Re: Missing qt5-designer in Stretch

2017-11-14 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 15/11/17 16:11, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 11/14/2017 12:58 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 15/11/17 04:48, Marc Shapiro wrote: $ designer designer: could not exec '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/designer': No such file or directory $ assistant assistant: could not exec '/usr/lib/x86_64

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 23/11/17 22:37, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Thu, 23 Nov 2017, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Mine works fine with these CUPS settings on my WLAN: http://192.168.1.11/ipp Name: Brother_MFC-L2740DW Description: Brother MFC-L2740DW Driver: Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor (recommended

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
driver (brscan4 0.4.4-2 amd64). With this installed, I ran the following and the scanner then worked fine in XSane: brsaneconfig4 -a name=Brother_MFC-L2740DW model=MFC-L2740DW ip=192.168.1.11 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
emove the entire i386 architecture from my computer. :-) Both my MFC-L2740DW and (according to the online specs) Pierre's HL-L2340DW have PCL6 emulation. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Thunderbird no longer opens links

2017-11-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 30/11/17 18:45, solitone wrote: The only other suspect I have is apparmor, which was installed in a recent security update. But can this be the reason? Yes. For example: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=882043 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 24/11/17 21:20, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Fri, 24 Nov 2017, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I use <http://localhost:631/admin/>. I see an "Add Printer" and a "Manage Printers" button. I can click "Manage Printers" and select the printer. I can selec

Re: on-screen artifacts (red pixels) at high resolution with Intel HD 630 (Kaby Lake)

2017-12-14 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
try another HDMI cable to eliminate it as an issue. Bad or marginal HDMI cables are a common problem. FYI I am also using H110 with HD Graphics 630. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars

2017-12-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
are echoed or nothing is echoed, the passphrase remains concealed. Not true if the passphrase is "**". Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars

2017-12-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
nter2". Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Missing qt5-designer in Stretch

2017-11-15 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 15/11/17 17:34, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 11/14/2017 07:24 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Great! Although you should note that Michael Biebl's suggestion to install "qt5-default" will do the same thing but be robust against package updates (I like his advice more than mine). Bu

Re: looking for a file format for time series data other software can easily consume

2017-11-01 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
nce [your epoch goes here]" and data variables of the same shape. The udunits library will even convert units for you. If you make your time dimension UNLIMITED, new time values are written at the end of the file (rather than rewriting the whole file). Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davie

Re: Thunderbird no longer opens links

2017-12-02 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
of package shipped unit-files. I this possible for AppArmor? Yes, there is aa-complain in the apparmor-utils packages, but this was itself buggy when I used it for thunderbird: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=882047 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-06 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
rs. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-06 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
nd regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: how to install stretch securely

2017-12-11 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
rus? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-09 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
/sid, systemd): no prompt - Remote XFCE shutdown via VNC tunnelled through SSH (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, systemd): password prompt I think these are sensible defaults. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: attach a big picture This username is already in use. Stupid Yahoo mail won't let me in I am sorry, Cars Street signs etc,

2017-10-21 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Labradoodle or fried chicken? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ccl9aAYWwAEaJQ3.jpg Puppy or bagel? https://us.v-cdn.net/5018289/uploads/editor/8o/5cxotpg7bq3r.jpeg Chihuahua or muffin? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdOxQRbWAAEUZM6.jpg Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Tra

Re: attach a big picture This username is already in use. Stupid Yahoo mail won't let me in I am sorry, Cars Street signs etc,

2017-10-21 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
the link into an email. You can also attach images to Debian BTS bug reports but you will likely get better help here unless you can identify the package responsible for your problem. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://tra

Re: looking for a file format for time series data other software can easily consume

2017-10-31 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
in this thread) for storage, NetCDF-3 has its own storage format: https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ Many open source libraries and tools. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Chinese file name problem in xterm

2018-05-06 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
. What is your filesystem type (ext4? vfat?) and what is its filename encoding? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Chinese file name problem in xterm

2018-05-08 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
will not have such problem Debian bugs are fixed only when users and developers care about them. What better health tonic than exercise, sunshine, and fixing Debian bugs? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-09 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: which program do you recommend to read pdf file

2018-05-09 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
t separate instances rather than one application with tabs, so I added a custom launcher in ~/.local/share/applications without this flag. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-10 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 10/05/18 17:36, Felix Miata wrote: Ben Caradoc-Davies composed on 2018-05-10 17:13 (UTC+1200): Alexander, are there any signs of overheating at the time of the freeze? Any _other_ signs? Apparently "random" freezing after 30 minutes heavy use, such as watching a video with

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-09 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
the time of the freeze? Have you cleaned the fan? Does the freeze occur on battery or when the power adapter is attached? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-11 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
yboard, but these seem to be less common. I hope ARM64 will become more common. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

