Re: Lost internet access on Trixie this morning.

Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Didn't the initial message say that the Internet *was* working, and then > suddenly *stopped* working, right in the middle of a download? > > That, together with the interface not being UP, points to the > configuration being OK, but something going wrong at the hardware

Re: Lost internet access on Trixie this morning.

Tom Furie wrote: > On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 03:24:22PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > ip address show > > 2: eno1: mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default > > qlen 1000 > > link/ether 44:87:fc:d8:3b:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname enp0s25 > > > I am no expert but it seems to look

Re: Lost internet access on Trixie this morning.

Frank McCormick wrote: > I am faced with a strange problem. I have no internet access on Trixie on > one of two partitions on my ssd. > I was attempting to solve a problem I am having with Vivaldi by installing > Seahorse. Apt quit halfway through downloading the necessary files > complaining it

Re: startx returns "Xf86EnableIO: failed to enable I/O ports 0000-03ff"

Pierre Willaime wrote: > Hi, > > After upgrading from Strech to Booworm (I know: not recommended to jump > versions), I have some trouble to start X server. > > startx returns this error: > > "Xf86EnableIO: failed to enable I/O ports -03ff (Operation not > permitted)". Stretch to Buster to

Re: Help upgrade to JDK-21

Arbol One wrote: > I'd like to upgrade from JDK-17 to JDK-21. > Since I am new to, well, Linux in general, I'd like to know from anyone > who'd done this upgrade if this would be OK under Debian 12 (No > free-firmwarepackages please). > Any advice would be much appreciated. Debian stable (12) do

Re: KDE - Wayland vs X11

George at Clug wrote: > When installing KDE for people, I have been leaving Wayland as the > compositor, believing that X11 was no longer supported. However > recently I tested X11 and found the experience was much better. This is not unusual. Wayland is young and immature. Wayland has been in t

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

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 install Debian with GUI interface >

Re: laptop installs

Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > In the case of two of the three laptops I have here to play with, it's > simply a matter of telling it to boot off the DVD drive and then inserting > the appropriate disc and going on from there. In the case of this other one, > things get a little weird. > > O

Re: DEBIAN documentation: which 64 bit processors run current release?

Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/27/2024 08:14 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I'm looking for for where *Debian* documents which processors support > > > current Debian release. ... > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch0

Re: DEBIAN documentation: which 64 bit processors run current release?

Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm looking for for where *Debian* documents which processors support > current Debian release. > > I have three machines whose processors are 64 bit capable. > Processors identified by running lscpu: > > Machine 1: > Architecture: i686 > Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i

Re: New System, Problem with FTP

Steve Matzura wrote: > The following is specific to Ubuntu 24.04. If it should go to a > Ubuntu-specific list, let me know and I'll find out how to make that happen. Yup. This is a list for Debian users. > The problem is also related to FTP, which I can't seem to get working. I > modified /etc/s

Re: processes, interrupts, and cpus

fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2024, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > >> i have a video capture card with 4 separate chips > >> when i start up i get bttv0 - bttv3 > >> i'm getting a lot of errors in sysl

Re: processes, interrupts, and cpus

fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > i have a video capture card with 4 separate chips > when i start up i get bttv0 - bttv3 > i'm getting a lot of errors in syslog on bttv2 and bttv3 > like > bttv: 2: timeout: drop=3888442 irq=27910652/28054718, risc=338f048c, bits: > HSYNC > bttv: 3: timeout: drop=

Re: Finding a Debian consultancy for help with large-scale platform upgrade (Was Re: Systems upgrading)

Andy Smith wrote: > Just as some free advice though… > > 1. I find it hard to believe you have more than 2000 Debian installs >without some sort of existing automation / configuration >management > > 2. Given (1), I would approach the task by learning your config >management and modi

Re: domain status in registry and registrar

Bret Busby wrote: > On 19/8/24 21:00, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Even less than that: just a DNS record, i.e. some entry in the global > > name database mapping the name to... anything (an IP address, another > > name, a mail exchange, whatever). > > > > You can reserve the name and postpon

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

Michael Kj??rling wrote: > On 14 Aug 2024 21:22 -0600, from charlescur...@charlescurley.com (Charles > Curley): > >> 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 Nextc

A definitive answer to "what domain should I use at

home?" Reply-To: X-Message-Flag: WARNING: Danger from LLM misuse - find shelter! X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/dot_internal_ratified/ The summary: use .internal for internal naming. it will not conflict with any future TLD.

