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Hi debian-user Herbal-RX has long been a leader in Male enhancement. nbpuenm Learn More: http://www.herbal-rx.us Ref#: 599229779171368783413371699589 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

smbmount

Hi, I'm using Debian 3.0 i386. I think the kernel is 2.2.20. At least that's what's returned when I do "uname -a". My problem is I can't run smbmount using Debian. The error is: "ERROR: smbfs filesystem not supported by the kernel Please refer to the smbmnt(8) manual page smbmnt failed: 255"

PCMCIA package stops working w/new kernel

Hi, I just finished compiling a new kernel. I was using a 2.2.20 kernel and now I'm using the 2.4.20 kernel. Unfortunately, my PC Card doesn't work with this new kernel. If you have any ideas why the PC Card would stop functioning after creating and using a new kernel please let me know. Th

tutos pkg. in sarge (install problems)

Hi, Is anyone else having problems getting tutos to work? I have a superuser with encryption of password 'tutos' in mysql. However, I cannot login and the setup with scheme.php worked. How can I fix it? What other information should I give? Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Lilo & Descriptor Checksum Error

ared to be going well (so far as this newbie could tell) until the reboot failed. Thanks! Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Lilo & Descriptor Checksum Error

Elie De Brauwer wrote: Did you run lilo after you copied the kernel ? Didn't it give any errors ? I just followed the newbie guide, and to me it looked like lilo was run by the dpkg -i process as it asked me several questions about LILO. I googled on this problem and found someone else suggesti

Re: Lilo & Descriptor Checksum Error

Elie De Brauwer wrote: is it possible to rerun lilo with a certain level of verbosity and paste the output here ? Attached. (Because I can't for the life of me get anything to paste into a mozilla compose window. UGH.) liloverbosity Description: application/java-vm

Re: [SOLVED] Lilo & Descriptor Checksum Error

Kevin McKinley wrote: On Wed, 28 May 2003 08:36:33 -0700 Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: /etc/lilo.conf - boot=/dev/hda3 root=/dev/hda3 compact install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 image=/vmlinuz label = Linux read-only - This told l

Re: Using MySQL as user database

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IRCD

Greetings; I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to compile an older copy of dalnet's ircd ver 4.4.10 however it appears that I may not have the correct libs? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance CT TCPIP Coordinator 44.88/16

Trying to make dvd from cd iso's

Ok I got a new toy, and would like to make an install DVD from the cd images? And have some questions. Can I just merge the dist and pool directories from each cd image? What file is dselect using when it is indexing the cd’s. What is the boot file?   Thanks, brian  

my /usr partition is corrupted. How can I fix it?

following files were found: /lost+found: #33668 #33696 #33697 #33698 #33715 #33740 #33769 #33771 #49352 #49394 #49609 #50036 #50038 #50196 #64785 #64786 ... Any ideas? Please email comments to me as I don't subscribe to this

Re: can i trust you with this project

, sometimes as many as two or three a week. -- --- Mary had a crypto key, she kept it in escrow, and everything that Mary said, the Feds were sure to know. --- Brian Barcus mailto

Microsoft Intellimouse

if I pick PS/2 from the list, my mouse works fine. Unfortunately, that means I don't get the use of the roller/third button. Anyone know how I can get my intellimouse working? In case this helps, I use /dev/psaux as the mouse device. That works with both X and gpm.

Re: debian on a laptop?

ting my desktop to Debian about 3 weeks later :) . Good luck... -Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X11 problem with Trident card under Debian 1.3.1

unds like yours is doing... -Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pasting into vi inserts many indents

were on the previous line to create a "cascading formatting". Can someone point me to how I can stop this? I know I can fix past problems with cat file | tr -d '\t' , but how can I stop the bug in the first place? However, I can't get it to do

ftp problem

Hi I have problem about ftp when run it in the unix unix>ftp 68.141.111.92 Connected to 68.141.111.92 220 ftp.eric.org FTP Server ready Name (68.141.111.92:root): fai 331 Password required for fai. Password: 230 User fai logged in. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files.

ftp problem

Hi I have problem about ftp when run it in the unix unix>ftp 68.141.111.92 Connected to 68.141.111.92 220 ftp.eric.org FTP Server ready Name (68.141.111.92:root): fai 331 Password required for fai. Password: 230 User fai logged in. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files.

