Re: moderators, I would appreciate if you could interfere

2021-08-16 Thread deloptes
Jeremy Ardley wrote: > I don't think this is accidental, and you can see clear signs of > continuous influence by major players using Wikipedia 'editors' to > further various agendas. +1 China and North Korea getting envy. -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

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])

2021-08-18 Thread deloptes
Jonathan Dowland wrote: > I think the way forward this time would be to request one on the > official Debian mailing list server, rather than elsewhere.  But, > such a list will only serve its purpose if it gets used *instead* > of off-topic conversations on this list. Does anyone think that > d-c

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])

2021-08-18 Thread deloptes
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > You seem pretty good a drawing a line between *good* and *bad*, always > putting yourself on the *good* side. > see this is exactly the attitude I am reffering to. > What if ? What if there wasn't any *bad* user ? You are the one bringing > over old sub

Re: Debian 11, Nvidia Quadro P400, 2xiiyama 2560x1440, nvidia driver

2021-09-06 Thread deloptes
Roger Price wrote: > Before I plunge into the details, does anyone have a working xorg.conf for > such a setup?  I would prefer to start with something that works rather > than describe in detail something that doesn't work. I'm not an expert but shouldn't be there only one screen with 2 monitors

HP Elitebook with external display and color issue

2021-09-11 Thread deloptes
Hi, I don't know how to explain my problem, but I try hoping that someone would understand and help me fix it. So I have one HP Elitebook (I think it is 820 G2) with 16GB RAM and Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz. The issue is that when it starts with its own display the colors are OK, but

Re: HP Elitebook with external display and color issue

2021-09-12 Thread deloptes
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > That link mentions using a D-SUB (you didn't specify what you are using, > please do so), in which case take particular care to ensure it is > properly inserted, at *both* ends. > > Even so, you should try using HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort instead (whichever is > available). Tha

Re: HP Elitebook with external display and color issue [SOLVED]

2021-09-12 Thread deloptes
deloptes wrote: >> That link mentions using a D-SUB (you didn't specify what you are using, >> please do so), in which case take particular care to ensure it is >> properly inserted, at *both* ends. >> >> Even so, you should try using HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort

Re: LTS versions - confusion

2021-09-14 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: >> Anyone do this for important (maybe not 'mission critical') servers? > > I'm sure someone does, but it's not *wise*. yes indeed. server + sid is contradicting somehow unless you do development of server software -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

Re: Your Thoughts on Printer Replacement

2021-09-17 Thread deloptes
Dan Ritter wrote: > If you print in black/white more often than you need color, you could > still use a local print shop or get things mailed to you for those > occasions - photos and posters, especially, but basically any document. > > In that case, get a monochrome laser printer. I recommend a

Re: Debian bullseye

2021-09-17 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > So you're also below the minimum memory requirement for a no-desktop > system (220 MB vs. 256 MB), but it's not by a *lot*.  So you're probably > just scraping by.  This hardware is past its end of life, I would say. > Anything you get it to do at all is just a bonus. But o

Re: backup directory/file exclusion pattern list for borgbackup

2021-09-27 Thread deloptes
Default User wrote: > Hello! > > I want to try using borgbackup to do backups of my (only) user directory: > /home/debian-user > > I just want to do so using Vorta, a GUI for borgbackup. > > But I just need a good, general list of directory and file type > exclusions that I can just cut and pas

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-28 Thread deloptes
Borden wrote: > Empathy is the ability to step outside your own experience to see the > world from someone else's perspective. It's an evolved human attribute > that separates us from other animals, I've read. Well, still your perception is quite different than someone else. For me debian user is

Re: No sound after bullseye install

2021-10-03 Thread deloptes
Bob Latest wrote: > after installing Debian bullseye I can't get sound to work. I'm using > lightdm + dwm, and I have pulseaudio installed. "pavucontrol" ist stuck > on the message "Establishing connection to PulseAudio. Please wait..." > perhaps the pulseaudio server is not running - you can ch

Re: mail service

2021-10-10 Thread deloptes
fxkl47BF wrote: > no offense taken > i use expect_mkpasswd to generate passwords > decades ago i got tired of trying to come up with user names > i just use expect_mkpasswd to make a short unique name > today everyone is trying to glean all of the personal info they can > i try not give out any mo

Re: Choosing a DE (was: How exactly do I create a Debian...)

