Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]

On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 at 11:19, Richard Owlett wrote: > At boot time, what determines which physical partition gets mounted as a > specific directory ( /, /home, swap, and so forth )? > > Please reference documentation as reading it will remind me of how and > why I chose specific options. man 5 f

Re: Issue with Fan Control on Gigabyte G5 MF Laptops

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 7:09 AM hamomo hamomo wrote: > > Dear Debian Community Team, > > I hope this message finds you well. > > I am writing to seek further assistance regarding an issue we are > experiencing with several laptops in our company, specifically the Gigabyte > G5 MF model (E2DE333S

Re: domain status in registry and registrar

On Aug 19, 2024, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 03:49:11PM +0800, Wesley wrote: > > First of all, I apologize for my lack of knowledge about the domain name > > registration industry. > > No need. We all stumble in the dark :-) > > > I checked a domain name, datafarm.net, and i

Re: domain status in registry and registrar

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 03:49:11PM +0800, Wesley wrote: > First of all, I apologize for my lack of knowledge about the domain name > registration industry. No need. We all stumble in the dark :-) > I checked a domain name, datafarm.net, and its DNS > showed that there was no record (nxdomain) at

Re: Why is Firefox crashing so much lately?

> I'm running Debian/Trixie on an AMD64 system, using the Plasma 5 over X > desktop. Firefox 115.12.0esr is crashing multiple times per day. It > frequently happens when page I'm transfers to another page that creates > a PDF or just has a complicated link. It's annoying. > > To visit some pages, I

Re: Why is Firefox crashing so much lately?

On 2024-08-17 22:47, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 9:07 PM Gary Dale wrote: [...] Out of frustration with this and another problem, I did a complete fresh install yesterday - first to Bookworm then a full-upgrade to Trixie. I started with a new profile for Firefox then synced it

Re: dialog colors

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:35:02 -0500 Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > debian 11 > > xfce > > xterm > > By default Xterm has a different color palette than the Linux console. > A custom XResources file can be used to configure Xterm to very > closely match the console palette if desired. See: > >

Re: dialog colors

* On 2024 18 Aug 13:08 -0500, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > On Sun, 18 Aug 2024, Charles Curley wrote: > > > On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 + > > fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > >> is use dialog to create simple menus > >> it's always white background and blue text > >> how can i change

Re: dialog colors

wrote: > On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 11:56:38AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 + > > fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > > > is use dialog to create simple menus > > > it's always white background and blue text > > > how can i change the colors [snip] > I guess i

Re: dialog colors

On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 11:56:38AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 + > fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > is use dialog to create simple menus > > it's always white background and blue text > > how can i change the colors > > > > You will have to provide more in

Re: dialog colors

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 + > fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > >> is use dialog to create simple menus >> it's always white background and blue text >> how can i change the colors >> > > You will have to provide more information before anyone can

Re: dialog colors

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 + fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > is use dialog to create simple menus > it's always white background and blue text > how can i change the colors > You will have to provide more information before anyone can answer that. Which desktop/window manager? KDE, XFCE,

Re: Issue with Laptop Fan Detection on Debian

From: Andrew M.A. Cater Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2024 9:46:41 PM To: hamomo hamomo Cc: commun...@debian.org Subject: Re: Issue with Laptop Fan Detection on Debian On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 06:34:17PM +, hamomo hamomo wrote: > Dear Debian Developers, > > I

Re: Metapackaging

On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 17:08:00 +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > I've long felt that they were overcomplicated in themselves: the > ideal UX should be not much more than "equivs package-name" => > ./package-name.deb generated, IMHO. I once had ambitions to add > that UX (either as a patch to equiv

Re: nginx or apache for php?

On Thu Aug 1, 2024 at 4:26 PM BST, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Related, Nginx is generally considered more secure than Apache. Nginx > has approximately 220 CVEs, while Apache and friends has roughly 2700 > CVEs. Confer, > and

Re: Metapackaging

On Thu Aug 15, 2024 at 10:38 PM BST, Dmitrii Odintcov wrote: > The existing tutorials on `equivs` tools are few and not very > detailed, so I'm looking for some clarification. > > What do `equivs-control`/`build` do beyond what can already be > accomplished with a `DEBIAN/control` file and `dpkg --

Re: Re: Corsair mouse and UPower

Max Nikulin wrote: > On 08/08/2024 03:37, Celejar wrote: > > Is the mouse simply not reporting power info via standard protocols, or > am I missing something? The mouse also supports Bluetooth, so I suppose > I could try that instead of 2.4GHz and see if it makes a difference. > > >

Re: Why is Firefox crashing so much lately?

