Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 05:02:09PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> > Do you have any suggestion as to which list would be better to contact? > >> > Original: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/04/msg00324.html > >> Maybe `reportbug debian-installer`? > > but perhaps without all the

Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 11:31:03AM -0700, Reid wrote: > Debian's policy change on non-free-firmware has made much of the Debian.org > website very misleading, and some Debian OS installers have become very > Free Software UNfriendly and deceptive. The following is my experience, > and the reasons

Re: Testing amd64 netinst LUKS+LVM install broken

2024-04-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 05:51:26PM -0700, Craig Hesling wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having an issue with the guided partitioner in the Debian testing amd64 > installer. > Specifically, the "Guided - use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM" > errors out and emit the following error message: > >

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list [Modified 20240401]

2024-04-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Re: Bookworm Fasttrack and Virtualbox

2024-03-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 10:49:16PM +0100, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: > Greg Wooledge () wrote: > > > It's not just you. The use of three "b" names in a row (buster, > > bullseye, bookworm) was in my opinion a poor decision. I've taken > > to calling the releases by their numbers (10, 11, 12)

Re: Bookworm Fasttrack and Virtualbox

2024-03-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 01:31:40PM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Sunday 17 March 2024 08:48:29 am Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 12:35:33PM +0100, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: > > > Well... it seems my brain can't distinguish Bookworm from Bullseye. > > > > It's not just

End this thread now, please. [WAS Re: Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

2024-03-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
People, Please end the thread at this point. Thank you. As Andy Smith points out, I asked politely for this thread to cease a while ago because it would degenerate to more heat than light. I was wrong - it degenerated to futility. Please remember the FAQ: remember the Code of Conduct and the

Mailing list FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240201)

2024-02-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code

Re: Problem of suspend activities ( debian 12 )

2024-02-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 06:41:42AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:38:05 +0100 > Mansour Nasri wrote: > > > Hi I'm using debian 12 in Lenovo yoga legion core i5 12th gen with > > RTX 3050 and I'm figuring a serious issue using debian 12 on this PC, > > When the PC is on

Cease and desist, please [WAS Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP]

2024-02-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
[Also copied to commun...@debian.org] t's time to kill this thread - nothing useful is being said at this point. At its best, this list is useful for helping people and for providing information. It's also a window on the world of Debian and how Debian contributors, regulars on the list (and

/etc/apt/sources.list example [WAS Re: medically smart watches]

2024-02-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 05:16:21AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/25/24 03:36, Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 02:05:50PM -0500, Lee wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 12:06 PM gene heskett wrote: > > > > On 2/24/24 11:03, Loïc Grenié wrote: > > > > > On Sat Feb 24th, 2024,

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

2024-02-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
[On list: copied to commun...@debian.org] Hi people, As you might have expected: this subject is drifting off-topic and becoming a little more personal. In answer to the first question: there's a reference to a wiki page. It's a wiki page: it can be edited by (almost) anyone. If anyone wants to

Banning a user from posting to Debian lists

2024-02-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
[Also posted to commun...@debian.org / listmas...@lists.debian.org] Subject: Banning of a user from posting to Debian lists === As noted in the monthly FAQ, among the events that can take place on Debian lists as a result of breach of the

Re: Combining Distro DVD's

2024-02-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 09:24:47AM +0100, hw wrote: > On Mon, 2024-02-12 at 13:41 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > > I thought it'd be a nice idea to combine any and all distribution media > > for a release into a single medium--a USB drive, of course. I'd start by > > creating my USB drive by

Re: Debian bookworm 12.4 installation wifi card not being detected

2024-02-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 02:41:42PM -0600, Exeonz wrote: > Results on ubuntu are > > /03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 > 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) >     Subsystem: Apple Inc. BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter >

Re: Debian bookwork 12.4 installation wifi card not being detected

2024-02-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 12:08:08AM -0600, Exeonz wrote: > I just tried using Trixie and it's the same issues. Seems that the installer > isn't even recognizing wifi card at all  so no matter what drives I give it > refuses to use them. *No Ethernet card was found on the system.* I think my > only

Re: -new HP AMD ryzen with realtec audio. The HP is mo1-F3xxx It has winblows 11 on it and I want it gone. It does have a 256GB SSD. Is there any thing i need to know before i try to install Bookworm

