Re: [DNG] Advice sought on kernel upgrade

2021-08-12 Thread terryc
On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:45:47 -0500 o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > Greetings > > I am running a fairly old rig on debian testing with 2 gpus and want > to run 5 monitors. > The 5th is hdmi connected and is a 4k monitor with the other 4 all > being 1920x1080. > After I installed the 4k monitor I had

[DNG] Advice sought on kernel upgrade

2021-08-12 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
Greetings I am running a fairly old rig on debian testing with 2 gpus and want to run 5 monitors. The 5th is hdmi connected and is a 4k monitor with the other 4 all being 1920x1080. After I installed the 4k monitor I had regular graphics sub-system freezes (won't come out of suspend typically)

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really? Yes. It's all about vapour

2021-08-12 Thread Steve Litt
Bernard Rosset via Dng said on Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:22:28 +0200 >Foreseable, foreseen, and now happening. >It is the logical and predictable move away from local installed >instances on own hardware to everything "cloud"/vapourous. I agree. > >Said move is *not* user-focused (despite marketing

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really? Yes. It's all about vapour

2021-08-12 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
Foreseable, foreseen, and now happening. It is the logical and predictable move away from local installed instances on own hardware to everything "cloud"/vapourous. Said move is *not* user-focused (despite marketing - aka "bullshit" - about "simplicity" that will ensue), but is

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really?

2021-08-12 Thread Simon Hobson
Mark Rousell wrote: > As I see it there are only two USPs for a service like this: > > (1) It's accessible for anywhere you have Internet access and a computing > device. > > (2) It is (I presume) backed up so you don't need to run your own backups... > well, in theory. In practice that

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-08-12 Thread Steve Litt
aitor said on Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:41:44 +0200 >On 12/8/21 13:12, aitor wrote: >>     struct sbuf s  __cleanbuf__(free_buf); >I rectify: > >struct sbuf s  __cleanbuf__; > >being: > >#define __cleanbuf__ __attribute__((cleanup(free_buf))) I see the attraction, Aitor, but doing this has some

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really?

2021-08-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 05:59:38 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote in message : > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 9:57 PM Mark Rousell > wrote: > > > On 12/08/2021 03:49, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > Check out this article: > > https://www.computerworld.com/article/3628169/windows-365-costs-how-much.html > > > >

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-08-12 Thread aitor
On 12/8/21 13:12, aitor wrote:     struct sbuf s  __cleanbuf__(free_buf); I rectify: struct sbuf s  __cleanbuf__; being: #define __cleanbuf__ __attribute__((cleanup(free_buf))) ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-08-12 Thread aitor
Hi, On 31/7/21 11:20, aitor wrote: On 31/7/21 3:02, Bruce Perens via Dng wrote: If you want this, it's easy enough to allocate your own stack, and write functions that allocate from it and release the allocation. Sometimes I use the following buffer struct for dynamic allocation:

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really?

2021-08-12 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 9:57 PM Mark Rousell wrote: > On 12/08/2021 03:49, Steve Litt wrote: > > Check out this article: > https://www.computerworld.com/article/3628169/windows-365-costs-how-much.html > > Windows 365... > > So let me get this straight: > > [...] > > Of course the real effect of

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-12 Thread g4sra via Dng
<--snip--> > The problem with mouse-drag does not occur on the other disk. <--snip--> > Of note is that when I start /usr/games/sol as root the problem > disappars---I can drag cards just fine. This implies that your issue is 'user' based. One of the re-occurring issues with (GUI) applications

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-12 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 04:25:09AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > I had trouble understanding your suggestion to use ps with -o cmd. > For me, the -o option for the ps command is to specify format. Were you > suggesting that I do: $ ps -o aisleriot ? I think he meant ps -o cmd instead

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-12 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:22:35AM +, g4sra via Dng wrote: > <--snip--> > > When you really have no idea where to start (after looking through > all logs, obviously)... > > Use 'ps' with the '-o cmd' option to find out *exactly* how the > executable is being invoked. After killing