Aug 18, 2024, 01:07 by g...@extremeground.com: > Firefox ESR is still crashing intermittently. Again, I can trigger it fairly > consistently just by visiting some pages (usually ones that try to generate a > PDF, for example). At other times it just crashes for no apparent reason. > You're usi

Re: Why is Firefox crashing so much lately?

On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 9:07 PM Gary Dale wrote: > [...] > Out of frustration with this and another problem, I did a complete fresh > install yesterday - first to Bookworm then a full-upgrade to Trixie. I > started with a new profile for Firefox then synced it to restore my > passwords and bookmar

Re: Why is Firefox crashing so much lately?

On 2024-07-19 11:19, Gary Dale wrote: On 2024-07-19 11:09, Gary Dale wrote: On 2024-07-19 10:42, The Wanderer wrote: On 2024-07-19 at 10:34, Gary Dale wrote: On 2024-07-18 09:52, Gary Dale wrote: Thanks for the tips guys, but I'm not going to switch to XFCE, I'm using an old AMD graphics car

Re: fwts package

On 2024-08-17 22:49, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: is there a debian package for fwts, FirmWare Test Suite, for debian 11 and 12 I dont know debian though, but ubuntu has that package. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:firmware-testing-team/ppa-fwts-stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-ge

Re: Issue with Laptop Fan Detection on Debian

On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:45:44 + hamomo hamomo wrote: > I am writing to report an issue we are experiencing with Debian on > several laptops within our company, Samadi1. The system and any > related software are unable to detect or interact with the laptop > fans. This problem persists across m

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Acer Aspire 5 A515-45 touchpad suddenly stopped working on debian 12.5

> David Wright : > To answer the question in the rant, "why the f* does this button > exist": for the same reason that some people set a touchpad timeout > each time a key is struck, to prevent the cursor careering around the > screen when typing, thanks to the ball of the thumb rubbing the to

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Acer Aspire 5 A515-45 touchpad suddenly stopped working on debian 12.5

> Keith Bainbridge : > Have you considered changing the bios so that the Fn keys need the Fn > key to alter the screen and touchpad and for that matter sound > settings etc accidently. It means the Fn keys will also function what > was considered normally for decades. Can't say I have... cons

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On 2024-08-16 21:14, Stefan Monnier wrote: > AFAIU there's also `radicale` (which, contrary to `davical` is also > supported by FreedomBox). I installed radicale a while ago, it was easy, painless, and I haven't touched it since. From my notes. I followed these instructions: https://www.howtofo

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On 2024-08-16 21:14, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> You can use davical[1]. While it focuses on caldav, it also supports carddav. > > AFAIU there's also `radicale` (which, contrary to `davical` is also > supported by FreedomBox). > > also, Nextcloud ships a CardDAV backend for users to store and shar

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 12:36 Dan Ritter wrote: > Michael Kj??rling wrote: > > On 14 Aug 2024 21:22 -0600, from charlescur...@charlescurley.com > (Charles Curley): ... I don't really need any Linux support as long as the app supports Gmail and Google contacts. -Tom

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

>> I do have it installed. I also tried to install `libavcodec-extra` at >> some point (when I saw that `mp4a-latm` 🙂), but it made no difference >> of course. > You do not have AAC in the list of supported codecs and I am unsure if it is > due to alsa backend or due to a missed package (libfdk-aa

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

> You can use davical[1]. While it focuses on caldav, it also supports carddav. AFAIU there's also `radicale` (which, contrary to `davical` is also supported by FreedomBox). Stefan

Re: chromium launch fails -- solved

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 proper

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

On 15/08/2024 20:51, Stefan Monnier wrote: I do have it installed. I also tried to install `libavcodec-extra` at some point (when I saw that `mp4a-latm` 🙂), but it made no difference of course. You do not have AAC in the list of supported codecs and I am unsure if it is due to alsa backend o

usermod video,audio (was: Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970)

On 16/08/2024 06:15, George at Clug wrote: usermod -a -G video,audio [myusername] It should not be necessary. Udev and systemd-logind "uaccess" feature grants permissions to the current active user through ACLs.

