Re: My Friends Make Fun of My UI

The bar/s can be moved: top, bottom, centre vertical or side vertical. Right click on empty space, panel preferences, and choose which panel you want, where. Default seems to be 2. -- Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my Apad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Corrupted USB drive

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:44:05 +1100 Keith BAINBRIDGE keithrbaugro...@gmail.com wrote: Um, I have 2 USB disks, 2g 4g, I believe I formatted NTFS, attached to a Mint 12.04 (equivalent) system working fine. /etc/mtab says fuseblk as file system. Perhaps Mint team does something special

Re: Corrupted USB drive

Um, I have 2 USB disks, 2g 4g, I believe I formatted NTFS, attached to a Mint 12.04 (equivalent) system working fine. /etc/mtab says fuseblk as file system. Perhaps Mint team does something special? -- Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my Apad On 26 February 2015

Re: Broadcom 4311 network adapter doesn't work under Jessie (was debian-user-digest Digest V2015 #1143)

Good morning Edward I had similar problems. My work around was to wire conect the laptops into the modem for the install, then dkpg -ì the firmware. Good luck On 24 September 2015 9:08:11 am AEST, Stephen Powell wrote: >On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:23:39 -0400 (EDT), Edward

Re: Jessie 8.3 - still no update notifications

es, and in the morning I > > have email telling me what needs to be updated and why, and instructions > > on just what to do to install the updates. > > I prefer running 'apt-get' manually then using any of scripts running by > cron. You only need to use one or the other, no need

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

might as well move /home while you are using the live CD. -- Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: updating debian 8 (jessie) stable to permanent testing

to match. Are they not necessary? Thanks -- Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: [ A little off topic] Best e-mail client for Android

day to day stuff I'm still looking for an app that includes only highlighted text from the original in the reply, though. I figure redirect won't pass Google's 'ethics'process, as they state publicly that they believe the process is a security risk. I disagree. Keith Bainbridge 0447 667 468 keith

Re: Sudo

ord to do the >> same thing > >No it doesn't. Only users who have been granted sudo privileges can >use >sudo and only for the commands permitted them. In reality, how many PC s have more than 1 user. If I had users other than myself, I'd think hard about a ding them to sudoers

Re: boot problem

lt;debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: boot problem Hi, After install the debian, it goes to debian OS system directly, without showing me the option of start Mac OS or debian OS. Any suggestions, thanks, Keith Bainbridge 0447 667 468 keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my APad

Re: boot problem

a menu. Original Message From: lina <lina.lastn...@gmail.com> Sent: Mon Mar 07 01:01:31 AEDT 2016 To: Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugro...@gmail.com> Cc: Debian Lists <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: boot problem df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Us

Re: What boot manager do use for an OSX/Debian Dual Boot?

There used be a facility rEFIt that did a reasonable job, but I found it only made a slow boot process even slower. If you want to multiple boot, put grub on the blessed partition on your next install. I needed the space osx was using some years ago, so no longer dual boot, hence my haziness. Keith

Re: Before I install Debian

Have I missed something here? .pdf files are portable, right? How can I as a creator specify that you as the reader MUST use a specific program to read them? Keith Bainbridge 0447667468 keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my APad On 11 Feb 2017 07:40, "John Culleto

Re: kde install accessibility experience

Suggest you contact Klaus Knopper of knoppix, who had similar issues with a better half if I remember. Keith Bainbridge 0447667468 keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my APad On 10 Jan 2017 18:06, "Jude DaShiell" <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: > Earlier I wrote the kde

Re: Installer trases UUID of swap - was [Re: Change of UUID?]

