Re: Synaptic on Debian 11.3 fails to install "kate"

2022-12-07 Thread Richard Owlett
Bret Busby wrote: On 07/12/2022 22:07, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm running Debian 11.3 with MATE desktop. When I attempt to use Synaptic to install "kate" it responds: W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-16-0_10.36-2_amd64.deb   404  Not

Re: Synaptic on Debian 11.3 fails to install "kate"

2022-12-07 Thread Richard Owlett
Markus Schönhaber wrote: Am 07.12.22 um 15:07 schrieb Richard Owlett: I'm running Debian 11.3 with MATE desktop. When I attempt to use Synaptic to install "kate" it responds: W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-16-0_10.36-2_amd64.deb

Synaptic on Debian 11.3 fails to install "kate"

2022-12-07 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm running Debian 11.3 with MATE desktop. When I attempt to use Synaptic to install "kate" it responds: W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-16-0_10.36-2_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 199.232.98.132 80] W: Failed to fetch

Re: Kate and auto-indent

2022-12-07 Thread Richard Owlett
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, December 06, 2022 09:53:11 AM Richard Owlett wrote: It worked acceptably on Debian 9.13 . I have to read manual to see if I can make a cosmetic tweak. If you describe the cosmetic tweak you need, I (or someone else) *might* be able to help. Perhaps

Re: Detailed Leafpad manual [not just manpage]?

2022-12-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Richard Owlett wrote: rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, December 06, 2022 07:01:07 AM Richard Owlett wrote: I just tried it on both of my machines. It lacks ability to set the right margin. I want to insert a paragraph such that the effective LEFT margin [when line wraps at RIGHT margin

Re: Detailed Leafpad manual [not just manpage]?

2022-12-06 Thread Richard Owlett
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, December 06, 2022 07:01:07 AM Richard Owlett wrote: I just tried it on both of my machines. It lacks ability to set the right margin. I want to insert a paragraph such that the effective LEFT margin [when line wraps at RIGHT margin] is the indent level

Re: Detailed Leafpad manual [not just manpage]?

2022-12-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Richard Owlett wrote: Andreas Rönnquist wrote: On Sun, 4 Dec 2022 05:29:58 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to document a personal project.The desired format will resemble the outline for term papers we wrote in school in the 50's. Except some items may be a short paragraph or two long. I

Re: Detailed Leafpad manual [not just manpage]?

2022-12-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Richard Owlett wrote: Andreas Rönnquist wrote: On Sun, 4 Dec 2022 05:29:58 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to document a personal project.The desired format will resemble the outline for term papers we wrote in school in the 50's. Except some items may be a short paragraph or two long. I

Re: Detailed Leafpad manual [not just manpage]?

2022-12-05 Thread Richard Owlett
Andreas Rönnquist wrote: On Sun, 4 Dec 2022 05:29:58 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to document a personal project.The desired format will resemble the outline for term papers we wrote in school in the 50's. Except some items may be a short paragraph or two long. I did a web search

Detailed Leafpad manual [not just manpage]?

2022-12-04 Thread Richard Owlett
I wish to document a personal project.The desired format will resemble the outline for term papers we wrote in school in the 50's. Except some items may be a short paragraph or two long. I did a web search for text editors with an auto-indent feature. The only one I recognized was Leafpad. But

Re: Set timing to go into hibernation {Debian Stretch}

2022-09-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/13/2022 08:28 AM, Roger Price wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Richard Owlett wrote: It's been so long since I set up Debian I've forgotten how to set timing for going into hibernation. It's currently set for a much to primare panel has large a delay. Where do I look for instructions

Set timing to go into hibernation {Debian Stretch}

2022-09-13 Thread Richard Owlett
It's been so long since I set up Debian I've forgotten how to set timing for going into hibernation. It's currently set for a much to large a delay. Where do I look for instructions and descriptions? TIA

Re: Linux cannot find CD Rom

2022-07-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/29/2022 01:46 AM, Schwibinger Michael wrote: Hello I try to open a CD. But Linux cannot find it. How can I repair it. No light no reaction during putting CD in. Thank You Regards Sophie What hardware are you using? Is the CD drive internal or external? What "Linux" are you using? This

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-06-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/04/2022 01:50 PM, sp...@caiway.net wrote: *SNIP* So I am also in the search for a good free provider. FREE COSTS *TOO MUCH* If you think Google et al are charities I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.

