efault, but I have not found SELinux especially hard to
administer on a stable Debian system, apart from the fact that it comes with a
learning curve.
Regards,
Tom Dial
with newlines|
With Raku, it's easy to search the directory for the weird file names,
open them, and use their contents. Raku also has many built-in quoting
constructs to suit any situation.
I'll be happy to demo any of that here.
Best regards,
-Tom
Just reminding whomever checks this mailbox, that I am still awaiting an
answer to this question here.
Thanks,
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 10:49 PM Tom wrote:
> I originally filed this bug with the KDE team, but they asked me to file
> with Debian. There was a decent amount of discussion w
I originally filed this bug with the KDE team, but they asked me to file
with Debian. There was a decent amount of discussion which I will link
here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481746. I need to know how to
file this bug. Will I be filing under a package or one of the other
categories?
Richmond writes:
> In the man page for cut it says:
>
> -b, --bytes=LIST
> select only these bytes
>
> But there is no equals sign in the actual syntax:
>
> echo hello|cut -b 2-5
> ello
>
> echo hello|cut -b=2-5
> cut: invalid byte/character position ‘=2-5’
> Try 'cut --help' for
Thomas George writes:
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-security main non-free
> non-free-firmware
> Err:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm-security Release
> 404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.
Your source is incorrect. The security repo is at
hw writes:
> /tmp is volatile nowadays and not temporary. That's particularly
Volatile storage is, by definition, temporary.
> braindead when you want Libreoffice to be able to recover files after
> a crash, which, by default, autosaves in /tmp.
/tmp is a terrible place to store recovery
hw writes:
>> >
> It says 'made thread ... (at nice level 0) owned by 1000'. This is
> inconclusive at best: The thread is obviously _at_ some nice level or
> _at_ some priority and was made owned by 1000.
>
> If it had changed the priority it should say that, but it doesn't.
It does say
Felix Miata writes:
> /dev/sdc 18 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Brother_MFC-J6920DW_BROG5F229909-0:0 #
> How does a printer get a storage device assignment???
By having some kind of SD card slot or similar.
hw writes:
> Aren't there going to be lots of problems with things not working when
> you don't have dbus?
Fewer than when things don't work when you *do* have dbus, apparently ;)
There doesn't seem to be an overwhelming need for it once you step away
from the DE's.
Ralph Aichinger writes:
> I am currently fighting with the following problem: I've got a system
> that has 3 relevant interfaces: ppp0, en0 and en2, for external,
> internal and dmz respectively.
>
> The dmz is IPv6 only, a homelab testbed more or less.
>
> I've got the follwing rules in
e right combination of switches to flip. Having said
that, I'm no expert on Linux audio.
I wouldn't attempt to run a modern DE on this system, but it seems happy
with OpenBox. Even Firefox, Chromium, LibreOffice, etc. are usable - if
not perhaps the smoothest experience.
Cheers,
Tom
Pocket writes:
> On 12/22/23 16:08, Tixy wrote:
>> On Fri, 2023-12-22 at 12:15 -0500, Pocket wrote:
>>> This is a test of the emergency broadcast system
>> Please stop spamming the 1000 or so people subscribed to this list.
>
> I am not spamming this list I am trying to determine if my email
t, it always is a wise to consider the terms of use and other
legal documentation and exercise discretion.
If you decide to use it, I use (as root)
apt install zoom_amd64.deb
It installs under /opt except for a symbolic link /usr/bin/zoom ->
/opt/zoom/ZoomLauncher
Regards,
Tom Dial
nd its
component devices?
Is the filesystem on the raid healthy?
Cheers,
Tom
ormation) a DNS timeout.
Cheers,
Tom
number of users. Expect blogposts about
> that as well.
Do we know yet which wifi drivers are "troublesome"? I haven't seen
anything concrete yet anywhere.
Cheers,
Tom
"Stephen P. Molnar" writes:
> On 12/05/2023 12:47 PM, Tom Furie wrote:
>> "Stephen P. Molnar" writes:
>>
>>> I have Bookworm installed on a 1TB SSD. When I attempted logging this
>>> morning I failed! Rather than opening my XFCE desktop I
llowing seems to list most of the various programs discussed in this
> thread, plus a
> couple of others:
> apt-cache search pdf-viewer
Thanks so much Mike!
And also many thanks to all my Debian friends who answered. I think my
side of this thread is done now.
"Merry Christmas to all and t all a good night!"
-Tom
"Stephen P. Molnar" writes:
> I have Bookworm installed on a 1TB SSD. When I attempted logging this
> morning I failed! Rather than opening my XFCE desktop I was sent back
> tot he login screen, over and over and . I got the
When you say "back to the login screen", do you mean
John Hasler writes:
> Why did you install zsh and then immediately remove it?
Or possibly:
1 - Install zsh
2 - switch to zsh
3 - uninstall zsh from within zsh.
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 17:12 Tom Browder wrote:
> I have used Evince as my PDF viewer and printer program for many
I see I need to read the CUPS man page more closely. It looks like it has
most all of the answers I need for my current situation. Thanks to all who
responded.
Happy Christ
On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 01:14 Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 04.12.2023 um 17:12:28 Uhr schrieb Tom Browder:
>
> > I would like to use another program which is similar but has good
> > documentation. I don't need a heavy duty program like LibreOffice,
> > Just something for viewi
On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 02:06 Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 05:12:28PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
>
> > I have used Evince as my PDF viewer and printer program for many
> > years. It still works, but it has been spitting out error messages for
> >
Hat or HP-UX or Solaris) and I don't have any idea. If
it were debian(-derived) you could say "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" - might be
worth a try. Or maybe consult the vendor.
Regards,
Tom Dial
The current state is that the 3d printer has only a 169.254.x.y link-local
address
On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 19:36 David Christensen
wrote:
...
> Please confirm printer, toner cartridge, and labels are all HP. If so,
> I would contact HP.
HP printer and toner, Office Depot labels.
I bought so hair spray and will try that.
-Tom
documentation. I don't need a heavy duty program like LibreOffice,
Just something for viewing and printing.
A bonus would be one with documented CLI use with CUPS printers.
Thanks for any recommendations.
Best regards,
-Tom
gene heskett writes:
> Mon Dec 4 15:47:44 UTC 2023
> Mon 04 Dec 2023 03:47:16 PM UTC
> WTH? Where is that false 12 hour offset coming from?
There's no offset. 15:00 UTC *is* 03:00 PM UTC
^^
the collapse.
As a reference point Isolated Web Co is an occasional annoyance here on
machines with well over 64G memory. I kill it without mercy when it appears to
be causing swap.
Regards,
Tom Dial
The issue is not so much Isolated Web Co being terminated, but my entire Mate
session being
On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 2:01 AM David Christensen
wrote:
> I would not put anything through a laser printer unless it is
> specifically rated for laser printers. Applying fixative to printer
> labels before printing sounds like a good way to damage your equipment.
> If anything, apply the
On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 5:17 PM Gareth Evans wrote:
> Are your labels "laser" labels?
Yes, DUAL INKJET and LASER
-Tom
jeremy ardley writes:
> I don't think it is actually a lack of memory. What I do see is all
> the web browsers are up there on CPU along with nvidia-modeset.
What do you consider to be "up there"? 4.3% (your highest CPU usage in
this output) hardly seems to qualify as something to be concerned
jeremy ardley writes:
> I noticed my Firefox -esr browser becoming progressively more
> sluggish. Then suddenly I was back to the system login screen
>
> This is not the first time this has happened although previously when
> it started getting sluggish I killed all Firefox related process
>
>
.
Many thanks,
Tom Cullen
t for one.
Blessings to all.
-Tom
ing, 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 I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks, Donald.
-Tom
I’ve had a print flaking problem with my old HP laser which has a fairly
new toner cartridge. I have a set of brand new Office Depot labels.
I intend to try a “fixative” on them to see if that will help.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks.
Happy Christmas!
-Tom
g when apt can handle it all cleanly? Whatever it is you're trying to
do, this feels like the wrong way to go about it...
Cheers,
Tom
lding dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> wget
> libc6
> libcrypt1
> libgcc-s1
> gcc-10-base
> libgnutls30
> libgmp10
> libhogweed6
> libnettle8
> libidn2-0
> libunistring2
> libp11-kit0
> libffi7
> libtasn1-6
> libpcre2-8-0
> libpsl5
> libuuid1
> zlib1g
This is a recursive search, also showing dependencies of dependencies,
etc.
Cheers,
Tom
/sbin# ls -al
> .
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 169520 Mar 23 2023 fdisk
It would seem that /sbin isn't in your $PATH. What method did you use to
become root?
Cheers,
Tom
tick
must have already had an image written to it, the leftovers of which is
getting as far as GRUB.
I noticed you posted a follow-up saying you're on Ubuntu - in which case
you should be able to use dd to write the image to the stick.
Cheers,
Tom
ware raid because the software ones are
quite good enough, and they also have their learning curve.
Regards,
Tom
Thanks Tomas
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
On 11/7/23 17:19, gene heskett wrote:
On 11/7/23 18:42, Tom Dial wrote:
On 11/6/23 08:47, Franco Martelli wrote:
On 03/11/23 at 17:27, gene heskett wrote:
Greetings all;
As usual, the man page may as well be written in swahili. The NDE syndrome,
meaning No D-d Examples.
I have
nd SolaRIS) and Linux environments. Both have
learning curves that I would judge comparable, both are flexible and fairly
easy to manage, and both are or can be highly resilient. On the whole, though,
I prefer ZFS.
Regards,
Tom Dial
How about to use debian-installer: burn the dvd image of Bookworm
I’m comforted by this friendly discussion about the old days versus the
modern generation by fellow old folks of pre-PC days.
Sort of like an afternoon gathering at the Elks or the VFW.
Thank you all.
Blessings.
-Tom
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 09:27 Tom Browder wrote:
> Every time I set up a new host, I have to jump through the hoops trying to
On my main Debian 11 host I have found one formula that works for ssh
logins as well as xterm login on a Mate desktop:
I followed most of the formulas on the Deb
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 9:27 AM Tom Browder wrote:
>
> Every time I set up a new host, I have to jump through the hoops trying to
> get the same PATH for
> ordinary users as well as root...
This Debian wiki doc pretty much details the information Greg has been
giving us
On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 1:35 AM tom kronmiller wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 12:02 PM Max Nikulin wrote:
>
>> On 24/10/2023 12:18, tom kronmiller wrote:
>> > so I unbuffered stdin and that seemed to make it happy.
>> It might be performance killer. Even ffl
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 12:02 PM Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 24/10/2023 12:18, tom kronmiller wrote:
> > so I unbuffered stdin and that seemed to make it happy.
> It might be performance killer. Even fflush(NULL) before fork() may be
> better.
>
In the real program in question,
tom kronmiller wrote:
> I ended up using setvbuf(stdin, NULL, _IONBF, 0) in the parent process and
> that seems to have fixed the actual program I was having trouble with.
thomas schmitt asked:
> stdin ? Not setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0) ?
Yes, stdin. The problem I was having
I ended up using setvbuf(stdin, NULL, _IONBF, 0) in the parent process and
that seems to have fixed the actual program I was having trouble with.
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:19 AM Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it helps to do
> fflush((stdout);
> after each printf(), or to run before the
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:16 AM Jon Leonard wrote:
> More specifically, fork() does not play nicely with stdio buffering.
>
But the fork() should not be changing the address space of the calling
process. The duplicated buffers in the child process might be an issue in
general (they aren't in
>
> Try to construct a minimal reproducer, and post it here. Someone may
> be able to spot the issue. The shorter and simpler you can make your
reproducer, the more likely someone will be able to help.
The program:
// gcc -o program program.c
// program < lines
#include
#include
#include
I have a small program (extracted from a big program) which reads and
prints input lines using a loop of getline() calls. The real input lines
are all expected to be 52 characters long (+1 for the newline => 53),
that's what my example data for the small program looks like. If there is
no fork()
hem to be
held up by having to fumble with key trust before at least downloading the
files with a first order check with data I can provide.
