Re: MacOS VM on Debian: is it reasonably possible?

acOS and iOS - are proprietary OSes where you > > have strict license terms to fulfill to use it. One of them is - AFAIK > > - buying Apple Hardware and running the OS only on Apples Hardware. > > > MacOSX was originally based on FREEBSD which at the time probably about > 15 years ago I was using BSD for servers in offices and I remember one > of the senior developers in BSD land went to work for Apple, I can > remember my delight when I discovered I could summon vi in a terminal on > a mac > > -- > Martin > > -- Mario.

Re: MacOS VM on Debian: is it reasonably possible?

> But there are plenty of Closed Source parts missing to form either macOS > > or iOS from it. Both - macOS and iOS - are proprietary OSes where you > > have strict license terms to fulfill to use it. One of them is - AFAIK > > - buying Apple Hardware and running the OS only on Apples Hardware. > > > > hede > > > > > All the more reason to run only Linux. > > :) > > .. > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > (UTC+0800) > .. > > -- Mario.

Re: MacOS VM on Debian: is it reasonably possible?

ople don't read EULAs. >> >> I have long decided that programmes with EULAs are programmes to avoid as > much as possible. > > Peter > > > -- Mario.

Re: MacOS VM on Debian: is it reasonably possible?

or. To learn is more important than to respect a rule that sounds so un useful for the peoples inside the private home. I would agree to respect it for the compnanies and the projects which involves money and business, but that rules goes against the creativty and the willing to know how things wor

Re: MacOS VM on Debian: is it reasonably possible?

y thing I change is the RAM allocation. Although > somebody here said a year or 3 ago that the defaults are there because > they work best. > -- > All the best > > Keith Bainbridge > > keithrbaugro...@gmail.com > > -- Mario.

Re: MacOS VM on Debian: is it reasonably possible?

https://snapcraft.io/install/sosumi/debian Il giorno lun 21 nov 2022 alle ore 21:11 Tom Browder ha scritto: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 14:01 Mario Marietto > wrote: > >> Hello. What's the problem ? It's not hard at all. You can use a lot of >> techniques. You

Re: MacOS VM on Debian: is it reasonably possible?

gt; instructions I've received on this list. > > Has anyone been able to run a recent version of MacOS as a VM? > > Thanks, > > -Tom > -- Mario.

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

that's very precise and competent. Il giorno ven 28 ott 2022 alle ore 18:15 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Ok. Thanks to everyone for the valuable help. In the end I have developed > this elementary script. I feel like a dwarf on the shoulders of > g

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

--force /boot/$CURRENT_KERNEL_VERSION'-amd64' } kernels-check Il giorno ven 28 ott 2022 alle ore 17:18 David Wright < deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> ha scritto: > On Fri 28 Oct 2022 at 12:44:43 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > > There are s

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

t 2022 alle ore 16:49 Greg Wooledge ha scritto: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 09:32:00AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 28/10/2022 07:07, Mario Marietto wrote: > > > > > > find . | cpio --create > > I rarely use cpio, but recently there was a thread on tar and unwa

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

command I don't see any "-type f". Very much. Il giorno ven 28 ott 2022 alle ore 15:47 Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> ha scritto: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:32:00 +0700 > Max Nikulin wrote: > > > On 28/10/2022 07:07, Mario Marietto wrote: > &g

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

-depth | cpio -t | sort >/tmp/no_depth 554538 blocks # diff with_depth no_depth | less no difference. Il giorno ven 28 ott 2022 alle ore 12:46 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > There are some kb of difference between the files produced by the

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

ot; it ? Il giorno ven 28 ott 2022 alle ore 11:34 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > There are some kb of difference between the files produced by the two > techniques : > > 79.3 MiB (83,106,001 byte) : find . -print -depth | cpio --create > --fo

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

../../initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64 Il giorno ven 28 ott 2022 alle ore 10:39 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > If I have understood correctly,is this the correct form ? > > find . -print -depth | cpio --create --format='newc' > > ../../initrd.img-5

