memtest86+ on UEFI (was: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router)

2023-12-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Interesting. I have memtest86+ 6.10-4, for amd64, on the machine. Then AFAIK it is not a known problem (IOW, it should work). > Maybe I'll try a USB stick version. IIRC the memtest86+ Debian package comes with .iso files which you can (manually) put into /boot/images/ and which boot in a

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-12-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:58:11 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Note: Memtest86 does not appear to work. I believe that is a known > > problem with UEFI machines. > > AFAIK the current memtest86+ (not to be confused with memtest86, which > is proprietary) claims to work fine on UEFI. > IIUC the

Getting UEFI to boot Debian (was: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router)

2023-12-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> For the curious, I occasionally need to run Microchip MPLAB, the old > pre-Java version which doesn't do Linux. It only just about does > Windows... I used to think Serif software was buggy until I tried > Microchip stuff. Setting it up might take some work (especially if you need it to have

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-12-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Note: Memtest86 does not appear to work. I believe that is a known > problem with UEFI machines. AFAIK the current memtest86+ (not to be confused with memtest86, which is proprietary) claims to work fine on UEFI. IIUC the one in oldstable doesn't OTOH. Stefan

Re: Set UEFI boot target with Windows (was: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router)

2023-11-30 Thread Joe
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:27:59 +0100 Arno Lehmann wrote: > > ... have you ever tried > > bcdedit /bootsequence > > In general, the built-in help of bcdedit is not bad, needs a bit of > patience, though. > > And of course we lack the flexibility of tools such as awk or sed on > Windows, to

Set UEFI boot target with Windows (was: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router)

2023-11-30 Thread Arno Lehmann
Bit of a digression here, probably better not to pursue *this* on the mailing list, but... Am 30.11.2023 um 12:52 schrieb Joe: On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:34:30 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: As I understand things, a well functioning UEFI system does not need to use GRUB. The entries for Linux

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-30 Thread Joe
On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:34:30 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > As I understand things, a well functioning UEFI system does not need > to use GRUB. The entries for Linux and Windows will be in the UEFI > boot menu, and you can boot directly using EFI variables. > It's the 'well functioning'

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-29 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 6:17 PM Charles Curley wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:57:28 -0700 > Charles Curley wrote: > > > My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 > > Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a > > router/gateway computer. > >

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-29 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:57:28 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 > Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a > router/gateway computer. Thank you all for much useful advice. I ended up with an ACEMAGIC T8

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-16 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2023-11-16 at 15:56 +0800, jeremy ardley wrote: > The FriendlyPC version run a vendor version of Debian with some packages > especially compiled for the device such as ffmpeg and graphics drivers > > Armbian is usually a bit slower in releases and produces a more > canonical Debian

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-16 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2023-11-16 at 10:49 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > > I'm currently running a Globalscale SheevaPlug and a DreamPlugs but > > Debian support for the old ARM architecture is likely to end soon. > > (Dropping it seems to come up each release, but so far they're > > still > > releasing

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-16 Thread basti
On 16.11.23 16:49, Stefan Monnier wrote: My current favourites are RK3588 based CPU SBC devices which have an exceptionally fast set of CPUs, high speed networking, and options for Debian or Ubuntu or OpenWRT or Armbian. Are these the usual SBC setup where you have to run the vendor kernel,

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> My current favourites are RK3588 based CPU SBC devices which have an >> exceptionally fast set of CPUs, high speed networking, and options for >> Debian or Ubuntu or OpenWRT or Armbian. > > Are these the usual SBC setup where you have to run the vendor kernel, > plus possibly other custom bits,

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread jeremy ardley
On 16/11/23 15:40, Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2023-11-16 at 09:04 +0800, jeremy ardley wrote: My current favourites are RK3588 based CPU SBC devices which have an exceptionally fast set of CPUs, high speed networking, and options for Debian or Ubuntu or OpenWRT or Armbian. Are these the usual SBC