2021-10-11 Thread deloptes
Felix Miata wrote: > > I have several with Bullseye running on E8400s and 1680x1050 or 1920x1200 > or 2560x1440 screens. All are running TDE. > https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Trinity_Desktop_Environment I can second that - this is the most stable desktop -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348

Re: LUKS encryption help

2021-10-11 Thread deloptes
David Christensen wrote: > When I boot my Debian machines with LUKS encrypted root filesystems, I > see a bunch of time-stamped bootloader messages followed by the prompt: > > Please unlock disk sda3_crypt: > > > When I type on the keyboard, nothing is echoed to the screen. I use plymouth or a

Re: why pae kernel has only 3G memory

2021-10-17 Thread deloptes
lou wrote: > Thanks, i've just installed linux-image-686, result is same you understand that in most cases if you use a 32bit OS with 4GB of memory you may not utilize 1GB, because the overhead of utilizing this memory consumes much of this memory with the registers to overcome the 3GB barrier. S

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the mount > point for the card is in my home directory, I own it all. And didn't > have to be root to do any of it.  This was not fixed by a 2nd reboot. > I guess this problem is not related to the .profile issu

Re: eMail Com Between Hosts on a Private Net

2021-10-20 Thread deloptes
Martin McCormick wrote: > The installation, here, is like millions of others.  We are on a > private VLAN with the router acting as the gateway to our ISP's > network and the internet.  There is nothing unusual about that so > the question is Can systems on a 192.168.x VLAN use smtp to send > mail

Re: Can't connect bluetooth headset after resent update (testing)

2021-11-02 Thread deloptes
Олександр Скоропад wrote: > Nov 1 16:09:10 Skoropad bluetoothd[1204]: > src/service.c:btd_service_connect() a2dp-sink profile connect failed for > 00:16:94:42:30:F4: Protocol not available I've found that there were > similar error with previous versions of pipewire and apt history shows > that th

Re: what is the best package to design the layout of the house

2021-11-03 Thread deloptes
Reco wrote: > I don't know about garden design, but I used sweethome3d for an > apartment design back in the day. > > Written in Java, but works reasonably fast. I can second Sweethome3D for interior. It helped us save a lot of time planing furniture layout BR -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 472

Re: Can't connect bluetooth headset after resent update (testing)

2021-11-04 Thread deloptes
Олександр Скоропад wrote: > Unfortunately not my case, because libpulse-mainloop-glib0 already > installed try backup and deleting ~/.pulse /var/lib/bluetooth/ reboot pair regards -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

Trying to setup obexd but Operation not permitted

2021-11-04 Thread deloptes
This is how I am starting the daemon /usr/lib/bluetooth/obexd -d -n -r /home/user/Downloads -a and this is what I get when trying to transfer a file obexd[4068]: obexd/src/obex.c:obex_session_start() obexd[4068]: obexd/src/obex.c:cmd_connect() obexd[4068]: CONNECT(0x0), (0xff) obexd[4068]: obe

Re: Trying to setup obexd but Operation not permitted

2021-11-04 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > That's an interesting message for that operation. > > The open(2) man page shows only two possible sources for EPERM on an open: > > EPERM  The  O_NOATIME  flag was specified, but the effective user ID of > the caller did not match the owner of the file  and  the  caller >

Re: Trying to setup obexd but Operation not permitted

2021-11-05 Thread deloptes
Burhan Hanoglu wrote: > Could be something about that NFS mount. To narrow down; point it to > /home/user/something that is not on NFS but on the local FS instead > and see what happens. Hi, yes it looks like it is somehow related, because on a local FS even with same directory permissions (700)

Re: bluetooth audio

2021-11-05 Thread deloptes
Luis Mochan wrote: > After a recent update/upgrade in debian/bookworm my bluetooth > earphones and my bluetooth earphones stopped working. > I found a solution in the discussion of at > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=997862&archived=no&mbox=no&mboxmaint=no > > related to bug

Re: Trying to setup obexd but Operation not permitted

2021-11-05 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > Check whether the systemd unit file is restricting network access for > the service/process. ??? How do I do this - a hint would be helpful. thanks in advance -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

Re: Trying to setup obexd but Operation not permitted

2021-11-05 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > So, never mind.  Continue whatever other investigations you have lined > up. Ah yes, obexd is meant to be run at user level. In my case it is started by a master application, but anyway thank you for the effort. -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

