist in bookworm 12.5. They do as soon as you install rsyslog. Arguably this should be in rsyslog's package, though

Re: Bind9 local DNS not forwarding query to public DNS

2024-03-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Need your experience advice, We have a BIND9 DNS server that operates both > privately and publicly for the domain example xyz.com. I use the private > DNS for certain secure nodes on our local network. I want all VPN users to > be able to resolve these secure nodes

Re: very poor nfs performance

2024-03-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Mike Kupfer wrote: > Stefan K wrote: > > > > Can you partition the files into 2 different shares? Put the database > > > files in one share and access them using "sync", and put the rest of the > > > files in a different share, with no "sync"? > > this could be a solution, but I want to

Re: strange time problem with bullseye

2024-03-07 Thread Dan Ritter
Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > I don't ordinarily shut this machine down for the most part. Every once in a > while all of my swap partition gets filled up, and then there's this > continuous hard drive activity that I'm assuming is what they mean by > "thrashing". The only option at that

Re: ldap_result() failed: Can't contact LDAP server

2024-03-06 Thread Dan Ritter
Shaheena Kazi wrote: > Package: nslcd > > I have upgraded from Debian 11 to Debian 12. > > The problem is that I keep getting the below errors in the syslog... > 893:2024-02-29T16:30:13.055665+00:00 hostname-shaheena nslcd[7712]: > [d062c2] ldap_start_tls_s() failed (uri=ldap:// >

Re: Spam from the list?

2024-03-06 Thread Dan Ritter
Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > during the last moonths I get more mails from the debian-user list marked as > spam than before. Something must have changed. > > I examined the header of the mails, but did not see any unusual. > > Below I send the header of an example of such a mail, maybe you

Re: Temporary failure in name resolution

2024-03-06 Thread Dan Ritter
Shaheena Kazi wrote: > Package: ntpsec > > Hello, we were using Bullseye and have upgraded to Bookworm. > With Bookworm, we have ntpsec. > The package is installed successfully and the service looks good. > But the syslog is filled with below messages: > >

Re: “Secure Connection Failed” Error in Firefox

2024-03-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Marcelo Laia wrote: > Hello Debian users! > > When accessing the website https://gontijoonibus.gontijo.com.br/ on Firefox > Android (on my smartphone), the site is accessed normally. However, when > attempting to access this site on the desktop, Debian Firefox-ESR version > 115.8.0esr

Re: Getting my PCMCIA Serial card to work

2024-03-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Anders Andersson wrote: > I like old PCMCIA cards, and would like to get a serial card to work > on a Thinkpad X40 running Debian 12.5. > > The card is just called "Serial I/O PC Card" and should be physically > and electrically compatible, 3.3V/5V, 16 bit. I think it is this: >

Re: Error: Failed to start Apache2 service on boot

2024-03-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 03/01/2024 11:08 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > > > > [1] Look at /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf line 11 > > there you should see something like > > [2] "ExecCG" which probably should read "ExecCGI" instead. > > > That was the problem. Many thanks.

Re: Useful Unix compatible commands

2024-02-25 Thread Dan Ritter
Jonathan Matthew Gresham wrote: > If you know any more that can work on GNU compatible software or Unix > compatible software please indicate the commands in your reply. Perhaps you want to read the Debian Administrator's Handbook? https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/ Or an

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

2024-02-23 Thread Dan Ritter
Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > I don't want to bikeshed, though. Slavery ended in the US about 150 > years ago. I don't know any slaves, and I don't own any slaves, so I > don't really have a dog in the fight. Point of fact: slavery is legal in the USA, as a legal punishment. Other point of fact:

Re: Journald's qualities (was: Selective rotation of journald logs)

2024-02-23 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > Makes one wonder why they don't use naive append-only "plain text" logs > (tho with appropriate delimiters (maybe some kind of CSV) to make > searches more reliable than with old-style plain text logs)? > > What are the advantages of journald's representation? > I mean,

Re: 'sensors -j' and "ERROR: Can't get value of subfeature in0_input: Can't read"

2024-02-22 Thread Dan Ritter
Emanuel Berg wrote: > sensors(1) and in particular the command 'sensors -j' now > reports > > ERROR: Can't get value of subfeature in0_input: Can't read > ERROR: Can't get value of subfeature in1_input: Can't read > > for the CPU and GPU temperatures. > > This previously worked so I don't

Re: how to downgrade nvidia-graphics-drivers packages?

