Re: severe bug dpkg following upgrade to buster
Little bit OT: I am not sure, if I understood that correct, but as the manual says, "su" is preserving the environment and "su -" is creating a new one. However, for becoming root, I am using "su -", but when I want to edit files with root privileges with a graphical editor (i.e. kwrite), I always need "su -p". But the manual says, "su" alone would preseve the environment. Where is my mistake? Best Hans > Wow, I never knew the su command used to have such misbehaviours on > Debian. I guess being used to doing 'su -' from years of using different > unix systems I never noticed.
Re: Booting to terminal
Am Mittwoch, 3. Mai 2017, 09:20:33 CEST schrieb Francesco Pietra: For testing purposes just move gdm out of the way, Just move /usr/bin/gdm to / root, when everything is working fine, move it back. So you have a good way to test and go to default later. You can also try to force initlevel (I do not know, if this is still working in debian), so it will not run into rc5 (with X) but to rc2 (no X). I guess, there are people who know better than me, which runlevel is without X. I did this 10 years ago and forgot about it. Hope this helps Best Hans > Hello: > I would be happy to learn about a safe way to boot amd64 debian8 (gnome3) > and debian9 (xfce) to terminal, followed by startx and either gnome-session > or what is correct for xfce. My older method of killing gdm does no more > work well. Booting into gui is often giving problems in scientific use of > linux. My interest is in: > > -- Examining all that is loaded during boot > > -- Working from the terminal without gnome/xfce when running > number-crunching codes. > > Thanks a lot for advice > > francesco pietra
Re: Fwd: module nvidia not found / amd64 jessie
> Nice, but dkms is much less work and appears to have worked. Yes, you are right. Should have told, I use m-a just for checking, if I have installed all necessary packages. DKMS will after it work automatically for me building the modules. Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/10350764.cymspXMgBC@protheus2
Re: Fwd: module nvidia not found / amd64 jessie
Hi franceso, I am checking the necessary packagaes by module-assistant. It is the easiest way. Try it out. Install package "module-assistant" , start with m-a, and then go through the 4 steps (update, prepare etc.) Nice tool, and is helping much. Good luck Hans > > # uname -r > 3.16.0-4-amd64 > > > is that incorrect? > > thanks > > francesco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/19668697.DcGUzMrqmE@protheus2
Re: nvidia 9800 GT with nouveau on wheezy
Don't use the nvidia package from debian for googleearth. They do not work, as the 32-bit-libs of nvidia have dependency problems. Obviously no one cared for this at the moment. Just download the installer from the nvidia website and execute it - works like a charm! Good luck! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201304240700.15052.hans.ullr...@loop.de
Re: mktemp and diff orphaned?
Am Mittwoch, 10. November 2010 schrieb Jaime Ochoa Malagón: > some packages has been grouped... > > diff in diffutils > mktemp in coreutils > > both in squeeze > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Mark Allums wrote: > > On 11/9/2010 1:33 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I am running debian-amd64/testing. When I start "orphaner" there are two > >> packages, which are marked as "essentials". These packages are "diff" > >> and "mktemp", but they are below "oldlibs". Can they safely to be > >> removed, as they > >> are meanwhile old? Or better leave them? > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Hans > > > > mktemp is required; don't remove it. diff has alternatives, but there is > > really no need to remove it. It is still has lots of scripts that expect > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cda96f2.4060...@allums.com Thank you for this important information! It is working now without diff and mktemp. Yeahm great! Thank you very much! Cheers Hans signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
mktemp and diff orphaned?
Hi all, I am running debian-amd64/testing. When I start "orphaner" there are two packages, which are marked as "essentials". These packages are "diff" and "mktemp", but they are below "oldlibs". Can they safely to be removed, as they are meanwhile old? Or better leave them? Regards Hans signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Need a little info
Hello all, it might be nice, if someone, who is running debian-amd/testing or debian- amd/sid could send me the filelist of "/etc/rc2.d/". I am working on bug #583613 and thought of some timing problems during start. So it would be nice, if I could compare if the start scripts on my system are in correrct order. For this check, I need the correct order from a running system (testing or sid) from someone else. Thank you very much! Regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201007142054.12104.hans.ullr...@loop.de
Xserver stops at boot (and only at boot)
Hi all, I am still looking for the weird behaviour, that on my amd64 system the xserver is stopping during boot. I already reported this in bug #583613, where you will find all deeper information I had. I can not find any errors in the logs and it looks like X is terminating like normal. One of the explanations can be, that the kdm or xserver startsrcipt in /etc/rc.2/ is set on the wrong position. How does debian set the required startnumbers, like S25, S26 and similar? I suppose, these positions are set during installation and are never changed or are they? As my first setup of this system is very old (since sarge), I might have wrong settings, although everything worked fine since some weeks ago (after an update). You should know, I changed to insserv and sysv-rc some time ago, but this was a long time before this error happend. And this behaviour appears only on this 64-bit-system, any other systems I am using (which are all 32-bit) are working fine. Maybe someone else got an idea? It is really strange, as the xserver is only(!) stopping at boot (soon after the Nvidia-logo appeared). Anyway, thank you for reading this, any idea is welcome. Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201006101923.05778.hans.ullr...@loop.de
Re: Looking for hydra
