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![]() From: Ant (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Thu, 16 August 2018 25 years! From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) Belated happy birthday, Debian! RIP, Ian tho. :( https://bits.debian.org/2018/08/debian-is-25.html -- Quote of the Week: "Where there is sugar, there are ... |
![]() From: Cecil Westerhof (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Wed, 15 August 2018 virtualbox-5.2 not found with apt upgrade From: Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> When first doing an update and then 'upgrade --fix-missing' I get: # apt update Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease Ign:... |
![]() From: Percival P. Cassidy (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Thu, 09 August 2018 Debian Cinnamon Desktop in software rendering mode ( ![]() |
![]() From: Cecil Westerhof (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Mon, 13 August 2018 Polkit rules do not work From: Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> When looking at: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/polkit.8.html AUTHORIZATION RULES Then after changing: /etc... |
![]() From: Soviet_Mario (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Fri, 10 August 2018 [x-post] best linux sw for KARAOKE playback (and related files ...) From: Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> I'm not actually looking for a Karaoke player "per se" but to try a different approach to a completely new foreign language. So i'm se... |
![]() From: Ivan Shmakov (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Sat, 04 August 2018 Re: help with nut & ups From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> >>>>> Roland Latour <no-one@nowhere.com> writes: > I have a new UPS, AmazonBasics 800VA, connected via USB. I installed &g... |
![]() From: Ivan Shmakov (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Fri, 03 August 2018 apt-get tricks From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> ISTR that "apt-get -s install" didn't work properly (or at all) without root privileges back a decade-something ago when I started using D... |
![]() From: Richard Owlett (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Sat, 28 July 2018 Simple (simplistic?) flowcharing program? From: Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> I'm looking to recreate the convenience/"ease of use" of the pads of flowcart outlines used back in the 60's. I had found a flowchart... |
![]() From: Chester A. Arthur (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Sat, 28 July 2018 tty1 clear at init 2 From: "Chester A. Arthur" <deadprez@whitehouse.com> I noticed that when I boot I get a bunch of text, some of which can be seen with 'sudo dmesg', but there's more than that, and ... |
![]() From: Ivan Shmakov (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Mon, 16 July 2018 [OT] Firefox From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> >>>>> Mark Carroll <mtbc@ixod.org> writes: >>>>> On 16 Jul 2018, Aragorn wrote: >>>>> Alfonso P Cuta... |
![]() From: Cecil Westerhof (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Fri, 13 July 2018 Message that I need to upgrade Firefox From: Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> Firefox for Debian is still 59. But I get several time a day the message that I need to update Firefox in the right upper corner of my Firefox windo... |
![]() From: Wildman (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Thu, 12 July 2018 Re: Message that I need to upgrade Firefox From: Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:36:28 +0200, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > Firefox for Debian is still 59. But I get several time a day the > message that I nee... |
![]() From: Zookeeper (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Thu, 07 June 2018 Re: what an user/owner really is ? From: Zookeeper <Jake@Invalid.com> This may have been covered but, if "Root" (they) changes the "R" to a "-" (where the read is removed from the directories an... |
![]() From: Soviet_Mario (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Fri, 08 June 2018 Problemi ibernazione Lenovo Ideapad flex 15 - Debian 9 From: Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> Ciao qualcuno ha riscontrato problemi singoli e/o ne ha sentito ? Una volta ogni tot funge (di rado), tutte le altre crasha o pare crashare (cm... |
![]() From: Soviet_Mario (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Fri, 08 June 2018 Multischermo (uso LIM) From: Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> ho dei problemi difficili da spiegare tentando di usare il portatile con le LIM di scuola 1) con il multischermo, non riesco a vedere le fines... |
![]() From: Soviet_Mario (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Fri, 08 June 2018 Prova moderazione From: Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> Test (x vedere se il NG =E8 moderato o meno) -- 1) Resistere, resistere, resistere. 2) Se tutti pagano le tasse, le tasse le pagano tutti Sovi... |
![]() From: Richard Owlett (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Sat, 02 June 2018 Host-to-Host USB cable assembly usable in Linux From: Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> I have an assortment of computers of various vintages. The only known working ports in common are USB 2.0 . The only descriptive page I've found... |
![]() From: bad sector (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Mon, 30 April 2018 Possible mean bug {Deb9-xfce-Gimp-Thunar?} From: bad sector <forgetski@postit_INVALID_.gov> I haven't been able to put a finger on it and won't have time to investigate for a day or two: while rescaling some images in AvLinux-2... |
![]() From: bad sector (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 3 XFCE desktop questions From: bad sector <forgetski@postit_INVALID_.gov> I'm trying to migrate my accustomed kde4 desktop to CFCE under AvLinux as my Debian flavor OS. I've made some headway but lots more is on ... |
![]() From: bad sector (1:396/4) To: n/a Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 How would I do this in Debian? From: bad sector <forgetski@postit_INVALID_.gov> As I'm migrating at least provisionally from Suse/KDE to Debian/XFCE (actually AvLinux/XFCE) one of the rags I need to bring over is my wa... |