Re: Problem with Grub

2021-06-19 Thread IL Ka
Hello. You do not need to reinstall Windows to fix boot problems. Download Windows iso from the Microsoft website along with a special tool to burn it to the flash drive, boot from it and Windows will repair most booting issues. Motherboard firmware may act in Legacy/BIOS mode or UEFI mode.

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread IL Ka
try $ TERM=xterm-mono [your_program] On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 4:14 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > I have vision problems. > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > Help please. > > >

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread IL Ka
> > > unicorn:~$ sudo TERM=xterm-mono apt update > > Nope. Not that one either. Some apps ignore the number of colors from the terminfo. Their authors believe there are no colorless monitors. Vim and bash works, however $ TERM=xterm-mono vim $ TERM=xterm-mono bash (no color prompt)

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread IL Ka
One more idea: install xterm (``apt install xterm``) and run it with ``-cm`` $ xterm -cm that means "do not recognize color esc. sequences" Everything is b there

Re: Putting small web site online

2021-05-12 Thread IL Ka
> > > > I need to have a small web site online but I don't have a commercial > link nor a server at home that can be publickly available. > Hi. For the static website you can use github pages: https://pages.github.com/ or use VPS.

Re: vim not seeing many Unicode chars

2021-05-18 Thread IL Ka
> > > Thanks all. I looked at my config files (which go back at least 15 years) > and found lots of explicitly setting both LC_ALL=C and LC_LANG=C. > > Should I remove all, or just remove the LC_ALL? > > Using LC_ALL is strongly discouraged as it overrides everything. Please use it only when

Re: vim not seeing many Unicode chars

2021-05-18 Thread IL Ka
> > LC_CTYPE="C" > > this may be a problem. Try $ LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 vim $YOUR_FILE make sure fileenconfig is utf-8 in vim: : set fileencoding=utf-8 More info about LC_ vars: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/envvar.html >

Re: Linux kernel 5.10 (or 5.4) with Debian Buster

2021-05-18 Thread IL Ka
> > > Just wondering, is it safe to use kernel 5.4 or 5.10 with Debian Buster > packages? > > Kernel has stable userland ABI. Any user program (like bash or nginx) should be compatible with any future kernel release. But kernel doesn't guarantee kernel modules ABI (even API is not stable). So,

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

2021-05-17 Thread IL Ka
> I got the impression from the search hits I got info pages were > available on the web complete with useful hyperlinks. > > In a terminal "info dd" gives an annoying blob of text. Due to visual > limits I *MUCH* prefer HTML for large amounts of information. > All gnu info pages are available

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-15 Thread IL Ka
> > > 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) >

Re: Web log analysis

2021-05-27 Thread IL Ka
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 12:55 PM Richard Hector wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to get a handle on what my web servers are doing. > There is also a webalizer which is similar to AWStat. I use google analytics to monitor website. It knows nothing about my logs of course, but provides lots of

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread IL Ka
> > > XFCE > Right click on the terminal, preferences, appearance. Choose "display toolbar" https://i.imgur.com/1kLAsVd.png > >

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread IL Ka
> > How can I obtain a terminal window with menu above so that for example I > can copy or paste commands etc.? > Which desktop environment / window manager are you using? https://wiki.debian.org/DesktopEnvironment >

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread IL Ka
> > > "gpm" ? > I believe this is a mouse server for the virtual terminal running in the virtual console (aka "text mode") X11 uses its own mouse drivers. In modern versions they are based on libinput. There are several types of "clipboard" in X11: one is called "PRIMARY selection" and another

Re: trouble with debconf

2021-05-28 Thread IL Ka
On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 7:54 PM Patrice Duroux wrote: > > I have finally found the source of this trouble. > The absence of /var/lib/cdebconf directory after a bad manipulation. https://packages.debian.org/sid/cdebconf # apt install cdebconf This is a folder to store answers for debconf:

Re: Memory allocation failed during fsck of large EXT4 filesystem

2021-07-05 Thread IL Ka
> Error storing directory block information (inode=366740508, block=0, > num=406081): Memory allocation failed > Try ``scratch_files`` https://manpages.debian.org/buster/e2fsprogs/e2fsck.conf.5.en.html This stanza controls when e2fsck will attempt to use scratch files to reduce the need for

Re: Docker installation problems

2021-07-07 Thread IL Ka
> > I suspect that something might be wrong with the /etc/apt/daemon.json > file but am not sure what. > > try # dockerd https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/#start-the-daemon-manually Do you see any errors?