Am Mittwoch, 9. Juni 2010 schrieb Ron Johnson: > On 06/09/2010 11:24 AM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am looking for the debian package of "hydra". I know, it is no more in > > the repository due to license problematics. > > > > Question: does someone have it maybe on his system? I am looking for > > both, i386 and especially amd64 version. > > > > Question: I found hydra in the snapshot packages, but it is version 4.1 > > I think, I remember, there was already version 4.3 or even 4.5 available. > > Are they reallly, or am I erroring myself? > > > > Thanks for any information. > > Is *this* the hydra you're looking for? > > http://freeworld.thc.org/thc-hydra/ Yes, this is the one. I already got the source code, and got it easily compiled. But I would like to get it as a debian package. So the easiest way for me might be, to use a working and well tested package. Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201006091936.41230.hans.ullr...@loop.de
Looking for hydra
Hi all, I am looking for the debian package of "hydra". I know, it is no more in the repository due to license problematics. Question: does someone have it maybe on his system? I am looking for both, i386 and especially amd64 version. Question: I found hydra in the snapshot packages, but it is version 4.1 I think, I remember, there was already version 4.3 or even 4.5 available. Are they reallly, or am I erroring myself? Thanks for any information. Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201006091824.51981.hans.ullr...@loop.de
Re: Weird things with Xorg on amd54
Am Mittwoch, 19. Mai 2010 schrieb Norval Watson: > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 05:01:35PM -0700, Norval Watson wrote: > > When I > > dist-upgraded recently, debian's 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel broke x, as in I > > cannot start (or restart) gdm. > > The 2.6.32-3-amd64 kernel works fine. > > Are > > > you running the fglrx or nvidia driver by any chance? If so > > you > > probably just have to rebuild the module against the new kernel > > > using > > module-assistant. of course the nvidia driver is moving to dkms > > > and > > hence no longer will need manual work it seems. > > > Sorensen > > I am just running nv driver with latest kernel, have not had time to > update nvidia driver yet, thanks Lennart for the heads-up re dkms, I > will check it out! > Norv I solved it for me by blacklisting the "nouveau" kernel module. It seems, this happens with nvidia cards. If you are running nv or the 3d accelerated nvidia-glx driver, you can either delete the nouveau driver or blacklist it. Good luck! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201005190857.43151.hans.ullr...@loop.de
Weird things with Xorg on amd54
Hi all, since the last days there appears a strange thing on my amd64-system. When I boot up, neither kdm, xdm or gdm will start automatically. But when I start them manually by using "/etc/init.d/kdm start", everything works fine. I examined the log files, but the only strange thing I saw in Xorg.log was this: **) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "acer_laptop" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de" (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics" (II) "Power Button": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) "Video Bus": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) "Power Button": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) "Sleep Button": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) "USB Mouse": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) "Acer Crystal Eye webcam ": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) "Macintosh mouse button emulation": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) "ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) "Acer hotkey driver": Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed: Interrupted system call Somehow the evdev-handler is unloading some modules. This is strange, as when starting X manually (as described above) or via "startx", everything works fine and those entries do not appear in Xorg.log. So, what is the difference by starting X manually or via initsript at boot??? This appears only on my amd64-system, my 32-bit system is fine. I would file a bugreport, but I could still not find out, which package is responsible for this. Any ideas? Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201005161236.52642.hans.ullr...@loop.de
Re: trouble with kttsd (solved)
Hi all, solved this problem myselfe. Those, who want to know it: The trouble was caused by a file .asoundrc in my home directory. This one should activate the subwoofer, as people said. But on the other hand, it caused just trouble. So, just forget about this mail. And ah, sorry I sent it to the wrong list, should be sent to debian-user. My fault! Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003281410.25464.hans.ullr...@loop.de
trouble with kttsd
Hi all, without any obvious reason kttsd does speak any more. This happens only with a special user, and I cannot find out, which configuration of him might cause trouble. I deleted kttsdrc and some other *rc, to let them recreate at new start of kde. With other users it is working perfectly, so it can be confirmed, kttsd is working correctly. I am using German speech files with txt2pho and mbrola. Any hints are welcome. (On my 32-bit system with identically configurations, all is working fine) Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003271645.15560.hans.ullr...@loop.de
misconfiguration or bug? (nvidia packages)
Dear maintainers, on my amd64 system I discovered in syslog this entry: Feb 21 10:08:23 localhost console-kit-daemon[6040]: WARNING: Unable to spawn /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-seat.d/nvidia_helper.ck: Failed to execute child process "/usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-seat.d/nvidia_helper.ck" (Permission denied) Feb 21 10:08:25 localhost udevd-work[20614]: exec of program '/lib/udev/nvidia_helper' failed It seems, the nvidia-package is not packed as for debian structured. To get it correctly running, here is my workaround: 1. move usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-seat.d/nvidia_helper.ck to /lib/udev/ and make it executable (root:root/ rwx r-x r-x) 2. go to /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-seat.d/ and create a symlink for the file doing ln -s /lib/udev/nvidia_helper.ck nvidia_helper.ck 3. Reboot Maybe you want to change it in the next package-version? I do not know, if this behaviour is on i386-machines, too, as I my only machine with an Nvidia card is an amd64 machine. Have fun! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201002211255.37715.hans.ullr...@loop.de
strange packages
Hi all, I wondered what is the difference between the two packages "linux-image-amd64" and "linux-image-2.6-amd64". Both seem to be meta- packages, and both want to install the same kernel. Is there a difference at all? If yes, which one is preferred for which purposes? Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
debian-amd64/sid = hal or udev???
