Just a simple question.

2024-09-10 Thread Maureen L Thomas
My old HP is not working right and it is very old.  I am looking at laser printers and have always favored HP.  But, in saying that I am open to any brand.  I always get an all in one model since it does come in handy.  Any advice is welcome.  Thanks in advance. Maureen

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
For inexpensive, low-mileage, office-quality machines (laptop & desktop) try blairtech.com. You'll get a W10 or W11 machine.

Re: chromium launch fails -- solved

2024-08-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 06:36:52AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: On a fresh installation of Debian 12 on a Dell inspiron, chromium [127.0.6533.99-1~deb12u1] fails to launch. libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed The same version of chromium is working

chromium launch fails

2024-08-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On a fresh installation of Debian 12 on a Dell inspiron, chromium [127.0.6533.99-1~deb12u1] fails to launch. libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed The same version of chromium is working properly on another machine. The same version of chromium was working pro

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share? [Dvorak]

2024-07-21 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 07:55:29PM -0600, Shawn Jefferds wrote: Your final statement makes me curious about learning Dvorak. Shawn Jefferds ??n ??f?rdz Noli fovere canem ardentum Vote Vader 2024! On Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 11:37 Russell L. Harris wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 04:48:19PM

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share? [Dvorak]

2024-07-21 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 04:48:19PM +0800, hlyg wrote: On 7/21/24 02:33, Russell L. Harris wrote: The same reasons the standard typewriter keyboard is QWERTY rather than Dvorak: = The precedent set by the first to market is powerful. = The influence of advertising upon a populace lacking in

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?

2024-07-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
The same reasons the standard typewriter keyboard is QWERTY rather than Dvorak: = The precedent set by the first to market is powerful. = The influence of advertising upon a populace lacking in discernment and addicted to novelty is deadly. Add to that extortion and bribes and a compromised leg

Re: web site displays blank page

2024-07-18 Thread Russell L. Harris
I'm having this problem on an increasing number of web sites; I suspect that web page building tools are becoming more and more hostile toward any browsers except for the anointed few (Edge and Chrome, plus Safari for the Mac folks). I once had a W7P machine which helped me check such matters,

Re: web site displays blank page

2024-07-18 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 08:14:26AM -0400, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 7/18/24 02:06, Russell L. Harris wrote: My ISP is RTA.?? I am in a rural area near Austin, Texas, and have a 10/1 microwave link.?? Could the problem be with RTA? It's probably a routing issue between you and them. Or

Re: web site displays blank page

2024-07-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 04:24:43PM +1000, David wrote: Blank page with Chromium, but accessible via Firefox, on SID, over Starlink. Cross browser compatibility design issue? Cheers! The blank page you get with Chromium makes me less concerned with RTA, though there are other issues with RTA.

web site displays blank page

2024-07-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
When I try to visit www.chewy.com a blank page. This is a major pet supply web site. Other web sites display as usual without problems. I phoned CHEWY and they say their system is on-line. I have tried two different computers and both Firefox and Chromium. I updated Debian-12. I emptied the b

Re: Publishing Formats

2024-06-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
Someone gave me an old SCEPTRE display with a screen 11.5 inch by 22 inch. I never before saw the usefulness of a wide screen. A reader such as Atril can take advantage of the wide screen, allowing me to zoom in until the type size is comfortable, without the need to scroll left and right to rea

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF? (was PDF editors)

2024-06-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
tex4ht may be of use to you. I love the package. RLH

Anaconda-navigator installation problems

2024-03-22 Thread Gary L. Roach
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 Kernel Version: 6.1.0-18-amd64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 4 × AMD FX(tm)-4350 Quad-Core Processor Memory: 31.2 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD CAICOS Manufact

timeshift error

2024-02-27 Thread Gary L. Roach
Hi all I keep getting the following error when trying to use "timeshift 1". Ive tried reloading the software  but still get the same error. ** (process:4286): CRITICAL**: 12:39:19.897: gee_abstract_collection_get_size: ass ertion 'self != NULL' failed App config saved: /etc/timeshift/timeshi

