> No, please don't use pastebin.com
Agreed.
> People here care about software freedom. So please don't
> recommend (here) non-free software providers with their stupid
> logins, cookies, tracking, terms-of-service, javascript requirements
> and who knows or cares what else when we have a free-sof
>> Most of those ARM SBCs come with a µSD slot plus other things.
>> Even if you connect a SATA disk, you'll often need a µSD because some
>> of those SBCs don't have any on-board flash memory, so you need the µSD
>> to hold the U-Boot (which plays the role of the BIOS) without which the
>> board d
> Which hex editor shows a line of hex with the corresponding ASCII under the
> line of hex ?
I suspect that it shouldn't be too hard to get something working if you
start from nhexl-mode in Emacs:
E.g. from
abcdefghabcdefgh
you can go to
XX
> (similar to the output of `od -t xz`).
BTW, I see that `od -t x1c` is using a format like the one you're asking
for (it's not an *editor*, tho).
Stefan
>> Which hex editor shows a line of hex with the corresponding ASCII under the
>> line of hex ?
> I suspect that it shouldn't be too hard to get something working if you
> start from nhexl-mode in Emacs:
And indeed, I just added a `nhexl-separate-line` user config to
nhexl-mode to do that. Just a
> I use a much better supported system called Debian. It did
> require me to spend a bit more on the firewall hardware, but on
> the other hand it is tremendously speedy and configurable.
I like this option as well, but I find it hard to come across
suitable hardware. I need:
- ≥2 ethernet ports
> The current default version of GnuPG, since 2015, necessarily uses a
> client-server agent to access the private keys. While it is convenient
> and secure for everyday use, but for some tasks, the efforts it makes to
> protect my files from myself prevent me from doing the tasks I want.
Not sure
>> So I think you're stuck with copying by hand the actual file that
>> holds the private key (somewhere in ~/.gnupg) if you want to "export"
>> it. Once you've done that, you can put it in "another-dir" with
>> a similar structure and then use
>>
>> gpg --homedir ../another-dir --change-pass
>> so even changing $HOME won't help and I don't see any envvar which
>> influences it. I suggest you contact the GPG development folks (maybe
>> open an issue for it).
>
> Not sure - cause if you close gpg and agent etc. and set the GNUPGHOME and
> start again all the work will be done in the new
>> AFAICT the sockets are not created in GNUPGHOME, so your "gpg with other
>> GNUPGHOME" will still talk to the same agent and confusion will ensue.
> yes seems the only way is true a different user, as it seems to be per
> design one user - one agent, which also makes sense as the agent is the
>
> Suppose that you backup 2000 files in a day and inside this backup a chunk
> is deduped and referenced by 300 files. If the deduped chunk is broken
> I think you will lost it on 300 referenced files/chunks. This is not good
> for me.
I don't know what other backup software does, but at least `bu
> On linux with all that decision freedom it can be good and bad cause you have
> to think about things :D
All the answers I've seen mention the use of "cron" but I'm not sure
what they mean by that, nor am I sure what is your typical use of the
desktop (e.g. is it always ON?), so I think it's wor
> I have no experience with AC, but for N and below the Asus USB-56 has
> "just worked" flawlessly with several generations (7, 8, 9) of Debian;
> also the Asus RT-N66U.
Of course, you have to remember that those product names can be "reused"
for completely different internal hardware, so while a
> I have what I believe to be noise or crosstalk causing interference
> between a wireless keyboard mouse and the machine they are controlling,
> which is an rpi4. The app itself doesn't expose any usb traffic to the
> user. The effect is as if the finger was lifted from the key for a
> hundre
> How else can one put a keyboard and mouse on an r-pi except via a usb port?
I thought you were using bluetooth?
Stefan
> I think the canonical name is "metasyntactic variable" [1]. I've
> seen also just "metavariable", although Wikipedia would say that
> the latter belongs in the realm of logic [2], not programming.
AFAICT those two usages are one and the same: when you see "foo" it's
because the code is actually
> I use full disk encryption (cryptsetup / LUKS), so the password file
> is secure at rest, and when I'm actually using the system, if
> gpg-agent is used, then anyone with access to the machine can access
> the password file anyway.
That assumes a single-user situation. But in case someone manag
Emacs comes with `hexl-mode` which provides some of that.
The `nhexl-mode` (which you can subsequently install via
`M-x package-list RET`) is an alternative which provides
a few extra features.
> I need to:
> 1. Simultaneously display in _both_ HEX and ASCII format
I'd expect they all do, tho t
> I posted in two fora (here and a LUG mailing list).
> *NOBODY* picked up on two key features I presumed obvious ;/
That's likely because noone cares about what you want.
Bloody bastards!
While I'm here, let me give another suggestion (besides the use of
Emacs, which I gather you think is not a
> I want to set up a file server on my home LAN with just consumer-grade
> hardware, and run Debian stable on it. For hardware, I am probably
> going to get a refurbished mid-range tower with a four to six 3.5" SATA
> drive capacity, and put WD Reds in it.
Unless you already own that hardware you
> anything at all, then, after a very long time, I see the stream of Linux text
> messages that indicates booting, but I never see a graphical login screen.
> (The delay before the messages appear is far longer than a normal boot cycle
> -- indeed, I had given up waiting for something to happen and
> For the rest of us, who didn't drink the OO kool-aid, overloading is
> just a nightmare.
Even outside of OO, most languages overload `+` to mean "integer
addition" when applied to integers and "double-precision float addition"
when applied to double-precision floats.
IOW while I agree that over
> And counting interfaces has worked for me for a couple decades, on many
> systems and several OSs.
FWIW, this whole mess exists for the simple reason that there isn't any
kind of "aliasing" available for network interfaces. When stable names
were added to block devices, it didn't break anything
> I probably shouldn't post this.
> I see all these questions people trying to get their installations to work.
> It is supposed to be files with documentation what they do.
> Is there a reason things seem to get more complicated ?
What's with all these "I"s?
Stefan
> in fact when I restarted my laptop the problem returned.
> By reading the link https://wiki.debian.org/CpuFrequencyScaling more
> carefully
Note that this page is pretty old/outdated. AFAIK nowadays the better
option is to just throw away most of those tools and configs and just
use the defau
>> I bet some of his RT patches caused a mess
> Nope, I just needed to reboot.
"Needed to reboot" in this context means "need to work around a bug".
I have no idea whether that bug has anything to with the RT patches, but
the fact that rebooting avoided the problem is at least no proof that
the pr
>> Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and
>> will change for no detectable reason.
> For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem
> UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason. Don't implement anything based
> on this theory.
What he me
>> PS: The only problem with LVM names is that Linux doesn't let you
>> rename a volume group while it's active (at least last time I tried),
>> which makes it painful to rename the volume group in which lives your
>> root partition.
> How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename?
Ve
>>What he meant is that filesystem UUIDs are (re)created automatically
>>based on a heuristic of what it means for a filesystem to be "the same".
> You understand that he didn't actually say that, right? This seems like your
> own personal bugaboo instead.
Definitely.
> I dislike using names beca
> Usually a UUID collision is a result of a subtle mistake, like cloning
> a disk and then trying to mount a file system by UUID while the clone
> is still attached. At least, that's the first scenario I can think of.
I wouldn't call it a "subtle mistake". Instead it's what *always*
happens when
>> Every time you have to reboot, it means your OS has somewhat failed you.
> i don't think that at all. remember that each person can
> have different preferences, requirements and expectations.
That's why I wrote "have to".
Of course, if you choose to reboot it, it's not you OS's fault.
> sy
> also claims to be a gigahertz capable switch.
IIRC gigabit ethernet doesn't run at gigahertz frequencies.
> But file moves to/from the machines in the garage seems to indicate
> theres a slow connection of around 10Mb/s someplace in that path.
Is that really 10Mb/s (aka ~1MB/s)?
Ste
> I'm not aware that there's a faster way of sending the files once
> you've unpacked the archive locally. After all, you've thrown away the
> benefits of compression and aggregation.
rsync?
Stefan
>> > I'm not aware that there's a faster way of sending the files once
>> > you've unpacked the archive locally. After all, you've thrown away the
>> > benefits of compression and aggregation.
>> rsync?
