Re: What file system to use?

2017-02-02 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
s, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
the entire i386 architecture. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
site is in my view a deployment anti-pattern because it (1) duplicates the installation of software, and (2) defeats the purpose of the web (interoperability). Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 08/02/17 13:32, deloptes wrote: Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Sound works for me in Skype for Web under the non-free Chrome. haha indeed - and what about video, have you tested it? does it work in chrome too? I have not tried a video call. I can choose between M$ and M$ ... oh well

Re: kernel performance: 3.16 vs. 4.9

2017-02-05 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ver is undergoing some changes to improve Kaby Lake support: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article=pstate-cpufreq-kbl=1 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article=pstate-cpufreq-kbl=2 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=P-State-Kabylake-Patching Kind regards, -- Ben Ca

Re: An Embarrassing Progblem

2017-01-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
is to check that these files are not damaged. Also check that the shell really is bash and not something else: echo $BASH_VERSION echo $SHELL Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: missing firmware ??

2017-01-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
_7.bin for module i915 Do you have a Intel Kaby Lake or Intel Broxton (discontinued SoC) based system? If not, then the missing firmware is no problem for you. What happens on Kaby Lake systems if the GUC firmware is missing? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Direct

Re: [solved?] Re: Secure Boot won't let boot into Debian

2017-02-25 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
l as described above. Most consumer desktop CPUs manufactured in the last five years have amd64 support, including, as far as I know, all Intel Core 2 Intel processors (since 2006), even the budget models with Pentium or Celeron branding. Some Atom CPUs support 64-bit, but not the earliest

Re: Before I install Debian

2017-02-11 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 11/02/17 10:09, Floris wrote: but the default pdf-reader in Debian is Evince Perhaps for Gnome, but not for all desktops supported in Debian. I use qpdfview under XFCE. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient

Re: Before I install Debian

2017-02-10 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 11/02/17 09:39, John Culleton wrote: All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available with Debian? What functionality do you need? I suggest trying a Debian Live image and evaluating some of the many open source PDF readers. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies &l

Re: Crashes in Icedove on Stretch

2017-02-16 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
was the only fix that worked for me. I am still using it. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Crashes in Icedove on Stretch

2017-02-16 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
quickly between messages, which is much easier with arrow keys. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: An Embarrassing Progblem

2017-01-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
about this and really need help. Thanks in advance, Stephen, you can make this change permanent by appending this line to your ~/.bashrc : export PS1='\u@\h > ' Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

2017-02-27 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Check out pgAdmin, which can administer and manage your database. It includes a table editor. It sounds to me like you want a configurable CRUD front-end. Do you want a web interface? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http:/

Re: unsigned linux-image?

2016-09-25 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
id/linux-image-4.7.0-1-amd64 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

2016-09-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
to work during a dist-upgrade-breaking transition. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

2016-10-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Very hard to find MD5 checksum of Debian CDs!

2016-09-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
n CDs" <https://www.debian.org/CD/verify> which describes how to verify the signed checksums (but does not provide a command line example; this could be improved). [1] At the top of the listing because they are in ALL CAPS and capital letters are first in the "C" collating o

Re: page RELOAD by Firefox

2016-09-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
this option, but it is documented. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Trivial script will NOT execute

2016-11-04 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
set, and go into hiding. +1 for ./scriptname or scripts installed in well-defined bin directories that have a well-considered order on the $PATH. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Will jmtpfs be able to connect the Google Nexus 5X to the debian computer?

2016-10-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
to "File transfers" (MTP) and click on the Nexus 5X icon in thunar. I am running the latest Cyanogenmod 13.0 release (the 20 August "SNAPSHOT"). Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Multiple versions of postgesql installed

2016-10-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ql installed for 9.1 through 9.6 . Are all of these copies necessary and can I safely remove all of the ones that I am not using for my project or are there other packages on the system that are using those. Debian Stretch with KDE desktop Gary R. -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> D

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

2016-11-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
been at war with Eastasia. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Kicad Installation Issue Regard Of 4.0.4 Its Only Install 4.0.2 In Debian Jessie 8.5

2016-11-16 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/k/kicad/kicad_4.0.2+dfsg1-2~bpo8+1-1_changelog PPA are for Ubuntu. Using an official jessie-backports will likely be the most reliable solution. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: new pc and swap

2016-11-01 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
is great for requiring only one encrypted partition, with LVM providing the benefit of multiple logical volumes and the management benefits of separate volumes for root and home (for example). Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited

Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone?

