Re: [DNG] Advice sought on kernel upgrade

2021-08-13 Thread Steve Litt
wirelessduck--- via Dng said on Fri, 13 Aug 2021 20:06:37 +1000 >> On 13 Aug 2021, at 18:28, Steve Litt >> wrote: >> >> terryc said on Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:55:07 +1000 >> >> >>> >>> Setting up? As in reallocating desktops? >>> >>> I'd be more inclined to look at HW/Sw problems when you

Re: [DNG] Advice sought on kernel upgrade

2021-08-13 Thread tito via Dng
On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:37:00 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 08:06:37PM +1000, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: > > > > > > > On 13 Aug 2021, at 18:28, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > > terryc said on Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:55:07 +1000 > > > > > > > > >> > > >> Setting up? As

Re: [DNG] Advice sought on kernel upgrade

2021-08-13 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 08:06:37PM +1000, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: > > > > On 13 Aug 2021, at 18:28, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > terryc said on Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:55:07 +1000 > > > > > >> > >> Setting up? As in reallocating desktops? > >> > >> I'd be more inclined to look at HW/Sw

Re: [DNG] Advice sought on kernel upgrade

2021-08-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:45:47 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote in message : > Greetings > > I am running a fairly old rig on debian testing with 2 gpus ..which gpus, and which drivers? IME, my old gpus runs better with nouveau and radeon. > and want to run 5 monitors. ..that rig should be fun on

Re: [DNG] Advice sought on kernel upgrade

2021-08-13 Thread wirelessduck--- via Dng
> On 13 Aug 2021, at 18:28, Steve Litt wrote: > > terryc said on Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:55:07 +1000 > > >> >> Setting up? As in reallocating desktops? >> >> I'd be more inclined to look at HW/Sw problems when you are adding >> something like a 4K screen. Is there sufficient ram? > > And...

Re: [DNG] Advice sought on kernel upgrade

2021-08-13 Thread Steve Litt
terryc said on Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:55:07 +1000 > >Setting up? As in reallocating desktops? > >I'd be more inclined to look at HW/Sw problems when you are adding >something like a 4K screen. Is there sufficient ram? And... OP, while you're at it, just for fun run a ram test on all the ram. And

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] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-19 Thread Tomasz Torcz
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 09:15:22AM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 11:44 PM Tomasz Torcz wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 12:42:15PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > # less /var/log/ejabberd/error.log > > > 2021-07-18 09:43:36.985 [error] > > >

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-19 Thread Antony Stone
On Monday 19 July 2021 at 16:15:22, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 11:44 PM Tomasz Torcz wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 12:42:15PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > # less /var/log/ejabberd/error.log > > > 2021-07-18 09:43:36.985 [error] > > >

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-19 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 11:44 PM Tomasz Torcz wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 12:42:15PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > # less /var/log/ejabberd/error.log > > 2021-07-18 09:43:36.985 [error] > > <0.82.0>@ejabberd_config:validate_opts:1095 Unknown option 'echo > > /lib >

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread Tomasz Torcz
On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 12:42:15PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > # less /var/log/ejabberd/error.log > 2021-07-18 09:43:36.985 [error] > <0.82.0>@ejabberd_config:validate_opts:1095 Unknown option 'echo > /lib > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/opensrf.confwhat' > 2021-07-18 09:43:36.985 [error]

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread Marjorie Roome via Dng
On Sun, 2021-07-18 at 19:08 +0100, Marjorie Roome via Dng wrote: > On Sun, 2021-07-18 at 12:42 -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM Antony Stone > > wrote: > > > On Sunday 18 July 2021 at 16:54:25, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > > > > > # service ejabberd start

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread Steve Litt
o1bigtenor via Dng said on Sun, 18 Jul 2021 06:17:02 -0500 >Greetings > >I have, at least temporarily, abandoned installing 'Evergreen' - - >library software. > >Far too many books around here never mind a huge collection of papers >most often pdfs. > >The Evergreen 'system' uses ejabberd as a

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread Marjorie Roome via Dng
On Sun, 2021-07-18 at 12:42 -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM Antony Stone > wrote: > > On Sunday 18 July 2021 at 16:54:25, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > > > # service ejabberd start > > > [] Starting ejabberd...:root@memyself:/home/opensrf-3.2.1# > > >

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM Antony Stone wrote: > > On Sunday 18 July 2021 at 16:54:25, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > # service ejabberd start > > [] Starting ejabberd...:root@memyself:/home/opensrf-3.2.1# service > > ejabberd status > > [] Getting ejabberd status...:Failed RPC

