Re: which package to file a bug report ?

2024-02-28 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 7:12 AM GMT, Frank Weißer wrote: > So we are at my original question: Which package to file a bug report ? Package "debian-installer", I think; and/or submit an installation report, which can be done with reportbug against the "installation-report&qu

Re: which package to file a bug report ?

2024-02-26 Thread Frank Weißer
Marco Moock: Am Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:59:41 +0100 schrieb Frank Weißer : The installer does format it as ext4, but shows ext2 and places that in fstab, what ends up in emergency mode. That's why I'm here That is definitely a bug. So we are at my original question: Which package to file

Re: which package to file a bug report ?

2024-02-24 Thread Marco Moock
Am Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:59:41 +0100 schrieb Frank Weißer : > First of all: I use german during installation; but I doubt that is > relevant. Try to reproduce it in English if you like. > Marco Moock: > > Am 22.02.2024 schrieb Frank Weißer : > > > >> I only choose ext2 for formatting the

Re: which package to file a bug report ?

2024-02-23 Thread Frank Weißer
First of all: I use german during installation; but I doubt that is relevant. Marco Moock: Am 22.02.2024 schrieb Frank Weißer : I only choose ext2 for formatting the encrypted partition, because nothing else is offered. That is really strange. If I did install Debian 12, it offered me a

Re: which package to file a bug report ?

2024-02-23 Thread Marco Moock
Am 22.02.2024 schrieb Frank Weißer : > I only choose ext2 for formatting the encrypted partition, because > nothing else is offered. That is really strange. If I did install Debian 12, it offered me a list of different file systems, including ext2/3/4. > Despite that the partition in fact is

Re: which package to file a bug report ?

2024-02-22 Thread Frank Weißer
Marco Moock: Am 22.02.2024 um 13:18:48 Uhr schrieb Frank Weißer: I use to encrypt my swap and /var/tmp partitions during installation. That is LUKS. the partition tool in debian installer offers me randomized keys for that and has 'delete partition' set to 'yes', which costs lot of time

Re: which package to file a bug report ?

2024-02-22 Thread Marco Moock
Am 22.02.2024 um 13:18:48 Uhr schrieb Frank Weißer: > I use to encrypt my swap and /var/tmp partitions during installation. That is LUKS. > the partition tool in debian installer offers me randomized keys for > that and has 'delete partition' set to 'yes', which costs lot

which package to file a bug report ?

2024-02-22 Thread Frank Weißer
Hello! I use to encrypt my swap and /var/tmp partitions during installation. the partition tool in debian installer offers me randomized keys for that and has 'delete partition' set to 'yes', which costs lot of time, not necessary on new hdd/ssd and - my opinion - on randomized keys. I

Re: Determining which file is at a given LBA offset; was: HDD error: Current_Pending_Sector

2024-02-21 Thread Andy Smith
n do it in one step with rsync --delete … which will delete anything that doesn't exist on the source. > IIUC, that would the cause the "bad" sector to be retired, and replaced > by a "good" sector. Yes, a lot of the time a new write is successful and when it's not it wi

Re: Determining which file is at a given LBA offset; was: HDD error: Current_Pending_Sector

2024-02-20 Thread Default User
Generally, it can't. It will be remapped if necessary when something > else is written to that sector. > > > > If I knew which file (if any) is using the bad sector, I could try > > just > > deleting that file from the "bad" drive, then copy the same file > > o

Re: Determining which file is at a given LBA offset; was: HDD error: Current_Pending_Sector

2024-02-20 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 20 Feb 2024 12:51 -0500, from hunguponcont...@gmail.com (Default User): > But since the sector already can not be read, How can it be re-written > to a "good" sector? Generally, it can't. It will be remapped if necessary when something else is written to that sector. > I

Re: Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-03 Thread Marco Moock
Am 02.02.2024 um 15:10:32 Uhr schrieb Greg Wooledge: > It's dying, I would say. Not all the way dead just yet. That's why I think it's time to change to amd64 before it is completely dead. > The next release will not offer an *installer* for i386, but upgrades > from Debian 12 i386 to Debian