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

If I have understood correctly,is this the correct form ? find . -print -depth | cpio --create --format='newc' > ../../initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64 Il giorno ven 28 ott 2022 alle ore 04:32 Max Nikulin ha scritto: > On 28/10/2022 07:07, Mario Marietto wrote: > > > >

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

I said,but I suspect that the first command misses the part " --format='newc' ". What do you think ? Do you confirm ? Il giorno gio 27 ott 2022 alle ore 23:26 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Maybe it won't boot because I should sign again th

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

Maybe it won't boot because I should sign again the new kernel file produced ? Il giorno gio 27 ott 2022 alle ore 22:37 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > You are extremely technical or cpio is extremely technical. Or both,I > don't know. For sure I&#

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

gzip initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64 gzip initrd.img-5.10.0-19-amd64 gzip initrd.img-5.19.0-15.2-liquorix-amd64 Il giorno gio 27 ott 2022 alle ore 20:45 David Wright < deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> ha scritto: > On Thu 27 Oct 2022 at 14:22:45 (+0200), Mario Marietto wrote: > > I tried to f

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

PassT-Cubic/kernels/unzipped/initrd.img-5.19.0-15.2-liquorix-amd64/usr/share/plymouth/debian-logo*.png I didn't issue those commands. I've copied and pasted them by mistake. Il giorno gio 27 ott 2022 alle ore 14:22 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > I tried t

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

zE980q9eqRIRVG02-JH?usp=sharing Il giorno gio 27 ott 2022 alle ore 06:59 David Wright < deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> ha scritto: > On Thu 27 Oct 2022 at 01:48:44 (+0200), Mario Marietto wrote: > > Il giorno gio 27 ott 2022 alle ore 01:01 David Wright ha scritto: > > > On Thu

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

k you very much. Il giorno gio 27 ott 2022 alle ore 01:01 David Wright < deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> ha scritto: > On Thu 27 Oct 2022 at 00:21:50 (+0200), Mario Marietto wrote: > > Please,check the images below. The image 1 and 2 come from the kernel > file > > unpacke

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

re 23:04 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hello to everyone. > > I'm trying to understand the reasons why the kernel file that I generate > does not work correctly. Maybe I've understood something,but I don't have a > clear picture of the pr

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

md64),because it is unaltered and it contains only the default debian pictures,which are different from mine. I hope that I have been clear. Sorry I don't have another way to explain what happens other than my narrative. Il giorno mar 25 ott 2022 alle ore 22:50 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi,

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

ent I have no idea. Il giorno mar 25 ott 2022 alle ore 21:20 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > I've realized that as soon as a > > new kernel has been installed by the user,logos and images > > should be added automatically inside the in

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

lse StartupNotify=false Dunno if it is correct. Il giorno lun 24 ott 2022 alle ore 19:14 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Almost,but not fully. Because I've realized that as soon as a new kernel > has been installed by the user,logos and images should be ad

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

io -H newc -o -A -F /boot/old/$CURRENT_KERNEL_VERSION_NO_GZ echo /usr/share/plymouth/debian-logo.png | cpio -H newc -o -A -F /boot/old/$CURRENT_KERNEL_VERSION_NO_GZ gzip /boot/old/$CURRENT_KERNEL_VERSION_NO_GZ cp /boot/old/$CURRENT_KERNEL_VERSION_GZ /boot } kernels-c

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

/Debian-new/custom-root/boot/ Il giorno sab 22 ott 2022 alle ore 22:45 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > This is what I did. I gone into this folder : > /home/ziomario/Scrivania/PassT-Cubic/Debian-new/custom-disk/boot/ and I > have renamed the file "initrd

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

the following error : https://ibb.co/GCBFcpK Il giorno sab 22 ott 2022 alle ore 18:02 Andrew M.A. Cater < amaca...@einval.com> ha scritto: > On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 05:13:18PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > > I