Re: Little typo bug - package unknown

Hans wrote: > Wheh connecting a mobile fdrom Samsung to my computer, the message in > /var/log/syslog > tells: > > > 2024-08-07T13:11:14.047644+02:00 protheus2 kernel: [ 2649.347050] usb 2-1.1: > Product: > MSM8952 > 2024-08-07T13:11:14.047647+02:00 protheus2 kernel: [ 2649.347054] usb 2-1.

Re: iptables to nftables?

Wesley wrote: > We have several debian servers, all running iptables. On average each has 200 > rules, mostly deny rules. From a best practice perspective, do we need to > upgrade to nftables? > iptables is currently implemented in terms of nftables. While it is possible that someday that inter

Re: dot internal and mDNS

George at Clug wrote: > It is not iptables anymore, it is nftables. It is not 'reboot' or 'shutdown > -r now' it is 'systemctl reboot', it is not syslog it is journalctl. iptables still exists, and it calls nftables to do the work underneath. If you are using systemd, it's systemctl reboot,

Re: ot: how to access hdmi

fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > i have a asrock q1900 pro3 > 'https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q1900M Pro3/' > i have debian 11 running with no problems > the board has vga and hdmi > i am only able to get a display via vga > any suggestions on how to enable the hdmi > i see nothing related in the

Re: nsswitch what should come first

Lee wrote: > uh oh .. > "It would be as well to check whether any functioning print queues > have been automatically installed by cups-browsed prior to a manual > setup. This can be done with > lpstat -a" > > $ lpstat -a > Canon_MG3600_series accepting requests since Sat Aug 3 00:00:28 2024 > H

Re: nsswitch what should come first

Lee wrote: > On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > I do. If you assign an IP and a DNS name to the IP, all the > > network printers I am aware of will work just fine. (They don't > > care about the DNS name, either, but it's more convenient if you &g

Re: nsswitch what should come first

Lee wrote: > On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 10:40 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > > I personally remove mDNS and Bonjour from my machines. mDNS is not the > > source of truth on my networks. Rather, DNS is the source of truth in > > my networks ... > > Do you have any network printers? That work without

Re: nsswitch what should come first

George at Clug wrote: > Do you know if there is a good place to post Bind9 DNS server configuration > questions to? There's a bind-users list: https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users Do search the archive before posting questions; there's a high likelihood that the answer is already

Re: systemd may silently break your system!

Andy Smith wrote: > This whole thing just seems like the normal process of developing > and packaging a distribution. Poor interactions are found, reported, > hopefully will be fixed. But once again there's people trying to use > this as a daily driver and having weird expectations. And then some

Re: need help: unmet dependencies

Michael Morgan wrote: > When I ran "apt --fix-broken install", I got the following message: > > The following additional packages will be installed: > chromium-browser chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra > The following packages will be upgraded: > chromium-browser chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra > >

Re: nginx or apache for php?

Walt E wrote: > I have been using apache2 + php for years under debian. > But I heard people says nginx + php has better performance. > Do you have experience on both of setup and share a bit with me? I have experience on both. Do you have a performance problem? If not, don't change. If you do

Re: Network-manager issue after installation, was: Re: your mail

Franco Martelli wrote: > On 30/07/24 at 17:29, Tawsif wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 01:08:39PM +0600, Tawsif wrote: > > I have a very small storage size for my laptop (64gb). So, I installed > > debian minimal in it. > > If you can, reinstalls Debian as usual, my KDE's installation takes abo

Re: Looking for a qr code reader/displayer

gene heskett wrote: > Un-fortunately, in synaptic, only the first hit seems to have a displayable > screenshot. All the rest only have an empty box. > > So assuming i'm missing the display things, what am I missing? > > And assuming I could display them since the first hit seems to have a > scre

Re: Where is the user community? (Was Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package)

Michel Verdier wrote: > On 2024-07-28, Michael Grant wrote: > > +1 to all you say. > > > Maybe one of you younger folks can teach me how one deals with keeping > > up with a forum like that. > > Once upon a time there was usenet. After a while there was a mail-to-news > gateway. It ease a lot c

Re: vim on Debian 12: How to disable the mouse GUI mode ?

