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In the first post you listed a command where there is a space and said that the command works?


My error. I fixed my first post. In no case does it work with spaces between the label word and :

At my age, I make a lot of typos. It has become so hard to create code any more because I have put up to three typos in a single line. Thanks for pointing it out.
It appears that in the newest version of ImageMagick which is not downloadable from the debian repository, that the label option is of the ...

lindi wrote: 2023-03-05 22:01 How about

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convert -background LightBlue1 -border 10 -bordercolor red -font Helvetica-Bold \
-fill blue -size 300 label :"$LocationName" $RamDir/Loc$Count.png

convert requires that there be no space between the word label and the colon. Were you able to get that to work?

Imagemagik's convert command to create a png file from a text in Rev Version:
ImageMagick 6.9.11-60 Q16 x86_64 2021-01-25https://imagemagick.org
which is part of the debian imagmagic version:
imagemagick is already the newest version (8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u1)

uses this form in its command line:
convert -background LightBlue1 -border 10 -bordercolor red -font Helvetica-Bold \
-fill blue -size 300 label:'ASHEVILLE EAST (BACK) WALL' $RamDir/Loc$Count.png
which works. Note that the ...

Yes, it appears to be the exact same issue.

I understand now that this is a security update, not one that affects say, a mathematical operation.

However, the OP "resolved" it by getting rid of the notification. That doesn't resolve the problem of not being able to install the firmware but instead simply stops one from being bothered. I'm not bothered by the notification. I am looking to find a real fix i.e. an update that will properly install firmware that appears to be needed for security ...

Every time my Bullseye system on my Dell Latitude E7270 comes up, it reminds me to install the Secure Boot dbx Configuration Update. Each time I allow it, it tells me it is downloaded and asks me if I want to restart. At the same time, the above message pops up. All other updates install normally. This has been going on for well over a month. Suggestions?

Which ORBI mesh system (model) do you have?

RBR50.

The only recommendation I found to potentially fix the problem is to lower the output power level on the Orbi. I don't know if that will lower the power levels on the satellites (if not, it would only fix the problem if one moved from the router area to the satellite area and not vice versa).

The explanation, as I understand it, is that it is up to the device to decide if the signal it is getting is below its threshold. If it is below ...

Here's a recommendation from a site about changing the "aggressiveness" vs "stickiness" (the terms usually used) in general:

https://helpcenter.engeniustech.com/hc/en-us/articles/234584048-We-are-experiencing-wireless-roaming-issues-What-should-we-do-

and then find this:
Set a relative Fast Handover/ RSSI Threshold value. -Some wireless client devices retain connection to a weak signal, even if there`s a stronger one available. -Set the RSSI Threshold/ Fast Handover value to -80dBm, which ...

At my home and at our club, we use ORBI mesh system with satellites. This should allow us to move from room to room and have the devices automatically recognize that the signal from the nearest router/satellite should be used and switch to it. However, in spite of the fact that a signal from the router goes from 90% to 28% when I move to be near a satellite that I now get at 90%, no switch occurs. If I turn off wi-fi then turn it on, it, of course, picks up the new strongest signal but will not ...

Did it prompt you to create a password for that user? Are you sure you are typing in the password you thought you said?

I'd try to re-install one more time.

Update: I tried a Roku and it connects without problems. Only Android phones fail.

I purchased a Panda wi-fi adapter and connected it along with my internal PC wi-fi to use the Dell Latitude E7270 with Buster computer as a hotspot. Android clients refuse to connect just "reconnecting" over and over. Another Debian laptop connects fine and uses the internet through the Latitude. The androids recognize the connection as they give me an error if I use the wrong password so they are communicating.

I then tried my Ubuntu 18.04 desktop connected to the internet by ethernet and the ...

Buster supports hotspot but apparently it only works when connected to a router with ethernet and using the wi-fi to be the hotspot.

I'd like to put in a second wi-fi on a USB port so I can use the internal one to connect to the router and the other to be the hotspot.

Is this possible without a major effort?

Are there tutorials on doing this? I can't find any on the net.

Has anyone done this? Recommendations for USB wi-fi for it? (Don't need to broadcast long distance).

A filesystem is a physical (or logical) organization of data. Just like a manual file system you might create at home to organize your bills and correspondence. It is not software. Once you design your file system (something as simple as organizing by correspondent name, by date or whatever), you have created only the design. Then you need some way to set it up (labels, etc) so you can search it for, say, the electric bill from last month. In the case of a computer filesystem, you select from a ...

I know there are the SSIDs in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections . I'm wondering if there is a way to have a "comment line" or some-such thing in that file that would be a way to provide a name that would show up with the SSID.
This is very simple:
1. Best method: use the NetworkManager plugin (usually placed in the notification area, depends on DE) -> Edit_Connections -> change the "Connection name" field.
2. Edit the files in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections :
[connection]
id ...

The SSID is the encryptation "salt" for the pre-shared key.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography)
I'm not sure that has anything to do with my question. What I am looking for is to know if there is a way to also assign a name along with the SSID. It doesn't have to have anything to do with the SSID being used as an encryption key.

It seems that it is possible to have, in Windows 10, a way to assign a name. By default according to what I read, the default network name for a ...

I never thought about this but I wonder if it can be done in Debian (preferrably (or even in another OS).

Given that there is an SSID out there that I connect to at other places, they are assigned names by their owners but I have no control over that. However, when I connect with them intermittently (say once a month), I forget which is which if they are not easily discernible. So, there is a network out there named ATTg5qrz9M and another named ATT4fGT6s, those names have no meaning as compared ...

Exec=/usr/sbin/shutdown -h now
Check
ls -l /usr/sbin/shutdown
I think systemd is trying to emulate the old-style shutdown sequence because you've invoked it with an obsolete command.

Try this instead:
Exec=systemctl poweroff

Nope. Worked just like the shutdown command. Got just the power down line every time until once today. Last execution showed the services stopping lines before shutting down.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=shutdown
Exec=systemctl poweroff
Comment=Shutdown
Terminal=false
Icon ...

I execute the shutdown command by clicking on a desktop app that contains the following:

$more shutdown.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=shutdown
Exec=/usr/sbin/shutdown -h now
Comment=Shutdown
Terminal=false
Icon=system-shutdown
Type=Application

It always works fine. However, it "NEVER" shows the services shutting down but simply shows one line that says "Reboot: Power down". However, once or twice in about every 50 times, it does indeed show as the services are stopping and shows the green [OK ...

Re: Question about Debian 10

Postby cuckooflew » 2020-05-26 22:37

The same could be said about avoid using the word "testing", in your sources.list, it could result in your having a testing version.
If you do not understand this, you definitely need to show us your /etc/apt/sourecs.list file

But you have to spell the file name right.

You can also get rid of software you don't use. There are lots of modules that are not needed if the particular system doesn't use them. Look at your installed software and dump what you don't use.
Unlike on Windows where there are lots of third party products you have to buy licenses for, most Linux "products" are free so if and when you decide you'd like to use one of them, you can always re-install it without having to worry where you put that license number.

Also, check out BleachBit. Not ...