Bug#1052484: fail2ban: jail.conf manual page not current, no documentation for bantime.increment etc.

2023-09-22 Thread Alex King
Package: fail2ban Version: 1.0.2-2 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: a...@king.net.nz Dear Maintainer, I was trying to use the bantime increment feature in fail2ban. At https://serverfault.com/questions/1093451/fail2ban-bantime-increment-not-working, I see the author recommends "please read the

Bug#1038322: guestfish: ssh remote filesystem images are not working in guestfish

2023-06-16 Thread Alex King
Why does ssh support not work? Thanks, Alex King P.S. this machine still has some packages from bullseye, but the packages in question are from bookworm. I have the same problem on a pure-bookworm system. *** End of the template - remove these template lines *** -- System Information: Debian

Bug#1031422: gnumeric: Included documentation of python use in gnumeric is incorrect

2023-02-16 Thread Alex King
Package: gnumeric Version: 1.12.48-1+b2 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I was looking to do some python scripting in gnumeric. I checked the documentation (in the gnumeric-doc package in bullseye) for how to do it. In "The Python Console" section of the documentation, it mentions editing a

Bug#1016675: This is already fixed upstream

2022-08-11 Thread Alex King
Thanks for the hint. That's easier than putting backports in apt sources. I'll try it out, it sounds promising. It may be a week or three before I get to it though. Thanks, Alex On 12/08/22 08:30, Theodore Ts'o wrote: Ah! Thanks for the clarification. I wonder if adding the following to

Bug#1016675: This is already fixed upstream

2022-08-11 Thread Alex King
We are using Direct IO to slow mkfs and therefore lower I/O load. I'm not aware of a way to directly ask mkfs to reduce the I/O load or work more slowly. Using ionice at idle priority would be ideal, but we are using the mq-deadline scheduler rather than bfq or anything. I understand ionice

Bug#1016675: This is already fixed upstream

2022-08-10 Thread Alex King
This was fixed upstream in commit 08cdaf3e2422a3dda1d6dd6feefb0478ab7c3991 (https://github.com/tytso/e2fsprogs/commit/f53fa5a2ac40d595908f4ae868cca2bd195c0a88) That fix is in version 1.46.3 (so this problem should not affect sid which is on 1.46.5 currently). I build a binary (of 1.46.2)

Bug#1016675: mke2fs: filesytem is corrupt if -D (direct io) is used (on an image file)

2022-08-04 Thread Alex King
Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.46.2-2 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? Trying to create a filesystem on a file for loopback mounting * What exactly did you do that was ineffective rm -f file truncate file -s 1G /sbin/mkfs.ext4 -D -E lazy_itable_init=0

Bug#472477: ssh-add -D does not remove SSH key from gnome-keyring-daemon memory

2020-04-17 Thread Alex King
This still appears to be a problem. I can't log in to some remote machines because there are too many keys loaded, and gnome-keyring-daemon won't remove them. I have been affected by this quite a few times over the years, it has wasted hours of my time.  It means I need to use workarounds

Bug#946562: fixed in firewalld-0.8.0?

2019-12-10 Thread Alex King
The issue may be fixed in firewalld-0.8.0, judging by the commits in the commits in the upstream issue (https://github.com/firewalld/firewalld/issues/430),  despite it being closed won't fix. Thanks, Alex

Bug#946562: More info

2019-12-10 Thread Alex King
This bug is a regression on the situation in Debian 9 (where firewalld works with the same monolithic kernel). I also tested and this is still a problem in the version currently in testing and unstable (0.7.2-1). Thanks, Alex

Bug#946562: firewalld: Firewalld does not run on systems with a monolithic kernel

2019-12-10 Thread Alex King
Package: firewalld Version: 0.6.3-5 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** On a system with a monolithic kernel, firewalld fails to run: # systemctl status firewalld|cat ● firewalld.service - firewalld -

Bug#900610: easy-rsa: make-cadir is not included in package

2018-06-01 Thread Alex King
Package: easy-rsa Version: 3.0.4-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, This version of easy-rsa includes the manual page for make-cadir, and recommends its use in README.Debian, but does not acutally include it. Kind of makes the thing pretty much unusable for a new install. -- System

Bug#886967: procps: Please document the I (idle) state in the PS(1) manual page

2018-01-11 Thread Alex King
Package: procps Version: 2:3.3.12-3 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer, Running ps ax with a recent kernel shows a lot of kernel threads in the I (idle) state. This state is not doumented in the man page of ps. (This does not seem to happen with the 4.9 kernel currently running on

