Re: Lost internet access on Trixie this morning.

On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:24:22 -0400 Frank McCormick wrote: > ip address show > 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN > group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd > 00:00:00:00:00:00 > inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lovalid_lft forever preferred_lft > forever > i

Re: BIOS unreadable at boot

On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 16:12:45 -0700 Will Mengarini wrote: > I am trying to install Debian on a new prebuilt, but when I > boot and press , the screen is garbled. Slow down. When you boot what? A Debian installation (which, presumably, appeared to be successful), or a Debian installer? If the latt

Re: linux-image-6.10.6 fails to build in nvidia-tesla-470

On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 21:04:18 +0200 Christian Britz wrote: > Am 09.09.24 um 10:27 schrieb David: > > > `apt auto-remove' > > You generally might want apt --purge auto-remove > This also cleans up configuration files. Which is the same as "apt autopurge", which I suggested earlier in this thre

Re: scp in crontab problem

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:24:51 +0800 Marcus Park wrote: > Hi list, > > I have put the private key into my debian VPS (in ~/.ssh/ dir). The private key of what? And to ~/.ssh/ on which computer. you are talking about transferring a file from one computer to another; which one? And why the privat

Re: hibernate area

On Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:24:00 -0400 Eben King wrote: > I have an NVME drive as well as a spinning-rust drive. I've got swap > on the spinning drive, but I'd like to put the hibernate area on the > NVME. Is that possible, to have swap on one and hibernate on another? From what I understand, hibe

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 15:32:19 +0200 wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 07:17:37AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > I concur with the netinst suggestions. > > > > On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 > > George at Clug wrote: > > > > > Sometimes I d

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

I concur with the netinst suggestions. On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 George at Clug wrote: > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install a > number of times (for example, install a number of VMs to compare the > various GUIs), but I have found that by the time I get to u

Re: linux-image-6.10.6 fails to build in nvidia-tesla-470

On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 16:39:46 -0600 Rick Macdonald wrote: > Well, this is embarrassing. I found in the bash history that I ran > this: > > apt install -t bookworm-backports linux-image-amd64 > linux-headers-amd64 > > Sorry to sound so lame, but I do I remove the backport such that it > goes back

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 17:04:33 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > I am torn with whether dual boot is the way to go, given all the > problems I see with dual boot with Windows now. (I finally dumped > Windows entirely some months ago when I found a decent, modern > replacement for Microsoft Word and for the

Re: Direct Messaging

On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 08:26:16 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > Anyone know of a way to send text messages to willing recipients from > one’s own website and server without hiring DM provider? In the US, many mobile phone providers will accept emails to "phone num...@some.tld", and send them as text me

Re: printer replacement

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:41:45 +0200 Gerard ROBIN wrote: > my old hp ptotosmart printer died. It worked fine with HPLIP. Now I > have to buy a new one but they all use "HP Smart" for Windows > exclusively. I would like to know if these printers are still > compatible with HPLIP. The printer I want

Re: [HP][Debian Strixie] Unable to install Debian with GUI interface

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:22:02 + "Tsai, Letitia (CW)" wrote: > Hi > Not sure which category I should submit so I am writing this letter > to gain your guidance on the issue I encountered. Hope the > information I provided is valid and easy to understand. Thank you ! > > [Summary] > Unable to

Re: Using - journalctl -

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:47:48 -0400 Arbol One wrote: > Having said that, I would like to keep my 'events' log showing only > the last two days; as explain here > , > using the following command : *journalctl --vacuum-time=2

Re: laptop installs

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:42:22 -0400 "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > The thing is, this machine doesn't have a DVD drive. What it does > have is a couple of USB ports (two different color connectors so I > assume different speeds?). Correct. Usually blue is USB 3.x, black 2.x. I also have a yell

Re: printer paused: filter not avaiable

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:06:48 -0400 Haines Brown wrote: > I upgraded to testing, but had a problem with the testing version > of CUPS, so downgraded CUPS to its stable version. > > Can't print because printer is paused. It is paused because > my printer is paused because: > > "File "/usr/l