Greg Wooledge wrote: > In my testing, I ran vim with no arguments, and typed in a single line > of gibberish. Then, I moved the cursor to column 0. Finally, I typed > out the command 20l in a different terminal, highlighted it, and pasted > it into vim. Rather than moving my cursor 20 character

Re: CrowdStrike and drivers (was Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?)

Stefan Monnier wrote: > > - software updates that run as root (including Debian updates) > > can run anything else as root > > So, maybe a more relevant discussion is: what will happen when a Debian > stable security update comes with a "big blunder" that crashes the most > machines in earl

Re: CrowdStrike and drivers (was Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?)

Richmond wrote: > Jeffrey Walton writes: > > Yes the updates should be tested at every stage. Maybe people think that > they cannot stop updates, but they can use Group Policy to stop Windows > Update. Or maybe they are afraid if they don't allow virus updates then > they will allow a virus? Th

Re: Detecting change in running kernel version between reboots

Mike wrote: > I have a TV card in one of my boxen, which requires a kernel module to > be built. I've got that all nicely scripted and so I can kick it off > with relative ease. > > The issue is detecting when it needs to be done. ie after a change in > the running kernel. At the moment, it's

Re: Kernel 6.9.9 (amd64) results in huge initrd / initramfs size

Celejar wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently on kernel 6.9.8 (amd64 / Sid). Installing 6.9.9 fails due to > running out of space on /boot: ... > I'm not sure why I'm hitting this now - did Debian just change > something? Is anyone else hitting this? Is this documented somewhere? > Is there a str

Re: web site displays blank page

e...@gmx.us wrote: > On 7/18/24 02:06, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > My ISP is RTA.  I am in a rural area near Austinn, Texas, and have a > 10/1 > > microwave link.  Could the problem be with RTA? > > It's probably a routing issue between you and them. Or maybe "delivery > content network" (That'

Re: Bug Report

Richard Bostrom wrote: > Bug in my opinion. > > /etc/resolv.conf does not block out pornography /etc/resolv.conf is where you configure one or more DNS servers. Three is usually optimal. If you choose DNS servers that resolve everything, you get everything. If you choose DNS servers run by cen

Re: Program Not Showing Up in Menu

Patrick Wayodi wrote: > I have installed a program but it's not showing up in the Applications > menu. The program is called Monero. I installed it using these commands: > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install monero That's because it has no graphical interface. It's a daemon plus command li

Re: ask for drivers

Jeff Pang wrote: > greetings, > > I am trying to install Debian on my counterfeit pad. Do you know where to > find touch screen drivers? Can you run lsusb and lspci or otherwise provide details on what hardware is installed? cat /proc/bus/input/devices might be of use. X11 touch screen input

Re: stty permanently undef "start"

Franco Martelli wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I sometime use "rtorrent" (apt show rtorrent) to download isos and other big > files. It happens that when I had to quit rtorrent by press Ctrl-Q I cannot > because the key combination Ctrl-Q is trapped by the console due to "stty" > default configuratio

Re: Automatic creation of last-known-good boot configuration

Jens Schmidt wrote: > On Debian testing I've been bitten by the systemd upgrade and the > systemd package split recently, rendering my dracut-LUKS-based > system unbootable. I know that my warranty is void since I'm on > testing, but both these issues would have been much easier to cope > with if

Re: General questions

타토카 wrote: > Hello, dear Debian Community. I have several questions: > 1. Are all subscriptions to Debian free? Yes. There are non-Debian businesses which can sell you support, if you like, but Debian software is all free. > 2. How to check Debian Image Authentication? Is checksum verification >