Bug#881310: systemd-container: systemd-nspawn containers get non-functioning /etc/resolv.conf

2017-11-11 Thread Alex King
On 12/11/17 00:53, Michael Biebl wrote: Hi Alex Am 11.11.2017 um 00:33 schrieb Alex King: looks like everything that should be in /lib/systemd and /usr/lib/systemd is duplicated in both places?!  I guess that is most likely a sysadmin typo, although the system was reloaded relatively

Bug#881310: systemd-container: systemd-nspawn containers get non-functioning /etc/resolv.conf

2017-11-10 Thread Alex King
, although the system was reloaded relatively recently and I have no idea how this could have happened. So I guess this bug could be closed. Thanks for your help. Alex On 11/11/17 11:37, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2017 um 23:05 schrieb Alex King: $ sudo systemctl status systemd-resolv

Bug#881310: systemd-container: systemd-nspawn containers get non-functioning /etc/resolv.conf

2017-11-10 Thread Alex King
ails about the supported modes of # operation for /etc/resolv.conf. nameserver 127.0.0.53 I'll dig further to find out how nspawn determines whether it should replace resolv.conf Thanks, Alex On 10/11/17 15:28, Michael Biebl wrote: Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Am 10.11.2017 um 01:10 schrieb

Bug#881310: systemd-container: systemd-nspawn containers get non-functioning /etc/resolv.conf

2017-11-09 Thread Alex King
Package: systemd-container Version: 232-25+deb9u1 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer, After installing the package to get systemd-nspawnd, I created an etch image with: # cd /var/lib/machines # debootstrap --variant=minbase --no-check-gpg --arch=i386 etch etchruby \

Bug#755857: fail2ban: Exim Unrouteable address rule no longer fires.

2016-12-09 Thread Alex King
All the lines in /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/exim.conf start with "^%(pid)s " Those characters are trying to match a PID at the start of log lines, I guess. Actually in /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/exim-common.conf I see: pid = ( \[\d+\])? But the problem is that the lines in /var/log/exim4/mainlog

Bug#800341: squid3: systemctl reports squid is running when there is a bungled squid.conf and it has exited.

2015-09-27 Thread Alex King
Package: squid3 Version: 3.4.8-6+deb8u1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, After making a mistake in the configuration file and executing "systemctl reload squid3", "systemctl status squid3" does lists squid as active even though it has died, and "systemctl start squid3" does not start it again,

Bug#772448: Workaround

2015-06-16 Thread Alex King
I'd also like to see this bug fixed, and #786757 which is a similar problem. In the mean time, as a workaround, the following might help people diagnose the problem: I suspect the message will be from a configuration which includes the compress option without. delaycompress. So: cd

Bug#786757: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: Unrecognized command

2015-06-16 Thread Alex King
I'm experiencing the same problem caused by bug #763542, as well as the problem in #772448 While in many cases there are bugs in other packages, such as bug #763542 triggering these emails, there is still a problem in logrotate. Logrotate does not identify which configuration fragment is

Bug#606124: Workaround

2012-06-18 Thread Alex King
The upstream template seems to be flawed in two ways. The file name (12-dm-permissions.rules) puts it in the udev rules too early to use environment variables (e.g.. ENV{DM_VG_NAME}). Apparently in RHEL6 these values are set up in files named at 10 and 11 priority, but in debian they are set

Bug#665409: evolution: The setup assistant asks me to click the non-existent forward button

2012-03-23 Thread Alex King
Package: evolution Version: 3.2.2-1 Severity: minor Tags: upstream Forwarded: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672721 Dear Maintainer, See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672721 -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500,

Bug#665412: reportbug: Please provide integration with upstream BTSs (eg gnome bugzilla) button

2012-03-23 Thread Alex King
Package: reportbug Version: 6.3.1 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? I installed Debian on a new computer and tried to configure my email. Noticing a bug in Evolution, I tried to report a bug against it using reportbug. During the reporting of the bug, I got

Bug#665409: Upstream reports fixed in 3.3

2012-03-23 Thread Alex King
So Debian should either move to the updated upstream version or patch the current version. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#643258: icedove: Removes wrong email from IMAP folder when message deleted

2011-09-26 Thread Alex King
Package: icedove Version: 3.0.11-1+squeeze1 Severity: important I have several (4) IMAP accounts configured in icedove. In the smart folder window, often the wrong message is removed from the message list on delete. If I select a message and delete it, it is still visible but the last (most

Bug#623984: josm: crashes when loading jpeg images

2011-04-24 Thread Alex King
Package: josm Version: 0.0.svn3376-1 Severity: normal I try to go file, load and select jpeg images from my android device, which is mounted. I have a track already loaded, and a map of the area is already displayed on the screen. JOSM crashed and asked me to send a bug - so here it is.