Thanks folk. You've explained what has been happening to me on my multi-boot system, and given a solution in 1 session. Keith Bainbridge 0447667468 keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my APad On 7 Jan 2017 08:48, "David Wright" <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri 0

Re: Monitor switched off after resume from hibernation

Ummm, why turn the monitor off first? I use suspend rather than hibernate, on a macbook 4,1 and just close the lid. I get a password screen as soon as I open up. Keith Bainbridge 0447667468 keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my APad On 6 Jan 2017 08:04, "solitone" <solit...@ma

Re: cannot register @forum

Oliver, sweethome On the face of it, you have registered. I doubt I'd have seen your notes if you weren't. Keith Bainbridge 0447667468 keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my APad On 9 Jan 2017 06:30, "sweethome" <mpal2...@rediffmail.com> wrote: > cannot regis

Re: Monitor switched off after resume from hibernation

Please see below Keith Bainbridge 0447667468 keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my APad On 6 Jan 2017 12:58, "David Wright" <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: On Fri 06 Jan 2017 at 11:11:45 (+1100), Keith Bainbridge wrote: > Ummm, why turn the monitor off first? Per

Re: Monitor switched off after resume from hibernation

power you are saving with hibernate. Keith Bainbridge 0447667468 keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my APad On 6 Jan 2017 16:55, "solitone" <solit...@mail.com> wrote: > On Friday, January 6, 2017 11:11:45 AM CET Keith Bainbridge wrote: > > Ummm, why turn the monitor o

Re: Need help making new boot vol

I wonder if you need to review the partition UUIDs in /etc/fstab? Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468 On 16/1/19 9:56 am, Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I have copied my boot, root and home partitions to a larger device but I think I need to run grub to actually make

Re: Stretch to buster

Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468 On 10/2/19 10:43 am, Richard Hector wrote: On 10/02/19 12:01 PM, deloptes wrote: Normally, I wouldn't bother since I usually only upgrade every other release after LTS ceases on my primary install.  But this time, Buster includes

Re: Cannot re-install synaptic on Buster.

Good afternoon All I'm more intrigued that synaptic reportedly removed itself. How is this possible, or did some other package force its removal? Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468 On 15/4/19 3:24 pm, Kieran Smyth wrote: For reasons unknown to me, synaptic

Re: Cannot re-install synaptic on Buster.

On 15/4/19 6:12 pm, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:32:47 +1000 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Hello Keith, I'm more intrigued that synaptic reportedly removed itself. How is this possible, or did some other package force its removal? Removal occurred because of otherwise unresolvable

Re: Problem loading Debian 9.8.0

h have now disappeared. I'm not very patient when trying to fix something as new as a fresh install. If it fails, I try again - watching everything I do and I end up happy. Keep trying Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Problem loading Debian 9.8.0

Patrick I've never found that setting. Interesting. Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468 On 15/4/19 9:51 pm, Patrick Gallagher wrote: Hi Keith, Liam, I got it working. It was a simple setting in Virtual box I had to enable to load other os's. Thanks for your help

Re: Cannot re-install synaptic on Buster.

On 15/4/19 8:59 pm, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 20:12:34 +1000 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Hello Keith, So if I don't install Wayland, I should not loose synaptic - for those odd times I need it to help me find something? That /would/ have been the case, yes. Not so now

Re: A call to drop gnome

own as well - often opens the Menu -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: A call to drop gnome as the default desktop

On 17/4/19 5:26 pm, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: Keith Bainbridge writes: I see the point that people who like gnome should be allowed to use it - so withdraw the drop gnome from debian. I believe the change to the subject line will keep the discussion together. I'll re-send if it opens a new topic

Re: A call to drop gnome as the default desktop

nstall.iso I accept that gnome is popular, and figured that by seeking to drop it, I am trying to remove their freedom to use it. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: A call to drop gnome

red desktop is Mate - when I am protesting the desktop that is/was related to Mate so closely. As somebody said - things change. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: A call to drop gnome

On 16/4/19 9:01 pm, Reco wrote: And for those there should be at least a good document about doing it. Agreed. +1 - as long as somebody with a good dollop of Asperger syndrome can interpret it. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: A call to drop gnome

at the side. I tried java about 15 years ago, and failed miserably. Perhaps a bad choice, but what the Uni course I was trying to get into required. I can write a script and alias's in .bashrc, the odd macro in Calc. I keep telling my friends it's never too late to learn, but at 71, I figure I

Re: A call to drop gnome

On 17/4/19 9:37 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:54:02 +1000 Keith Bainbridge wrote: I've never been a fan of gnome, and I can only say that in the beginning it was simply because I didn't yet know about themes etc. I settled for KDE, in the 1990's. I now know

Re: sporadic successfull mount of nfs with Stretch

what would happen if you used the IP address instead of the srv-storage? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: sporadic successfull mount of nfs with Stretch

On 28/5/19 8:05 pm, Stefan K wrote: I solved this issue by installing the latest backport kernel Stefan Well done -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Cannot re-install synaptic on Buster.