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2023-11-16 at 09:04 +0800, jeremy ardley wrote: > My current favourites are RK3588 based CPU SBC devices which have an > exceptionally fast set of CPUs, high speed networking, and options for > Debian or Ubuntu or OpenWRT or Armbian. Are these the usual SBC setup where you have to run

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread jeremy ardley
On 16/11/23 10:15, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:04:55 +0800 jeremy ardley wrote: My current favourites are RK3588 based CPU SBC devices which have an exceptionally fast set of CPUs, high speed networking, and options for Debian or Ubuntu or OpenWRT or Armbian. They can

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:04:55 +0800 jeremy ardley wrote: > My current favourites are RK3588 based CPU SBC devices which have an > exceptionally fast set of CPUs, high speed networking, and options > for Debian or Ubuntu or OpenWRT or Armbian. They can provide a > network storage service as well

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread jeremy ardley
On 14/11/23 08:42, Dan Ritter wrote: I bought one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Firewall-Appliance-HUNSN-Barebone-Storage/dp/B0B53MKZBX/ (4 x 2.5Gb NICs, N5105 CPU) -- I paid about $250 including 16GB RAM and a 500GB SSD. Works very nicely. For about $70 less you can get them with 2x

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread gene heskett
On 11/15/23 18:37, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 16.11.2023 03:46, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:58:05 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: 16 years is a good amount of value. :) Is it Pentium 4 on ITX motherboard? Nope. FIT-PC, first iteration. Processor is an AMD Geode

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 16.11.2023 03:46, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:58:05 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: 16 years is a good amount of value. :) Is it Pentium 4 on ITX motherboard? Nope. FIT-PC, first iteration. Processor is an AMD Geode SBC. https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=c256a73072

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:58:05 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > 16 years is a good amount of value. :) > Is it Pentium 4 on ITX motherboard? Nope. FIT-PC, first iteration. Processor is an AMD Geode SBC. https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=c256a73072 I did buy a spare hard drive for each,

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 15.11.2023 18:47, Charles Curley wrote: On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:31:52 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: On 15.11.2023 07:56, Stefan Monnier wrote: [...] [...] I wrote that email as a word of caution, because Roberto had mentioned he is looking for the device with the same conditions

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-15 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:31:52 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > On 15.11.2023 07:56, Stefan Monnier wrote: > [...] > [...] > I wrote that email as a word of caution, because Roberto had > mentioned he is looking for the device with the same conditions as > OP, which is "no fans". >

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-14 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 15.11.2023 07:56, Stefan Monnier wrote: This looks too good to be true and raises many red flags. According to Intel specs [1] for this processor it's 28W of heat to dissipate and that is Base Power only, Turbo Boost is whooping 64W(!). IMO it is impossible to do with fan-less design at

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-14 Thread Stefan Monnier
> This looks too good to be true and raises many red flags. > According to Intel specs [1] for this processor it's 28W of heat to > dissipate and that is Base Power only, Turbo Boost is whooping 64W(!). > IMO it is impossible to do with fan-less design at this small size, so there > will be at

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-14 Thread debian-user
> moment, this is my leading candidate: > https://www.newegg.com/neosmay-kc12-alder-lake/p/2SW-006Y-00074 > > In my case, I also use my router as a backup server, so I wanted dual > storage. If you can get by without that, then this much cheaper > machine might work for you: > https:/

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-14 Thread basti
On 14.11.23 10:45, Anssi Saari wrote: Charles Curley writes: My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a router/gateway computer. I built a router with an APUD4D board and case from pcengines.ch.

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-14 Thread Anssi Saari
Charles Curley writes: > My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 > Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a > router/gateway computer. I built a router with an APUD4D board and case from pcengines.ch. They're going out of production but are

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-13 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 14.11.2023 04:08, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 03:57:28PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a router/gateway computer. It should run Debian.

