Re: grub-pc error when upgrading from buster to bullseye

2024-02-13 Thread John Boxall
d just started looking into the grub-pc package before I saw this. I'll be able to test this out sometime tomorrow. I can't verify this on my machine, because mine uses UEFI. Will advise. Thank you Greg! -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: grub-pc error when upgrading from buster to bullseye

2024-02-12 Thread John Boxall
aware that the label and uuid (drive and partition) are replicated on the cloned drive, but I can't find the model number (in text format) stored anywhere on the drive. I will keep looking. -- Regards, John Boxall

grub-pc error when upgrading from buster to bullseye

2024-02-12 Thread John Boxall
se4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cpuid_fault epb pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts md_clear flush_l1d -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app

2023-03-31 Thread John Boxall
On 2023-03-29 23:18, Max Nikulin wrote: Thank you for the insights Max. Updating the default mime type for webcal resolved my problem. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app

2023-03-29 Thread John Boxall
hich was the root of my problem. Thank you for the help and push to look closer. -- Regards, John Boxall

Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app

2023-03-28 Thread John Boxall
/usr/local/share/applications/mimeapps.list /usr/share/applications/gnome-mimeapps.list /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list I would appreciate if someone could point me to the missing puzzle piece. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: apt update fails due to Label and Version changes for buster security

2022-12-16 Thread John Boxall
On 2022-12-16 13:00, Tim Woodall wrote: Thanks Tim, I will root around in the docs a little more. Strange because I've done multiple updates since your last backup date of Dec 2nd and not had this issue. H. -- Regards, John Boxall

apt update fails due to Label and Version changes for buster security

2022-12-15 Thread John Boxall
. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. - I didn't have this issue about four hours ago. Does anyone have any ideas? -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Fwd: [SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security update

2022-11-02 Thread John Boxall
is the information on the "why": https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3102 -- Regards, John Boxall

Fwd: [SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security update

2022-11-01 Thread John Boxall
our system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS -- Ben Hutchings - Debian developer, member of kernel, installer and LTS teams -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: linux-image-4.19.0-22-amd64

2022-09-30 Thread John Boxall
pt full-upgrade", the package is not upgraded to "4.19+105+deb10u17". Could this be a result of there being no more updates to buster? -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-21 Thread John Boxall
mer that it doesn't have a good/reliable cli for scripting. I'm going to look at aptitude a little more. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-21 Thread John Boxall
to recommend versus "apt-get". I was using apt-get in the original version, and switched to apt after reading those posts. I'll be creating several versions to see what works best. All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater Thanks and likewise! -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-21 Thread John Boxall
orry aboutand at my leisure. If you need to automate this process, you should familiorize yourself with something like Ansible or in anycase a more robust solution. Thanks, I will look at ansible. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-20 Thread John Boxall
as well. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-20 Thread John Boxall
On 2022-08-20 19:27, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: On 8/20/2022 3:48 PM, John Boxall wrote: I created an upgrade script based on something I found a few years ago that indicated the steps to follow to upgrade from one version of Debian to another (e.g. Buster 10 to Bullseye 11). As I am going to need

Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-20 Thread John Boxall
(I don't even have this part started yetdidn't know I needed it the last time I ran it) # apt-get check apt update apt list --upgradable apt-get check apt -y upgrade apt -y full-upgrade aptitude search \'~o\' ### End Thoughts/critique/criticism/flames/etc -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Unable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame

2022-01-13 Thread John Boxall
about that could be helpful. 1) Debian 10 (Buster) 2) FF ESR 91.5.0esr (64-bit) (released at the same time as the instance for Bullseye) 3) Gnome3 with Wayland disabled. I also tried with Wayland enabled and no difference. Perhaps it is a Gnome issue. I'll keep looking. -- Regards, John

Unable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame

2022-01-13 Thread John Boxall
en present. I was able to perform the minimize with the old (78.x) release. I recently installed the latest FF release from the Mozilla site (version 95.0.2 64bit) and noted the same situation. Is this expected going forward or is this a bug? -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner

2021-04-03 Thread John Boxall
that your USB thumb drive _doesn't_ have the capacity that it says it does. There are a lot of "fake" USB thumb drives that have far less capacity than advertised. Would you be able to try an external hard drive connected via a USB adapter? -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

2021-03-07 Thread John Boxall
rootdelay=10 - press the key - if you choose EFI boot mode, edit the install command line as above Until I started using the above I couldn't get any of the USB ports to function and the raid array to come up properly. YMMV. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Sharing a scanner from a Buster system

2021-03-07 Thread John Boxall
selective action.sometimes I create one and other times :-) -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Sharing a scanner from a Buster system

2021-03-07 Thread John Boxall
. I didn't because, well, I hadn't read further and because "it just worked" under Bullseye. I haven't rebuilt the specific system in question to Buster yet, but on my test system with the scanner attached the bug report fix worked fine. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Sharing a scanner from a Buster system

2021-03-07 Thread John Boxall
d would be redundant. Thoughts? -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Sharing a scanner from a Buster system

2021-03-05 Thread John Boxall
did! Succinct and to the point. Thank you! -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Sharing a scanner from a Buster system

2021-03-05 Thread John Boxall
was amplified because of my experience after using Bullseye and not needing to do any of it. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Sharing a scanner from a Buster system

2021-03-05 Thread John Boxall
th other designated machines on the network. " I would have expected to be able to see the scanner on the client in the scanimage output without having to do anything else. On the Bullseye instance the scanimage output did show the scanner with no additional steps. Thank you for the feedback. -- Regards, John Boxall

Sharing a scanner from a Buster system

2021-03-04 Thread John Boxall
er but has made it to Bullseye? Any recommendations on debug steps would be appreciated? [1} https://wiki.debian.org/SaneOverNetwork#Sharing_a_USB_Connected_Scanner:_the_Basics -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread John Boxall
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Re: Lenovo wireless network not work?

2021-01-31 Thread John Boxall
: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-find-wireless-driver-chipset/ -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: I have a Gigabyte GA-A320M-H is there a BUG in this motherboard?

2021-01-03 Thread John Boxall
below with: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="iommu=soft" Save the updated file Run the "update-grub" command (again, under the root user). Reboot I have two systems with Gigabyte motherboards and I need to add this to the GRUB configuration in order to get all USB ports working properly. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Installation instructions.

2020-12-05 Thread John Boxall
a buster amd64 VirtualBox guest, but it isn't clean (kernel mismatch), but the install does progress. I will be testing on bare metal soon-ish. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Installation instructions.

2020-12-02 Thread John Boxall
tion to the above. Both m/b's are using an AMI BIOS. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: NTFS partitions can't be mounted

2020-11-25 Thread John Boxall
quot; as John Doe was pointing you to). From CNET: "In the Command Prompt *window*, type                                             powercfg.exe /*hibernate* off                                             and press the Enter key. ..." Shut the Windows system down and try again. -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: Fixing a Grub Foul-up

2020-11-16 Thread John Boxall
. I've got backups but that's beside the point. Unless I can fix whatever happened, it's going to be quite a time waster. Thanks for any constructive suggestions. Martin McCormick -- Regards, John Boxall

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread John Boxall
s not make it appear if it is not detected (?!???@!%@?!!!?). Also, it works for only one scanner. Regards, -- Regards, John Boxall