Re: ftp problem

Hi Mike how can we enable it in the unix machine? Thank you Mike Dresser wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Ken Gilmour wrote: > > > >ftp> dir > > >227 Entering Passive Mode (68,141,111,92,217,95) > > >ftp: connect: Connection refused > > >ftp> > > > >ftp> dir > > >200 PORT command successful > > >2

Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem

please don't spare my feelings! As I said, I am a complete newbie, and all help will be very gratefully received, even if only to direct me elsewhere! If any technical help is forthcoming, please, please treat me like an idiot! I need actual commands to type! Many, many thanks! Brian

Thanks to Kent West et al

for symbols include" whenever I startx. However, this is very minor, and doesn't seem to actually break anything. So thanks to the infinitely patient Kent and everyone else who helped - you are stars all! Best wishes, Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: distro maker...

Hi, I'm interested in make a linux distro based on debian, just like as ubuntu, knoppix or libranet does. Can someone give me reference..howto..URL link of how to do that ? any kind help will appriciated Try the deb pkg, dfsbuild. Or morphix is a highly configurable roll-your-own-distro.

tracking memory resource issues

climbed to unbearable. Further, even if I close all programs and leave the computer on, the memory usage doesn't drop to what it was when I logged in. How can I trace what software is sucking my memory? Sincerely, Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Connection timeouts with SSH and CVS

work mostly has Windows machines on it, and on my Windows machine there I can use Putty and CVS fine. Does SSH & no CVS function correctly at work? Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dhclient and "domainname\000"

dhclient periodically appends a literal "\000" to the search domain in resolv.conf. This happens with Woody and an NT4.5 server, and Potato with a Win2K server. Have others run into this? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access

lists.debian.org stopped sending to my domain (?)

For some reason, I've stopped receiving Debian list traffic at snowfox.net (64.193.169.237) - lists were working through last night. I'm still receiving from all other sites, and exim's logs don't show any messages being refused. I'm not on the RBL MAPS list, and mail-abuse.org doesn't test me as

Automatic Debian 'slushy'

I don't know enough about apt or how Debian distribution sites are maintained to know if this is feasible. Would it be possible to approximate a 'slushy' release by only upgrading to newer packages when the version numbers of said package and its dependencies hasn't changed in (n) days? I'm tryin

X4 lacking color definitions

A fresh X install this morning made X4 an interesting surprise. One problem which I don't know which package to report the bug to. Help? Programs like Netscape, fetchmailconf, etc consistently report that they don't know colors anymore: Warning: Color name "black" is not defined Warning: Color n

Re: X4 lacking color definitions

--- brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 10:37:54AM -0800, Brian wrote: > > A fresh X install this morning made X4 an interesting > surprise. > > > > One problem which I don't know which package to report the > bug > &g

Re: Windowmaker and sound

It's there in potato. I don't a corresponding package with any kind of sounds. --- Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David A. Rogers wrote: > > > > Does the current version of WindowMaker do sound events? I > know earlier > > versions did with wmsound. But that was many versions ago > and wms

Re: alsactl problem

Philipp Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 06:51:53PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Philipp Schulte wrote: > > > Try if there is a script called "snddevices" on your > system. I > > > compiled alsa from source and on my system the script is > in > > > /usr/local/src/alsa

/etc/cron.daily/squid - zipit & rotate

I'm curious about /etc/cron.daily/squid - What's the logic behind the zipit and rotate functions when the script still relies on savelog for squid.out ? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! http://calendar.yahoo.com/

multi-session, multi-ISO?