Hi all, I tried to get multitouch running on my amd64-notebook (and my EEEPC as well), which are both running debian/sid and both got an synaptics touchpad. Every solution I found are related to hal. When I integrated the needed scripts, it did not work. I suppose, latest kernel (2.6.32) is based on udev. Can someone confirm this, and does someone know, how to activate multitouch with udev? Any hints are welcome. Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
A great thank you!!!
Dear maintainers and developers, I was asked by a very good friend of mine, who I am sometimes helping with her debian-amd64/sid on her notebook to send you a great, great "Thank you!!!" for your work in debian. As she is not so well in English language, she asked me to send it, and I am very very pleased to do so. The wants to thank you especially, that you never forget about people with old hardware (she owns an ATI Radeon RV200 chip in her notebook with a 1,6GHz cpu) so that debian is still running on it. Furthermore she wants to thank you, that bugs are so fast closed (she is always astonished, how fast!!) and that she can work so easy with debian. She will never ever get back to windows, she says! So, as she is speaking right out of my heart, there is nothing I can add to this, and so we say: Thank you very, very much for all the fun and pleasure! Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich and Ulrike Fischer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: cryptsesetup and luks different on amd64?
Am Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2010 schrieb Heinz Diehl: > Please post the lines which in your opinion should be wrong. I for myself > can't find something which is not right. The manual says: > > luksAddKey [] > > Add a new key file/passphrase. An existing passphrase or > key file (via --key-file) must be supplied. The key file with the new > material is supplied as a positional argument. > can be [--key-file, --key-slot]. > Hi Heinz, I suppose, I accidently mixed two things. cryptsetup --help tells me: -d, --key-file=STRING Read the key from a file (can be /dev/random) And man cryptsetup is telling: luksAddKey [] add a new key file/passphrase. An existing passphrase or key file (via --key-file) must be supplied. The key file with the new material is supplied as a positional argument. can be [--key-file, --key-slot]. I think, as I mixed those two wrong. Below "Options" in man crayptsetup, there is the entry, which confused me most (I think, that was the one, i meant!): --key-file, -d use file as key material. With LUKS, key material supplied in key files via -d are always used for existing passphrases. If you want to set a new key via a key file, you have to use a positional arg to luksFormat or luksAd- dKey. So I thought, I had to do "-d /media/disk/mykeyfile". I hope, this explaines it. Seem to be my fault, isn't it? :)) Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: cryptsesetup and luks different on amd64?
Am Dienstag, 12. Januar 2010 schrieb Heinz Diehl: > On 12.01.2010, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Now I am using an EEE-PC 1005HGO, with encrypted partitions and with the > > same password as on the amd64-notebook. As I want to use the same > > usb-stick on my EEE-PC, too, I tried to add the key using "cryptsetup > > luksAddKey /dev/sdaX -d /media/usb1/mykeyfile". But it always says, there > > is the wrong password. > > Try "cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sdaX /media/usb1/mykeyfile". > You'll have to provide an existing passphrase, then. > Hi Heinz, great, this is working perfectly! Thank you for the resopnmse! I got my information from the manual of cryptsetup. So either I did read/understand something false, or the manual is telling wrong. In second case, it should be corrected by the maintainer. If you or someone else can confirm this, I will be pleased to file a bugreport. Cheers! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
cryptsesetup and luks different on amd64?