2024-02-19 Thread Dan Ritter
Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > Looking at a set of installed binary packages built from the same source > package, I would like to keep the version numbers consistent. There might > be exceptions, but in general you won't like to mix unstable and experimental > binary packages from the

Re: Hard links - How do they work

2024-02-19 Thread Dan Ritter
Keith Bainbridge wrote: > As promised: > I said sometime in this thread that timeshift (and Back in Time) use hard > links to create progressive copies of the system. The more I think about how > hard links reportedly work, I reckon it can't be simply hard links. > > So I'm starting a new thread

Re: Debian bookworm: reboot required

2024-02-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Klaus Singvogel wrote: > I'm not searching for kind of notifier, instead I want to lookup the reboot > by my own (shell) script, like via existance of a file. > > I'll install unattended-upgrades now, and will see, if it helps at next > kernel installation. I will note that while

Re: hexchat being discontinued?

2024-02-10 Thread Dan Ritter
Default User wrote: > Well, it seems that hexchat is being discontinued. > IMHO, it is/was the only IRC client that was actually usable.  > > Any recommendations for a GOOD alternative? I like weechat. Some people like quassel. Hexchat is packaged in bookworm, so there's no reason for you to

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-09 Thread Dan Ritter
hw wrote: > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 06:44 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > > hw wrote: > > > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > > > [...] > > > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > > > product

Re: testing new sdm drive

2024-02-09 Thread Dan Ritter
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 07:50:18AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > So, if you want to use `badblocks`, you may want to do it on an > > encrypted partition (that covers the whole device) rather than on the > > raw device. > > This is an interesting idea. I haven't

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

2024-02-09 Thread Dan Ritter
hw wrote: > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > [...] > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > products, and it makes APC not recommendable any longer. > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? Liebert at the high end, CyberPower at the

Re: testing new sdm drive

2024-02-08 Thread Dan Ritter
David Christensen wrote: > > Page 1-16 states: > > USB 3.1 Gen 1 connectors (20-1 pin U31G1_12; U31G1_34) > > This connector allows you to connect a USB 3.1 Gen 1 module for additional > USB 3.1 Gen 1 front or rear panel ports. With an installed USB 3.1 Gen 1 > module, you can enjoy all the

Re: NUC freeazing due to kernel bug

2024-02-07 Thread Dan Ritter
Tim Janssen wrote: > I use debian server on my NUC to run a low powered home server. It freezes > every 2-3 days what looks to be a kernel bug. From a lot of testing it only > occurs when the ethernet cable is inserted and it seems it has to do > something with low power mode (c-states). These

Re: Copy from Firefox and paste into Terminal with Vim

2024-02-06 Thread Dan Ritter
David Christensen wrote: > On 2/5/24 16:48, Dan Ritter wrote: > > David Christensen wrote: > > > Please provide a URL that describes the Vim "+ and "* buffers, how to > interact with them within Vim, how to interact with them from other apps, > etc.. ht

Re: Mixing HDD and SSD in lvm

2024-02-06 Thread Dan Ritter
Kamil Jońca wrote: > > Debian box with LVM > LVM uses 2 PV - raid devices each uses 2 HDD (rotating) > discs (with sata interfaces). > > Now I am considering replacing one PV with md device constisting of SSD > discs, so LVM will be have one "HDD" based pv and one SSD based PV. > Should I

Re: Copy from Firefox and paste into Terminal with Vim

2024-02-05 Thread Dan Ritter
David Christensen wrote: > Normally, I can cut and paste between Xfce desktop applications. > > > Enter a Zip Code of "12345", highlight the first result, copy it to the > clipboard, start Terminal, open a file with Vim, press "i" to enter insert > mode, and paste, sometimes I see what I copied

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread Dan Ritter
Henrik Morsing wrote: > Happy Hacking lite for the last 20+ years, absolutely nothing else will > suffice. And I work faster than any colleague I've ever met because of it. > > And it has to be that exact version (they don't make it anymore) because of > the right-side Fn key and the separate

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Dan Ritter
jeremy ardley wrote: > Lee wrote: > > > I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :( > > I have decided to go to the mechanical keyboard style where you get positive > feedback on key strokes. > > For me there are two 'colors' that are interesting > > Blue which has strong

Re: printing problem, markdown files

2024-02-01 Thread Dan Ritter
gene heskett wrote: > On 2/1/24 12:24, Dan Ritter wrote: > > gene heskett wrote: > > pandoc -f markdown FILEIN.md -t pdf -o FILEOUT.pdf > > > > will turn markdown into PDF, which you can probably print, if by > > no other means than FTP to the printer i

Re: printing problem, markdown files

2024-02-01 Thread Dan Ritter
gene heskett wrote: > debian bookworm everting updated earlier this morning. > > I have an about 125 page .md file I need hardcopy of. If you don't have pandoc installed: sudo apt install pandoc then: pandoc -f markdown FILEIN.md -t pdf -o FILEOUT.pdf will turn markdown into PDF, which you

Re: can't type certain letters

2024-01-29 Thread Dan Ritter
fjd wrote: > You cannot type 'w', 'r', 'y', 'u', 'o' and return key. I haven't checked if > capitals are affected or if non-alphabeticals like '$' or '=' are affected. > It's got an American keyboard. > > The problem is present when you boot direct to BIOS/UEFI. > > All I want to know are

Re: Automatically installing GRUB on multiple drives

2024-01-28 Thread Dan Ritter
hw wrote: > How is btrfs going to deal with this problem when using RAID? Require > hardware RAID? > > Having to add mdadm RAID to a setup that uses btrfs just to keep efi > partitions in sync would suck. You can add hooks to update-initramfs or update-grub. To a first approximation:

Re: Changing The PSI Definition

2024-01-26 Thread Dan Ritter
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 07:32:38PM -0500, Thomas George wrote: > > The current PSI works perfectly but I don't like the pale green prompt. > > > > Tried editing .bashrd , /ext/fprofile and /ext/bash.bashrc but no changes to > > the PSI definition had any effect > > You

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

2024-01-23 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > Server Version: 15.0.0 > Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz > Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right > Default Sink: @DEFAULT_SINK@ > Default Source: @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ > Cookie: 40db:2cde > % > > Not sure what the `Cookie`

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

2024-01-22 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Does mplayer give any more interesting errors? > > Oh, I didn't notice it at first, but now that you ask, yes it does: > after something like a timeout period it says: > > AO: [pulse] Init failed: Timeout > Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' > > And lo

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

2024-01-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > > This should be the Intel 4500 integrated gpu, which is part of > > the i915/i965 family. It needs: > > > > - an intel kernel module > > According to `lsmod | grep '^i'` I have `i915` loaded. Is that the one? Yes. > > - X11 running the intel video driver > >

Re: Can't view videos in firefox: VA-API test failed

2024-01-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > Whenever I try to view videos in Firefox in my trusty Thinkpad T61, > Firefox just eats up the CPU but doesn't actually show the video. > > At startup I get the following message: > > [GFX1-]: vaapitest: VA-API test failed: failed to initialise VAAPI > connection.

Re: su su- sudo dont work

2024-01-20 Thread Dan Ritter
Schwibinger Michael wrote: > Good afternoon. > Root terminal is fine. > What do I do wrong? > What did I destroy? > > PC does have only one user=admin. > > Regards Sophie > Is it the rescue mode? Please tell us: exactly what rescue mode you were using exactly what the prompt was exactly

Re: NUT and Eaton UPS produce a lot of error messages

2024-01-19 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Schumacher wrote: > Hello > > I recently bought a small UPS by Eaton in order to prevent my > btrfs-fileserver (running Debian 12 Bookworm, which is also the source > of my nut-installation) from shutting down abruptly while writing > something important during a power loss. I have found

Re: standardize uid:gid?

2024-01-18 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I haven't tried it but I would assume that if the user exists then the > > package uses that. So cresting a template /etc/passwd before > > installing packages would fix this. > > That works, indeed. Maybe Someone™ should develop a small "UGID server" > which

Re: man page for cut

2024-01-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Richmond wrote: > echo hello|cut -b=2-5 > cut: invalid byte/character position ‘=2-5’ > Try 'cut --help' for more information. > > Why is this? > > (An example paints a thousand words). $ echo hello|cut -b 2-5 ello $ echo hello|cut --bytes=2-5 ello -dsr-

Re: ata6.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x100)

2024-01-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jan 12, 2024, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > In one of my new machines, I have a DVD+/-RW drive. There were > no issues on January 8 and 9. But today, I'm getting > > ata6.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x100) > > errors at boot time. > [...] > > Any idea? It's an I/O error between

Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

2024-01-12 Thread Dan Ritter
phoebus phoebus wrote: > Dear members of the Debian community, > > I am currently on the lookout for a terminal emulator on Debian that can > handle controlled printing from a remote server often referred to as > "passthrough" printing. Our specific requirement is the ability to select the >

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

2024-01-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > > manufacturers in different memory banks, but since it's always > > possible to power down, replace or just remove memory, and power > > up again, > > Hmm... "always"? What about long running computations like that > simulation (or LLM training) launched a month ago and

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

2024-01-11 Thread Dan Ritter
David Christensen wrote: > On 1/11/24 05:50, Dan Ritter wrote: > > David Christensen wrote: > STFW the Dell PowerEdge 6850 (circa 2004) featured "hot plug" disk drives, > expansion slots, memory risers, power supplies, and system cooling fans: > > https://download

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

2024-01-11 Thread Dan Ritter
David Christensen wrote: > On 1/10/24 09:07, Curt wrote: > > On 2024-01-10, David Christensen wrote: > > dual network interfaces, and dual power supplies come to mind. I am unclear > about dual processors and/or dual memory banks. Moving beyond one computer, There are no systems that I'm

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

2024-01-10 Thread Dan Ritter
Curt wrote: > On 2024-01-10, David Christensen wrote: > > > > > > Given the OP's situation -- 8 consumer SSD's, same make and model, > > possibly from a defective manufacturing batch, all purchased at the same > > time, all deployed in the same RAID-6, all run 2.5 years 24x7, and all > >

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

2024-01-09 Thread Dan Ritter
The Wanderer wrote: > So... as the Subject asks, should I be worried? How do I interpret these > results, and at what point do they start to reflect something to take > action over? If there is not reason to be worried, what *do* these > alerts indicate, and at what point *should* I start to be

Re: xfce screen detachment

2024-01-07 Thread Dan Ritter
Russell L. Harris wrote: > system: amd64 desktop, debian 12, xfce, NEC MultiSync EA192M monitor > > I don't know precisely how to describe the problem, other than > "detachment". About every week or so, when using the rodent, the > entire screen -- borders and all -- moves with respect to the

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

2024-01-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 17:47:18 -0500 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > root@tiassa:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda > smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-6.1.0-17-amd64] (local build) > Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: > ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

2024-01-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Charles Curley wrote: > I have a brand new NVME device, details below, in a brand new computer. You might, but that's not what the details you show us are saying. > smartd just started returning pending sector errors. > > A recent extended (long) test run since the first reported pending >

Re: 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors How worried should I be?

2024-01-02 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jan 02, 2024, Charles Curley wrote: > I have a brand new NVME device, details below, in a brand new computer. > smartd just started returning pending sector errors. Means you've got "N" bad sector(s) on the drive. It happens, even on new drives. > > A recent extended (long) test run since

Re: Bug on upgrade to bookworm with Apache/PHP?

2023-12-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Andrew Wood wrote: > This is because the php7.4 files have now been replaced with php8.2 > > Specifically sym linsk in  /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ which link to  > /etc/apache2/mods-available/ > php7.4.conf -> ../mods-available/php7.4.conf > php7.4.load -> ../mods-available/php7.4.load > >

Re: No Sound With Bookworm

2023-12-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Thomas George wrote: > Pulseaudio Volume control shows a strong signal audio output but nothing > reaches the speakers. > > This must be a well known problem but I can't find the answer. Check the volume control's tabs for Output Device and Configuration; frequently PA decides there is no

Re: APT preferring `stable` over `stable-security`

2023-12-26 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > I noticed today that one of my machines was still running openssh > 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u1 rather than 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2 even though it is > supposed to do its unattended-upgrades, so I tried a manual upgrade and > the result was still the same. > > Only after > > apt

Re: Help: network abuse

2023-12-23 Thread Dan Ritter
David Christensen wrote: > Does Debian and/or Linux support SYN cookies? Yes. Put net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1 in an appropriate sysctl.d/ file. To check on current settings: sysctl -n net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies

Re: Mouse single click handling?

2023-12-23 Thread Dan Ritter
Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > I keep hoping that my next laptop will have a backlit > keyboard but very often the machines I choose (for > other higher-priority criteria) don't have them. > > I've also tried a few clip-on mini lights (plugged into a > spare USB socket) but many such lights come with

Re: systemd and timezone (was: Re: difference in seconds between two formatted dates ...)

2023-12-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Max Nikulin wrote: > I am not going to discuss code posted by Albretch, despite it has serious > issues from my point of view. This is a response to Greg. > > On 20/12/2023 22:04, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > The default time zone has nothing to do with systemd, nor with any other > > init system

Re: Help: network abuse

2023-12-21 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 21, 2023, Alain D D Williams wrote: > My home PC is receiving, for hours at a time, 12-30 kB/s input > traffic. This is unsolicited. I do not know what it is trying to > achieve but suspect no good. It is also eating my broadband > allowance. > > Questions: > > • What is going on ? Looks

Re: Mouse single click handling?

2023-12-20 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 19, 2023, Felix Miata wrote: > Alexander V. Makartsev composed on 2023-12-19 11:37 (UTC-0500): > > > local10 wrote: > > >> I have several mice that went bad with the same defect: they > >> sometimes generate two single clicks very quickly (say, within > >> 10-20ms) instead of a single

Re: Mouse single click handling?

2023-12-19 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 19, 2023, local10 wrote: > I have several mice that went bad with the same defect: they sometimes > generate two single clicks very quickly (say, within 10-20ms) instead > of a single click. > > With reference to the above, is there a way or setting to force > several mouse clicks within a

Re: Zoom on Bookworm?

2023-12-19 Thread Dan Ritter
Jerome BENOIT wrote: > can we efficiently jail zoom ? It needs access to a microphone, camera, and the network. I suppose you could call that a jail, but for programs, that's pretty much everything except filesystems and root privileges. -dsr-

Re: Desktop environment

2023-12-16 Thread Dan Ritter
William Torrez Corea wrote: > I have installed Debian 12 and use XFCE 4.18. The installation has a > problem, the windows do not adjust size and figure like the previous > version. In addition to the title, the fonts are very small. > > I don't know if it is a bug or configuration problem. I'm

Re: raid10 is killing me, and applications that aren't willing towait for it to respond

2023-12-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Pocket wrote: > > Many reasons > > If the RAID controller bites the bullet you are usually toast unless you > have another RAID controller (same manufacturer and type) as a spare. mdadm, zfs and btrfs all lack this problem. > I have zero luck replacing one companies raid controller

Re: Bug report

2023-12-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Iman Hajibagheri wrote: > Hello > My laptop model is asus zenbook duo ux481 and I installed ubuntu desktop > After installation, when I log in to my account for the first time, a > welcome to ubuntu tab appears. I click on the help improve ubuntu section. > My laptop stops after the yes option

Re: Unattended Upgrades Ran Anyway.

2023-12-10 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > On my trusty Thinkpad X30, upgrades are sufficiently taxing that having > them run unexpectedly can be a real problem, so I tried to prevent > unattended upgrades a few months ago. I have always preferred the apticron package, which by default updates daily and sends an

IMPORTANT: do NOT upgrade to new stable point release

2023-12-09 Thread Dan Ritter
https://fulda.social/@Ganneff/111551628003050712 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1057843 The new kernel release is reported to contain an ext4 data corruption bug. It's prudent not to upgrade, or if you have started to upgrade, not to reboot, until a new kernel release is

Re: Could not find interfaces configuration file /etc/network/interfaces in Debian Linux 11 (bullseye)

2023-12-07 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 07, 2023, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 03:52:20PM +, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming > wrote: > > [...] > > > Problem > > = > > > > On 6 Dec 2023, our client discovered that their UDM Pro could not perform > > firmware updates automatically. Their UDM

Re: Load in minor time one page

2023-12-06 Thread Dan Ritter
William Torrez Corea wrote: > One page by means of firefox has a latency of 49.9 ms. > > > *How can I improve the latency?* > > I want a latency of 0 ms Every page is different. You can measure with the developer tools, in the performance tab. Things you can try: - different network

Re: ntpsec as server questions

2023-12-04 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 04, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > [...] > So here on coyote: date -u: > Mon Dec 4 15:47:44 UTC 2023 > but on mkspi: date -u: > Mon 04 Dec 2023 03:47:16 PM UTC > [...] > > WTH? Where is that false 12 hour offset coming from? Coyote seems to use the standard output of 'date' (in 24-hour

Re: Print flakes off mailing labels, use a fixative?

2023-12-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Tom Browder wrote: > On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 2:18 PM Donald Mac Dougall wrote: > If I do need a new printer, I want another B laser, double > sided-printing, copying, > and scanning. Multiple paper trays for two sizes of paper would be nice. > I have had great luck with HP over the years, but

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 01, 2023, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:20:57AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > You claim I don't have to do anything to that printer machine, so I > > installed the ICC server here. I have done zip to the dhcpd.conf which looks > > as it it is fully disabled. Assuming I

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 01, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > [lotsa snipping ... ] > > You claim I don't have to do anything to that printer machine, so I > installed the ICC server here. I have done zip to the dhcpd.conf which > looks as it it is fully disabled. Assuming I want a pool of 16 > addresses, say from

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 01, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/30/23 23:18, Max Nikulin wrote: > > [...] > > What I see in your messages are false claims, e.g. that DHCP addresses > > are unstable. DHCP servers *may* be configured to assign fixed addresses > > to particular clients. > > > My ISP does that, so my

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 01, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 12/1/23 05:41, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Nov 30, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > > > On 11/30/23 22:07, John Hasler wrote: > > > > Gene writes: > > > > > let me clarify: This buster machine acting like a 3d pri

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 30, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/30/23 22:07, John Hasler wrote: > > Gene writes: > > > let me clarify: This buster machine acting like a 3d printer does NOT > > > have dhcpcd installed. No trace of it in /etc Only dhcp. > > > > I'm sure it's running dhclient. do > > > > ls

Re: used vs. unused packages installed

2023-11-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Mike McClain wrote: > Is there any way to determine which packages are used of the many > that come with an install? > My Raspberry Pi install of bookworm has some 1800 packages > installed many of which I know I don't use, many others I suspect I > don't use but don't know if some

Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

2023-11-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Albretch Mueller wrote: > I also notice repeated copies of {src-, pkgcache}.bin files for each > downloaded package even though I am downloading them to specific > subdirectories in order to then install them using dpkg. > Do you really need those binaries and cache instructions if you are >

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-11-30 Thread Dan Purgert
On Nov 29, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/29/23 21:40, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:53:19 -0500 > > gene heskett wrote: > > > > > > A changing network is exactly what dhcp is for. With it you will > > > > not need to do anything when you add a machine. > > > > > > Does

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