I back up about 80 megs of data nightly. I'd like to burn this straight to a CD-R as part of the backup script, but I'd hate to use a new CD-R every day. Is there a way to add files to sessions to a CD and still have a mountable filesystem? Do any of the CD filesystems available support this? __

Re: Apache won't start. Apacheconfig spews warnings/errors.

A recent update to one or more apache module installation scripts resulted in quite a few services being turned off. Edit the section of your /etc/apache/httpd.conf with the LoadModule lines and check to see which modules might not be enabled. Compare against a working server or see if you've got

Re: books on PHP, Perl, HTML, etc

to check your HTML for errors. Don't fall into the trap that a lot of authors fall into. Brian

Re: Changing user name

fatmike cmatheson $ chown -R cmatheson.cmatheson cmatheson $ logout Then, from that moment on, log in as cmatheson instead of fatmike. When you're satisfied nothing else on the system is 'owned' by the user fatmike: $ rmuser fatmike Brian

Re: changing default shells

Justin Megawarne said: >On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 12:04:10PM -0700, Nick wrote: >> i installed Tsch how do i get back to BASH >> >> thankx > >easy peasy ... run chsh =) And another helpful tip is: If you don't know how to use vi, you'll need to edit all of your shell rc files (.bashrc, .tcsh, et

Base Install + SETI@Home

g I either already have them and did something wrong, or it's because I have a bar bones system and they usually get installed as a 'depends' with something larger. Anyone? :-) Brian

CD Release: Quick Question

Howdy, Slink 2.1 r4. *is* the current almost-bomb-proof release (The Y2K fixes, etc.), right? Forgive me for my moronic ways, Brian

AccelStar Permedia II AGP

sn't listed and the server isn't listed. Any advice? Thanks, Brian

Success with TV output?

Anyone had any luck with one of the graphics cards with integrated composite out? I'd like to put together a system just for MAME, and I'd like to attach it to a large TV. I'm considering the Matrox G450, but can't seem to find any reference to using its TV out. _

Missing Modules for lm_sensors, where do they come from?

mally come from, and also where it would normally be placed too? Cheers Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Missing Modules for lm_sensors, where do they come from?

looking for. Cheers Brian Chris Metzler wrote: On Mon, 31 May 2004 21:41:32 +0200 Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I am currently trying to get lm_sensors installed. Sensors-detect seemed to go OK. In fact all seems to be going OK until the IT87 modules should be loaded. There I get "modul

Re: Missing Modules for lm_sensors, where do they come from?

olved symbols problem, but I'll get round that too. Cheers Brian Chris Metzler wrote: On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 11:50:21 +0200 Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris, thanks for your answer, I spent most of yesterday googling and looking at the lm-sensors website. I found various module package

Startup differences between debian and Suse

installation is working OK though. So I am wondering where these messages should be or how I get them into syslog, I looked at syslog.conf but didn't see anything obvious. Cheers Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Startup differences between debian and Suse

Sorry that was a "PEBKAC" My Kernel version is 2.4.26. Cheers Brian s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Brian: on Suse (the versions I have seen) and the Fedora version I have seen its easy to tell which services have started OK. But For some reason I am missing this in Debian. I am runnin

AUTOFS to mount either via SMB or NFS, how?

strategy to do this, all I need is the MP3s to be mounted at the same place each time. Cheers Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AUTOFS to mount either via SMB or NFS, how?

