Re: [OT] browsable archive of OFTC debian channels?

2021-08-14 Thread Linux-Fan
#debian-mentors`, `#debian-cd` etc. Most people interested in seeing all the conversations seem to stay online all the time, e.g. using a detached screen or tmux session of an IRC client. HTH Linux-Fan öö [...] pgpbH2kBLupZk.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian 11 bullseye Gdm3 nvidia 7200go nouveau glitches and more

2021-08-16 Thread Linux-Fan
f was Debian Stretch (Debian 9). HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpvqdonhpurt.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: nvme SSD and poor performance

2021-08-17 Thread Linux-Fan
not being an automatism, but you can enable the systemd timer suggested above with a single command. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpMM3E95N78t.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: nvme SSD and poor performance

2021-08-17 Thread Linux-Fan
Christian Britz writes: On 17.08.21 at 15:30 Linux-Fan wrote: Pierre Willaime writes: P-S: If triming it is needed for ssd, why debian do not trim by default? Detecting reliably if the current system has SSDs that would benefit from trimming AND that the user has not taken their own

Re: nvme SSD and poor performance

2021-08-20 Thread Linux-Fan
Pierre Willaime writes: Thanks all. I activated `# systemctl enable fstrim.timer` (thanks Linux-Fan). You're welcome :) But I do not think my issue is trim related after all. I have always a lot of I/O activities from jdb2 even just after booting and even when the computer is

Re: how to change debian installation mirror list?

2021-08-23 Thread Linux-Fan
irror. Scroll near the end of https://masysma.lima-city.de/37/debian_i386_installation_reports_att/m6-d11a3-i386-netinst.xhtml for screenshots of the respective dialogs. It is from an an alpha release of the installer but the dialogs should not differ too much from the final one. HT

Re: Installing old/deprecated packages

2021-09-05 Thread Linux-Fan
#x27; 259 0 nvme0n1 42428 17299 3905792 8439 49354 7425 3352623 15456 0 48512 26929 43429 11 476835656 3033 0 0\n' See also: https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=967 [...] [1] https://gitlab.com/o9000/phwmon Btw. it looks as if `python-is-python2` is not needed for this to

Re: Installing old/deprecated packages

2021-09-06 Thread Linux-Fan
riveravaldez writes: On 9/5/21, Linux-Fan wrote: > riveravaldez writes: > >> I have this `phwmon.py`[1] which I use with fluxbox to have a couple >> of system monitors at hand. It depends on some python2 packages, so >> stopped working some time ago. > > Any

Re: plugged and unplugged monitor

2021-09-06 Thread Linux-Fan
connected, disconnected and re-connected cases to see if the monitor connection is being recognized by X11. AFAIK it should be possible to run `xrandr` over SSH while nothing is displayed as long as the GUI is running and you prefix it by the proper `DISPLAY=:0` variable. HTH Linux-Fan öö [...]

[OT] C++ Book Question (Was: Re: How to improve my question in stackoverflow?)

2021-09-09 Thread Linux-Fan
patch --strip 1 < patchbook.patch from inside the repository. HTH Linux-Fan öö diff --git a/Chapter04/LibraryPointer/Book.cpp b/Chapter04/LibraryPointer/Book.cpp index ae86fd2..62f60f5 100644 --- a/Chapter04/LibraryPointer/Book.cpp +++ b/Chapter04/LibraryPointer/Book.cpp @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@

Re: HTML mail [was: How to improve my question in stackoverflow?]

2021-09-10 Thread Linux-Fan
ns with source code :) Btw.: For C++ STL components such as `set` or `string` it is perfectly fine to not append a `.h`. In fact, it would seem not to be standards compliant to append the `.h`, cf. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15680190 YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgp8MUSLxC_NJ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Dual GPU dual display support in Debian?

2021-09-15 Thread Linux-Fan
starting an X-server on top of the two X11 displays (:0.1 etc.) but I cannot seem to find them right now. Back when I tried that setup, it seemed these would be unable to provide graphics accelleration, hence I opted for the more convoluted variant with two window managers and full performa

Re: Dual GPU dual display support in Debian?