2016-10-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
its print dialog under Options / Extended Options, but I have not tested it. I'm running 64-bit testing and XFCE, should anyone feel that's relevant. I am running XFCE on 64-bit unstable. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http:/

Re: new pc and swap

2016-10-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

2016-10-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
possible effects will have unpleasant experiences. A small amount of effort to investigate unusual removals or upgrades, such as identifying a package or looking in changelogs, will go a long way to improving user experience. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Di

Re: Icedove crashes after recent update

2016-10-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619621 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1198710 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: (error) @ flashplugin-nonfree

2016-12-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
g: update-flashplugin-nonfree --status and by navigating to: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Usb wont mount

2016-12-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
(hardware failure): blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 7864192 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: brother printer/scanners

2017-01-01 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
: brsaneconfig4 -a name="Brother MFC-L2740DW" model=MFC-L2740DW ip=192.168.1.2 The scanner was then correctly detected in xsane. I am using: brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.amd64.deb brscan4-0.4.3-0.amd64.deb mfcl2740dwcupswrapper-3.2.0-1.i386.deb mfcl2740dwlpr-3.2.0-1.i386.deb Kind regards, -- B

Re: Pendrive computer

2016-12-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
IOW I want Linux, *NOT* Windows ;/ My Nexus 5X is running CyanogenMod 13.0 (Android 6.0.1 "Marshmallow") on Linux 3.10.73. adb, fastboot, and MTP file transfer work fine on Debian unstable. These were sufficient to install and upgrade CyanogenMod. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies &l

Re: Constant crash on Debian 8.x in Dell T5610

2016-12-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
: - What graphics device and driver are you using? - If you are using a recent Intel Skylake CPU/IGPU, you are strongly advised to use a recent kernel. Other culprits are BIOS or ACPI problems. These are very hardware specific. lshw will list all your hardware. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc

Re: Problem adding lines to /etc/fstab

2016-12-30 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
gid bit on shared directories (with a different group for sharing), that is all there is to it. This pattern has been popularised by Fedora / Red Hat / CentOS for at least ten years. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: productivity tips

2016-12-31 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ne_features_you_were_missing_in_FreeMind#Migrating_from_FreeMind_to_Freeplane Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Why I can not install software on debian easily?

2016-12-20 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 21/12/16 01:25, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/19/2016 5:28 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: [1] Actual case. Thinks she is using Windows because she has LibreOffice. Certainly not representative of all grandmothers. I suspect the User Experience is as important as Application Software. Do you

Re: checking that all cpus are being used in my installation....

2016-12-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
intensive so expect quad-core performance. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Why I can not install software on debian easily?

2016-12-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
commending allied Linux distributions such as Ubuntu before proprietary operating systems. [1] Actual case. Thinks she is using Windows because she has LibreOffice. Certainly not representative of all grandmothers. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient

Re: Need USB Wireless Adaptor for Dell Inspiron 11 2-in-1?

2017-03-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
module. It requires firmware-atheros from nonfree: https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc From lsusb: 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/

2017-03-27 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Suitable text editor [NOT word processor] or workaround?

2017-03-16 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 17/03/17 02:56, Fred wrote: I recommend Nedit. Ah, rectangular cut and paste, how do I miss thee. I abandoned nedit for the allure of scalable fonts (in gedit then geany), but still remember it fondly. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient So

Re: Suitable text editor [NOT word processor] or workaround?

2017-03-16 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 17/03/17 01:09, Celejar wrote: I just checked, and Geany can do both. I always use: geany --new-instance My ~/bin/geany is: #!/bin/bash exec /usr/bin/geany --new-instance "$@" Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Softwa

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-20 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
different animal. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-20 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
, you have the security repo so you start getting stable security updates. Will that apply to me? I.e. I should purge xserver-xorg-video-intel? It is recommended. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
3202) defaults to incorrect turbo boost multipliers but I was able to manually set the correct "Per CPU" values in the BIOS. For a 7700K, these should be 45/44/44/44 if you are not overclocking (base clock 100MHz): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaby_Lake Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc

Re: Proper folder for non-Debian binaries

2017-04-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
in /opt. All install scripts/links in /usr/bin. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net today.