Re: Docker installation problems

2021-07-08 Thread IL Ka
> > failed to create API server: Could not load X509 key pair (cert: > "/var/docker/server.pem", key: "/var/docker/serverkey.pem"): open > /var/docker/server.pem: no such file or directory > > On my system the /var/docker directory doesn't exist. Further, server.pem > doesn't exist anywhere on my

Re: Buster on Win 10 Problems

2021-06-29 Thread IL Ka
> > I've never had much luck with emulations/APIs. I gave up on wine (maybe > it's better now) because so many things nearly worked. I've had trouble > with virtual machines with getting good enough access to the hardware. > > WSL-2 is not an emulator but a real virtual machine that runs Linux

Re: removing modules

2021-07-03 Thread IL Ka
> > > hello, > If I type "lsmod" there is a big list of modules with many followed by a > "0" > which I guess means they are not needed in the kernel ? > That means no module depends on it. But it doesn't mean this particular module isn't required. Does lsmod know about all installed software

Re: removing modules

2021-07-03 Thread IL Ka
> > > There is for example "dell_smm_hwmon" followed "0" which you'd think was > to be used by software for monitoring the PC hardware. > You have this device (SMM BIOS), so ``udev`` loaded this module. It creates `` /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon..`` for hardware monitoring. Remove this module, and

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-03 Thread IL Ka
On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 12:20 AM Anssi Saari wrote: > mick crane writes: > > > I've done it before but I've forgotten and the order. > > What's the procedure for making a custom kernel? > > I assume there are full instructions somewhere. Here it is http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ ``make help`` in

Re: Buster on Win 10 Problems

2021-06-30 Thread IL Ka
> > > > Is WSL a hard requirement? As far as I know Debian runs quite well in > Virtualbox (make sure you install the guest additions). > Yes, I use it alot) It also runs well on the Hyper-V (which is a part of Windows), just make sure to disable secure boot in VM.

Re: Ibus info needed

2021-06-30 Thread IL Ka
Do you mean this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Input_Bus ?

Re: dns failover a record

2021-07-12 Thread IL Ka
> > > I have 2 services. I want > the A record to change automatically when one is inaccessible. Do you want the DNS server to ping your service and change "A" record? There is no such feature AFAIK. You can use two different IPs for services and provide both of them as A record. This is

Re: Memory allocation failed during fsck of large EXT4 filesystem

2021-07-05 Thread IL Ka
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 5:17 PM Reiner Buehl wrote: > It seems swap is not the solution: Even after adding a 50G swap file, I > still get the same error message and the swap usage stats from collectd > show that max swap usage was not more than just 2G. > > btw, do you use 32 or 64bit os?

Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?

2021-06-27 Thread IL Ka
Hi. You are using a slightly inaccurate terminology. ``tty`` is a kernel subsystem that supports terminals. Terminal could be * hardware device connected to the serial port, * virtual terminal -- so-called vty that runs on top of virtual console which is emulated by kernel using your videocard

Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

2021-06-29 Thread IL Ka
> > > > There's plenty of book you can find by searching on Google with the > subject "X11 architecture" or something similar. > > There is a classic "Definitive Guides to the X Window System" series. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/x-windows-system/9780937175835/ Also

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread IL Ka
> > thank you very much. Can I somehow load the current configuration so > menuconfig shows what choices were made for current kernel ? > > zcat /proc/config.gz > .config

Re: make custom kernel

2021-07-04 Thread IL Ka
On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 1:26 PM The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-07-04 at 06:26, IL Ka wrote: > > >> thank you very much. Can I somehow load the current configuration > >> so menuconfig shows what choices were made for current kernel ? > > > > zcat /proc/config.g

Re: Memory allocation failed during fsck of large EXT4 filesystem

2021-07-06 Thread IL Ka
> I use a 32bit OS > > 32-bit OS can't use more than 4GB. 32-bit app can use even lower amount of memory. This is why 50GB swap file didn't help.