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:39:52 -0700 Will Mengarini wrote: > I need to buy a new desktop tower, which means > it'll have Windows installed. I haven't used > Windows since the 90s, so need some guidance. Not necessarily; some vendors (Silent PC, e.g.) will sell you bare metal. However, that won't

Re: Request for Download Link for Debian 10 Installer

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 19:39:39 +0200 Łukasz Kalamłacki wrote: > https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/10.13.0/amd64/iso-cd/ Some of the problems Jayram Gaonkar reported might be due to faulty CD/DVD images. There are md5sums, sha*sums, and signatures for the ISO images on that page. Us

Re: edu-debian net-install autopartition /boot to 500MB

On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:37:08 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > FWIW, I have > > MODULES=dep > COMPRESS=lzma > > in `/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf`, which helps keep the size of > the initrd in check. Indeed. Thank you. Making the first change knocked my initrd from 67M down to about

Re: Chain Loading Preseed Files

On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:27:08 +0200 john doe wrote: > The below assumes that this is not a regression or a bug for the > debian-boot mailing list. Agreed. > > When I was playing with this, the only way I could get it to work was > by specifying options that are common in `preseed.cfg` and add m

Chain Loading Preseed Files

I have a preseed file set up to do a lot of the installation process for me. However, I still have to customize it for each machine, e.g. host name. I then do the disk partition layout manually during the installation. What I would like to do is have a file with the standard parts of the setup, an

Re: LAST 32 bit release WITH installer?

On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:39:30 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > I have 2 old-fashioned 32 bit i386 machines. > What is/will be last release with installer? The 32 bit installer is no longer part of the weekly build in preparation for trixie. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charle

Re: Trixie and i386 - was [Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:34:33 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > > 5.1.13. Baseline for 32-bit PC is now i686¶ > > > > Debian's support for 32-bit PC (known as the Debian architecture > > i386) now no longer covers any i586 processor. The new minimum > > requirement is i686. This means that the i386 a

Re: dialog colors

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:35:02 -0500 Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > debian 11 > > xfce > > xterm > > By default Xterm has a different color palette than the Linux console. > A custom XResources file can be used to configure Xterm to very > closely match the console palette if desired. See: > >

Re: dialog colors

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 + fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > is use dialog to create simple menus > it's always white background and blue text > how can i change the colors > You will have to provide more information before anyone can answer that. Which desktop/window manager? KDE, XFCE,

Re: Issue with Laptop Fan Detection on Debian

On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:45:44 + hamomo hamomo wrote: > I am writing to report an issue we are experiencing with Debian on > several laptops within our company, Samadi1. The system and any > related software are unable to detect or interact with the laptop > fans. This problem persists across m

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:36:02 + Michael Kjörling wrote: > I too was going to suggest Nextcloud; with the caveat that I don't see > the server portion in the Debian Bookworm repos (though it is free and > open source). I sit corrected. Nextcloud itself is not in the Debian repos, although a nu

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:11:07 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > I am looking at Contacts+ as a possible solution. Has anyone had any > good experience with it, or do you have a better solution to > recommend? Take a look at Nextcloud. Open source, free, available in Debian repos, syncs with IOS and Mac

Re: Disk I/O errors

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 18:20:36 +1000 George at Clug wrote: > I case there might be a known, fixable, fault that could cause this, > anyone know what the following errors indicate? I suspect you have a drive getting ready to die on you, which it may do at any time. > Sadly "Unrecovered read error"

Re: Debian 12.6.0 netinst and VirtualBox in EFI mode

On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 19:16:11 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > It's no particular help but the netinst is > probably not at fault in that I can install it under VMWare > on a Mac / kvm and qemu on a Linux system. 12.7 should be produced > on August 31st or so. Another datum: I was recently able

Re: Can a standard USB have sub directives?