Alexis, exactly what I was looking for thanks. Cheers Brian Alexis Huxley wrote: I tried two (almost identical) entries in the map dataset for autofs, but if the first one is not successfull, it doesnt even try the second entry. I'm am not sure if doing this is possible with the kernel-

usb cd-rw not found by cdrecord

(i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jörg Schilling cdrecord.mmap: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver. ... I have a Lacie external usb & IEEE1394 cd-rw. I included some extra info below in case it helps, Brian -

Re: usb cd-rw not found by cdrecord

I rebooted with the burner on, and cdrecord outputs the correct info. Even after turning the burner off and back on. But what modules do I need to make it work? Right now, I basically have any enabled that might do the trick. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: usb cd-rw not found by cdrecord

system for access to USB storage devices. Adam Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Partitioning Scheme for New 120GB Hard Drive -- Comments?

uring for a server. Their IRC is very helpful as well. Brian -- ContagiousDesign! web . design . software . photo Brian Rose . programmer Stacey Rose . designer (604)-588-8827 . b_roseATshawDOTca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Windows filename & dir renaming?

Hi, What is an easy way to rename a lot of files and directories that were moved from Windows? They have (, spaces, ^, $, etc in them. `ls |sed s/\ //g` removes spaces, but then I don't how to take each one and move the file/dir correctly. Brian -- ContagiousDesign! web . design . sof

compiling the kernel

I want to be able to turn some options off and on in the kerenl so how do i compile the kernel in a debian system??? Thanks Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apache won't start although no errors

SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 exit_group(0) = ? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/apache$ Brian -- ContagiousDesign! web . design . software . photo Brian Rose . programmer Stacey Rose . designer (604)-588-8827 . b_roseATshawDOTca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: apache won't start although no errors

httpd.conf" -D ACCESS_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/access.conf" -D RESOURCE_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/srm.conf" Why does it segfault there? This is the standard Debian package, apache/testing uptodate 1.3.29.0.1-3 and I haven't seen any related bugs using querybts. Brian --

Re: apache won't start although no errors

Hi, Sorry, I found this was bug# 219535, (I think). Disable php4 and the problem goes away. Course, so does php4 support. Hehe. Bummer. Brian -- ContagiousDesign! web . design . software . photo Brian Rose . programmer Stacey Rose . designer (604)-588-8827 . b_roseATshawDOTca -- To

Problems with samba

I can see my samba server on my network and but i cant seem to get a user account added to it so i can logon to it ??? anybody have any suggestions ? It prompts me of course for a password but im doing something wrong. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Upgrade and instillation problems

Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > I have been using unstable for a fiew months now. today, I used > apt-get update/upgrade. After reboot, I can not use my motherboard > ethernet or sound. > I downloaded the current sid (4/2/04) disk 1 to reload debian. On

use ramdisk_size=10240

Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > I have been using unstable for a fiew months now. today, I used > apt-get update/upgrade. After reboot, I can not use my motherboard > ethernet or sound. > I downloaded the current sid (4/2/04) disk 1 to reload debian. On

Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012

cation/PCLm,image/urf application/PCLm is acceptable to a Mopria. (I think it is meant to used with Wi-Fi Direct and not a managed WiFi network, but we'll put that on one side because a more pressing issue is about to emerge). CUPS will give the printer destination with brian@desktop:~

Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012

On Thu 12 Aug 2021 at 19:03:23 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On 2021-08-12 6:27 p.m., Brian wrote: > > On Thu 12 Aug 2021 at 15:33:26 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > > Please give a link at the Mopria website substantiating your cl

Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012

On Sat 14 Aug 2021 at 15:31:07 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On 2021-08-14 2:44 p.m., Brian wrote: [...] > > > A Mopria-certified printer is not a reliable indicator of driverless > > printing being possible on Debian. > > > > If you say s

Re: Forbidden,,You are not allowed to access this!

y to set an IP-based blocklist that permits banned IP's to read, but not write to the wiki. As such, we have to use the higher-level kludge. The OP should mail w...@debian.org with an IP address. -- Brian.

Re: Issues with Bullseye

y because there is very little benefit. Debian package distribution already includes a mechanism to verify packages: all packages are signed with Gpg. -- Brian.