Re: Trying to setup obexd but Operation not permitted

2021-11-05 Thread deloptes
David Wright wrote: > Because both tests are run by hand, that does make it easier to strace > what's going on in more detail than the debug output. For example, the > open's flags are listed. I forgot to mention that home is actually a link to home-lisa which is the mount point for the NFS share

Re: Trying to setup obexd but Operation not permitted

2021-11-05 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > WHAT application?  And how is THAT creature spawned? Sorry for confusion. For testing I run it on the command line, but it is meant to be spawned from one BT manager application. It is spawned as process the same way I start it in the command line. -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF

Re: Trying to setup obexd but Operation not permitted

2021-11-05 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > In the absence of a useful error message, you could either source-dive > into obexd and try to figure out what it's actually doing... or you could > *guess* (as I am currently guessing) that it's complaining about > too-loose permissions, and then look at all the permissions

Re: Trying to setup obexd but Operation not permitted

2021-11-05 Thread deloptes
Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Can it be that obexd is allergic to symbolic links ? > > https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/cannot-receive-file-over-bluetooth/1813/3 > points to > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/tree/obexd/plugins/filesystem.c#n95 > which spews -EPERM if not obex_o

Re: unkown root password and mkdir problem.

2021-11-05 Thread deloptes
Thomas George wrote: > Thanks, this fixed my problem and as Greg recommended I have reset mkdir > ownership and options If I were you, I would be very careful using root -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

Re: ALSA device names.

2021-11-09 Thread deloptes
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > surround21:CARD=Set,DEV=0 > and > surround40:CARD=Set,DEV=0 > aren't atomic names.  Is the syntax and semantics explained in > documentation? > > No surround22, surround23 ... surround39 evident here. How does ALSA > derive or find the names and numbers? you hopefully

Re: downgrade qt version from 5 to 4

2021-11-10 Thread deloptes
Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> I intend to downgrade qt5 to qt4. > > You are looking for trouble here. yes indeed - the only thing that make sense is a virtual machine with some old distro that has qt4 -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

Re: Dcopserver not loading

2021-11-13 Thread deloptes
Ken Heard wrote: > It is consequently my understanding that running the 'dcopserver' > command is presumably required as part of the initial boot-up.  If such > is usually the case I would appreciate knowing what I need to do to have > my computer, named Morcom, do so as well.  Can anyone tell me?

Re: Sound

2021-11-21 Thread deloptes
Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Hi again. Please help me get sound. > Installed Debian again in my 2,1 Macbook from 2017, works, but no sound in > internal speakers, or in headphones. > Plugged in external speakers, which worked, but then disappeared. > Pulse audio program is installed, but does not give r

Re: Impossible to verify GPG signature on Debian Release file

2021-11-23 Thread deloptes
john doe wrote: > What am I missing? this specific key seems not to be available on the debian keyserver try keyserver.ubuntu.com, you can find the key there -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors

2021-11-23 Thread deloptes
I'm sure there are many ideas around, but I want to hear your opinion so there is one USB stick that I noticed started mocking about errors when booting off. I ran badblocks (without options) and then with -s -n and this produced a slightly different output. Is the output resulting from the option

Re: Firefox Has Disabled FVD Speed Dial

2021-11-23 Thread deloptes
David wrote: > A few seconds web search finds this: > https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/fvd-speed-dial-stopped-working/39165 also after upgrades since perhaps 1-2 years it is creating new profile by default and one should go to about:profiles and select the old one as default. BR -- FCD6 3719 0F

Re: where to find wifi card info in linux-doc

2021-11-26 Thread deloptes
lou wrote: > sorry, i use wrong word > > i mean wifi adapter, not wifi card > > in Chinese, it's called wireless card, though it's really USB wifi adapter I think you are looking for usb/WUSB-Design-overview.txt which I found with grep -r -i wireless usb/ otherwise grep -r -i wireless . poi

Re: where to find wifi card info in linux-doc

2021-11-26 Thread deloptes
Christian Britz wrote: >> I think you are looking for usb/WUSB-Design-overview.txt which I found >> with >> >> grep -r -i wireless usb/ > > How did you do this exactly? I installed package linux-dox like lou and > issued grep -i -r wireless /usr/share/doc/linux-doc/Documentation/ , > without an

Re: Avoid rebooting server to gain back RS232 connection

2021-12-01 Thread deloptes
john doe wrote: > I'm using a RS232 cable to connect to a server everything is properly > set up and works fine. > For some reasons I lost the connection to my server that is I can not > control the server using serial console. > If I reboot that server I can once again manage that server using se

Re: Can you help me?

