Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

2019-07-07 Thread andreimpopescu
On Sb, 06 iul 19, 20:30:02, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Its part of the buster-rc2 installed image, Is this an image you downloaded from somewhere (where?) or of your own creation (what method? Debian Installer, debootstrap, etc.) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

2019-07-07 Thread andreimpopescu
On Sb, 06 iul 19, 18:14:04, Gene Heskett wrote: > > If you read the full thread, you will find where I found and fixed that > problem, by killing dhcpd5 with htop, and restarting networking, and > the problem was fixed, everything then worked correctly, Did you ever find out why dhcpcd5 was

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

2019-07-07 Thread andreimpopescu
On Sb, 06 iul 19, 15:36:37, Lee wrote: > > "an accident waiting to happen" was from me and I also gave the rfc > for mdns, so that's hardly "nothing of substance to support that > view." If you're having trouble finding the rfc, it's here > https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762 Care to

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

2019-07-05 Thread andreimpopescu
On Vi, 05 iul 19, 06:35:53, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 04 July 2019 23:54:21 andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Just the fact that you are running Raspbian instead of pure Debian is > > already an important clue and possibly a major hindrance in helping > > you (we don't know what

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

2019-07-05 Thread andreimpopescu
On Vi, 05 iul 19, 21:19:29, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 05 July 2019 12:08:45 David Wright wrote: > > > As I've said, though, I'll go no further in looking at the problems > > you have because I think that many of them are of your own making. > > Thats also true, simply because I'm the last

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

2019-07-05 Thread andreimpopescu
On Vi, 05 iul 19, 15:17:16, Reco wrote: > > Debian may or may not get there - for instance, I heard some good news > about Raspberry Pi support in buster (not to be confused with Raspbian). Care to submit an entry for the Release Notes, similar to the one for Allwinner A64 based boards? Kind

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

2019-07-04 Thread andreimpopescu
On Jo, 04 iul 19, 04:42:40, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 04 July 2019 03:16:31 andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > 3. Information on anything (and I do mean anything) else you might > > have done to your network configuration after installing buster, > > including but not limited to: > >

Re: armv7 vs buster sudo complains about hostname or something

2019-07-04 Thread andreimpopescu
On Jo, 04 iul 19, 03:30:55, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 04 July 2019 02:47:50 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > I seem to recall sudo cares about /etc/hosts. > > But I have that address TAB hostname.domain.name TAB alias in the hosts > file. No errors there. How about showing us (attaching)

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

2019-07-04 Thread andreimpopescu
On Jo, 04 iul 19, 11:40:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > 1. content of /etc/network/interfaces and all files under > > /etc/network/interfaces.d/ > pi@picnc:~ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces.d/* Is below the literal output of the cat above? Please post also /etc/network/interfaces. > auto eth0 >

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

2019-07-04 Thread andreimpopescu
On Mi, 03 iul 19, 21:03:19, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 03 July 2019 16:12:31 Reco wrote: > > And Gene moved. Question unanswered yet. > > Hi. > > > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 02:57:35PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Regardless of what I do, I cannot get rid of the avahi junk in an

Re: Oldest Usable x86 CPU for Stretch (Was: Choice of VMs under i386 Stretch?)

2019-07-04 Thread andreimpopescu
On Jo, 04 iul 19, 01:47:58, Matthew Crews wrote: > > You know, this got me thinking. What *is* the oldest 32-bit x86 CPU that > we can use in Stretch for a VM host? And assuming we are talking > out-of-the-box experience, ie I download a standard ISO and fire it up. This might get you started:

Re: [OT] send all email from certain From: addresses into a spam

2019-07-03 Thread andreimpopescu
On Mi, 03 iul 19, 11:53:11, Michael Stone wrote: > > maildrop is definitely recommended these days (especially for anyone still > running procmail). imapfilter works fine if you use IMAP and your server has poor or no filtering (exposed to users). Kind regards, Andrei --

Re: How to have password shown?

2019-07-03 Thread andreimpopescu
On Mi, 03 iul 19, 14:17:34, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > Thanks for your suggestion... No, it's very simple and familiar with him... A keyboard with a different layout (e.g. alphabetic) might also help with the password. > it's just that he's at his really first experiences with a computer

Re: ncurses?

2019-07-02 Thread andreimpopescu
On Ma, 02 iul 19, 17:45:32, ghe wrote: > Buster, Supermicro 5036T (aka sbox), Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 according > to lspci, RME Hammerfall sound card [...] > The problem is that, on sbox, alsamixer and aptitude are badly displayed Apparently "sbox" is the host name (or how you refer to it).

Re: Giving remaja (teens) group full administrator privileges through sudo - dangerous?