2018-05-16 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
to the pool. If this reduces the waiting time, you might be affected by the same bug. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

2018-05-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 24/05/18 04:48, Glenn English wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:47 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: I also found that xfce4-terminal hangs in getrandom if started immediately after boot and lightdm login. This one is not fixed by the libsdb upgrade. I have reported it

Re: Linux system

2018-05-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
an Gilbert: The surprising science of happiness https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: reportbug - debian SMTP HELO forged

2018-05-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
"X-Debbugs-CC: bwtn...@yahoo.com" smtphost "smtp.mail.yahoo.com:587" smtptls smtpuser "bwtn...@yahoo.com" smtppasswd "YOUR_YAHOO_PASSWORD_GOES_HERE" For more information on these options: less /etc/reportbug.conf man reportbug.conf Kind regards, -- Be

Re: reportbug - debian SMTP HELO forged

2018-05-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
? Thanks. Sorry, I do not know. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

2018-05-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
: xfce4-terminal hangs in getrandom if crng not ready https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=899271 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

2018-05-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 25/05/18 01:42, Glenn English wrote: On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: Bug#899271: xfce4-terminal hangs in getrandom if crng not ready What in heaven's name is a terminal emulator doing in getrandom? Indeed. It seems that gnutls_rnd is

Re: adb broken in buster?

2018-05-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
adb server was started? If not, please run "adb kill-server" and try again. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

2018-05-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
fce and lightdm maintainer has commented on #897572 and is aware of the getrandom issue, but I could not find any lightdm issue for it. Which iso image did you use to install testing? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

2018-05-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 19/05/18 11:28, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: The cause is xfce4-session. I will file a bug report. Bug#899080: xfce4-session hangs in getrandom if crng not ready https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=899080 I think this is a symptom of Bug#898088 in libbsd0: Bug#898088

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

2018-05-20 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 19/05/18 13:07, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 19/05/18 11:28, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: The cause is xfce4-session. I will file a bug report. Bug#899080: xfce4-session hangs in getrandom if crng not ready https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=899080 I think this is a symptom

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

2018-05-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: lightdm (testing): Long waiting time after login

2018-05-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 19/05/18 09:59, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I can reproduce the hang in a VM with a testing system installed from the 14 May weekly testing iso. I will try using a custom kernel with a printk in getrandom to confirm the guilty process, as I did for #897572. The cause is xfce4-session. I

Re: Debmirror error - balks when "?" in URL

2018-06-15 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Perth. It is still the URL published in the Debian mirrors list <https://www.debian.org/mirror/list>. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Hibernate not working !

2018-06-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
other Linii I have tried ? Regards, Aaron Do you have swap that is equal to or greater than system RAM? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Thunderbird does not start and freezes

2018-05-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
, and audited by apparmor. I think that attempting to apply apparmor file access rules to Thunderbird is a bad idea. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Thunderbird does not start and freezes

2018-05-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
issue). Please file a thunderbird bug report. Your last audit line is I think the relevant one. After filing many apparmor bug reports against thunderbird, I now boot with apparmor=0. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
/" (descending) or "/\" (ascending) at the end of the column heading label, but I think your problem is more like that fixed by the checkbox above. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 29/05/18 13:46, Charlie S wrote: On Tue, 29 May 2018 13:26:37 +1200 Ben Caradoc-Davies sent: On 29/05/18 13:08, Charlie S wrote: Hello Everyone, Suddenly my file managers show the files in reverse order to the norm, i.e directories on top and individual files beneath. Don't

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
answers from the web/manuals and trolling archives, for some days or weeks. Then I bite the bullet and ask here. So thank you once again. It is as always, very much appreciated. You are most welcome. Good questions make this list interesting. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient

Re: synaptic install of initramfs-tools fails

2018-05-26 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
firmware-realtek from non-free. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Display image after resume

2018-06-03 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
to set HandlePowerKey=ignore and to let Xfce handle locking and suspend and Xfce Power Manager / Security / "Lock screen when system is going for sleep"). I use xscreensaver. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: [Debian-User] Re: Display image after resume

2018-06-04 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 04/06/18 16:39, Jim Popovitch wrote: On Mon, 2018-06-04 at 11:07 +1200, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 04/06/18 10:03, Jim Popovitch wrote: What produces the desktop image that is displayed immediately after resuming from hibernation? When resuming, I see the following in order:    1

Re: self identifying computer

2018-06-04 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ace, I assume you have connected it over ethernet. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Import messages from Icedove to Thunderbird

2018-06-05 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ile, and subfolders are stored in a .sbd directory. Index files can be regenerated if damaged but it is easiest to just copy them (and this will preserve your replied/forwarded flags). Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Import messages from Icedove to Thunderbird

2018-06-05 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ove directory because Thunderbird will try hard to not harm your data. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised.

