Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised, bulk symmetric encryption/decryption of files

I am looking for software to symmetric-encrypt large numbers of files on disk (terabytes' worth of data), and would appreciate some advice. My basic requirements: - It should be open source and no-cost (though, since I'm asking this question here, this goes without saying); - I should

Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:34 AM, Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 08:08:07PM -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: > >> Example: >> >> % sudo apt-get build-dep emacs25 >> Reading package lists... Done >> E: U

Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:02 AM, Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Sorry, Dejan; I intended to send this to the list. Apologies for the > duplicate message.) > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 5:13 AM, Dejan Jocic <jode...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Anyway, yes, apt

Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?

hat's good to know. It means that I have a misconfiguration somewhere. How do I troubleshoot this problem further? On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 5:13 AM, Dejan Jocic <jode...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21-08-17, Kynn Jones wrote: > > OK, I added the trailing / (which, BTW, I guarantee I *never* neede

Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?

you back out.) Thanks! On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/21/17, Dejan Jocic <jode...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 20-08-17, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Kynn Jones <kyn...

Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?

Raju, thanks. I get the same error after I make that change. On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 8:51 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi < raju.mailingli...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Example: > > > >

apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?

Example: % sudo apt-get build-dep emacs25 Reading package lists... Done E: Unable to find a source package for emacs25 I have run `apt-get update` before running the command above, and my `/etc/apt/sources.list` file contains the following deb http://deb.debian.org/debian

Re: Monitor won't come back from power-saving sleep

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just installed Debian on a (legacy) Optiplex 9010 desktop, and I'm > working through some kinks. > > The most serious one, by far, is that the monitor won't wake up after it > goes goes dark to save

Monitor won't come back from power-saving sleep

I just installed Debian on a (legacy) Optiplex 9010 desktop, and I'm working through some kinks. The most serious one, by far, is that the monitor won't wake up after it goes goes dark to save power. Curiously enough, the problem occurs only when X11 is running; otherwise, hitting the shift key

Re: How to get around ntpd catch-22?

It appears that the problem was a network misconfiguration (outside of my control), and it is now resolved. Sorry for the confusing query.

How to get around ntpd catch-22?

I installed Debian on a (legacy) Optiplex 9010 desktop, using a minimal USB installation image, and netinst. IOW, most of the contents of this installation came in through the network (which rules out the most serious hardware issues). One day later, the network connection suddenly stopped

Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 7:24 AM, Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hi Kynn, > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 06:42:39PM -0500, Kynn Jones wrote: > > After the machine rebooted, I was able to run `dpkg-reconfigure ntp` > > without error. > > > > Unfortun

Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space

know what the problem was. Thank you all for your help. kj On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 08:01:00 -0500 > Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Kynn, > > >When I tried to install `ntp`, the

"No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space

Hi everyone! When I tried to install `ntp`, there was a "No space left on device" at the end of `apt-get`'s output, but `df` shows no shortage of space: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 381993164 206410036 156155956 57% / udev

How to find reason for sporadic chime from computer?

Suddenly, my computer has started emitting a chime sound at random times. (Roughly every 30 minutes or so, but with high variance.) I have found nothing else that correlates with this chiming. In particular, nothing changes on the screen (i.e., no pop-ups, dialogs, etc. show up). I normally

Re: Need help salvaging what I can from major disaster

@Russ, @Pascal: thanks for your comments and suggestions. They are very helpful. kj

Re: Need help salvaging what I can from major disaster

); for most of this I have an older backup from 5 months ago; so the problem will be to identify the stuff added since then. I guess this is what learning Debian in the "school of hard knocks" is all about... This one knocked me out cold. kj On 3/12/16, Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> wr

Re: Need help salvaging what I can from major disaster

I realize that my last e-mail included too little information. Sorry about that. Here are some more relevant details. It turns out that I backed up the hard disk (HD) to the external drive (XD) twice. The first backup went well, as far as I can tell. I spot-checked individual files, etc.

