Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 October 2021 01:12:42 Will Mengarini wrote: > * Gene Heskett [21-10/17=Su 12:18 -0400]: > > [...] opening a terminal hasn't called > > a ". .profile" since about jessie [...] > > Check whether you *also* have either .bash_profile or > .bash_login, because either of those supersedes .

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Will Mengarini
* Gene Heskett [21-10/17=Su 12:18 -0400]: > [...] opening a terminal hasn't called > a ". .profile" since about jessie [...] Check whether you *also* have either .bash_profile or .bash_login, because either of those supersedes .profile: ls -lA ~/.bash_{profile,login}

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 21:15:21 Douglas McGarrett wrote: > On 10/17/21 8:38 PM, David Christensen wrote: > > On 10/17/21 2:12 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >>> normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways > >>> because I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do > >>>

Re: wpa supplicant not starting - code 1...........

2021-10-17 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:23:47 -0400 Henning Informed me about Re: wpa supplicant not starting - code 1... > On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 12:39:41PM +1100, Charlie wrote: > > > > On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:31:16 -0400 Henning Informed me about > > Re: wpa supplicant not sta

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread songbird
Stefan Monnier wrote: >> normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways because >> I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do have the UPS >> and surge protection). > > Hmmm does turning them off make any difference w.r.t a surge large > enough to pass through the surge s

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Douglas McGarrett
On 10/17/21 8:38 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 10/17/21 2:12 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways because I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do have the UPS and surge protection). Hmmm does turning them off make any diffe

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Stefan Monnier
> normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways because > I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do have the UPS > and surge protection). Hmmm does turning them off make any difference w.r.t a surge large enough to pass through the surge suppression? I thought the onl

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread David Christensen
On 10/17/21 2:12 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways because I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do have the UPS and surge protection). Hmmm does turning them off make any difference w.r.t a surge large enough to pass through t

Re: SDDM doesn't show up at boot

2021-10-17 Thread Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z
Oh, I forgot to say: I'm using Debian 10.10 i386 El dom, 17 oct 2021 a las 17:12, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z () escribió: > > Hi. > > I was trying to set up the keyboard for the whole system > with "localectl set-x11-keymap pc105 us altgr-intl". Before > that, it did not have the altgr-intl variant. > >

Re: Cannot install vlc on bullseye

2021-10-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 16 oct 21, 06:43:23, piorunz wrote: > On 16/10/2021 06:32, R. Ramesh wrote: > > > sudo aptitude install libpostproc55=10:4.4-dmo4+deb11u2 > > > > Still could not install vlc because libswscale5 was also older version > > and needed to be upgraded > > > > sudo aptitude install libswscale5=

Re: Error installing texlive-base

2021-10-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 15 oct 21, 10:39:54, Victor Hugo Muñoz wrote: > > Actually, yes. Why? Due to confinement, my home PC has also been my > office PC. And > since I had a working machine, decided to upgrade packages only if > strictly necessary. As you found out (the hard way), the "strictly necessary" isn't

Re: How to install official AMDGPU linux driver on Debian 11?

2021-10-17 Thread piorunz
On 17/10/2021 22:27, Markos wrote: Hi, Please, could someone suggest a tutorial (for a basic user) on how to install the driver for the graphics card for a laptop Lenovo IdeaPad S145 with AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500U and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 running Debian 11 (Bullseye). I found a more complete tutorial

Re: AMD OpenCL support

2021-10-17 Thread piorunz
On 17/10/2021 23:31, Linux-Fan wrote: Back then, I got it from https://www.amd.com/en/support/professional-graphics/radeon-pro/radeon-pro-w5000-series/radeon-pro-w5500 under "Radeon(TM) Pro Software for Enterprise on Ubuntu 20.04.2" and the download still seems to point to a file with the same SH

Re: AMD OpenCL support

2021-10-17 Thread Linux-Fan
piorunz writes: On 17/10/2021 21:50, Linux-Fan wrote: There, the suggested fix is to switch to amdgpu-pro (which seems to remedy the issue but not entirely...) which lead me to try the `.deb` files from AMD. I downloaded `amdgpu-pro-21.20-1292797-ubuntu-20.04.tar.xz` and it seems to have insta

Re: AMD OpenCL support

2021-10-17 Thread piorunz
On 17/10/2021 21:50, Linux-Fan wrote: There, the suggested fix is to switch to amdgpu-pro (which seems to remedy the issue but not entirely...) which lead me to try the `.deb` files from AMD. I downloaded `amdgpu-pro-21.20-1292797-ubuntu-20.04.tar.xz` and it seems to have installed just fine.

How to install official AMDGPU linux driver on Debian 11?