2021-09-15 Thread Linux-Fan
Anssi Saari writes: Linux-Fan writes: > Anssi Saari writes: > >> I was wondering, since I didn't really find anything definite via Google >> but is dual GPU dual display actually a supported configuration in >> Debian 11? > > I would be interested in knowing

Re: Bullseye (mostly) not booting on Proliant DL380 G7

2021-09-16 Thread Linux-Fan
ing despite not having had this issue - a nicely structured approach to tackle such problems! Linux-Fan öö pgpBYX_NJWs13.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: write only storage.

2021-09-21 Thread Linux-Fan
be widely deployed yet. AFAIK in "business" contexts, tape libraries and rsync-style mirrors are quite widespread. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpxke0vDpypy.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread Linux-Fan
lts: https://www.acronymfinder.com/Slang/FAOD.html That, finally, explains it. Most of the time, I try to stick to acronyms that are found in "The Jargon File" (package `jargon`) because these seem to have a pretty agreed-upon meaning :) HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpjxsIFEVmwU.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: usb audio interface recommendation

2021-09-29 Thread Linux-Fan
ack when I searched for audio interfaces, I had also considered the Zoom UAC-2 (https://www.zoom.co.jp/sites/default/files/products/downloads/pdfs/E_UAC-2.pdf). Reviews seemed to indicate acceptable Linux compatibility, but I do not have any first-hand experience with it. HTH Linux-Fan *wh

Re: New mdadm RAID1 gets renamed from md3 to md127 after each reboot

2021-10-01 Thread Linux-Fan
sk/by-uuid to find out if your md3/md127 can be accessed by an unique ID. You could then point the entries in /etc/fstab to the UUID rather than the "unstable" device name? HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpXLRom6yQiu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-16 Thread Linux-Fan
mountpoint of choice (`ln -s /media/richards_downloads Downloads`). 2. How could I have found the answer? By trying it out :) If you do it wrongly, it yields "mountpoint does not exist" or similar. If you do it correctly, it "just works". HTH Linux-Fan [...] öö pgpAlDLwr

Re: AMD OpenCL support

2021-10-17 Thread Linux-Fan
. Although its not a "clean" solution by any means, it might "just work"? HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpyhukeY7BBf.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: AMD OpenCL support

2021-10-17 Thread Linux-Fan
piorunz writes: On 17/10/2021 21:50, Linux-Fan wrote: There, the suggested fix is to switch to amdgpu-pro (which seems to remedy the issue but not entirely...) which lead me to try the `.deb` files from AMD. I downloaded `amdgpu-pro-21.20-1292797-ubuntu-20.04.tar.xz` and it seems to have

Re: AMD OpenCL support

2021-10-18 Thread Linux-Fan
piorunz writes: On 17/10/2021 23:31, Linux-Fan wrote: Back then, I got it from https://www.amd.com/en/support/professional-graphics/radeon-pro/radeon-pro- w5000-series/radeon-pro-w5500 under "Radeon(TM) Pro Software for Enterprise on Ubuntu 20.04.2" and the download still seems to

Re: How to install official AMDGPU linux driver on Debian 11?

2021-10-21 Thread Linux-Fan
already wrote in the other thread. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpbWc1g5EV6Y.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ...

2021-10-24 Thread Linux-Fan
ould be a Windows host with Linux in VMs. Then, you could access it from any windows host either vith a virtualization client software (VMWare vSphere?) or through the SSH and VNC protocols. HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpDksUqm6OCc.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: LXQT desktop environment hangs?

2021-10-29 Thread Linux-Fan
riments on slow (old, i386) machines, my experience was that LXDE was indeed a little bit faster than LXQT but the difference is probably not notable on anything but >13 year old hardware :) Thank you for your time. HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö OT: If you want something that _really_ do

Re: LXQT desktop environment hangs?

2021-10-31 Thread Linux-Fan
kaye n writes: SORRY I SHOULD HAVE SENT IT TO DEBIAN LIST Never mind, I am taking this as an OK to post my answer to the list :) On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 9:16 PM kaye n wrote: On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 10:35 PM Linux-Fan wrote: [...] I'd suggest to try debugging _why_ Fi

Re: Is "Debian desktop environment" identical to "GNOME" upon installation?