2021-12-10 Thread deloptes
Jeremy Ardley wrote: > Plug in a different monitor. If it's dim as well then it is a computer > software/hardware problem. If not it's a monitor problem which can > usually be fixed by swapping out the monitor power supply capacitors. Yes sure, I have a PC store and 5 monitors to choose from :/

Re: Can you help me?

2021-12-11 Thread deloptes
Jeremy Ardley wrote: > Most people will have a friend, with a monitor. > > But I guess that isn't something that occurred to you. No ... actually not - they do not have either a spare monitor or time. Luckily they also have no st**id ideas either. -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCF

Re: How to get linux headers or source code for debian 8.0 kernel 3.16.0-4-amd64 ?

2021-12-14 Thread deloptes
Kiyanovski, Arthur wrote: > But it got the sources for kernel linux-3.16.84 and not 3.16.0-4 > > Can you please help me? I need to make sure my code compiles on this > kernel but I can't get its sources or headers ☹ you sure you are not on ubuntu https://howtoinstall.co/en/linux-headers-3.16.0-

Re: regarding No SOUND

2021-12-15 Thread deloptes
Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I misstated the version I am using.  I am using 10.6, Buster, 64 bit.  I > have tried a few things that I am aware of and am looking for help. there is profound documentation regarding sound on arch linux (see below), I can recommend, but 90% of the issues are solved if

Re: all of a sudden I have no sound

2021-12-16 Thread deloptes
Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Any help would be greatly appreciated. you were already answered before on Debian 9 it might be you need some debugging after the shutdown via the power switch. it could be anything from hardware to software - the archlinux article is good I would start with alsamixer

Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle

2021-12-16 Thread deloptes
Jude DaShiell wrote: > So in reality this may actually not be a card > The disk that came with this claimed it was an realtek-0179 device if > memory serves. did you check firmware if required - do you have it installed? -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

Re: all of a sudden I have no sound

2021-12-16 Thread deloptes
Jude DaShiell wrote: > debian-accessibility is interested in replacing pulseaudio with pipewire > and I can understand why!  Not saying pipewire has these essential > features but pulseaudio has been a p.i.t.a. since I've had it on any > hardware I've used.  Whenever possible I avoid installing pu

Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle

2021-12-16 Thread deloptes
Jude DaShiell wrote: > No Linux firmware came on the disk only windows files.  To that extent I > checked.  On debian does a way exist to check devices for missing > firmware? > in the log file journalctl or /var/log/syslog, after plugging in the usb (I am not sure if it is usb stick, because yo

Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle

2021-12-16 Thread deloptes
Thomas Schmitt wrote: > I find its home page somehow confusing > https://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ > But the web says that it is supposed to work automagically for known > devices. may be OP is needing the firmware and this mode is a fallout mode. It is strange if it would need usb_mode

Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle

2021-12-16 Thread deloptes
Jude DaShiell wrote: > Dec 16 17:10:08 taf systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth > service being skipped. > Dec 16 17:10:33 taf dbus-daemon[475]: [system] Failed to activate service > 'org.bluez': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms) > Dec 16 17:20:36 taf kernel: Bluetooth: Core v

Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle

2021-12-16 Thread deloptes
Jude DaShiell wrote: > hcitool and rfkill list showed nothing, according to them the device isn't > there yet.  I might be able to get this going with usb_modeswitch but need > a product identifier and another item to do that. based on the product name, find what is the chip inside and ask google

Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle

2021-12-16 Thread deloptes
Jude DaShiell wrote: > I have firmware-realtek installed for wireless devices and that's all > debian offers. but sometime if it is a new device on the market you may need either to wait for the firmware to go to the package or you can download from vendor or you can extract from the windows pack

Re: OT: Recommendation for a new Debian laptop

2022-01-12 Thread deloptes
john doe wrote: > I'm thinking about two options: > - Buying something of the shelph and installing Debian on it > - Buying a pine64 or alike > - Any other alternative? regarding arm or aarch64 I tried with RPi4, but it could not meet all requirements (not all applications I use can be compiled f

Re: imagemagick policy setting

2022-01-16 Thread deloptes
Emanuel Berg wrote: > attempt to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy `PDF' @ > error/constitute.c/IsCoderAuthorized/421 Is google broken where you live? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1127260/imagemagick-convert-not-allowed -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BC