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

Lucio Crusca wrote: > Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: > > > > maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? > > > > I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that > > # apt-get install gitlab > > should just work out of the box, or there is a problem, either on my par

Re: timeout for iptables

Max Nikulin wrote: > On 02/07/2024 19:28, Dan Ritter wrote: > > iptables (which are currently implemented in nftables) don't have a native > > timeout; > > nft sets have the timeout option. Isn't it to specify interval of time to > remove elements? It works w

Re: timeout for iptables

Jeff Peng wrote: > Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules? > > for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and > another IP should be blocked for one week. iptables (which are currently implemented in nftables) don't have a native timeout; you need t

Re: Shell UA

Jeff Peng wrote: > Do u know if there is a shell UserAgent that can be used to log in gmail? > mutt can support OAUTH or an app-specific password; if you can set up the latter, most other mail agents can also use it. -dsr-

Re: how2 format a flash drive

Lee wrote: > My gripes and difficulties are the same thing. No universal image > viewer like Ifranview, `apt search image viewer` suggests: eog, eom, ephoto, photoqt.. among dozens of others. But start with one of those. > an html editor would be nice -- something along > the lines of the sea

Re: Need help with narroely focused use case of Emacs

Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/28/2024 03:53 PM, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 28 Jun 2024 14:04 -0500, from rowl...@access.net (Richard Owlett): > > > I need to replace ANY occurrence of > > > > > >thru [at most] > > > > > > by > > > > > > > > > I'm reformatting a Bible

Re: fail2ban: default 5 attemps == 1 SSH client connection?

Steffen Dettmer wrote: > I encountered multiple times that debian based containers use fail2ban by > default with a max attempt value of 5, even for SSH logins using strong > asymmetric keys. There is no "debian based container" standard. Talk to whoever built your container. (Why isn't it you?)

Re: Why can't i get gnome extensions installed on bookwork?

DdB wrote: > Hello list, > > i am out of luck and into a rabbit hole, please help me out! > > Now, i am lost. I thought, in stable, the Fox-esr would be compatible > with the gnome extensions, but it claims, that would not be case. > > What am i missing? As far as I can tell, this needs two p

Re: htmldoc default font size

Roger Price wrote: > I'm using htmldoc 1.9.11-4+deb11u3 to convert html files to pdf. When > playing with the fontsize option I discover that the default is not a whole > number, more like 11.2 points. Is this the expected behaviour ? > > Background: The manual at https://www.msweet.org/htmldoc

Re: MoinMoin wikis and Debian 11+

Greg Wooledge wrote: > As we're nearing the end of life for Debian 10, I'm still wondering > what MoinMoin wiki users are supposed to do. (This includes > as near as I can see from SystemInfo.) ... > Or should we burn the entire site down, migrate to some other wiki >

Re: disable GUI/X?

David Chmelik wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:47:58 +0200, tomas wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 04:39:50AM -, David Chmelik wrote: > >> On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:39:15 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > >> > David Chmelik composed on 2024-06-19 02:24 (UTC): > >> > > >> >> How can I disable GUI/X fo

Documentation improvement (optical and USB install media)

Nobody is advocating removing the optical disk media options. There are no plans to do so, that I am aware of. Planning to do so would not make sense, since the current build process happily produces images suitable for both optical disks and USB filesystem devices. All the discussion has been

Re: CD/DVD is obsolete or deprecate at 2025?