2018-06-25 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ctl -f" as root and then plug in the device, is anything logged? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: 20180630223149.b338d4fd2c97ba4b9b246b67

2018-07-02 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 03/07/18 09:53, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: A hot key should not cause a persistent change. The main culprit, as noted by davidson, is that you were cleaning up your files. Did you remove anything in ~/.config? [...] What is the output of "ls -l ~/.bashrc"? I saw in davids

Re: 20180630223149.b338d4fd2c97ba4b9b246b67

2018-07-02 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
erences. If you start an "xterm", does the output have colour? (That is, are other terminal emulators affected?) Have any other applications lost colour? You could also try booting with apparmor=0. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: gathering trace rute output to a file?

2018-06-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
gfile 2>&1 These commands redirect both standard output and standard error to logfile. It is also possible to redirect them separately. See a shell guide for details. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Terminal Color-Coding

2018-06-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
-colour terminal emulators. What desktop are you using? What version of Debian? What had colours before? ls? You can see if ls is aliased in bash by typing "alias ls". What is the output of "echo $TERM"? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Sof

Re: when do I get a browsere that will do internet purchases?

2017-10-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
"64" removed. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: way of starting a firewall script in debian 9 with kde5 and sddm

2017-10-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
/systemd/system. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Password managers [WAS: Re: when do I get a browsere that will do internet purchases?]

2017-10-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
to run under Stretch. +1 Though, I prefer KeePassX. +1 for KeePassX on Debian and KeePassDroid on Android. Both use the same .kdbx format so databases can be synchronised with sftp (AndFTP on the Android side, but looking for open source recommendations). Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies &l

Re: The new normal of logging

2017-10-26 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
you would need a verb in the present tense, not an adjective, so probably more than four letters. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: The new normal of logging

2017-10-27 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 27/10/17 17:52, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 26 October 2017 21:21:37 Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 27/10/17 13:02, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 26 October 2017 15:22:35 Nicholas Geovanis wrote: " And there's also systemd, that is slowly phagocytosing the UNIX part of Linux&

Re: MTP devices leave multiple copies under Devices in file managers

2018-01-06 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
on reboot, see these reports (one by me): https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=883425 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=882353 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=884067 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient

Re: MTP devices leave multiple copies under Devices in file managers

2018-01-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 08/01/18 02:28, Carl Fink wrote: On 01/06/2018 03:06 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: What kernel version? Do the entries disappear on reboot? This morning I had time to reboot, and I can now confirm that rebooting cleared the dead entries. It sure looks like the already-reported bug. Thanks

Re: I need help

2018-01-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
, never worked well for me See the debian-live mailing list for all discussions related to Live ISOs. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Iptables at boot

2018-01-21 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
You can make your initial rules file with iptables-save. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: How to create a PDF-Printer from the command line

2018-01-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
it for text, which I think was the problem facing the original poster. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: How to create a PDF-Printer from the command line

2018-01-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 18/01/18 10:37, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: Works fine for txt, although as it rasterizes things it's not going to be optimized for size. Yes, typically, but for large fonts and low resolution outputs with few pages, rasterised pages may be smaller. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies &l

Re: apt uninstall apparmor

2018-01-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
it with: systemctl disable apparmor.service systemctl mask apparmor.service and then reboot. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: The TP-Link TL-WN722N USB WiFi adapter ...

2018-01-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
net.ifnames=0 at boot. I use both and my TL-WN722N works fine on sid. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Causes, cures and prevention of orphaned inodes?

2018-02-04 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Other hardware issues to consider are overheating (addressed with better cooling and thermald) and power supply problems which may only be evident at load. Is your system prime stable (i.e. runs with "mprime -t" (with AVX disabled) for many hours)? How do you monitor system temperatur

Re: Causes, cures and prevention of orphaned inodes?

2018-02-05 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
advantage of any improvements recommended by the manufacturer. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Causes, cures and prevention of orphaned inodes?

2018-02-05 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
crocode bugs. AMD release new microcode that they wrote to fix these bugs in their microcode and that they recommend. Why would you not use it? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: System crash (gpu hang?)

2018-02-21 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 22/02/18 09:50, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 22/02/18 04:19, Pétùr wrote: I recently experimented some crashes on debian sid. The system becomes unresponsive and falls back to the login (lightdm) window after few minutes. Here is the dmesg log if someone has the time to help me figure out

Re: System crash (gpu hang?)