2021-11-05 Thread Linux-Fan
;real screenshots" :) [1] https://masysma.lima-city.de/37/debian_i386_installation_reports_att/m2-dl1080-i386-lxde-calamares.xhtml [2] https://masysma.lima-city.de/37/debian_i386_installation_reports_att/m2-dl1080-i386-lxde-di.xhtml [3] https://masysma.lima-city.de/37/debian_i386_installation_reports_att/m6-d11a3-i386-netinst.xhtml HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpK1tyhC5AEL.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian version

2021-11-09 Thread Linux-Fan
define LINUX_PACKAGE_ID " Debian 5.10.46-5" If your goal is to evaluate them programatically during compile-time of a C project, this might not be ideal though, because all of the values I found seem to be strings. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpliwZzHZIW3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Emoji fonts in Debian [WAS:] Re: How to NOT automatically mount a specific partition of an external device?

2021-11-27 Thread Linux-Fan
i-core I am pretty fine with _not_ seeing the correct glyphs by default given that I do not want fancy colorful icons in my terminals anyway :) YMMV Linux-Fan öö [...] pgpGNsO7W6ND3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Looking for reccomendations

2021-12-29 Thread Linux-Fan
many, though. [1] https://www.newegg.com/creative-sound-blaster-play-3/p/N82E16829102100 HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö [...] pgpD1mIVhKG9H.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: downsides to replacing xfce4-terminal?

2022-01-08 Thread Linux-Fan
to be superseded by the "R.A.T.4+" which has a bunch of more featurs that I probably don't need :) Personally, I'm still using a three-button mouse with no wheel. The middle button pastes, just as the gods of Unix (or Xerox) intended. That's also a fine choice

Re: smartd

2022-01-23 Thread Linux-Fan
d to play through the recovery scenario, too. I recommend doing this in a VM unless you have some dedicated machine with at least two HDDs to play with. [...] HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgp1HGhRHorQN.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

2021-03-08 Thread Linux-Fan
Tixy writes: On Mon, 2021-03-08 at 05:36 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-03-07 at 22:53, Felix Miata wrote: > > > Linux-Fan composed on 2021-03-08 03:35 (UTC+0100): > > > > > Wrt. power I usually start from CPU + GPU > > > > I used an online ca

Re: Use motherboard video-out or GPU’s

2021-03-09 Thread Linux-Fan
are doing this all the time there is no reason against using them for video output, too :) * In case of mobile devices there are some which can render on a different GPU than the monitor is connected to but for usual desktops this is not the case. HTH Linux-Fan öö

[OT] Debian Offtopic (Was: Re: Social-media antipathy))

2021-03-18 Thread Linux-Fan
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Re: how to record sound to mp3 [wav, for those who can]

2021-03-25 Thread Linux-Fan
lay which has one HDMI, DP, VGA and DVI input each. The W5500 is connected to the DisplayPort and if I play sound to the "HDMI" output, the display outputs that sound through its headphones socket. Similar to your case, there are no HDMI ports on the graphics card. In my case, it is only DisplayPorts. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpoa49bihnMC.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Running debian on WSL (windows-system-for-linux)

2021-03-26 Thread Linux-Fan
uration options, whereas WSL is rather limited in this regard, although it can be done with it, too... HTH Linux-Fan öö [...] pgpceKr_R39OZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: fail2ban Squawk

2021-03-26 Thread Linux-Fan
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard: https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s15.html On my Debian 10 system, /var/run is a symlink to /run, allowing for compatibility with programs using that path. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgp4nvTHgIVeb.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Converting markdown to PDF

2021-04-01 Thread Linux-Fan
i A texlive-pstricks- TeX Live: PSTricks i A texlive-science - TeX Live: Mathematics, natural sciences, c I am pretty sure that not all of them are needed. It might be sufficient to begin with `texlive-latex-base` and only install others

Re: Converting markdown to PDF

2021-04-02 Thread Linux-Fan
Paul M Foster writes: On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:46:09PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] > pdflatex is provided by package texlive-latex-base. > > Some hints about which packages might be needed can be seen in pandoc's > "Suggests": > > ~$ aptitude show pandoc

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Linux-Fan
been found yet -- they run quite deeply and affect (at least) multiple Linux distributions. HTH Linux-Fan öö [...] pgp7hIfVnNYt5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: upgrading firefox-esr from 78.6 to 78.9 results in non-working firefox

2021-04-10 Thread Linux-Fan
s version's processes? With new Firefox updates I frequently observe that the already running old version "disintegrates" -- I cannot open new pages and get error messages or blank pages instead. This can then be solved by closing all Firefox windows and starting it s

Re: how to use fetchmail with MS Office 365 / davmail?