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sat, Feb 03, 2024 at 09:10:49AM -0500, Lee wrote: On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 8:57???PM Russell L. Harris wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 08:25:09PM -0500, Lee wrote: >which keyboard do you like and why? CHERRY MX BOARD 3.0 (Purchased several years ago; in daily use since.) Excellent mechani

Re: top bar the way I want it

2024-01-20 Thread Maureen L Thomas
The package that held the chanages I wanted was called Extension Manager and Extensions.  That file gave me options for the top bar and the bottom bar.  Hope this helps. On 1/20/24 1:46 AM, David Christensen wrote: On 1/19/24 21:53, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I am using Gnome, and I found the

Re: top bar the way I want it

2024-01-19 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Insulted wrote: On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 08:40:30PM -0500, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I now have a system that works but I cannot find any utility to fix the top bar the way I want it.  Any hints? Try to understand the audience that is being asked. Imaging that they were willing to help and

Re: no sound

2024-01-18 Thread Maureen L Thomas
have said.  So much easier. Thank You On 1/19/24 12:34 AM, David Christensen wrote: On 1/18/24 20:08, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I answered all your questions.  I believe I am using wayland.  I appreciate your help.; YW.  :-) On 1/18/24 1:12 AM, David Christensen wrote: On 1/17/24 17:40, Ma

Re: no sound

2024-01-18 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I answered all your questions.  I believe I am using wayland.  I appreciate your help.; On 1/18/24 1:12 AM, David Christensen wrote: On 1/17/24 17:40, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Well I did a back-up, that didn't work, but I didn't know it at the time, The back up failed?  :-( D

Re: top bar the way I want it

2024-01-18 Thread Maureen L Thomas
apologize for the previous, I was very uptight over my inability to remember what I need to do. On 1/18/24 1:17 AM, Beyond Insulted wrote: On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 08:40:30PM -0500, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I now have a system that works but I cannot find any utility to fix the top bar the

no sound

2024-01-17 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Well I did a back-up, that didn't work, but I didn't know it at the time, and did a reinstallation from scratch.  I now have my sound back after I added back ports to my repositories.  I now have a system that works but I cannot find any utility to fix the top bar the way I want it.  Any hints?

Re: Problem with sound disappearing

2024-01-15 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I am using Gnome and the application is firefox with you tube, the speakers are internal only.  I have checked to make sure I didn't turn something off by accident and everything is telling me that it is working. On 1/15/24 2:58 AM, David Christensen wrote: On 1/14/24 16:03, Maureen L T

Re: Problem with sound disappearing

2024-01-14 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Sorry I forgot I am using Debian Bookworm and it is updated with the latest updates. On 1/14/24 7:03 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I am using a Lenovo computer with 8G of memory and 1 TB hard drive, AMD Ryzen 3 2200g w/radion vega graphices x4, Graphics Gallium 0.4 llvmpipe, it is running 64

Problem with sound disappearing

2024-01-14 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I am using a Lenovo computer with 8G of memory and 1 TB hard drive, AMD Ryzen 3 2200g w/radion vega graphices x4, Graphics Gallium 0.4 llvmpipe, it is running 64 bit Debian.  Processor is Intel Core i3-9100T, CPU 3.10GHz, Realtec 8821CE wireless lan 802.11 ac  PCI-E NIC. My problem is all of a

Re: xfce screen detachment

2024-01-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 02:41:47PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 1/8/24, mick.crane wrote: On 2024-01-07 04:00, Russell L. Harris wrote: system: amd64 desktop, debian 12, xfce, NEC MultiSync EA192M monitor I don't know precisely how to describe the problem, other than "