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

On 8/15/24 13:47, Hans wrote: Hi Ebon, you said, it is flashing? Or do you have a blamk screen? It's all black, but the backlight flashes. I'll see if making the fixmonitors script correct works. I wrote that script and it uses xrandr to reset the monitors to the way they should be. Now thei

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

You can use davical[1]. While it focuses on caldav, it also supports carddav. [1] https://wiki.davical.org/index.php?title=CardDAV On August 15, 2024 9:31:39 AM CDT, Tom Browder wrote: >On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 08:04 Charles Curley < >charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 15 Aug 20

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 at 15:46, George at Clug wrote: > On Thursday, 15-08-2024 at 19:05 Hans wrote: > > FYI I am running a backport kernel, it is 6.9.7+bpo-amd64. > > Is this what is called a "Frankendebian" ? Hi, for your information, this wiki page: https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian has

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

On Friday, 16-08-2024 at 03:30 Hans wrote: > > What Steam games do you have working under Nvidia? I have watched people on > > YouTube play some interesting and modern games using Nvidia + Linux and > > with ray-tracing, but they have to do a lot of customisation from what I > > could tell. From my

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

On Friday, 16-08-2024 at 03:57 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 00:48:20 +1000, George at Clug wrote: > > On Thursday, 15-08-2024 at 19:05 Hans wrote: > > > FYI I am running a backport kernel, it is 6.9.7+bpo-amd64. > > > > Is this what is called a "Frankendebian" ? > > No. Back

[RESOLVED] Re: Was linux-image-6.1.0-22-amd64 spontaneously rebooting?

Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > If you have problems after using a live image, it might be that the first > of those was to use a live image :( > > The netinst and DVD installers are more mature and potentially better tested. > The live installer generally relies on different code if you use calamares,

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

Le 15/08/2024 à 19:17, e...@gmx.us a écrit : [...] > Aug 15 12:57:24 cerberus lightdm[1085]: Error getting user list from > org.freedesktop.Accounts: > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name > org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files [...] didier@hp-

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

> > You don't get security updates for backport kernels, so I'd strongly > oppose it if you're running an exposed server. But for a desktop system > in a normal kind of setup (behind a firewall, or on a private network) > it should be within reasonable expectations of security. Huh, this is an

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 00:48:20 +1000, George at Clug wrote: > On Thursday, 15-08-2024 at 19:05 Hans wrote: > > FYI I am running a backport kernel, it is 6.9.7+bpo-amd64. > > Is this what is called a "Frankendebian" ? No. Backports are reasonably safe. Installing one doesn't break all your dep

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

Hi Ebon, you said, it is flashing? Or do you have a blamk screen? This can happen, when the resolutionb of the monitor is out of sync. You can try to create an /etc/xorg.conf file, where you can set the resolution. Xorg.conf is not needed any more, as the monitor is telling the resolution and

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

> What Steam games do you have working under Nvidia? I have watched people on > YouTube play some interesting and modern games using Nvidia + Linux and > with ray-tracing, but they have to do a lot of customisation from what I > could tell. From my experience basic distribution installations do not

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

On 8/15/24 12:54, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 8/15/24 05:05, Hans wrote: If it is now starting well, you are good and can move your loginmanagers back. After reboot, it should automatically starting the -Server witrh a login greeter. OK, I'll try that. I haven't changed anything but we'll see wh

Re: Was linux-image-6.1.0-22-amd64 spontaneously rebooting?

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 06:45:33AM -0400, songbird wrote: > Mike wrote: > > > I just installed Debian 12.6.0 (from a Debian Live ISO image) on new server > > hardware. On the way to getting it installed, it was suddenly rebooting. > > I even got so far as installing it and running "apt upgrade",

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

I am currently running in X with the GTX. Only two of three monitors are connected. The right one currently has a VGA cable which doesn't work with this card. In the console, the left (sideways, DVI) worked but the center (HDMI) didn't until "startx". How can I fix that, or is the DVI one the

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

On 8/15/24 05:05, Hans wrote: Hi Ebon, I am running a NVidia GTX-960 iin Debianbookworm and it is working lie a charme. No problems with any of the apps, Greg mentioned. KDE, Steam games and everything elese is working great. FYI I am running a backport kernel, it is 6.9.7+bpo-amd64. Proba

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

On Thursday, 15-08-2024 at 19:05 Hans wrote: > Hi Ebon, > > I am running a NVidia GTX-960 iin Debianbookworm and it is working lie a > charme. > > No problems with any of the apps, Greg mentioned. KDE, Steam games and > everything elese is > working great. What Steam games do you have wo