2021-04-29 Thread Linux-Fan
ss something like "I cannot scan the code" or such. HTH Linux-Fan pgpmTYmvChzw1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to use fetchmail with MS Office 365 / davmail?

2021-04-30 Thread Linux-Fan
Kushal Kumaran writes: On Thu, Apr 29 2021 at 06:57:02 PM, Linux-Fan wrote: > Michael Grant writes: > >> I saw in the last 6 months a daemon that let you get oauth tokens on >> linux and then it refereshed the token indefinitely until told to >> stop. Essentially makin

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-15 Thread Linux-Fan
Bob Bernstein writes: As noted, is there a minimum bs size for dd? AFAIK its one byte. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpQux2oMAtlK.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-06-02 Thread Linux-Fan
m leaning towards the "DE explanation" -- that the upgrades are not caused by APT's own mechanisms but rather triggered by some DE through opaque means not visible in cron or systemd timers. I am not sure how I would go about identifying the cause there, except for checking th

Re: How to verify newly burned disc [Was: Fatal error while burning CD]

2021-06-29 Thread Linux-Fan
to compare the individual track files against your supplied sources? I have not tried to verify audio discs this way, though. HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpPPQlh6zJ8m.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Mass storage prices and form factor (was: ISO to external SSD)

2021-08-03 Thread Linux-Fan
oder 8T. With 2.5" a limited and expensive selection of server drives offer 2T or 4T with CMR, whereas AFAIK all consumer-grade 2.5" hard drives above 1T are SMR drives. I am not sure if there are any 2.5" CMR hard drives (server or not) above 4T? This means in terms of performance, it is quite possible for a single 3.5" drive to outperform two 2.5" ones (unless you are only doing sequential reads from two drives in parallel). YMMV Linux-Fan -- öö pgpRk8_IwJMav.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: On improving mailing list [was: How to Boot Linux ISO Images Directly From Your Hard Drive Debian]

2021-08-09 Thread Linux-Fan
to read but also more private in that what one does not intend to send (which messages I read and how long I take for it for instance) stays private. HTH Linux-Fan öö [...] pgpKvreXwIXey.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

2022-02-02 Thread Linux-Fan
regular amd64 machine, I do not expect any problems with upgrading. ┌─── System Sheet Script 1.2.7, Copyright (c) 2012-2021 Ma_Sys.ma ─┐ │ linux-fan (id 1000) on rxvt-unicode-256colorDebian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) │ │ Linux 4.19.0-18-amd64

Re: Query

2022-02-08 Thread Linux-Fan
. Hence I switched to `sc-im` (a lightweight spreadsheet program) on old machines for such tasks. HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö [...] pgppno1xg3h5S.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Memory leak

2022-02-11 Thread Linux-Fan
"lower-end" system e.g. fewer CPU cores would cause fewer processes to be spawned and hence the memory efficiency might be better in such cases. HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö [...] pgpNyJMgXvFcU.pgp Description: PGP signature

Captive Portal Alternatives (Was: Re: miracle of Firefox in the hotel)

2022-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
lso: * https://radavis.github.io/captive-portal-is-dead/ * https://old.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/lrebw5/alternatives_to_a_captive_portal_for_open_networks/ * https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8910.txt HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpevR0soRT0q.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Captive Portal Alternatives (Was: Re: miracle of Firefox in the hotel)

2022-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
Brian writes: On Sun 13 Feb 2022 at 16:02:53 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 02:41:31PM +0100, Linux-Fan wrote: > > Brian writes: [...] > > > Could the process to replace them on, say, public transport be > > > outlined? [...] >

Re: Captive Portal Alternatives (Was: Re: miracle of Firefox in the hotel)

2022-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
saries can manipulate that even _without_ captive portals if they setup their own (malicious) “free” WiFi service. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpm03BfoCPio.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Bulseye - TacacsPlus - Configure ?

2022-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
://metacpan.org/pod/Authen::TacacsPlus. The package is a Perl module. I.e. it is useful inside Perl scripts. If you do not want to create or use a perl script with that module, it seems unlikely that you would benefit from the package at all? HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpfodrMpgRO5.pgp Description

Re: how many W a PSU for non-gaming Debian?