Need help salvaging what I can from major disaster

The plan was: 1. back up my hard drive to a new external drive; 2. reinstall Debian; 3. restore my data from the external drive; I did 1 and 2, but when I went to restore data from the backup, there was nothing there (except for a lost+found). I don't understand how this could have

Re: How to install Perl with readline support?

On 3/12/16, David Christensen wrote: > If I install: > > libterm-readline-perl-perl > > > And run the example again: > > $ perl readline.pl > > Enter your arithmetic expression: 1+1 > 2 > > Enter your arithmetic expression: 1+1 > 2 > >

How to install Perl with readline support?

Hi everyone, I have been searching for the answer to the subject line's question for the last two hours. None of the answers I've found work. (I.e. the `perl -de 1` REPL remains without readline support.) I have already `apt-get install`-ed libreadline-dev libterm-readline-gnu-perl

Re: What else must I do to avoid installing "suggests"? Was: How to get a "minimal font set"?

Thank you for all your comments and suggestions. My interest in this question stems from the fact that I'm getting ready to do a full reinstallation of my system, and I don't want to repeat my previous mistakes. My concern is that the unwanted packages could have landed in my hard drive when the

What else must I do to avoid installing "suggests"? Was: How to get a "minimal font set"?

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Find a file somehow belonging to the font you are interested in. >> Do "dpkg -L " on it. >^^ >-S Thank you, that is a useful tool. When I ran `dpkg -S` over all the files reported by

How to get a "minimal font set"?

Even though I've tried hard to keep my system minimal, it somehow ended up with way too many fonts, none of which I explicitly installed. These include outlandish stuff like "El Abogado Loco", "Wargames", and "Vemana2000"... How is this not bloat? How can I reduced the fonts available in my

Is it possible to fully reinstall the base system without affecting /home?

My system is badly damaged, and it looks like the only way to fix it is to do a full re-install. I figure I will have to back everything up to an external drive, reformat the hard drive, and install everything from scratch. But I thought I'd ask if there's anything close to this that would not

Looking for version of pinentry that supports pasting from clipboard

I'm running Jessie with Xfce. If I try to open a GPG-encrypted file from Emacs, a pinentry dialog pops-up. This dialog does not support paste from the clipboard in any form (ctrl-V, ctrl-shift-V, right-click context menu, etc). I understand there are versions of pinentry out there were this

Re: How to get out of a "...but it is not going to be installed"-type situation with apt-get?

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:00 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > Assuming you don't actually have any package holds (check 'apt-mark > showhold' to verify that), and since you've already confirmed that you > don't have any seemingly-applicable pins: > > Append one or more of the

Re: How to get out of a "...but it is not going to be installed"-type situation with apt-get?

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:47 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > If I remember my timeline of events correctly, this is because there was > no ffmpeg package in jessie; the libav fork was present in its place. (I > thought libav had still been providing a ffmpeg dummy package, but I

Re: How to get out of a "...but it is not going to be installed"-type situation with apt-get?

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I apologize for all these apt-related questions. > > I have rtfm'd on this ad nauseam. For years, literally. > > Still, I'm routinely rendered utterly helpless by this sort of thing: > >

How to get out of a "...but it is not going to be installed"-type situation with apt-get?

I apologize for all these apt-related questions. I have rtfm'd on this ad nauseam. For years, literally. Still, I'm routinely rendered utterly helpless by this sort of thing: % sudo apt-get -qq update % sudo apt-get -qq upgrade % sudo apt-get -qq dist-upgrade % sudo apt-get

Re: apt-get: why massive upgrade despite pinning everything to stable?

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Martin Read <zen75...@zen.co.uk> wrote: > On 20/11/15 15:07, Kynn Jones wrote: >> >> Also, I set the contents of my `/etc/apt/preferences` file to this >> (the file was empty before): >> >> Package: * >&g

apt-get: why massive upgrade despite pinning everything to stable?