On Thu, 8 Aug 2024 10:57:22 -0700 cono...@panix.com (John Conover) wrote: > Can a standard USB have sub directives? A standard USB what? I shall assume you mean a block storage device, such as a hard drive. Sub directive? I shall assume you mean subdirectories. The answer is, that depends on th

Re: Internet facing Firewalls mDNS UPnP SMB

On Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:44:32 +1000 George at Clug wrote: > This morning, after thinking on these things I realise I am wrong. > > I am showing both my ignorance and my stupidity. > > "Times have changed", "That was then, this is now". My compliments on your willingness to do so. It is not ea

Re: Internet facing Firewalls mDNS UPnP SMB

On Tue, 06 Aug 2024 01:12:08 +1000 George at Clug wrote: > It would be nice if systems were not so complex that they required > frontends to be usable. Perhaps it would be nice. But that's not the way of the world. I wrote 6502 assembly code and hand-assembled it way back when. I was very glad t

Re: Testing CD preseed oops

On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 22:39:47 +0200 john doe wrote: > I guess, this would be more for the debian-boot mailing list, as > apparently this is a regression. Thank you. I have re-sent. (rather than resented :-) > > In my case, I use the Qemu's built-in tftp server. Thanks for the suggestion. I hav

Testing CD preseed oops

I have the latest testing netinst (20240722-03:17), and would like to install it on a virtual machine. I have a preseed file on a USB stick. As this is a virtual machine, the virtual hard drive is at vda, and the USB stick shows up at sda. When I go to load the debconf file, the installer doesn't

Re: /var/run disappear after reboot

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:07:38 +0800 cor...@free.fr wrote: > I found that after I rebooted the system, the dir /var/run/*** > disappeared. As others have pointed out, stuff in /var/run is supposed to disappear on reboot. > I put my app's web sessions under /var/run. so they got lost. > Is there a

Re: update system periodically

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 05:47:58 +0800 cor...@free.fr wrote: > I have been running an old debian 11 for many days. > is it safe to run 'apt upgrade' and 'apt update' periodically? > for example put them into crontab. I suggest you do the next update manually. Then you can automate the process with th

Re: update system periodically

On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 18:43:28 -0500 David Wright wrote: > I run the following from root's crontab: > > apt-get -qq -o Acquire::http::Proxy="http://192.168.1.14:3142/"; > update && apt-get -qq -d -o > Acquire::http::Proxy="http://192.168.1.14:3142/"; dist-upgrade && find > /var/cache/apt/archi

Re: How to use /etc/adjtime

On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:39:14 +0100 "mick.crane" wrote: > > * Invest in a decent GPS receiver, and install chrony and gpsd on > > the machine. Doing so may get the system clock in synch faster; it > > may not. Doing that sort of thing is well documented on the gpsd > > home page. > > Wouldn't y

Re: How to use /etc/adjtime

On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:48:03 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > I have a machine whose RTC clock is drifting significantly and it is > often suspended for several days. I run NTP so the drift I see when > I wake the machine up gets fixed by "stepping" the clock after a > while, but that can take a wh

Re: Need help with narroely focused use case of Emacs

On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:53:50 + Michael Kjörling wrote: > $ for v in $(seq 1 119); do sed -i 's, id="V'$v'">,,g' ./*.html; done > > Be sure to have a copy in case something goes wrong; and diff(1) a few > files afterwards to make sure that the result is as you intended. Having done that (or

Re: Corrupt MATE configuration due to OPERATOR ERROR

On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 05:35:17 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > ENVIRONMENT: > Running Debian 9.13 with MATE 1.16.3 on DELL LATITUDE E6410 laptop > an external monitor is used via ARandR 0.1.9 > Using SeaMonkey 2.49.4 for browser and email > Yes. Multiple rev's behind. Doing housekeepi

Bluetooth/SSH issue

On one of my machines, I have some interesting interference. Bluetooth works just fine, and so does networking. Bluetooth is normally disabled. However, when I have Bluetooth turned on (and after I turn it off), SSH is *slow*. I gather that the network controller is also the Bluetooth controller:

Re: Package libllvm12:i386 does not exists on Debian ?

On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 15:41:59 +0200 Mario Marietto wrote: > I'm trying to compile wine-tkg from this repo : > > https://github.com/Frogging-Family/wine-tkg-git > > This is what I did,according with the short tutorial : > > root@debian-now:/home/marietto/Scaricati/wine-tkg-git/wine-tkg-git# > ./

Re: Copy from xterm to text editor........