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Charles Curley wrote: > It should run Debian. > > It should either have two gigabit (or better) Ethernet interfaces or > have suitable expansion capability. > > It should be quiet: no fans, and low power requirements. A small > physical footprint would be nice. > > Most of the time it will run

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 5:58 PM Charles Curley wrote: > > My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 > Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a > router/gateway computer. > > It should run Debian. > > It should either have two gigabit (or better)

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-13 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
ce, although the FIT-PCs do fine with IDE > spinning rust. > I am in the process of solving almost the exact same problem. At the moment, this is my leading candidate: https://www.newegg.com/neosmay-kc12-alder-lake/p/2SW-006Y-00074 In my case, I also use my router as a backup server, so

Re: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-13 Thread jeremy ardley
On 14/11/23 06:57, Charles Curley wrote: My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a router/gateway computer. It should run Debian. It should either have two gigabit (or better) Ethernet interfaces or

Hardware Advice Wanted: Router

2023-11-13 Thread Charles Curley
My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a router/gateway computer. It should run Debian. It should either have two gigabit (or better) Ethernet interfaces or have suitable expansion capability. It

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Jul 2021 at 11:09:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > Indeed. Apologies, Felix. Having said that, perhaps installing in the same way as two other users have idicaated would allow you to make a useful contriburion without having to rely on memory. -- Brian.

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 16:24:12 +0100, Brian wrote: [..] > on the system. So...a D-I bug? Quite possibly, but my involvement with it ends here. Others can pursue it in a suitable report. Note that the installation with "recommends=false" still sets up the system not to install recommended

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Jul 2021 at 04:55:04 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 07/01/2021 04:52 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 16:34:46 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > > > > Brian composed on 2021-07-01 21:05 (UTC+0100): > > > > > > > On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 12:40:05 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > >

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/01/2021 04:52 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 16:34:46 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Brian composed on 2021-07-01 21:05 (UTC+0100): On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 12:40:05 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-01 Thread Brian
On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 16:34:46 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Brian composed on 2021-07-01 21:05 (UTC+0100): > > > On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 12:40:05 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > > >> Dunno what to tell you. Maybe

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-01 Thread Felix Miata
Brian composed on 2021-07-01 21:05 (UTC+0100): > On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 12:40:05 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >> Dunno what to tell you. Maybe that's because I always include also >> tasks=standard >

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/01/2021 11:40 AM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2021-07-01 08:00 (UTC-0500): Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2021-06-30 08:43 (UTC-0500): I don't recall just when I did it but I had tried including "install-recommends=false" somewhere in the command

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-01 Thread Brian
On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 12:40:05 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Richard Owlett composed on 2021-07-01 08:00 (UTC-0500): > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Richard Owlett composed on 2021-06-30 08:43 (UTC-0500): > > >>> I don't recall just when I > >>> did it but I had tried including

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-01 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Owlett composed on 2021-07-01 08:00 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: >> Richard Owlett composed on 2021-06-30 08:43 (UTC-0500): >>> I don't recall just when I >>> did it but I had tried including "install-recommends=false" somewhere in >>> the command line. It failed.

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-01 Thread Brian
On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 08:00:25 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/30/2021 01:39 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > > Richard Owlett composed on 2021-06-30 08:43 (UTC-0500): > > > > > I don't recall just when I > > > did it but I had tried including "install-recommends=false" somewhere in > > > the

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/30/2021 01:39 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2021-06-30 08:43 (UTC-0500): I don't recall just when I did it but I had tried including "install-recommends=false" somewhere in the command line. It failed.

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-07-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > > There are a bunch of loonies out there who don't like other > > people based on gender, sex, skin color, religion, geography, or > > merely the fact that their computer is unsecured. > > > > Thanks, I didn't know the word loonies applied to

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, > If I'm asking for help, I don't want to hear "try this, it's > dangerous" unless all other possibilities have been exhausted. > > If you want to start a thread "dangerous things to do to risk > your data", that's fine. Would you be stuck in something like YOU = ALL OTHER BEING ? Can you

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer] - continue

2021-06-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, > > > And there's most people on earth who don't give a minute thinking about > this. > > Ask any business manager, he doesn't give much interest in his computer > installation, as long one thing goes, what is it ? That the system > permit core operation for the company and profit

