Re: Home made backup system

On 19/12/19 4:02 am, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should, so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own backup "system" and use it, and I've thought about that a little, I understand. For a while I

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Re: Home made backup system

On 2019-12-19 21:04, David Christensen wrote: So, ~47 snapshots of ~892 GB of data.  That is ~51 TB. Correction -- 42 TB. David

Re: Home made backup system

On 2019-12-19 09:45, ghe wrote: How about writing a little script for rsync saying how you want it to backup, what to backup, and what not to backup and set cron jobs for when you want it to run. In the cron jobs, tell it to write to different directories, so to keep several days or backups.

Re: Firefox equivalent of SeaMonkey's pref.js

On 20/12/2019 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote: As I date from Netscape era I much prefer SeaMonkey. However when I did a reasonably default install of Debian 9.8 I got Firefox 60.5.0esr . Due to *OPERATOR ERROR*, I mangled a preference. On the mozilla.general list I was told to edit pref.js . For

Firefox equivalent of SeaMonkey's pref.js

As I date from Netscape era I much prefer SeaMonkey. However when I did a reasonably default install of Debian 9.8 I got Firefox 60.5.0esr . Due to *OPERATOR ERROR*, I mangled a preference. On the mozilla.general list I was told to edit pref.js . For SeaMonkey I have no problem. For Firefox

Re: Home made backup system

I also use rsnapshot on this machine to backup to another drive in the same case. I'd thought about off site, perhaps AWS or such but haven't spent enough time trying to figure out how I might do that with rsnapshot. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible

Re: dpkg returned an error code 1

I might have fixed this by simply running: dpkg --configure -a My highest priority was to be able to install mycustompackage.deb. I'm a bit less concerned if I'm slightly behind on qmail versions (or a few other packages). On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 2:54 PM Marco Shaw wrote: > (I'm not sure if

Re: Home made backup system

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:45:22 -0700 ghe wrote: > How about writing a little script for rsync saying how you want it to > backup, what to backup, and what not to backup and set cron jobs for > when you want it to run. In the cron jobs, tell it to write to > different directories, so to keep

Re: dpkg returned an error code 1

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 03:30:37PM -0400, Marco Shaw wrote: > (I'm not sure how well Gmail will format things.) Seems OK, mostly. > Also in my chroot: Ah. You likely forgot to bind-mount the various little things that one has to bind-mount inside a chroot to get full functionality. This is

Re: dpkg returned an error code 1

(I'm not sure how well Gmail will format things.) I'm adding one more piece of information and I've also answered/commented much further below. I tried to install a customer .deb file and it threw these types of errors as copied below. I don't know if this adds/clarifies anything. I'm 99%

Re: dpkg returned an error code 1

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 02:54:18PM -0400, Marco Shaw wrote: > # apt-get install qmail [...] > Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?) Not reassuring. Is this a real computer? Or even a real virtual machine? If it's some kind of container, well... good luck with that. >

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dpkg returned an error code 1

(I'm not sure if I'm on the right track and whether the information below is everything. I'm still researching and trying to figure out what to do. There's no backup available. I'm looking for any possible hints/logs/commands/etc.) Debian Wheezy 7.x 32-bit (I know I should upgrade, but bear

Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:35:06 -0600 John Hasler wrote: > Celejar writes: > > ...the problem only occurs when tethering. > > I wrote: > > Which is the only time the cellular encapsulation is being done. > > Celejar writes: > > Understood. I had been responding to your point about the wifi > >

Re: Home made backup system

On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:02:56 -0500 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should, > so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own > backup "system" and use it, and I've thought about that a little, and

Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

Celejar writes: > ...the problem only occurs when tethering. I wrote: > Which is the only time the cellular encapsulation is being done. Celejar writes: > Understood. I had been responding to your point about the wifi > encapsulation. You've eliminated that by demonstrating that the problem

Re: Home made backup system

How about writing a little script for rsync saying how you want it to backup, what to backup, and what not to backup and set cron jobs for when you want it to run. In the cron jobs, tell it to write to different directories, so to keep several days or backups. Not as smart as amanda (it'll

Re: help with installation?