On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:16:00 +1000 Charlie wrote: > I[s] there is a > way to do it at all? Yes. Use Mouse-1 (typically the left-hand mouse button) to swipe the text you want to copy from the xterm. Go to the recipient program, and use Mouse-2 (typically the middle button on the mouse) to paste.

Re: system won't suspend automatically

On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:44:12 -0400 e...@gmx.us wrote: > Well, that is not encouraging. Does anyone know how to get the > monitor state programmatically? I'll write my own script based on > that. DFMS works. I mean if the computer won't do it for you, roll > your own. Install arandr, use it to

Re: Thinkpad T14 Gen 5, touchpad not detected

On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 06:51:00 +0200 Timothée Jaussoin wrote: > Is there something in particular I should look for ? > I would look for some of the identifiers in those dmsg lines you showed earlier. See if the touchpad was detected but rejected. That migh give you a clue as to why it was rejected

Re: Thinkpad T14 Gen 5, touchpad not detected

On Sat, 8 Jun 2024 22:17:49 +0200 Timothée Jaussoin wrote: > If you need some more information I'd be pleased to share whatever is > required :) You might look at the installation logs. /var/log/installer/ -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescur

Re: lightdm errors

Don't tell just me. Please reply to the list. On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 13:28:23 -0400 e...@gmx.us wrote: > On 6/4/24 12:44, Charles Curley wrote: > [...] > [...] > [...] > > I did that a while back, when I set the monitors up this way. They > were arranged correct

Re: lightdm errors

On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 09:55:51 -0400 Eben King wrote: > Jun 04 01:57:07 cerberus lightdm[1547009]: xrandr: cannot find mode > 1920x1200 > > and so on. > > I have three monitors on the onboard connectors. The left > (1920x1080) is tall, the other two (1920x1200) are wide. The default > situation

Re: [ SOLVED] Re: Yet ANOTHER ThunderTurd ( Thunderbird ) topic... Text Size

On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 15:25:12 -0400 e...@gmx.us wrote: > The USAF Thunderbirds predate Gallo Thunderbird by at least a year. > They were founded in 1953, and the law allowing Gallo Thunderbird's > creation wasn't passed until the next year. The wine was certainly > out by 1957. The Ford Thunderbir

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

On Wed, 29 May 2024 22:07:17 +0800 Carter Zhang wrote: > but they have respective problems. We can't advise you very well if we don't know what you think their respective problems are. A more important question: What problem would you like to solve? -- Does anybody read signatures any more?

Re: Aliases and OpenSMTPD

On Fri, 24 May 2024 13:08:56 -0400 Paul M Foster wrote: > There is a colon in my aliases file. I just omitted it in the email. Don't do that. Always use copy and paste to convey the contents of a configuration file. Murphy only know what else you inadvertently left out or added. -- Does anybod

Re: Bookworm: Weird Firefox issue

On Wed, 22 May 2024 23:02:17 +0200 (CEST) local10 wrote: > Have been using Debian + Firefox with Tutanota email for a number of > years and everything was fine until about a week ago when I started > to get a blank empty white page when trying to access the Tutanota > login page: https://mail.tut

Re: Onboard not showing up in the XFCE system tray | Partial Solution

On Thu, 16 May 2024 14:09:33 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: > Onboard is not showing up in the XFCE system tray. Bookworm as > updated. I don't see any Debian bug reports or questions on the home > page. I believe I am not running Wayland. > > Has anyone else seen this? Fix/Wo

Re: Onboard not showing up in the XFCE system tray

On Fri, 17 May 2024 20:42:10 +0200 Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 02:09:33PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > Onboard is not showing up in the XFCE system tray. Bookworm as > > updated. I don't see any Debian bug reports or questions on the > > hom

Re: Knocking on the door

On Fri, 17 May 2024 15:49:52 +0200 Maurizio Caloro wrote: >   > > Hello > > > Please i know that this arn't the Dovecot forum, but let me try, on > the log's i have always knocking "unknown user" attempts. > > > > May 15 22:39:31 Dovecot/auth-worker(2602036): Info: conn > > unix:auth-worker

