thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Richard Lucassen
Ik heb al een flink aantal jaren op een paar plekken thunderbird als imap client draaien, maar de laatste tijd is het ding instabiel en worden er zaken vernield. Het enige wat dan nog te doen staat is de config wegflikkeren en opnieuw opzetten. Ik wil er dus vanaf. Ik gebruik zelf Sylpheed, dat

Re: how to let smartmontool / smartd ignore specific hard disk?

2021-05-30 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 12:04:20PM +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: > Could you spot what I missed and guide me? Thanks in advance Your smartd.conf has this: > DEVICESCAN -d removable -n standby -m root -M exec > /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner ... > /dev/sdb -d ignore

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Jude DaShiell
Very informative, I didn't know what either of those drivers were until now thanks. On Mon, 31 May 2021, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 5/30/2021 8:22 PM, Long Wind wrote: > > i have new usb 3 disk > > i want to find out if usb 3 is used when it's connected to stretch > Use something like: > >

how to let smartmontool / smartd ignore specific hard disk?

2021-05-30 Thread Robbi Nespu
Hello Debian user, As per title, I want SMART to ignore my /dev/sdb Using default conf, I append "/dev/sdb -d ignore" as what I read here[1] $ tail /etc/smartd.conf #\ Line continuation character # Attribute ID is a decimal integer 1 <= ID <= 255 # except for -C and -U, where ID = 0

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 5/30/2021 8:22 PM, Long Wind wrote: i have new usb 3 disk i want to find out if usb 3 is used when it's connected to stretch Use something like: sudo dmesg | grep hci If output shows ehci, then you are using usb 2, and if output shows xhci, then you can use usb 3. To make stretch use

Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback

2021-05-30 Thread Felix Miata
Greg Wooledge composed on 2021-05-14 07:58 (UTC-0400): > On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 09:15:22AM +0200, deloptes wrote: >> it is not clear which version of Debian you are using. > See, this *right here* is why you do not put important details only > in the Subject: header. > Some people don't

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Geoff
Geoff wrote: Long Wind wrote: Thank Geoff! with usb3 disk plugged to lenovo running buster i see msg below, but i'm not sure if usb3 is used May 31 10:21:18 debian kernel: [13385.174292] usb 5-6: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-pci Definitely looks like usb 2, the ehci driver

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi ! On 2021-05-30 10:29 p.m., Long Wind wrote: > Thank Geoff! with usb3 disk plugged to lenovo running buster > i see msg below, but i'm not sure if usb3 is used > > May 31 10:21:18 debian kernel: [13385.174292] usb 5-6: new high-speed > USB device number 12 using ehci-pci > May 31 10:21:18

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi. On 2021-05-30 9:53 p.m., Long Wind wrote: > Jude, it sounds foolish, there has to be some better way > and i don't have usb 2.0 disk > > my usb disk is new, it supports usb3 > stretch must support usb3 because usb3 is supported ever since /kernel > 2.6.31/ > i wonder if hp t5740e supports

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Geoff
Long Wind wrote: Thank Geoff! with usb3 disk plugged to lenovo running buster i see msg below, but i'm not sure if usb3 is used May 31 10:21:18 debian kernel: [13385.174292] usb 5-6: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-pci Definitely looks like usb 2, the ehci driver also points

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Geoff Reidy
Long Wind wrote: Thank Geoff! with usb3 disk plugged to lenovo running buster i see msg below, but i'm not sure if usb3 is used May 31 10:21:18 debian kernel: [13385.174292] usb 5-6: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-pci Definitely looks like usb 2, the ehci driver also points

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Long Wind
Thank Geoff! with usb3 disk plugged to lenovo running busteri see msg below, but i'm not sure if usb3 is used May 31 10:21:18 debian kernel: [13385.174292] usb 5-6: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-pci May 31 10:21:18 debian kernel: [13385.331455] usb 5-6: New USB device found,

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Geoff
You should see something in your logs, this is what I get for a usb 3.1 device: kernel: usb 2-1.2: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd USB 2 is only "high-speed": kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd Regards, Geoff

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Jude DaShiell
easier, diff -aq lsblk.old lsblk.new Even without that, wc -l lsblk.old && wc -l lsblk.new With two different numbers, the new drive is recognized. On Mon, 31 May 2021, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Hi > > > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2021 at 8:36 AM > > From: "Jude DaShiell" > > To: "Long Wind" ,

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Jude DaShiell
Have an iso for which you know its size. Use dd to copy that iso onto a usb 2.0 drive and time the copy. Copy that same iso onto the usb 3.0 drive and time it. If the usb 3.0 copy takes less time in the neighborhood of the expected speed difference of usb 3.0 to usb 2.0 then you got fortunate. If