> Sure, if you're updating a tree. But AIUI the OP is transferring
> a kernel source archive fro
> As that text says, the "mac" ISOs do/did not contain anything extra
> but rather lack/lacked of UEFI boot entry points and of any UEFI boot
> software. Some MAC firmwares are said to take offense from UEFI
> bootable ISOs. Simply try whether yours is among them. If any
> mentioning of "Debian"
> The OP might be better off buying old stuff from ebay.
Indeed, tho craigslist seems ethically superior.
I suspect that "we"'ve built enough gadgets over the last 20 years that
there really shouldn't be any need for me to buy some new electronic
device for the rest my lifetime ;-)
> Surely any
> That members of the most generalist species on earth should extol the
> merits of the most extreme form of specialisation is something of an
> ironic puzzlement here in the balcony seats.
If you want to stay on top, you have to impose on others different rules
than those you impose on yourself.
> Boot faults to an (initrd) prompt with a complaint that the /usr LV,
> correctly identified by its UUID, does not exist. It does, but is not
> activated. In fact, lvscan shows that only the root and swap LVs
> are active, and the others are not.
Why does the initrd want to check activation of so
>> > $ mount | fgrep /dev/sr0
>> > /dev/sr0 on /media/ddval/ISOIMAGE type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,
>> > nojoliet,check=s,map=n, blocksize=2048,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmode=500,
>> > fmode=400,uhelper=udisks2)
>> > $ sudo umount /dev/sr0
>> > umount: /dev/sr0: not mounted
> Try instead: sudo um
> So either "udisksctl" is lying or something else is happening
> behind the scenes (e.g. an over-eager automounter remounting
> the file system again).
Or the /dev/sdb1 is still mounted elsewhere.
Stefan
> defense in depth / layered defense... would you recommend having a Linux
> anti-malware?
No. All those only try to recognize known threats. When a threat is
known, the security hole it exploits is also known, and the fix for it
already exists as well, so updating your distribution to the lates
>> > defense in depth / layered defense... would you recommend having a Linux
>> > anti-malware?
>> No. All those only try to recognize known threats. When a threat is
>> known, the security hole it exploits is also known, and the fix for it
>> already exists as well, so updating your distributio
> You want to debate the validity of running av on any system these days is
> ridiculous
Then it should be trivial to prove me wrong by pointing to the large
body of evidence to support your claim.
Stefan
>> I've bent my system bad. When I boot, it comes up in the CLI -- not in
>> slim, to XFCE. It does the regular login and the .bashrc tricks, and
>> startx starts XFCE just fine.
[...]
> But, if you want to diagnose your display manager, first figure out
> which one you were trying to use.
He said
> I would happily consider using Debian Testing for example, but wherever I see
> someone asking about it I always find someone discouraging from using it due
> to the possibility of having broken or unsecure packages for a long time due
> to it being automated.
Other tools you can use: LVM snapsh
> Right. You can also use a CD based Linux such as finnix to shrink an
> existing LVM logical volume (LV), create a new LV for swap, and run
> mkswap to lay down a swap partition on it.
BTW, you don't need a separate CD or anything like that: you can use
your initrd for that same purpose. I.e. at
> In GNOME, terminals are not children of the window manager, or even of
> the session manager. When you ask for a terminal, GNOME sends a letter
> to dbus, asking dbus to please make a terminal. Your gnome-terminal
> is a child of dbus, and inherits its environment from dbus.
Is that how `gnome
> It would also be good to look after the basics, like running "uptime"
> to check the load average, "top" to see if there are processes running
> amok, "df" to see if a file system is unexpectedly full, and so on.
Yes, I'd recommend running `atop` on both machines during your test to
try and see
> You could get a USB hub that could connect some peripherals --
> keyboard, mouse, printer, USB sticks... but nothing that will
> handle video or power connections.
> The generic laptop docks rely on high-bandwidth, high-power USB3
> ports, and laptop support for alternate video modes sent over
>
> Firefox is not working with wallmarts search function.
Just one more reason to stay far away from Walmart.
Stefan
I have an HFS+ filesystem (on a powerpc-mac style partition) that I need to
grow. parted/gparted seem only able to shrink it. Is there some other tool
that's able to grow an HFS+ filesystem. I looked at tools under macosx as
well, but macosx is only able to resize an HFS+ partition if it's on a
I wanted a live Debian system on my USB key.