Re: Changing keyboard layout fails

2024-01-08 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 10:28:07PM -0500, David Niklas wrote: Hello, I installed debian, 12.4.0 on 2 laptops. One of them, a 2023 ASUS Zenbook 15" 7735U, I cannot change the keyboard mapping on. Changing it on the other works like a charm. I initially set them up as dvorak, for my own ease, and n

Re: xfce screen detachment

2024-01-07 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Jan 07, 2024 at 09:32:55PM -0800, Mike Kupfer wrote: Dan Ritter wrote: Russell L. Harris wrote: > system: amd64 desktop, debian 12, xfce, NEC MultiSync EA192M monitor [...] That sounds something like having an X11 screen larger than the monitor it is on, and X panning around t

xfce screen detachment

2024-01-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
system: amd64 desktop, debian 12, xfce, NEC MultiSync EA192M monitor I don't know precisely how to describe the problem, other than "detachment". About every week or so, when using the rodent, the entire screen -- borders and all -- moves with respect to the monitor screen as I move the mouse.

Re: cups error -- SOLVED

2023-12-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 09:36:44PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: I copied the file to another computer in the LAN, ran LaTeX and dvips, and sent it to the same printer, but the file hung at the same spot. Any chance you can use `pdflatex` instead of `latex + dvips`? Have you tried to manually c

Re: cups error

2023-12-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 09:36:44PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: I copied the file to another computer in the LAN, ran LaTeX and dvips, and sent it to the same printer, but the file hung at the same spot. Any chance you can use `pdflatex` instead of `latex + dvips`? Have you tried to manually c

cups error

2023-12-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On a desktop debian 12.2 amd64 system with HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series_48E436 (ethernet), LaTeX documents composed with Emacs frequently print only up to a certain point (it varies with the document), and CUPS prints the error message: ERROR: typecheck OFFENDING COMMAND: known xdvi displays the d

Re: dedicated IP

2023-11-27 Thread Maureen L Thomas
L Thomas wrote: I have been offered a dedicated IP through NORD.  Is it worth it or is it not needed? More info needed: What's NORD? What problem are you trying to solve with "a dedicated IP"? What do you understand "a dedicated IP" to be? Thanks, Andy

dedicated IP

2023-11-27 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I would like some advice.  I have been offered a dedicated IP through NORD.  Is it worth it or is it not needed?  Pros and cons would be very helpful.  Thank you. Moe

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 02:02:10PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 05:18:02PM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: Should we report an error regarding the approx man page which states: I would not bother filing any cosmetic bug reports against a 12-year-old upstream man page

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 11:57:44AM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 08:03:15AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 10:34:14AM +0300, Reco wrote: > Looks good. What about this one: > > apt update -o Acquire::http::Proxy=http://localhost:9

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 10:34:14AM +0300, Reco wrote: Looks good. What about this one: apt update -o Acquire::http::Proxy=http://localhost: root@mollydew:/etc/approx# apt update -o Acquire::http::Proxy=http://localhost: Ign:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-securit

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 09:56:07AM +0300, Reco wrote: OK. And what happens if you execute this on a approx server: curl -x http://localhost: -v http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/Release >/dev/null root@mollydew:/etc/approx# curl -x http://localhost: -v http://ftp.debian.org/d

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
debian http://fpt.debian.org/debian Is this a typo? It should be (ftp, not fpt) Yes; a typo. "journalctl | grep approx" on approx server should show something that's related to the problem. root@mollydew:/home/rlh# journalctl | grep approx Nov 14 07:54:27 mollydew groupadd[4819]: group ad

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 01:08:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: What you have is approx.socket unit, which causes systemd to listen on tcp:. On each incoming connection "approx@:-:.service" is started. That service is only used to serve that particular connection, and is terminated after. Thus, there'

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 07:14:04AM +0100, Kamil Jo?ca wrote: Kamil Jo?ca writes: Charles Curley writes: On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 04:11:37 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl daemon-reload root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl restart approx Failed

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 07:48:44AM +0200, Anssi Saari wrote: "Russell L. Harris" writes: root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl daemon-reload root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl restart approx Failed to restart approx.service: Unit approx.service not found. root@mollydew:/home/rlh#