2024-02-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 09:48:52PM +, Maureen Thomas wrote: > So can I please get some help.  I have a portable CD/DVD and I made a USB > with a ISO on it.  The computer does not have a cd/dvd burner but I have a > portable one.  Can some one tell me if there are any special things I need

Can Linux update an old kernel [WAS Re: AW: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work]

2024-02-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 01:21:55PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > Yes. > > > I found out > I do use an old kernel. > > Can LINUX update a kernel? > Hi Sophie, Yes, of course. As root/sudo user, apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade But you still don't give anybody any actual *details*

Request for output of commands [WAS Re: AW: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work]

2024-02-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 02:15:06PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > > Good afternoon > > I did send the bugreport. > > Thank You. > Did anybody use the rescue mode? > > Regards Sophie > > > ____________ > Von: Andrew M.A. Cater &

FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240201)

2024-02-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240201)

2024-02-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work

2024-01-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
asier to follow on the list. > Normal booting did not have this problem. > > Anybody familiar with panic? > > Regards > Thank You > Sophie > Andy > > ________ > Von: Andrew M.A. Cater > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 25. Januar 2024 18:40 > An:

Re: Debian/Xen on ARM: How to identify source of an unhandled SMC call during boot?

2024-01-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 08:02:47AM +0100, Paul Leiber wrote: > Am 25.01.2024 um 22:28 schrieb Paul Leiber: > > > > Paul > > > > [1] > > https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2023-10/msg00796.html > > [2] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0098/latest/ > > [3] > >

Re: Debian:12.4/stable [amd64] ...

2024-01-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 02:32:57PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > apt-get installation logs (in --dry-run mode) show lines like: > ... > Inst libvncclient1 (0.9.14+dfsg-1 Debian:12.4/stable [amd64]) > Inst vlc-bin (3.0.20-0+deb12u1 Debian:12.4/stable [amd64]) > Inst vlc-plugin-qt

Re: AW: su su- sudo dont work

2024-01-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 03:53:10PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > Good afternoon > Why do I have to open a group? > This is to *tell* us information about why you're having problems with su and sudo Running the id command should give you information like uid=1000(amacater)

Re: Is 12.4 safe, or should I wait for 12.5?

2024-01-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 11:52:04AM -0800, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > I updated my main machine to Bookworm (12.2, kernel 6.1.0.13-amd64) > some time ago and it's running well. My laptop, and the media box in > the living room, are still running Bullseye. I was about to update > them when I read the

Problem booting the Debian machine [WAS Re: AW: su su- sudo dont work]

2024-01-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 02:30:43PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > Good afternoon > I destroyed DEBIAN > now 2 years agon. > I asked here for help > no solution. > So every morning > I interrupt booting > change to rescue mode. > > "Normal" booting does create panic. > > Regards > Sophie >

Re: iscrizioni lista

2024-01-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Esiste una lista debian-italian. Vedi anche https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/index.it.html Buon anno anche a te [There is also a Debian-italian list. See also MailingLists page] Andy (amaca...@debian.org

Re: File has unexpected size (x != y). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: ...] ...

2024-01-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 03:22:52PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 1/19/24, Max Nikulin wrote: > > Precise steps > > depend on degree of your paranoia. > > ... and mine is of the totally irrevocable, even joyful kind; so, > where are the steps? > > I have always believe that Debian’s

Re: Correction to last message for Debian 11 and Debian 12

2024-01-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 10:31:40PM +, Jeff Jennings wrote: > Greetings, > > After a couple of decades of using various Linux distributions, I've been on > Debian 10 for some years. I like it a lot! > > Recently, I decided to download Debian 12.4 and was alarmed to notice that > Debian 12

Re: Problem with sound disappearing

2024-01-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 10:16:12PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 16/01/2024 13:04, Maureen Thomas wrote: > > My sound has been working just fine the day before that.  Now nothing. > > Have a look into PipeWire articles in ArchLinux and Debian wiki. > This certainly. It's also relatively easy to

Re: Debian in HPC

2024-01-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
ware independently since there usually > > were complex dependencies and Debian should be fine in that case. > > > > > > On January 6, 2024 4:04:51 PM UTC, "Andrew M.A. Cater" > > wrote: > >>Michael: This discussion has also been taking pl

Re: Fact finding / clarification [WAS Re: Re: smartctl cannot access mystorage, need syntax help]

2024-01-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 12:04:58PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 1/14/24 06:59, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Hi Gene, > > > > There's a whole series of long threads which loop through several > > subjects - I can tease out a couple of things. > > > >

Fact finding / clarification [WAS Re: Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help]

2024-01-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Hi Gene, Frankly: Dealing with you over a mailing list can be very frustrating for others trying to help (and especially for people trying to follow the list who are reading the lists in the background and facing long, long threads). You're not helping explain yourself well because the mails

Re: dmesg reporting lots of errors apparently emanating from a Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller ...