Re: Alcatel Linkzone sold by T-Mobile, labeled "4G LTE HotSpot

2022-06-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/04/2022 01:03 PM, mick crane wrote: On 2022-06-04 18:11, Richard Owlett wrote: I am using an Alcatel Linkzone sold by T-Mobile. Presume T-mobile is your carrier ? Yepp *ROFL* But I'm trying to investigate a hardware (e.g. Alcatel) vs. software (e.g.Debian

Alcatel Linkzone sold by T-Mobile, labeled "4G LTE HotSpot

2022-06-04 Thread Richard Owlett
I am using an Alcatel Linkzone sold by T-Mobile. It is labeled "4G LTE HotSpot. The WiFi has been turned off via the device's setup menu. Is anyone on this list using that device? ?? ;} I am trying to install Debian 11.3 [requires non-free firmware] I have succeeded. *ROFL* ;/

SUCESSFUL INSTALL - was [Discovering DHCP hostname during original system installation]

2022-06-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/31/2022 08:13 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm using firmware-11.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso to install Debian onto a Lenovo T510 [Thinkpad]. I know the netinstaller works on this laptop as I have done a successful install when within range of of local library's wifi and the installer

Re: Discovering DHCP hostname during original system installation

2022-06-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/31/2022 02:00 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: *SNIP* I am doing a fresh install from home using an Alcatel Linkzone to connect to my T-mobile account. I have had no problems doing this with standard netinstallers. ? That seems to be a new interpretation of the thread: https

Re: Discovering DHCP hostname during original system installation

2022-06-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/31/2022 11:20 PM, David Wright wrote: On Tue 31 May 2022 at 14:00:51 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/31/2022 11:13 AM, David Wright wrote: On Tue 31 May 2022 at 08:13:57 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: I'm using firmware-11.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso to install Debian onto a Lenovo T510

Re: Discovering DHCP hostname during original system installation

2022-05-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/31/2022 11:13 AM, David Wright wrote: On Tue 31 May 2022 at 08:13:57 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: I'm using firmware-11.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso to install Debian onto a Lenovo T510 [Thinkpad]. ✓ I know the netinstaller works on this laptop as I have done a successful install when

Discovering DHCP hostname during original system installation

2022-05-31 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm using firmware-11.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso to install Debian onto a Lenovo T510 [Thinkpad]. I know the netinstaller works on this laptop as I have done a successful install when within range of of local library's wifi and the installer is successfully detecting multiple local wifi sources.

Re: REvisiting "Tool for investigating dependency chains?"

2022-05-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/29/2022 09:31 PM, David wrote: On Mon, 30 May 2022 at 01:28, Richard Owlett wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org responded with a discussion about using aptitude's visual mode. That has multiple problems: 1. My original goal description was inadequate. 2. My target environment

REvisiting "Tool for investigating dependency chains?"

2022-05-29 Thread Richard Owlett
In my original post [1] I said: I'm in the process of doing some idiosyncratic minimalistic installs using the "--no-install-recommends" option of apt-get. What I would like to do is enter the package name. The tool's response would be a list of the recommended packages and their associated

Odd reproducible problem - but is it a bug?

2022-05-02 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm using Debian 10.7 with MATE DE [will be updated later this week] The machine is a Lenovo T510 and is setup to login as either "richard" or "root". If logged in as "richard" I can execute su {+ password} and receive a prompt indicating I'm "root". However if I then enter "update-grub",

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Richard Owlett
I know even less than I thought I did. Confirms I need to read newbie oriented material about dual booting Debian on a UEFI equipped Windows machine (with or without Secure Boot). Suggestions? TIA On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 3:06 PM Richard Owlett wrote: I will be setting up a Windows laptop

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Richard Owlett
solutions. This works very well, except for accelerated video (no option if you want to play games or use special streaming software which is only available for Windows). Hope that helps, Christian On 2022-04-30 13:50 UTC+0200, Richard Owlett wrote: I will be setting up a Windows laptop to dual

Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Richard Owlett
I will be setting up a Windows laptop to dual boot Debian. If the machine has legacy BIOS, no problem as I've done that before. If it is a UEFI machine (possibly with secure boot, what should I be reading. TIA

[Path forward] WAS: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3

2022-04-22 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/21/2022 07:03 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I am not upgrading in place. I currently have Debian 9.13 installed on one partition with /home on a different partition. I will install Debian 11.3 on a fresh partition and have /home remain on its current partition. I'm aware of cautions

Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3

2022-04-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/21/2022 10:12 AM, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-04-21 16:34 UTC+0200, Richard Owlett wrote: My browser is a SeaMonkey stand alone executable. There is such a thing? The SeaMonkey I know, consists of many different files in a directory, not one "stand alone execu

Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3

2022-04-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/21/2022 08:39 AM, Kenneth Parker wrote: On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 8:21 AM Richard Owlett wrote: I am not upgrading in place. I currently have Debian 9.13 installed on one partition with /home on a different partition. I will install Debian 11.3 on a fresh partition and have /home remain

Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3

2022-04-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/21/2022 07:59 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 07:03:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I am not upgrading in place. I currently have Debian 9.13 installed on one partition with /home on a different partition. I will install Debian 11.3 on a fresh partition and have

Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3

2022-04-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/21/2022 07:34 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I am not upgrading in place. I currently have Debian 9.13 installed on one partition with /home on a different partition. I will install Debian 11.3 on a fresh partition and have /home remain on its current partition. I'm aware

Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3

2022-04-21 Thread Richard Owlett
I am not upgrading in place. I currently have Debian 9.13 installed on one partition with /home on a different partition. I will install Debian 11.3 on a fresh partition and have /home remain on its current partition. I'm aware of cautions about upgrading in-place cf

Re: Grub question

2022-04-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/20/2022 05:44 PM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 20 Apr 2022 at 20:09:54 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 02:31:30PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a machine set aside to test several configurations of Debian 11. Is there away to have the Grub Menu

Grub question

2022-04-20 Thread Richard Owlett
I have a machine set aside to test several configurations of Debian 11. Is there away to have the Grub Menu _automatically_ display the assigned partition name rather than than /dev/sdaN ?

Re: What is a repository? What is a metapackage?

2022-04-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/16/2022 09:21 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 08:50:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by *ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose. I find the resulting system: 1. consumes more disk space

What is a repository? What is a metapackage?

2022-04-16 Thread Richard Owlett
A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by *ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose. I find the resulting system: 1. consumes more disk space than necessary. 2. consumes excessive bandwidth during installation. [I have a low monthly cap on my

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

2022-04-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/09/2022 01:17 PM, davidson wrote: On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 Richard Owlett wrote: On 04/08/2022 01:18 AM, Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 09:40 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

2022-04-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/08/2022 01:18 AM, Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 09:40 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] lead *ONLY* to Page 1. You ca

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

2022-04-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/07/2022 10:56 AM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/7/22, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual]

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

2022-04-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/07/2022 11:59 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: Richard Owlett writes: On 04/07/2022 10:22 AM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/relea

Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

2022-04-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/07/2022 10:22 AM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 4/7/22, Richard Owlett wrote: I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] lead *ONLY* to Page 1. Is the complet

Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"

2022-04-07 Thread Richard Owlett
I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for *OFFLINE* use. The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual] lead *ONLY* to Page 1. Is the complete document downloadable as a single HTML file? TIA

Re: Problems with custom install of MATE

2022-03-09 Thread Richard Owlett
Let's press reset a little. For reasons not directly tied to Debian, I'm no longer purchasing DVD sets on any media. I am still constrained by a low data cap. My system installs *will* continue to use "--no-install-recommends": 1. It conserves limited resource [i.e. data cap] 2. It reduces

Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom install of MATE]

2022-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/08/2022 03:10 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: Before I retired I spent decades in customer and engineering support. Became familiar clashing desires and corner cases. I wasn't looking at X needing a DM, but rather that if the DE {MATE in my case} was going to be useful it had to start

Re: Problems with custom install of MATE

2022-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/08/2022 12:49 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 08 Mar 2022 at 07:11:51 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: As I have a very low data cap and wish to avoid some "recommended" components I have done: Low data caps always tug at the heartstrings, but avoiding Recommends: can be a recipe fo

Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom install of MATE]

2022-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/08/2022 10:45 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 08:40:02AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] "apt-get --no-install-recommends install lightdm" solved #1 and #2. Does that demonstrate a dependency bug? Most definitely not. X doesn't need the DM to run

Re: Problems with custom install of MATE

2022-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/08/2022 08:37 AM, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-03-08 14:11 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: 4. I'll be installing SeaMonkey but have forgotten how to have it appear on appropriate Applications sub-menu. As there is no Debian package for SeaMonkey, you will probably extract

Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom install of MATE]

2022-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/08/2022 07:32 AM, Richmond wrote: Richard Owlett writes: As I have a very low data cap and wish to avoid some "recommended" components I have done: 1. a text mode install [including "standard utilities"] using debian-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso . 2. apt-get --n

Problems with custom install of MATE

2022-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
As I have a very low data cap and wish to avoid some "recommended" components I have done: 1. a text mode install [including "standard utilities"] using debian-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso . 2. apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment 3. apt-get install xinit 4. apt-get

Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 06:44 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 03/06/2022 05:43 AM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: Currently I use dd if=netinst.iso bs=64M of=/dev/sdb I would like way to copy it such that: 1. a legacy BIOS could launch it 2. Gparted would not complain about block size 3

Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 10:25 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: [ *SNIP* ] I guess that gparted's confusion is because of the nested partitions. Another cause could be the GPT and APM debris. (It is the main job of make_isombr_part to remove this.) In order to check the theory about nested partitions you could

Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 07:09 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: Currently I use dd if=netinst.iso bs=64M of=/dev/sdb I would like way to copy it such that: 1. a legacy BIOS could launch it This should work fine after above dd run. I does. 2. Gparted would not complain about

Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 05:43 AM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: Currently I use dd if=netinst.iso bs=64M of=/dev/sdb I would like way to copy it such that: 1. a legacy BIOS could launch it 2. Gparted would not complain about block size 3. there would be at least two partitions usable misc

Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 04:52 AM, Joe wrote: On Sun, 6 Mar 2022 04:06:23 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: Currently I use dd if=netinst.iso bs=64M of=/dev/sdb I would like way to copy it such that: 1. a legacy BIOS could launch it 2. Gparted would not complain about block size 3. there would be at least

Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Currently I use dd if=netinst.iso bs=64M of=/dev/sdb I would like way to copy it such that: 1. a legacy BIOS could launch it 2. Gparted would not complain about block size 3. there would be at least two partitions usable misc files TIA

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 03:20 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 09:34:36AM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-03-06 09:30 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment When I attempted to run startx I received the message

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 03:00 AM, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-03-06 09:49 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: Thanks. I'll try that. At the moment I'm having some hardware problems connecting the test machine to the internet. I use a Alcatel Linkzone 4GLTE Hotspot from T-Mobile. Intermittently Debian

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 02:34 AM, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-03-06 09:30 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment When I attempted to run startx I received the message startx: command not found Hi Richard, I can't tell you anything about

Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
I used debian-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso to install CLI of Debian. I then did: apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment When I attempted to run startx I received the message startx: command not found IIRC this has worked in the past. But it has been a couple of years.

Re: Which flavour for a 2GB RAM laptop?

2022-03-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/04/2022 04:47 AM, Ottavio Caruso wrote: One of my memory slot has died, so I am running a Thinkpad with 2GB ram I suspect the specific model of Thinkpad may be relevant. HTH only. I have been told that, even if I put a 4GB ram module in, it won't be as fast as 2x2GB ram (true? Stop me

Re: Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso

2022-03-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/03/2022 04:56 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 14:24:29 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: I have limited internet connectivity. I have read over the years that installing a *MINIMAL* command line system from netinst.iso [without internet is possible]. The intent to add pieces

Re: Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso

2022-03-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/03/2022 03:01 PM, Hans wrote: Am Donnerstag, 3. März 2022, 21:24:29 CET schrieb Richard Owlett: Hi Richard, I suppose you got not a hotspot from T-mobile, but an USB-stick with a GSM- card inside. Nope! It is a WiFi Hotspot intended to serve 16 WiFi connected devices. Specifically

Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso

2022-03-03 Thread Richard Owlett
I have limited internet connectivity. I have read over the years that installing a *MINIMAL* command line system from netinst.iso [without internet is possible]. The intent to add pieces later assumed. Is this process described somewhere? I've got a system that appears to have a very minimal

Re: CLARIFICATION --- Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?

2022-02-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/01/2022 12:12 AM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: ... My hardware can support either 32 or 64 bit OS. I *ONLY* use one or the other. My goal is to determine which I chose at installation. that should be somewhere in: /var/log/installer Yes but ;/ "dpkg --print-archite

Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?