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, Note : Sorry Andrei if this message may seem to be wrote directly to you because in fact it's written to all the "you" around who may feel concerned. You got a direct reply because I was replying to your message. Again, this could be something not to be done. On 2021-06-30 7:58 p.m., Andrei

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 30 iun 21, 11:44:42, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > Now here's what will amaze you... > You can do the same with a computer. > Take risk... > Make your computer unusable... Sure, it's a great learning experience. > Type "alias cd=rm -rf" In my opinion it's generally a bad

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 30 iun 21, 11:02:43, Thompson, Brian wrote: > > Is this mailing list usually used for philosophical debates, persuasion, and > primitive name-calling? Genuinely curious so that I can unsub if it is. It happens more or less every time during the freeze, as there are less problems to

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 30 iun 21, 05:57:19, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-06-30 at 05:23, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > > On 2021-06-30 4:32 a.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > >> On Ma, 29 iun 21, 17:08:16, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >> > >>> I can only hope that one day someone

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Brian
On Wed 30 Jun 2021 at 23:40:54 +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2021-06-30 18:56, Brian wrote: > > > > "f" word is very ancient English word which gives added emphasis > > > especially > > > when unexpected > > > Doesn't bother me but as you say is inappropriate on mailing list > > > and I'm > > >

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread mick crane
On 2021-06-30 18:56, Brian wrote: "f" word is very ancient English word which gives added emphasis especially when unexpected Doesn't bother me but as you say is inappropriate on mailing list and I'm sure it's a one-off. It is inappropriate anywhere in public. You are not bothered by this?

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-06-30 Thread Brian
riggered some memories. I don't recall just when I did > it but I had tried including "install-recommends=false" somewhere in the > command line. It failed. IIRC there's something hard-coded in part of the > installer that ignores that directive just where I wanted it to hav

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Joe
On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:33:37 -0400 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > There's a old saying that state : > "Give someone a fish, feed him for the day, teach him how to fish, > feed him for life". > > That must be something that doesn't apply anymore. It never did. The second clause is

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Brian
On Wed 30 Jun 2021 at 14:27:16 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: [...] > There are a bunch of loonies... A very nineteenth centrury word. This bunch of people have views that are due to some mental illness? Maybe a touch of empathy would not go unnoticed. [...] -- Brian.

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-06-30 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Owlett composed on 2021-06-30 08:43 (UTC-0500): > I don't recall just when I > did it but I had tried including "install-recommends=false" somewhere in > the command line. It failed. > I start most

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > > For people that I consider part of my community, I feel a higher > > standard of care is in order. > > > Haven't you ever tried to think of computing as a "no risk involved" > possibility ? > > If I accept that I may risk rendering the system

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Brian
On Wed 30 Jun 2021 at 13:31:37 +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2021-06-30 10:59, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 02:43:28PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > DO NOT USE xhost + WITH ssh -X OR ssh -Y > > > > > > That was the fucking point. > > > > Calm down.

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-30 11:59 a.m., Dan Ritter wrote: > Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> Now here's what will amaze you... >> You can do the same with a computer. >> Take risk... >> Make your computer unusable... >> Type "alias cd=rm -rf" >> Open all the ports and get hacked. >> Open all the

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Thompson, Brian
On 30 Jun 2021, at 10:44, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: Hi, To summarize, there are basically two sane approaches to remote X clients: "Two sane approach" ? Okay, there's only two approach YOU believe in. That's it. There's at least a dozen of way to install a X11 network

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Now here's what will amaze you... > You can do the same with a computer. > Take risk... > Make your computer unusable... > Type "alias cd=rm -rf" > Open all the ports and get hacked. > Open all the ports and not get hacked. > Take risk and loose not much

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, > > To summarize, there are basically two sane approaches to remote X clients: > "Two sane approach" ? Okay, there's only two approach YOU believe in. That's it. There's at least a dozen of way to install a X11 network system. You don't have any a power to judge other than your own self.