OK, I start with my 100% `stable` (`jessie`) system up-to-date. IOW, after `apt-get update`, `apt-get upgrade` reports that there are no candidates for upgrading: % sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done

Re: How to configure cron (and pam?) to allow mail from cron?

On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Saturday 14 November 2015 17:58:59 Kynn Jones wrote: > >> I'm trying to set up a `cron` job that will send me mail for some >> outputs. >> >> In my `crontab` I have the `MAIL

How to configure cron (and pam?) to allow mail from cron?

I'm trying to set up a `cron` job that will send me mail for some outputs. In my `crontab` I have the `MAILTO` variable set to my email address, as well as the directives * * * * * /bin/date >> /tmp/debug_cron * * * * * /bin/date >&2 as a test (i.e. a proxy for the command I eventually want to

Re: non-stable packages infestation

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 2:22 AM, Teresa e Junior teresaejun...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:16:24 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Teresa e Junior teresaejun...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:35:29 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: $ apt-cache

non-stable packages infestation

I'm trying really, really, really hard to keep my system mostly within stable, but I must be doing something completely wrong, because at the moment my system is infested with 100 packages that are not from stable, and that I am 10% certain I did not explicitly install. These uninvited

Re: non-stable packages infestation

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Teresa e Junior teresaejun...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:35:29 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: $ apt-cache policy sudo sudo: Installed: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 Candidate: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 Version table: *** 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 0

Difficulty downgrading a mistakenly installed non-stable package

I try to keep my system as close to 100% stable as possible. In spite of this, a version of libp11-kit0 that is ahead of stable somehow snuck into my system: $ apt-cache policy libp11-kit0 libp11-kit0: Installed: 0.20.7-1~bpo70+1 Candidate: 0.20.7-1~bpo70+1 Version

Re: Difficulty downgrading a mistakenly installed non-stable package

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Fri 24 Apr 2015 at 12:37:36 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: I try to keep my system as close to 100% stable as possible. In spite of this, a version of libp11-kit0 that is ahead of stable somehow snuck into my system: $ apt

Re: Need help fixing an unhandled irq

kernel (3.2.65) version, so did you try to upgrade kernel from backport (3.16.7) ? 2015-04-23 14:26 GMT+02:00 Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com: Thanks for your comment. It turns out that unhandled IRQ16 happens irrespective of which USB port the mouse is connected to, or even if the mouse

Re: Need help fixing an unhandled irq

? Because you lspci return usb1 on IRQ16 and usb2 on IRQ23. So if your problem is related to IRQ16, changing USB port might resolv the problem. If the problem still there, i guess IRQ16 have nothing to do with your mouse lags. Regards, 2015-04-22 17:33 GMT+02:00 Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com

Re: Need help fixing an unhandled irq

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I found a way to turn off one of the two snd_hda_intel, but it turned out to be the one on IRQ 45. (In any case, doing this did not solve the problem.) The method I used was 1. find the prefix of the audio device(s

Re: Need help fixing an unhandled irq

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:03 PM, James bjloc...@lockie.ca wrote: What kind of connection for the mouse? Does unplugging it and plugging it back in help? Sorry, I should have covered those questions in my original post! It's a USB2 mouse, and no, unplugging/re-plugging it back in does not

Re: Need help fixing an unhandled irq

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com wrote: Looking at the output from `/proc/interrupts` CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 0: 53 0 0 0 IR-IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 3 0

Need help fixing an unhandled irq

When my computer returns from sleep, the mouse has a lag so severe that any operation dependent on use of the mouse becomes all but impossible. Looking at the kernel logs I found a message that seems to be related to the problem described above; it's about an unhandled irq: Apr 21 21:51:04

Re: FW: Urgente ayuda cambiar fecha de caducidad de repositorios

saludos desde Ecuador les molesto, serian tan amables de arreglar la fecha de caducidad de los repositorios en debian 7.1 de 64 y 32 bits porque no puedo realizar un apt-get update los repositorios de la pagina de colombia http://debian.unal.edu.co por es la que mas cerca esta a mi pais,

Re: How to pinpoint the package responsible for an unhandled IRQ?