Vitold S wrote: > Is there a chance to change in next versions i.e. Debain 13 or other > versions an assembly specifically for a USB flash drive as primary > download? Do you think the time has come? When do you think this moment > will happen? Several years ago. https://www.debian.org/distrib/n

Re: can't connect to eduroam due to SSL3 unsupported protocol

Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2024-06-17 08:26:39 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On stable: > > $ openssl list -disabled > > Disabled algorithms: > > IDEA > > MD2 > > MDC2 > > RC5 > > SCTP > > SSL3 > > ZLIB > > > > So, S

Re: can't connect to eduroam due to SSL3 unsupported protocol

Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Hi, > > Under Debian/unstable, I can't connect to eduroam due to the following > reason: > > Jun 17 13:58:31 qaa wpa_supplicant[1184]: wlp0s20f3: > CTRL-EVENT-EAP-PROPOSED-METHOD vendor=0 method=25 > Jun 17 13:58:31 qaa wpa_supplicant[1184]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-EAP-ME

Re: No image from analog cameras with TW6816 video capture card.

A. F. Cano wrote: > > I hope this is the proper forum to post this. The more relevant lists > of years ago are no longer active: > > https://www.linuxtv.org/lists.php > > I'm trying to get these Lorex SR AIS color cameras, that are supposedly > capable of 1024 x 768 max and 728 x 488 NTSC, to

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

Bret Busby wrote: > On 4/6/24 00:10, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > I will say that one should probably not expect perfection from an email > > reader that's named after a cheap wine. > > > > ? USA-centric reference. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavored_fortified_wine -dsr-

Re: alt-~ in xfce

Paul Scott wrote: > (Debian sid) > > Can alt-~ in  XFCE switch windows of the same application? Settings -> Window Manager -> Keyboard Find "Switch window for same application". Tap "Edit" Type alt ~ Try it out. -dsr-

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

Michael Grant wrote: > I have long been plagued by the problem if sitting in a room or on a boat > with someone, 2 devices right next to one another, and no trivially easy way > to send a file from one device to the other without say first uploading it > to some mutual third party (e.g. whatsapp).

Re: [Solved]: What DE to replace GNOME with?

DdB wrote: > Am 01.06.2024 um 11:02 schrieb Andrew M.A. Cater: > > You would need to go from buster - bullseye to bookworm anyway. > > > > Read the Release Notes for Bullseye to pick up on any changes. > > > > Do note also that Bookworm is currently supported: Bullseye security > > support ends

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

Juan R.D. Silva wrote: > I use Skype installed from Debian official repo. A couple of days ago it > refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into it, I > found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server and basically > forces everyone to use Snap package instead. I'

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

Carter Zhang wrote: > Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? > There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, > Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective problems. On the Debian side, options include: - SFTP and SCP via

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

Paul M Foster wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 08:15:36AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > You're spending the money on a house, which is $LARGESUM. Spend > > the comparatively small amount of extra money on some form of > > wiring before you move in, so you don&#x

Re: moving some packages back to bookworm stable

to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 02:02:47PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > ISTR that "apt-get install =" will unconditionally > install of , if necessary pulling in dependencies. > > But I've never tried it :-) That pulls in dependencies but does not install packages that wo

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

Paul M Foster wrote: > We're moving across the state, and from what I've seen, providers there > will do something similar-- provide a router and/or modem which has wired > and wireless capabilities. However, because the house is not prewired for > internet, we must solve the problem of getting in

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

Paul M Foster wrote: > At some point this year, I'm moving into a new house, and it is not wired > for internet (WHY aren't new houses wired with Cat5/6/7?). The local > internet provider will likely provide a wireless router, as they all do. My > idea is to put a device which receives wireless si

Re: moving some packages back to bookworm stable

Stefan Monnier wrote: > > # apt install -t=bookworm db-util db5.3-util libc-bin libc-dev-bin > > I can never remember exactly what `-t` really does, but I suspect you'll > need things like > > apt install libc-bin/bookworm To install a single backported (or other release) package, apt-get

Re: Address 127.0.1.1

Paul M Foster wrote: > Folks: > > In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line: > > 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite > > I think Debian put it there. > > Later in the file, I've got: > > 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite > > So there are two entries for the same (my) machine. Is this

Re: And another Dell Vostro 1700 question

Van Snyder wrote: > I have some DisplayLink e1649Fwu USB monitors. > > When I boot, there's junk (mixed graphics and text that seems to be out > of sync) on one, and the other is dark. When I reboot, it's almost the > same, except the monitors' roles have switched. > > Would the nouveau driver w

Re: Debian, fail2ban, Version?