2022-01-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/31/2022 03:37 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: Technically correct, but Curt's response was good enough for Richard Owlett to make progress. Richard Owlett is very unlikely to be using a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace. BTW, for the twisted-minded it's probably possible to run a 64bit

CLARIFICATION --- Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?

2022-01-31 Thread Richard Owlett
, but Curt's response was good enough for Richard Owlett to make progress. Richard Owlett is very unlikely to be using a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace. My hardware can support either 32 or 64 bit OS. I *ONLY* use one or the other. My goal is to determine which I chose at installation.

Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?

2022-01-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/31/2022 06:37 AM, Curt wrote: On 2022-01-31, Richard Owlett wrote: Due to historical circumstances, I have laptops which multi-boot various Debian releases. There be 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the same release on a particular machine. 1. From current console, how can I determine

i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?

2022-01-31 Thread Richard Owlett
Due to historical circumstances, I have laptops which multi-boot various Debian releases. There be 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the same release on a particular machine. 1. From current console, how can I determine which is running? [ equivalent of /etc/debian_version would be ideal ] 2.

Re: How to rotate then save a PDF document?

2022-01-11 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/11/2022 09:27 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 11.01.2022 19:37, Richard Owlett wrote: I use MATE and thus use Atril as viewer. Typically I have no need to modify PDF documents. I received a reading a long reading list which needs to be rotated left to be read. Atril rotates

How to rotate then save a PDF document?

2022-01-11 Thread Richard Owlett
I use MATE and thus use Atril as viewer. Typically I have no need to modify PDF documents. I received a reading a long reading list which needs to be rotated left to be read. Atril rotates it but does not save it as rotated. What's the simplest tool to permanently rotate that specific

Re: Peak load handling by Debian repository servers ????

2021-12-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/26/2021 08:22 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 08:15:54AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: How does Debian repository distribute load during peaks? Where/how is this documented? Consider the case when many users may specify the same URL in sources.list . If they all try

Peak load handling by Debian repository servers ????

2021-12-26 Thread Richard Owlett
How does Debian repository distribute load during peaks? Where/how is this documented? Consider the case when many users may specify the same URL in sources.list . If they all try to install packages at the same time there could be problems. How does a particular user know which physical

Re: BUG: Debian 11 version of bibletime

2021-12-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/18/2021 08:55 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 18 dec 21, 07:00:56, Richard Owlett wrote: Please demonstrate this by showing us the actual run of apt-file as well as the output of dpkg -L bibletime-data At ~100 kB and > 1300 lines, too big for a news group. Also I'm up agai

Re: BUG: Debian 11 version of bibletime

2021-12-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/18/2021 04:05 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 14 dec 21, 04:20:00, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/13/2021 08:10 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2021-12-13 12:18 (UTC-0600): I reinstalled bibletime and xiphos. Using bibletime I installed Bible, concordance, etc. F1

Re: BUG: Debian 11 version of bibletime

2021-12-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/13/2021 08:10 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2021-12-13 12:18 (UTC-0600): I reinstalled bibletime and xiphos. Using bibletime I installed Bible, concordance, etc. F1 and F2 do NOT display the appropriate help files

Re: BUG: Debian 11 version of bibletime - was [Re: Problems with "Bible Time" and "Xiphos"]

2021-12-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/13/2021 01:43 PM, Erwan David wrote: Le 13/12/2021 à 19:18, Richard Owlett a écrit : [SNIP] apt-file search bibletime show that package bibletime-data contains a handbook and howto subdirectory in /usr/share/doc/bibletime-data NOT TRUE when running Debian 11 in southwest Missouri USA

BUG: Debian 11 version of bibletime - was [Re: Problems with "Bible Time" and "Xiphos"]

2021-12-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/13/2021 09:09 AM, Kent West wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 8:57 AM Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] I installed both programs to the Debian 11 partition of my secondary machine. I ran into two problems. 1. In Xiphos, [snip] 2. Bible Time has Help options available via F1, F2, and F3. All

Problems with "Bible Time" and "Xiphos"

2021-12-13 Thread Richard Owlett
I have two machines using MATE desktop: A. Primary is Debian 9.13 B. Secondary machine which will become current 1. Debian 10.7 2. Debian 11.1 Chronology I looked through the repository for Bible study tools with KJV with Strong's Concordance and GUI. Multiple commentaries

Clarification Re: Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/08/2021 06:33 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY format. I give all partitions descriptive labels. I want the Grub