[ Other people have answered your other questions... ] Kaye wrote: > 1.2 I see above different names of desktop environment, but what is >'standard'? > (second to the last on the list) "standard" is a simple cut-down text-only system, basically just including the core packages that are

Re: Debian on raspberrypi: failed to configure wlan0

On 19/12/19 at 08:39, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hello Franco, > > So just to be sure we understand you correctly, and anyone else who thinks > this is the solution... > > [] >> Thanks for your answer I've just solved thank reading this link [1] it was >> the gateway line once commented all

Re: Home made backup system

Greg Wooledge wrote: ... > History expansion is a bloody nightmare. I recommend simply turning > it off and living without it. Of course, that's a personal preference, > and you're free to continue banging your head against it, if you feel > that the times it helps you outweigh the times that it

Re: help with installation?

On 12/19/2019 09:51 AM, Kenneth Parker wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 9:19 AM Greg Wooledge > wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:47:56PM +, Joe wrote: > > 1.  I want to install via Live USB. Why?  The Live images are not meant to be installed. 

Re: help with installation?

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 9:19 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:47:56PM +, Joe wrote: > > > 1. I want to install via Live USB. > > Why? The Live images are not meant to be installed. They're meant > to be run from removable media. > That was never my understanding. If

Re: Home made backup system

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 08:51:51AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:03:57AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 18 dec 19, 21:42:21, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:26:04 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > >

Re: Debian 10.2 ne démarre pas

Le 18/12/2019 à 23:22, Pascal Hambourg a écrit : > Le 17/12/2019 à 01:39, G2PC a écrit : >> >> De plus en plus désagréable la communauté du libre. > > Je ne connais pas cette communauté, et n'en fais pas partie. > >> Le seul problème qui reste, c'est les entrée du debian qui ne fonctionne >> pas

Re: help with installation?

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:47:56PM +, Joe wrote: > > 1. I want to install via Live USB. Why? The Live images are not meant to be installed. They're meant to be run from removable media. > For the very lightest of light weight, do not use a live CD, use the > netinstall, or if you have

Re: Home made backup system

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 09:47:03AM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > So this "if" means: > > if ## if > test ## > -z "$home" ## the value of $home is empty > -o ## or > \! ## there is NOT > -d "$home" ## a directory named "$home" >

Re: help with installation?

Hi, On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:13:42 +0800 kaye n wrote: > Hello, is this where I can ask for help? > > I am not new to GNU/Linux, but I am new to Debian. I actually don't > know much despite being a Linux user for years, so here's a few > questions before I start installing. > > 1. I want to

Re: Home made backup system

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:03:57AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 18 dec 19, 21:42:21, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:26:04 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > #!/bin/bash > > > home=${HOME:-~} > > It will set the variable 'home' to the value of the

[Résolu] Debian 10.2 ne démarre pas

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Re: Home made backup system

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 09:53:46AM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > ... > > >> if test -z "$home" -o \! -d "$home" ; then The main issue here is that the use of the binary -o and -a operators in "test" or "[" is not portable. It might work in bash's implementation of test (sometimes), but

Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:46:29 -0600 John Hasler wrote: > Celejar writes: > > ...the problem only occurs when tethering. > > Which is the only time the cellular encapsulation is being done. Understood. I had been responding to your point about the wifi encapsulation. Celejar

Re: help with installation?

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:13:42 +0800 kaye n wrote: > Hello, is this where I can ask for help? > > I am not new to GNU/Linux, but I am new to Debian. I actually don't > know much despite being a Linux user for years, so here's a few > questions before I start installing. > > 1. I want to

help with installation?

Hello, is this where I can ask for help? I am not new to GNU/Linux, but I am new to Debian. I actually don't know much despite being a Linux user for years, so here's a few questions before I start installing. 1. I want to install via Live USB. I want a 64-bit debian. I am currently in

RE: Debian on raspberrypi: failed to configure wlan0

Hello Franco, So just to be sure we understand you correctly, and anyone else who thinks this is the solution... [] > Thanks for your answer I've just solved thank reading this link [1] it was > the gateway line once commented all work fine. Now the wlan0 configuration > file is: > > >

Re: Home made backup system

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 10:38:26PM -0500, songbird wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > ... > >> if test -z "$home" -o \! -d "$home" ; then > > > > What does the -o \! do -- hmm, I guess \! is a bash "refeence" to the owner > > -- > no, -o is logical or in that context. Yes, exactly: it's

Re: Home made backup system

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 09:42:21PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks to all who replied! > > This script (or elements of it) looks useful to me, but I don't fully > understand it -- I plan to work my way through it -- I have a few questions > now, I'm sure I will have more after I get

Re: Home made backup system

On Mi, 18 dec 19, 21:42:21, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:26:04 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > #!/bin/bash > > home=${HOME:-~} > > What does that line do, or more specifically, what does the :-~ do -- note > the > following: It will set the variable