2019-07-02 Thread andreimpopescu
On Mi, 19 iun 19, 11:06:59, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > Hello all Debian Users, > > Consider the hypothetical scenario below. Your hypothetical scenario is not relevant for what you are asking. Context for the list: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2019/06/msg00371.html > I often encountered

Re: An Ounce of Prevention

2019-07-02 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 17 iun 19, 14:20:33, Bob Bernstein wrote: > For a change, I want to proceed with a tad of caution > rather than follow Don't RTFM - Wing That Sucker. > > I have an old Jessie running: > > Linux debian.localdomain 3.16.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.59-1 (2018-10-03) > x86_64 GNU/Linux >

Re: IPv4 v IPv6

2019-07-02 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 17 iun 19, 10:05:11, mick crane wrote: > hello, > I know nothing about IPv6. Then you don't have any prejudices ;) (no, IPv6 doesn't break your network). > Can somebody point to a good explanation ? > Without knowing anything about it I'm wondering if I should request an IPv6 > range

Re: [fixed] Re: Numeric keypad not working on Gnome lock screen

2019-07-02 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 01 iul 19, 17:23:41, Steven Post wrote: > > The issue disappeared after removing 'zoom' (a meeting application) and > its dependency ibus. This would be worth a bug report against ibus. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: Problem: Slow boot -- Mounts fail.

2019-07-01 Thread andreimpopescu
On Du, 30 iun 19, 20:48:21, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > OK! Be my guest!! > > One thing I have noticed is that it seems to do everything 2 or 3 times > while it is booting, and it takes about 30 mins before my desktop (xfce) is > up and functioning. On a first/quick look nothing unusual stands out,

Re: What is agetty, and why can't it be stopped?

2019-06-29 Thread andreimpopescu
On Sb, 08 iun 19, 10:22:54, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 11:04:54AM +0200, Étienne Mollier wrote: > > I count 182 systemd related manual pages on my Sid machine. > > Fortunately, among the lot, there is : > > > > systemd.index (7)- List all manpages from the systemd

Re: Problem: Slow boot -- Mounts fail.

2019-06-29 Thread andreimpopescu
On Vi, 28 iun 19, 11:26:43, Dennis Wicks wrote: > andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote on 6/24/19 2:09 AM: > > On Ma, 14 mai 19, 16:38:37, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > > > > > How do I prevent the mounts from failing and make the system continue on > > > with the boot process? > > > > You could start by

Re: tftp problem

2019-06-28 Thread andreimpopescu
On Ma, 04 iun 19, 16:45:39, ghe wrote: > > > > > > I edited its config file (/etc/default/atftpd) to point it at /tftpboot > > and not to use inetd, but a restart of the server didn't seem to make > > any difference. Rebooting the computer did, though, and it showed up in > > ps with the options

intel-microcode highly recommended [was: Re: kvm errors with 4.9.0-9 kernel.]

2019-06-27 Thread andreimpopescu
On Du, 19 mai 19, 09:34:06, John J. Rushford wrote: > > Thanks very much for the response.  No, I did not have the intel-microcode > package installed but, I decided to try it.  After reading through the > debian microcode wiki, I installed the package while running on and using > the 4.9.0-9

Re: Debian Getting started

2019-06-26 Thread andreimpopescu
On Vi, 17 mai 19, 22:04:32, Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi Hi Paul, > Following on from Francisco post, I had been thinking about writing > something about getting started for a while.  So decided to just get on > and do it. > > http://zleap.net/debian-getting-started/ > > I am trying to write this

Re: Debian Releases

2019-06-26 Thread andreimpopescu
On Vi, 17 mai 19, 17:05:40, Francisco M Neto wrote: > As the first in a series of (maybe 2) posts about Debian's release cycle, > I'vecreated the following post. > > I would love to receive any feedback on it. > > http://fmneto.com.br/en/en/archives/2019/tracking-busters-release/ Disclaimer:

Re: Numeric keypad not working on Gnome lock screen

2019-06-25 Thread andreimpopescu
On Ma, 25 iun 19, 14:56:28, Steven Post wrote: > > Update, I noticed that it shows the same issue when entering a wi-fi > password, or root password. Such dialog boxes are kind of special, e.g. to prevent other programs from stealing the focus. This seems to suggest a bug/feature in Gnome/GTK

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-06-24 Thread andreimpopescu
On Jo, 16 mai 19, 14:01:43, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I've been struggling to fully setup some machines with A2SDi-8C-HLN4F > motherboards and Intel x553 NICs (which require recent ixgbe support) as > Debian stable machines. > > Thanks to considerable help from this list, I've been able to >

Re: Problem: Slow boot -- Mounts fail.

2019-06-24 Thread andreimpopescu
On Ma, 14 mai 19, 16:38:37, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > How do I prevent the mounts from failing and make the system continue on > with the boot process? You could start by attaching your /etc/fstab and copy-pasting the output of 'lsblk -f' with all partitions mounted. It would also be useful to

Re: How to make networking dependent on firewall configuration?