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread Antony Stone
On Sunday 18 July 2021 at 16:54:25, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > # service ejabberd start > [] Starting ejabberd...:root@memyself:/home/opensrf-3.2.1# service > ejabberd status > [] Getting ejabberd status...:Failed RPC connection to the node > ejabberd@localhost: nodedown > > Commands to

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 7:48 AM d...@d404.nl wrote: > > On 18-07-2021 13:17, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > Greetings > > > > I have, at least temporarily, abandoned installing 'Evergreen' - - > > library software. > > > > Far too many books around here never mind a huge collection of papers > >

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread d...@d404.nl
On 18-07-2021 13:17, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: Greetings I have, at least temporarily, abandoned installing 'Evergreen' - - library software. Far too many books around here never mind a huge collection of papers most often pdfs. The Evergreen 'system' uses ejabberd as a communication tool and

Re: [DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread Marjorie Roome via Dng
Hi o1bigtenor, On Sun, 2021-07-18 at 06:17 -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > [snip] > The Evergreen 'system' uses ejabberd as a communication tool and it > would seem to me (new at digging under the hood as it were) that > ejabberd is quite intertwined into this system. > > Ejabberd was

[DNG] Advice sought re: ejabberd

2021-07-18 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
Greetings I have, at least temporarily, abandoned installing 'Evergreen' - - library software. Far too many books around here never mind a huge collection of papers most often pdfs. The Evergreen 'system' uses ejabberd as a communication tool and it would seem to me (new at digging under the

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-22 Thread Dimitris via Dng
Hey Olaf, Στις 22/4/21 11:55 π.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: Is debfoster smart(er) about asking what you want to keep? As in asking you about the packages that keep most of the other packages installed first (rather than going through potential removals alphabetically)? yes.

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-22 Thread Alessandro Vesely via Dng
On Tue 20/Apr/2021 16:03:59 +0200 Bernard Rosset via Dng wrote: find /usr/bin -atime +360 | xargs -l1 apt-file find | sort I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure unicity. Also, never log in as

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-22 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Florian, Dimitris, Florian Zieboll via Dng writes: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:34:34 +0300 > Dimitris via Dng wrote: > >> Στις 21/4/21 2:53 μ.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: >> > >> > The first time around, there will be quite a long list of packages >> > that are candidates for

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:34:34 +0300 Dimitris via Dng wrote: > Στις 21/4/21 2:53 μ.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: > > > > The first time around, there will be quite a long list of packages > > that are candidates for removal. Even without a desktop environment > > installed the list can

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Dimitris via Dng
Στις 21/4/21 2:53 μ.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: The first time around, there will be quite a long list of packages that are candidates for removal. Even without a desktop environment installed the list can be several tens of packages. Look for the "top-level" kind of packages to

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Florian, Alessandro, Florian Zieboll via Dng writes: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:10:49 +0200 > Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > >> Isn't there a way to remove >> packages not used for more than one year? > > Definitely not an approach for automated package removal, but perhaps a > valid

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure unicity. Also, never log in as root. It has been brought to my attention I was wrong: dpkg -S doesn't require privileges and runs fine in userland.

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Bernard, Bernard Rosset via Dng writes: >> find /usr/bin -atime +360 | xargs -l1 apt-file find | sort > > I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, > not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure > unicity. Also, never log in as root. > >

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-20 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
find /usr/bin -atime +360 | xargs -l1 apt-file find | sort I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure unicity. Also, never log in as root. Here would me my quick & dirty take at your command

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-20 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:10:49 +0200 Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > Isn't there a way to remove > packages not used for more than one year? Definitely not an approach for automated package removal, but perhaps a valid starting point for decluttering manually: $ find /usr/bin -atime +360 |

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-19 Thread Alessandro Vesely via Dng
On Sun 18/Apr/2021 11:37:58 +0200 Alessandro Vesely wrote: I'll try tomorrow. Everything incredibly smooth! I don't know why I rebooted between upgrade and dist-upgrade. The graphics didn't come up, so I run dist-upgrade on the tty terminal. That's the only annoyance I had. Heck, the

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-18 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 11:37:58 +0200 Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > On Sat 17/Apr/2021 15:37:31 +0200 Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: > > On April 17, 2021 2:33:53 PM GMT+02:00, Alessandro Vesely via Dng > > wrote: > >> > >> Is there a guide, a wiki, release notes, any help? > > > > my