Re: Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-03 Thread Miroslav Skoric
d up with wine version 9, which for now seems functional. Will update the list in days to come ... Misko

Re: Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-02 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 2:59 PM Marco Moock wrote: > Am 01.02.2024 um 18:03:47 Uhr schrieb sko...@uns.ac.rs: > > > I am not sure what do you mean by "install that architecture". I have > > been using i386 versions of Debian, and I do not plan to reinstall it > > now just because the CPU may allow

Re: Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 08:59:18PM +0100, Marco Moock wrote: > According to documentation I found in the internet, it is possible to > upgrade a Debian system to the amd64 architecture. That isn't an upgrade, and it isn't a supported operation. Some people have *done* it, but it's very much

Re: Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-02 Thread Marco Moock
Am 01.02.2024 um 18:03:47 Uhr schrieb sko...@uns.ac.rs: > I am not sure what do you mean by "install that architecture". I have > been using i386 versions of Debian, and I do not plan to reinstall it > now just because the CPU may allow that. So instead, I ask whether it > was expected and

Re: Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-01 Thread skoric
> Am 01.02.2024 schrieb sko...@uns.ac.rs: > >> CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit > Model name: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4500 > > That processor can run amd64 Debian, so install that architecture. > > I am not sure what do you mean by "install that

Re: Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-01 Thread Marco Moock
Am 01.02.2024 schrieb sko...@uns.ac.rs: > CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Model name: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4500 That processor can run amd64 Debian, so install that architecture.

Re: Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-01 Thread skoric
> Am 01.02.2024 schrieb Miroslav Skoric : > >> This time I was puzzled when noticed that Synaptic installed lots of >> amd64 packages even though my system is i386. > > Run > uname -a > lscpu > > and post it here. > > If your system is i386 only, amd64 software can't run on it. > Remove that

Re: Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-01 Thread Marco Moock
Am 01.02.2024 schrieb Miroslav Skoric : > This time I was puzzled when noticed that Synaptic installed lots of > amd64 packages even though my system is i386. Run uname -a lscpu and post it here. If your system is i386 only, amd64 software can't run on it. Remove that architecture from dpkg.

Wine in bullseye, which way to go?

2024-02-01 Thread Miroslav Skoric
y problems, but removing anyway as you requested: mpv depends on libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125; however: Package libjack-jackd2-0 is not installed. Package libjack-0.125 is not installed. Package libjack0:i386 which provides libjack-0.125 is to be removed. mp

Re: Encrypted partiotions - which files related?

2024-01-29 Thread David Wright
; want, and I have everything available. Instead of this, I could carry my > notebook with me, but that is not what I want. Be prepared, also in any > situations. And a usb-stick you can always carry with you. That was the idea. > > And except this little annoying question at boot - which

Re: Encrypted partiotions - which files related?

2024-01-29 Thread Hans
notebook with me, but that is not what I want. Be prepared, also in any situations. And a usb-stick you can always carry with you. That was the idea. And except this little annoying question at boot - which is only annoying and does no harm - everyt6hing is running perfectly to my needs. Oh, and I beli

Re: Encrypted partiotions - which files related?

2024-01-29 Thread Arno Lehmann
partitions. As my KALI got some tools, which need lots of plugins, has added some software NOT in the KALI-repo and got several personal settings, I could not build a livefile system of KALI by using live-build. I'll try to not digress into why you would want to use a heavily modified Kali

Re: Encrypted partiotions - which files related?

2024-01-29 Thread Hans
to the livefilesystem, this makes no change. You asked me, what I want. Simple: I am running KALI-Linux on one of my notebooks· with encrypted partitions. As my KALI got some tools, which need lots of plugins, has added some software NOT in the KALI-repo and got several personal settings, I could not build

Re: Encrypted partiotions - which files related?

2024-01-29 Thread Arno Lehmann
"/") Default: SRCDISK=/ which I understand implies that, by default, bootcdwrite more or less copying the system you run it on. Thus, the expectation that it should keep off of your lawn, erm, partitions seems unrealistic. On the other hand, you can create a configuration that uses a

Encrypted partiotions - which files related?