Maurizio Caloro wrote: > Hello > > Please why on Debian Bullseye, 11.9 is a pretty old version available in the > repository? > > # fail2ban-server -V > > 0.11.2 Bullseye became stable in August of 2021. "Stable" means that packages don't change except to fix serious bugs, especially securit

Re: How to run automatically a script as soon root login

Richmond wrote: > I was experimenting, and found this works: > > sudo xterm -e "echo 1 > hello" > > It created a file owned by root. But I found I was able to remove it > without being root even though group and world permissions were read > only. The owner of a directory can delete any file in

Re: How to run automatically a script as soon root login

Mario Marietto wrote: > --> If they only want this thing to happen when root logs in directly on a > console or ssh, then .profile may indeed be the correct answer. > > Yes,I don't need to run xorg and a desktop environment,since warp-cli > disconnect and warp-cli connect do not require them. > I

Re: Graphic Equalizer for Sound

Richmond wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > > Richmond wrote: > > Let's put in a broad bell that will cover bass and low treble > > voices: tap the first gear icon on top of a slider. By default, > > all these bands are configurable and set to no change, so we&#

Re: Graphic Equalizer for Sound

Richmond wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > > Parametric EQs are not the same as graphic EQs, but they are > > reasonably easy to understand and offer much more control. > > > > Suppose you want to boost all the bass below 50Hz. The > > parametric type you want

Re: Graphic Equalizer for Sound

Richmond wrote: > Is it possible to have a graphic equalizer for sound output? I am using > the Mate desktop. I installed EasyEffects from a flatpak and it appears > on the menu but does nothing. I don't know the command line. Probably > there is an error. I don't know anything about why a flatpa

Re: Zoom in the official repo is outdated

Luiz Romário Santana Rios wrote: > Hello, > > (Please cc me when replying as I'm not subscribed to the list) > > Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom meetings > using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to join meetings, > I had to uninstall it the

Re: Efficient Package Dependency Search with aptitude

Yassine Chaouche wrote: > In my ongoing mission for precise package management, > I embarked on a quest to swiftly locate all installed packages dependent on > /mysql-server/. > Swift reconnaissance led me to /aptitude/, our stalwart ally in the Debian > arsenal. > Executing a tactical maneuver

Re: Current best practices for system configuration management?

Mike Castle wrote: > and so on, it is time to explore solutions. I only have four systems > at the moment (two physical and two virtual), so I don't think I need > something too fancy. > > My first thought was to simply add a `Files:` section to *.control > files I use for my metapackages. Afte

Re: opinion - apt-mirror or aptly

fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > i intend to create a local mirror for debian armhf > it seems apt-mirror and aptly are the applications most used > is one easier, more reliable, ... If all you want is a local mirror, apt-mirror is less configuration. If you want a more complicated system -- fo

Re: Root password strength

jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 20/3/24 19:03, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2024 15:46 +0800, fromjeremy.ard...@gmail.com (jeremy ardley): > > > [users are locked out from uploading their public key using ssh-copy-id] > > So the private keys aren't private, thereby invalidating a lot of > >

Re: Root password strength

Jan Krapivin wrote: > I read Debian Administrator's handbook now. And there are such words: > > The root user's password should be long (12 characters or more) and > impossible to guess. ... > The thing is my password is very easy now, and i haven't thought about > *"automated > connection at

Re: Debugging an USB array issue

Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > on a Debian bullseye uptodate system [1], I experiment frequent (every > 3-4 hours on heavy load) disk disconnections from a md RAID10 array with > 4 drives connected to an USB 1M adapter [2]. > > Errors do not look like a timeout, but like a DMA error [3]. > > Immedia

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

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. They do as soon as you install rsyslog. Arguably this should be in rsyslog's package, though

Re: Bind9 local DNS not forwarding query to public DNS

Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Need your experience advice, We have a BIND9 DNS server that operates both > privately and publicly for the domain example xyz.com. I use the private > DNS for certain secure nodes on our local network. I want all VPN users to > be able to resolve these secure nodes u