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread IL Ka
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:22 PM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside < deb...@polynamaude.com> wrote: > Hi ! > Is there some IRC channel for Debian ? > https://wiki.debian.org/IRC

Re: grub-set-default

2021-05-19 Thread IL Ka
> > > I cannot see any changes in /etc/grub.d/ or /etc/default/grub > It saves data in the GRUB environment block https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#Environment-block Somewhere in /boot/grub/grubenv but I think firmware storage may also be used To use it, you must set

Re: Is there any way to snoop on a USB port?

2021-04-30 Thread IL Ka
> > There is Windows software: > https://github.com/SnoopWare/usbsnoop > which captures USB packets in both directions. > > If you can run the Windows software in a VM under Linux, there > is usbmon built into the kernel's USB subsystem; it can monitor > all the USB traffic, too. > There is also

Re: Creating my first LAN

2021-03-25 Thread IL Ka
> I have no router and the installer never prompted for an IP address. Two wireless stations could be connected using Ad-Hoc mode (so called iBSS) or using Access Point (BSS mode). If you do not have access point, you can try to configure Ad-Hoc: https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc WiFi is a

Re: Creating my first LAN

2021-03-30 Thread IL Ka
> > > You might need a x-over RJ45 cable to connect the 2 together. > There is a technology called "Auto MDI-X". With it NIC can detect cable type hence it can support both cross-cord and patch-cord. This technology is optional for 10Mb and 100Mb (although widely implemented in 100). For 1000Mb

Re: different internet speed in debian and smart phone

2021-03-29 Thread IL Ka
> > > Firefox browser in Debian. > Internet speed checker is fast.com > Speed is 670kbps > > How do you connect your laptop to the internet? Is it a cable or wifi? What NIC are you using?

Re: `apt list` output question

2021-03-29 Thread IL Ka
> > > What is the meaning of the "stable,now" string? Here are two answers from the Debian developer https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/408944/understanding-apt-list-output https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/403177/what-is-the-format-of-the-apt-search-output-on-debian-ubuntu Btw,

Re: different internet speed in debian and smart phone

2021-03-29 Thread IL Ka
> > Device-1: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter > ok, this is your card. Lets see output of $ iw dev [your_dev_name] it should be $ iw dev wlan0 I believe Also, try to ping your wifi router ip address and some Internet address like $ ping 8.8.8.8 Then, check

Re: Creating my first LAN

2021-03-24 Thread IL Ka
> > learning by doing Theory and practice are both important. It is crucial to understand how IP networks work, so I'd start with book like "TCP/IP Network Administration" > During installation > server software was installed on *ONE* of them. Communication will be > via WiFi. Did they get IP

Re: /home partition filling immediately after recent sid upgrade

2021-03-12 Thread IL Ka
> > tried du -sh on /home/username /* etc. > and what was the output? I use $ du -d1 | sort -n Also, try "ncdu".

Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live?

2021-03-11 Thread IL Ka
> > 1-. Downloaded package firmware-realtek from package.debian.org. > 2-. Booted Debian Live. > 3-. Copied package from hard disk to the desktop (apt complains when > I load it directly). > 4-. Executed: sudo apt install firmware-realtek > 5-. Executed: sudo depmod -a > 6-. Executed: sudo

Re: Debian( live version) question

2021-03-14 Thread IL Ka
> How can I change my user@debian on terminal to myname@debian. Im using > for my education purpose. > export PS1="myname@debian$ "

Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

2021-03-15 Thread IL Ka
> > > No stupid memory segmentation, > IMHO segmentation was a good idea originally. You could have separate segments for code and data and since 286 it is possible to protect them (AFAIK segments were also used to separate user-space and kernel-space) But with the advent of virtual memory (386),

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread IL Ka
> > > This old alignment usually only reduces performance on a 4k sector HDD. Here is output from topic starter's fdisk: === Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread IL Ka
> > I don't want my SSD or HDD died suddenly > You need to check smart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. Package is called "smartmontools" https://packages.debian.org/sid/smartmontools > fdisk output also said "Partition 1 does not start on physical sector > boundary." on my sda1 > >