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 08:04 Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:36:02 + > Michael Kjörling wrote: > > > I too was going to suggest Nextcloud; with the caveat that I don't see > > the server portion in the Debian Bookworm repos (though it is free

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 10:21:01AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I have not found the real source of the problem, It's a browser, after all ;-D > but I have found out why it worked on other machines and not on this one: \o/ > some months > (years?) ago I made this i386 machine use `firefox-esr

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

I have not found the real source of the problem, but I have found out why it worked on other machines and not on this one: some months (years?) ago I made this i386 machine use `firefox-esr:amd64` because Firefox tabs kept crashing (even for fairly simple pages). [ I've been using the i386 version

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

> If you have libavcodec installed (from "Recommends") then it might be some > testing issue. There is no problem in bookworm. I do have it installed. I also tried to install `libavcodec-extra` at some point (when I saw that `mp4a-latm` 🙂), but it made no difference of course. > Firefox exposes

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

>> I have no idea what sandbox settings you're referring to. >> How/where can I find those to "tinker" with? > [1a] also: about:config -> security.sandbox.* Hmm... I set both `security.sandbox.socket.process.level` and `security.sandbox.content.level` to 0 as well as `media.cubeb.sandbox` to false

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

Michael Kj??rling wrote: > On 14 Aug 2024 21:22 -0600, from charlescur...@charlescurley.com (Charles > Curley): > >> I am looking at Contacts+ as a possible solution. Has anyone had any > >> good experience with it, or do you have a better solution to > >> recommend? > > > > Take a look at Nextc

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:36:02 + Michael Kjörling wrote: > I too was going to suggest Nextcloud; with the caveat that I don't see > the server portion in the Debian Bookworm repos (though it is free and > open source). I sit corrected. Nextcloud itself is not in the Debian repos, although a nu

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 01:13:15PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: Except the original plan did not hold water, even at the time. yes, that's why Reiser continued to add non-traditional filesystem features right up to the end. and the more it diverged from a traditional filesystem, the less like

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

On 15/08/2024 18:46, Stefan Monnier wrote: Error no decoder found for audio/mp4a-latm It relies on non-free AAC codec that you likely do not have installed. That's a side-issue: the web page I pointed to has various videos in various formats and none of them work (hence the error messages ment

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 07:46:19AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> Error no decoder found for audio/mp4a-latm > > It relies on non-free AAC codec that you likely do not have installed. > > That's a side-issue: the web page I pointed to has various videos in > various formats and none of them wor

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 07:43:16AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Aha -- so you are using pipewire's pulseaudio emulation? > > Yes. > > > Search engineering (hah) turns up some noises like this [1] which at > > least suggest to tinker with sandbox settings. They might have painted > > themselve

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

>> Error no decoder found for audio/mp4a-latm > It relies on non-free AAC codec that you likely do not have installed. That's a side-issue: the web page I pointed to has various videos in various formats and none of them work (hence the error messages mentioning other "decoder not found" mime type

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

> Aha -- so you are using pipewire's pulseaudio emulation? Yes. > Search engineering (hah) turns up some noises like this [1] which at > least suggest to tinker with sandbox settings. They might have painted > themselves again into a corner by not allowing some processes to see > some paths in th

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On 14 Aug 2024 21:22 -0600, from charlescur...@charlescurley.com (Charles Curley): >> I am looking at Contacts+ as a possible solution. Has anyone had any >> good experience with it, or do you have a better solution to >> recommend? > > Take a look at Nextcloud. Open source, free, available in De

Re: Was linux-image-6.1.0-22-amd64 spontaneously rebooting?

Mike wrote: > I just installed Debian 12.6.0 (from a Debian Live ISO image) on new server > hardware. On the way to getting it installed, it was suddenly rebooting. > I even got so far as installing it and running "apt upgrade", when it > rebooted again. > > Then that upgraded linux-image-6.1.0-2

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

Michael Stone (12024-08-14): > The short answer is that the reason it handles small files well is because > Reiser wanted the filesystem to be used for direct storage of small objects, > whereas most applications dealing with small objects combine them into a > larger object which is what is stored

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

Hi Ebon, I am running a NVidia GTX-960 iin Debianbookworm and it is working lie a charme. No problems with any of the apps, Greg mentioned. KDE, Steam games and everything elese is working great. FYI I am running a backport kernel, it is 6.9.7+bpo-amd64. If your card i