On 15/4/19 5:32 pm, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Good afternoon All I'm more intrigued that synaptic reportedly removed itself. How is this possible, or did some other package force its removal? Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468 On 15/4/19 3:24 pm, Kieran Smyth wrote

A call to drop gnome

- in the name of looking for a better way. Never know - there maybe something that changes my computing life totally. By the bye, it's 16:52, and Autumn in my back yard. There are leaves all over our footpaths. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Trying to install Audiveris

! E: Sub-process Popen returned an error code (2) E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /mnt/data/keith/Downloads/linuxDebs /audiveris_5.1.0-0librazik1_amd64.deb E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. I'm running Buster -- Keith

Re: August 10, 2019

at https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: August 10, 2019

be there on re-boot), add printer/s etc. When you're happy just run the install program. You'll get the option to leave the present system in place if you prefer. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: virt-manager (was Re: Virtual Box)

On 7/8/19 12:44 am, The Wanderer wrote: it reports that "libvirtd is installed but not running". running sudo libvirtd got me past that problem -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Virtual Box

tps://virt-manager.org/ Thanks Etienne I have looked at kvm/qmeu a few times but balked at the process. This suggestion has made it viable. Thank you. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Virtual Box

) -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: chromebook

On 11/7/19 10:44 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: Enough reasons to change mail provider. Good afternoon All I agree, but every time I look around, I find only other mega corporate operators that offer realistic data storage limits. I'd be interested in some suggestions, please. Keith

Email based attack on University

-information-got-out/11550578 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-02/the-sophisticated-anu-hack-that-compromised-private-details/11566540 -- Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Email based attack on University

source of the attack, the suggestion now is that the attack was aimed at Defence Force people. Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468 Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: KDE desktop not accessible after installation

that disappeared?), and I have no .xsession* file.?? Anyone know what I am missing to get this to work? I am running an up-to-date testing system... Thanks, Kenward G'day Kenward Is there a plasma option? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Is this ALL good advise

; General > Config Editor set use_status_for_biff to false set mail.server.default.autosync_offline_stores to true Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: Is this ALL good advise

On 7/12/19 10:55 am, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Have had a couple of questions that have gotten me thinking deeply, primarily about whose/what safety I am really trying to protect. My best answer is personal, physical safety of my family. Good afternoon all I have pondered over all you pros

Re: Is this ALL good advise

teProv": "Victoria", "city": "Melbourne" Only problem is there is no such continent. How can I believe in its accuracy? Thanks again. I'll mail the results of using the other SMTPs -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Is this ALL good advise

to the support teams for assistance. You can also notify the website’s administrator about the problem. Should I be worried??? Or am I also cynical? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Is this ALL good advise

On 3/12/19 8:42 pm, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Just wondering if this is ALL good advice? Should I use it for ALL my mail, or just sensitive stuff, like lobbying politicians. I'm still here. Have had a couple of questions that have gotten me thinking deeply, primarily about whose/what

Re: Macbook Post-Installation Issue

On 17/12/19 5:46 am, Kent West wrote: Unless things have changed recently (and I don't believe they have), you could also run "sudo tasksel" and pick the Desktop Environment[s] you prefer. Just worked for me, when I tried it just for fun -- Keith Bainbridge keith.ba

Re: Is this ALL good advise

, with personal thanks for other responses. My typing speed is slower than I like to believe. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Is this ALL good advise

ess of encryption. The people I will be a addressing will mainly fall under the group that wont bother trying. Other responses follow -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: unattended-upgrades does not install upgrades on shutdown

that sometimes upgrade takes longer than normal. How to prevent a repeat is the real question. My only suggestion is extend the time-out, but how long. Maybe run manual upgrades on one machine every day, before shutting down the others?? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Email based attack on University

into /root. Same result. If I su, get # prompt and 'alias' works. Typing alias gets list as expected. exit. Try su -c and same results. exit. su -c "alias" - not found. So where do I put .bashrc for a su - "alias" to work, please. Should I have started a new topic?