Dear maintainers, is there a difference between cryptsetup in 32-bit adnd 64-bit? I am using several encrypted partitions, with the same password and with a keyfile on an usb-stick, which is automatically recognized at bootup and opens my devices. On my amd64 system this is working like a charm. Now I am using an EEE-PC 1005HGO, with encrypted partitions and with the same password as on the amd64-notebook. As I want to use the same usb-stick on my EEE-PC, too, I tried to add the key using "cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sdaX -d /media/usb1/mykeyfile". But it always says, there is the wrong password. Manually I can open the device (cryptsetup luksOpen is working), so my password is set correct! So, what do I do wrong? Must I generate a new keyfile for my EEE-PC? Or must I do something else, to add my existing keyfile for my EEE-PC? Any hints are welcome. Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
suggestion: webmin should be added again to debian
Dear maintainers, webmin and usermin were taken off the repository for more than 2 years ago. As they are both still under heavy development and IMO they are great tools, I think, they should get a chance, to be return to debian. The reason, the ftp-master argued, was "bad spaghetti-code". But I think, this is not fair. As long as an application is not breaking the debian rules, and as long as it is working fine, and as long as a tool is useful (and I think, they are VERY useful, especially for unexprienced and new users) why then pretend it from the repository? Especially unexprienced users will find this tool usefull and make their introduction to debian much more easier. So I think, you should give it a new chance, especially as there are also 64- bit-packages available. Feedback is welcome. Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
double entries in widget list
Hi all, does someone know, how I can get rid of the double entries in widget list in kde4? I downloaded some google widgets twice, and now there are double entries in the widget window (the one, which pops up, and where I can choose the widgets). Is there a file, where I can edit it? Thanks for any answer. Best greetings Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Can not install xserver-xorg-video-vesa
Am Freitag, 1. Januar 2010 schrieb John Wong: > I can not install xserver-xorg-video-vesa a few weeks ago. > > apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-vesa > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > xserver-xorg-video-vesa: Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.6.99.900) > but 2:1.6.5-1 is to be installed > E: Broken packages > > My system is unstable/amd64 on kvm > How to solve it? > Please help, and thank you. > try apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-vesa/testing xserver-xorg- core/testing You can also comment the entries in sources.list pointing to unstable, then run apt-get update and try the above. I hope this helps! Good luck! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Thank you for everything and a happy new year!
Dear debian-team, developers and community, now as the year 2009 is over, I want to thank you for all the help, the joy you gave me with debian and the time you spent for a better it-world for us all. To all of you I say: May you have great year 2010, stay always sane, may all your dreams and wishes come true and have such much joy and fun as you ever want! Just to say in short: Thank you very much for everything and the very,very, very best to you and your families! Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Problems with java
Am Montag, 28. Dezember 2009 schrieb Thomas Rösch: > Hello > > > it seems, there is a big problem wioth java at the momement. Neither > > openjdk, nor sun-java6, nor gcj is possible to get access to the > > internet. I discovered this on some website, and with a java based > > application (tvbrowser). I tried update-alternatives --config java to > > switch between the different java versions., but only GIJ was working > > with the internet. > > > > > > This behaviour appears only on 54-bit systems, on 32-bit systems > > everything is working well. > > 64 ;-) > > It is a modification in Sid: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560056 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560238 > > Workaround: > > /etc/sysctl.d/bindv6only.conf > > -> net.ipv6.bindv6only = 0 > > See also Thread "Java Anwendungen - keine Netzwerk/Internetverbindung > mehr" in the german debuan-users list. > > Tom > Yes, that is the trick! Thank you very, very much I will close my bugs and can help my friend now, too. Have a nice day, cheers Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Problems with java
Dear debian-team, it seems, there is a big problem wioth java at the momement. Neither openjdk, nor sun-java6, nor gcj is possible to get access to the internet. I discovered this on some website, and with a java based application (tvbrowser). I tried update-alternatives --config java to switch between the different java versions., but only GIJ was working with the internet. I am no experienced with java, so it might be nice, if someon could take a look on it. This behaviour appears only on 54-bit systems, on 32-bit systems everything is working well. I can confirm this on my notebook, as well as on a notebook from a friend. Both computers are running debian-amd64/sid. There is a bugreport by me for sun-java6-jre, but meanwhile I discovered the same bug on the other mentioned java-versions. Thank you for reading this and thank you for all the work this year as well! Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: aptitude update crashes
Working again! I do not know what happened. maybe the database crashed somehow. I fixed it by uncommenting the entries of testing and unstable. An aptitude update worked, then addes stepwise testing and unstable, which the worked again. Weired anyway! So just forget about this mail. Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
aptitude update crashes
Hi all, when I try to get an update, I get the following error message: Get:10 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib 2009-11-04-0016.39.pdiff [62.0kB] Get:11 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free 2009-11-04-0016.39.pdiff [124kB] E: Method rred has died unexpectedly! E: Sub-process rred received a segmentation fault. Seems, the cache-limit is set too low, or the packagefile is too big. My cachelimit is set to APT::Cache-Limit "1"; which should be enough, shouldn't it? I tried to increase it, but it had no effect. Maybe there is something wrong in the repository? Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
ntfs-3g no more usable as user?
Hi all, I read, that unprivileged users are no more allowed to mount ntfs-files (devices) in debian, even when they are in the group fuse. Also the on theire website described way for unprivileged users seem not to work any more. I understood, in debian the originally source-code was altered. Does it mean, in debian there is no way for unprivileged (=normal) users to mount ntfs-files any more? (It was told, ntfs-3g shall be the recommended choice.) Or is there another way to do it? Thanks for any hints. Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Who is starting this process?
> I agree this is curious and, like you, I would want to learn the cause. > Since you've already tried `ps` without success, my next and last idea > probably won't help either, but have you taken a look at /etc/inittab and > the getty lines? > > Cheers! > > cmr > Yes, of course I looked at this. It was the first point, I looked at. Everything is correct in there. However, I suppose, no one seem to know abouit this, or it is not so important for people. There are only very few responds to my question. Anyway, it is neither a security hole, nor a bug. So no one cares, I suppose. Thanks for your help anyway! Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Who is starting this process?
