Posts by alexkemp

alexkemp · Devuan

Thank you jue-gen, a *very* interesting article.

alexkemp · Installation

FWIW:

$ apt search firefox | fgrep installed

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

firefox-esr/stable-security,stable-proposed-updates,now 115.9.1esr-1~deb12u1 amd64 [installed]
iceweasel/now 78.14.0esr-1~deb10u1 all [installed,local]

(I hand-removed all the language-variants in the following) (lots & lots & lots of them)

$ apt search firefox
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
activity-aware-firefox/stable 0.4.1-2 all
  wrapper to make Firefox aware of Plasma Desktop activities

firefox-esr/stable-security,stable-proposed-updates,now 115.9.1esr-1~deb12u1 amd64 [installed]
  Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR)

firefox-esr-l10n-all/stable-security,stable-proposed-updates 115.9.1esr-1~deb12u1 all
  All language packages for Firefox ESR (meta)

firefox-esr-mobile-config/stable 3.2.0-1 all
  Default mobile-friendly configuration for Firefox ESR

iceweasel/now 78.14.0esr-1~deb10u1 all [installed,local]
  Web browser based on Firefox - Transitional package

libfirefox-marionette-perl/stable 1.35-1+deb12u1 all
  module to automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol

plasma-browser-integration/stable 5.27.5-2 amd64
  Chromium, Google Chrome, Firefox integration for Plasma

webext-debianbuttons/stable 2.3-2 all
  Buttons for querying Debian-related pages with Firefox

webext-foxyproxy/stable 7.5.1+dfsg-3 all
  Advanced proxy management for Firefox

webext-ublock-origin-firefox/stable 1.46.0+dfsg-1 all
  lightweight and efficient ads, malware, trackers blocker (Firefox)

xul-ext-debianbuttons/stable 2.3-2 all
  Buttons for Firefox - Transitional package

alexkemp · Hardware & System Configuration

fwiw, this is from my system just now (daedalus):

$ apt search mtp | fgrep installed

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

jmtpfs/stable,now 0.5-4 amd64 [installed]
libmtp-common/stable,now 1.1.20-1 all [installed,automatic]
libmtp-runtime/stable,now 1.1.20-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libmtp9/stable,now 1.1.20-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnet-smtp-ssl-perl/stable,now 1.04-2 all [installed,automatic]
mtp-tools/stable,now 1.1.20-1 amd64 [installed]

This is using just the common apt install from repository.

alexkemp · Hardware & System Configuration

Hmm

$ less /var/log/boot
/var/log/boot: No such file or directory

Also, nothing in /var/log/ that gets close.

$ cat boot
cat: boot: No such file or directory

Ah, bugger!

alexkemp · Installation

It is possible to set sudo to execute certain commands (which would normally require a password) without a password. That will meet your use-case. See the following as extra help:

https://linuxhandbook.com/sudo-without-password/

alexkemp · Installation

alexkemp wrote:

rclone copy appears to have the effect of deleting almost all of my dropbox. Yikes.

After boughtonp's helpful pointer to rcopy I've been trying to get to grips with it & particularly why it deletes all existing files in the dropbox before copying. The web-copy function actually does the same, but the whole point of rcopy was to avoid that. Finally, a month afterwards, I've both found out why & how to fix it.

tl:dr: use --dropbox-batch-mode sync

After stargate's link for Ralph Minderhoud's blog I switched to try rclone sync but got the following error during uplift:

rclone sync wrote:

Failed to copy: upload failed: batch upload failed: too_many_write_operations

The reference for that is in rclone.org/dropbox/:

Batch mode = off wrote:

It has the disadvantage that it is very likely to encounter too_many_requests errors like this: NOTICE: too_many_requests/.: Too many requests or write operations. Trying again in 15 seconds.

The info on the page appears to be misleading:-

It never mentions that all the existing files are first deleted and thus *all* files in the mirror have to be re-uplifted
--dropbox-batch-mode off was the default before rclone v1.55
(mine is rclone v1.60.1-DEV)

Well, whatever. I took another chance, and the following actually works, and only uplifts changed files:
(the following need to be set before (see also rclone sync commands):
$LOCAL_DIR
$DROPBOX_PROFILE # this is the dropbox name within the local dropbox profile
$REMOTE_DIR
$LOCAL_EXCLUDE_TXT_FILE):

$ rclone sync $LOCAL_DIR $DROPBOX_PROFILE:$REMOTE_DIR -P \
  --exclude-from $LOCAL_EXCLUDE_TXT_FILE --dropbox-batch-mode sync

I used this just now and, instead of replacing every single one of the 3,433 files it just added 4 new documents.