Re: unattended-upgrades does not install upgrades on shutdown

On 15/10/19 11:31 am, Keith Bainbridge wrote: How to prevent a repeat is the real question. My only suggestion is extend the time-out, but how long.  Maybe run manual upgrades on one machine every day, before shutting down the others?? There was a response suggesting getting cron to run

Re: Firefox Seems to Have a Mind of It's Own

verses it's) hits people hard, learning English from the Latin-Based Countries. +1 -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Email based attack on University

On 5/10/19 1:22 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 07:03:59PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: I wonder if having /home on a 'noexec' partition would stop this attack, please? I don't know specifically about this attack, but noexec is trivial to circumvent. Here's three ways

Re: Email based attack on University

On 8/10/19 12:45 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 10:49:01AM +1100, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Well I think the bash line means that the bash command uses ~/whatever as data (which it could do without the x switch?) like any program does with data files. I wasn't aware

Re: Email based attack on University

On 9/10/19 1:42 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote: Yes that sounds correct: if the mount didn't happen, the script isn't there, so it won't run. I meant to say that I'd get cron to mount the disk, then run the script and unmount it. Thanks again Jonathan. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3

Re: Email based attack on University

, it was also reported that the University is part of the Defence Force training system. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Email based attack on University

Yes Brian - precisely. Thanks. And Joe has repeated you, with a few suggestions to 'improve' the situation. Now to convince people to switch. I believe it is easier than adjusting to recent updates elsewhere, but... Worth trying though. Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro

Re: Email based attack on University

I'm still lurking here, but not sure what this suggestion means. Please expand. On 5/10/19 1:22 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 07:03:59PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: I wonder if having /home on a 'noexec' partition would stop this attack, please? I don't know

Re: Email based attack on University

So it's not just 4 major regional hospitals here. Could it be the attacks are connected. By the bye, I a current-time documentary earlier this year, in a local public hospital with what looked very like WinXP on the monitor behind the doctor being interviewed. Keith Bainbridge

Re: unattended-upgrades does not install upgrades on shutdown

as worked at the very beginning)? Best regards, Yvan Perhaps there was a larger than normal upgrade to exceeded to 10mins delay, and it's all stalled Suggest a manual upgrade to see what results you get. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Home made backup system

zlla**' --exclude '**eamonkey**' --exclude '**hromium** ' /mnt/data/keith/ ./ The --exclude bits aren't working, yet; and neither did an --exclude-from-list bit. Anyhow, just my 2 bobs worth. -- Keith Bainbridge kkeith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

. Usually adds about a minute to the upgrade. I am about to look into LVM snapshots NOW, though. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

. Is LVM viable? I can see the benefit of re-sizing on the fly. I use multi-boot. I can see the possibility of /dev/sda1 and LVM using the rest. But is it viable, please? Keith BAINBRIDGE keithr...@gmail.com +61447 667 468 Sent from my Apad On Wed., 26 Feb. 2020, 16:42 Keith Bainbridge, wrote

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

On 27/2/20 3:46 am, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:15:44 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Is LVM viable? I can see the benefit of re-sizing on the fly. I use multi-boot. I can see the possibility of /dev/sda1 and LVM using the rest. But is it viable, please? Yes, it is viable

Re: Offline install from CD - not allowed to install SSH server

' is the opposite of what you need. I get that you'd like to complete the install without connecting if you have a flaky internet, but if you're not connected, I don't see how the install will set up you debian mirror. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Dolphin as root

On 4/3/20 10:08 am, Gary L. Roach wrote: Thanks for the information. Caja can be started as root. This solves my problem but it would still be nice if someone could fix the Dolphin problem. Perhaps you need to take that to KDE team? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

On 27/2/20 8:54 am, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Thanks for the positive responses. I am interested now because I am about to buy a new drive. I guess the answer to these will be obvious when I choose LVM at the disk selection stage, but do I need to keep system partitions separate? as I install

now gmail rant

that into context, my current time is Fri06Mar2020@14:23:53 Many of you will read it on Thursday evening? My solution has been to bcc my self and an archive address. I am slowly working towards a better email server, but it takes time. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447

Re: Dolphin as root

r mc I know you wanted to fix dolphin, but.. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: gmail occasionally bouncing list email

suggestions ( apart from not using gmail ) ? mick +1 Interestingly, I am subscribed under at least 2 gmail addresses (don't ask why) but only one of them gets bounces. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Kernel Panic

try sudo apt-get update Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468 On 27/1/20 5:24 pm, William Torrez Corea wrote: sudo apt get update

Re: Sudo

sudo manually, you will normally need to add yourself to the group. Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468 On 26/1/20 6:44 am, Charles Curley wrote: charles@hawk:~$ which sudo /usr/bin/sudo

Re: Sudo

VBox version, I ended up with my phone# as my log in. By the bye, Mac OSx used to do the same. At least Android doesn't; and trying to get Admin is terrifying me. Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468 On 28/1/20 8:11 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: And, unfortuantely

Re: Whither "bullseye?

/ -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

- showing about 5G used? I'm working on instinct, so feel free to ignore me. Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468 On 30/1/20 5:51 am, David Christensen wrote: Using a Dell PowerEdge T30 with CMOS Setup configured for UEFI and Secure Boot, I booted d-i and installed onto

Re: Sudo

On 29/1/20 9:17 am, Kenneth Parker wrote: So one of my "early actions", is to enter "sudo passwd root" and enter your "normal user password". You should have then been asked to enter and re-enter a new password - for root? -- Keith Bainbridge keith.

Re: Sudo

t password. Sorry, I think I top posted a little earlier. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: debian format usb drive that a Mac likes

It ran linux for another 5 years. Clearly they believe that thier own OS it too big. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

sudo security flaw

fixed in version 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u2. For the stable distribution (buster), exploitation of the bug is prevented due to a change in EOF handling introduced in 1.8.26. I'm on 1.8.29. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: Sudo

On 31/1/20 5:21 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:29:06 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: On 29/1/20 6:02 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: My point is that sudo is more of a security "hole" since it only requires a user's password which in my experience are less secure since

Re: guys

them more? -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: dislocker package broken, fix in 'sid'. How long 'til in backports?

nteresting. To answer you question directly, not long.I used a vbox to test upgrading from bullseye to sid, a couple of weeks ago, to see how much difference there is. About 20 packages. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: cron error - date command

, though. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

cron error - date command

bash_history I have this line as a cron-job, and constantly get error messages: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``' /bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file and no output to .bash_history Thanks for your suggests -- Keith Bainbridge keith.

Re: cron error - date command

On 1/2/20 10:10 pm, Teemu Likonen wrote: If you don't want this % effect you need to escape those characters with backslash: echo `date +\%Y\%b\%d` Thankyou Worked just as I wanted. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: now gmail rant

our Manager brought his TV into the office for us to sneak in occasionally. My better half was a teacher then - the kids watched most of as their study for that day. PLEASE, I just like having a bit of fun sometimes. At 72, I reckon I've earnt that much? -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this?

(because there's no terminal). Kind regards, Andrei alt-f2 used pop-up a box to enter the password, if needed -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Help on package selection

you to know how to search the web for this info - try linux alternatives to onenote vmware -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this?

On 8/4/20 5:31 am, Alexis Grigoriou wrote: You could press Alt-F2 and enter sudo thunar Or is that gksu thunar But I recall a similar question a few weeks back. Perhaps xfce doesn't support gksu any longer. I recall that it did back when I used it. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3

Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this?

). Better still, list commands that you are happy to run as sudo withOUT passwd individually at the end of sudoers. eg keith ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/ Would I include a file manager? U,no -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

history with fora that are available in browser is that I forget to go look at what is happening; even when I ask a question. At least with email, I get a prompt to look at un-read mail. If the interface is as good as google mail in browser, I won't last long; maybe 2 minutes. -- Keith

Re: Reporting bugs in Stable

rom memory, packages stay in SID until about 2 weeks of no major issues?). -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Seeing command history when using MATE terminal

story from several terminals, there are ways to do it, for example, set a different $HISTFILE for each terminal. Or this in .bashrc? # append to the history file, don't overwrite it shopt -s histappend PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND" -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

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