2024-01-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 04:50:28AM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 1/6/24, Albretch Mueller wrote: > > I may not even have an NVMe card in my computer as the manufacturer > > claims. > > My DELL Inspiron 5593 actually does have a M.2 512GB KIOXIA NVMe SSD, > which I need to use! The

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 08:21:00AM +0100, Marco Moock wrote: > Am 06.01.2024 um 17:44:41 Uhr schrieb Steve McIntyre: > > > The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the > > installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in > > the X205TA. > > Is that

Re: systemd-timesyncd

2024-01-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jan 07, 2024 at 02:51:26PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 1/7/24 10:48, Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 07/01/2024 02:17, gene heskett wrote: > > > Is it supposed to be installed by the net-installer? There does not seem to > be any man pages other than the bog std stuff. When I found the >

manpages package [WAS Re: SOLVED FOR GENE:Re: was: Re: tzdata-legacy [was: Re: systemd and timezone]

2024-01-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 06, 2024 at 01:17:13PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Try manpages.org . > -- > John Hasler > j...@sugarbit.com > Elmwood, WI USA > If you're on a Debian system, this should already be installed but otherwise apt-get install manpages Also - manpages.debian.org gives you a searchable

Re: Re: Debian in HPC

2024-01-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Michael: This discussion has also been taking place periodically in the main Beowulf lists over at Beowulf.org (https://www.beowulf.org) See, for example, their archives from May-November 2023 for the thread. For anyone interested in HPC, I commend the Beowulf list - very small numbers of

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 06, 2024 at 10:46:56AM +0100, Leandro Noferini wrote: > Hans writes: > > [...] > > > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the > > EEEPC is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. > > In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the

Name calling? [WAS: Re: The current package wpasupplicant doesn't support WPA3-Personal authentication. What alternatives to it exist?]

2024-01-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 04, 2024 at 12:28:56AM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2024 at 7:13 AM > > From: "Bret Busby" > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: The current package wpasupplicant doesn't support > > WPA3-Personal authentication. What

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240102)

2024-01-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. A Debian resource - Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum hosted on Debian resources. As such, it is subject to both

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

2024-01-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20231216)

2023-12-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for

Re: Firefox Warning [SOLVED]

2023-12-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 03:01:07PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 12/27/23, Tixy wrote: > > On Wed, 2023-12-27 at 11:05 -0600, Mike McClain wrote: > >> If I recall correctly, Firefox used to have a checkbox in the > >> preferences to permit or deny auto updates. In this version 121.0 for >

Re: problem with Jami

2023-12-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 05:36:42PM +0100, s...@gmx.com wrote: > i try to install jami on Debian from apt..but i have this problem... > > > jami-daemon : Dipende: libjsoncpp24 (>= 1.9.4) ma non è installabile >    Dipende: libyaml-cpp0.6 (>= 0.6.2) ma non è installabile >  libqt-jami

Re: No alsa, no alsactl in bookworm distribution?

2023-12-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 09:56:54AM -0500, Thomas George wrote: > No sound. > > alsamixer shows card HDA Intel PCH but no driver list. > >  pulseaudio volume control output shows no signal. > > What am I missing? > Check to see whether you actually have pulseaudio installed or whether you now

Re: how to clone apt repository to newest only?

2023-12-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 04:49:13PM -0500, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Tuesday 26 December 2023 09:34:00 am Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Living offline is not really feasible anymore - there are too many security > > updates needed. > (snip) > > Linux distributions

Re: how to clone apt repository to newest only?

2023-12-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
that it goes first to the debian-user mailing list. Follow up to the list, please. With every good wish, as ever, Andy Cater [amaca...@debian.org] > > > 2023년 12월 25일 (월) 오후 11:05, Andrew M.A. Cater 님이 작성: > > > On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 12:21:29PM +, �� wrote: > &g

Re: how to clone apt repository to newest only?