2018-02-21 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: HiDPI migration: desktop environment issue

2017-12-27 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ggish than Gnome 3 on the clients I've compared. Does Gnome 3 work over VNC yet? I had such problems with Unity, but XFCE just worked. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: need help on cracking wireless password

2018-02-25 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
This discussion is not complete without mention of the Upside-Down-Ternet, an oldie but a goodie, on how to have fun with iptables and squid when your neighbours are stealing your wireless internet access: http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc

Re: USB Host-Host cables

2018-06-21 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
/ Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: update hell

2018-07-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 27/07/18 16:44, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 27/07/18 16:09, Default User wrote: Debian Unstable, x86-64 [...] $ sudo aptitude -Pvv full-upgrade [...] The following packages have unmet dependencies:   libkf5xmlgui5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-10-0 which is a virtual package, provided

Re: update hell

2018-07-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
rade -V -s Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Unmet dependencies in installing virtualbox-5.2

2018-07-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 30/07/18 15:43, 慕 冬亮 wrote: E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. What packages are held? You can list them with "apt-mark showhold". Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: delay before desktop loads

2018-07-29 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
/19e47d7049c6ca94b98cf8c00bbeb2384a9c43b9 When I had identified the application, I used ltrace to identify the library causing the problem. What is your kernel version? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: update hell

2018-07-26 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: update hell

2018-07-26 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 27/07/18 16:44, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 27/07/18 16:09, Default User wrote: Debian Unstable, x86-64 [...] $ sudo aptitude -Pvv full-upgrade [...] The following packages have unmet dependencies:   libkf5xmlgui5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-10-0 which is a virtual package, provided

Re: update hell

2018-07-31 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
reverts) and the ability to install multiple concurrent kernel packages without the API versioning silliness of Debian (which cannot co-install both 4.17.6-2 and 4.17.8-1, for example, only one linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64). Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited

Re: update hell

2018-08-01 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-15 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 16/08/18 05:52, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: So, I'm also looking for a Linux friendly 802.11ac USB dongle. And I should have mentioned that the TL-WN722N is a single band (2.4 GHz) b/g/n dongle, *not* dual band. -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <ht

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-13 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 12/08/18 15:12, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I am using a TP-Link TL-WN722N (ath9k_htc). I have two. Inexpensive, high-gain antenna, quite reliable despite regular hard work. Since my broadband upgrade from ADSL to gigabit fibre three days ago, I can put greater load on my WiFi, and my TL

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-14 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 14/08/18 12:14, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 12/08/18 15:12, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I am using a TP-Link TL-WN722N (ath9k_htc). I have two. Inexpensive, high-gain antenna, quite reliable despite regular hard work. Since my broadband upgrade from ADSL to gigabit fibre three days ago, I

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
for confirmation. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-11 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
11-1, linux/4.14.17-1 Fixed in versions linux/4.16.5-1, linux/4.15.17-1 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
mounts of heat. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 23/08/2018 20:26, Long Wind wrote: to Ben Caradoc-Davies: my PC is HP dx5150, i use it with that memory for more than 2 years, it's OK, no overheating. maybe memory checking cause overheating? i've installed memtester, i'll try it. Any dx5150 Front Panel LEDs lit? https://support.hp.com

Re: Bugzilla

2018-08-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 24/08/2018 05:48, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: All, Is there any plans to move Debian to Bugzilla and abrt? Tim Try the debian-devel list. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: no boot - kinda

2018-08-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 24/08/2018 10:41, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 24/08/2018 10:37, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: The new format to specify a different default kernel is horrific; it contains menu items separated with ">". You need to get the full label from your generated grub.conf because it li

Re: no boot - kinda

2018-08-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 24/08/2018 10:37, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: The new format to specify a different default kernel is horrific; it contains menu items separated with ">". You need to get the full label from your generated grub.conf because it likely contains device UUIDs: GRUB_DEFAULT="

Re: no boot - kinda

2018-08-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
>gnulinux-4.16.0-1-amd64-advanced-ed4def00-71bb-4521-a16e-9551bd762b5b" You can try adding kernel command line parameters to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX to fix your latest kernel. You will need to run update-grub after each change. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transie

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
(negative) side. For example, for signed 32-bit integers using two's complement (C/C++ int on most current architectures and JVM int). INT_MAX = 2**31 - 1 = 2147483647 INT_MIN = -2**31 = -2147483648 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_(computer_science) Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc

Re: question about memtest86+

2018-08-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ok 8-bit Writes: ok 16-bit Writes : ok Done. This test takes 3 minutes on my i7 7700 with dual-channel DDR4 RAM. Peak package temperature was 72 C. Ambient temperature is 19 C. I have a passively cooled Streacom mini-ITX case. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director

Re: no boot - kinda

2018-08-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
done. I also like "apt-mark manual" to protect kernels from "apt-get autoremove". Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand

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