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:07:24AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 04:35:13PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > BTW: the problematic thing is called "xhost +", not "xhost +x", which > > won't work... > > > > tomas@trotzki:~$ xhost + x > > xhost: bad hostname "x" > > >

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 04:35:13PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > BTW: the problematic thing is called "xhost +", not "xhost +x", which > won't work... > > tomas@trotzki:~$ xhost + x > xhost: bad hostname "x" > > ...unless there's a host in your network named "x" :-) xhost was mentioned

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 09:16:37AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, [...] > I didn't have in mind any type of murder or long lasting damage of any soft. Still, it's a pretty violent metaphor, I think we can agree on that. And perhaps somewhat off-tone for a mailing list with

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 09:33:37AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, [...] > I was the stupid and dumb person who started talking about "the classic > way" of authentication using X11. Uh, whatever. I don't think you're stupid. I don't think *you* think you're stupid. So I'm

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-06-30 Thread Richard Owlett
ine. It failed. IIRC there's something hard-coded in part of the installer that ignores that directive just where I wanted it to have effect. Without my local references, I don't have the details. I don't remember your ever reporting doing that. Did you try it, and what was the result? It

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread The Wanderer
gt; A kick in the but. > A slap in the face. > A physical wake up call. > ... > Something that will shake you enough that you get the time to think. > Something like... > Hope you understand before you end up 6 month on a hospital bed so you > can get your mind straight. I guessed

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-30 5:59 a.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 02:43:28PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > [...] > >> DO NOT USE xhost + WITH ssh -X OR ssh -Y >> >> That was the fucking point. > > Calm down. I understand security is close to your heart, > but there's no need to

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-30 5:57 a.m., The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-06-30 at 05:23, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On 2021-06-30 4:32 a.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >>> On Ma, 29 iun 21, 17:08:16, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >>> I can only hope that one day someone

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread mick crane
On 2021-06-30 10:59, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 02:43:28PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] DO NOT USE xhost + WITH ssh -X OR ssh -Y That was the fucking point. Calm down. I understand security is close to your heart, but there's no need to be so vitriolic and

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 02:43:28PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > DO NOT USE xhost + WITH ssh -X OR ssh -Y > > That was the fucking point. Calm down. I understand security is close to your heart, but there's no need to be so vitriolic and borderline insulting about it. There are nicer

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-06-30 at 05:23, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-06-30 4:32 a.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> On Ma, 29 iun 21, 17:08:16, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> >>> I can only hope that one day someone will knock you off with a >>> shovel in the face because

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-06-30 at 05:23, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-06-30 4:32 a.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> On Ma, 29 iun 21, 17:08:16, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> >>> I can only hope that one day someone will knock you off with a >>> shovel in the face because

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 05:23:49AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-06-30 4:32 a.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Ma, 29 iun 21, 17:08:16, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >> > >> I can only hope that one day someone will knock you off with a shovel in > >>

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-30 4:32 a.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 29 iun 21, 17:08:16, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> >> I can only hope that one day someone will knock you off with a shovel in >> the face because you said something wrong. This will be a great day and >> you'll get back what

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 29 iun 21, 17:08:16, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > I can only hope that one day someone will knock you off with a shovel in > the face because you said something wrong. This will be a great day and > you'll get back what you serve to others. Seriously? > This is a figure of

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 29 iun 21, 04:56:55, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > On 2021-06-28 11:13 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > (Avoid ANY proposed solution that talks about xhost. Seriously.) > > > Yes, solutions using xhost maybe a bit a pain in the ass but they are > also some of the nice one

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi my friend, On 2021-06-29 4:58 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 04:46:48PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> I've read back the whole series of message and no one ever said anything >> that is somewhat possible to be interpreted as >> using xhost +x with

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 04:46:48PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > I've read back the whole series of message and no one ever said anything > that is somewhat possible to be interpreted as > using xhost +x with SSH -X https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/06/msg00900.html

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, >> that's how you learned things back in the early 1990s, that's your right, >> but I hope you will at least point out how INCREDIBLY INSECURE this is, > > I never said in no situation something like "use xhost +". > The same way as I never said to unblock all the ports on your router or > to