2024-01-29 Thread Hans
not access the harddrive, encrypted or not. The workaround is, before creating the livefilesystem, I moved /etc/crypttab out of the way. Thus, it already wants to decrypt, but pressing enter for three times (pass an ampty password) let the boot go on. So I searched, which files are related

which keyring to install to access jessie archive?

2024-01-18 Thread Harald Dunkel
-archive-keyring_2023.4_all.deb but neither provides the missing keys. Which debian keyring packages do I have to install to verify Debian packages from the archive repositories? Regards Harri

which poc...@columbus.rr.com

2023-12-20 Thread Pocket
which poc...@columbus.rr.com -- Hindi madali ang maging ako

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-12 Thread Stella Ashburne
Hi Greg > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 2:43 AM > From: "Greg Wooledge" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to > linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64? > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 07:38:02PM +0100, St

Re: Issues found in linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64 6.1.66-1; was: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-12 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 11 Dec 2023 21:45 -0700, from charlescur...@charlescurley.com (Charles Curley): > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1057967 And from the looks of that bug report thread, message #72 onwards, there is now a candidate fix.

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 04:15:33 + Tom Furie wrote: > Do we know yet which wifi drivers are "troublesome"? I haven't seen > anything concrete yet anywhere. You can read the gory details at Mr. Price's bug report. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1057967 -- D

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Tom Furie
Kevin Price writes: > 6.1.0-15 brought not only the ext4-bugfix, but along with it introduced > a terrible new bug: Most computers work fine with -15, except for some > of those that have wifi, depending upon the driver. There was a certain > change in Linux's cfg80211 kernel m

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Kevin Price
age-6.1.0-13-amd64", or so on. Those are not two versions of the same linux package, but rather they're two seperate packages that may be installed simultaneously, which apt itself will not "update" from one to the other. The best way for debian to ensure everyone has current kernel

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 07:38:02PM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Please see Greg's reply to my other post (URL: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/12/msg00640.html). > > For your convenience, I quote a section of his reply (see below): > > "Yes, because linux-image-amd64 *right now*

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Stella Ashburne
Hi Andy > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2023 at 11:25 PM > From: "Andrew M.A. Cater" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to > linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64? > > > If you're not currently booted i

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
evice into > > (1) linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (the problematic kernel) > > NO. Don't ever boot that as it might then toast your ext4. > > > (2) linux-image-6.1.0-13-amd64 (which precedes the buggy one) > > Yes. > > > (3) doesn't matter which kernel to

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Kevin Price
ever boot that as it might then toast your ext4. > (2) linux-image-6.1.0-13-amd64 (which precedes the buggy one) Yes. > (3) doesn't matter which kernel to upgrade from Yes, it largely doesn't matter, apart from the exception above. HTH -- Kevin Price

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 02:16:39PM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > (3) doesn't matter which kernel to upgrade from That.

From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Stella Ashburne
) However.. Suppose I wish to upgrade to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64. Should I do it after booting my device into (1) linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (the problematic kernel) or (2) linux-image-6.1.0-13-amd64 (which precedes the buggy one) or (3) doesn't matter which kernel to upgrade from I

[SOLVED] Re: bookworm which repo?

2023-11-04 Thread Hans
Thanks for the advice. So, bookworm-updates is recommended, bookworm-backports is optional. At upgrade time the documentation said something else (I suppose, because it was an upgrade no fresh installation) Well, the problem is solved. Thanks for the hint. Best Hans > So, should I use

Re: bookworm which repo?

2023-11-04 Thread David Wright
documentation or soemthing has changed since the release of bookworm. > > Just a question. The first two are clear, but "bookworm-updates" is new for > me. > > Instead of this I entered "bookworm-backports", which was, as the > documentation said, recommend

bookworm which repo?