2019-06-23 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 13 mai 19, 15:31:45, Martin T wrote: > Hi Reco! > > Thanks for reply! I changed from > /lib/systemd/system/networking.service.d/networking.service.conf to > /etc/systemd/system/networking.service.d/networking.service.conf. It might be easier to do systemctl edit . Kind regards,

Re: Numeric keypad not working on Gnome lock screen

2019-06-23 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 13 mai 19, 11:29:10, Steven Post wrote: > > Recently the numeric keypad stopped working on the Gnome lock screen. More information would be necessary here, e.g. what Debian version you are running, if you upgraded any packages recently, etc. > When booting, the numlock is in the 'off'

Re: Testing netinstall, but use stable release?

2019-06-23 Thread andreimpopescu
On Jo, 09 mai 19, 07:29:49, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Are you referring to "It is not possible to install sid from a netinst > or full CD. Please use the netboot installation method". I certainly > missed that. My apologies. > > Setting up a tftp server in a remote data centre rack is

Re: List attachments (was: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender)

2019-06-22 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 06 mai 19, 14:16:13, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 6 May 2019 17:18:31 +0200 (CEST) > Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 May 2019, Celejar wrote: > > > > > I once looked into ProtonMail, but IIUC, there's no POP3 / IMAP / SMTP > > > support in the free tier, and even in the paid tiers,

Re: List attachments (was: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender)

2019-06-22 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 06 mai 19, 10:28:12, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 6 May 2019 18:37:36 +1000 > David wrote: > > >I think the proportion of people providing answers here who do care > >would be significantly higher than the general population though. > >That's why I was concerned enough to respond, and why

Re: List attachments

2019-06-22 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 06 mai 19, 08:57:36, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > For pastebin purposes within Debian, please use: https://paste.debian.net/ > > FWIW, I simply dislike all those "put your attachment on the web and > a URL to it": when I later search the web and find a match in > paste.debian.net or

Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again)

2019-06-22 Thread andreimpopescu
On Vi, 03 mai 19, 15:40:09, john doe wrote: > On 5/3/2019 3:32 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 06:10:45AM +, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > >> I would like to understand why apt-get upgrade holds backup the upgrade of > >> the Linux kernel. > > > > Because the kernel ABI changed,

Re: Bug? Can not set clock in plasma5

2019-06-22 Thread andreimpopescu
On Mi, 01 mai 19, 11:33:23, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am running into the little issue, that I can not set the clock in plasma5 > (KDE). Neither as a normal user nor as root. > > I want to set the clock using systemd to set the time automatically, but when > ever I want set the hook and

Re: Net::DNS::Nameserver

2019-06-22 Thread andreimpopescu
On Vi, 26 apr 19, 16:25:43, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > > I just happened to start noticing the same format being used within > "apt-cache show" query feedback, too. Took a second to find a good > example. This is for "openshot" (video editor): > > Tag: implemented-in::python,

Re: Liquorix kernel?

2019-06-21 Thread andreimpopescu
On Lu, 15 apr 19, 12:27:39, Francisco M Neto wrote: > > Also, I'm sorry for the noobish question, but it's been a really long > time since I've done any kind of kernel work. How do I perform a security > check? Review the patches :) Kind regards, Andrei --

Re: just mail forwarding to smart mailer

2019-06-20 Thread andreimpopescu
On Sb, 13 apr 19, 10:14:04, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > I am looking for an "easy light weight just empty the local queue and > send it to the smart host" setup. > I don't mind experimenting and it doesn not need to be Exim but the > info I get Googling is just too diverse and does not get me much >

Re: Wondering how long it usually takes for a package to move from stable-p-u

2019-06-14 Thread andreimpopescu
On Jo, 11 apr 19, 08:20:18, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello, > > On 11/04/2019 05:59, Luke Picciau wrote: > > I have been tracking this package > > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ca-certificates-java for about a month > > because the package version 20170929~deb9u1 which is in stable has a bug >

Re: Promotional material (presentations)

2019-06-14 Thread andreimpopescu
On Mi, 10 apr 19, 18:03:39, Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > I have sent a message to pr...@debian.org with regard to submitting a > presentation on Debian for review, while I got a successful delivery > report, I then got another e-mail saying it had failed. > dnorw...@portalus.com (generated from

Re: How could I install ecryptfs-utils on Buster

2019-06-10 Thread andreimpopescu
On Mi, 10 apr 19, 15:40:13, Pierre Fourès wrote: > > I did the test and all went as expected. I got ecryptfs-utils being > installed with the four of its dependencies. One of them, keyutils, is > in 1.5.9-9 in stretch and 1.6.6 in buster. As expected, apt installed > the one from buster. After

Re: Getting amd64 stretch netinstall to work.

2019-06-09 Thread andreimpopescu
On Vi, 05 apr 19, 13:05:56, David Wright wrote: > > A solution might be to install over a serial link, but I don't > think you can do that with the d-i itself, only with 3rd-party > mangled versions. Sure it can, it's how most ARM boards are installed. Kind regards, Andrei --