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-29 2:43 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > DO NOT USE xhost + WITH ssh -X OR ssh -Y > > That was the fucking point. WoW... Take it *easy* there... > Now, if you want to advocate that people should use xhost + because I never talked about xhost myself. And the only thing I said was that

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Lucas Castro
Jesus h Em 29 de junho de 2021 15:58:49 BRT, "Andrew M.A. Cater" escreveu: >On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 02:43:28PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> > On 2021-06-29 1:27 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: >> > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 04:33:50PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater >wrote: >> > >> ssh -Y is similar to

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 02:43:28PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On 2021-06-29 1:27 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 04:33:50PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > >> ssh -Y is similar to ssh -X but does some authentication - yuu don't have > > >> to use xhost+ or

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
> On 2021-06-29 1:27 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 04:33:50PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > >> ssh -Y is similar to ssh -X but does some authentication - yuu don't have > >> to use xhost+ or similar. > > > > You don't use xhost with ssh -X, either. At least, not

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-29 1:27 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 04:33:50PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> ssh -Y is similar to ssh -X but does some authentication - yuu don't have >> to use xhost+ or similar. > > You don't use xhost with ssh -X, either. At least, not explicitly.

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 04:33:50PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > ssh -Y is similar to ssh -X but does some authentication - yuu don't have > to use xhost+ or similar. You don't use xhost with ssh -X, either. At least, not explicitly. ssh takes care of that for you. In fact, on Debian, ssh

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
; Also > > https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/x-window-system/9780937175149/ > > <https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/x-window-system/9780937175149/> > > > > > Just wanted to say thanks, I have many books on X11 but they are all > paper and in my library. I only ha

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
t; https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/x-windows-system/9780937175835/ > <https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/x-windows-system/9780937175835/> > Also > https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/x-window-system/9780937175149/ > <https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/x-window-system/9780

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread IL Ka
> > > > There's plenty of book you can find by searching on Google with the > subject "X11 architecture" or something similar. > > There is a classic "Definitive Guides to the X Window System" series. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/x-windows-system/9780937175835/ Also

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-28 11:13 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:46:01PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> On 2021-06-28 10:12 p.m., Rick Thomas wrote: >>> I'd love to be able to do that! E.g. a headless machine with plenty of RAM >>> and CPU power to run Mate,

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:46:01PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On 2021-06-28 10:12 p.m., Rick Thomas wrote: > > I'd love to be able to do that! E.g. a headless machine with plenty of RAM > > and CPU power to run Mate, but located in a locked building on the other > > side of

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-28 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-28 10:12 p.m., Rick Thomas wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021, at 8:33 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: >>> X clients like MATE don't directly depend on an X server, because in >>> theory, the X server could be on a different machine. > > I'd love to be able to do that! E.g. a headless machine

X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-28 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021, at 8:33 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > X clients like MATE don't directly depend on an X server, because in > > theory, the X server could be on a different machine. I'd love to be able to do that! E.g. a headless machine with plenty of RAM and CPU power to run Mate, but

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-06-27 Thread Brian
On Sun 27 Jun 2021 at 08:33:58 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 6/27/21 7:37 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 07:31:57AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > On 6/27/21 12:29 AM, Curt wrote: > > > > On 2021-06-25, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > One paragraph of "Debian

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-06-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 08:33:58AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 6/27/21 7:37 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > You also need to install "xorg", which will bring in the X server and > > various utilities to make it run, including startx (which is in the > > xinit package, which is a direct

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-06-27 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 6/27/21 7:37 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 07:31:57AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 6/27/21 12:29 AM, Curt wrote: On 2021-06-25, Richard Owlett wrote: One paragraph of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide"[1] causes me grief. It is part of "6.3.5. Installing the Base

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-06-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 07:31:57AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 6/27/21 12:29 AM, Curt wrote: > > On 2021-06-25, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > One paragraph of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide"[1] causes me > > > grief. It is part of "6.3.5. Installing the Base System"[2]. > > > > >

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