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-18 Thread Alessandro Vesely via Dng
On Sat 17/Apr/2021 15:37:31 +0200 Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: On April 17, 2021 2:33:53 PM GMT+02:00, Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: Is there a guide, a wiki, release notes, any help? my Beowulf to Chimaera (LXqt with openbox) went quite smooth. I had posted my notes to this list,

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-17 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On April 17, 2021 2:33:53 PM GMT+02:00, Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > Hi all, > > I usually prefer to stick on released system, but I'd start working on > OpenSCAD > and the version available is rather oldish. As it has lots of graphical > dependencies, I think it may be easier to

[DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-17 Thread Alessandro Vesely via Dng
Hi all, I usually prefer to stick on released system, but I'd start working on OpenSCAD and the version available is rather oldish. As it has lots of graphical dependencies, I think it may be easier to switch to Chimaera than to pin all that stuff. I run Openbox, btw. Is there a guide, a

Re: [DNG] Advice on a package pinning

2021-03-18 Thread Antonio Trkdz.tab via Dng
Thanks for your well thought reply and advice. I have already applied your suggestions on the pinning strategy. I knew already how to filter with aptitude, but I didn't know the reference, thank you for the information. Some days ago I updated my basement pc from Jessie to Beowulf and It was all

Re: [DNG] Advice on a package pinning

2021-03-17 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:18:03 +0100 "Antonio Trkdz.tab" wrote: > Thank you Florian for your good advice on pinning strategy. > What I am really scared of is if having installed different gcc > packages could screw up my system. > Does your strategy take into account this, i.e. is your suggestion

Re: [DNG] Advice on a package pinning

2021-03-17 Thread Antonio Trkdz.tab via Dng
Thank you Florian for your good advice on pinning strategy. What I am really scared of is if having installed different gcc packages could screw up my system. Does your strategy take into account this, i.e. is your suggestion a way to take care of such situations? did you have any such problems

Re: [DNG] Advice on a package pinning

2021-03-17 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:49:56 +0100 Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:00:19 +0100 > "Antonio Trkdz.tab via Dng" wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I could use some advice on a package pinning which I have set. > > I need a version of ripgrep (>11.0) only available in Ceres

Re: [DNG] Advice on a package pinning

2021-03-17 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:00:19 +0100 "Antonio Trkdz.tab via Dng" wrote: > Hello all, > > I could use some advice on a package pinning which I have set. > I need a version of ripgrep (>11.0) only available in Ceres repos. > Hence, I enabled the ceres repo in my sources.list file and I pinned > all

[DNG] Advice on a package pinning

2021-03-17 Thread Antonio Trkdz.tab via Dng
Hello all, I could use some advice on a package pinning which I have set. I need a version of ripgrep (>11.0) only available in Ceres repos. Hence, I enabled the ceres repo in my sources.list file and I pinned all packages from this release with: Package: * Pin: release n=ceres Pin-Priority: -1

[DNG] Advice on a package pinning

2021-03-17 Thread Antonio Trkdz.tab via Dng
Hello all, I could use some advice on a package pinning which I have set. I need a version of ripgrep (>11.0) only available in Ceres repos. Hence, I enabled the ceres repo in my sources.list file and I pinned all packages from this release with: Package: * Pin: release n=ceres Pin-Priority: -1

Re: [DNG] Advice?

2017-11-07 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 11:32:14AM -0600, R. W. Rodolico wrote: > Thank you. > > I performed the update yesterday and, with only a few minor changes, was > able to get the client's server back. This was, without a doubt, the > easiest dist-upgrade I have done in around 20 years of running Debian

Re: [DNG] Advice?

2017-11-07 Thread R. W. Rodolico
Thank you. I performed the update yesterday and, with only a few minor changes, was able to get the client's server back. This was, without a doubt, the easiest dist-upgrade I have done in around 20 years of running Debian systems. Ran into a few minor issues, which I'll record here in case

Re: [DNG] Advice?

2017-11-06 Thread Hector Gonzalez
On 11/05/2017 09:49 PM, rodolico wrote: I've been watching devuan for a while, and like what I see. I had planned a migration of our servers from Debian to a combination of devuan and freebsd in the future, and have been leaving everything as LTS wheezy for now. Now, our plans have to be

[DNG] Advice?

2017-11-06 Thread rodolico
I've been watching devuan for a while, and like what I see. I had planned a migration of our servers from Debian to a combination of devuan and freebsd in the future, and have been leaving everything as LTS wheezy for now. Now, our plans have to be accelerated due to a recent problem with wheezy