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 5:03 AM, Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk wrote: On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 08:18:25PM -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: My kernel logs a message that includes irq 16: nobody cared ...and proceeds to disable IRQ #16. This unhandled IRQ is causing significant problems

How to boot with the irqpoll option?

A log message in my /var/log/syslog file says: ... kernel: [ 61.599288] irq 16: nobody cared (try booting with the irqpoll option) I imagine that booting with the irqpoll option is achieved by adding a suitable entry to /boot/grub/grub.cfg, but this file clearly states that it should not be

Which pkg should this bug be reported under?

I described the situation in more detail in a different [thread][1], but, in brief: my mouse lags significantly after the monitor wakes from sleep. I suspect that this may be worth reporting as a bug to Debian. The guidelines for doing this say that bugs should be reported in association with a

Re: How to boot with the irqpoll option?

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com wrote: A log message in my /var/log/syslog file says: ... kernel: [ 61.599288] irq 16: nobody cared (try booting with the irqpoll option) I imagine that booting with the irqpoll option is achieved by adding a suitable entry

How to pinpoint the package responsible for an unhandled IRQ?

My kernel logs a message that includes irq 16: nobody cared ...and proceeds to disable IRQ #16. This unhandled IRQ is causing significant problems in my system, so I'm trying to get to the bottom of it. My understanding is that such unhandled IRQs are usually driver bugs. If this is the

Re: How to boot with the irqpoll option?

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com wrote: A log message in my /var/log/syslog file says: ... kernel: [ 61.599288] irq 16: nobody cared (try booting with the irqpoll option) I imagine that booting

Re: Mouse lags after display wakes from sleep

On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com wrote: My mouse (Logitech TrackMan Wheel) works fine right after the system is booted, but if the display (Dell U2713H) goes to sleep, then afterwards there's a pronounced lag in the mouse's response, which makes it very difficult

Mouse lags after display wakes from sleep

My mouse (Logitech TrackMan Wheel) works fine right after the system is booted, but if the display (Dell U2713H) goes to sleep, then afterwards there's a pronounced lag in the mouse's response, which makes it very difficult to position the cursor. This problem persists until I reboot the system.

Fwd: How to troubleshoot: No login GUI after logout or reboot (new install)

Op Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:52:22 +0100 schreef Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com: My newly-installed Debian system (wheezy) is working fine for the most part, except that the login GUI shows up only after I fully shut down and re-start the system. Neither running reboot nor running logout will result

How to troubleshoot: No login GUI after logout or reboot (new install)

Hello! My newly-installed Debian system (wheezy) is working fine for the most part, except that the login GUI shows up only after I fully shut down and re-start the system. Neither running reboot nor running logout will result in a login GUI; instead, the display just goes dark, and the system

Re: How to install lib* packages locally?

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Don Armstrong d...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, 14 Feb 2015, Kynn Jones wrote: As part of a work-related requirement, I need to install ia32-libs on my (mostly stable) Debian laptop. [...] There's no reason to install ia32-libs anymore, as multi-arch has

How to install lib* packages locally?

Hi everyone. As part of a work-related requirement, I need to install ia32-libs on my (mostly stable) Debian laptop. Unfortunately, it turns out that ia32-libs conflicts, indirectly, with *the one lone package* that I have explicitly installed from a Debian release other than stable, namely

aptitude search: What exactly does `~S` (aka `~narrow`) do?