2023-11-04 Thread Hans
of bookworm. Just a question. The first two are clear, but "bookworm-updates" is new for me. Instead of this I entered "bookworm-backports", which was, as the documentation said, recommended at time of the installation However, please note: I did not do a fresh install

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-29 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 07:04:35PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Dear Mr. Cater, Thank you for your post, re-forming the subject-line > and your query. Why are you reforming Andrew's subject line? It seemed like a very sensible subject line. > I request you not to rename the subject of

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-29 Thread Susmita/Rajib
Dear Mr. Cater, Thank you for your post, re-forming the subject-line and your query. Since this part is over, please let this subject thread remain closed. I won't post any further messages ion it. It would be a different matter if someone posts on the thread and I am obliged to reply to that

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-29 Thread Susmita/Rajib
I have had a conversation with the Team ThinkPenguin for the wireless N model model. Their USB WiFi dongle is only for WiFi connectivity. Not for Bluetooth. The team has been very transparent with sharing information, and I thank you for letting me know about such an empowering team surviving

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-28 Thread Susmita/Rajib
I thank Mr. Butterworth for his kind information on the wireless N model network card. This gives me an opportunity to suggest to the Debian Universe to have similar such internal add-ons and a comprehensive list of internal add-ons be made available to us users, be bought from the open market,

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-28 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 2:44 PM Susmita/Rajib wrote: > My dear Illustrious Leaders and Senior Members of the debian-user Mailing > List, > > I would again return to my earlier post at: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/10/msg00650.html > > That is, the First Mail of this thread with

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-28 Thread Marco M.
oms). My guess it to look at the HP website to see which NICs were shipped with your laptop, then check how they are supported. If none is good for you, you may think about Expresscard or USB solutions.

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 05:22:18PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > My dear Illustrious Leaders and Senior Members of the debian-user Mailing > List, > > I would again return to my earlier post at: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/10/msg00650.html > > That is, the First Mail of this

Re: Which Virtual Manager?

2023-10-28 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 28 Oct 2023 06:33 -0400, from wande...@fastmail.fm (The Wanderer): > virt-manager Do keep in mind that virt-manager is just _one_ possible front-end for KVM (although perhaps the most common GUI one). AQEMU has already been mentioned in this thread. Technically virsh and friends is another

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-28 Thread Susmita/Rajib
My dear Illustrious Leaders and Senior Members of the debian-user Mailing List, I would again return to my earlier post at: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/10/msg00650.html That is, the First Mail of this thread with the present Subject. I desire a Debian approved list for perfectly

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-28 Thread The Wanderer
the "-b > BACKING_FILE" option Does virt-manager expose this feature via a convenient create-a-new-snapshot GUI, showing the tree of which snapshots descend from what? I believe I was under the impression that, for the case of qemu, no such thing was available. (I note, again, that it's

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread Max Nikulin
On 28/10/2023 02:02, The Wanderer wrote: for the case of hierarchical snapshots qemu-img(1) allows to create snapshots of disk images that are stored in the same file. In addition the "create" command has the "-b BACKING_FILE" option If the option BACKING_FILE is specified, then the

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:46:52 + Minecraftchest1 wrote: > With Virt-Manager, you should have the option to choose an existing > disk image. It can also create a disk image for you. On which you will have to make partitions and file systems. -- Does anybody read signatures any more?

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-10-27 at 10:46, Minecraftchest1 wrote: > With Virt-Manager, you should have the option to choose an existing > disk image. That only helps if you've already created a disk image, which will not be the case when creating a new VM from scratch. Having to resort to the comman

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread Minecraftchest1
With Virt-Manager, you should have the option to choose an existing disk image. In that dialog, you can create an image in any of the pools (you can also add pools in that dialog), and that will let you change the file name and disk size. I am not ay my laptop currently, but I can take and

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
time I hit this point that I may > have blanked out more of the details in self-defense.) At that point, I > gave up, at least in part for the sake of not piling more and more > stress on myself trying to get the ability to do things that would > hopefully enable me to reduce stress in othe

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-10-26 at 15:28, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Apt-get install virt-manager will pull in all the associated > qemu/KVM packages you might need. It should be at least as > straightforward to use as Virtualbox. I've seen people state or suggest multiple times that virt-manager should be, as

Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 03:18:34PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 1:24 PM Hans wrote: > > > > Am Donnerstag, 26. Oktober 2023, 19:03:15 CEST schrieb Michael Kjörling: > > This is interesting information! Looks like KVM and Virt-Manager are better > > and faster than

Re: Which Virtual Manager?