2021-10-17 Thread Markos
Hi, Please, could someone suggest a tutorial (for a basic user) on how to install the driver for the graphics card for a laptop Lenovo IdeaPad S145 with AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500U and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 running Debian 11 (Bullseye). I found a more complete tutorial just for Stretch and Buster: ht

SDDM doesn't show up at boot

2021-10-17 Thread Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z
Hi. I was trying to set up the keyboard for the whole system with "localectl set-x11-keymap pc105 us altgr-intl". Before that, it did not have the altgr-intl variant. I have LXQt installed, with SDDM as the display manager. After booting the PC again, SDDM was no longer showing up when the PC fi

Re: AMD OpenCL support

2021-10-17 Thread Linux-Fan
piorunz writes: On 17/10/2021 09:00, didier gaumet wrote: [...] Yes I have that mesa version of OpenCL installed. Unfortunately, this version is too old and not recognized. I need OpenCL 1.2 at least I think. clinfo says, among many other things: Device Version

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 15:45:36 songbird wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:39:50 Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting > >> > to be a nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread songbird
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:39:50 Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: >> > The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting to >> > be a nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or is that >> > weakly? >> >> That's a great case for a UPS...

Re: question from total newbie. a little help please

2021-10-17 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:00:52 -0400 JAMES BOSWELL wrote: > if i divide my hard drive and install debian lynx on it. will i be > able to effectively run debian on this laptop? The best way to find that out is to get a Live version of Debian, and see if boots and runs without problems. > Device na

Re: question from total newbie. a little help please

2021-10-17 Thread David Christensen
On 10/17/21 6:00 AM, JAMES BOSWELL wrote: if i divide my hard drive and install debian lynx on it. will i be able to effectively run debian on this laptop? Device name LAPTOP-R4DB7V5U Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10110U CPU @ 2.10GHz 2.59 GHz Installed RAM 4.00 GB (3.81 GB usable) Device ID

Re: [Sid] Firefox problem

2021-10-17 Thread harryweaver
17 Oct 2021, 18:55 by p...@sojka.co: > Hi there, > > On some of machines I use, after opening of Firefox I get empty browser > window (with menus, decorations etc) but nothing else is displayed. Its > impossible to open menu, type address, etc. The only thing you can do is to > close the win

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 14:09:23 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 06:35:01PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > > > 2. and another pesky thing is starting a konsole to do work, needs > > > a $PATH modification that we used to put in ~.profile. But opening > > > a terminal hasn't called a ".

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:39:50 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting to > > be a nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or is that > > weakly? > > That's a great case for a UPS... > Yup, but thats 4 more of th

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 06:35:01PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > > 2. and another pesky thing is starting a konsole to do work, needs a > > $PATH modification that we used to put in ~.profile. But opening a > > terminal hasn't called a ". .profile" since about jessie.  So thats > > another PITA. > > >

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 01:23:34PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:35:01 deloptes wrote: > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the > > > mount point for the card is in my home directory, I own it all. And > > > didn

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:35:01 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the > > mount point for the card is in my home directory, I own it all. And > > didn't have to be root to do any of it.  This was not fixed by a 2nd > > reboo

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > > The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting to be a > nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or is that weakly? That's a great case for a UPS... > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the mount > point for th

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the mount > point for the card is in my home directory, I own it all. And didn't > have to be root to do any of it.  This was not fixed by a 2nd reboot. > I guess this problem is not related to the .profile issu

[Off topic] Linux lynxes. was: Re: question from total newbie.

2021-10-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I've been installing debian since sarge and remember > no lynx code word attached to any debian version. There was an Ubuntu release named Lucid Lynx, 11 years ago. (My bet is that it won't run on a contemporary laptop.) Have a nice day :) Thomas

A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting to be a nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or is that weakly? Most of my machines are running a 64 bit buster with a preempt-rt kernel. I made some mods to a 3d printer project in openscad last we

Re: question from total newbie. a little help please

2021-10-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
I think the o.p. may have got debian linux confused with debian lynx that makes more sense over here. Many Linux distros have code words for each major version of their distributions. The current stable code word for debian is bullseye. I've been installing debian since sarge and remember no lyn

Re: question from total newbie. a little help please

2021-10-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > JAMES BOSWELL wrote: > > > install debian lynx > > Dan Ritter > > Lynx is a text-mode web browser. Did you mean Debian bullseye, > > I rather guess that "Debian GNU/Lynx, The Unyversl operating system" > is meant. ;-) > Ah, you think it's a spieling error. Reas

Re: question from total newbie. a little help please

2021-10-17 Thread David Wright
On Sun 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00:52 (-0400), JAMES BOSWELL wrote: > if i divide my hard drive and install debian lynx on it. will i be able to > effectively run debian on this laptop? How big is the hard drive, and how much space is currently occupied? Cheers, David.