> By any chance, did you install a package called "desktop-base" during your > last upgrade? I'm not certain that this is the correct package name, but I > recall installing a package that caused kdm to ignore the kdmrc file and > read, instead, a file installed in the /etc/default directory. After > installing it a couple of times I finally learned to avoid it. > > HTH > > cmr > This was a god idea, but sadly not the reason. I agree with you, that some package might be responsible for this. As I set in kdmrc a negative number for vt, it takes the highest non used terminal by the kernel. I tried to set vt=7 in kdmrc, and yes, that worked. X then is on vt7. But this thing I knew before. What I want to find out more is, why debian is suddenly changing the use of tty7 and tty8. I still found no way, to find out what processes need tty7 and 8, ps did tell nothing. I still found out, that debian-desktop changed initrd-image, another point, that the kernel seems something to do with this behaviour. Obviously only few people seem to know, what is causing this. I googled a little bit, and vt9 seem to be used in other distributions, too. On the other hand, a friend of mine is using sid/amd64, too, and his X is running on vt7. Really weired Anyway, as it is not a bug at all, it is not serious, but it would be just nice to know, what is happening. Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Who is starting this process?
Am Samstag 24 Oktober 2009 schrieb C M Reinehr: > On Sat 24 October 2009 02:46:44 am Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > > I see some lines referring to vt9 and vt10 in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers, > > > but they are commented out on my machine. > > > > > > So, if you did not uncomment those lines, who did? > > > > > > *paranoia recommended* > > > > > > > > > Dave W. > > > > Yes, same lines I found, too, but they are commented out here, too. > > > > Strange things happen in debian-world... :)) > > > > Greets > > > > > > Hans > > Hans, > > I'm running KDE3 and the number of virtual terminals seems be controlled by > and entry in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc. In the first paragraph I have: > > [General] > ConfigVersion=2.3 > ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6 > PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid > ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3 > ServerVTs=-7 > StaticServers=:0 > > HTH! > > cmr > Hi CM, yes, I know this entry. The minus before the number is telling "use the next free vt the kernel shows". But it should be 7 not 9. Strangely suddenly this changed some day, although I did only an update. My 32-bit machine never showed this behaviour. It is not really disturbing me, but it is annoying me, that X is now on 9 but 9, but it is annoying me, I do not understand, what had really happened. :) So I asked, if people know more than me. Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Who is starting this process?
> I see some lines referring to vt9 and vt10 in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers, but > they are commented out on my machine. > > So, if you did not uncomment those lines, who did? > > *paranoia recommended* > > > Dave W. > Yes, same lines I found, too, but they are commented out here, too. Strange things happen in debian-world... :)) Greets Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Who is starting this process?
Hi all, does someone know, which script or who is starting this process? root 7152 tty9 /usr/bin/X -br -nolisten tcp :0 vt9 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-8DjLbd I suppose, it is started by kdm, but I could not find the exactly one. I want to change the switch from "vt9" to "vt7", but I found no config file with an entry like "/usr/bin/X -br -nolisten tcp :0 vt9". The only one I found, was /etc/X11/xinit/xserverc, with this entry: exec /usr/bin/X11/X -nolisten tcp Thanks for any hints! Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to get rid of orphaned data in package database?
Am Montag 19 Oktober 2009 schrieb C M Reinehr: > > You might try the deborphan package (Orphaned package finder) > > "deborphan finds packages that have no packages depending on them. The > default operation is to search only within the libs and oldlibs sections > to hunt down unused libraries." > > HTH > > cmr > Oh, its not the packages, I want to get rid off, but the entries in dpkg database. They appear, although they are no more available. Greets Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to get rid of orphaned data in package database?
Am Montag 19 Oktober 2009 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > > > There is another thing, which I discovered: apt-file is showing still > > /emul/ia32-linux entries, although the packages are no more installed to > > /emul . > > Outdated Contents file? > > MfG > Goswin > Hi Goswin! No, it is not outdated, as I did an "apt-file update" beforfe I checked. IMO this should do it, doesn't it? Gruß Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
How to get rid of orphaned data in package database?
Hello all, although this is nor causing much problems, I wonder, that in my database are a lot of packages, which are no more in the repository (for example, all ia32-*-libs from the time, where ia32-apt-get was active). Is there a way, to get this cleaned? Those packages are no more available! There is another thing, which I discovered: apt-file is showing still /emul/ia32-linux entries, although the packages are no more installed to /emul . Or am I wrong? Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Wrong links???