The Debian Live option is too static for my taste, I wanted a real live
system, upgradable via apt-get etc...
One option is to use a large enough USB drive and do a plain Debian install
on it. But my USB drive is only 128MB so it was not possible.
I
> I know you said you want a plain Debian, but what about DSL ?
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
My understanding is that DSL offers some things I don't need (like
a desktop; I'm mostly interestd in this system as a kind of rescue drive)
and fails to provide me with the ability to just update it w
> You say that you have problems with apt-get. Have you tried aptitude at
> the command line?
No. Googling for "jffs2 mmap apt" seemed to indicate that it's not specific
to apt-get, so I didn't even bother to try something else. Besides, I'm
used to apt-get and not to aptitude, so I actually de
> I have tried running dpkg-reconfigure xfree86
Are you sure you're running xfree86? Nowadays xorg is much more common.
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> Thanks, that is a perfect solution to my problem. Esp. since I am not
> having much luck getting ntfs-3g installed and running.
Odd. For what it's worth I don't use ntfs much, but I tried ntfs-3g the
other day, and it was trivial: apt-get install ntfs-3g, then mount.
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> No. It is not. That's why I went to the trouble of downloading 2.6.20 from
> kernel.org. These are my options in either kernel:
The stock 2.6.18-4-686 kernel has it enabled, but the 2.6.18-4-686-bigmem
doesn't have it at all (not even disabled).
Maybe that can help you,
Stefan "who swi
> apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686.
And try the 2.6.21 one while you're there: it may reduce your battery
consumption significantly.
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> I know the answer to this will probably hurt, but I thought I'd give it
> a shot in any case. My notebook's battery life took a sudden drop from
> around an hour to about 15 minutes. I is a 4800mAh battery.
Given the specs of your battery (10.8V 4.8Ah, i.e. 51Wh), an autonomy of one
hour mean
> How can I prevent udev from saving the MAC address of eth0 into the
> persistent net rules file? I am using Debian Etch.
I added a file /etc/udev/rules/a10-monnier.rules which contains various
rules that I like (e.g. rename the firewire network interface to eth-fw0,
rename the wifi interface to
>> Still, if you're used to apt-get, I don't really see a reason to switch.
>> I always recommend aptitude, but never tell users to switch from apt-get
>> on a running system. If I should, please let me know the reasons.
> The biggest benefit (at least until the new apt) would be the automatic
>
> I took a leap of faith (or folly, yet to be seen) and installed
> grub2. I did this in an attempt to move from Lilo to Grub (as I prefer
> grub). However, I didn't realize that Grub2 is vastly different! It
> seems to be installed correctly as I have a grub.cfg file that looks
> correct
Am I the only one who finds the gnome-power-manager to be
fundamentally flawed? A power daemon needs intrinsically to be
system-global and not specific to a particular login session.
This becomes obvious when there are several logins active at the same time
(on different virtual consoles), typical
>> I want to test how a program would run with a reduced physical
>> memory. The machine has currently 4 GB RAM running Debian. I'd
>> like to evaluate the performance of the system with 2 GB physical
>> RAM. Of course, I could remove on of the RAM modules. But, is
>> there also a way to disable th
> is because there is a penalty for executing 32-bit code, one which is
There is none (if you use the 32bit subset of the AMD64 architecture).
But there is a penalty for using the x86 architecture instead of the
amd64 architecture.
This penalty is not specific to the Athlon64/Opteron/younameit, b
> So I installed a system where / and /boot are not on raid and low and behold
> grub seemed to successfully install the boot sector and I could boot
> the disks.
Making the /boot partition on a RAID is generally not possible with GRUB
(don't know about LILO). It supposedly can be done if the RA
> I don't have a card reader, but it sounds like that may not be such a bad
> thing to get, except that it is probably more hassle to eject the SD card
> and reload it into a reader and run the risk of damaging it from
> frequent handling.
Contrary to HS I haven't found the card reader to be notic
> Right now when I run 'apt-get -s upgrade' there are 172 programs in the
> 'not-upgraded' response. If I try to upgrade any one of them a bunch of
> gnome programs are also upgrade but also apt-get wants to REMOVE
> gnome-desktop-environment and gnome-themes among a few others.
I'd probably do:
> Just remember to tell you editor to "inserts spaces as tab" and set
> the tab width to something reasonable like 4.
Please don't. TABs are 8 spaces apart. Always have been, always will be.
People playing silly tricks with tab-width is the main reason why using TABs
in languages like Python is
> Looking in /etc, I see /etc/network/iface, is it here I fix that?
I don't see any such file. There is /etc/network/interfaces however.
> man iface
> man network
try "man interfaces" ;-)
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>> Haskell defines TABs as being 8 spaces apart and I expect Python to do
>> the same.
> Python should do it because Haskell does it??
Not because Haskell is so influential, but because the same causes tend to
result in the same effects.
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>> Would have if I could have! But it wasn't a cd. It was an old cassette
>> tape feeding into the sound card, captured with ReZound.
> There are *definitely* ways to do that with Linux. Someone asks
> every 4-6 months on this list. Record players, not cassette
> players, but the concept is the
> So it's just a mix of network and network copy that seems to cause problems.
> I hope that's better :-) Any ideas?
I'd try linux-kernel.
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> As you all know, Debian Etch released with Iceweasel instead of
> Firefox. This is totally okay, but some applications (like X-Chat or
> Gaim/Pidgin) still uses "firefox %u" command instead of "iceweasel %u" for
> opening web URL addresses, from Gaim conversations and IRC channels.
> It used to
>> I'm a big proponent of swap *files*. Once you allocate the whole
>> disk, there no room left over if you want to add another swap
>> partition, whereas you can add as many swap files as your heart
>> desires, whenever you need them.
> I'd always heard that swap files are slower than swap parti
> I read recently on this list that LVM is not portable across CPU
Don't believe everything you read.
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>Intel Celeron M 420
I'd recommend against any Celeron CPU. It's slow and not energy efficient.
A Turion64 ML- is OK but an Turion64 MT- is more
energy efficient, so check the details.
W.r.t GNU/Linux support I've come to the conclusion that it's a question of
luck more than anything else.
>>> as part of this project I want to rip all of our cds to mp3 or ogg
Of course. Note that if you you can get the necessary disk space,
I recommmend you use flac rather than ogg or MP3. This is much bigger (a
factor of 5 of so, I'd say) but has the advantage that it's lossless which
means that
>> > I have given up on sane with my scanner.
>> I guess you mean xsane. If so, a bewildering interface, a badgering
>> licence message, and a lack of stability, make this a program to avoid.
Hmm... interesting. I started with the software that HP distributes with
my OfficeJet: a complete waste
> Hello after a while on this. I have tried xsane in Debian and Fedora until
> I am blue in the face and I can't get it to work. I am starting to think
> the only way to get a scanner to work in Linux is if you write the program
> in assembler code and hire an idiot savant to configure it.
> I ge
> Whenever I play a video with an Audio bitrate of 48000Hz in Totem or
> VLC, the sound is very distorted, doesn't matter if it's in mp3 or AC3
> format.
> Video files with an audio bitrate of 44100Hz plays fine.
Odd, it's usually the reverse.
> Sound card is an onboard (Asrock 939Dual-Vsta) C-Me
> Not sure which part of the dmesg to copy so you can see it in full
> here: http://fab621.googlepages.com/dmesg
Hmm... looks like the ALSA driver doesn't output the relevant info.
Anyway
So the way you describe your problem (48kHz sampled audio is OK, but 44.1kHz
one sounds bad) is odd.
Usu
>> Regulations prevent distribution = non-free
> True, it's non-free by Debian standards. But I still would like to make
> a distinction between blatantly non-free software, like the w32codecs,
> and stuff licensed as free software, like libdvdcss.
Agreed. It would be good to distinguish between
> I have been using Subversion for this very application for several
> years; it works well.
Most revision control systems will do the job. And most of the post-CVS
revision control systems (other than Subversion) also allow you to commit
locally before sending the commit to the remote server. T
> I write all my texts in latex, use JabRef/bibtex to manage references,
> subversion to keep track of things and to collaborate with coauthors,
> and -- if I need to submit to a journal misguided enough only to accept
> word, latex2rtf.