Onboard not showing up in the XFCE system tray

Onboard is not showing up in the XFCE system tray. Bookworm as updated. I don't see any Debian bug reports or questions on the home page. I believe I am not running Wayland. Has anyone else seen this? Fix/Workaround? -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://ch

Re: Cindex

On Sun, 12 May 2024 09:55:55 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > https://www.opencindex.com/about-cindex/ Thank you. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/

Re: Cindex

On Sun, 12 May 2024 17:20:47 +1000 David wrote: > Cindex, the world's premier indexing software, has just gone open > source. Might be a good project for someone who has the time. > > https://www.opencindex.com/ Are you sure it is open source? I cruised the web site and did not see a license. I

Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700 Paul Scott wrote: > The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way > I knew to save the log was with a camera. Even though I resized the > image this list apparently didn't allow the attachment. How else can > I save the log during install?

Re: Adding package to Debian Distro

On Thu, 9 May 2024 14:09:52 - (UTC) Curt wrote: > I don't think there is a process by which you could add closed-source > IBM software to a bona fide Debian depository, even the non-free one, > which only seems to contain firmware and drivers for closed-sourced > *hardware*. Isn't that what

Re: Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline.

On 05 May 2024 11:52:32 -0700 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, is anyone using Gosm or something similar to view OpenStreetMap > tiles offline? > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gosm foxtrotgps is simple and easy to use. navit is much more flexible but has a much steeper learning curve. Both

Re: youtube-dl blocked?

On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:57:17 +0200 Marco Moock wrote: > Am 23.04.2024 um 20:40:25 Uhr schrieb Charles Curley: > > > It does not appear to be blocked from here (North America). > > By DNS? It does not appear to be blocked by DNS. charles@jhegaala:~$ host ytdl-

Re: youtube-dl blocked?

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:15:17 -0300 Markos wrote: > The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html > > is blocked? It does not appear to be blocked from here (North America). > > Is there any other alternative to download videos from Youtube in > Linux command line? root@jhegaal

Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:41:24 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > My WAG is that nm-applet is failing to start, but I have been unable > to find if and where any error message is reported. My instance of nm-applet does run, and I see this as part of the boot process: root@hawk:~# journalctl -b | gr

Re: Help to report a bug related to a usb3 lan adapter driver

On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:57:00 +0200 user7415 same wrote: > I had a discussion in stack exchange related to the problem that is > well explained here: > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/774594/debian-12-all-of-sudden-my-usb3-lan-adapter-get-assigned-random-mac-address-ea > > For what I und

Re: tbird troubles

On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:28:24 -0400 gene heskett wrote: > I am supposedly running xfc4 as a desktop, but htop says I have a > heck of a lot of kde5 running. How do I get rid of the kde stuff? > Dependencies seem to be protecting it from being removed. You probably are running one or more program

Re: What use can i give to linux?

On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 13:38:50 -0700 "James H. H. Lampert" wrote: > Which is why I still have DOS boxes (running IBM PC-DOS 2000, > with DOSShell, and no WinDoze whatsoever…. You might look into freedos. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.

Re: Debian 12.5: pigz 2.6-1 fails with error message (Upstream issue 111)

On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 10:27:33 +0200 Jonathan Chung wrote: > I'm new with Debian bug reporting and thus need some help with that. > pigz 2.6-1 on Debian 12.5 fails to execute due to a fixed bug on > upstream https://github.com/madler/pigz/issues/111 Are you sure this is a bug and not a problem with

Re: Bookworm: Where are the ImageMagick binaries other than `convert`?