2023-12-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 12:21:29PM +, �� wrote: [Copied to the poster because they may not be subscribed] > how to clone apt repository to newest only? > Fedora/Red Hat will organize the repository by copying only the most recent > packages from that distribution if you give it the

Re: Dealing with SPAM.

2023-12-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 11:19:43AM +0100, Marco Moock wrote: > Am 25.12.2023 um 08:56:41 Uhr schrieb Brad Rogers: > > > On Mon, 25 Dec 2023 16:50:13 +1100 > > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > > Hello Zenaan, > > > > >OMG money! I, being Debian User it > > > > The best thing to do is ignore

Re: difference in seconds between two formatted dates ...

2023-12-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 12:24:55AM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 12/25/23, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 24 Dec 2023 at 23:05:53 (+), Albretch Mueller wrote: > >> On 12/18/23, Max Nikulin wrote: > ... > >> Why would %S be in the range > >> second (00..60), instead of (00..59)?: > > >

Re: Synaptic Problem

2023-12-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 08:34:16AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle without any > problems. > > Wen I tried to run the app using the run icon I got the error: > > Failed to execute./update command "@@BINAR@@". > railed to execute

Re: Clarification: public private replies [WAS Re: Formal reminder of Codes of Conduct]

2023-12-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
cc. to commun...@debian.org because I'm explaining CT involvment. On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 12:47:51PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 03:49:13PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > > On 12/21/23 14:27, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > Posting

Clarification: public private replies [WAS Re: Formal reminder of Codes of Conduct]

2023-12-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 02:59:26PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:36:00 + > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > Replies to you which are specifically marked as replies off-list are > > private. Don't repost private information. The normal e

Formal reminder of Codes of Conduct [WAS Re: Could we please cease this thread now?]

2023-12-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 10:12:36AM -0500, Pocket wrote: > > On 12/21/23 09:46, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:25:26 -0500 > > Pocket wrote: > > > > Hello Pocket, > > > > > Forwarded Message > > Putting a private message on the list, without sender's consent, is

Could we please cease this thread now? [WAS Re: lists]

2023-12-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 06:57:50PM -0500, Pocket wrote: > Could we please stop the thread now? You appear to be talking past each other at this point. Various suggestions as to the nature of the problem and possible solutions have been put forward - it is absolutely for you to choose whatever

Re: how to clone apt repository to newest only?

2023-12-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 06:05:46AM +, �� wrote: > how to clone apt repository to newest only? > Fedora/Red Hat will organize the repository by copying only the most recent > packages from that distribution if you give it the "reposync --newest-only" > option, but Debian doesn't seem to

Re: difference in seconds between two formatted dates ...

2023-12-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 03:28:58PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 12/17/23, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 10:12:11AM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > >> dt00=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S) > >> echo "// __ \$dt00: |${dt00}|" > >> > >> ... after some long processing for which

Problems with password entry [WAS Re: Debian 12.4.0]

2023-12-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 01:39:34AM +0100, Kevin Price wrote: > Am 14.12.23 um 23:01 schrieb David Sawyer: > > I use the password that I wrote down it is not accepted. > > Keyboard layout? We've seen that with the kernel that comes with 12.4.0. > -- Hi Kevin, There is no obvious reason why

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified x2 16th December 2023)

2023-12-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 16th December 2023)

2023-12-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for

Re: Debian 12.4.0

2023-12-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 05:01:19PM -0500, David Sawyer wrote: > This may seem to be a simple problem. I set up Debian with a password that > I wrote down to be sure. Since then I have never been able to log in. When > I use the password that I wrote down it is not accepted. I really don't > want

Re: raid10 is killing me, and applications that aren't willing towait for it to respond

2023-12-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 02:19:07PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 12/13/23 13:24, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:26:19AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > > > > > Hi Gene, > > > > Respectfull

Re: raid10 is killing me, and applications that aren't willing to wait for it to respond

2023-12-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:26:19AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I thought I was doing things right a year back when I built a raid10 for my > /home partition. but I'm tired of fighting with it for access. Anything that > wants to open a file on it, is subjected to a freeze of

Re: From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?