Here is $LOCAL_EXCLUDE_TXT_FILE:

# filter-exclude.txt
# use rclone … --exclude-from
# exclude all office-files
# ODG == draw; ODP == impress; ODS == calc; ODT == writer;
*.odg
*.odp
*.ods
*.odt

alexkemp · Off-topic

Ah. So the poison comes not from other folks. Oh dear.

alexkemp · Off-topic

@golinux:
Your comment is out of order. My remark carries zero disrespect, zero condescension & zero antagonism towards oui. The man is not a native English-speaker & I'm attempting a slight nudge to assist him in realising a linguistic error. I'm trying to help.

I'm sorry that your mind has been poisoned by other folks in these fora. I'm innocent of their claims.

alexkemp · Other Issues

My router has embedded Wifi (GByte speeds).
My Desktop also has embedded Wifi, though only 100 MB (same as Ethernet speeds).

Maybe a reason for differences on your system?

alexkemp · Off-topic

PS

It is "Command-Line Interpreter".

'Commando' is also a word in English, and completely different to your intention.

alexkemp · Other Issues

Routers (and WiFi cameras, and many other IoT devices) used to be targeted because their firmware was so seldom updated. Scammers & Spammers learnt how to take them over. As one example, millions became part of a botnet. That became so pervasive that the manufacturers finally decided to do something.

My Virgin-supplied cable-router phones home on every startup to check if there is a firmware update available. If so it gets & installs it. That will lead to several router reboots. Even if no update there will be at least one reboot.

alexkemp · Off-topic

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher wrote:

What I don't understand is your sense (or need) to try and humiliate someone asking for help nor to make them the laughing stock of your thought process.

Ah! Now I understand some of the differences between us:-

USA: Uses humor to humiliate other people
UK: Uses humour to highlight some of the absurdities of being alive

OK, got it.

I sure am glad that I am me & not you.

alexkemp · Off-topic

At a quick guess you are American & do not understand English humour, so I will give you a pass on that.

alexkemp · Off-topic

oui wrote:

How to start it commando line in the monitor?

What, you mean that you don't wear any underpants when you launch it? Oo-er.

alexkemp · Devuan

Hmm. How about this one:

$ apt search Leafpad
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
l3afpad/stable 0.8.18.1.11-4 amd64
  Simple text editor forked from Leafpad
$ grep ^[^#] /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus                  main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates          main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-security         main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-proposed-updates main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports        main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/josm.list:deb https://josm.openstreetmap.de/apt/ alldist universe

alexkemp · Freedom Hacks

aluma wrote:

I have not come across a single mention that any Linux user’s computer was hacked from the network

This memory is from years ago... server hack via the internet. Discovery tool dropped to report back distro details. Then binary compiled by attack server to match profile discovered by discovery tool. Finally, attack binary dropped to carry out hack.

...and sorry, cannot recall any further details to allow you to read further. I think it may have been to expand net of compromised servers.

alexkemp · Installation

rclone update

I've installed and have been making intensive efforts to get to grips. It describes itself as "equivalent to rsync" and is supposed to be native for Dropbox (and many other similar).

I've hit a huge issue: rclone copy appears to have the effect of deleting almost all of my dropbox. Yikes.

I cannot show the live results since I do not want to delete most of my Dropbox again. However, here is the size of the current files. After the second command (which I stopped after a little while) there were less than 1,000 files left. I'm uncertain of the reason why. I had to fix by re-uploading via a browser page, and that means a complete 1.5GB upload.