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread IL Ka
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 5:28 PM Robbi Nespu wrote: > May I know why you want to check sdb instead of sda? > Oops, I made a typo:) > > /dev/sdb1 * 2048 234440703 234438656 111.8G 83 Linux > Your sdb is aligned successfully Device Boot StartEndSectors Size Id Type >

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread IL Ka
> > > Steady on. There's likely to be a load of personal data on this drive. > Yes, backup should be done first! > That partition table looks perfectly normal for disks of a certain vintage; > I agree, but from "fdisk" output I see 4K (advanced format). Is your drive advanced-formatted? Of

Re: Use motherboard video-out or GPU’s

2021-03-09 Thread IL Ka
> Suppose I have a good motherboard with two GPUs installed in the PCIe > slots. Now, should I connect the monitor to the motherboard video-out or > should I use GPU’s output? Motherboard output is for integrated video cards.

Re: Use motherboard video-out or GPU’s

2021-03-09 Thread IL Ka
> Last but not least - why many GPUs but one monitor? It makes no sense. There is one exception called "PRIME" or dGPU: https://www.spinics.net/lists/xorg/msg59821.html https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/435.17/README/primerenderoffload.html

Re: Is there an alternative filesystem hierarchy that could be adapted to Debian.

2021-03-10 Thread IL Ka
> > > but it could have been "Shared" or "Resources". > You see what I mean? > > > A bit of history: https://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.html Initial idea was to put everything that is essential for the system to boot to the root filesystem (/bin, /sbin etc). While user

Re: Is there an alternative filesystem hierarchy that could be adapted to Debian.

2021-03-10 Thread IL Ka
> > > [ I think even back in the early days of time-sharing, connections were > faster than 50bit/s. ] > [quote] Joy explained that the terse, single character commands and the ability to type ahead of the display were a result of the slow 300 baud modem he used when developing the software

Re: Is there an alternative filesystem hierarchy that could be adapted to Debian.

2021-03-10 Thread IL Ka
> > > The ergonomics and aesthetics of the command line are not always reflected > in programming languages, because the environments are not the same. > Commands needed to be typed on a teletype console in the middle of the > night to fix problems. Programs could be developed at leisure, with >

Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10

2021-03-09 Thread IL Ka
> > That thing of no software updates is very weird. > Windows 7 is many years old yet I can still use the latest version of > Firefox. > Yes, but you can't run the latest Chrome on the Windows XP. And you can't run it on Pentium 3 (because it doesn't support the latest SSE4). Modern software

Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10

2021-03-09 Thread IL Ka
> > Thanks for your advice, I think my laptop is from 2013, > but it is Pineview, id est Intel Atom. > How much ram do you have? If it is 4Gb or less you should probably use i386 instead of the amd64 version of Debian. I'd start with Debian 10 and LXDE or LxQt:

Re: Use motherboard video-out or GPU’s

2021-03-09 Thread IL Ka
> Felix Miata wrote: > > > Clear as mud. > > > > Monitor = display. This is physical. > > > > Screen for X purposes is comprised of from 1 to N displays aka 1 to N > > monitors, and most often is. It's a logical construct in which displayed > > output can be either mirrored (cloned) or discrete

Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10

2021-03-09 Thread IL Ka
By the way: some people use bare window managers instead of full-fledged desktop environments. > Some window managers (like TWM) can run on 8MB of RAM:). The smallest one is called CWM (created by OpenBSD). https://packages.debian.org/buster/cwm but it is for these old UNIX gurus who never leave

Re: Modem MACs and how ISPs view them, was Re: on the verge of …

2021-03-09 Thread IL Ka
I will try to share my knowledge about DSL and DOCSIS (cable modems) although it may be inaccurate and/or outdated and valid only for my country. MAC address only exists in Ethernet networks or something that emulates it. Ethernet (Level 2) networks are connected with Level 3 devices called

Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10

2021-03-09 Thread IL Ka
> > Excuse my ignorance, I have a bit old laptop and I don't know if it would > be better > to have Debian 9 so I can, possibly, load KDE on it, or instead Debian 10 > but having to limit myself to lightweight applications only. > IMHO: it is better to use the latest Debian even on the old laptop

Re: Debian question

2021-03-12 Thread IL Ka
> > > I am new to debian and trying to learn about its operating system. > > I am trying to learn how processor management techniques utilized and its > functions, quantum, interrupts and multiprocessor. I am confused and trying > to find particular resources related to these topics. > You need

Re: Finding related package for bug report regarding display output

2021-03-11 Thread IL Ka
> > > > since 26th of February I have problems with the DisplayPort outputs > > of my Lenovo ThinkPad T470p. If I use the notebooks output I can get > > one external monitor to function but daisy chaining does not work. If > > I use the output of the docking station, the external monitors do not >

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-25 Thread IL Ka
> > Thanks for the explanation. But I guess that the Windows style is > becoming increasingly common in the Linux world as well, You mean "side by side", right? I agree. Some developers took another approach and compiled all their code statically. AFAIK "Go" language does it by default, so all

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-25 Thread IL Ka
> > Aren't Windows DLLs roughly analogous to Linux library packages? > In most cases yes. On Windows you can install the library to the "System32" and access it from anywhere. But since most software in Windows is installed not from "repository" but from some random places instead, "DLL hell" may

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-25 Thread IL Ka
> > > Eh? > > $ apt-cache policy python3 > > python3: > Installed: 3.9.1-1 > Candidate: 3.9.1-1 > Version table: > *** 3.9.1-1 900 > 900 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 3.7.3-1 800 > 800

Re: use of $ARGS in systemd unit file by prometheus package

2021-03-01 Thread IL Ka
Hi. ExecStart=/usr/bin/prometheus $ARGS > > I know I can simply override the unit file with one in > /etc/systemd/system, but what if I wanted to use this variable? Where > would I set it? > See "EnvironmentFile" directive above. Check manual pages for more info:

Re: need to run the windows version of cura for amd64

2021-02-25 Thread IL Ka
> > So, what is the best winderz emulator we have, to run this: > > Dremel3DSlicer-1.2.3-win64.exe > > Which file says is a: > > Dremel3DSlicer-1.2.3-win64.exe: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS > Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive > There is a tool named Wine. It is not

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread IL Ka
> > > I can't answer that now, because I run > "ls -l /usr/bin/pulseaudio" every minute to find when it disappears, > and curiously, it didn't disappear this night > I'll see what happens after removing the ls command in cron. > You could use ``inotify-tools``

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread IL Ka
Hello. Try to download and install "debian-10.8.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso" from here: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/ On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 8:48 PM M.R.P. zensky wrote: > Hello I am installing Debian on a amd processor computer. I connect to the > net with wifi. I have

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread IL Ka
> > > Is that what you want? A local network defined entirely by hosts files? > You can do that. It's easy. Just edit your /etc/hosts files to contain > the names and addresses of your machines. > > In this scenario, your resolv.conf file will be used only to look up > hosts that live outside

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread IL Ka
> > Please do not do that. > > > You will find a iso here which includes most of the non-free firmware here: > > https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/10.8.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-dvd/ > > Please take the time to read AND understand the information on that

Re: need to run the windows version of cura for amd64

2021-02-25 Thread IL Ka
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software) > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/Wine > > And those destructions get me into fix-broken hell instantly as it want > to remove xorg. An official Debian instruction broke your installation? Hm.. It works for me, at least on testing (bullseye)

Re: Looking for a "text mode browser" (good description????)

2021-02-25 Thread IL Ka
> > > I would like to pipe search results to a text processor. > Do you want rendered results or plain HTML ? In latter case you need ``wget`` > Synaptic led me to "surfraw" and "w3m". > There is also a browser named "lynx". Not sure which one suits your needs best. Try them all! > > >

Re: Bullseye - no sound

2021-03-02 Thread IL Ka
Hi. Running Bullseye on an Acer Aspire 5 I have no sound - "No output or > input devices found" > Is it an output of pulseaudio? If you run "$ pavucontrol" (Pulse Audio control), or "$ pacmd list-sinks", what do you see?