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Stella Ashburne
Hello > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2021 at 2:29 AM > From: "fxkl47BF" > To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" > Subject: thunderbird > > what are your thoughts of thunderbird. > Thunderbird appears to have many, many security vulnerabilities based on the fact that in any calendar month, security

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread James Wallen
On 5/30/21 8:03 PM, rust wrote: On 5/30/21 9:00 PM, James Wallen wrote: If I could find a text / TUI mode calendar to work with mutt I'd certainly like to switch. JPW I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "work with mutt", but khalendar is pretty cool. I'm unable to locate "khalendar"

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Stella Ashburne
Hi > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2021 at 8:36 AM > From: "Jude DaShiell" > To: "Long Wind" , "Debian-user Mailing List" > > Subject: Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used > > First disconnect the disk; next run lsblk >lsblk.old, next connect the > disk, next run lsblk >lsblk.new. Finally do

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-05-30 Thread Jude DaShiell
First disconnect the disk; next run lsblk >lsblk.old, next connect the disk, next run lsblk >lsblk.new. Finally do a diff on lsblk.old lsblk.new and see if something shows up in lsblk.new that isn't in lsblk.old. On Mon, 31 May 2021, Long Wind wrote: > i have new usb 3 diski want to find out if

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Marco Möller
On 30.05.21 20:29, fxkl47BF wrote: for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. i'm considering a new mail application. there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. what are your thoughts of thunderbird. I am using Thunderbird without problems for years now. I have never had it

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Frank McCormick
On 5/30/21 4:24 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: On 5/30/21 4:04 PM, Joe wrote: On Sun, 30 May 2021 18:29:11 + fxkl47BF wrote: for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. i'm considering a new mail application. there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. what are your thoughts

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 30 May 2021 13:55:29 -0700 Weaver wrote: > On 31-05-2021 06:24, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > On 5/30/21 4:04 PM, Joe wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 30 May 2021 18:29:11 + > >> fxkl47BF wrote: > >> > >>> for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. > >>> i'm considering a new mail

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread James Wallen
On 5/30/21 5:18 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Sun, 30 May 2021 16:56:17 -0400 James Wallen wrote: If I could find a text / TUI mode calendar to work with mutt I'd certainly like to switch. Take a look at claws-mail's calendar plug-in. Not text, but it might let you use claws-mail. Thanks! I

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 31 May 2021 04:24:27 +0800 Bret Busby wrote: > I also use claws mail for one account, that rarely has traffic. But, > claws mail is not easy to use, in terms of transferring messages from > one installation to another; Interesting. I have claws-mail on several computers, and keep them

PGP: difference between Kleopatra and Kgpg, both from KDE

2021-05-30 Thread Marco Möller
Hello, Could someone explain for a raw beginner concerning the usage of PGP the difference between Kleopatra and Kgpg, what the typical work case is for the one and the other, what important feature the one and the other is missing? Sorry for the related but low specific questions in the

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 30 May 2021 16:56:17 -0400 James Wallen wrote: > If I could find a text / TUI mode calendar to work with mutt I'd > certainly like to switch. Take a look at claws-mail's calendar plug-in. Not text, but it might let you use claws-mail. -- Does anybody read signatures any more?

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Bret Busby
On 31/5/21 4:24 am, Bret Busby wrote: On 31/5/21 2:29 am, fxkl47BF wrote: for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. i'm considering a new mail application. there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. what are your thoughts of thunderbird. I use thunderbird for skimming through

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread James Wallen
On 5/30/21 3:48 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: fxkl47BF wrote: for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. i'm considering a new mail application. there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. what are your thoughts of thunderbird. It's very popular with people who need to point-and-click at

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread ghe2001
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Sunday, May 30, 2021 2:24 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >... (snip) Look into ProtonMail. Web based, slow sometimes (they're in Switzerland), but PGP encryption if possible, and free. Works, too. -- Glenn English

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Weaver
On 31-05-2021 06:24, Doug McGarrett wrote: > On 5/30/21 4:04 PM, Joe wrote: > >> On Sun, 30 May 2021 18:29:11 + >> fxkl47BF wrote: >> >>> for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. >>> i'm considering a new mail application. >>> there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. >>>

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread tomas
On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 03:48:31PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > fxkl47BF wrote: > > for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. > > i'm considering a new mail application. > > there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. > > what are your thoughts of thunderbird. > > It's very popular

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 5/30/21 4:04 PM, Joe wrote: On Sun, 30 May 2021 18:29:11 + fxkl47BF wrote: for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. i'm considering a new mail application. there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. what are your thoughts of thunderbird. A bit slow and heavy for my

