Re: Debian 12 "bookworm" full upgrade

Dear Sir or madam, So, We see you write like a bot. So, We think #1 is YES So, We say the last question is FOLLOW the release notes on upgrading. We thank you for the Turing test >Sirs, >We are currently running Debian 11 bullseye. >We want to perform a full upgrade to Debian 12 aka

Re: W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/brand/yada*

I make someone else do this with as little effort as possible on my part?" good luck, bw

Re: W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/brand/yada*

in-reply-to=<11580298-c877-35c1-cf54-99e56af75...@earthlink.net> >> Is there something that can be done to avoid this screen and log >> litter? It's your machine, you could hack it out? possibly just #comment out and put a /bin/true under it? Don't blame me if it all goes wrong.

Re: Bookworm upgrade, usrmerge failure

r(x in b) if(b[x]>1) printf "Duplicate Filename: %s\n%s\n",x,a[x] }' <(find -L . -type f) # # and -maxdepth 3 or so to remove the /lib/modules/ clutter TIA for pursuing the issue, and the attention to issues like this. L8r, bw

root password of debian live cd?

> do you know root password of cd above? try sudo -i there usually is no root passwd and if it asks try 'live' > why do they create root password of live cd? probably something like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege

Re: os-prober Just a Rant

> There is an etc/default/grub.d, which by analogy with other .d > directories, can contain user overrides which are not touched by > upgrades, but I made a quick attempt here which failed and I didn't > have time to mess around with it. I can't find an example of doing it > correctly on the 

Re: Update Stretch to Buster sources.list file

upgrade that mixed system, then my advice is GOOD LUCK. All in all, a poor description of the problem, but I'm sure people will chime in anyway. Good Luck, bw

Re: Boot Problem

In-Reply-To: <5d0649da.40...@sbcglobal.net> On Sun, 16 Jun 2019, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > On 06/16/2019 12:16 PM, bw wrote: > > In-Reply-To: <5d0649da.40...@sbcglobal.net> > > > Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. says... > > > I have just install

Re: Boot Problem

In-Reply-To: <5d0649da.40...@sbcglobal.net> >Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. says... >I have just installed a new SSD in my 64 bit Stretch platform. > >When I boot the machine I get the following error: > >error: file '/boot/grub/i386-pc/normalmod' not found >Entering rescue mode .. . . >grub rescue>_ >

Scratch that Actually Gene...

After seeing the struggles you are going thru, and since I see the incredible effort people make to help you... IF it was me, I would probably make one good post describing every machine, keyboard, terminal, monitor, device, hard drive, modem, tablet, laptop, cnc, or cordless drill you are

logging for complicated setups, (was: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped?)

info of what type should be logged, and how to find things that are logged? >From what I understand and have practiced, it's better to log more, use tools to filter/sort more efficiently. Thanks, bw

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

use the web for now to read the list. I'll stop answering because you guys all seem to have things under control, thanks. I apologize for the annoyance. bw

Re: bug-report help : whole user input events freeze: doubts about the right package to submit against

In-Reply-To: <3685896c-ded1-395b-6312-cef63a9d2...@pouzenc.fr> >Ludovic Pouzenc >I have doubts about the right package to submit against (gnome-shell, >pulseaudio, wayland, udev, kernel) >Poor work-around : > >- enable accessibility feature "visual-bell". The problem vanishes, Since the

Re: terminal with right-click = paste?

In-Reply-To: >What I have now: >XTerm*.Translations: See, this is one place where I get confused, and find documentation lacking. I often get different results using one of these... xterm*whatever xterm.whatever xterm*VT100.whatever xterm.vt100.whatever *VT100.whatever It seems there are

Re: terminal with right-click = paste?

.Xresources settings or find good documentation about this. It is fairly rare to find good documentation on these settings IME. The xterm FAQ is huge and worth looking thru, but hard to find out exactly who does what sometimes. https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html good luck, bw

Re: How did relatime get set on my Wheezy system?

nd see what wheezy says, not sure about the history there... L8r, bw

Re: blank time in console too short

In-Reply-To: <4205892.cicxXhXihB@protheus2> >Both systems got an identical configuration but behave different. I'm confused, did you try the methods you mentioned with no result? Are you looking for how to solve it, or a clue why it is that way?

Re: Ways to verify tools/applications? Fire support for new users

in-reply-to= >Are there list-suggested ways to help verify non-free / >out-of-stable-distro or even seldomly updated in-distro tools, >PRE-INSTALL? Well... that's a deep subject. You mention three different categories of pkgs, but I think many people would say there are only two main

Re: Slow firefox and high cpu usage

On Thu, 11 Oct 2018, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 11/10/2018 11:36, bw wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > > > On 11/10/2018 11:15, bw wrote: > > > > How exactly do you think stretch users should run an adblocker when all > >

Re: having issue installing any package. i get 403 forbidden messsage.

On Wed, 3 Oct 2018, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Dear All, > > When i try to install any package. in this case nfs-kernel-server i get > this error. i am using Proxmox on top of Debian 9.x. kindly advice. > > > *root@king:/zok/k-backup# apt install nfs-kernel-server* > *Reading package

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018, Felix Miata wrote: > Stretch comes with 4.8.18, which for me is unusable due to an upstream bug > fixed > in 4.8.19[1], but 4.8.19 is unusable due to another upstream bug, not fixed > until 4.8.20[2]. I configured stretch-backports in sources.list, but > apparently > it

reportbug - debian SMTP HELO forged

Okay, I must have something misconfigured. I could have sworn it worked a few months ago. $ reportbug -k menu *** Welcome to reportbug. Use ? for help at prompts. *** Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of the submitter). Detected character set: UTF-8 Please

Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password

On Sun, 13 May 2018, Richard Owlett wrote: > > The result I wish to achieve is to click on the icon for either GParted or > Synaptic *WITHOUT* being asked for a password (either root's or user's). > > I've found vague hints that adding a line to my local /etc/sudoers file > such as >

Re: A long rant on Debian 9

On Mon, 7 May 2018, jpff wrote: > > > > > > And thank you all who pointed me at the non-free installer files. I will > > > try that later today with luck > > > > > > > > well, modified rapture1 > > i booted from the usb stick with the firmware .iso and tried an install. I > accepted the

Re: no audio

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018, Glenn English wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:42 PM, songbird wrote: > > > check for something set to Mute or the volume may > > be set very low somewhere. > > Possible, but there's no mm/MM (that I can see) below the faders, and > the faders

Re: where can i find a list of usb wireless card that are supported by linux?

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, Long Wind wrote: > i don't like to install additional driveri wish default linux kernel already > has > driver > on Chinese market, many cards claim thatit included driver for Windowsi'm not > sure if it supports linux > i have install linux-docbut can't find useful info

Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports)

On Sat, 13 Jan 2018, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, January 12, 2018 11:14:37 PM Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: > > On 12-01-2018, at 15h 03'25", David Wright wrote about "Re: Frustration > > over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports)" > > > > > [...] People use

Re: iwlwifi and symbols table

On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Rodary Jacques wrote: > Hi > I just upgraded to Stretch. At boot I get a warning: " No > symbols table" (actually it is in French: "pas de table des > symboles"). Nevertheless everything works, except my > access point: "modprobe iwlwifi.ko" can't find this > module in

Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot

On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Richard Owlett wrote: > I multi-boot several varieties of Debian. > When booting one specific install, it displays many repetitions of: > > > Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done. > > It then proceeds to bring up an apparently normal system. > Would this be logged

Re: show searched packages including versions

On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Felix Miata wrote: > > How did *you* figure out to try apt-cache _pkgnames_ to get a search to > include > packages' versions? well, see that's the thing. In debian, kernel packagenames include the arch and ver in them. This wouldn't work for mc for instance or other

Re: Is there any software where I can find free software suggestions classified by category and by user rating in Debian?

On Wed, 27 Dec 2017, Pablo Castillo Rivas wrote: > software suggestions classified by category and by user rating. A system of user ratings like this on debian would be a fairly narrow sample, because the user would have to also use the "software center" to provide the rating for the

Re: After update only opengl 1.4 instead of 2.0

On Wed, 18 Oct 2017, Hans wrote: > Dear list, > > my netbook with an I945 graphics chip does no more support opengl 2.0. Only > opengl 1.4 is loaded. > > It would be nice, if someone could verify this before I send a bugreport. I > believe, the package responsible for this is libgl1-mesa,

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 10/08/2017 07:07 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: > > Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > > > You will need to download the depends too and > > > then cd to the directory that holds the files > > > and #dpkg -i (the package name) to install. > > > > OK. How should

Re: cannot connect to WPA2 SSIDs after installation

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017, jratl...@bluemarble.net wrote: On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 17:43:34 -0400, wrote: I'm trying to put Debian 9 (stretch) on the original Microsoft Surface You really should read the installation guide, there is a section about new interface naming.

Re: anyone here from forums.debian.net

>For months now I have tried registering to use this forum and all IPs >from my ISP are blocked by these secondary services. Wow, that's a little strange. I don't use it myself, but from the content of your posts lately on the mailing list here, you would fit right in over there. there is

Re: stretch not booting, on DELL machines

>> >>Thanks to him, a guy (kozaki) has done thorough research (see 1&2) to >>solve this problem. It is caused by a failed attempt to restore the LCD >>backlight at boot. Passing 'systemd.restore_state=0' kernel parameter at >>boot is a solution. >> >>1) https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47509 >>2)

Re: Re: DOSEMU DPMI unhandled exception 0e (it's back!)

>>The trouble manifested when I tried using various components of an old >>release of Turbo C. >>Everything, 16 and 32 bit, tickles this bug. Hey David, don't give up, i got Turbo C+ 3.0 working fine in dosbox by setting ver to 6.00 in the dosbox.conf and using a real MS-DOS COMMAND.COM from

Re: DOSEMU DPMI unhandled exception 0e (it's back!)

kernel instead of dosemu? https://ugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=866965 Good luck, and have fun. Thanks for the heads up I will follow along in case I run into the same issues. bw

Re: stretch not booting

>I had exactly the same problem recently with almost the same laptop: >Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 that I had previously given to a friend. I >switched it back to Jessie. I can confirm this on Dell Mini 1012, installation is successful, first boot is okay. After reboot all boots fail at various

mbr boot multiboot

supplémentaire paragon me demande si je dois booter sur l'ancinne MBR donc maintenat comment supprimer cette saloperie de Paragon qui ajouet unique une difficulté supplémentaire . slt bw -- Lisez la FAQ de la liste avant de poser une question : http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianFrench Vous

apprentissage x graphique ?

j'ai installé apache2 webmin. Avec W3M (navigateur texte) J'ai réussi a me connecter à webmin (pas sans mal). Mais L'interface graphique de Webmin en mode texte ...pas très convivial ... Donc , j'ai installé mozilla-firefox, mais j'aurai du utiliser Konqueror ( visiblement installé à l'instal

Re: ch conseils pour faire des instal

Jean-Michel OLTRA a écrit : bonjour, Le mercredi 08 mars 2006, fabrice régnier a écrit... Tu peux essayer lynx qui est un navigateur en mode texte. Aptitude install lynx w3m ou links sont peut-être plus intuitifs que lynx ? J'avais repéré lynx ( pré-installé à l'instal de Debian)

connexion webmin

J'ai installé W3m ok J'ai Apache started Webmin started je fais w3m https://localhost:1 (je devrais ouvrir webmin ?) réponse Bad cert indentifiant * from localhost acept y/N etc. j'ai toujours tapé Y réponse un tabelau qui me demande login et pass J'ai fait ( root pass X le m^me

ch conseils pour faire des instal

APACHE 2 2054-5 ;; ?? Je peux supprimer les deux répertoires apache 1.3.33 ? merci BW -- Pensez à lire la FAQ de la liste avant de poser une question : http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianFrench Pensez à rajouter le mot ``spam'' dans vos champs From et Reply-To: To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

débutants suite et fin problème d'instal cd de sarge

Je vous ai sollicité pour régler un probléme d'incomptabilité entre des versions de paquets ( force loopbreak etc;;;) J'ai, avec votre aide, repéré la source du probléme à savoir l'utilisation d'un DVD debian 3.1rc3 sarge vendu par Eyrolles dans l'ouvrage Debian (cahiers de l'admin)mars 2005

debian-31r1a-i386-netinst ISO et ensuite ?

vais tester slt BW -- Pensez à lire la FAQ de la liste avant de poser une question : http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianFrench Pensez à rajouter le mot ``spam'' dans vos champs From et Reply-To: To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

instal debian sarge ....erreur

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Re: instal debian sarge ....erreur

BW a écrit : sous machine PC 2DD DD1 maître avec XP // D2 esclave avec Debian 3.1rc3(sarge) depuis un CD livré avec le livre de chez EYROLLes ( cahiers admin /Debian / raphael hertzog) Je boot sur le cd /Et je fais l'instal de Debian de base, sans install d'autres paquets. Install sans