Bug#612049: Authentication with ntlm_auth or winbind running on a DC fails with, NT_STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE

2011-02-15 Thread Alex King
authenticating against the local domain, this is an important (if not grave) bug. Alex King -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#570988: xserver-xorg-video-intel: X dies intermittantly with Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/Output error

2010-05-13 Thread Alex King
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel Version: 2:2.9.1-3 Severity: normal I typically work for several hours, then X dies (screen goes black,) and after a minute a GDM error comes up Failed to start the X server. When I look at the details, I see the Failed to start submit batchbuffer: Input/Output

Bug#503832: I get this as well

2009-04-07 Thread Alex King
. *error when trying to print (or email a PDF). I assume this bug only bites people upgrading, and is to do with the database. Alex King -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#516292: There is traffic back to the client.

2009-03-06 Thread Alex King
In my setup, there is traffic back to the client, as shown in the following server tcpdump: 12:30:43.711988 IP client.49633 server.58800: UDP, length 20 12:30:43.713086 IP server.32938 client.36852: UDP, length 24 Essentially, the server is sending the response to a nonsense port on the

Bug#514023: agree

2009-02-11 Thread Alex King
I would subscribe to the new list. Regards, Alex King -- Alex KingLinuxworks Phone: +64 3 473 1611 Mobile: +64 21 410 420 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#492452: there is no abiword entry in the default fluxbox menu

2008-12-18 Thread Alex King
Package: abiword Version: 2.6.4-5 Followup-For: Bug #492452 I believe the missing menu file means that users of menu systems other than gnome/kde won't see an abiword entry, certainly my fluxobx system has no abiword entry. This is a regression. Cheers, Alex -- System Information: Debian

Bug#508222: pcmcia-cs: cardmgr could not adjust resource PowerBook G4

2008-12-08 Thread Alex King
Package: pcmcia-cs Version: 3.2.8-9 Severity: normal I'm not sure if this is the correct section for this report but, I'm using latest debian etch on a PowerBook G4 with a PCI1211 cardbus and pcmcia cards no longer work for me. I get no responce when card is inserted and nothing from

Bug#419640: My bad - please close this bug.

2007-09-11 Thread Alex King
After purging all python 2.4 packages and removing stuff from /usr/local then re-installing, everything is working OK. It seems the problem was in my system. Apologies for the inconvenience. Cheers, Alex -- Alex KingLinuxworks Phone: +64 3 473 1611 Mobile: +64 21 410 420

Bug#419640: python-turbogears: quickstart used with identity fails to set up working identiy support

2007-05-13 Thread Alex King
Hi Gustavo, Thanks for your help. Here is the traceback I get from surfing to localhost:8080 500 Internal error The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request. Traceback (most recent call last): File

Bug#419640: python-turbogears: quickstart used with identity fails to set up working identiy support

2007-04-16 Thread Alex King
Package: python-turbogears Version: 1.0-1 Severity: normal After creating a project with identity support... $tg-admin quickstart --identity first The quickstarted project immediately fails it's tests. $cd first $nosetests No handlers could be found for logger nose.plugins EEE ...

Bug#344684: Workaround

2006-02-17 Thread Alex King
I had this problem too - after installing etch gnome programs into a sarge system. I found it was fixed after I upgraded CUPS packages to the etch versions. There appears to be a non-recognised dependancy in libgnomeprint on some cups package. (libcupsys2 perhaps?) Alex King

Bug#353254: gksu: config migration fails on upgrade

2006-02-16 Thread Alex King
Package: gksu Version: 1.3.6-1 Severity: normal When installing gksu from etch into a mixed sarge/etch environment, the config migration script fails: bash: /usr/share/gksu/gksu-migrate-conf.sh: line 26: conditional binary operator expected bash: /usr/share/gksu/gksu-migrate-conf.sh: line 26: