Re: realpath quoting

2024-05-04 Thread DdB
linux, i am using rename (perl based) to change spaces (in filenames) into something else, or such... HTH, DdB

Re: realpath quoting

2024-05-04 Thread DdB
if i get it right ... Several years back, when i had to import huge amounts of files from an outdated windows system, i found convmv to be somewhat helpful, as it is able to adjust character sets in filenames only, without touching their content. gl, DdB

Re: realpath quoting

2024-05-02 Thread DdB
Am 03.05.2024 um 00:59 schrieb jeremy ardley: > I have a need  to get the full path of a file that has spaces in its > name to use as a program argument > > e.g. > > jeremy@client:~$ ls -l name\ with\ spaces > -rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 0 May  3 06:51 'name with spaces' > jeremy@client:~$

Re: Debian does not load zfs automatically at boot and strange messages displayed on the screen...

2024-04-30 Thread DdB
Am 30.04.2024 um 16:48 schrieb Mario Marietto: > Probably this is not the proper method to do it ? Done it in vm's and on bare metal many times. Never ran into your kind of problems. :-( Here is the guide, i suggest:

SOLVED (was: Re: using mbuffer: what am i doing wrong?)

2024-04-11 Thread DdB
Am 11.04.2024 um 15:49 schrieb Marc SCHAEFER: > Hello, > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 03:13:01PM +0200, DdB wrote: >> from my research, the abbreviated takeaway is: > > I never used mbuffer, I use buffer combined with netcat-traditional: > ># receiver (TCP server

Re: using mbuffer: what am i doing wrong?

2024-04-09 Thread DdB
w as desired. Great relief and a good lesson: not to install net-tools, but iproute2 instead. :-) Have a nice day! DdB

using mbuffer: what am i doing wrong?

2024-04-09 Thread DdB
t point, i decided, i would appreciate some hint from people more experienced than i am. What am i doing wrong? DdB

Re: Why LVM (was: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity)

2024-04-08 Thread DdB
dden for my taste, so they sometimes change when I don't want > them to and vice versa). Even GPT brings you the chance to name hings (like part_label), only it does not force you. But i have been using that for 10+ years as a routine. DdB

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-04-01 Thread DdB
best we can without falling asleep. Just my 2 cents DdB

SOLVED (was: Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed)

2024-04-01 Thread DdB
actice. But apart from losing some of my illusions the hard way, all is well. A big thank you to all the crowd offering suggestions and encouragement. so long, DdB

Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

2024-04-01 Thread DdB
s and ideas and just have to wait for a friend of mine to overcome my physical handicap to see some progress. :-) Tx 2 everyone DdB

help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

2024-03-31 Thread DdB
s. i would like to use the installer, as debootstrapping would necessitate alot more knowledge than mine. Suggestions are welcome :-) DdB

Re: partition reporting full, but not

2024-02-19 Thread DdB
Am 19.02.2024 um 04:20 schrieb Keith Bainbridge: > I am convinced that the missing space is used by btrfs snapshot process. First off: I am not a btrfs user (and will never be, i might add). I am using zfs since many years, and - although i read an awful lot of documentation beforehand, and

Re: Copy from Firefox and paste into Terminal with Vim

2024-02-05 Thread DdB
Am 06.02.2024 um 00:14 schrieb David Christensen: > Comments or suggestions? This may be unrelated, but ... I can copy/paste using the mouse, or - if i use the keyboard - i need to copy paste using CTRL-Shift-C and CTRL-Shift-V (when in the terminal emulator like gnome-terminal or terminator)

Re: Request about Boot Repair Disk

2024-01-28 Thread DdB
Am 27.01.2024 um 19:03 schrieb fran...@libero.it: > (it is a long report) This is interesting ... BUT i lack the required experience: Neither do i use Windows nor a notebook, but i would guess, that the last paragraph from your report contains the root cause of your problem: > Please do not

Re: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?

2023-11-02 Thread DdB
gt; filesystems and who knows what else. In that case, i suggest to have a look at fdupes. I am using it for the same purpose with success since long time. cheers, DdB

Re: Unattended upgrade of grub failed

2023-10-08 Thread DdB
Am 08.10.2023 um 12:46 schrieb DdB: > OMG, this looks wrong to me. Errata: I apologize for spreading nonsense. My mistake was, that, although most of my vm's are actually using UEFI, the one, i was testing was NOT. Sorry for my confusion. Disregard my earlier statements ...

Re: Unattended upgrade of grub failed

2023-10-08 Thread DdB
Am 08.10.2023 um 11:33 schrieb Marco M.: > Specifying a block device for boot loader installation is only needed > for BIOS boot and not for UEFI boot, so in case of an UEFI system, > grub-pc isn't needed. > OMG, this looks wrong to me. So i went to check in practice, using a virtual machine,

Re: Unattended upgrade of grub failed

2023-10-08 Thread DdB
deed install themselves automatically. That is why i suggest updating interactively this one time for grub and relateds to succeed... HTH, DdB

Re: Need help with PGP signature verification

2023-10-07 Thread DdB
ns/1297670/how-do-i-check-gpg-signature-given-only-the-fingerprint-and-key-id which also contains security related warnings and hints. HTH, DdB

Re: Letting Windows go: scanning

2023-09-20 Thread DdB
). good luck with your endeavor. DdB

Re: [a bit OT] Automate a (G o o g l e) search from a list of strings

2023-09-19 Thread DdB
would maybe use wget to search one site, eventually modify the output with awk, and parallelize it all for several websites by the means of GNU parallel, expecting to create a one-liner for it. just my 2 cents DdB

Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i'

2023-08-26 Thread DdB
(pwd) is not "/root", > then this was not executed with "sudo -i" > assert "echo $HOME" /root "nicht mit sudo -i aufgerufen" > assert pwd /root "nicht mit sudo -i aufgerufen" hope, this will give you a clue ;-) DdB

Re: Fwd: Problem verifying iso file

2023-06-23 Thread DdB
Am 24.06.2023 um 00:09 schrieb Thomas George: > I tried md5sum SHA512SUMS.txt debian-12.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso > > The outputs do not match Seriously? i would have tried sha512sum -c ShA512SUMS.txt in the folder, where the iso can be found. gl next time DdB

Re: VirtualBox key is store in deprecated legacy keyring

2023-06-19 Thread DdB
Am 20.06.2023 um 04:58 schrieb Rick Thomas: > PS: As an aside, it appears that the VirtualBox developers at Oracle waited > until Bookworm was officially released before they started working on getting > a bookworm version of their software, so I'm still using the Bullseye version > -- which

Re: package managers problem

2023-06-18 Thread DdB
most certainly be neglected. FWIW, i chose to let you know anyway. DdB

Re: Please help with not booting from USB so to install Debian

2023-06-09 Thread DdB
Am 08.06.2023 um 20:36 schrieb Rodolfo Medina: > I want to install Debian on a new machine but don't manage to boot from USB > stick. (I can do so regularly with another machine, so the USB stick is ok > and > so is the Debian netinst I burned onto it.) At the boot I press F9 and a menu >

Re: how to change boot screen image?

2023-06-09 Thread DdB
Am 09.06.2023 um 09:05 schrieb hlyg: > > On 6/9/23 09:01, DdB wrote: >> >> STFW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAi2UfUkp_A >>   + >> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/349234/how-to-show-kernel-boot-messages-by-modifying-grub-config-files >> >>

Re: how to change boot screen image?

2023-06-08 Thread DdB
Am 09.06.2023 um 01:45 schrieb hlyg: > i've installed deb11 for i386 from live lxde CD > > i want to change boot screen image > > i browse /boot/grub, can't get clue > > lxde has many menus to change appearance, but i can't find menu to > change boot screen > > btw is it possible to show

Re: UUIDS (addenum)

2023-05-27 Thread DdB
Am 28.05.2023 um 01:37 schrieb mick.crane: > (...) > and gives intramfs prompt. > Am I supposed to be able to sort it out from there? > like how? > mick oh the initramfs prompt... that is not the place to fix it easily. much easier to stop while booting grub (like asking for the menuitem, you are

Re: UUIDS

2023-05-27 Thread DdB
Am 28.05.2023 um 01:37 schrieb mick.crane: > I'm sure it used to be that you could swap linux discs between PCs and > it would sort itself out but I try swapping disks about and booting and > they complain > "Cannot find UUID..lots of identifying numbers" > and gives intramfs prompt. > Am I

Re: GPT backup table, was Re: virtualisation

2023-05-26 Thread DdB
Am 26.05.2023 um 11:47 schrieb Thomas Schmitt: > (...) > (And as mick.crane already noticed, it is a bit awkward to create an > extended partiton 2 only to fill it nearly up with logical partition 5. > I wonder what entity decided to do so.) > About one year ago, i was helping some neighbor at

Re: os-prober Just a Rant

2023-05-25 Thread DdB
ing grub.cfg. Maybe i should not call os-prober broken (or grub, for that matter) but people working on it certainly do not consider the wide range of workflows making use of grub's features, but i consider it insufficient for my needs big time. FWIW - you are not alone. DdB

Re: What does "freeze" mean in Debian?

2023-05-25 Thread DdB
Am 25.05.2023 um 10:06 schrieb Hans: > Hi folks, > > just a little thing, I am somehow confused about. > > I read that debian/testing is now in state "freeze" as the next release is > shortly to come. > > As I running "bookworm" now, I am wondering, that debian/testing (aka > bookworm),

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-16 Thread DdB
ations carried out since. And i am happy with the choice. You might take a look as well: https://www.fsarchiver.org/ just my 2 cents, DdB

Re: sudoers question

2023-05-12 Thread DdB
tails? Would you hand out a loaded weapon to a child? (I certainly did not.) just saying ... good luck DdB

shame on me (was: Re: No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs))

2023-05-02 Thread DdB
Am 02.05.2023 um 05:50 schrieb David Wright: > On Tue 02 May 2023 at 02:21:20 (+0200), DdB wrote: >> Am 01.05.2023 um 21:38 schrieb David Wright: >>> And PARTLABELs aren't interfered with even by the installer. >> >> This at least i can contradict for a fact. >

Re: No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

2023-05-01 Thread DdB
D's AND the PARTUUIDS were changed, which was a huge surprise. Just knowing about this, i can deal with the situation, but i think, this is based on a false understanding of how a persistent identification should be dealt with. my 2 cents DdB

Re: No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

2023-05-01 Thread DdB
hing i am trying to understand and consider. Just keep in mind, that if a problem arises, i might not be able too deal with, i will be cut off from everything, no paper based calendar even exists. So i am careful. DdB

Re: No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

2023-05-01 Thread DdB
Am 01.05.2023 um 10:33 schrieb Michel Verdier: > Le 1 mai 2023 DdB a écrit : > >> Any suggestions/questions/hints from the power-users in here? >> ... would be wildly appreciated ... > > When installing you have to stop on your first problem. The others could > be c

No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

2023-05-01 Thread DdB
Am 01.05.2023 um 10:23 schrieb Michel Verdier: > Le 1 mai 2023 DdB a écrit : > >> But omitting GNOME from the list lead to a system failing to boot with >> tons of messages stating the absense of all kind of gnome parts. > > To install without gnome I select the task

No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

2023-04-30 Thread DdB
am accessing the net fom a VPN? - I don't think so. Any suggestions/questions/hints from the power-users in here? ... would be wildly appreciated ... DdB

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-25 Thread DdB
Am 25.04.2023 um 15:43 schrieb David Wright: > On Tue 25 Apr 2023 at 09:11:23 (+0200), DdB wrote: (...) > > The problem lies with the user accounts 101–999 (and releated groups), > which are system accounts created in a somewhat random manner as > packages are installed on each sys

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-25 Thread DdB
Am 25.04.2023 um 02:18 schrieb David Christensen: > I have a SOHO network with FreeBSD servers and Debian, Windows, macOS, > and iOS clients.  The hardware is anywhere from new to 16 years old. > Where possible, I install a 2.5" SATA 6 Gbps trayless mobile racks in > the computers and use 2.5"

Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread DdB
ut the file permission issue, followed by attempting the upgrade in a vm first. Thanks again for the linked article, which will come in handily. Cheers, DdB

Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread DdB
Thank you for providing your take on this. Am 24.04.2023 um 19:46 schrieb Dan Ritter: > Upgrade buster to bullseye, reboot, upgrade to bookworm. > > Solve the final set of problems, not all the intermediates which > may have been fixed. interesting consideration there. :-) > (...) If you have

Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

2023-04-24 Thread DdB
ing such a professional solution going way too far. I can be patient, but i would like to find the most reasonable path to get a more up-to-date system soon. Would anyone with more experience, than i have, give me their point-of-view/recommendations as food-for-thought, please? Thank you in advance DdB

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread DdB
Am 22.04.2023 um 21:01 schrieb mick.crane: > Any idea what the correct manifestation  would  be to get the PC to boot > the debian installer CD? Without checking your CPU and general hardware, it would be dangerous to speculate as of what you need. But to give at least one hint to you, i'll copy

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread DdB
. Learning is involved and desirable. Have fun DdB

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-22 Thread DdB
t is involved. I can understand if somebody is >> pushing you toward git. At the same time I see nothing bad in tracking >> config files in git. >> >> If you are looking for a backup tool that keeps metadata then it is >> better to ask it explicitly to to get suggestions like rdiff-backup. Just saying: I do very much appreciate your post. Thank you for that. DdB

Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread DdB
You got your plan mapped out. and i agree, except for one little detail: see below. - Am 19.04.2023 um 22:06 schrieb Default User: >> I think, it is the case when reboot is safer. Open file descriptors >> remain on the original partition. However I do not expect that single >> user mode or

Re: tmp on tmpfs

2023-04-19 Thread DdB
is still in my fstab and the system behaves fine since. Just got to confess, that i am still on debian buster (=old-old-stable very soon). just saying DdB -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEumgd33HMGU/Wk4ZRe3aiXLdoWD0FAmQ/lFoACgkQe3aiXLdo WD0Y3g/9Gb4bFB+JkO0OUrKLKS9a6jEjMaSYmySh6qw

/etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-18 Thread DdB
Am 18.04.2023 um 16:59 schrieb Default User: > Hey, I have a strange situation! Wow! Am I misunderstanding something? You seem to be well in control of your system, thus i am i bit surprised as of the simplicity of your question. If it was me, i would just find out, where exactly tmp resides now,

Re: Which Diff tool could I use for visually comparing two text files where Word Wrap is possible?

2023-04-01 Thread DdB
Am 01.04.2023 um 05:37 schrieb Susmita/Rajib: > Dear Mr. DdB: > I fondly remember my interaction with you some time during May 2022. > Perhaps you have overlooked that I needed text wrapping for diff. I > have checked the synaptic screenshot for meld, have installed and > tried

Re: Which Diff tool could I use for visually comparing two text files where Word Wrap is possible?

2023-03-31 Thread DdB
Am 31.03.2023 um 18:13 schrieb Susmita/Rajib: > My dear illustrious leaders and senior debian-user list-members, > > I tried diffuse, but it appears to me that it suffers from a > limitation so far as my need is concerned. It compares files by lines > and line numbers, so I can't use word-wrap to

Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.)

2023-03-30 Thread DdB
Am 31.03.2023 um 00:28 schrieb l0f...@tuta.io: > How do you get that URL? Via your browser resource/code inspector? Hi, i had been asking not having to answer that question, because i myself do not really understand, how it works. I stumbled across an explanation while skimming through open

Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.)

2023-03-30 Thread DdB
Am 30.03.2023 um 20:20 schrieb Bret Busby: > On 31/3/23 02:08, David Wright wrote: >> On Fri 31 Mar 2023 at 01:41:04 (+0800), Bret Busby wrote: >>> On 31/3/23 00:40, David Wright wrote: On Thu 30 Mar 2023 at 19:31:21 (+0800), Bret Busby wrote: > I had previously been able to use

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-25 Thread DdB
e difficulties/impossibility to create a GUI with identical powers. Even if i am assisting some neighbor at using their linux computer, i find myself losing my patience at times and just opening up a terminal window to execute some job faster than pointing and clicking could provide. I LOVE my command line! just my 2 cents DdB

artifiial intelligence (was: Re: question about net address)

2023-03-19 Thread DdB
Wow! Great hint there! I just tested it in a couple of areas and found it to be quite useful, by far more up-to-date and i did enjoy the experience. Thank you for sharing it. Am 19.03.2023 um 12:01 schrieb Yassine Chaouche: > In contrast, > a tool like perplexity.ai is an answer-questionning

Re: Whole-disk RAID and GPT/UEFI

2023-02-22 Thread DdB
nd then read the doc (in your script) and execute it. That is what i do (because i keep forgetting things faster and faster ;-)) And usually, the script gets better over time after several runs ... Sorry, that i have no better suggestion. Good luck DdB

Re: Whole-disk RAID and GPT/UEFI

2023-02-22 Thread DdB
Am 22.02.2023 um 16:30 schrieb Nicolas George: > Is there something I have missed? I cannot say yes or no. But, of the top of my head, i know, that gdisk does support a strange thing called hybrid between MBR and GPT, where a clean GPT formatted drive contains (instead of a protective MBR) an MBR

Re: Test ECC memory

2023-02-20 Thread DdB
Am 20.02.2023 um 23:48 schrieb krys...@ibse.cz: > I am sorry, it was little missleading - not that they can not support them, > but there is no official document that would state so. The only official > specsheet I saw that explicitely mentions ECC support is this one: >

Re: Test ECC memory

2023-02-20 Thread DdB
d not report any faults (which ofc would be several layers above ecc) either in 3 years, which did help in falling asleep. ;-) Anyone experiencing some wind in his sails while sailing along similar paths? ... Would be welcome ... DdB

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

2023-02-16 Thread DdB
Am 16.02.2023 um 13:30 schrieb DdB: > Unfortunately, the > data set related to this, i could gather personally is not large > enough to be telling. https://www.servethehome.com/ssd-alignment-quickly-benchmark-ssd/

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

2023-02-16 Thread DdB
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am 16.02.2023 um 13:00 schrieb The Wanderer: > This being the very first time I can remember having encountered > even the suggestion that there's no need to be concerned about > erase-block sizes when dealing with SSDs et cetera, I hope it's >

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

2023-02-16 Thread DdB
Am 16.02.2023 um 09:31 schrieb Felix Miata: > None of the 25 or so SSDs/NVMEs I have have 4k sectors. e.g. Wow, they must be rather old, then. ;-) I know, i am not the only one ... https://serverfault.com/questions/1113068/how-to-find-page-size-of-my-ssd

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

2023-02-16 Thread DdB
Am 16.02.2023 um 08:22 schrieb Felix Miata: > What physical boundaries do SSDs have to report? All I know about that are > exposed > are sector size and sector count. I have yet to find one where > logical/physical > were not 512B/512B. That is what i meant: nowadays SSD's at least are AF

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

2023-02-15 Thread DdB
Am 16.02.2023 um 07:44 schrieb DdB: > I do use (NVMe-) SSD, and i did partition it. > I did it to make sure, pages/partitions start on PHYSICAL boundaries, > not the logical ones reported to satisfy Windooze. Not every model > reports correct hardware parameters to the OS. >

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

2023-02-15 Thread DdB
Am 15.02.2023 um 23:58 schrieb PMA: > Dear Debian, > > I'm preparing to install Debian 11.5.0 on a new computer. > Its drives are SSDs, not the HDDs I've been accustomed > to and have always fastidiously *partitioned*. > > With my file groupings already well differentiated c/o > directory-tree

Re: awk not just using the Field separator as such. it is using the blank space as well ...

2023-02-14 Thread DdB
Am 15.02.2023 um 08:21 schrieb DdB: > $ awk --version > GNU Awk 4.2.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR 4.0.2, GNU MP 6.1.2) > Copyright © 1989, 1991-2018 Free Software Foundation. even mawk would. see: $ mawk -W version compiled limits: max NF 32767 sprintf buffer 2040 $ echo &qu

Re: awk not just using the Field separator as such. it is using the blank space as well ...

2023-02-14 Thread DdB
Am 15.02.2023 um 07:25 schrieb Albretch Mueller: > $ _L="Adams, Fred, and Ken Aizawa \"The Bounds of Cognition\"" > echo "// __ \$_L: |${_L}|" > _AR=($(echo "${_L}" | awk -F'\"' '{for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) print $i}' )) > _AR_L=${#_AR[@]} > echo "// __ \$_AR_L: |${_AR_L}|" > for(( _IX=0; _IX<${_AR_L};

How to use bridge-utils to enable connection sharing?

2023-02-05 Thread DdB
Am 05.02.2023 um 18:30 schrieb Dan Ritter: > (...) > RJ45 is a physical connector with 8 pairs of twisted wires. The > twisted pairs carry the same signal but with the polarity > reversed, + on one is - on the other. Together with the > twisting, that makes the signal being carried resistant to >

How to use bridge-utils to enable connection sharing?

2023-02-05 Thread DdB
Am 05.02.2023 um 18:30 schrieb Dan Ritter: > (...) > RJ45 is a physical connector with 8 pairs of twisted wires. The > twisted pairs carry the same signal but with the polarity > reversed, + on one is - on the other. Together with the > twisting, that makes the signal being carried resistant to >

How to use bridge-utils to enable connection sharing?

2023-02-05 Thread DdB
Hello list, Among all things in software business, networking is the area i know the least about. What i am trying to setup is to have an older unused pc act as a backup-server. The first thing to do would be to install a current debian (disks are already pluged in). And the installation

Re: Cloning a disk: partclone?

2023-01-19 Thread DdB
Am 19.01.2023 um 19:49 schrieb Tom Browder: > On my main PC, I would like to clone my boot drive onto another disk for > 2 reasons: > > 1. Use a larger disk for the main drive > 2. Create an emergency recovery disk > > A new Debian package to me is "partclone". Questions: > > + Can that be used

Re: OpenSolaris Boot Environements equivalent

2023-01-19 Thread DdB
r derivative just for this benefit. Maybe you want to take a look at it for yourself? DdB

Re: reportbug: don't know: bug in apt [list] or in grep

2023-01-19 Thread DdB
plaud: Such unambiguous explanations, and so circumspect at the same time. Even understanding the basis for confusion, i could learn something new from this (other settings ...). Excellent post there! Thank you DdB

Re: reportbug: don't know: bug in apt [list] or in grep

2023-01-19 Thread DdB
Am 19.01.2023 um 09:10 schrieb js-p...@online.de: > Hello together, > listing packages in apt with ”sudo“ in the title returns different output > (bash commands at the end of the email). I would fill a bug report, but I'm > not sure whether to address it to grep or apt. How do you see this? > >

Re: Passwords

2023-01-17 Thread DdB
as the -R option :) Whoa! nice one, much easier, in fact. Much appreciated hint. Thank you DdB -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEumgd33HMGU/Wk4ZRe3aiXLdoWD0FAmPGu1wACgkQe3aiXLdo WD1vkBAAifiu2NoiTxD0nWV+zrX0KW8bIcop3VTAyajepFHY8T9FPh78Ol5D7fp8 2WpJYtX5FTchQz/i/Qy5n+yc1gkHP4A0

Re: Passwords

2023-01-17 Thread DdB
could be more caring about avoiding to teach future hackers by accident. Is this kind of lesson appropriate for a users list? - I doubt it. just my 2 cents DdB

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread DdB
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am 07.01.2023 um 13:40 schrieb The Wanderer: > On 2023-01-07 at 07:13, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > >> All .exe files are windows, linux does not use .exe! > > While the latter statement is (largely) correct, the former is not. > Some .exe files

Re: request a replacement for Thunderbird + Enigmail

2023-01-03 Thread DdB
f all goes well. (Not a short term adventure, but i do have the time ...) Have a happy year 2023! DdB

request a replacement for Thunderbird + Enigmail

2023-01-02 Thread DdB
on-the-fly, with a huge email history, and so on? Really interested to find a solution, that can last for many years to come. regards, DdB

Re: Logout at apt upgrade

2022-11-29 Thread DdB
Am 29.11.2022 um 23:35 schrieb Loïc Grenié: >     when I apt upgrade my system, I often (one every three, more >   or less) find myself brutally logged out of the window system, >   with systemd services painfully restarting (or failing to restart). >   The only way I can recover is usually to

Re: FIREFOX is killing the whole PC Part III

2022-11-20 Thread DdB
Am 20.11.2022 um 12:06 schrieb Schwibinger Michael: > > 2 Questions: > > What does it do? The script, that you included, seems to search for a couple of browser processes to limit their usage of CPU resources. I do not think, this would be such a great idea. In order to avoid, that a browser

Re: FIREFOX is killing the whole PC

2022-11-19 Thread DdB
mputer skill will suffice to execute this remedy. Otherwise ask again on the list and people will be able to explain it differently. best regards, DdB

Re: FIREFOX is killing the whole PC

2022-11-19 Thread DdB
Am 19.11.2022 um 10:34 schrieb Schwibinger Michael: > Hello > > Any idea? > > What did happen? > FF did open a page with bad PC, > so it needs 5 minutes to open it. > We killed the tab. > When we now try to open FF > whole PC is blocked. > How can we clean FF > because bad page is in it. > >

Re: gpg says no user ID

2022-11-15 Thread DdB
computer security regularly failing at ringing the bell. Not really wondering, that keyservers now display noticeable problems, that would make a global change in perspective desirable. just my 2 cents (probably not on the best list to air this) stopping now (AFK) :-)) DdB

Re: gpg says no user ID

2022-11-15 Thread DdB
Am 14.11.2022 um 23:17 schrieb Thomas George: > I am still trying to do a fully verified installation of debian-11.5.0. > > gpg --verify SHA512SUMS.sign SHA512SUMS responded with DF98...BE9B > > gpg --recv-keys DF98...BE9B responded key DF98...BE9B: new key but > contains no user ID - skipped. >

Re: Explaining snapshots (for backup)

2022-11-15 Thread DdB
Am 15.11.2022 um 15:27 schrieb rhkra...@gmail.com: > I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) -- I've done a > little googling but haven't found an explanation that "satisfies" me. I am familiar with snapshots on zfs. There might be different meanings in other contexts, idk

Re: RFC: What would be the "correct debian way" to clean up unwanted languages from an installation?

2022-11-15 Thread DdB
Am 15.11.2022 um 05:21 schrieb David Christensen: > I installed the localepurge package.  Storage usage did not change. Then > I realized that I had chosen the "C" locale during installation, so > perhaps there is nothing to be removed (?).  So, I removed the > localepurge package. > > > David

Re: RFC: What would be the "correct debian way" to clean up unwanted languages from an installation?

2022-11-13 Thread DdB
Am 14.11.2022 um 07:16 schrieb Anssi Saari: > Charles Curley writes: > >> On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:32:51 +0100 >> DdB wrote: >> >>> every backup contains loads of unnecessary language files, and i saw >>> them scroll by during rsync. So one day, i wanted

RFC: What would be the "correct debian way" to clean up unwanted languages from an installation?

2022-11-13 Thread DdB
? My current (bash) script can be found here: https://paste.debian.net/1260563/ Thank you for your attention DdB

Re: else or Debian (Re: ZFS performance (was: Re: deduplicating file systems: VDO with Debian?))

2022-11-11 Thread DdB
Am 11.11.2022 um 07:36 schrieb hw: > That's on https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/zfs/ > > I don't remember where I read about 8, could have been some documentation > about > FreeNAS. Well, OTOH there do exist some considerations, which may have lead to that number sticking somewhere,

Re: else or Debian (Re: ZFS performance (was: Re: deduplicating file systems: VDO with Debian?))

2022-11-10 Thread DdB
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am 10.11.2022 um 22:37 schrieb Linux-Fan: > Ext4 still does not offer snapshots. The traditional way to do > snapshots outside of fancy BTRFS and ZFS file systems is to add LVM > to the equation although I do not have any useful experience with >

ZFS pool size (Re: else or Debian)

2022-11-10 Thread DdB
Am 10.11.2022 um 14:28 schrieb DdB: > Take some time to > play with an installation (in a vm or just with a file based pool should > be considered). an example to show, that is is possible to allocate hugefiles (bigger than a single disk size) from a pool: > datakanja@PBuster-NFox:~$

Re: else or Debian (Re: ZFS performance (was: Re: deduplicating file systems: VDO with Debian?))

2022-11-10 Thread DdB
Am 10.11.2022 um 13:03 schrieb Greg Wooledge: > If it turns out that '?' really is the filename, then it becomes a ZFS > issue with which I can't help. just tested: i could create, rename, delete a file with that name on a zfs filesystem just as with any other fileystem. But: i recall having

Re: else or Debian (Re: ZFS performance (was: Re: deduplicating file systems: VDO with Debian?))

2022-11-10 Thread DdB
Am 10.11.2022 um 04:46 schrieb hw: > On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 18:26 +0100, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: >> Am Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 06:11:34PM +0100 schrieb hw: >> [...] >>> FreeBSD has ZFS but can't even configure the disk controllers, so that won't >>> work.  >> >> If I understand you right you mean

Re: ZFS performance (was: Re: deduplicating file systems: VDO with Debian?)

2022-11-10 Thread DdB
Am 10.11.2022 um 06:38 schrieb David Christensen: > What is your technique for defragmenting ZFS? well, that was meant more or less a joke: there is none apart from offloading all the data, destroying and rebuilding the pool, and filling it again from the backup. But i do it from time to time if

Re: ZFS performance (was: Re: deduplicating file systems: VDO with Debian?)

2022-11-09 Thread DdB
Am 09.11.2022 um 12:41 schrieb hw: > In any case, I'm currently tending to think that putting FreeBSD with ZFS on > my > server might be the best option. But then, apparently I won't be able to > configure the controller cards, so that won't really work. And ZFS with Linux > isn't so great

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