2023-12-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 02:25:23PM +0100, Kevin Price wrote: > Am 11.12.23 um 14:16 schrieb Stella Ashburne: > > Suppose I wish to upgrade to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64. > > If that were the case, or maybe better to a newer one. > > > Should I do it after booting my device into > > (1)

Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1)

2023-12-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 04:31:22AM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Hi Michael > > > Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 9:29 PM > > From: "Michael Kjörling" <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed > >

Release process notes [WAS Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1)]

2023-12-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 03:32:55AM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Hi Greg > > > Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 11:08 PM > > From: "Greg Wooledge" > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed > > problematic kernel,

Re: IMPORTANT: do NOT upgrade to new stable point release

2023-12-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 02:27:38PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 9 Dec 2023 13:09:23 -0500 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > https://fulda.social/@Ganneff/111551628003050712 > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1057843 > > > > The new kernel release is reported to contain

Re: 6.1.0-15/6.1.66-1 broken too?

2023-12-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 08:02:03PM +0100, Kevin Price wrote: > Am 09.12.23 um 19:09 schrieb Dan Ritter: > > The new kernel release is reported to contain an ext4 data > > corruption bug. It's prudent not to upgrade, or if you have > > started to upgrade, not to reboot, until a new kernel release >

Re: IMPORTANT: do NOT upgrade to new stable point release

2023-12-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 05:09:15PM -, Curt wrote: > On 2023-12-10, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > "Now" is almost exactly Sun 10 Dec 16:55:43 UTC 2023 > > You mean in the Zulu Time Zone (as I am all at sea)? > > > Andy > > (amaca...@

Re: IMPORTANT: do NOT upgrade to new stable point release

2023-12-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 11:50:18AM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > On 2023-12-09 14:18, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 9 Dec 2023 20:54 +0200, from ale...@nanoid.net (Alexis Grigoriou): > > > I just upgraded to Bookworm this morning. I did reboot a couple of > > > times but there seems to be no problem

Re: Fastly error: unknown domain: 199.232.150.132 : Fastly is cdn for Debian.

2023-12-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 02:38:34PM +0100, Mario Marietto wrote: > Hello to everyone. > > I'm using Devuan 5 for arm32 on my ARM chromebook and I've just tried to > update the system,but I failed. > Hi Mario, You're on your own for two reasons: one is that relatively few of us will be running

Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1)

2023-12-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 01:48:52PM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Hi, > > I am using Debian Bookworm, the current stable release with the whole SSD > being encrypted with LUKS2. After decryption, the file system of the logical > volume is ext4. > > This is what happened to my computer many

Re: Xorg fails, no gui: systemd issue?

2023-12-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 06:13:59PM +, John - wrote: > Since I last (3 December) upgraded the software (sid)  on my old Thinkpad, my > gui fails to come up. The last line of /var/log/Xorg.0.log reads: > (EE) systemd-login: failed to take device /dev/dri/card0: Message recipient > disconnected

Linuxcnc now in Debian as a full package

2023-12-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Just a heads up for Gene: for when you upgrade one of your machines (or replace disks). Linuxcnc is now a full package in Debian at least on amd64 (and possibly on arm64). It pulls in large amounts of dependencies, so I didn't install it myself but apt-cache show linuxcnc should give you the

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:18:13PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > there is a new surplus word "private" in these lines: > > > * Please post answers back to the list so others can benefit: private > > private conversations don't benefit people who may only be following > > > Have a

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December 2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 07:30:35AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 10:24:35PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > Gene, Please do us *all* a favour to try and help you. Write us out a list of all your machines - and if a printer has an embedded SBC, it's a machine in

Re: time question, as in ntp?

2023-11-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 02:19:51PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 01:52:46PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > On 11/29/23 13:20, John Hasler wrote: > > > Install chrony. But first fix that address. > > > > How, John? QIDI is afraid of enabling full net access because it

Code of Conduct reminder [WAS Re: Alpine/Gmail/Imap expert needed.]

2023-11-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 12:37:53PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 12:26 PM Karen Lewellen > wrote: > > > > You are entitled to your opinion, which I respect. > > Given how some choose to answer, speaking personally, If they wanted to be > > here, they would already be

Re: vanilla to sid

2023-11-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 02:22:16AM +1000, Michael Thompson wrote: > Dear Debian, > > I have sent a few emails already, but I suspect I've been talking to the > wrong person... > I'm sure there's a way (on gmail) to forward an email I've sent, to an > additional recipient, but for the life of me,

Re: Temporary failure in name resolution error when I try to ping Debian 12 / DomU running on top of the Devuan 5 host os / Dom0