My wife works in a field where most journals want Word files
> I write all my texts in latex, use JabRef/bibtex to manage references,
> subversion to keep track of things and to collaborate with coauthors,
> and -- if I need to submit to a journal misguided enough only to accept
> word, latex2rtf.
My wife works in a field where most journals want Word files
> I write all my texts in latex, use JabRef/bibtex to manage references,
> subversion to keep track of things and to collaborate with coauthors,
> and -- if I need to submit to a journal misguided enough only to accept
> word, latex2rtf.
My wife works in a field where most journals want Word files
> I write all my texts in latex, use JabRef/bibtex to manage references,
> subversion to keep track of things and to collaborate with coauthors,
> and -- if I need to submit to a journal misguided enough only to accept
> word, latex2rtf.
My wife works in a field where most journals want Word files
> cache, and instruction pipelines, all internal to the CPU chip. The CPU
> does not normally "slow down" when a cache miss occurs, it idles until
> the data comes from memory, but the clock doesn't vary.
Indeed. Although it doesn't strictly idle right away: it first tries to
keep working on oth
> As for Thinkpads, I am so used to Hyper keys on the keyboard (aka
> Windows-key :)) that I found these notebooks very uncomfortable.
AFAICT (I'm about to receive mine), the Thinkpad keyboards do have "windows
keys" now. And they're among the rare laptops with 3 buttons, which is
*very* convenie
> I am trying to figure out the easiest way to install a firefox version that
> would work with java and flash inside my amd64 etch. Actually flash isn't
> that important, but java is.
Why can't you use a native 64bit Java?
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> Does anyone have any recent experience, either good or bad, with any
> specific laptops?
Just avoid ATI graphics cards, and nVidia as well (tho it's not as bad).
Integrated Intel graphics is often the best choice (best support under
GNU/Linux, best battery life as well).
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My old trusty Thinkpad X30 has a problem: the CDRW/DVDR device that's
plugged into the ultrabay only appears as /dev/hdb (or even /dev/hdc
sometimes), but not as /dev/cdrom.
I've been using Debian testing on it for 3 years now with much joy. I don't
often use the CD device, but I do remember it
>> I have 2 machines: one is a laptop, the other is an old desktop.
>> Neither has a CD/DVD burner nor do I have broadband internet access
>> yet however both machines have NIC cards so I thought I could buy a
>> few feet of CAT5 ethernet cable and connect them to transfer
>> everything from the la
> My cd-rom is not recognized by the debian installer
> because of the intel 965 chipset on my asus p5b
> mainboard. I know there is a way to install from an
> iso image on the hard drive but I am having problems
> understanding how to get this to work. I currently
> have mandriva installed and lo
>>> Does anyone have any recent experience, either good or bad, with any
>>> specific laptops?
>>
>> Just avoid ATI graphics cards, and nVidia as well (tho it's not as bad).
>> Integrated Intel graphics is often the best choice (best support under
>> GNU/Linux, best battery life as well).
> How a
I'm trying to install Debian on a Mac Mini (x86) but I'm having a silly
little problem:
- I have BootCamp and rEFIt installed
- At boot time, I select the CD drive to boot
- The CD boot loader (ISOLINUX?) starts up great and asks me to hit ENTER or F1
and now the problem: the USB keyboard seems n
In text areas with a cursor (e.g. editing boxes in Firefox), as I move the
cursor, the old location of the cursor is apparently not properly undrawn,
leaving me with phantom cursors. See attached image.
Has anyone seen something like that? This is on one of my Debian
"testing" systems. I have
> This is the primary benefit I keep hearing about for aptitude over apt-get.
Then why not add a "apt-get remove --deps" flag which does it like aptitude
(or at least, behaves similarly, maybe using something like deborphans)?
The main problem I have with Debian package management is the number o
Every once in a while I need to install a non-free package, so my system
does have some non-free packages installed. What command can I use to find
out what packages are those (so I can remove them or replace them with free
alternatives)?
Similarly for packages from `unstable, or `experimental'?
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