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:55:51PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: Do you really need approx if you have only the one machine? I install Debian for friends. They are amazed at how fast their old Windows machines run with Debian. And approx has been a time saver for me. In the network mirror con

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:23:45PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:18:09 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: One thing I didn't like is that approx appears to require fiddling with sources.list. apt-cacher-ng simply requires setting a proxy value, in its own file in /etc/apt/apt.co

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 07:41:03PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:39:32 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: I installed approx in a Debian 12 system, but when I attempt to restart it the error message appears "Unit approx.service not loaded." Please sho

approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
I installed approx in a Debian 12 system, but when I attempt to restart it the error message appears "Unit approx.service not loaded." The approx man page (dated May 2011) says that approx is invoked by inetd, but I think that in Debian 12 approx is invoked by systemctl or systemd. synaptic indi

Re: balenaEtcher installation problems

2023-11-10 Thread Gary L. Roach
On 11/9/23 18:22, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 8:47 PM Gary L. Roach wrote: Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 Kernel Version: 6.1.0-13-amd64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 4

balenaEtcher installation problem

2023-11-09 Thread Gary L. Roach
Hi all Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 Kernel Version: 6.1.0-13-amd64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 4 × AMD FX(tm)-4350 Quad-Core Processor Memory: 31.2 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD CAICOS

balenaEtcher installation problems

2023-11-09 Thread Gary L. Roach
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 Kernel Version: 6.1.0-13-amd64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 4 × AMD FX(tm)-4350 Quad-Core Processor Memory: 31.2 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD CAICOS Manufact

local (lan) mirror - release not supported error

2023-11-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
For several years I have been running approx on a machine in the lan, using it to install and update Debian for myself and friends. I have installed several releases, the last being release 12.2 on this machine. Because approx "just runs" trouble-free, I have forgotten the details of the install

Re: Debian for Celeron

2023-11-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 08:36:43AM +0100, Marco M. wrote: Am 05.11.2023 um 07:30:51 Uhr schrieb Russell L. Harris: This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU. Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for you CPU. You need the i386 image for your CPU. Use that

Re: mirror for debian 10

2023-11-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 08:07:06AM +0100, Marco M. wrote: Am 05.11.2023 um 06:32:10 Uhr schrieb Russell L. Harris: I was under the impression that Debian 12 would not work on older machines. Am I mistaken? It requires a i686 cpu (Pentium Pro or newer) despite the i386 in the packaging

Re: mirror for debian 10

2023-11-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 01:18:30AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: I _think_ you can use , though I have never used it for Debian. I have used similar repos for Fedora and Ubuntu. I was under the impression that Debian 12 would not work on older machines. Am I mistaken? I checked several archive

mirror for debian 10

2023-11-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
I need to install Debian on a old machine (1700 Mhz Celeron). I copied the installer image to USB stick and the installation appeared to go properly until I tried without success to find a Debian mirror which hosts Debian 10. RLH

Re: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?

2023-11-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
fslint (no longer in Debian) and dupeguru may be of interest to you. I have used both. RLH

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 10:40:43PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the computer. Why? I never turn my computer off. Same here, I always just suspend. I wish I had that option. But I live way out in the country, and now and then t

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 07:10:34PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: Don't do that. ... Noted and now being implemented. Many thanks, Charles. RLH

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 08:19:54PM -0400, Larry Martell wrote: On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 8:15 PM Russell L. Harris wrote When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the computer. Why? I never turn my computer off. I wish I had that option. But I live way out in the

automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am a writer. I use Emacs and LaTeX markup on a Debian/XFCE system. On a typical day, I have in progress three or four articles. I may work for several days on a given article. Each article is in a separate XFCE workspace. The text for each article resides in its own directory. For each arti