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

.map-5.19.0-15.2-liquorix-amd64 So. What's my problem ? I hope you understood,because I'm getting tired of getting the same wrong result. I have burned the ISO image thousands of times. Il giorno sab 22 ott 2022 alle ore 09:09 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marie

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

rent,but I have opened both files with "engrampa" and I saw that they are the same picture. I really don't understand this bizarre behavior : > https://ibb.co/CQgpHYm Il giorno sab 22 ott 2022 alle ore 01:02 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hel

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

it. Thanks to everyone. Il giorno mar 18 ott 2022 alle ore 15:36 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Your last comment does not seem to be properly nice,when you say "your > verbose thread". Anyway,this is what you missed : "I want to achieve (to >

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

e Debian ISO that does it automatically,only with a little effort by the users. Il giorno mar 18 ott 2022 alle ore 14:38 Curt ha scritto: > On 2022-10-17, Mario Marietto wrote: > > > > Hello to everyone. > > > > I'm building my debian derivative distro not for business p

Re: Creating a Debian derivative (WAS Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image).

e of the mail changed to reflect a new subject and topic following > the suggestions in the FAQ and mailing list code of conduct.] > Forwarded to the list as I sent this only to Mario by mistake. > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 06:29:45PM +0200, Mario Marietto wrote: > > Hello to everyon

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

ve and > > change the symlinks there. > > I found > https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Guidelines > which Mario Marietto should check. > > Naming of files is not mentioned, afaics. > But there is much emphasis on not using "Debian" in the name of the > &qu

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

Thanks very much. It worked : https://ibb.co/GHHDQ3H ; I'm at a good point by creating this derivative debian distro. Il giorno dom 16 ott 2022 alle ore 10:50 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > echo logo_debian_dark.png | cpio -H newc -o -A -

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

that ? Il giorno sab 15 ott 2022 alle ore 20:48 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hello to everyone. > > I'm trying to customize the debian 11 and I'm creating a derivative distro > for debian 11. I've changed a lot of logos,images and picture

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

this picture : https://ibb.co/SvbvsyR ; thanks. Il giorno gio 13 ott 2022 alle ore 22:58 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > 😂 > > Il giorno gio 13 ott 2022 alle ore 22:35 Thomas Schmitt > ha scritto: > >> Hi, >> >> Mario Marietto wrote:

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

😂 Il giorno gio 13 ott 2022 alle ore 22:35 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > anyway,using another append shouldn't be wrong because the debian > developers > > used,not me,in this way > > Oh. In this case we should not bet ag

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

21:17 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > You are right. It works without using the APPEND option > > Yeah. Once again guessed right. :)) > > > > I don't know if it's correct to use something like this in the > ISOLINUX

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 Il giorno gio 13 ott 2022 alle ore 18:00 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > ... > menuentry "Debian Custom Graphical Debian Installer" { > > ... > linux /d-i/gtk/vmlinuz APPEND file=/cdrom/preseed/preseed.

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

ignored anymore from since I have added it on the grub.cfg file. Il giorno gio 13 ott 2022 alle ore 16:27 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > > > menuentry "Debian Custom Graphical Debian Installer" { > > > > linux /d-i/gtk/v

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

f making only the necessary changes. > > But still i stumble over the argument "APPEND". > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > > -- Mario.

