Re: Why debian put ~/bin beginning of $PATH

2017-08-08 Thread John Elliot V
On 09/08/17 05:11, spp mg wrote: > In the ~/.profile has below default setting: > > -- > # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists > if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then > PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" > fi > -- > > Why put ~/bin beginning ? So that your own stuff

Disabled audio devices

2017-08-05 Thread John Elliot V
g Can anyone suggest how I re-enable audio..? Regards, John Elliot V -- E: j...@jj5.net P: +61 4 3505 7839 W: https://www.jj5.net/ <>

Re: System locks up while moving file

2017-07-17 Thread John Elliot V
On 25/06/17 20:13, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > You might try to play around with ionice. Something along the lines of > > ionice -c 3 mv /this/path /that/path Thanks. I gave that a try. Didn't seem to help much. But... On 25/06/17 20:19, Reco wrote: > A known problem aka Linux 12309 bug. > >

Re: How did you update to stretch?

2017-06-26 Thread John Elliot V
On 27/06/17 05:39, Brian wrote: > It was. I am a creature of habit. I still reboot between upgrade and > dist-upgrade when I eventually upgrade a machine from one distribution > to another. Do you ever use configuration management tools like Salt Stack? https://saltstack.com/ I'm just starting

Sound issue WAS: Re: [WARNING] Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading

2017-06-26 Thread John Elliot V
On 27/06/17 03:16, John Elliot V wrote: > Hmm. I re-enabled hyper-threading (to test) and sound didn't come back. After a number of false starts I was able to restore audio by: KDE -> System Settings -> Multimedia (Hardware) -> Audio and Video -> Audio Hardware Setup Then

Re: How did you update to stretch?

2017-06-26 Thread John Elliot V
On 27/06/17 03:06, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 03:04:30AM +1000, John Elliot V wrote: >> Can I ask why you did the apt-get upgrade before the apt-get >> dist-upgrade? Why not just go straight for apt-get dist-upgrade..? > > Probably because (s)he read

Re: [WARNING] Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading

2017-06-26 Thread John Elliot V
On 27/06/17 02:47, John Elliot V wrote: > I disabled hyper-threading in my BIOS in response to this advisory (I > have an i7-7700K). Now I get weird graphical artifacts in drop-down > lists in KDE (they flash between black and white background) and sound > has stopped working on my

Re: How did you update to stretch?

2017-06-26 Thread John Elliot V
On 26/06/17 23:12, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >> So, how are your experiences? Did you end in the same issues as I ended? > > Nope, I read the release notes and simply did > > (correct sources.list) > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > apt-get dist-upgrade > (pending reboot)

Re: [WARNING] Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading

2017-06-26 Thread John Elliot V
try re-enabling hyper-threading to see if things go back to normal... Regards, John Elliot V -- E: j...@jj5.net P: +61 4 3505 7839 W: https://www.jj5.net/ <>

System locks up while moving file

2017-06-25 Thread John Elliot V
haven't tried running the mv command with nice, because it doesn't seem to be a CPU thing... but maybe I should..? Anyone got any ideas about how to keep my system responsive while the mv command is processed? Regards, John Elliot V [1] https://www.jj5.net/sixsigma/Workstation#Disk -- E: j

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-20 Thread John Elliot V
On 20/04/17 01:14, Joshua Schaeffer wrote: > I would recommend the 850 Evo vs the 850 Pro Thanks for the tip. I had considered the Evo but this: https://www.kosagi.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=421 had me a little spooked. I've already parted with my money for the Pro. I've made bigger mistakes

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-19 Thread John Elliot V
On 20/04/17 10:33, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > why not just install stretch from RC3? stretch is close to release. Sounds like a good idea! Thanks Ben. Will stretch RC3 smoothly transition to stable (with an apt-get dist-upgrade) when stretch is released? > HD 630 iGPU is working fine for me

Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-19 Thread John Elliot V
I'm getting a new workstation. Proposed specs are here: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/7MCfjc I tried to find out if my new hardware would run Debian stable, but couldn't confirm. CPU is Intel Core i7-7700K on an Asus STRIX Z270F mobo. I'm planning to drive two monitors from the onboard

Re: Which package for reportbug?

2016-12-15 Thread John Elliot V
On 15/12/16 21:30, John Elliot V wrote: > I'm having an issue logging into my KDE Plasma desktop, > which package should I file the bug under? My apologies. After a little more reading I discovered this: https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting#findpkgver then this: jj5@orac:~$ dpkg --

Which package for reportbug?

2016-12-15 Thread John Elliot V
to nominate I'm emailing debian-user as instructed! I'm having an issue logging into my KDE Plasma desktop, which package should I file the bug under? Thanks for your help. Regards, John Elliot V <>