Hi all, due to the messes with ia32-apt-get and ia32-libs, my system got changed. Now I do not know, which is the correct settings for links and directories. It would be nice, if someone could take a look to these paths on a system which is running testing or unstable, and where ia32-apt-get was NEVER installed. The directories, which I am interested in are: /lib /lib32 /lib64 /emul/ia32-linux /emul/ia32-linux/usr /emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib At the moment it looks like this: drwxr-xr-x. 15 root root 8192 16. Okt 22:43 lib drwxr-xr-x4 root root 4096 18. Okt 18:22 lib32 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 4 8. Aug 2007 lib64 -> /lib All directories below /emul are hardlinks. But somehow I remember, that /lib32 had been a sysmlink to /emul/ia32- linux/lib. can someone deny or confirm this and sent the correct listing? Would be very nice! Thank you very much! Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
nvidia-package should be renewed
Hi all, just a suggestion. IMO debian-amd64 should upgrade to the latest (o.k. its beta)-driver from Nvidia. The version is 190.32 (the official debian-package is 180.36). Doing so solves two problems: 1. The server is no more crashing when starting some java-applications (especially "tvbrowser" was a killer). 2. when shutting down, the screen content is no more saved in a hidden memory of the graphics card (I sent a security-report some time ago). With the latest driver this security hole is fixed. Please do not forget, this is just a suggestion. Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
KDE4: icon for Trash does not change status
Hi all, after a screen crash in KDE4, the icon for the trash does no more change its status. Before the screen-crash it changed its icon related to "trash-full" or "trash-empty". How can I fix it? Is there a way to test the status in console, so that I get more information, what is really going on? (To find the reason for this behaviour). I am running debian-amd64/sid. Any hints are welcome. Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
KDE4: icon for "Trash" does not change status
Hi all, after a screen crash in KDE4, the icon for the trash does no more change its status. Before the screen-crash it changed its icon related to "trash-full" or "trash-empty". How can I fix it? Is there a way to test the status in console, so that I get more information, what is really going on? (To find the reason for this behaviour). I am running debian-amd64/sid. Any hints are welcome. Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: libc6 and X11 seem not to work together
Am Mittwoch 30 September 2009 schrieb Adam Stiles: > Only file a bug report if it fails with an "untainted" kernel, i.e. one > with only Open Source drivers in it. > > You could file a bug report against the caged ATI driver, for all the good > it's going to do you . > The kernel is untainted, and are using the stock debian kernel. Although the kernel seem not to cause the problem, as I also held back the older kernel (which was running fine before) in case of problems, started with it and got the same problem, too as with the new one. Greets Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
libc6 and X11 seem not to work together
Dear maintainers, since the last upgrade (debian-amd64/sid) it is not more possible to start X. It seems, libc6 is incompatible to the xserver-packages in debiansid Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X11/X(xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x4edfe6] 1: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86SigHandler+0x39) [0x483699] 2: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7f7e17a41db0] 3: /usr/bin/X11/X(DGAAvailable+0x39) [0x4823c9] 4: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86DiDGAInit+0x30) [0x4ae200] 5: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86CrtcScreenInit+0x10d) [0x4aafad] 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so [0x7f7e15e26a49] 7: /usr/bin/X11/X(AddScreen+0x1c6) [0x432ac6] 8: /usr/bin/X11/X(InitOutput+0x241) [0x46d361] 9: /usr/bin/X11/X(main+0x200) [0x4331d0] 10: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7f7e17a2e5c6] 11: /usr/bin/X11/X [0x432819] For me it looks like Xorg gets a problem with the latest libc6-version from sid. Can someone confirm this ? Another info: It might not appear on every computer. Mine is working fine (amd64 + Nvidia-driver), but the one from a friend (amd64 + ati-driver) causes the message above. Should I file a bugreport? Greets Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: googleearth
Am Mittwoch 23 September 2009 schrieb Michael: > Weird enough, i was able to reanimate googleearth by installing > nvidia-glx-ia32, additional to nvidia-glx (in a debian legacy setup). The > window started up before but didn't draw the actual graphics, just a blank > screen. > > Sad thing is that since few month, GE 4.2 doesn't run anymore, which had > the one-mouse-'copter' navigation mode (Ctrl-G), the most genial thing on > earth (since the linux kernel), and which they removed soon afterwards. > 4.2. seems to miss libbase.so. and i guess it's just no more compatible, > finally. > ia32-apt-get isn't no more active and no more in the repository (pity of that). Just install ia32-libs and build googleearth again. You will also need nvidia-glx-ia32. Good luck! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Looking for pyqt
Dear maintainers, an application (namely: liquid weather, which is a superkaramba application) is calling for a package simply called "pyqt". It seems, this is not in the repository, or is it under another name there??? I googled, but I only found PyQT4, but only in source code. Well, does Debian not deliver it as a package? Or did I miss something? Or is this a bug? Any hints are welcome. Best regards Hans P.S. Pyqt and liquid weather is not such very important for me, but I wondered somehow. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Opera 10
Am Mittwoch 09 September 2009 schrieb Christopher Judd: > On Wednesday 09 September 2009, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > Hello > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Christopher Judd > > wrote: > > > Is anyone using Opera 10.0 with amd64. I have installed it, > > > but it Try http://deb.opera.com You will find instructions for installation there, too. Good luck! Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
apt: cron.daily necessary?