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

z APPEND file=/cdrom/preseed/preseed.cfg auto=true video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 "${loopback}" initrd /d-i/gtk/initrd.gz Does it make more sense ? Il giorno gio 13 ott 2022 alle ore 10:15 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > What I haven't

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

t=live components locales=en_US.UTF-8 quiet splash "${loopback}" initrd /d-i/gtk/initrd.gz It works,but maybe it can work even if it is not the best way to do it. Il giorno mer 12 ott 2022 alle ore 12:04 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Actually I'm usi

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

seed.cfg file. Il giorno mer 12 ott 2022 alle ore 08:39 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > In the end I found the solution. > > Congrats. > > - > Some remarks on the way

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

=/cdrom/preseed/preseed.cfg auto=true initrd=/live/initrd.gz boot=live components locales=en_US.UTF-8 quiet splash "${loopback}" initrd /d-i/gtk/initrd.gz } and the preseed.cfg file has been taken into consideration. Imagination is more powerful than knowledge. Il giorno mer 12 ott 2022 alle

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

:55:56PM +0200, Mario Marietto wrote: > > What is "${loopback}" in the context below ? > [...] > > insmod play > > play 960 440 1 0 4 440 1 > > if [ ${iso_path} ] ; then > > set loopback="findiso=${iso_path}" > > export loopback > >

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

initrd.gz boot=live components locales=en_US.UTF-8 quiet splash "${loopback}" initrd /live/initrd.gz } Il giorno mar 11 ott 2022 alle ore 23:35 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > I've added the string in both config files (menu.cfg and grub.cfg) and &g

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

I've added the string in both config files (menu.cfg and grub.cfg) and then I have rebuilt the ISO with cubic but the preseed file has been ignored by the graphical debian installer. Il giorno mar 11 ott 2022 alle ore 23:17 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: >

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

m not even sure that it's correct,mostly because the grub.cfg file uses two command lines. The second one is "initrd /live/initrd.gz". I'm not sure if it should be there or if I should delete it. Il giorno mar 11 ott 2022 alle ore 22:35 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > >

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

Finally I found something that's very close to the solution : https://askubuntu.com/questions/1228909/preseed-config-using-cubic-is-ignored-during-installation Il giorno mar 11 ott 2022 alle ore 21:43 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Maybe we reach the goa

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

t 2022 alle ore 21:32 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > I always choose "Graphical Debian Installer" ,but I have to curb your > enthusiasm. Yesterday I added the preseed.cfg file inside the > /d-i/gtk/initrd.gz file and it has been ignored as well. >

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

> menuentry "Debian Installer" { > linux /d-i/vmlinuz "${loopback}" > initrd /d-i/initrd.gz > } > ... > > So which GRUB menu item did you choose in your test whether your > preseed.cfg > in /d-i/initrd.gz works ? > Only "Debian Installer" uses it. "Live" and "Graphical Debian Installer" > use > the other two. > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > > -- Mario.

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

leschmod +w md5sum.txt I don't have that file. Do you know how to generate it ? Il giorno mar 11 ott 2022 alle ore 18:36 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > You entered in a kind of analysis that I'm not able to do without the help > of someone else more

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

rial to post another question,this time more oriented to programming,so I know which is the right place to ask and what to ask. Il giorno mar 11 ott 2022 alle ore 17:24 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > Can you suggest some other nice places wher

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

no mar 11 ott 2022 alle ore 13:04 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > I suppose that the ML debian-live is not > > active or it is a very very low level of activity. > > It's what exists in respect to Debian Live ISOs. > https://www

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

022 alle ore 02:06 Tim Ye ha scritto: > I would recommend to put the preseed file on a HTTP/FTP server. Then the > file > is easier to edit, and it saves you the effort to customize an ISO. > > - Tim > On 2022-10-09 23:38+0200, Mario Marietto wrote: > >I have a

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

wd/user-password password a d-i passwd/user-password-again password a d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true so,do you know why it is totally ignored by Debian,according to the commands that I have issued ? Thank you very much. Il giorno lun 10 ott 2022 alle ore 12:30 Mario Marietto &l

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

a/PassT-Cubic/ISO/isohdpfx.bin \ -boot_image any next \ -boot_image any efi_path=boot/grub/efi.img \ -boot_image isolinux partition_entry=gpt_basdat Il giorno lun 10 ott 2022 alle ore 12:15 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > Drive current: -outdev 'de