Re: examples for man pages

2021-05-30 Thread Curt
On 2021-05-29, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'll have to reconfigure something on my system. Executing 'curl > cheat.sh/cp' resulted in light grey text on white background ;/ > '\?T' for text only, no ANSI sequences curl cht.sh/cp\?T curl cheat.sh/:help

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Bret Busby
On 31/5/21 2:29 am, fxkl47BF wrote: for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. i'm considering a new mail application. there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. what are your thoughts of thunderbird. I use thunderbird for skimming through incoming email before downloading it,

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Joe
On Sun, 30 May 2021 18:29:11 + fxkl47BF wrote: > for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. > i'm considering a new mail application. > there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. > what are your thoughts of thunderbird. > A bit slow and heavy for my liking. I used to use it,

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Weaver
On 31-05-2021 05:48, Dan Ritter wrote: > fxkl47BF wrote: >> for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. >> i'm considering a new mail application. >> there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. >> what are your thoughts of thunderbird. > > It's very popular with people who need to

Re: thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread Dan Ritter
fxkl47BF wrote: > for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. > i'm considering a new mail application. > there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. > what are your thoughts of thunderbird. It's very popular with people who need to point-and-click at everything. If you are willing

thunderbird

2021-05-30 Thread fxkl47BF
for a few decades i have used pine/alpine. i'm considering a new mail application. there are more out there than you can shake a stick at. what are your thoughts of thunderbird.

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Stella Ashburne wrote: > > Question: Is it a prerequisite (pre-condition) that to set up a cron job to > download updates at a fixed time every day, the OS must have the installed > package "unattended-upgrades"? > No. apt install apticron will get you a customizable cron job that will: -

chromium browser lost stored passwords after upgrade from Stretch to Buster

2021-05-30 Thread Tapio Lehtonen
I upgraded on 25th May office computer Debian Stretch to Buster. Home directory comes from NFS server. Chromium browser now longer has the stored passwords available. Other browsers, Firefox and Google Chrome, do have the passwords still. Where did chromium browser on Stretch store the

Re: examples for man pages

2021-05-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/29/2021 03:20 PM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: On Sat, 29 May 2021, at 21:03, Richard Owlett wrote: The man page is, putting *mildly*, overwhelming. Is there a recommended introduction to curl. curl is a big subject. While it's very useful to people who write scripts etc, on many platforms,

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 30 May 2021 13:08:18 +0200 Stella Ashburne wrote: > My knowledge of computing, Linux and Debian is elementary and hence I > won't know how to set up a cron-apt or use apticron. > > Question: Is it a prerequisite (pre-condition) that to set up a cron > job to download updates at a fixed

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 01:08:18PM +0200, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Question: Is it a prerequisite (pre-condition) that to set up a cron job to > download updates at a fixed time every day, the OS must have the installed > package "unattended-upgrades"? Nope. You can write your own cron job to

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread Stella Ashburne
Hi > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM > From: to...@tuxteam.de > To: "Stella Ashburne" > Cc: "Greg Wooledge" , debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of > software/security updates? > > Not Greg here, but... yes, you can do that. And

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread Stella Ashburne
Hi Thanks for your help and time. I really appreciate it. > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 5:29 PM > From: l0f...@tuta.io > To: "Debian User" > Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of > software/security updates? > > NB: You can still filter `apt-cache rdepends`

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread tomas
On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 12:45:13PM +0200, Stella Ashburne wrote: [...] > Thanks for your observation about tasksel and autoremove. > > About the only time that I encountered tasksel was during the installation of > Debian. > > Since you mentioned tasksel in your reply, how do you invoke

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread Stella Ashburne
Hi Andrei > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 3:06 PM > From: "Andrei POPESCU" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of > software/security updates? > > aptitude was deprecated for some very specific uses only (in particular >

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread Stella Ashburne
Hi Greg, > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 8:58 PM > From: "Greg Wooledge" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of > software/security updates? > > tasksel will also perform an autoremove for you without asking you. > It was after

re: cannot download debian buster becase error in running ubuntu

2021-05-30 Thread deloptes
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Why don't you give Ubuntu a call or check on their mailing list ? > You problem seems much more related to Ubuntu than Debian. > > The only thing I can tell you is look inside /var/lib/dpkg/info/ > and remove the file .postrm (or whatever you need). This

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 29 mai 21, 19:09:36, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Hello Andrei > > Thank you for your advice and time. I really appreciate it. > > > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 2:49 PM > > From: "Andrei POPESCU" > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable