Re: user perms

2023-12-08 Thread gene heskett
On 12/8/23 12:11, David Wright wrote: On Mon 13 Jun 2022 at 19:03:47 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: On 6/13/22 14:36, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: >> I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some sort of a >> permissions wall. > >

Re: user perms

2023-12-08 Thread David Wright
On Mon 13 Jun 2022 at 19:03:47 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 6/13/22 14:36, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: >> > > I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some sort of a >> > permissions wall. > > SHOW. US. > > I got tired of

Re: TBird mail (was: user perms)

2022-12-07 Thread Max Nikulin
On 07/12/2022 15:02, gene heskett wrote: And when I find it. the prefs.js file does not contain any of the strings mentioned in the reply I quoted and everyone but you have clipped. Am I to add these below? According to the top of the file, t-bird must be stopped before editing as it saves

Re: TBird mail (was: user perms)

2022-12-07 Thread gene heskett
On 12/6/22 22:53, Max Nikulin wrote: On 07/12/2022 06:58, gene heskett wrote: profiledir: what or where is this "profiledir:"? after sudo updatedb today, I find Querying search engine "thunderbird profile directory" gives

Re: TBird mail (was: user perms)

2022-12-06 Thread Max Nikulin
On 07/12/2022 06:58, gene heskett wrote: profiledir: what or where is this "profiledir:"? after sudo updatedb today, I find Querying search engine "thunderbird profile directory" gives https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data

Re: TBird mail (was: user perms)

2022-12-06 Thread Tom Furie
On Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 06:58:20PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > gene@coyote:~$ locate prefs.js > /home/amanda/.mozilla/firefox/nz58vim6.default-esr/prefs.js > /home/gene/.local/share/digikam/QtWebEngine/Default/user_prefs.json > /home/gene/.local/share/kmail2/QtWebEngine/Default/user_prefs.json >

Re: TBird mail (was: user perms)

2022-12-06 Thread gene heskett
On 6/18/22 19:26, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: Going thru some old email and found I had tagged this message which contains some unfinished business someone might clarify now: On 6/15/22 7:14 AM, Felix Miata wrote: gene heskett composed on 2022-06-15 06:34 (UTC-0400): What the heck is this

Re: user perms

2022-06-24 Thread David Wright
On Fri 17 Jun 2022 at 18:14:41 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 6/17/22 16:29, Anssi Saari wrote: > > gene heskett writes: > > > > > I just did all that, so now I have an /etc/rc.local but not an rc-local > > > but he changes from rc.local to rc-local in the middle. confusing. > > > > > > So

Re: TBird mail (was: user perms)

2022-06-18 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 6/15/22 7:14 AM, Felix Miata wrote: > gene heskett composed on 2022-06-15 06:34 (UTC-0400): > > > What the heck is this vertical bar it uses for a quote level > > That's taken care of here with one or both of these two entries in prefs.js > in the > profiledir: > >

Re: user perms

2022-06-17 Thread gene heskett
On 6/17/22 16:29, Anssi Saari wrote: gene heskett writes: I just did all that, so now I have an /etc/rc.local but not an rc-local but he changes from rc.local to rc-local in the middle. confusing. So which is it. I originally created an rc.local, changed it to rc-local, and back with mv.

Re: user perms

2022-06-17 Thread Anssi Saari
gene heskett writes: > I just did all that, so now I have an /etc/rc.local but not an rc-local > but he changes from rc.local to rc-local in the middle. confusing. > > So which is it. I originally created an rc.local, changed it to > rc-local, and back with mv. The script file is /etc/rc.local

Re: user perms

2022-06-16 Thread David Wright
On Thu 16 Jun 2022 at 12:22:48 (+0300), Anssi Saari wrote: > David Wright writes: > > > As it happens, I find I have (but don't use): > > > $ grep -i ttyusb /lib/udev/rules.d/* > > I actually found this in 50-udev-default.rules: > >

