Security Updates

This page states: "If you use APT, add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list to be able to access the latest security updates: deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free After that, run apt-get

Re: Security Updates

Hello Paul, Thank you for your kind response to my inquiry. My comments in-line below: On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:48:36 +0100, Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> wrote: >On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 12:58:47PM -0700, Larry Dighera wrote: >> >>This page <https://www.de

Re: Security Updates

On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:28:21 +, "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@galactic.demon.co.uk> wrote: >On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 06:04:34AM -0700, Larry Dighera wrote: >> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:44:27 +, "Andrew M.A. Cater" >> <amaca...@galactic.demon.co.uk&g

Re: Security Updates

; Subject: Re: Security Updates From: Larry Dighera <ldigh...@att.net> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 06:09:27 -0700 On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:39:53 +0100, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: >Since you are not replying to anyhting, you may not be subscribed, so here is >what I s

Jessie for Udoo X86?

The new Udoo X86 boards have just begun to ship: . Is anyone able to provide a link to the 64-bit Debian Jessie USB/SD installation ISO/img? ADVthanksANCE

Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:55:23 +0200, Eduard Bloch <e...@gmx.de> wrote: >Hallo, >* Larry Dighera [Sun, Apr 16 2017, 09:27:46PM]: >> >> The new Udoo X86 boards have just begun to ship: <http://www.udoo.org/>. >> >> Is anyone able to provide

Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:30:00 +, GiaThnYgeia <giathnyg...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > > >Larry Dighera: >> I found the 'debian-8.7.1-amd64-DVD-1.iso' image here: >> <http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/>, burned it to >> SD

Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:30:00 +, GiaThnYgeia <giathnyg...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > >Larry Dighera: >> I found the 'debian-8.7.1-amd64-DVD-1.iso' image here: >> <http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/>, burned it to >> SD ca

Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

David, Thank you for you great response to my inquiry. Very much appreciated. My comments in-line below: On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:14:40 -0500, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: >On Thu 20 Apr 2017 at 07:11:53 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > >> What I have d

Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:51:00 +, GiaThnYgeia <giathnyg...@openmailbox.org> wrote: >Eduard Bloch: >> Hallo, >> * Larry Dighera [Sun, Apr 16 2017, 09:27:46PM]: >>> >>> The new Udoo X86 boards have just begun to ship: <http://www.udoo.org/>. >>&

Error! Bad dkms.conf file after apt-get upgrade

Hello all, After running 'apt-get install upgrade' the system reported the data below. How can I overcome this issue?  Is it just a matter of loading a proper dkms.conf file, perhaps from another Stretch installation, or is there an official dkms.conf file that I can download somewhere, or is

Re: Driver/firmware for Realtek RTL8814U WiFi USB Adapter?

On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 20:39:41 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Larry, > >Sorry for sending you down a rabbit hole. The reason the DKMS steps >didn't work is that the git repository for the rtl8814au lacks the >configuration file(s) for DKMS. Specifically, if you check your logs, >you'll see that if failed

Re: Remotely exploitable bug in systemd (CVE-2017-9445)

On Sat, 1 Jul 2017 16:36:41 -0400, you wrote: >Howdy! CVE-2017-9445 is a remotely exploitable bug in systemd. It was >first announced to the public about four or five days ago, not sure >when it would have been announced to the security team. > >Am I correct in interpreting this:

Re: [Stretch] apt-get has no updates?

On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:31:37 -0400, you wrote: >> Someone else mentioned unattended upgrades, which is a thing I have >> never used, and which is also a thing I would disable if I ever found >> it running. But that's just me. > >I would like to do that but don't know how. Anyone caring to

Re: Driver/firmware for Realtek RTL8814U WiFi USB Adapter?

>On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Larry Dighera <ldigh...@att.net> wrote: > >> Which Debian Stretch package provides firmware for the Realtek >> RTL8814U chip? In particular, the Comfast CF-917AC 1750Mbps USB3 >> adapter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B75MH

Driver/firmware for Realtek RTL8814U WiFi USB Adapter?

Which Debian Stretch package provides firmware for the Realtek RTL8814U chip? In particular, the Comfast CF-917AC 1750Mbps USB3 adapter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B75MHR0 . Kali Linux supports the RTL8814 natively: https://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-20171-release/ . Further, there are

Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

Below are the lightdm and Xorg logs from my Debian Jessie install that crashes when attempting to launch X11. In particular, the "[ 1983.306] (II) VESA(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum" message in the Xorg log is troubling. Is this canonical evidence of hardware corruption? == LIGHTDM LOG

Re: Console fonts

On Tue, 2 May 2017 18:46:34 -0500, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue 02 May 2017 at 12:20:01 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:34:14 -0400, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> > >> >Even if OP ca

Re: Console fonts

Hello Felix, Thank you for your informative response to my issue. My comments in-line below: On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:34:14 -0400, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: >Larry Dighera composed on 2017-04-30 16:40 (UTC-0700): >[...] >Previously, in OP https://lists.debian.

Re: Console fonts

On Tue, 2 May 2017 20:22:01 -0500, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue 02 May 2017 at 12:20:01 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > >> Yes. It's a new single-board computer platform that began shipping ~April >> 14, 2017. I can personally confirm that T

Re: Bug#860543: 'Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device'

Hello Ben, Thank you for your prompt response to my inquiry, and your kind assistance. My comments in-line below: On Sat, 13 May 2017 00:40:47 +0100, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: >On Fri, 2017-05-12 at 21:26 +0000, Larry Dighera wrote: >> Dear Mr. Hutchings, &

'Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device'

rg/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860543 Thank you for your assistance. Best regards,Larry Dighera

Re: [Stretch]Typing ""clear" on terminal restricts the scrollback to only a screenful

On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:20:25 +0530, you wrote: >Any pointers? Try: tput clear

Re: Debian 9 - eGalax-Touch

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 18:43:11 +0200, you wrote: >Can somebody tell me, what I have to do, to get this device useable? Perhaps there's a clue here: http://www.eeti.com.tw/drivers_Linux.html

How to Install to HDD from LIVE USB Flash Drive?

I just burned Debian-live-testing-amd64-lxde.iso https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/weekly-live-builds/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-testing-amd64-lxde.iso from https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/weekly-live-builds/amd64/iso-hybrid/ to a 16GB SD card, and was hoping to be able to

Re: How to Install to HDD from LIVE USB Flash Drive?

On Wed, 24 May 2017 14:43:16 +0200, err...@free.fr wrote: >On 05/24/2017 02:16 PM, Larry Dighera wrote: >> I just burned Debian-live-testing-amd64-lxde.iso >.. >> Is anyone able to offer a pointer to the method of installing to HDD from >> the live USB image? >>

Re: Questions after doing update and upgrade on Stretch

On Sun, 21 May 2017 09:35:55 -0500, you wrote: >> Check with blkid that sda5 has this UUID. > >Gparted reports that UUID for /dev/sda5 'lsblk --fs' provides a human-friendly "graphical" tree view that includes UUID and LABEL of each partition on each disk.

Re: Discovering alternative commands

On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 07:22:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > 1. what other commands should I look at? Perhaps you'll find something useful in this little script I wrote: # show_drives.sh    Display Labels and UUIDs of media # LGD: Wed May 24 06:35:20 PDT 2017 # Re-write Fri Jun  9 04:31:03

Re: Console fonts, was Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

Hello David, Thank you very much for taking the time to educate me about this display issue. My comments in-line below: On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:19:47 -0500, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: >On Sun 23 Apr 2017 at 18:55:03 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: > >> I'd

Console fonts SOLVED :-)

I gave up on Jessie, and installed Stretch as you and others in the debian-users mailing list advised. Installing Debian Stretch (testing) from this link: on the Udoo X86 required placing the rtl8168g-2.fw

Re: Log Xsensors Core Temperature Data

On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:11:33 -0400, "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: >Is there a way to log the time and temperature data for the CPU from the >xsensors app? > >Or, a;alternately, is there an app that will allow me to save the CPU >core time temperature results? > >Thanks in

Re: [OT] Breaking WPA2 by forcing nonce reuse

On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:42:09 + (UTC), Curt wrote: >https://www.krackattacks.com/ > > Our attack is especially catastrophic against version 2.4 and above of > wpa_supplicant, a Wi-Fi client commonly used on Linux. Here, the client will > install an all-zero encryption key

Re: An answer to "Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device"

On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 04:42:07 + (UTC), Mark Luxton wrote: >RE:Re: Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device > > >| >| | >Re: Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device > | | > > | > > > >Try:Use blkid to determine the UUID of your swap partition, and while

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 20:46:33 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >I do occasionally use vi (when >I'm stuck with no other editor), but I wouldn't wish either on a novice >programmer. Further, I don't think they have any advantage over a good GUI >editor with features like a scripting language,

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 20:34:27 -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >Assuming that people in the OP's library is representative of the >general population, then most people in that library will never “develop >a greater interest in computers” like you and me. Run-of-the-mill

Fw: Temporary color prompt in bash script

On Mon, 02 Sep 2019 08:48:50 +0200, Computer Planet wrote: >Is It possible to print of a string at the exit of a bash script? Have a look at `man bash` and search for 'trap.' trap [-lp] [[arg] sigspec ...]               The command arg is to be read and executed when the shell receives

Re: po...@lists.debian.org

On Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:03:50 -0600, John Hasler wrote: >Anyone can run an NNTP server. While it once required a VAX >with a T1 to act as a Usenet "backbone" site any desktop with broadband >can easily handle it now. Indeed. In the early '80s I ran a usenet HHTP node under Xenix using B News

Re: po...@lists.debian.org

seek has existed for decades, and is still viable as a forum for free speech as it always has been. Here's a clue: https://www.google.com/search?client=none=usenet Best regards, Larry Dighera On Saturday, January 9, 2021, 6:27:08 AM PST, Marek Mosiewicz wrote: > >In case commercial