[NB: I hope no-one is bothered by the markdown below; I originally posted this in unix.stackexchange.com, but it was ignored there, so I deleted it and am reposting it here. I kept the markdown because I find it useful, even when it has no effect on the rendering of the text.] --- The

Re: aptitude search: What exactly does `~S` (aka `~narrow`) do?

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Don Armstrong d...@debian.org wrote: On Fri, 13 Feb 2015, Kynn Jones wrote: The [documentation][1] for `~S` says: ?narrow(filter, pattern), ~S filter pattern This term “narrows” the search to package versions matching filter. In particular

Re: How can g++ (stable) be incompatible with a fresh stable install?

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Sven Hartge s...@svenhartge.de wrote: Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com wrote: libc6-dev: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.13-38+deb7u4 Version table: 2.19-13 0 750 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ testing/main amd64

Re: How can g++ (stable) be incompatible with a fresh stable install?

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Kynn Jones kyn...@gmail.com wrote: I can think of the following possible solutions: 1. change the priorities so that stable trumps security; 2. (somehow) force the installation of libc6-dev v. 2.13-38+deb7u6; 3. (somehow) downgrade my libc6 to the version

Re: How can g++ (stable) be incompatible with a fresh stable install?

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote: On 2015-01-08 15:14 +0100, Kynn Jones wrote: 4. The key dependecy chain behind the error shown above goes like this: g++ depends on g++-4.7 (= 4.7.2-1~) depends on libstdc++6-4.7-dev (= 4.7.2-5) depends

How can g++ (stable) be incompatible with a fresh stable install?

I've run into a situation I find deeply puzzling, so I'm now in a desperate quest for understanding... I just did an install from debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso on my laptop. When I attempt to install g++, I get the following # apt-get -y install g++ ... Some packages could not be

Re: Where to put start-up and shutdown code from `man 4 random`?

On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote: On Fri, 11 Jul 2014, Kynn Jones wrote: The documentation in `man 4 random` (**Configuration** section) gives a couple of shell-script snippets that it recommends should be added, respectively

Where to put start-up and shutdown code from `man 4 random`?

The documentation in `man 4 random` (**Configuration** section) gives a couple of shell-script snippets that it recommends should be added, respectively, to an appropriate script which is run during the Linux start-up sequence and to an appropriate script which is run during the Linux system

Re: Where to put start-up and shutdown code from `man 4 random`?

On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Karl E. Jorgensen k...@jorgensen.org.uk wrote: Hi On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 06:41:49AM -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: The documentation in `man 4 random` (**Configuration** section) gives a couple of shell-script snippets that it recommends should be added

Re: How to make preseed.cfg available in no-internet install?

Brian, Your recipe worked like gangbusters. And it taught me a lot too. Thanks a lot! k On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sat 05 Jul 2014 at 17:56:43 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote

Re: How to make preseed.cfg available in no-internet install?

My apologies for this late reply. (I've been having difficulties with gmail SMTP.) On 07/04/2014 05:07 PM, Brian wrote: ...What I read him as saying he wants to do is to have the preseed file on a separate (writable) device, probably a USB stick, and have it be automatically accessed

Re: How to make preseed.cfg available in no-internet install?

Apologies once more, this time for the long lines. (Clearly, my email issues are not over.) I'm resending my earlier post with more reasonable line lengths... On 07/04/2014 05:07 PM, Brian wrote: ...What I read him as saying he wants to do is to have the preseed file on a separate

Re: How to make preseed.cfg available in no-internet install?

On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sat 05 Jul 2014 at 11:01:34 -0700, Kynn Jones wrote: I already know one way to do it (which I described in my first post), but it is laborious and error-prone. One extra step after booting d-i! .. Perhaps I should have

How to make preseed.cfg available in no-internet install?

In an installation from CD (or, second best: USB stick) with no internet access, how can I make a preseed.cfg file available to the Debian installer as early as possible in the install sequence? The preseed.cfg originally lives in a separate USB stick. (I don't want to burn the preseed.cfg into