Re: user perms

2022-06-16 Thread gene heskett
On 6/16/22 05:25, Anssi Saari wrote: David Wright writes: As it happens, I find I have (but don't use): $ grep -i ttyusb /lib/udev/rules.d/* I actually found this in 50-udev-default.rules: KERNEL=="tty[A-Z]*[0-9]|ttymxc[0-9]*|pppox[0-9]*|ircomm[0-9]*|noz[0-9]*|rfcomm[0-9]*",

Re: user perms

2022-06-16 Thread gene heskett
On 6/16/22 03:58, Anssi Saari wrote: gene heskett writes: now my additional reply is munged, backspaces or Del's will not "take" What the heck is this vertical bar it uses for a quote level, whats wrong with > >> etc for quote indicators? There's a button containing an A overlaid by a

Re: user perms

2022-06-16 Thread Anssi Saari
David Wright writes: > As it happens, I find I have (but don't use): > $ grep -i ttyusb /lib/udev/rules.d/* I actually found this in 50-udev-default.rules: KERNEL=="tty[A-Z]*[0-9]|ttymxc[0-9]*|pppox[0-9]*|ircomm[0-9]*|noz[0-9]*|rfcomm[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout" So that should set the group for

Re: user perms

2022-06-16 Thread Anssi Saari
gene heskett writes: > now my additional reply is munged, backspaces or Del's will not "take" > What the heck is this vertical bar it uses for a quote level, whats wrong > with > >> etc for quote indicators? There's a button containing an A > overlaid by a graphical double square as the last

Re: user perms

2022-06-15 Thread gene heskett
On 6/15/22 14:45, David Wright wrote: [...] /lib/udev/rules.d/ unsurprisingly contains examples of almost every sort of device. But not once does is specifically mention /dev/ttyUSB. Its a bit hard to find the rule for a serial adapter when its not mention any place it the whole directory

Re: user perms

2022-06-15 Thread David Wright
On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 06:34:41 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 6/15/22 01:00, David Wright wrote: What I wrote is slipping into a morass of IDK what. > And I'm going to snip down to what I'm replying to, I think. Yes, I'll join you in snipping. [ … snipped stuff about email quoting … ] >

Re: memtest (was: user perms)

2022-06-15 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 07:26:25AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > gene heskett composed on 2022-06-15 06:34 (UTC-0400): > > > I have had to replace some memory, but now memtest can't > > be found, I guess because it is a 16 bit build, and can't be > > changed. But it ran ON THIS 6 core i5, probably

Re: memtest (was: user perms)

2022-06-15 Thread Felix Miata
gene heskett composed on 2022-06-15 06:34 (UTC-0400): > I have had to replace some memory, but now memtest can't > be found, I guess because it is a 16 bit build, and can't be > changed. But it ran ON THIS 6 core i5, probably 8 or 9 times > pre bullseye. > So what replaces it? From the thread

Re: TBird mail (was: user perms)

2022-06-15 Thread Felix Miata
gene heskett composed on 2022-06-15 06:34 (UTC-0400): > What the heck is this vertical bar it uses for a quote level That's taken care of here with one or both of these two entries in prefs.js in the profiledir: user_pref("mail.quoteasblock", false);

Re: user perms

2022-06-15 Thread gene heskett
On 6/15/22 01:00, David Wright wrote: And I'm going to snip down to what I'm replying to, I think. I am not at all sure tbird will do as I ask though. So my only instant question is when will the developers understand that stuff that runs as a $USER, needs one of two changes, either a .conf file

Re: user perms

2022-06-14 Thread David Wright
On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 18:20:15 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 6/14/22 13:25, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 13 Jun 2022 at 19:03:47 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > > > On 6/13/22 14:36, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: >> > > > > I

Re: user perms

2022-06-14 Thread gene heskett
On 6/14/22 13:25, David Wright wrote: On Mon 13 Jun 2022 at 19:03:47 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: On 6/13/22 14:36, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: >> I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some sort of a >> permissions wall. > >

Re: user perms

2022-06-14 Thread Joe
On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 19:03:47 -0400 gene heskett wrote: > > Kmail5 is buggier than road kill in June, but t-bird is more like > August, so > > I'm looking for a mailer that actually works. tbirds sort filters > don't, and > > they think everybody uses only html, so word wrap doesn't work So

Re: user perms

2022-06-14 Thread Brian
On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 12:22:05 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 13 Jun 2022 at 19:03:47 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > > On 6/13/22 14:36, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: >> > > > I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some sort

Re: user perms

2022-06-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 12:22:05PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 13 Jun 2022 at 19:03:47 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > > On 6/13/22 14:36, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: >> > > > I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some

Re: user perms

2022-06-14 Thread David Wright
On Mon 13 Jun 2022 at 19:03:47 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 6/13/22 14:36, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: >> > > I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some sort of a >> > permissions wall. > > SHOW. US. > > I got tired of

Re: user perms

2022-06-14 Thread mick crane
On 2022-06-14 00:03, gene heskett wrote: I'm looking for a mailer that actually works. tbirds sort filters don't, and they think everybody uses only html, so word wrap doesn't work So I'm doing this by hand.. I'd have thought if you've got PCs in different buildings Dovecot, Roundcube,

Re: user perms

2022-06-13 Thread gene heskett
On 6/13/22 14:36, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: >> I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some sort of a >> permissions wall. > > SHOW. US. I got tired of fighting with it Greg, so I did install #32 and installed gnome_desktop (that

Re: user perms

2022-06-13 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 13/06/2022 18:39, Felix Miata wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI composed on 2022-06-13 16:29 (UTC-0400): And Gene is one of a few users that never help themselves, even when repeatedly told what to do and what not to do. Just wait until your wife of 60 years is gone and you're 89. See how you

Re: user perms

2022-06-13 Thread Felix Miata
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI composed on 2022-06-13 16:29 (UTC-0400): > And Gene is one of a few users that never help themselves, even when > repeatedly told what to do and what not to do. Just wait until your wife of 60 years is gone and you're 89. See how you like having no one there to talk to any

Re: user perms

2022-06-13 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 13/06/2022 15:33, Greg Wooledge wrote: Why the hell do you CONTINUE to make these vague statements with NO demonstration of what the actual problem is? And why do you continue asking for the same things, knowing that they won't be provided? Not that your request in invalid - certainly if

Re: MC settings (was: user perms)

2022-06-13 Thread Felix Miata
Joe composed on 2022-06-13 20:03 (UTC+0100): > I don't know if you know this, but when you close mc the *current* > version of the config file is re-saved. So if you edited the file in > mc, the new version will be overwritten. That's an unfortunate default, not carved in stone. Turn off auto

Re: user perms

2022-06-13 Thread Joe
On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:56:12 -0400 gene heskett wrote: > I can't modify screen colors in any terminal or in mc, and mc's > colors are all so alike I can only read a directory list which is in > a different color, if I want to read a file, I have to use nano. > I don't know if you know this,

Re: user perms

2022-06-13 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/13/2022 2:33 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some sort of a permissions wall. SHOW. US. No need to shout in all caps. Why the hell no need for language You're a goddamned 20+ year

Re: user perms

2022-06-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 01:56:12PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some sort of a permissions > wall. SHOW. US. Why the hell do you CONTINUE to make these vague statements with NO demonstration of what the actual problem is? It would take you FIVE

user perms

2022-06-13 Thread gene heskett
Greetings all; I appear as user 1000 seem to be stuck behind some sort of a permissions wall. I can't modify screen colors in any terminal or in mc, and mc's colors are all so alike I can only read a directory list which is in a different color, if I want to read a file, I have to use nano.