(In the code that follows I have replaced the actual remote Dropbox + remote path + local dir with generic names; -P==show Progress; the filter file is to NOT upload certain files)

$ rclone size remote:path --tpslimit 12 --tpslimit-burst 0
Total objects: 3.401k (3401)
Total size: 1.468 GiB (1576509174 Byte)
$ rclone copy local-dir remote:path -P --filter-from filter-file.txt

# filter-file.txt
# exclude all office-files
# ODG == draw; ODP == impress; ODS == calc; ODT == writer;
- *.odg
- *.odp
- *.ods
- *.odt

I'm not going to be able to use rclone. I assume that it is something that I'm doing wrong, but my Hearings will be soon now & I cannot afford to suddenly lose all of the content of every Dropbox. In addition, I do not have the time to report the error, nor research the reason.

alexkemp · Hardware & System Configuration

rolfie wrote:

Looked at the linked FAQ:

Oh wow.

linked FAQ wrote:

(link)
Q: Does dpkg support merged-/usr-via-aliased-dirs?
A: No. This approach is considered broken by design and breaks many common expectations.
If you have a system that has been installed recently (since Debian buster) or switched via the usrmerge hack, you might want to consider … reinstalling. For further information see Teams/Dpkg/MergedUsr
Debian officially only supports merged-/usr-via-aliased-dirs systems. Converting to an unmerged-/usr setup might break the system in unexpected ways in the future, including data loss or failure to boot.

Teams/Dpkg/MergedUsr wiki wrote:

(link)
Description
The main goal of the merged-/usr proposal is to merge the contents of several top root directories (/bin, /sbin, /lib*) into their counterparts in /usr.
merged-/usr-via-aliased-dirs
This approach goes behind dpkg's back, and has caused and do now cause problems due to the aliased directories …
This approach is considered broken by design and is unsupported by dpkg. dpkg-buildinfo marks packages built on these systems as tainted in the .buildinfo file.

Debian truly has lost it's way.

alexkemp · Documentation

Sounds very intelligent to me, Steve (although I never run pipewire).

alexkemp · Forum Feedback

golinux wrote:

usrmerge ... I am staying in the safe harbor of Chimaera or Daedalus until the kinks get worked out and the dust settles

+1

alexkemp · Packaging for Devuan

$ grep ^[^#] /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus                  main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates          main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-security         main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-proposed-updates main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports        main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/josm.list:deb https://josm.openstreetmap.de/apt/ alldist universe

alexkemp · Packaging for Devuan

kinmen wrote:

I wonder whether has anybody successfully installed php on Daedalus

Er, yes (though not for a website)

$ apt search php | fgrep -i installed

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

php-cli/stable,now 2:8.2+93 all [installed]
php-common/stable,now 2:93 all [installed,automatic]
php-mbstring/stable,now 2:8.2+93 all [installed]
php8.2-cli/stable,stable-security,now 8.2.7-1~deb12u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php8.2-common/stable,stable-security,now 8.2.7-1~deb12u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php8.2-mbstring/stable,stable-security,now 8.2.7-1~deb12u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php8.2-opcache/stable,stable-security,now 8.2.7-1~deb12u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php8.2-readline/stable,stable-security,now 8.2.7-1~deb12u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]

alexkemp · Installation

The process to change Debian repository choices is (from my recall) identical to that deployed with Devuan. I think that his problem lies elsewhere, rolfie.

alexkemp · Installation

Hi koala, welcome to Devuan.

I'm going to refer you to the command line from a terminal. The main complication may be that you may need to install and/or setup sudo. If so, how to do that is standard stuff for both Debian & Devuan.

Try the following to see your current repository setup:

$ grep ^[^#] /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus                  main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates          main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-security         main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-proposed-updates main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports        main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/josm.list:deb https://josm.openstreetmap.de/apt/ alldist universe
$ la /etc/apt/sources.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2535 Aug 17 17:25 /etc/apt/sources.list

That will then inform you on which places in which file you may need to change. I hope that it goes without saying that most repository files require root to change them.

alexkemp · Installation

@boughtonp:
Thanks for rclone notice (yup, supports Dropbox natively). Looks like the kind of option I was looking for. Have downloaded & will be using it in anger soonish, soon as I get to grips with help.

man rclone wrote:

Rclone - syncs your files to cloud storage

Added Fri 19:
This morning I spotted a tit (small bird, not certain of specie) jumping around the branches of the large Cherry tree outside my bedroom window. Yesterday my near neighbour informed me that he had spotted blackbirds eating apples fallen onto a garden shed not visible from my windows. So, the future for the acre + birdsong looks more hopeful than I had previously thought.

Those birds all manage to fly across the Channel, so I guess that they should be tough enough to survive a few cold nights.

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#17 Re: Installation » DropBox App Install » 2024-02-03 00:09:51

rclone update

#18 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » merged /usr » 2024-01-29 20:23:33

Description

merged-/usr-via-aliased-dirs

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