Re: just a question about the iwlwifi_20230515-3 file

2023-09-05 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c) 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter On 9/5/23 4:46 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:43:25 -0400 Maureen L Thomas wrote: I ran it and got dpkg-query --show firmware

Re: just a question about the iwlwifi_20230515-3 file

2023-09-05 Thread Maureen L Thomas
so what you are saying is I should have used su -i and not just su. also I downloaded the file for Bookworm, I did not use the one from SID. On 9/5/23 4:21 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:47:00 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: At this point, you are not root and so dpkg -i co

Re: just a question about the iwlwifi_20230515-3 file

2023-09-05 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I ran it and got dpkg-query --show firmware-iwlwifi but it is not found On 9/5/23 11:12 AM, Charles Curley wrote: On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 00:23:49 -0400 Maureen L Thomas wrote: I keep getting messages that [iwlwifi_20230515-3] is not installed. … Is it important or can I ignore it[?]  I do

Re: just a question about the iwlwifi_20230515-3 file

2023-09-05 Thread Maureen L Thomas
g: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin On 9/5/23 1:40 AM, jeremy ardley wrote: On 5/9/23 12:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:   I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a compl

Re: just a question about the iwlwifi_20230515-3 file

2023-09-05 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Yes it is a .deb file and I tried the sudo dpkg -i but did not do the apt  --fix-broken install  I will try using both and see what happens. On 9/5/23 1:40 AM, jeremy ardley wrote: On 5/9/23 12:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:   I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a complete

just a question about the iwlwifi_20230515-3 file

2023-09-04 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I keep getting messages that it is not installed.  So I went on line and found a link but it was for Sid.  I have bookworm.  I did not use it but I downloaded the one for bookworm, at least I think I did.  It is in a folder marked Debian.  I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a

Re: Fixed the ethernet problem and know I have no sound!

2023-09-04 Thread Maureen L Thomas
So I installed pavucontrol and I now have sound.  Both the controls are set to 100% so I am good to go. Thank you Marco for your help. On 9/4/23 1:37 AM, Marco wrote: Am 03.09.2023 um 22:00:02 Uhr schrieb Maureen L Thomas: I could use some help with this one. Does pavucontrol see your

Fixed the ethernet problem and know I have no sound!

2023-09-03 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I use an all in one Lonova computer.  I have the latest Bookworm installed and had my wired connection kept shutting itself off.  I looked it up on the net and yesterday I installed ethtool and today I have my wired connection working but no sound.  I did find all my settings as they have been

Re: git setup

2023-08-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 09:54:02AM +0200, Loris Bennett wrote: Does a bare remote to which you simply push not already provide you with an adequate backup? One you have made a number of commits, you can just push them to the remote. I am old and my fingers sometimes strike the wrong keys. (In

Re: git setup

2023-08-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 07:24:59AM +0100, Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2023-08-24 at 22:24 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: #!/bin/bash # post-commit # 2023.08.24 2200gmt ssh backup "git pull" exit 0 You could omit the 'exit 0' so it returns the error code from the ssh command,

Re: git setup

2023-08-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 12:59:18AM -0400, Karl Vogel wrote: me% cat try #!/bin/sh export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin ssh -q -c aes128-...@openssh.com -i $HOME/.ssh/bkup_ed25519 \ bkup "logger -t autopull git pull whatever" exit 0 I am grateful for the recommendations

wierd document under /run/user/1000 directory

2023-08-23 Thread Gary L. Roach
drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 120 Aug 20 10:19 akonadi drwx-- 2 gary gary  60 Aug 20 10:19 at-spi srw-rw-rw- 1 gary gary   0 Aug 20 10:18 bus drwx-- 3 gary gary  60 Aug 20 10:18 dbus-1 drwx-- 2 gary gary  60 Aug 20 10:18 dconf *d? ? ?    ?  ?    ? doc* What is with the la

git setup

2023-08-21 Thread Russell L. Harris
After much searching and reading, I have not discovered how to set up a pair of git repositories to work together. I write articles for publication. I typically spend anywhere from several hours to many days on each article. It is frustrating to work for an hour or two on a paragraph or a page

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:14:20PM +0200, Christoph K. wrote: And I loathe fonts in which the numerals 3, 5, 6, and 9 are not radically different. Interesting point. Didn't pay much attention to these numerals, yet. Back in the 1970's, I ran across a detailed study of character shape with res

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Russell L. Harris
bumper sticker: DYSLEXICS UNTIE!