Re: Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-08 Thread Richard Owlett
*note* No need for CC: I'm subscribed On 12/08/2021 08:29 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY format. I

Customizing Grub menus

2021-12-08 Thread Richard Owlett
I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY format. I give all partitions descriptive labels. I want the Grub menu to display OS and the partition label. I want

Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux

2021-11-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/21/2021 06:45 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: [snip] (What is an "if-module", btw ? Google does not give me proposals which look like radio enthusiasm.) I read that as "Intermediate frequency". q.v. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_frequency

Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux

2021-11-21 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/21/2021 05:54 AM, Hans wrote: [snip] I can send the app wherever you want to (attaching it here, does not allow to send the mail strangely), so everyone can take a look. This app is available in the web, but a little bit hidden, if you do not know its exactly name. And the name of this

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/16/2021 08:13 AM, Brian wrote: On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 07:42:39 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/16/2021 07:19 AM, Brian wrote: On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/16/2021 06:01 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: Richard Owlett writes: I routinely place /home on its

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/16/2021 07:19 AM, Brian wrote: On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/16/2021 06:01 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: Richard Owlett writes: I routinely place /home on its own partition. Its structure resembles: /home/richard ├── Desktop ├── Documents ├── Downloads

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/16/2021 06:01 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: Richard Owlett writes: I routinely place /home on its own partition. Its structure resembles: /home/richard ├── Desktop ├── Documents ├── Downloads ├── Notebooks └── Pictures My questions: 1. Can I have /home/richard/Downloads be on its own partition

Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Richard Owlett
I routinely place /home on its own partition. Its structure resembles: /home/richard ├── Desktop ├── Documents ├── Downloads ├── Notebooks └── Pictures My questions: 1. Can I have /home/richard/Downloads bed on its own partition? 2. How could I have found the answer? TIA

[RESOLVED] Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-15 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/13/2021 10:16 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two choices for internet connectivity:    an ethernet device   *OR*   WiFi However, I use a USB device [ an Alcatel Linkzone from T-Mobile ] The installer

Re: [SUCCESS] Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/14/2021 09:40 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/14/2021 09:26 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 09:15:07AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/13/2021 03:22 PM, Tixy wrote: On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 10:16 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: It appears to me that netinst.iso

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-14 Thread Richard Owlett
(*ROFL*) * 6.23 * 10**23 On 10/14/2021 11:34 AM, Curt wrote: On 2021-10-14, Richard Owlett wrote: Clarifying observed sequence of states/events: 1. Computer power off. 2. Alcatel Linkzone powered up and connected to cellular network. I'm under the impression the Linkzone is intended

Re: [SUCCESS] Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/14/2021 09:26 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 09:15:07AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/13/2021 03:22 PM, Tixy wrote: On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 10:16 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two choices

[SUCCESS] Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/13/2021 03:22 PM, Tixy wrote: On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 10:16 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two choices for internet connectivity: an ethernet device    *OR*    WiFi However, I use a USB device

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/14/2021 01:54 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 13 oct 21, 13:18:07, Richard Owlett wrote: What I see when Debian boots does not have any obvious conflict with what I see. If the Linkzone is already plugged in when boot begins it appears to be caught in a loop. As soon as the Linkzone

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/13/2021 02:06 PM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 13 Oct 2021 at 13:59:34 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/13/2021 01:31 PM, Reco wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 01:18:07PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Where would I descriptive information about "CDC Ethernet"? The usual plac

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/13/2021 01:31 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 01:18:07PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Where would I descriptive information about "CDC Ethernet"? The usual place - kernel documentation. Specifically, it's Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.rst

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/13/2021 12:35 PM, Tixy wrote: On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 17:09 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 08:51:28AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 10/13/21 8:16 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two choices for internet

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/13/2021 12:09 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 08:51:28AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 10/13/21 8:16 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two choices for internet connectivity:    an ethernet device

Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-13 Thread Richard Owlett
It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two choices for internet connectivity: an ethernet device *OR* WiFi However, I use a USB device [ an Alcatel Linkzone from T-Mobile ] The installer is unable to see the internet. Based on using that

Re: First time WINE user looking for tutorial

2021-10-11 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/10/2021 05:47 PM, Tom Dial wrote: On 10/10/21 04:14, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/09/2021 10:24 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:40:21 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: (Omitted) Just be forewarned, WINE is not the catchall solution to running Windows apps: The more

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