Re: nvidia driver for GTX 970

Ebon, I have used GTX 970 and GTX 960 video cards for several years.  I have used them with Bookworm since Bookworm was released, using the Bookworm packaged Nvidia proprietary drivers. As long as the GTX 970 is not faulty, you should have an excellent experience with the GTX 970, ... unless yo

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 09:10:18AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 15/08/2024 02:32, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Error no decoder found for audio/mp4a-latm > > It relies on non-free AAC codec that you likely do not have installed. > Perhaps chromium has a built-in implementation. Max, you rock. Che

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 03:32:31PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I have a machine here running a freshly updated and rebooted Debian > testing where I can't get Firefox (more specifically `firefox-esr`) to > use audio. E.g. I go to > > https://tekeye.uk/html/html5-video-test-page > > and no

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 03:47:33PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Stefan Monnier composed on 2024-08-14 15:32 (UTC-0400): > > > I have a machine here running a freshly updated and rebooted Debian > > testing where I can't get Firefox (more specifically `firefox-esr`) to > > use audio. > > Check if i

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 06:56:07PM +0100, piorunz wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Same here, I am on GMX mailbox too, received a warning recently that I > will be unsubscribed forcibly because my e-mail provider GMX rejected > spam Debian list is sending towards me. LOL. Maybe Debian e-mail server > could

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:11:07 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > I am looking at Contacts+ as a possible solution. Has anyone had any > good experience with it, or do you have a better solution to > recommend? Take a look at Nextcloud. Open source, free, available in Debian repos, syncs with IOS and Mac

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

On 15/08/2024 02:32, Stefan Monnier wrote: Error no decoder found for audio/mp4a-latm It relies on non-free AAC codec that you likely do not have installed. Perhaps chromium has a built-in implementation.

[RESOLVED] Re: Was linux-image-6.1.0-22-amd64 spontaneously rebooting?

I'll call this "resolved", not "solved". > I'll let it run for awhile before I believe that. I ran the -23- kernel for four days without issue. Then I rebooted into the previous -22- kernel, still installed. That has run for a day so far. So the problems no longer seem to be present. I don't

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> I have a machine here running a freshly updated and rebooted Debian >>> testing where I can't get Firefox (more specifically `firefox-esr`) to >>> use audio. i'm running the unstable firefox (otherwise the rest is testing) with no issues that i've noticed so far on aud

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

>> I have a machine here running a freshly updated and rebooted Debian >> testing where I can't get Firefox (more specifically `firefox-esr`) to >> use audio. > > Check if installing apulse helps. It's supposed to make obstinate apps like > Firefox act as though pulseaudio is installed, dead techno

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 03:46:45PM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Off-topic really, but could you explain (or point to an explanation) how applications could be redesigned for this 'new paradigm'. I ask because I used reiserfs because of (a) journalling and (b) handling many small files

Re: Firefox doesn't want to see Pulseaudio

Stefan Monnier composed on 2024-08-14 15:32 (UTC-0400): > I have a machine here running a freshly updated and rebooted Debian > testing where I can't get Firefox (more specifically `firefox-esr`) to > use audio. Check if installing apulse helps. It's supposed to make obstinate apps like Firefox a

Re: Disk I/O errors

Hi George, It would be useful if you paste here full smart attribute stats, command: sudo smartctl /dev/sda --all replace sda with correct name as needed Do "long" SMART test on this drive. It should be able to map out bad sectors so Linux doesn't see the errors any more. Unless bad sectors are

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

Hi Thomas, Same here, I am on GMX mailbox too, received a warning recently that I will be unsubscribed forcibly because my e-mail provider GMX rejected spam Debian list is sending towards me. LOL. Maybe Debian e-mail server could improve filtering so I don't receive any spam in the first place? I

Re: stop using APT!

On 8/14/24 12:39, RixvNX wrote: Stop using apt, apt support for mysql is so poor! I wish to see the pre installed package manager no longer APT but yum in new versions of debian and kali! Looks like a troll, Don't waste time answering.

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 10:37:12AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > >Yes, that was its main strength. > > ReiserFS's main strength was that it reimagined how filesystems > should be used. It's main drawback was that applications would need > to be redesigned in order to tak

Re: stop using APT!

Hi, On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 06:39:05PM +0800, RixvNX wrote: > Stop using apt, apt support for mysql is so poor! MySQL isn't packaged by Debian (that need is served by MariaDB in Debian) so if you have a .deb-based MySQL package that you're unhappy with you should take that up with whoever made it

Re: stop using APT!