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

t 2022 alle ore 09:47 Thomas Schmitt ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mario Marietto wrote: > > I've replied on the ubuntuforums. > > The deficiency of your run in > > https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2479825&p=14115075#post14115075 > is that you did not give the optio

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

#x27; xorriso : aborting : -abort_on 'FAILURE' encountered 'FAILURE' Il giorno dom 9 ott 2022 alle ore 22:40 Mario Marietto < marietto2...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Sorry,I didn't see that reply. Anyway,it didn't work. I need some other > support,please. I've r

Re: Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don't produce a bootable ISO image

inst.iso \ > -outdev debian-11-unattended.iso \ > ... xorriso image manipulation commands like -map, -rm, -mv ... \ > -boot_image any replay > > No unpacking of the original ISO is needed. (Your xorriso 1.5.4 is young > enough to cope even with the new layouts of Ubuntu, Arch, and Fedora.) > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > > -- Mario.

Some of the parameters used in my genisoimage command don’t produce a bootable ISO image

uess the error could be : xorriso : NOTE : Detected El-Torito boot information which currently is set to be discarded" but I don't know,really. Im dealing with this error from 1 week,I have asked help in a lot of places,but no one really understood why. I hope you can. -- Mario.

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Re: One-line password generator

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On 22/08/17 10:04, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > I have the following line in my Bash init file: > > “alias gen-password="head -c 16 /dev/urandom | base64 | head -c 22 && echo"” > > This generates a password with just above 128 bits of entropy. You may > find

Re: Configure_GnuPG 2

On 31/08/17 16:40, miz...@elude.in wrote: > unregistered user > > hello, > > i configured s2k but i would like use 25519 , i would like harden .conf > do i need add some special options ? s2k means “string to key” (the 2 is a play on words for “to” since it sounds similar). It refers to th

Re: lilypond workaround against lilypond-removal

When a package is not in Debian there is also the option of compiling from source. Sometimes this is not practical, though (because it has too many dependencies which are in turn hard to build). -- Do not eat animals; respect them as you respect people. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+to+(become+OR

Re: How to install extra TeX fonts without crud?

On 31/08/17 02:48, Curt wrote: > One way is to download the deb file and install it via 'dpkg -i > texlive-fonts-extra_2016.20170123-5_all.deb'. Thanks you for your reply. Won't dpkg refuse to install because of missing “dependencies”? -- Do not eat animals; respect them as you respect people.

Re: Selecting text

On 30/08/17 22:12, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > I now have a strange situation that on one system running Stretch + Sid > the piece of text does not turn color when selecting it. Mixing releases is one quick way to break your system. -- Do not eat animals; respect them as you respect people. https:/

Re: Atril configuration saving

On 30/08/17 06:27, Haines Brown wrote: > I find the atril pdf viewer to be the most satisfactory choice for my > needs. However, a problem is that it does not save my configuration. Hello. What do you find good about Atril as compared to Evince (if you have used the later)? It is not a rhetorica

How to install extra TeX fonts without crud?

Hello. I want to install some fonts to use in LaTeX that seem to be available only in the “texive-fonts-extra” package. The problem, is that “texive-fonts-extra” depends on a lot of fonts packages that I do not want. Is there a way to install only the TeX fonts contained in “texive-fonts-extra” wi

Re: On another (but related) note: Zip files

On 30/08/17 05:14, Darac Marjal wrote: > So, because gzip has such a market share in the Linux world, it makes > sense for it to be included in the debian base install (in fact, apt and > various utilities rely on it, so it needs to be there). Zip files, > though, are much less common in the Linux

Re: Unable to change mouse acceleration and threshold in Stretch

On 29/08/17 09:36, Илья Валеев wrote: > 28.08.2017 01:29, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >> Apparently, libinput uses its own parameters and ignores the parameters >> that “xset” alters. > > The main issue is that I cannot change mouse acceleration and threshold > through