2023-10-26 Thread Hans
solutions are capable of this. It is a pity, but ok. Thanks for the advice anyway Best regards Hans > I think you can use `qemu-img convert -f vdi -O qcow2` to convert from > a VDI disk image to a QCOW2 or raw disk image, which QEMU/KVM in turn > can use. (qemu-img convert can also conve

Re: Which Virtual Manager?

2023-10-26 Thread Michael Kjörling
think you can use `qemu-img convert -f vdi -O qcow2` to convert from a VDI disk image to a QCOW2 or raw disk image, which QEMU/KVM in turn can use. (qemu-img convert can also convert to and from many other formats; see the output of qemu-img --help.) Compared to raw disk images, QCOW2 adds a numbe

Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

2023-10-26 Thread Hans
Am Donnerstag, 26. Oktober 2023, 19:03:15 CEST schrieb Michael Kjörling: This is interesting information! Looks like KVM and Virt-Manager are better and faster than Virtualbox. Obviously it seems (regarding to other people), these solutions are more stable, too. That looks great, as I am not

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-24 Thread Susmita/Rajib
"Inter Caetera" issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493. Which is why the west will never acknowledge our true gifts to the humankind. Cursorily, here and there, they will say that India contributed "0". But imagine using the Roman numeral system for even simple computations,

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-24 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 24, 2023, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > [...] > -Product- > Name : HP Notebook (Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com) > Family: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP (Hewlett-Packard, > www.hp.com) > Vendor: Hewlett-Packard (Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com) > HP are generally

Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "

2023-10-24 Thread Susmita/Rajib
My dear illustrious Group Leaders and Senior Members, Debian-User group, debian-user@lists.debian.org May please my present query be raed in the light of the post: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/10/msg00649.html I need links to cards approved to be the best compatible with the Debian

Re: which dput/method to chose for automatic uploads via cron?

2023-08-01 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 1 Aug 2023 10:59 +0200, from harald.dun...@aixigo.com (Harald Dunkel): > - dput-ng/sftpworks fine on the command line, but dies with > "Failed to auth" in cron scripts. I can't help you choose a dput method, but different results between running on an interactive command

which dput/method to chose for automatic uploads via cron?

2023-08-01 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, which dput/method would you suggest for uploading packages to a private repo via ssh? By now I tried - dput/rsyncfails to upload files in a reproducible sequence, breaking inoticoming on the receiver side - dput/scp "permission denied", ssh_conf

Re: Which package should I report this bug against?

2023-07-20 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 03:19:20PM -0700, Jon Folsom wrote: > Hello, > > In a fresh installation of Bookworm, up-to-date as of today, there is a > problem with CUPS printer configuration. I'm not sure which package to file > a bug report against. I'll give a summary here; please le

Which package should I report this bug against?

2023-07-20 Thread Jon Folsom
Hello, In a fresh installation of Bookworm, up-to-date as of today, there is a problem with CUPS printer configuration. I'm not sure which package to file a bug report against. I'll give a summary here; please let me know which package I should reference using `reportbug`. I have a network

Re: Want to report a bug, don't know which package

2023-06-27 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
eportbug it asks for a package name, but >> I have no idea which >> package this bug should belong to. Help appreciated. > > `fontconfig`? For some reason, that reminded me to think you could also try: apt-file find fonts.conf That returns: fontconfig-config: /etc/fonts/font

Re: Want to report a bug, don't know which package

2023-06-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I recently updated from Bullseye to Bookworm and noticed that font hinting > settings in > `~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf` are ignored. This was not the case on > Bullseye and I'd like to > report this as a bug. When I run reportbug it asks for a package name, but I >

Want to report a bug, don't know which package

2023-06-27 Thread Janek Stolarek
Hi all, I recently updated from Bullseye to Bookworm and noticed that font hinting settings in `~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf` are ignored. This was not the case on Bullseye and I'd like to report this as a bug. When I run reportbug it asks for a package name, but I have no idea which

Re: Bug with audio muting - which package?

2023-06-04 Thread Stanislav Vlasov
der. But I’m not sure which package I should file the bug against. Any > help would be appreciated. Thanks. You may try to bugreport for pulseaudio, but i think this bug will be rejected — pulseaudio (sound service) and alsa (hardware interface) is systemwide, not desktop-only. -- Stanislav

Bug with audio muting - which package?

2023-06-04 Thread Paul Martz
Hi all. If I mute audio in the desktop, then reboot into console mode, the SpeakUp screen reading software is also muted. I think this is a bug - muting the desktop should be a desktop property and should not affect the console screen reader. But I’m not sure which package I should file

Re: Learning resources and material-wise, which distro has an easier learning curve - Debian or Arch?

2023-05-20 Thread Max Nikulin
friendly). However, any case, do not neglect docs from ArchLinux wiki (and from RedHat, SuSe, etc. sites as well). Just have in mind which parts are distribution agnostic, where important ideas are explained with examples specific to particular distributions, what instruction

Re: Learning resources and material-wise, which distro has an easier learning curve - Debian or Arch?

2023-05-20 Thread tomas
rote elsewhere in this thread, you can learn a lot of things there which are useful for Debian or for Linux in general. The spirit of free software at its best. Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Learning resources and material-wise, which distro has an easier learning curve - Debian or Arch?

2023-05-20 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
Dear songbird, songbird writes: > Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > ... >> Go with Gnome Desktop. Gnome is easy and friendly. >> >> Also i am using Gnome Desktop under Debian 11 Bullseye. > > :) i'm running testing with bits of unstable and > just tagging along on this thread because i feel a > bit

Re: Learning resources and material-wise, which distro has an easier learning curve - Debian or Arch?

2023-05-20 Thread songbird
Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: ... > Go with Gnome Desktop. Gnome is easy and friendly. > > Also i am using Gnome Desktop under Debian 11 Bullseye. :) i'm running testing with bits of unstable and just tagging along on this thread because i feel a bit chatty this morning so a bit of story time and

Re: Learning resources and material-wise, which distro has an easier learning curve - Debian or Arch?

2023-05-20 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 12:05:38PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > From: Byung-Hee HWANG > Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 15:00:00 +0900 > Message-id: <[] 87r0rbzgnz.fsf@penguin> > [ ... ] > Go with Gnome Desktop. Gnome is easy and friendly. > > Also i am using Gnome Desktop under Debian 11 Bullseye.

Re: Learning resources and material-wise, which distro has an easier learning curve - Debian or Arch?

2023-05-20 Thread Sqaaakoi
On Saturday, 20 May 2023 17:04:42 NZST Susmita/Rajib wrote: > My dear illustrious leaders and senior list members of debian-user ML, > > I hope I will have a clear reply on the matter by the end of the > inputs received for this query. > > For example, in Debian https://wiki.debian.org/LXDE has

Re: Learning resources and material-wise, which distro has an easier learning curve - Debian or Arch?

2023-05-20 Thread Susmita/Rajib
From: Byung-Hee HWANG Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 15:00:00 +0900 Message-id: <[] 87r0rbzgnz.fsf@penguin> [ ... ] Go with Gnome Desktop. Gnome is easy and friendly. Also i am using Gnome Desktop under Debian 11 Bullseye. [ ... ] Thank you, Mr. Hwang, for responding to my query. I had tried

Re: Learning resources and material-wise, which distro has an easier learning curve - Debian or Arch?

2023-05-20 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
Dear Rajib, "Susmita/Rajib" writes: > My dear illustrious leaders and senior list members of debian-user ML, > > I hope I will have a clear reply on the matter by the end of the > inputs received for this query. > > For example, in Debian https://wiki.debian.org/LXDE has almost > nothing.

Learning resources and material-wise, which distro has an easier learning curve - Debian or Arch?