2023-11-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 10:54:08PM +0100, Mario Marietto wrote: > Hello. > > I'm trying to configure Debian 12 / DomU on my (Arm32) Chromebook because I > want to use the Internet and I want its IP address to be seen from > "outside" of my LAN. > > This is the tutorial that I'm following : >

Re: UFW/GFW Doesn't start up after running previously

2023-11-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 08:25:10AM -0500, marathon wrote: > Using Debian Bookworm, on Lenovo X280 laptop. Each time after cold startup > or from suspend, I've found the ufw software is turned off and blocks all > network activity in that state. > Does anyone have any idea why? Can I provide

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 08:28:51PM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 02:02:10PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 05:18:02PM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > Should we report an error regarding the approx man page which states: > > > > Whatever

Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?]

2023-11-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 04:01:47PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/11/23 08:52, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 10:22:07PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > On 11/10/23 19:46, David Christensen wrote: > > > > On 11/8/23 02:20, gene heskett

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 01:35:25AM -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > All, > > I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is > very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux > Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing it I was

Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?]

2023-11-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 10:22:07PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/10/23 19:46, David Christensen wrote: > > On 11/8/23 02:20, gene heskett wrote: > > > And I just looked at tht pair, and acc gparted they have both been > > > pvcreated, so I'll leave then alone and steal the dvd cable, puttin >

Uninstalling unwanted PHP and mariadb packages [WAS Re: How could the missing MySQL extension required by WordPress be installed?]

2023-11-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 05:44:29PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Apologise for the typos and incorrect sentence constructions in my > earlier post. But I am sure that Mr. would be able to bypass the > errors to extract the information intended for him. > > My synaptic has a Log file for the

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

2023-11-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Nov 08, 2023 at 05:20:47AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/8/23 00:34, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 07:19:40PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > Sounds good. > However I may go a different route. I have a not installed 2T WD-Black SN770 > NVMe SSD, format 2280.

Re: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images

2023-11-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 09:32:05AM +0800, jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 6/11/23 06:26, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > I think you've hit the curse of almost all ARM single board computers. > > Almost all are small production runs / out of East Asia somewhere as > > "proto

Re: Debian support for ARM SBCs (was: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images)

2023-11-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 06:39:46PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > The way round this is to build u-boot or reverse-enginer the settings then > > do the same for a kernel, dtb and then debootstrap Debian yourself > > - that's exactly the sort of thing that folk do to get their boards > >

Re: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images

2023-11-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 12:22:36PM -0400, Daniel Gnoutcheff wrote: > > The best answer is if the board has been supported for a while by > > Armbian then that is probably a better choice than a less well > > supported/documented manufacturer specific build of Debian. > > Oh, I should clarify. By

Re: mirror for debian 10

2023-11-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 04:51:22AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I need to install Debian on a old machine (1700 Mhz Celeron). I > copied the installer image to USB stick and the installation appeared > to go properly until I tried without success to find a Debian mirror > which hosts Debian

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

2023-11-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 12:27:19PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > As usual, the man page may as well be written in swahili. The NDE syndrome, > meaning No D-d Examples. > > I have those 2 2T SSD's with a gpt partition table on both, allocated as > sdc1 and sdk1, formatted to

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st November 2023)

2023-11-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for

Re: Domain name to use on home networks

2023-10-30 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 02:29:37PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 10/30/23 13:40, John Hasler wrote: > > I wrote: > > > Why do you have NetworkManager installed at all? > > > > Gene writes: > > > Std image dd'd to u-sd card install on the arm64 stuff, can't get away > > > from it. > > > > Why

Broadcom WiFi/Bluetooth BCM43142 issues

2023-10-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 03:24:00PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: Rajib, Please note the change of subject. > I have had a conversation with the Team ThinkPenguin for the wireless > N model model. Their USB WiFi dongle is only for WiFi connectivity. > Not for Bluetooth. > > The team has been very

Summary of understanding the bootin problem [WAS Re: AW: Panic again]

2023-10-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
.org] > > > > Von: Cindy Sue Causey > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. Oktober 2023 21:22 > An: Debian Users > Betreff: Re: Panic again > > On 10/26/23, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > > > > Good afternoon > > Thank You fo

Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace t

2023-10-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 05:22:18PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > My dear Illustrious Leaders and Senior Members of the debian-user Mailing > List, > > I would again return to my earlier post at: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/10/msg00650.html > > That is, the First Mail of this

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