Re: Bullseye - no sound

2021-03-02 Thread IL Ka
> $ pacmd list-sinks > 2 sink(s) available. > pulseaudio is aware of both of your soundcards (although one is physically muted). Which software reports "No output or input devices found"? Since both devices are connected via alsa driver, you may try to use "$ alsamixer", make sure it is not

Re: Part 2 {Re: Installation and other problems ... [20 questions game]}

2021-03-06 Thread IL Ka
> > I'm not sure what protocol would be running over the USB2 interface - maybe > PPTP - equivalent to some of the dial-up protocols. > A small note: PPTP works on top of IP, it is a VPN protocol. It encapsulates PPP protocol (which I believe you were talking about). PPP can run IP over

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

2021-03-07 Thread IL Ka
> > > When i got my last hardware, one challenge was UEFI booting, iirc. After > dealing with it, i sort of lost track of what was happening in that arena. > However, i don't want to get involved with that again. > Motherboard firmware could be switched to the legacy BIOS/MBR mode, so you do not

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

2021-03-07 Thread IL Ka
> > > The reason for the two networks is that my modem-router is electrically > incompatible with one of my computers. > hmm, I never heard about such things) Is your electrical grounding configured correctly? In my country some old apartments do not have third (ground) wire. I've seen a lot of

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

2021-03-07 Thread IL Ka
A random thought: Check mac addresses, make sure they aren't the same. On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 3:36 AM Dan Hitt wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 4:25 PM IL Ka wrote: > >> >>> The reason for the two networks is that my modem-router is electrically >>> i

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

2021-03-07 Thread IL Ka
> > > Also ip a. Someday you may no longer have arp: > < > https://dougvitale.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/deprecated-linux-networking-commands-and-their-replacements/ > > > Yes, "$ ip neighbor" (or "ip n" for short) is the correct syntax on modern Linux. Thanks.

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

2021-03-07 Thread IL Ka
> > > > [Although, i guess i do not know the mac addr of the modem-router --- is > there a user-level move i can make on my debian box to see what the mac > addr of my modem-router is? > $ ping [your_rounter_ip] $ arp -a you should see a list of all your ethernet neighbours along with their ip

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

2021-03-08 Thread IL Ka
> > > In my case it was some OLD device, 10+ years old that never heard of a > Gigabit interface and actually would even work on a 10Mbit port. This > device will connect correctly on an older gigabit switch but NOT on a more > modern Gigabit switch. :-( Ethernet ports should negotiate speed,

Re: MATE/Compiz

2021-03-08 Thread IL Ka
> But how do I automate that so Compiz starts every time I log in? > > Hi. I am not familiar with compiz, but here are some ideas. All modern DEs support xdg autostart spec: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html#startup So you can create .desktop file

Re: cannot boot into Debian after transferring hard drive to another desktop computer

2021-03-05 Thread IL Ka
Hi. A couple of questions. * Do you use EFI or MBR/BIOS mode? * You have a SATA disk, right? Does your controller set to the AHCI mode? Was it set to AHCI in the previous motherboard? On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 6:13 PM kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends! > > Desktop Computer One has a hard drive that

Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster

2021-04-07 Thread IL Ka
> > > The first of them will be added but not the other if I > . .profile > Try to debug it. First of all, run this from the command line: [ -d "$HOME/AppImages" ] ; echo $? result should be "0". If not, then there must be some problem with this directory (check name, case, etc). Then try

Re: No space left when: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-5-amd64

2021-04-07 Thread IL Ka
> > > # df -h /boot > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/nvme0n1p1 236M 233M 0 100% /boot > > What do you recommend I do? > 1. Autoremove old automatically installed stuff $ apt purge --autoremove 2. Check packages: $ dpkg-query --show

Re: Buster 10.9 why does apt -y update followed by apt -y upgrade not proceed with upgrades

2021-04-07 Thread IL Ka
works for me: $ apt -y update && apt upgrade -y You can also use yes(1): yes | apt upgrade On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 5:20 PM Keith Christian wrote: > Looking on the www, some people recommend using apt-get -y upgrade or > apt-get -y install to avoid the following message: > >

Re: Buster Apache php website in other lang than os

2021-04-20 Thread IL Ka
> > > What do I need to do in Apache and in PHP for it to properly render the > language the website is written in? > > Do I need to generate the locales for the desired languages? > Do I need to also do something in Apache? > Just write your document and save it in utf-8. Be sure to include

Re: Debian switchable MTA mechanism

2021-02-16 Thread IL Ka
>Just out of curiosity what is MTA short for? Mail Transfer Agent. This is a server that must be able to: * get email message from MUA (mail user agent) * forward/route it to the destination (or to the right direction at least) * As last step, MTA sends message to the MDA (mail delivery agent)

Re: identifying my LInux machine on my LAN

2021-02-16 Thread IL Ka
Check that * connection is not blocked by firewall: ``sudo iptables -L`` * your ssh is listening for port 22: ``ss -l -t`` * your ip address is correct: ``ip addr`` On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 7:50 PM Paul Scott wrote: > My LAN used to have 1 or two computers and/or debices and my Debian > Linux

Re: identifying my LInux machine on my LAN

2021-02-16 Thread IL Ka
> > > paul@Joy4:~$ sudo iptables -L > [sudo] password for paul: > Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) > target prot opt source destination > > Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) > target prot opt source destination > > Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) > target prot opt

Re: identifying my LInux machine on my LAN

2021-02-17 Thread IL Ka
> > > paul@Joy4:~/music/pima$ systemctl status ssh`` > > ● ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor > preset: enabled) > Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-02-16 11:53:13 MST; 21h ago > Docs: man:sshd(8) >

Re: Problem with X when changing to console

2021-02-14 Thread IL Ka
Hi. I am not familiar with nvidia, but I believe you need KMS/DRM mode: (See modeset setting) https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/396.51/README/kms.html This was an idea behind the DRM/KMS: both Xorg and Framebuffer (graphical mode linux command line console) work on top of the

Re: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

2021-02-20 Thread IL Ka
Hello. Install debian. Then, enable non-free software (you can do that while installing or later: https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList) Then, install this package: https://packages.debian.org/en/sid/firmware-realtek I think you can also download .deb file, copy it to your machine using USB flash

Re: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

2021-02-20 Thread IL Ka
> > > Anyone correct me if I am wrong, to install (or run ) a file with .bin > extension you need to make that file executable. > This file is firmware: a special program written for hardware by the vendor (kind of BIOS). You shouldn't execute it. Instead, you must load it to the hardware.

Re: Problems installing Debian

2021-02-20 Thread IL Ka
If Debian can't detect your network card, I suggest using Debian DVD iso to install Debian, and then deal with the network card. https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/ You need "debian-10.8.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso". It can be used to install Debian without a network connection. You

official list of alternatives?

2021-02-13 Thread IL Ka
Hello. There is a list of alternatives in ``sensible-browser`` including ``www-browser``, ``x-www-browser`` etc. This makes me think that all alternatives must be documented somewhere in debian policy. Something like "each developer of X-based browser must register it as x-www-browser

Re: Debian: LDAP migration

2021-08-26 Thread IL Ka
1. Export your data to LDIF using `slapcat` https://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapcat 2. Install Debian 11 with OpenLDAP on some test machine 3. import LDIF using `ldapadd` or `ldapmodify` and see if it works

Re: How to avoid systemd/udev unpredictable NIC names

2021-08-30 Thread IL Ka
> > This gives unpredictable results if the system has more than one > ethernet interface, or more than one wireless interface. > > It's fine on systems that have 0-1 ethernet and 0-1 wireless NICs. > Isn't that what the topic starter asked about?:) To make names predictable one can either leave

Re: Permission Questions

2021-08-30 Thread IL Ka
> > > Is there something special with /tmp? > Do you have sticky bit on `/tmp`? > For directories, when a directory's sticky bit is set, the filesystem treats the files in such directories in a special way so only the file's owner, the directory's owner, or root user can rename or delete the

Re: How to avoid systemd/udev unpredictable NIC names

2021-08-30 Thread IL Ka
On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 11:36 PM Steve Keller wrote: > So I'm still confused what to do after the upgrade to buster to keep > my network names. > > > in /etc/default/grub add "net.ifnames=0" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX and execute "update-grub" This service:

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