Hi all, I would like to discuss and suggest the following thing: On my 64-bit notebook I am using anacron and (of course) apt. In the apt package included is the file /etc/cron.daily/apt, which contents some lines, which are starting a find process. This find process initiated by apt (and I hope, I am right with this information of the initiation source) consumes a lot of harddrive actions for several minutes after boot, which makes the computer at this time rather slow. Of course, it is one of the processes started by anacron. IMO this is an annoying situation for notebook users, as sepeciela , when you just want to start, wanted to do some things quickly, and then shutting down again - just as many notebook users do! My suggestion to this problem are these: 1. delete /etc/cron.daily/apt manually O.k., this can be easily done, but how necessary is this file at all? 2. If this file is not very necessary do not put /etc/cron.daily/apt into the apt-package, but maybe it should be put into some other package (for example cron-apt), or , another opportunity, as a standalone package. 3. put this file to cron.monthly or cron.weekly, or, let it start manually somehow (this third option was just a thought) What do you think? Is there a way and a chance, to improve things? Any feedback will be very welcome. Best wishes Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
looking for kernel-maintainer
Dear maintainers, sorry to write here, but at the moment it is not possible, to register or send bugreports to bugzilla.kernel.org. Seems the mailsystem is completely down. So I even cannot send the message, that the mailservice is down, too. I hope, that one of the kernel-maintainers might read this message here and will have a look on this. The bugreport I want to send, is about the kernel-module "ath5k", which is now maintained by the kernel-maintainers themselves. Where can I send it, if not to bugzilla.kernel.org? Please inform the kernel-maintainers of their problem, when you know one! Thank you very much! Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
kcheckpass - wrong settings?
Dear maintainers, IMO /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kcheckpass should be set suid root by default. Otherwise I found no way, to unlock a screensaver of kde as a normal user. I changed kcheckpass suid root manually, but every update is overwriting the rights to 755. Is this a bug? I think, this might be a packaging problem. There was somewhere an article about this problem, but I cannot remember exactly where it was (maybe on the kde site?) It would be nice, if you could pay attention to this in the next package. Thank you very much! Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Re: ia32-apt-get and dependencies errors
> So I guess the question is how to we organise to get it back into the > repro's - the debian way ? I think, if people wish for it, then ftp-master should be asked to put it back again. However, I underrstand, it might cause trouble (as other packages might cause, too!), but this is the kind of "experimental"! or "unstable", just as its name is expressing. I understand well, there are efforts to chose other ways, so ia32-apt-get should not block the other ways. Well, which one will win at last will show the future. IMO ia32-apt-get is a good way at the moment, and I think, even Goswin would not mourne if some day a better way will be found and ia32-apt- get will disappear. The future will show us. As far as i understood the policies of debian, there are rules to get a package into the official repository. If ia32-apt-get does not break those rules, I see no reason, why to put this software into the repository. All software is free, and every software should be handled even. True democracie Well, I suggest, to handle ia32-apt-get just as other software in debian. Another for way testing might be, to use an own repository, besides the debian official ones. IMO this is the worse way, because it might be worse to maintain (dependencies and so on). These are my thoughts about it, feel free to comment it. Cheers Hans P.S. As you may have remarked: I hate everything, which is deminuishing freedom! Sorry for that! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
where are the params?
Hi all, does someone know, where X gets its params? I searched everywhere, and cannot find it. I am looking for this process, but cannot find the related config. root 6153 3.7 1.4 647916 30884 tty9 Ss+ 07:38 1:54 /usr/bin/X - br -nolisten tcp :0 vt9 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-og9dXa - I am running kdm, and want to change vt9 to vt7. Any hints? Thanks Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
ia32-apt-get and dependencies errors
Dear maintainers, IMO the complete removing of the package ia32-apt-get by the ftp-master is not such good style. Doing so is breaking the system, as some applications need ia32-somewhat packages. For example , I found no way, to install nvidia-glx-ia32, as it depends on ia32-libx11-6 and ia32-libxext6. Same problem is for googleearth, and I do not know, which packages are also involved. If you think, you should remove ia32-apt-get, so please make sure, it does not break the system! I am a little bit concerned, why ftp-master decided to remove it, even if this package might be in unstable state, it should be at least in experimental, so that people can choose to use it or not. I tested ia32-apt-get now for a long time, it is working very well, no problems are found. But going back to ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk would break the system now. How can I help other people? I cannot help them to install needed packages (like nvidia-glx-ia32) as they cannot installed. I cannot correct this, by telling him: "Install ia32-apt-get" because ftp-master removed ia32-apt-get! Bad situation, don't you agree? So, please put it back, at least to experimental. Have a nice weekend Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Security hole: unsecure and strange behaviour of xorg