2022-03-04 Thread Linux-Fan
ccording to 80+ it will not necessarily be more efficient than a less highly rated 300W model. To summarize: For the use case, one might want to add the CPU's TDP "another time", i.e. 231.8W + 125W = 356W. Then choose either the next fitting PSU size (400W) or go slightly larger for extra safety e.g. 450W, 500W or even 550W would all be sensible choices. HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgp0I0qlAv8Hu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how many W a PSU for non-gaming Debian?

2022-03-04 Thread Linux-Fan
Emanuel Berg writes: Linux-Fan wrote: > Please keep the following points in mind when doing PSU > wattage sizing for modern PCs: > > - Judging a CPU by its thermal design power is no longer > feasible due to some CPUs permanently overclocking while > the actually avail

Re: how many W a PSU for non-gaming Debian?

2022-03-05 Thread Linux-Fan
Emanuel Berg writes: Linux-Fan wrote: >> Oh, the OP has the AMD4 x86_64 CPU that comes with/in the >> Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming motherboard! > > By default, a motherboard is just that, a motherboard. > Unless you have some specific "bundle" package, the

Re: how many W a PSU for non-gaming Debian?

2022-03-06 Thread Linux-Fan
9+12+19+80+10+5 = 265W. With +30%: 265*1.3 = 344.5W Hence it would be suggested to take at least a 350W PSU. Use a larger one if you ever plan to extend the system. HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpl5untslDYm.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how many W a PSU for non-gaming Debian?

2022-03-07 Thread Linux-Fan
Emanuel Berg writes: Linux-Fan wrote: > It does, see > https://www.techporn.ph/wp-content/uploads/ASUS-ROG-Strix-B450-F-Gaming- Benchmark-1.jpg > which is from your reference iv and explicitly shows an AMD R5 > 2600X processor being used. I'll subtract 65W from it then .

Re: how many W a PSU for non-gaming Debian?

2022-03-08 Thread Linux-Fan
Emanuel Berg writes: Linux-Fan wrote: >>> CPU power doubled to account for short-time bursts. >> >> Double it, that something one should do? > > In Intel world, yes :) In AMD world it seems to be slightly > better, cf.: > https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/gra

Re: which references (books, web pages, faqs, videos, ...) would you recommend to someone learning about the Linux boot process as thoroughly as possible?

2022-04-02 Thread Linux-Fan
differences :) HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpVSDkpKfsYh.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: libvirt tools and keyfiles

2022-04-02 Thread Linux-Fan
me to /etc/hosts and configuring SSH and my virt-manager connection to use the hostnames rather than IP addresses. I also remember that I had to add the connection to my GUI user's .ssh/config AND my root user's .ssh/config. In my case, I am not specifying the keyfile as part of the co

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

2022-04-07 Thread Linux-Fan
easy way to find out about a package's files after installation is `dpkg -L `, e.g. in this case: $ dpkg -L installation-guide-amd64 Btw. the guide in the package is then not a single HTML file but multiple files (in case it matters...) HTH Linux-Fan öö [...] pgpREAh7J2Hck.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: updatedb.mlocate

2022-04-10 Thread Linux-Fan
rivatives are really not my favorite configuration syntax, binary logfiles, semantics of disable/mask can be confusing...). IMHO it does provide a lot of useful features that were missing previously, though. YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpcH9a30fVSj.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: system freeze

2022-04-20 Thread Linux-Fan
so, I noted I had had a DP connectivity issue that was possibly responsible for the case where after the hang, the monitor would come back with a picture. It was fixed by re-attaching the DP cable... HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpw529fpcICT.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Can't setup a VM using SLIC data to activate Win10 in guest

2022-04-24 Thread Linux-Fan
ou try the `sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM` suggested in the comments already? NB: IIRC, back when I migrated all my Windows VMs from VirtualBox to KVM, I had to re-activate them all... HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgphq3f8S5oLx.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Firefox context menu and tooltip on wrong display?

2022-05-18 Thread Linux-Fan
apoint, no solution though :( HTH Linux-Fan öö [...] pgpbJ03YgamuY.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: setting path for root after "sudo su" and "sudo" for Debian Bullseye (11)

2022-05-21 Thread Linux-Fan
are the same PATH. I tend to interactively become root and hence ensure that the scripts are run all of the time. This has mostly survived the mentioned change in `su` behaviour and observable variations between `sudo -s` and `su` behaviours are kept at a minimum. HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö p

Recommendations for data layout in case of multiple machines (Was: Re: trying to install bullseye for about 25th time)

2022-06-10 Thread Linux-Fan
refox settings etc. It's a way of working that's served me well for about 25 years. It's hard to imagine going back to having data spread all over the place. What do you use as your file server? Is it running 24/7 or started as needed? Thanks in advance Linux-Fan öö [...] pgptZmlQKdJhL.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: SSD Optimization and tweaks - Looking for tips/recomendations

2022-06-28 Thread Linux-Fan
ites or not by checking the changes of the value over time (e.g. with help from `smartd` from package smartmontools). HTH and YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgphTZnBNkz29.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: VFAT vs. umask.