On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 12:07:47 +1030 Christian Gelinek wrote: > I have ImageMagick installed, but only the `convert` binary is in my > path. > > Other binaries like `magick` are not. Where can I find them, why > aren't they installed? man imagemagick -- Does anybody read signatures any more? ht

Re: making Debian secure by default

On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 19:00:29 + Andy Smith wrote: > In my view a great example of the "people other than me just need to > get good" fallacy merged with the group of people predisposed to > hate systemd. > > It could have been any direct or indirect dependency of sshd here. > I'm quite sure al

Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 17:17:52 +0200 Antti-Pekka Känsälä wrote: > What could be the deal, when Firefox tries to stop me from unmounting > a stick, after I've accessed files on it through Firefox? I worry > about my stick security. Thanks. It sounds like Firefox has a file open on the stick. To c

Re: Bluetooth sound problems Debian 12 GNOME

On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:32:18 +0300 Jan Krapivin wrote: > Small problem is that LTS Kernel 6.1 doesn’t support this device, so > I have used Liquorix kernel, which I have installed earlier. Though, > I don’t need this kernel, as it haven’t helped me with sound > interrupts, which was my hope at fi

Re: Bookworm Networking Issues

On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:54:27 + David wrote: > I am running Bookworm on a thin client and Network-Manger seems to be > the source of my problems. > > I have purged Network-Manager from this thin client, but I can't find > out how to get /etc/network/interface to run. I have added to 2 NIC's >

Re: OT: End the Phone-Based Childhood Now

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:30:46 -0700 Steve Sobol wrote: > I already get a ton of legitimate mail from the debian-user mailing > list. Don't need the off-topic crap. Concur. > > Admins, could you please get rid of the people who are contributing > to the noise? Or at least make them aware of th

Re: Bookworm, fail2ban and sshd

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:59:49 - (UTC) Curt wrote: > I guess it's this old bug: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770171 Yup, thank you. I added the following stanza to /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/curley.conf: [sshd] backend = systemd (The "enabled" pair is already given in defaul

Re: Bookworm, fail2ban and sshd

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:27:36 + Andy Smith wrote: > I think you want to set "backend = journald" in > /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf or its usual local override, but I have not > tested this as I still use rsyslogd. Thanks, but no cigar. I also tried setting backend to systemd (as noted in man jail.

Re: logcheck(1) in bookworm 12.5 /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles.d/syslog.logfiles

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:25:52 -0700 cono...@panix.com (John Conover) wrote: > Email from logcheck(1) contains: > > E: File could not be read: /var/log/syslog > E: File could not be read: /var/log/auth.log > > which do not exist in bookworm 12.5. > > The offending file: > > /etc/logc

Bookworm, fail2ban and sshd

I'm trying to set fail2ban up on bookworm. It refuses to run with the default configuration (sshd only), reporting: Failed during configuration: Have not found any log file for sshd jail Near as I can figure, fail2ban expects sshd's log file to be /var/log/auth.log. Which does not exist on my tar

Re: libbusiness-us-usps-webtools-perl and USPS Ground Advantage shipping

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 23:15:13 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: > I need to generate some shipping labels for drop-off at the USPS post > office using USPS Ground Advantage. > > I have a USB thermal printer for the shipping labels, > . > > I see Debian carr

Re: messages on my phone

On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:39:17 + ghe2001 wrote: > Worst of all, I haven't been able to find out how to delete them :-) To delete them, press and hold the message. A menu will pop up. Hit More…. Hit the trash can in the lower left. If you have a mac, you may be able to delete from it. -- Doe

Re: Reportbug Assisance

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 20:40:31 -0500 Tom wrote: > Just reminding whomever checks this mailbox, that I am still awaiting > an answer to this question here. Well, I'm no expert on KDE. But if you haven't gotten any other response, as Marco Moock suggested, I'd file it under kinfocenter. Whoever is r

Re: strange time problem with bullseye

On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 02:47:06 +0800 hlyg wrote: > wifi connection is good, i suppose both correct time with server > automatically Not necessarily. You should install an NTP client if you haven't already. I suggest systemd-timesyncd. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescur

Re: Serious problem with debian 12 bookworm

On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 19:58:13 + (UTC) Anastasia Broch 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, > … > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone Apparently some people haven't noticed that this i

Re: Problem of suspend activities ( debian 12 )

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 sleep mode ( suspend ) it's doesn't wake up anymore > until forcing shutting dow

Re: where are the crontab files in Trixie?

