Re: is the number of dot files a measure of the darkness of Linux?:-D

2021-05-16 Thread David Wright
On Sun 16 May 2021 at 20:30:03 (+0200), Patrice Duroux wrote: > > 2. After this I was curious about the overall content of all the packages > on any dot files (including directories). For that I used the following to > 2 commands: > # the packages concerned > apt-file --filter-origins Debian

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 01:31:49PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >> > I'll bite ;} >> > When is it the right tool? >> >> When you're using it to convert ebcdic to ascii, while swapping bytes and >> reblocking an ancient file from a barely readable archival tape. >> >> > When is it not? >> >>

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-16 Thread Bob Bernstein
Thanks to all for your responses! -- "No matter how big the problem is, you can always run away from it." Dom Irrera

Re: ssh no conecta (Bullseye en ambos equipos)

2021-05-16 Thread Camaleón
El 2021-05-15 a las 19:56 -0300, Walter Omar Dari escribió: > Hola Camaleón, cómo va ?... :-) > El 15/5/21 a las 14:27, Camaleón escribió: > > Además d elo que te han comentado, revisa las opciones de configuración > > de SSH en el sistema donde has puesto testing, quizá alguna opción te > >

Re: Howto disable automounting of all removeable media

2021-05-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/15/2021 11:52 AM, davidson wrote: On Sat, 15 May 2021 Richard Owlett wrote: I have disabled auto-mounting of removable media on my Stretch install with MATE. Here was Brian's advice for doing this on jessie with MATE:  https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/09/msg01077.html  [...]

Re: Howto disable automounting of all removeable media

2021-05-16 Thread Joe
On Sun, 16 May 2021 06:09:17 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > > I've never thought to use *my name* as a keyword when looking for > resolved issues. > It's worth doing that at least once or twice a year to keep an eye on what Google knows about you, or at least what it will publicly display.

Re: How do I disable display power management on bullseye?

2021-05-16 Thread Tristan Miller
Greetings. On 16/05/2021 18.00, didier gaumet wrote: from http://blog.tordeu.com/?p=292 , perhaps this would do: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0 That seems to have done the trick; thanks! By the way, by default nowadays, Gnome runs on Wayland, not on Xorg, so unless

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 02:45:12PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 01:31:49PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'll bite ;} > > When is it the right tool? > > When you're using it to convert ebcdic to ascii, while swapping bytes and > reblocking an ancient file from a barely

Re: How do I disable display power management on bullseye?

2021-05-16 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, from http://blog.tordeu.com/?p=292 , perhaps this would do: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0 By the way, by default nowadays, Gnome runs on Wayland, not on Xorg, so unless you specifically launch Gnome on Xorg, your Xorg settings will have no effects, I suppose

Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and Debian ?

2021-05-16 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, Disclaimer: I do not use bluetooth nor Bose hardware there is a webpage (4 years old) about a Quietcomfort 35 (first gen) paired with an Ubuntu PC here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/833322/pair-bose-quietcomfort-35-with-ubuntu-over-bluetooth

Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and Debian ?

2021-05-16 Thread didier gaumet
another less specific webpage about Bose headphones on Linux: http://www.bingshui.org/tech/bose-headphones-on-linux/

Re: Howto disable automounting of all removeable media

2021-05-16 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2021-05-16 at 06:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/15/2021 11:52 AM, davidson wrote: > > On Sat, 15 May 2021 Richard Owlett wrote [...] > > > I wish to do the same with my new Buster machine. > > > > > > I've forgotten how and Google etc gives plethora of irrelevant hits. > > > >

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-16 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 11:32:31PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: As noted, is there a minimum bs size for dd? It seems that you can set bs as small as 1. 512 is the default because of HDD block size which used to be 512 bytes for more than 30 years (before advanced format was invented) dd wasn't

Re: Has anybody [had] good/bad experiences with the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and Debian ?