2022-07-30 Thread Linux-Fan
s here: https://masysma.lima-city.de/37/backup_tests_borg_bupstash_kopia.xhtml HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpwYqGXMmTxt.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: VFAT vs. umask.

2022-07-31 Thread Linux-Fan
pe...@easthope.ca writes: From: Linux-Fan Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 21:37:37 +0200 > Formatting it to ext2 should work and not cause any issues ... Other authorities claim "factory format" is optimal and wear of flash storage is a concern. A revised "format" can

Re: OT: Virtualbox - ISO or VDI?

2020-09-10 Thread Linux-Fan
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Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4

2020-09-13 Thread Linux-Fan
Richard Owlett writes: Where can I find description of using installer's interactive shells on tty1- tty4? I am not sure how much documentation there is on it, but how about this (section 6.3.9.2): https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s03.en.html#di-miscellaneous HTH Linux-Fan [...]

Re: OOM-killer not being involked under memory pressure

2020-09-24 Thread Linux-Fan
Swap-on-ZFS which may cause lockups similar to what you describe: https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/342 https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/7734 Thanks in advance Linux-Fan [...] pgpFrAe4hIosl.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: reprepro using a gpg certificate

2020-09-28 Thread Linux-Fan
ite nicely. In case you are interested in how it is implemented here, see https://masysma.lima-city.de/32/masysmaci_pkgsync.xhtml Follow the links to Github or further documentation as interested :) HTH Linux-Fan [...] pgpXpvfgbYx4w.pgp Description: PGP signature

General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-01 Thread Linux-Fan
hem, too. I am looking into all options although a fully self-built system is probably too much. I once tried to (only) get a decent PC case and failed at it... I can only imagine it being worse for rackmount PC cases and creating a complete system composed of individual parts? Thanks in advance Linux-Fan pgp1pA_ASNOFF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-01 Thread Linux-Fan
Dan Ritter writes: Linux-Fan wrote: [...] > * HPE DL385 G10 Plus > * Dell PowerEdge R7515 You should also look at machines made by SuperMicro and resold via a number of VARs. My company is currently using Silicon Mechanics and is reasonably happy with them. We have a few HPs as well

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread Linux-Fan
David Christensen writes: On 2020-10-01 14:37, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] Typical workloads: data compression (Debian live build, xz), virtual machines (software installation, updates) Rarely: GPGPU (e.g. nVidia CUDA, but some experimentation with OpenCL, too) single-core load coupled with

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread Linux-Fan
Linux-Fan writes: Hello fellow list users, I am constantly needing more computation power, RAM and HDD storage such that I have finally decided to buy a server for my next "workstation". The [...] * Of course, if there are any other comments, I am happy to hear them, too. I

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread Linux-Fan
David Christensen writes: On 2020-10-02 04:18, Linux-Fan wrote: David Christensen writes: On 2020-10-01 14:37, Linux-Fan wrote: >2x4T SSD for fast storage (VMs, OS) I suggest identifying your workloads, how much CPU, memory, disk I/O, etc., each requires, and then dividing t

Re: SSD and HDD

2020-10-11 Thread Linux-Fan
controller which blocks are unused by the OS such that it can delete them etc. :) For further optimization, if using virtual Windows machines, configure them correctly because otherwise Windows may start "defragmentation" -- a lot of unnecessary writes for any SSD.

Re: Replacement Email Client

2020-10-26 Thread Linux-Fan
https://www.google.com/search"; method="GET"> Search Query: Works independently of where the file is stored and could thus also run inside an e-mail client. HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpeCNz8p4K3t.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: The .xsession-errors problem

2020-10-26 Thread Linux-Fan
the admin... [...] Just my thoughts, YMMV Linux-Fan öö pgpLpRPvm4i5V.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Sid random crash with no clue in log files

2020-10-28 Thread Linux-Fan
. Attempting to re-start would fail in some way, but afterwards a login from the local system would again be possible and the hard reset could be avoided... HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpIWNhCGmk3b.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Special Key Assignment?