Re: Bullseye installation failure because boot loader not installed

On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 20:19:35 +0700, Ken Heard wrote: [Extensive information snipped] >From Knoppix live check that the Debian installation is on /dev/sda. Then 'grub-install /dev/sda' and boot. -- Brian.

Re: Issues with Bullseye

ld not create confuseness. > > Looks like I am too critical. am I not? :) There isn't any such thing as being "too critical" when it comes to technical matters :). A link to the page you were looking at might help. -- Brian.

Re: what's wrong with my "/etc/apt/sources.list"? Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default

ot getting this 404 anymore. > > You might try something analogous (probably with 'bullseye-security') in > place of 'bullseye/updates', and see whether it helps. I have deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main -- Brian.

Re: Always run apt update before clicking on synaptic ?

incing case that merited close attention. -- Brian.

Re: Grub efi etc

oncern of Debian. Please take it elsewhere. -- Brian.

Re: docker image of bullseye is outdated

On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 22:15:45 +0300, илья пащук wrote: > docker image of debian bullseye should be updated to reflect it's release. Sounds like a good idea. Please submit a wishlist bug against the package. -- Brian.

Re: Grub efi etc

Both OSs have active support channels. The present Mint is based on Ubuntu 20.04. Its very active forum has many knowledgeable users. Specific technica suppoert for all three OSs is off-topic on -user, just as support for Debian is off-topic on their channels. -- Brian.

Re: bookworm

On Mon 16 Aug 2021 at 12:14:41 +0100, mick crane wrote: > Are there release notes for bookworm somewhere ? > mick https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/releasenotes -- Brian.

Re: Issues with Bullseye

On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 09:52:01 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 15:36:05 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 16:13:51 +0200, Hans wrote: > > > > > Yeah, not quite. I was already aware, that https won't improve security > > > m

Re: what binds to port

On Mon 16 Aug 2021 at 19:51:50 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12021-08-02): > > My thinking is that a USB printer uses libusb, just as a scanner does. > > No kernel driver involved. The printer drivers are "internal" to CUPS. > > The output of `/sbin/mod

Re: Issues with Bullseye

On Mon 16 Aug 2021 at 15:16:35 +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > My conclusion is that the line in § 5.1.3 in the Release Notes is > either an overenthusiastic entry or a typo. Either way the advice > there should really be consistent with what the installer does, > even if it does not

Re: what binds to port

On Mon 16 Aug 2021 at 19:55:49 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 16 Aug 2021 at 19:51:50 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > > > Brian (12021-08-02): > > > My thinking is that a USB printer uses libusb, just as a scanner does. > > > No kernel driver involved. The printer

Re: Moving from Testing to Stable + Backports

correct, you > can at the click of a key unwittingly install so many dependencies > that your system becomes that release. You really appear to have it sorted now. -- Brian.

Re: Still on stretch, getting ready for bullseye

urse! Do users not do this as a standard procedure? :) -- Brian

Re: Still on stretch, getting ready for bullseye

On Tue 17 Aug 2021 at 13:42:25 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 06:36:15PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > Comment out *everything* in sources.list and then edit to have only > > > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free > &

Re: Still on stretch, getting ready for bullseye

to be your forte. Eptness appears to have deserted you. Stick wuth what you have. It is less strain on you and on us. :) -- Brian. > >

Re: Wishing for an off-topic mail list with debian-user participants (or most of them) (was: Re: On improving mailing list [was: How to Boot Linux ISO Images Directly From Your Hard Drive Debian])

estion on that off- > topic mail list. This paragrapgh illustrates my point. Something is suggested then taken immediately off-topic. All in the space of a single mail. There isn't any solution. Lie back and think of Debian :). -- Brian. -- Brian.

Re: Still on stretch, getting ready for bullseye

On Tue 17 Aug 2021 at 22:48:34 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 11:05:44PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 17 Aug 2021 at 16:54:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > Where do I find the recipe to update stretch to buster? > > > >

Re: Wishing for an off-topic mail list with debian-user participants (or most of them) (was: Re: On improving mailing list [was: How to Boot Linux ISO Images Directly From Your Hard Drive Debian])

mory be seen as being respectful to *those* users? I am not suggesting that a touch of off-topic should necessarily be seen as disrespectful, but as a present campaign in the UK has it - Whem the Fun Stops Stop. Perhaps, in the final analysis, it doesn't matter. The good ship debian-user will continue to naviagte the choppy seas of Community assistance and support for Debian users. -- Brian.

Re: Typical timescales for publishing binary packages in -backports?

the kernel source upload to appear in buster-backports? I do not think there is a typical timescale. -backports is by special effort for any of its packages. Perhaps "soon" is the best that can be predicted. -- Brian.

Re: Respect for newbies and new comers [ was : moderators, I would appreciate if you could interfere ]

u Steve for you hard work > and be assured that I'm sure you had hard time convincing Microsoft that > it would be good that they help us so we can get secure boot. I remember > using secure boot in 2009 so it's been a long time since all this > started and at that time they were not much into open source. > > Thank you Steve and sorry for taking your limited time. A illustration of "collapse of stout party" comes to mind her :). -- Brian.

Re: Issues with Bullseye

On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 16:51:19 +0200, Hans wrote: > Am Sonntag, 15. August 2021, 16:36:05 CEST schrieb Brian: > Yes, you are very right! > > > > There isn't any such thing as being "too critical" when it comes to > > technical matters :). Other may have

Re: zoom client for bullseye

whenever you > need to attend a Zoom meeting. It should work in either Firefox or > Chrome/Chromium. I've never done that. The flatpack version worked for me. -- Brian.

Re: zoom client for bullseye

; > years now. > > ntk, Thanks! I wouldn't dream of disputing Greg Wooledge's advice. 'dpkg -i...' is not a bad way to go but should *always* be folled by 'apt -f install'. It leads to the same outcome. -- Brian.

Re: how to change debian installation mirror list?

ing install, but I > didn't see such option, strictly just pick from the list It is likely that a mirror of your choice can be preseeded: d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org -- Brian.

Re: how to remove grub's background image

it /etc/default/grub to have GRUB_BACKGROUND="" Execute 'update-grub'. -- Brian.

Re: how to remove grub's background image

; keep. > > If in doubt, look at the timestamps of the files in /var/lib/dpkg/. The grub.cfg tells us: if background_image /usr/share/desktop-base/softwaves-theme/grub/grub-4x3.png; So apt purge desktop-base will remove grub-4x3.png. Then 'update-grub'. -- Brian.

Re: CUPS permissions

joined lpadmin (group)? It would be useful to have the outputs of groups and grep SystemGroup /etc/cups/cups-files.conf from the OP. -- Brian.

Re: CUPS permissions

orgotten how. > added a new printer a year or so ago. > Might have been lpadmin or something. > I do know always have to reboot after making changes. Rebooting after adding a printer is *never* needed. -- Brian.

Re: CUPS permissions

s-files.conf > $ grep SystemGroup /etc/cups/cups-files.conf > SystemGroup lpadmin > > > > from the OP. Follow Keith Bainbridge's advice and add your user to the lpadmin group. Edit /etc/group and /etc/group- to do this. I would use 'vigr' and 'vigr -s'. -- Brian.

Re: CUPS permissions

pinion is that "Unable to add printer: Forbidden" is a conswquence of not being in that group. > 6) Once the printer is set up via the browser, you should be able to see >it and print to it from the command line. "lpstat -t" to see all of >the printer

Re: CUPS permissions

On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 10:56:55 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 03:49:23PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 06:18:21 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > It would be useful to have the outputs of &g

Re: CUPS permissions

On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 10:56:55 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 03:49:23PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 06:18:21 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > It would be useful to have the outputs of &g

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