Re: question from total newbie. a little help please

2021-10-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, JAMES BOSWELL wrote: > > install debian lynx Dan Ritter > Lynx is a text-mode web browser. Did you mean Debian bullseye, I rather guess that "Debian GNU/Lynx, The Unyversl operating system" is meant. ;-) Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: USB sticks & Debian

2021-10-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 02:41:36PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Sep 2021, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I don't understand what you are trying to do. Do you want to: > > > > This one: > > * create a bootable USB on another OS to boot (the USB) and install Linux > > on some

Re: question from total newbie. a little help please

2021-10-17 Thread Dan Ritter
JAMES BOSWELL wrote: > if i divide my hard drive and install debian lynx on it. will i be able to > effectively run debian on this laptop? > > Device name LAPTOP-R4DB7V5U > Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10110U CPU @ 2.10GHz 2.59 GHz > Installed RAM 4.00 GB (3.81 GB usable) > Product ID 00356-0

Re: question from total newbie. a little help please

2021-10-17 Thread john doe
On 10/17/2021 3:00 PM, JAMES BOSWELL wrote: if i divide my hard drive and install debian lynx on it. will i be able to effectively run debian on this laptop? You are planning on creating a 'multiboot' with Debian and Windows! The best thing that I can suggest is to Google 'multiboot Bullseye

question from total newbie. a little help please

2021-10-17 Thread JAMES BOSWELL
if i divide my hard drive and install debian lynx on it. will i be able to effectively run debian on this laptop? Device name LAPTOP-R4DB7V5U Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10110U CPU @ 2.10GHz 2.59 GHz Installed RAM 4.00 GB (3.81 GB usable) Device ID CAACC244-37B7-4294-84E4-E73B9C030FDF Product

Re: USB sticks & Debian

2021-10-17 Thread Holger Wansing
> On Sat, 25 Sep 2021, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I don't understand what you are trying to do. Do you want to: > > This one: > * create a bootable USB on another OS to boot (the USB) and install Linux on > some other system, or At https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb you find a point

Re: AMD OpenCL support

2021-10-17 Thread piorunz
On 17/10/2021 09:00, didier gaumet wrote: Hello, Disclaimer: I have no AMD graphic card and have not personally tested what is describe below Thanks for your reply and thoughts. Right now with an AMD/ATI graphic card in Debian, the only OpenCL run- time loader (ICD) present in the offical r

Re: Keyboard prevents screensaver & scrolling terminal window

2021-10-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, due to the lack of other proposals i now come up with something ancient. If you are still running the X Window System, then there should be a program named xev. Start it in a dedicated terminal window which will get its verbous text output. Redirect a copy of that output to a file: xev | te

Unbreaking the system [WAS Re: Cannot install vlc on bullseye ]

2021-10-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 02:57:13PM -0500, R. Ramesh wrote: > Understood. Please also understand that we are users and not experts. I > understand unix/linux and general SW principles. I will use debian as I > trust this more than any other distribution. That does not mean I can learn > everything a

Re: security of debian default sudoers file (was: dead lock)

2021-10-17 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 17/10/21 20:41, Gregor Zattler wrote: PS: in my opinion you should avoid creating a sudoers file unless you really know what you are doing. the defaults are very insecure. So force sudo to use the root passwd. After you ensure your root passwd works, simply add the line: Defaults

security of debian default sudoers file (was: dead lock)

2021-10-17 Thread Gregor Zattler
Hi Peter, * Peter Ehlert [2021-10-14; 06:30]: > PS: in my opinion you should avoid creating a sudoers file unless you > really know what you are doing. the defaults are very insecure. Could you please elaborate on this, or provide a pointer? Thanks; Gregor -- -... --- .-. . -.. ..--.. ...-.-

[Sid] Firefox problem

2021-10-17 Thread Grzesiek
Hi there, On some of machines I use, after opening of Firefox I get empty browser window (with menus, decorations etc) but nothing else is displayed. Its impossible to open menu, type address, etc. The only thing you can do is to close the window. After changing display configuration (rotate t

Re: why pae kernel has only 3G memory

2021-10-17 Thread deloptes
lou wrote: > Thanks, i've just installed linux-image-686, result is same you understand that in most cases if you use a 32bit OS with 4GB of memory you may not utilize 1GB, because the overhead of utilizing this memory consumes much of this memory with the registers to overcome the 3GB barrier. S

Re: AMD OpenCL support

2021-10-17 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, Disclaimer: I have no AMD graphic card and have not personally tested what is describe below Right now with an AMD/ATI graphic card in Debian, the only OpenCL run- time loader (ICD) present in the offical repos is the mesa one (mesa- opencl-icd) that you have already installed. If it no