2020-10-31 Thread Linux-Fan
suggested: The following inputs ♠ upon pressing [F5] xmodmap -e "keycode 71 = U2660" The following inputs ♠ upon pressing [F6] xmodmap -e "keycode 72 = U2660" HTH Linux-Fan pgp5jBE5XL1on.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Building my own packages

2020-11-05 Thread Linux-Fan
me of its functions have not been used for at least a year...: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/08/msg00042.html ¹) Debian package `docker.io`. Note: Docker is a good substitute for most chroot uses (and many VM uses, too), but it loses much of their lightweightness and running D

Re: An old box running Debian 8

2020-11-11 Thread Linux-Fan
on an old laptop (Acer TravelMate 210) with 128 MiB of RAM and 700 MHz Intel Celeron (?) and it is slow even on commandline use with "heavy" applications like vim or maxima. Other tools, like sc-im run quickly enough, though... HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpdtMjiSEd2L.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: An old box running Debian 8

2020-11-12 Thread Linux-Fan
Miroslav Skoric writes: On 11/11/20 7:09 PM, Linux-Fan wrote: Pentium II is old indeed. Whenever using old processors, it is important to test if the new kernel will still support them. So maybe I shall try some newer kernel only? If you have an easy means to do that: Yes, I would highly

Re: An old box running Debian 8

2020-11-12 Thread Linux-Fan
rce usage of newer software... PS/OT: My previous message missed the important signature characters: öö. Thus its PGP-signature is unfortunately incorrect :( HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpUUS2DJ31ro.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: GPU for a new PC

2020-11-21 Thread Linux-Fan
er and the free implementation installed at the same time. I remember it was a "nightmare". It did run stable, though. I have not tested OpenCL for the W5500 yet. Summary: Older AMD cards work with Debian stable, newer ones only with newer Debian (tested with Debian sid). HTH Linux-Fan

Re: Dual Win10/Linux on HDD+SDD installation & RTL8821CE

2020-11-23 Thread Linux-Fan
t the "Windows Subsystem for Linux 2" (WSL2) and Linux Docker containers on Windows (Docker on Windows boils down to a hidden VM IIRC). HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpz9pI4j3KeZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: NTFS partitions can't be mounted

2020-11-25 Thread Linux-Fan
file system. Of course, if you want to use your full RAM for Linux, this approach will not work. From my experience it is already difficult to run a 8 GiB Linux VM on a 16 GiB Windows machine (tested with Windows 10, Debian 10 and Microsoft Hyper-V). HTH Linux-fan öö pgpsdHpHL

Re: NTFS partitions can't be mounted [SOLVED]

2020-11-25 Thread Linux-Fan
Kanito 73 writes: [...] > Linux-fan: > Which parts went onto the SSD and which onto the HDD in the end? > Which of the two systems do you intend to use more often? > Which of the two systems will run computation-intensive (CPU, RAM, GPU) > applications? HDD: sda1-sda4 Windows 1

Re: Sharing files LINUX-LINUX / LINUX-WINDOWS / WINDOWS-WINDOWS

2020-12-02 Thread Linux-Fan
.com/mount-nfs-share-windows-10/ The official documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/nfs/nfs-overview I have not used NFS support on Windows yet :) HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpp1yvxfvejb.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years?

2020-12-21 Thread Linux-Fan
"Debian 10 stable" although not freshly installed but upgraded from earlier releases. At least two of them can be easily used for testng and one of the others has very low RAM (will not run live systems that is...). HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpbuJtV1XdwQ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years?

2020-12-21 Thread Linux-Fan
vailable cannot help speeding up heavy applications like Firefox -- it takes literally minutes to open Firefx and process the URL given as parameter. Xterm runs well, though :) [1] https://masysma.lima-city.de/37/debian_i386_installation_reports.xhtml HTH Linux-Fan öö pgpUaSuMTMw0x.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: No GRUB with brand-new GPU

2020-12-26 Thread Linux-Fan
at. I managed to get some (fast enough for me) 3D accelleration working by creating a Debian sid chroot (testing did not have some dependencies I needed) and I can use it by logging in through TTY2 -> chroot -> startx. BUT: Please note that this setup is brittle -- dual-boot or

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