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am a XFCE user with a similar taste in fonts, but I have no need for umlaut. I am concerned primarily with the distinction between numeral 1 and lower case L. And I loathe fonts in which the numerals 3, 5, 6, and 9 are not radically different. Back in the 1970's, I ran across a det

Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-08-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
Consider evolution.

Re: Weird messages on logs.

2023-08-11 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 8/10/23 10:44 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Sorry, it was late when I posted this.  I am using Bookworm and checked the log not figuring on finding anything and found this.  My system has been upgrade to the last fixes for Bookworm.  I am using a Lanova all in one machine.  2TB hard drive

Re: Weird messages on logs.

2023-08-10 Thread Maureen L Thomas
, Henning Follmann wrote: On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 12:01:08AM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:  3:24:29 PM systemd: Failed to start tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor.  3:24:29 PM systemd: Failed to start tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor.  3:23:59 PM systemd: Failed

Re: Weird messages on logs.

2023-08-08 Thread Maureen L Thomas
:08AM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:  3:24:29 PM systemd: Failed to start tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor.  3:24:29 PM systemd: Failed to start tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor.  3:23:59 PM systemd: Failed to start tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker

Weird messages on logs.

2023-08-07 Thread Maureen L Thomas
 3:24:29 PM systemd: Failed to start tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor.  3:24:29 PM systemd: Failed to start tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor.  3:23:59 PM systemd: Failed to start tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor.  3:23:29 PM syste

Re: Feeds aren't yet dead (Was: Re: perl module listgarden)

2023-08-03 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 05:29:33PM +, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 03:07:47AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: For that matter, is RSS still in use? $ r2e list | wc -l 72 Andy, I don't understand; kindly explain. I have a blog and a web site, both of which I c

Re: perl module listgarden

2023-08-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 03:18:12PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 8/2/23 14:03, Russell L. Harris wrote: I have not used Perl for several years, and I do not know how to proceed. I am trying to install Dan Bricklin's RSS feed generator, ListGarden. metacpan.org cannot find the listg

perl module listgarden

2023-08-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
I have not used Perl for several years, and I do not know how to proceed. I am trying to install Dan Bricklin's RSS feed generator, ListGarden. metacpan.org cannot find the listgarden module. Here is the output: perl listgarden.pl Can't locate ListGarden.pm in @INC (you may need to install

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

2023-07-31 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 12:23:46PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new location and I need one. All the review

SOLVED

2023-07-18 Thread Maureen L Thomas
So I was really getting pissed off with this whole mess.  I have never had this much trouble with Linux since I started using it as windows 3 something came out. I finally went on line and went to the Debian download site.  I clicked on the link and it started to down load everything, only it

Upgrade to Debian 11 and still have the same problems.

2023-07-16 Thread Maureen L Thomas
So I have been snooping around the system and found this message in the lshw command: *-generic DISABLED description: Wireless interface product: RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@:02:00.0 logical name:

Re: I reinstalled debian bullsee and still have the same messages and this one too

2023-07-16 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I have seen the problems with Bookworm and will wait for awhile to see how it goes. On 7/16/23 3:22 AM, john doe wrote: On 7/16/23 03:59, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Sender:  pipewire time:  6:02:34 PM message:  Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Name.Has.NO.Owner!  Could

Re: I reinstalled debian bullsee and still have the same messages and this one too

2023-07-15 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 7/15/23 11:17 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 08:13:44PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 7/15/23 18:59, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Sender:  pipewire time:  6:02:34 PM message:  Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Name.Has.NO.Owner!  Could not get PID