2021-05-16 Thread deloptes
Ottavio Caruso wrote: > I am also aware that there are bug reports still open with Pulseaudio > and profile mismatch with wireless headphones. > > Before investing almost £200, I wonder if I can have any feedback on > this model. I am using Debian Buster. Did you try to do pairing and

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/16/2021 12:42 PM, Michael Stone wrote: On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 11:32:31PM +0300, IL Ka wrote:    As noted, is there a minimum bs size for dd? It seems that you can set bs as small as 1. 512 is the default because of HDD block size which used to be 512 bytes for more than 30 years

Re: Howto disable automounting of all removeable media

2021-05-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/16/2021 12:18 PM, Tixy wrote: On Sun, 2021-05-16 at 06:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/15/2021 11:52 AM, davidson wrote: On Sat, 15 May 2021 Richard Owlett wrote [...] I wish to do the same with my new Buster machine. I've forgotten how and Google etc gives plethora of

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-16 Thread Michael Stone
On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 01:31:49PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'll bite ;} When is it the right tool? When you're using it to convert ebcdic to ascii, while swapping bytes and reblocking an ancient file from a barely readable archival tape. When is it not? When copying a file.

is the number of dot files a measure of the darkness of Linux?:-D

2021-05-16 Thread Patrice Duroux
Hi, 1. I was wondering about the presence of the /etc/.pwd.lock file on my system. For sure 'apt-file search /etc/.pwd.lock' is no help, but 'man -K .pwd.lock' do. I also searched the Debian user mailing list and found some relevant discussion on this file. Querying the Debian Code Search was

Re: is the number of dot files a measure of the darkness of Linux?:-D

2021-05-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
If you were root and did ls -a /etc/.pwd.lock you'd probably find it. On Sun, 16 May 2021, Patrice Duroux wrote: > Hi, > > 1. I was wondering about the presence of the /etc/.pwd.lock file on my > system. > For sure 'apt-file search /etc/.pwd.lock' is no help, but 'man -K > .pwd.lock' do. > I

Mini pc AMD Ryzen com Debian

2021-05-16 Thread Bruno Buys
Prezados, bom dia! Estou pesquisando para compra de um novo pc que será usado como desktop genérico. Me interessei pelo Beelink mini pc. É pequeno, ocupa pouco espaço na mesa, ideal. Coloquei abaixo as dúvidas que me restam sobre esses que vêm com o AMD Ryzen: - O Ryzen vem com placa de

Re: Howto disable automounting of all removeable media

2021-05-16 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/16/21, Joe wrote: > On Sun, 16 May 2021 06:09:17 -0500 > Richard Owlett wrote: > >> I've never thought to use *my name* as a keyword when looking for >> resolved issues. >> > > It's worth doing that at least once or twice a year to keep an eye on > what Google knows about you, or at least

[ADDENDUM] Re: Howto disable automounting of all removeable media

2021-05-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/16/2021 06:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/15/2021 11:52 AM, davidson wrote: [snip] For me, the first hit on duckduckgo.com with search terms   automount "Richard Owlett" site:lists.debian.org was your reply to that message. I've never thought to use *my name* as a keyword when

Re: Howto disable automounting of all removeable media

2021-05-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/16/2021 07:47 AM, Joe wrote: On Sun, 16 May 2021 06:09:17 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: I've never thought to use *my name* as a keyword when looking for resolved issues. It's worth doing that at least once or twice a year to keep an eye on what Google knows about you, or at least

How do I disable display power management on bullseye?

2021-05-16 Thread Tristan Miller
Dear all, I've got an Intel NUC10i3FNH on which I've done a fresh install of buster and then upgraded to bullseye. After exactly five minutes of inactivity, the display (connected via HDMI) fades to black and then shortly thereafter shuts off completely. How can I inhibit this behaviour?

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-16 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-05-16 at 18:33, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> When copying a file and writing it to another medium, perhaps eg when writing >> a DVD .iso file directly to a USB stick, it's ideal. > > Not sure about ideal: > > cat /dev/sdb > > is one char longer than > > dd /dev/sdb > > but it's