On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:13:49 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > The debian wiki suggests that the handling of cron/anacron is > > evolving. > > That sounds like a euphemism for "being killed off" by Systemd and > its timers. These days cron and anacron are run as services/timers by systemd. roo

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

On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:10:31 +0100 Ralph Aichinger wrote: > I just think this mailing > list probably is not the right place to argue this question. Hear, hear! Those who wish to weigh in have done so. I doubt any further argumentation will change anyone else's mind. Now kindly stop wasting y

Re: Issue with USB External Keyboard, External Mouse, and Screen Brightness on Dell Laptop

On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:49:54 -0300 Marcelo Laia wrote: > Thank you all for the invaluable assistance provided. Unfortunately, > the issue has resurfaced today. I don't believe it's related to the > age of the hardware, although my Inspiron 5547-A20 is from 2014, as > indicated below: A stab in t

Re: Missing http_async_client.so in the `kamailio-extra-modules`

On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:13:46 +0500 Евгений Гостьков wrote: > Can you add http_async_client.so to deb package > `kamailio-extra-modules` or maybe make distinct deb package like a > `kamailio-http-async-client` ? Have you checked with kamailio support resources (mail lists, web sites, etc.)? If th

Re: GRUB lost graphical terminal mode

On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:04:47 + Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: > On 19 Feb 2024 22:44 +0100, from borde...@tutanota.com (Borden): > >> Would you be willing to post your /boot/grub/grub.cfg for a setup > >> where you get the blank screen GRUB? > > > > Yeah, I probably should

Re: Hard links - How do they work: TANSTAAFL

On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:15:01 -0800 Kushal Kumaran wrote: > Have you read their FAQ page about hard links? > https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/FAQ.md#how-do-snapshots-with-hard-links-work An excellent writeup. The only thing I would add is that creating a hard link does require an e

Re: Package Identification Assistance

On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:33:16 -0500 Neal Heinecke wrote: > I need to identify the package responsible for creating the software > sources window. There is a minor bug/typo where the first tab reads > "Ubuntu Software" I have no idea what a "software sources window" is. Do you know the name of the

Re: simple virt-manager setup

On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:31:30 +0100 Felix Natter wrote: > Looks like I write my own script, since I don't need snapshots or > incremental backups or even multiple disks :) Take a look at rsnapshot. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/bl

Re: Unidentified flying subject!

On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:30:14 + Richmond wrote: > So you need to store a lot of data and then verify that it has written > with 'diff'. Yeah. I've been thinking about this. Yeah, I know: dangerous. What I would do is write a function to write 4096 bytes of repeating data, the data being the

Re: Unidentified subject!

On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:02:36 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Test it with Validrive. > > https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm > > Looks like proprietary software for Windows. badblocks, available in a Debian repo near you, might be a suitable replacement. -- Does anybody read signatures any mo

Re: D12 Installer does not recognize rtl8xxxu wifi

On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 19:24:35 +0100 Felix Natter wrote: > If I start a shell from the installer, I can see that the necessary > module rtl8xxxu is loaded (the same one that is loaded in live > option). So I guess it is a firmware issue. How can I get an > installer with non-free firmware (if that

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:29:21 + Andy Smith wrote: > I do not overly want to buy a Windows licence, run it > in a VM and pass USB through to that VM just to try this. You could try wine. You might need the more recent crossover-office, which is proprietary (but contributes greatly to wine). --

Re: Network Problem: Redirection

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 15:52:41 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > But I don't think that will solve the routing problem. Well, I was wrong. That did solve the routing problems. I moved the apt-proxy line for the VMs' benefit into a VM's /etc/hosts and took it out of hawk's /etc

Re: Network Problem: Redirection

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 16:52:48 -0500 Greg Wooledge wrote: > Well, we don't know what's "right" or "wrong" on your networks. These > are private (non-routable) addresses with no meaning to anyone but you > and your fellow network denizens. Agree. > > If you need different name resolution dependin

Re: Network Problem: Redirection

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 22:10:19 +0100 Marco Moock wrote: > Sorry for the first post. > Your problem is located in the name resolution. > > Show /etc/nsswitch.conf I have not touched this. root@hawk:~# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch

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