Re: Future of linux-image-grsec-* packages

On 29/08/17 02:22, Adrien CLERC wrote: > Hi, > > Since the announce of grsecurity to go to a complete non-free (as in > beer) model (see https://grsecurity.net/passing_the_baton.php), I was > wondering if there is any future for those packages. I suggest you write to the maintainer of that Debian

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

On 28/08/17 18:07, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > The above lines give me fixed mount points based on filesystem labels > (LABEL), but UUID will also work. Device names are no good as they are > by default dynamically assigned for USB storage devices. To complement the information given by Ben Carado

Re: Resign me from your lists

On 28/08/17 09:18, Fungi4All wrote: > Are you suggesting someone should read 4856 pages of manuals > before they install Debian, let alone ask a "dumb question"? No, you can learn as you need it. I know that manuals are long and tedious. I do not expect you to read it all before asking, but I exp

Re: Resign me from your lists

On 27/08/17 18:15, Ben Finney wrote: > Mario Castelán Castro writes: > >> I assumed originally that this was a person who subscribed then >> realized he did not want to be subscribed and decided to complain to >> the list about that. > > Even on that assumption,

Re: Resign me from your lists

On 28/08/17 01:09, Reco wrote: > Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >> I have to admit that I do not know what specific header you are talking >> about. >> >> I was not aware that this mailing list was used in “From:” spoofing. > > X-Spam-Status contains LDOSUBSCRIBER

Re: Unable to change mouse acceleration and threshold in Stretch

On 27/08/17 13:57, Илья Валеев wrote: > 21.08.2017 01:00, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >> I use LXDE and I can adjust the acceleration and speed through the program >> accessible in LXDE menu. It is called “mouse and keyboard preferences“ or >> something like that. However, e

Re: Resign me from your lists

On 27/08/17 14:03, Reco wrote: > On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 11:17:09 -0500 > Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >> Then why did you subscribe to this mailing list in the first place? > > He did not (e-mail headers show that clearly). He's probably yet another > victim of this mon

Re: Resign me from your lists

On 27/08/17 10:56, Paul Farou wrote: > I am receiving unwanted mail from you please get me off these lists! Then why did you subscribe to this mailing list in the first place? Are you stupid? To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with subject “unsubscribe”. -- D

Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System

On 25/08/17 22:14, ray wrote: > I would like to find a way to keep track of changes I make to my system. It > seem that I may learn from others on how they keep track of changes they make > to their systems. I have a plain-text file of notes, which I keep under Mercurial version control. I make

Re: Ask the isosceles triangle people. This is the TRIANGLE-user mailing list

On 26/08/17 13:06, david...@freevolt.org wrote: > On Sat, 26 Aug 2017, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >> Whatever you find in Tails, is there because of a Tails developer >> put it there. > > I am perpelexed by this last statement, since the uri in the error > message repo

Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System

On 26/08/17 16:10, Joe wrote: >> Thank you for the list of solutions. It is interesting that SVN can >> be used with etckeeper. It looks like I should learn git. I have >> used SVN for other things, but I am easily pulled from my comfort >> zone for value. > > Git is very widely used, and on

Re: One-line password generator

On 27/08/17 08:55, Brian wrote: > Thank you for the detailed explanation. I had already come to some of > the conclusions in your account but it is good to have them firmly and > succinctly laid out. You are welcome. -- Do not eat animals, respect them as you respect people. https://duckduckgo.c

Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch

On 26/08/17 20:36, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2017-08-25, Borden Rhodes wrote: >> I encourage everyone to check out "How to Irritate People salesmen" on >> your favourite community video streaming site. That's how I've found >> FOSS support: "Best software in the world. No problems at all. But if >>

Re: One-line password generator

On 26/08/17 13:25, Brian wrote: > How does this > > echo 'secretpassword' | sha256sum - | base64 | cut -c -30 | head -1 > > compare with your recommendation? I do not see the point in this post-processing. It seems that you have a very wrong impression of what makes a password generation schem

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