Re: I reinstalled debian bullsee and still have the same messages and this one too

2023-07-15 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 7/15/23 11:13 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 7/15/23 18:59, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Sender:  pipewire time:  6:02:34 PM message:  Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Name.Has.NO.Owner!  Could not get PID of name "org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop:" no

I reinstalled debian bullsee and still have the same messages and this one too

2023-07-15 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Sender:  pipewire time:  6:02:34 PM message:  Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Name.Has.NO.Owner!  Could not get PID of name "org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop:" no such name Audit: 3 Priority: 3 So I went online and it seems everyone has a different opinion as to wha

General question regarding SSD and harddrive

2023-07-14 Thread Maureen L Thomas
So I have been looking at new computers and most of them come with SSD's but they are so much smaller than my 2 TB computer that I am not sure what is better.  I read a couple of pieces on different groups but still am not sure.  SSD's are faster but them have a quarter of the room for storage.

Re: Freezing mouse and other suff

2023-07-09 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I stand corrected my hdd is 1 terabyte and the ram is 8gb.  I am not sure I can expand that but I will find out. On 7/9/23 3:07 AM, Bret Busby wrote: On 9/7/23 15:03, Bret Busby wrote: On 9/7/23 12:37, David Christensen wrote: On 7/8/23 20:13, Maureen L Thomas wrote: So I have the latest

Re: Freezing mouse and other suff

2023-07-09 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 7/9/23 12:37 AM, David Christensen wrote: On 7/8/23 20:13, Maureen L Thomas wrote: So I have the latest stable Debian installed on my Lenova all in one computer.  I have an 8gb seagate ATA  harddrive, 8 GB seems small.  Do you mean 8 TB?   No it is a one year old mahine and it has 2

Freezing mouse and other suff

2023-07-08 Thread Maureen L Thomas
So I have the latest stable Debian installed on my Lenova all in one computer.  I have an 8gb seagate ATA  harddrive, Inetl core i3-9100T CPU 310 GHz, Realtec 8821CE wireless lan 802.1ac PCI-E Nic. When I shutdown I get the following message:  stop job is run for Clam Antivirus userspace daian

Re: Strange message

2023-06-20 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 6/20/23 2:51 AM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 16 Jun 2023 at 23:32:12 (-0400), Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 6/15/23 8:27 AM, ogis wrote: 15.06.2023 08:09, Maureen L Thomas пишет: Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus, error, NameHasNoOwner Hello. Just check this: https

Re: Strange message

2023-06-16 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I followed the instructions but they did not work.  Now what? On 6/15/23 8:27 AM, ogis wrote: Hello. Just check this: https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=150193 15.06.2023 08:09, Maureen L Thomas пишет: Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus, error, NameHasNoOwner

Strange message

2023-06-14 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I was checking my logs and this came up: Security Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus, error, NameHasNoOwner: Sender:  pipewire Time: 12:12:39 AM Message: Failed to receive portal pid: org.freedesktop.DBus, error, NameHasNoOwner: Session:3 Priority:3 I have absolutely no

Re: problem with local DNS

2023-06-05 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Sorry for the double post but I did not see the first answer any where.  Thank you.  It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.  Again Thank you. On 6/5/23 3:45 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:49:11 +0200 Michel Verdier wrote: Hello Michel, I already answered to your pro

Fwd: problem with local DNS

2023-06-04 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Forwarded Message Subject:problem with local DNS Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2023 18:53:47 -0400 From: Maureen L Thomas To: debian-user@lists.debian.org I am using a Lonova all in one computer with the latest debian on it.  Bullseye is working fine except for the

problem with local DNS

2023-06-02 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I am using a Lonova all in one computer with the latest debian on it.  Bullseye is working fine except for the warning I get as follows:  your current proxy settings do not allow local DNS req (network.proxy.socks_remote)dns). I have the nordvpn installed and I wonder if that is part of the p

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