2023-05-19 Thread Susmita/Rajib
My dear illustrious leaders and senior list members of debian-user ML, I hope I will have a clear reply on the matter by the end of the inputs received for this query. For example, in Debian https://wiki.debian.org/LXDE has almost nothing. Whereas Arch has at least a better wiki documentation on

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-18 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 18 May 2023 15:13:46 +0800 Jeremy Ardley wrote: ... > This may not be an issue for entry level Debian users, but anyone who does > anything serious will want to compile from package source. They will? -- Celejar

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-18 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 17/5/23 15:36, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: Not many. An "apt-file search /usr/local" turns up exactly three packages. And I'd venture the guess that those three are doing this by mistake. I did a very brief search and many well known packages default to /usr/local. It's just the packagers at

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-17 Thread tomas
. What programs use this > > directory > > It's an odd claim. I typically don't have anything in /usr/local except > what I put there myself. Some Debian packages do create a directory in > /usr/local/share but leave it empty. I repeat: "Some Debian packages..." ...to which I replied "Not many" (three, it seems). Can we now declare this tempest in a teapot closed? Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-17 Thread Anssi Saari
writes: > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 09:53:36AM +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: >> It's an odd claim. I typically don't have anything in /usr/local except >> what I put there myself [...] > Not many. An "apt-file search /usr/local" turns up exactly three packages. > And I'd venture the guess that those

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-17 Thread tomas
On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 09:53:36AM +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: > Celejar writes: > > > On Tue, 16 May 2023 09:52:07 +0800 > > Jeremy Ardley wrote: > > > >> > >> On 16/5/23 09:11, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > >> > I'd suggest backing up /etc, since that's where your system settings > >> >

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-17 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 17/5/23 14:53, Anssi Saari wrote: It's an odd claim. I typically don't have anything in /usr/local except what I put there myself. Some Debian packages do create a directory in /usr/local/share but leave it empty. So what goes in /usr/local is mostly software I've compiled myself and maybe

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-17 Thread Anssi Saari
Celejar writes: > On Tue, 16 May 2023 09:52:07 +0800 > Jeremy Ardley wrote: > >> >> On 16/5/23 09:11, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: >> > I'd suggest backing up /etc, since that's where your system settings >> > are. I also back up /var, since that's typically where your logs and >> > mail

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-16 Thread DdB
Am 16.05.2023 um 02:17 schrieb Maureen L Thomas: > I have everything I need including a third HDD.  There are so many > backup programs I have to wonder which one will work for my needs.  I > just need to make a backup of my home directory so if I do something > stupid like play with /

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-16 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 16 May 2023 09:52:07 +0800 Jeremy Ardley wrote: > > On 16/5/23 09:11, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > > I'd suggest backing up /etc, since that's where your system settings > > are. I also back up /var, since that's typically where your logs and > > mail are. > > There is a lot

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-16 Thread Anssi Saari
Maureen L Thomas writes: > I have everything I need including a third HDD. There are so many backup > programs I have to wonder which one will work for my needs. I > just need to make a backup of my home directory so if I do something stupid > like play with /var and have no ide

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-16 Thread David Christensen
On 5/15/23 17:17, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I have everything I need including a third HDD.  There are so many backup programs I have to wonder which one will work for my needs.  I just need to make a backup of my home directory so if I do something stupid like play with /var and have no idea

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-15 Thread Charles Kroeger
When you have things going your way, why not just image the whole disc and sleep well. I have used this for years. It is proprietary yes, and runs on an old version of Linux. https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-linux/ I have no interest in these people, I don't get a commission for

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-15 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 16/5/23 09:11, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: I'd suggest backing up /etc, since that's where your system settings are. I also back up /var, since that's typically where your logs and mail are. There is a lot relevant of stuff in /usr/local For instance some programs use /usr/local/etc

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-15 Thread paulf
On Mon, 15 May 2023 20:17:48 -0400 Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I have everything I need including a third HDD.  There are so many > backup programs I have to wonder which one will work for my needs.  I > just need to make a backup of my home directory so if I do something > stup

Ok so Now which backup should I use

2023-05-15 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I have everything I need including a third HDD.  There are so many backup programs I have to wonder which one will work for my needs.  I just need to make a backup of my home directory so if I do something stupid like play with /var and have no idea how to fix it.  Is there something else I

[Solved] Which Diff tool could I use for visually comparing two text files where Word Wrap is possible?

2023-04-09 Thread Susmita/Rajib
As mentioned in the following email: To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Which Diff tool could I use for visually comparing two text files where Word Wrap is possible? From: "Susmita/Rajib" Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 23:12:57 +0530 Message-id: <[] CAEG4cZWR7j

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