On Aug 14, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Stop using apt, apt support for mysql is so poor! > > What does that mean? I think it means the person doesn't understand that mysql is dead. -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5

Re: stop using APT!

> Stop using apt, apt support for mysql is so poor! What does that mean? Stefan

Re: stop using APT!

August 14, 2024 at 6:39 PM, "RixvNX" wrote: > > Stop using apt, apt support for mysql is so poor! > I wish to see the pre installed package manager no longer APT but yum in new > versions of debian and kali! > may I ask where you see debian support yum?

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

I offer a reflection on keeping the list on track. On 12/08/24 03:58, Hanno 'Rince' Wagner wrote: Hi Thomas, On Sun, 11 Aug 2024, Thomas Schmitt wrote: From this quite unsuspicious situation the automat of Debian Listmaster Team derived the threat to unsubscribe me. There is no threat. the

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 10:37:12AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Yes, that was its main strength. ReiserFS's main strength was that it reimagined how filesystems should be used. It's main drawback was that applications would need to be redesigned in order to take advantage of the new paradigm,

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

August 13, 2024 at 2:14 AM, "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > > Hi, > > i think i found documentation about effective storage of very small > > files in ext4: > > https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Disk_Layout#Inline_Data > > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/197633/how-to-use

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

Hi, i think i found documentation about effective storage of very small files in ext4: https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Disk_Layout#Inline_Data https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/197633/how-to-use-the-new-ext4-inline-data-feature-storing-data-directly-in-the-inode https://m

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

Hi We are still using Reiserfs for its space optimisation. Very optimised for a lot of little files and its shrink feature is better than with xfs The file system is more resilient with power outage per exemple than others So with linux 6.6 any way possible to load the module ? Le lun. 12 août

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On 8/12/24 04:09, Wesley wrote: Most recent years we keep using the ext4 filesystem. But years ago before ext4 we used the ReiserFS filesystem. In my memory ReiserFS was a good choice for our application (many small files). Do you anybody still use ReiserFS today? How about it compares to ext4?

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On 12 Aug 2024 18:17 +1000, from curmudg...@telaman.net.au (David): >> Do you anybody still use ReiserFS today? How about it compares to >> ext4? > > Is it even being maintained these days? Per Wikipedia: ReiserFS 3 : "The reiserfsprogs 3.6.27 were release

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

Hi, Wesley wrote: > In my memory ReiserFS was a good choice for our application (many small > files). Yes, that was its main strength. Possibly ext4 can economize on very small files, too. man 1 chattr mentions: "A file with the 'N' attribute set indicates that the file has data stored

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On Mon, 2024-08-12 at 08:09 +, Wesley wrote: > Most recent years we keep using the ext4 filesystem. > But years ago before ext4 we used the ReiserFS filesystem. > In my memory ReiserFS was a good choice for our application (many > small files). > Do you anybody still use ReiserFS today? How abo

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

Hi, Karen Lewellen wrote: > As a side note..I got the message, assuming you mean the one indicating it > was from new service with account statement or some such. Yes. The message which was bounced by GMX is in the list archive as https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/08/msg00366.html Ob

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

As a side note..I got the message, assuming you mean the one indicating it was from new service with account statement or some such. Naturally, I did not so much as open the item. seems like a broad list attempt, assuming this is the post you are referencing of course. Kare On Sun, 11 Aug 2

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

On 8/11/24 17:11, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Normally GMX puts spam into a separate box where i can unjail it if i deem it not guilty. (Happens often enough.) * they do actually filter some extreme stuff out that I believe is required by law or somesuch. I never see it, so I don't know exactly

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

Hi, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > You don't need to run a mailserver to do something similar. I simply > told my ISP (Zen) not to filter spam out of my mail. Normally GMX puts spam into a separate box where i can unjail it if i deem it not guilty. (Happens often enough.) > * they do actua

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

Hello, On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 08:25:09PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > How do you then explain that it lasted 2 days until i got affected > exactly after i challenged the (potential) troll by stating: > "although i seem not to be worth to be targeted by our bounce assassin," > > Between the f

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

Andy Smith wrote: > Personally what I do is silently discard spammy emails from known > list servers instead of rejecting them at SMTP time (which is > otherwise and usually desirable). Doing that does require running > your own mail server though, which almost no one does. You don't need to run

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