I'll make sure to document exactly what I'm providing.
Best regards,
-Tom
On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 05:13 Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 3:29 AM DdB
> wrote:
> > Am 08.10.2023 um 01:16 schrieb Tom Browder:
> > > I'm willing to trust published PGP key fingerprints for signers of
> > > Rakudo downloadable files.
> > > Q
On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 3:29 AM DdB
wrote:
> Am 08.10.2023 um 01:16 schrieb Tom Browder:
> > I'm willing to trust published PGP key fingerprints for signers of
> > Rakudo downloadable files.
> > Question: How can I get the fingerprint from the downloads?
> There i
) a separate
file containing a PGP signature.
Thanks so much.
-Tom
On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 18:32 Tom Browder wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 18:11 Tom Browder wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 16:15 Andy Smith wrote:
>>
> ...
>
>> Well, I wanted to do it all in one program, but I guess I could break it
>> up into two s
On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 18:11 Tom Browder wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 16:15 Andy Smith wrote:
>
...
> Well, I wanted to do it all in one program, but I guess I could break it
> up into two separate programs. I'll have to think about what I'm really
> trying to do.
&
l have to think about what I'm really trying
to do.
Thanks for your input, Andy.
-Tom
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 10:03 Greg Wooledge wrote:
...
Greg, one more file I don't think we've discussed: '~/.bash_aliases'.
How should I handle that in this variable login climate?
Thanks.
-Tom
ent, installed as a default
Debian package, and not changing as fast as raku (improved releases
almost every month). Python is its own weird thing which I ignore as
much as possible.
Cheers!
-Tom
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 08:50 Tom Browder wrote:
...
> I think I need to have the program change all the path-affecting files
> specified by Greg and others so that PATH includes both locations with the
> new location coming before the original location.
>
...
And that all go
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 06:08 Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 17:23 Tom Browder wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 17:04 Greg Wooledge wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 04:45:11PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
>>> > I'm sure I was too
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 17:23 Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 17:04 Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 04:45:11PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
>> > I'm sure I was too casual in my comments. I want all users, including
>> root,
>&g
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 17:04 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 04:45:11PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> > I'm sure I was too casual in my comments. I want all users, including
> root,
> > to have the Raku executables in their PATH, nothing else would be changed
&g
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 16:27 wrote:
> Tom Browder wrote:
> > Every time I set up a new host, I have to jump through the hoops
> > trying to get the same PATH for ordinary users as well as root,
...
> Setting the same path for ordinary users as for root sounds like
>
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 15:55 Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net>
wrote:
> On 24 Sep 2023 15:45 -0500, from tom.brow...@gmail.com (Tom Browder):
> > Bummer, unfortunately, that's the answer I expected. Now if I can find a
> > clean way to do that consistently.
&g
answer I expected. Now if I can find a
clean way to do that consistently.
Thanks, Greg.
-Tom
u.land to find any published Raku module.
There are also Perl modules to do the same thing to be found on CPAN.
-Tom
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 09:27 Tom Browder wrote:
For bash users only, please.
-Tom
?
Thanks.
-Tom
On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 09:19 Curt wrote:
>
> On 2023-09-22, Tom Browder wrote:
> >
> > However, I so far have not been able to scan both sides of a document in my
> > two-side document feeder the way I could could on Windows--bummer, but this
> > is a huge win so
it.
I just looked at it Carles, it is worth a try unless someone can offer
a solution to the two-sided scanning I can't do yet.
Thank you!
-Tom
On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 11:35 AM Curt wrote:
> On 2023-09-21, Tom Browder wrote:
> > Where do you find the "blob?" I've seen reference to it but haven't yet
> > found it.
...
> Most Linux distributions include HPLIP with their software, but most do
not
>
you find the "blob?" I've seen reference to it but haven't yet
found it.
Thanks.
-Tom
. And my HP is laser, two-sided
print and scan, single paper feed, and dual paper size feed.
-Tom
On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 13:37 Tom Browder wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 13:27 Klaus Singvogel
> wrote:
>
>> Michael Kjörling wrote:
>> > On 20 Sep 2023 12:26 -0500, from tom.brow...@gmail.com (Tom Browder):
>> > > “Laser Jet Pro 400 MFP m425d
On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 13:36 Nicolas George wrote:
> Tom Browder (12023-09-20):
> > What if you used an equilavent script but increased and randomized time
...
We can try to exercise some common sense, in particular by comparing to
> similar situations. For example, if you ta
On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 13:27 Klaus Singvogel
wrote:
> Michael Kjörling wrote:
> > On 20 Sep 2023 12:26 -0500, from tom.brow...@gmail.com (Tom Browder):
> > > “Laser Jet Pro 400 MFP m425dn”
> >
> > openprinting.org doesn't seem to have heard of it, unfortunately:
&g
k scanning is now supported or not.
Unfortunately, as Michael pointed out, no Linux driver for scanning can be
found. However, I can always scan to a USB thumb drive--I forgot about that.
Thanks, all.
-Tom
On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 12:11 Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote:
> On 20 Sep 2023 12:06 -0500, from tom.brow...@gmail.com (Tom Browder):
> > One major thing I use my windows host for is using my HP multifunction
> > laser printer to scan to pdf to save locally.
how can I get my Debuian host to see and use the scanner part?
Thanks so much.
-Tom
randomized time
between each search string? Or do you think just the single search is
enough to trigger them?
-Tom
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 09:10 Tom Browder wrote:
> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned
> it on a CDROM disk.
>
Finally tested all my memory modules using a recent system rescue cd and
its memtest86+. One bad module out of four.
Sending bad mo
.
If the Synology NAS supports NFS, that might be a better approach in the long
run, though.
Regards,
Tom Dial
Research into this problem made me try similar techniques after having
installed nfs-utils. I got bogged down by a required procedure entailing
exportation of NFS volume information in order
gonna try it in parallel with H Block's solution for tax
year 2022 and see how they compare.
You might want to take a look. And I wonder what Gene uses since he doesn't
run Windows!
Cheers, all!
-Tom
P.S. I did read your address and visited them. Cool! Are any more articles
in the works? I hope so, and I hop
I want to dump my Windows box. The main showstopper is my US tax programs.
I currently use H Block.
I just discovered there is at least one Linux version out there:
opentaxsolver.sourceforge.net.
Has anyone used it and can recommend it?
Thanks,
-Tom
be why it's been hit and
miss).
I'm trying to see if a log is or can be generated for my warranty repair.
Thanks to all who gave advice!
-Tom
to update the driver source dkms is working with.
(I don't know about, or vouch for, that github, or know anything about the
AC1200 or its Realtek driver.)
Regards
Tom Dial
/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.c: In function
‘rtw_regd_init’:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/bu
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:48 PM Tom Browder wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote:
> >> > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote:
> >> >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I
> >> >> I see that
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote:
>> > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote:
>> >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I
>> >> I see that it's a Debian package, and I installed it. Now I see
>> >> memt
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 14:43 gene heskett wrote:
> On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
> > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote:
> >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I
> >> burned it on a CDROM disk.
> >>
&
to, :-(
Cheers!
-Tom
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 00:54 Kushal Kumaran wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11 2023 at 05:59:37 AM, Tom Browder
> wrote:
> > Anyone using that system? It looks interesting to me.
> >
> I prefer healthchecks.io, mainly because cron job monitoring was all I
> was looking for,
On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 22:51 David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 27 Aug 2023 at 14:27:09 (-0500), Tom Browder wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 13:27 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 08:19:35PM +0200, Hans wrote:
> > > > When I boot the sys
On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 07:25 wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 06:46:43AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 06:22 wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 05:59:37AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> > > > Anyone using that system? It looks in
Anyone using that system? It looks interesting to me.
-Tom
On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 11:49 Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 10/09/2023 16:44, Tom Browder wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 21:06 Max Nikulin wrote:
> >
> >> You can create a mock-up and use it instead of real xclip binary.
> >
> > Sounds interesting, Max, can yo
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