Re: imagemagick policy setting

2022-01-17 Thread deloptes
local10 wrote: > Those who suggest that you use google are not your friends. You can start > here: > > 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google > > 2. https://nomoregoogle.com/ > Oh come on, it is a synonym for a search engine. Of course it is a sh*t business model they have toward

Re: /usr/share/calendar.usholiday

2022-01-17 Thread deloptes
Greg Wooledge wrote: > I'd imagine it's used by the "calendar" program in the calendar package. > The string "calendar.usholiday" appears in the calendar(1) man page, in > an example, as well as in the FILES section. And if you look into the file, you see it has no years associated with the date,

Re: TDE File Manager options

2022-01-20 Thread deloptes
c. marlow wrote: > And I am wondering what other file managers work with TDE 14 besides > Konqueror,  which ain't worth a dang! the erason many use TDE is - it is very small in size - it is very reliable (things just work) even the bugs are well known and constantly fixed So may be you are mor

Re: TDE File Manager options

2022-01-20 Thread deloptes
Hans wrote: > Reading these, and I am also very old school, with my first linux > installation of SuSE 6.0 in 1986, I am asking myself: What is better, > working fast or working with nice tools? according to this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE_Linux SuSE Linux 6.0 was released on 199

Re: Special installation issue

2022-01-21 Thread deloptes
Hans wrote: > Any ideas? Thanks in advance. I usually use debootstrap and install to the USB stick (that is to boot from). So I have a fully bootable system. I use qemu to prepare and test the basics. As mentioned those arm beasts are usually with various hardware combinations and might be needed

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

2022-01-22 Thread deloptes
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > If you want to know how to run (fairly) > vanilla Debian - but including the non-free raspberry pi firmware > and rpi-eeprom - it's possible using either Gunnar Wolf's images > or Pete Batard's version of UEFI for the Pi 4 and the Debian > arm64 ISO file. _That_ I can he

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
Marco Möller wrote: > I feel that a concise statement from Debian insiders would gain a lot to > not provoke avoidable discussions and would right away defeat heat given > off obstructively. > As Thomas pointed out, there are hundreds of posts from years old > discussions which appear to be the pr

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
Marco Möller wrote: > Asking for transparency to sound like trolling wasn't my intention. I am > sorry if I wasn't able to find the correct wording for keeping these to > things distinguishable. > > Being a grateful user of Debian, and being in my circle of influence a > strong advocate of the De

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > This is not helpful. If you value logic as much as you talk about (cf. > your other post), you wouldn't need this narrative of Some Dark > Conspiracy Taking Over The World (TM). > No conspiracy - it is a fact. > Stick to the things as they are. Accept that there are ot

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Thanks for sharing this masterpiece of rhetoric, intellect and > understanding about how things work in Debian. > > This was enlightening. you are welcome (I am not stupid, just answering in the same manner) I do not care what you do in Debian. I use and support th

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > I feel like someone is very frustrated and can't seem to self moderate > himself. > > This is probably the part of opensource community that is the most time > consuming and more destructive for all projects, what make serious > people look at us like if w

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > You do not care but still take plenty time to post a very long paragraph > full of nonsense which brings nothing relevant to the discussion, and > shows that you are also able to lack that ability you claim having to > have a constructive debate instead of asserting,

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Just a note, he's not 30 https://people.debian.org/~peb/resume.html but I stop as it is unbearable ... and I am not sure who is playing the fool. You are just digging the grave for this awesome project and I hope I am wrong. But it could be just evolution

Re: trying to get bookworm net going on an rpi4

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
gene heskett wrote: > Greetings folks; > > Let me say first that I'm around 150 miles from any ipv6 capable network, > just to get that out of the way. > > Its booted to a text login and the first thing I did was import a saved > copy of the hosts file, and added rpi4-20220122.coyote.den with an

Re: trying to get bookworm net going on an rpi4

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
Andy Smith wrote: > However, if for your own eccentric reasons you insist: > > # echo 'net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1' > /etc/sysctl.d/disableipv6.conf > > will disable it from the next boot. > > You can use: > > # sysctl --system > > to re-apply all sysctl configs immediately, so disabling