2017-04-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851066 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Flash proplem

2017-03-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Flash Player 24.0.0.221 in firefox 52.0-1 amd64 on sid. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Flash proplem

2017-03-13 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
tar command is required. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Flash proplem

2017-03-13 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
uot;O" not zero "0" for the tar option.) This really should be easier. There are other reports of this problem (and a workaround similar to mine): https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851066 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director

Re: Flash proplem

2017-03-13 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
of Shockwave Flash in Tools / Add-ons / Plugins and on the Adobe about page: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
payment. I draw a parallel between paid employment and the Stockholm syndrome :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome See also the use of embedded journalism to subvert objectivity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_journalism Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies &l

Re: can't start GUI mode debian 9

2017-07-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
might also consider installing "task-laptop" for power management and wifi tools. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 13/07/17 12:49, Felix Miata wrote: AMD puts its effort directly into FOSS rather than proprietary. It gets my vote. From five years ago, but still a gem: Linus Torvalds on nVidia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYWzMvlj2RQ Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Di

Re: Hello

2017-07-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
://www.debian.org/mirror/list The iiNet mirror worked well for me when I was in Perth. The WAIA mirror is also on WAIX. Where in Australia are you? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: debian 6 download)

2017-07-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
archive: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/ Packages are on archive.debian.org: http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ Debian 9 (stretch) has been released. Have you considered using this newer, supported release? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Tra

Re: Jessie Hangs Every Other Boot

2017-04-26 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
from jessie backports or upgrade to stretch RC3 (almost the new stable) for the same kernel. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Intel I281-LM network card not working with Debian Stable

2017-04-21 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
that 4.9.18 will fix your issue. I218-LM should be supported in 3.16; support might be improved in 4.9.18: http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/E1000E.html Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?

2017-04-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: debian9.1 ifdown bug

2017-08-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
at fix-network.sh #! / Bin / bash /etc/init.d/networking stop $ (Ip addr | grep inet | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{printf "ip addr del% s dev% s \ n", $ 2, $ NF}') /etc/init.d/networking start #ifup eth0 -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <

Re: USB wireless keyboard in stretch

2017-08-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
AES (but actual security is more than just this), but mouse packets are unencrypted. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: USB wireless keyboard in stretch

2017-08-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 23/08/17 10:32, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 22/08/17 22:05, Dominic Knight wrote: Meanwhile... some wireless keyboards and mice work very well in this modern age, I've used Logitechs M185 & K270 without a single issue on both Stretch and Buster. +1, currently using these as an MK270r

Re: Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device

2017-08-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
rub, run "update-grub" to regenerate /boot/grub/grub.cfg. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

2017-05-11 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions

2017-05-14 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
user,hostfwd=tcp::4567-:22 And if you want QEMU to listen only on localhost and not allow remote network connections, this becomes: qemu-system-x86_64 ... -net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:4567-:22 Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient So

Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions

2017-05-14 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
tml>. A simpler but less feature-rich solution is connecting with ssh, as described earlier in this thread. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: an fstab question

2017-05-09 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
in fstab: /dev/mapper/vg-root / ext4 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 mount confirms that it is being honoured: /dev/mapper/vg-root on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient

Re: Custom Debian LiveCD?

2017-05-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
for unstable. I made many bug reports. It seems lacking in features. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Setting up power-off icon

2017-05-31 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
types: PNG, XPM, or SVG, and the extension must be ".png", ".xpm", or ".svg" (lower case). The support for SVG files is optional. Implementations that do not support SVGs should just ignore any ".svg" files." Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies &

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-05-02 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 20/04/17 12:33, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Asus UEFI BIOS (H110I-PLUS BIOS 3202) defaults to incorrect turbo boost multipliers but I was able to manually set the correct "Per CPU" values in the BIOS. For a 7700K, these should be 45/44/44/44 if you are not overclocking (base cl

Re: /tmp/.X0-lock

2017-05-05 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
server: connection refused Check permissions and free space: ls -ld /tmp ls -l /tmp/.X0-lock df /tmp If /tmp/.X0-lock already exists, is there another instance of the X server running (with that PID? Or did a previous instance crash without removing it? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies

Re: /tmp/.X0-lock

2017-05-05 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
correspond to a running process? ps -f `cat /tmp/.X0-lock` Are there any running instances of an X server? ps -fC Xorg Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Live Fille System Backup

2017-05-06 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
typically not atomic. The same problem applies to collections of files that reference each other. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Poor X performance with Intel 8086:22b1 (Braswell)

2017-05-31 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
be ambiguous. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-11 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
are very old  The youtube screen points me to a page about firefox and html5 but I can't find out how to fix the problem.. What browser and version, and what YouTube URL? Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient

Re: languages

2017-09-18 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
for better Unicode coverage. I do not think this is the problem in your case because common fonts like Liberation and DejaVu have Cyrillic coverage. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: My Problem with Stretch - thin mosquito-like noise from HDD partition

2017-09-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
on to work). Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: hdparm reporting a different serial number

2017-09-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
umber" and hdparm reports the SATA serial number of the HDD. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2017 #107

2017-10-02 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#subunsub Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Prevent apt/dpkg from automatically enabling services during the upgrade process.

2017-10-02 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
ing started. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: new command in replacement for iptables in debian 9 ?

2017-10-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 18/10/17 01:03, Stephane L wrote: Is there a new command to replace iptables in debian 9 ? I have read something like that nftables? https://packages.debian.org/sid/main/nftables I have not yet used it. iptables still works for stretch (9) and sid. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc

Re: way of starting a firewall script in debian 9 with kde5 and sddm

2017-10-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
xecStop=/sbin/ip6tables -F [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target I enabled it with: systemctl enable /etc/iptables/iptables.service This should add the required symlink in /etc/systemd/system . Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade

2017-10-16 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
nterpreter-version=35 We got a tiny fonts-liberation update but I did not notice any change. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: granting permission for using debian name in education purpose

2017-09-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
am not a representative of Debian, just a Debian user. To obtain permission, you must follow the steps in the trademark policy. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
section) and starting firefox in safe mode: firefox --safe-mode Do you have any extensions installed? Safe mode will disable them. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
. I uninstalled it a few weeks ago. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: [Solved] youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
your help.  Much appreciated... Regards, Whit Hansell Great! Thanks for reporting back. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: libreoffice writer no longer allowing two (nor more) space chars to be adjacent - how to fix?

2017-09-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
oCorrect / AutoCorrect Options ... / Options / Ignore double spaces. Is it enabled? It does not work for me but disabling it might work for you. I also have a vague recollection of HTML editors not allowing multiple spaces. I do not know if this applies to LibreOffice Writer. Kind rega

Re: Codecs and such? Like ubuntu restricted extras package?

2017-08-25 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
or similar functionality here. [FWIW I ONLY WANT TO USE DEBIAN] TIA You mean like the non-free component? https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#Component Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
as they are by default dynamically assigned for USB storage devices. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
hing called udisks, but I have not used that either. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: network trouble on stretch

2017-09-03 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
t;net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0" $ sudo update-grub $ sudo reboot Now check your /dev/interfaces, they should be eth0 and wlan0 and they will stay this way. Thank you. I have wanted this for so long. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Li

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 03/09/17 06:21, Tom Browder wrote: I would especially appreciate other ideas for programming editors for novice programmers. I use and recommend geany. And Eclipse. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
suspect shows a BSD-like naming convention. The "s" stands for slice. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't?

2017-10-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
line parameter. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't?

2017-10-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
forcefsck to the linux line in grub.cfg by pressing to get the Grub menu, to edit an entry, scroll and add the word, to boot the ephemerally modified entry. Does this work with systemd? Only "fsck.mode=force" is documented. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> D

Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade

2017-10-17 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
-version=35 thunderbird Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand

Re: Missing qt5-designer in Stretch

2017-11-14 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
to a version of qttools5-dev-tools that you do not have. You should be able to change this by setting QT_SELECT or by editing/symlinking the qtchooser configuration file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt-default/qtchooser/default.conf . "man qtchooser" for details. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc

Re: Missing qt5-designer in Stretch

2017-11-14 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 15/11/17 09:58, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: qtchooser is defaulting to a version of qttools5-dev-tools that you do not have. What I meant is that qtchooser is defaulting to a version of the qt dev tools that you do not have (i.e. qt4). -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Di

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