Re: very poor nfs performance

Mike Kupfer wrote: > Stefan K wrote: > > > > Can you partition the files into 2 different shares? Put the database > > > files in one share and access them using "sync", and put the rest of the > > > files in a different share, with no "sync"? > > this could be a solution, but I want to understa

Re: strange time problem with bullseye

Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > I don't ordinarily shut this machine down for the most part. Every once in a > while all of my swap partition gets filled up, and then there's this > continuous hard drive activity that I'm assuming is what they mean by > "thrashing". The only option at that poin

Re: ldap_result() failed: Can't contact LDAP server

Shaheena Kazi wrote: > Package: nslcd > > I have upgraded from Debian 11 to Debian 12. > > The problem is that I keep getting the below errors in the syslog... > 893:2024-02-29T16:30:13.055665+00:00 hostname-shaheena nslcd[7712]: > [d062c2] ldap_start_tls_s() failed (uri=ldap:// > 127.0.0.1:389

Re: Spam from the list?

Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > during the last moonths I get more mails from the debian-user list marked as > spam than before. Something must have changed. > > I examined the header of the mails, but did not see any unusual. > > Below I send the header of an example of such a mail, maybe you can

Re: Temporary failure in name resolution

Shaheena Kazi wrote: > Package: ntpsec > > Hello, we were using Bullseye and have upgraded to Bookworm. > With Bookworm, we have ntpsec. > The package is installed successfully and the service looks good. > But the syslog is filled with below messages: > > 2024-03-06T14:5

Re: “Secure Connection Failed” Error in Firefox

Marcelo Laia wrote: > Hello Debian users! > > When accessing the website https://gontijoonibus.gontijo.com.br/ on Firefox > Android (on my smartphone), the site is accessed normally. However, when > attempting to access this site on the desktop, Debian Firefox-ESR version > 115.8.0esr (64-bit)

Re: Getting my PCMCIA Serial card to work

Anders Andersson wrote: > I like old PCMCIA cards, and would like to get a serial card to work > on a Thinkpad X40 running Debian 12.5. > > The card is just called "Serial I/O PC Card" and should be physically > and electrically compatible, 3.3V/5V, 16 bit. I think it is this: > https://shop.ocr.

Re: Error: Failed to start Apache2 service on boot

Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 03/01/2024 11:08 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > > > > [1] Look at /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf line 11 > > there you should see something like > > [2] "ExecCG" which probably should read "ExecCGI" instead. > > > That was the problem. Many thanks. If

Re: Useful Unix compatible commands

Jonathan Matthew Gresham wrote: > If you know any more that can work on GNU compatible software or Unix > compatible software please indicate the commands in your reply. Perhaps you want to read the Debian Administrator's Handbook? https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/ Or an in

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

Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > I don't want to bikeshed, though. Slavery ended in the US about 150 > years ago. I don't know any slaves, and I don't own any slaves, so I > don't really have a dog in the fight. Point of fact: slavery is legal in the USA, as a legal punishment. Other point of fact: t

Re: Journald's qualities (was: Selective rotation of journald logs)

Stefan Monnier wrote: > Makes one wonder why they don't use naive append-only "plain text" logs > (tho with appropriate delimiters (maybe some kind of CSV) to make > searches more reliable than with old-style plain text logs)? > > What are the advantages of journald's representation? > I mean, to

Re: 'sensors -j' and "ERROR: Can't get value of subfeature in0_input: Can't read"

Emanuel Berg wrote: > sensors(1) and in particular the command 'sensors -j' now > reports > > ERROR: Can't get value of subfeature in0_input: Can't read > ERROR: Can't get value of subfeature in1_input: Can't read > > for the CPU and GPU temperatures. > > This previously worked so I don't k

Re: how to downgrade nvidia-graphics-drivers packages?

Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > Looking at a set of installed binary packages built from the same source > package, I would like to keep the version numbers consistent. There might > be exceptions, but in general you won't like to mix unstable and experimental > binary packages from the nvid

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