Re: [SUMMARY STATEMENT] Was: Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
local10 wrote: > I asked you a simple question: Is there a list of all the horrible things > Norbert Preining said that was used to support the decision to demote him? > > Instead of providing a clear answer to the question you seem to be more > interesting in engaging in sophism and detracting f

USB UEFI recovery stick

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
Hi all, is there a way to have a USB UEFI stick that works similar to the Debian installer - for example to boot into UEFI and recover the boot loader. One machine here seems a bit older and refuses to boot into UEFI from the USB - rendering USB obsolete as recovery option. In BIOS USB says AUTO

Re: [SUMMARY STATEMENT] Was: Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-23 Thread deloptes
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > This seems to me close to harassment. its just popcorn but you'll obviously never get it. please stop as well and thank you in advance -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

Re: USB UEFI recovery stick

2022-01-24 Thread deloptes
Thank you for the response David Christensen wrote: > I have a computer with an Intel DQ67SW desktop motherboard (released Q1, > 2011).  The Setup utility allows me to select BIOS/MBR mode or UEFI/GPT > mode.  d-i seems to detect if the computer is running in BIOS/MBR mode > or in UEFI/GPT mode,

Re: Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-24 Thread deloptes
max wrote: > For comparison, RMS is publicly against singular "they", and Debian > developers voted not to censure him. > https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html Seems like a double > standard, but whatever. If you engage in such discussion, you are ready to fail. There is no force

Re: USB UEFI recovery stick

2022-01-24 Thread deloptes
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Hi deloptes, > > It depends very much on the machine. I've just saved a machine that has > 32 bit UEFI implementation and a 64 bit Atom processor. It's an Intel > Baytrail with a small amount of memory [2G] but required the Debian > mul

Re: Use motherboard video-out or GPU’s

2021-03-09 Thread deloptes
Pankaj Jangid wrote: > Suppose I have a good motherboard with two GPUs installed in the PCIe > slots. Now, should I connect the monitor to the motherboard video-out or > should I use GPU’s output? Suppose the OS (Debian GNU/Linux in this > case) is fully configured to utilize the GPUs i.e. drivers

Re: Use motherboard video-out or GPU’s

2021-03-09 Thread deloptes
Pankaj Jangid wrote: > Okay. So, this is possible. But my doubt remains. See below. > >> Last but not least - why many GPUs but one monitor? It makes no sense. It >> should use the one where the monitor is attached, but usually monitors >> have more inputs, which you can utilize. > > I’ll be usi

Re: A suggestion to multiply your users

2021-03-09 Thread deloptes
Brett Pierce wrote: > Can I suggest you get a straight-talking non-geek who knows nothing about > your software and give them several scenarios (eg, A. You want to edit raw > files for your photos. Try Ubuntu with Gnome or KDE. It is more user friendly.

Re: Use motherboard video-out or GPU’s

2021-03-09 Thread deloptes
Felix Miata wrote: > Clear as mud. > > Monitor = display. This is physical. > > Screen for X purposes is comprised of from 1 to N displays aka 1 to N > monitors, and most often is. It's a logical construct in which displayed > output can be either mirrored (cloned) or discrete (unique). > Not

Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10

2021-03-09 Thread deloptes
IL Ka wrote: > By the way: some people use bare window managers instead of full-fledged > desktop environments. > >> Some window managers (like TWM) can run on 8MB of RAM:). The smallest one > is called CWM (created by OpenBSD). > https://packages.debian.org/buster/cwm > > but it is for these ol

Re: Use motherboard video-out or GPU???s

2021-03-09 Thread deloptes
Pankaj Jangid wrote: > But anyway, I have some spare GPUs from AMD (Radeon RX580) and am > planning go via Ryzen way. So I guess, I will be able to utilize the > things nicely now. Thanks. Keep in mind that AMD dropped support for their older card models.

Re: Could KDE work adequately on a PC with 4 GB of RAM and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor @ 2.33 GHz?

2021-03-09 Thread deloptes
Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > I would like to install Debian 10 with the KDE Plasma task > on a PC with 4 GB of RAM and Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33 GHz, > it doesn't have a GPU. > Do you think it would run without problems > or would it be slow and laggy? Yes, I think it will not work - better t

Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10

2021-03-10 Thread deloptes
Felix Miata wrote: > KDE is one of the oldest DEs, thus has acquired more features. They need > not be used all at once, so need not generate the giant monolith feeling > many would have you believe. It need not use any more RAM than XFCE: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrvJOXypAbk There is a

Re: Is there an alternative filesystem hierarchy that could be adapted to Debian.

2021-03-10 Thread deloptes
Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > I think too that it could be better than both Debian and Windows are > today. In Windows, if you look under C:\Windows\System32\ it becomes > scary. Same when you open the hood of your car, no? Not to mention aircraft engine ... so to put it short - in life a lot of t

Re: Network connection of a qemu guest.

2021-03-10 Thread deloptes
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Will be happy with telnet or ssh or ftp from the guest to the host. (I > know telnet and ftp aren't secure but all is within one machine which > runs shorewall.)  No other machine is involved, for now at least. > > Thanks again, https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/Netw

Re: How i can optimize my operating system?

2021-03-11 Thread deloptes
William Torrez Corea wrote: > The problem occur when i execute different process at the same time. In > this case i execute the following program: firefox, facebook, libreoffice. the partitioning looks normal. you better post output of top. it gives more information related to applications. face

Re: How to make btrfs forget a disk?

2021-03-11 Thread deloptes
Victor Sudakov wrote: > "wipefs -t btrfs -f -a /dev/nvme1n1" did the job. > > Still wondering where those labels are stored on disk in Linux. > FS Superblock? > In FreeBSD, GEOM(4) usually keeps such stuff in the last sector of a > volume/device. I think it depends on the FS not on the OS.

Re: How i can optimize my operating system?

2021-03-11 Thread deloptes
Felix Miata wrote: > Several months ago FB turned nearly useless with sloth. I have a sense > what happened is it started screening everything for potential to censor. > I can type nearly a sentence before any characters appear on screen. > Anything serious I wish to post has to be composed elsewh

Re: How to make btrfs forget a disk?

2021-03-12 Thread deloptes
Victor Sudakov wrote: > Well, to search Duckduckgo for wipefs, you need to know about wipefs :-) > I found it from reading man blkid and lsblk, after that the information > from wipefs(8) turned out sufficient (and the howto above did not add > any new knowledge). I searched for "linux file syste

Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use

2021-03-12 Thread deloptes
Susmita/Rajib wrote: > I am searching for Realtek audio drivers for Linux for the Hardware > details:  "Lenovo ideapad 320-15ISK" LNVNB161216, and "Realtek > Audio_6.0.1.8652.A.",otherwise, I am afraid that the audio won't be be > to operate in duplex mode, i.e., won't record audio while playing i

Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use

2021-03-12 Thread deloptes
Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Thank you for replying to my query. > > Expectation is enabling Duplex audio. Record while playing AV stream. > With pulseaudio Volume Control. Isn't possible presently. > I am not sure what you mean - the use case "Record while playing AV stream" seems trivial. You shoul

Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live?

2021-03-12 Thread deloptes
Anssi Saari wrote: > udevadm trigger is the command to run to simulate plugging in the wifi > adapter after you have the firmware available. I don't think modprobe > loads firmware. loading the driver, loads the firmware unloading the driver, unloads the firmware both done with modprobe. How do

Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use

2021-03-13 Thread deloptes
Susmita/Rajib wrote: > So Mr. Tomas, is your distracted :-) email supposed to mean that > installing Realtek drivers separately isn't a possibility in Debian, > but a newer installation of Debian should be sought for? > > Please... I am trying to find a solution, as some work isn't possible > for

Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use

2021-03-13 Thread deloptes
Susmita/Rajib wrote: > No, that is about recording audio stream as an audio file. Mic is > muted, had you noticed carefully. My other HP laptop does this > seamlessly. yes noticed, is the software version on both the same? did you try to unmute mic in ALSA?

Re: Google vs. DDG (was: Social-media antipathy)

2021-03-13 Thread deloptes
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Interestingly, for my searches recently I've seldom got really better > hits on Google. I'm trying DuckDuckGo for 2 weeks now - it's not bad, but Google is (still) the best

Re: Creating a tap device.

2021-03-14 Thread deloptes
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > My previous message was meant for another list. Apology for the > disturbance. > > I've set aside the instructions for qemu. Trying to understand how a > tap device is created. "man ip" has minimal explanation of "ip tuntap". > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/

Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use

2021-03-14 Thread deloptes
Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Now what this entails is to be guided to run some prescribed tests on > my laptop, particularly for the package pulseaudio, and file the > outputs of those tests as a Bug Report. > No one will pay attention as you are far behind the current stable version. As mentioned I r

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