Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-07-02 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 17 iun 19, 14:20:33, Bob Bernstein wrote: > For a change, I want to proceed with a tad of caution > rather than follow Don't RTFM - Wing That Sucker. > > I have an old Jessie running: > > Linux debian.localdomain 3.16.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.59-1 (2018-10-03) > x86_64 GNU/Linux >

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-18 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019, Andy Smith wrote: I'd be interested in seeing your routing table (the "ip route show" command I mentioned before). You must have your Jedi robes on. "These are the ip show commands I mentioned before." But you didn't mention 'ip route show,' else I would have provided

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-18 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11:12:40AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Bob, > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 12:07:16AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jun 2019, Andy Smith wrote: > > >What happens if you try to ping something? Like: > > […] > > > PING linode.com(2600:3c00::22 (2600:3c00::22))

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Bob, On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 12:07:16AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2019, Andy Smith wrote: > >What happens if you try to ping something? Like: […] > PING linode.com(2600:3c00::22 (2600:3c00::22)) 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 2600:3c00::22 (2600:3c00::22): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-18 Thread Richard Hector
On 18/06/19 4:07 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2019, Andy Smith wrote: > >> What happens if you try to ping something? Like: Sorry, sent my previous reply direct instead of to the list. How about the "ip route show" that Andy suggested? If you've been experimenting with openvpn,

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-18 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 12:07:16AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2019, Andy Smith wrote: > > >What happens if you try to ping something? Like: > > It is the ping failures that give me the most angst [...] > I was also interested to note that linode returned pings in ipv6 > mode.

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019, Andy Smith wrote: What happens if you try to ping something? Like: It is the ping failures that give me the most angst, since I am one of those people who, almost the first thing they'll do, if you sit them down at a computer keyboard, is try to ping somebody. I

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Bob, On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 09:21:57PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.1.40 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > dns-nameserver 8.8.8.8 […] > 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode > DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 >

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019, Andy Smith wrote: Possibly your network interface has changed name due to persistent naming? In any case, please can we see the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces file... /etc/network/interfaces -snip- # This file describes the network interfaces available on your

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 08:39:32PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > So, any hints about networking? Possibly your network interface has changed name due to persistent naming? In any case, please can we see the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces file, and the output of: $ ip link $ ip

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Bernstein
Stretch is installed with a shiny new kernel. Stretch doesn't know how to boot up while turning networking "on" in the process. X doesn't work now either. So, any hints about networking? -- What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 02:20:33PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: Full disclosure: I have not kept up. Are there resources, wikis, etc, dedicated to Upgrading Debian For Dummies?

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Joe
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:20:33 -0400 Bob Bernstein wrote: > For a change, I want to proceed with a tad of caution > rather than follow Don't RTFM - Wing That Sucker. > > I have an old Jessie running: > > Linux debian.localdomain 3.16.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.59-1 > (2018-10-03) x86_64

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 19:52 +0100, Tixy wrote: > On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 19:46 +0100, Tixy wrote: > [...] > > Note, both the above links are for the amd64 CPU architecture, > > there > > are differend notes for other architectures, so if you use another, > > look at the top level page: > > > >

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 19:46 +0100, Tixy wrote: [...] > Note, both the above links are for the amd64 CPU architecture, there > are differend notes for other architectures, so if you use another, > look at the top level page: > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/ Correction, for the

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 14:37 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 02:20:33PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > Full disclosure: I have not kept up. Are there resources, > > wikis, etc, dedicated to Upgrading Debian For Dummies? > >

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 02:20:33PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Full disclosure: I have not kept up. Are there resources, > wikis, etc, dedicated to Upgrading Debian For Dummies? https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html

An Ounce of Prevention

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Bernstein
For a change, I want to proceed with a tad of caution rather than follow Don't RTFM - Wing That Sucker. I have an old Jessie running: Linux debian.localdomain 3.16.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.59-1 (2018-10-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux ...and it has been borne in on me that my kernel needs to be