Dear security team, since some time I watch a strange behaviour: contents of the last desktop are still somewhere in the RAM or videoram and are strangely not deleted, when I change to another windcow manager or reboot. Just before I start kdm or a new window manager, I see a puzzled content from the desktop before An example: when I ran XFCE, then rebooted, and want to start KDE, I see kdm, then the splash screen of KDE, then the contents of the XFCE-desktop, then KDE starts. The only way to get rid of this, is to completely put off all powersources (including put off battery of the notebook) and start again. IMO this is strange, as this fragments of the old desktops might block somehow maybe, and they are of course a security hole. Reason? When those desktop datas are still in the memory after a reboot, they can of course be read by attackers. Those datas may leave unwanted informations, for example you can see, whom I follow at twitter, who am I myself and many other infos, which can be recognized from a desktop. As I told: shutting down a notebook does not delete them!!! A stolen notebook might show lots of unwanted informations. And besides, I do not know, how easy it is to get access to these datas, as they are still there BEFORE X starts, and BEFORE a NEW windowmanager will overwrite these datas. IMO this is a great security whole! A patch would be, to make sure, all datas from videoram are deleted, when no x-server is running any more. Would be nice, if someone could give some background information to this behaviour. Thanks for reading this. Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Problems with unlocking screen
Dear maintainers, there is an issue, which is regularly appering from time to time. It happens, that I cannot unlock the screensaver any more, although I use the correct password. This is related to the rights settings of kscreenlocker and/or kcheckpass. This was discussed before, but strangewise this behaviour is appearing again and again after updates. So, what is the correct setting of them? (Something with sticky-bit, i remember) Please pay attention, that the rights are not overwritten by an update. Although I corrected this already some times (in kde3), this bug appeared again in kde4. Maybe it is a problem during the packaging? Thanks for your help! Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Updating system with ia32-apt-get
Hello all, I thought about this problem and I have got the idea, to add an "apt-get-something", which is using ia32-apt-get and apt-get just to the reqquired needs. This apt-get-something should be configured by a apt-get-something.conf (or similar), where you can preconfigure if you use only 64-bit or additionally 32- bit. According to this conf, this would either call apt-get or ia32-apt-get. In the future maybe both apt-get versions might be merged to one single apt- get-new-somethingm which is always used. Just an idea, maybe you like it Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Kernel module inactive by default?
Hi all, I discovered a strange behaviour since some time. Maybe someone can explain it: I am running an Acer Crystal Eye Cam ( 5986:0102 Acer Crystal Eye webcam), and the cam is running fine (driver is uvcvideo). Lucview is working, and kopete shows video, when I am in the settings menu. But I am wondering, why the driver is always incative (green led is off), when I am not running any application, which it is directly accessing (like xawtv, kopete or whatever)? Whenever I am starting one of these applications, the green led is on, I get a picture/video, but when I leave it, the green led gets off. This means for me: The driver is now inactive! In the past, I could never see this behaviour, the green led was always on. Might this be the reason, why camorama, kdetv or other video-applications cannot access to /dev/videoX ? The access rights are of course set correctly, running as root gets no success either. So, is this normal? If yes, why? If not, how can I fix it? This is the output of lsmod: v4l1_compat12932 2 uvcvideo,videodev v4l2_compat_ioctl32 9296 1 videodev Thank you for any information. Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: ia32-apt-get and nvidia
Hi all, so now I have got the solution, maybe the following will help others. nvidia-glx-ia32: - Installed ia32-apt-get - added the entry for apt Cache-limit in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archives - ia32-apt-get update / ia32-aptitude update == worked! - added new kernel 2.6.30, reboot - built latest nvidia-kernel for 2.6.30, installed - added ia32-libx11-6 and ia32-libxext using ia32-apt-get - installed nvidia-glx-ia32 google earth: - make-googleearth-package did NOT work, bugreport sent - the already created and installed googleearth-package did not work - hint: if starting from a console in X shows you, which libs are not found - add all missing libs using "ia32-apt-get" , for example, if libxrandr2 is missing, do "ia32-apt-get install ia32-libxrandr2" - after installing all missing libs, googleearth will work! 3rd-party-applications - ia32-crossover-pro (commercial package) provides "ia32-libs", which were deinstalled during upgrade to "ia32-apt-get", so "dpkg -i ia32-crossover-pro.deb" did not work! - solution: as all necessary libs are already installed (but with another package name), forget abolut dependencies, just install using "dpkg --force-depends -i ia32-crossover_XXX.deb" works! Checked all applications! All are working fine. Hope, this little report is helping other people. Thumbs up! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
ia32-apt-get and nvidia
Dear maintainers, I am looking for a solution for the following problem: I am running debian-amd/sid and my graphic card is using the nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx. Additionally I am using some commercial 32-bit applications, which depend on ia32-libs, ia32-libs-gtk and nvidia-glx-ia32. The problem is, nvidia-glx-ia32 needs the packages ia32-libx11-6 and ia32- libxext6. Both are not in the repository, but I suppose, they are in the ia32- apt-get repository. But I cannot install ia32-apt-get, as it will deinstall my commercial packages. Installing ia32-apt-get will also deinstall ia32-libs and ia32-libs- gtk. Well, I could reinstall them, but that would dienstall nvidia-glx-ia32! I also cannot install the new kernel and build the newest nvidia-kernel- module, as its nvidia-glx-ia32 will not install: Missing libx11-6 and libxext. Even, from which point I look: Either I install ia32-apt-get, then I cannot use my commercial applications (which I need!), or I leave it as it is at the moment, then I cannot upgrade to a newer kernel (the latest nvidia-kernel does not build on 2.6.29-kernel!). The main reason for this trouble are the missing packages ia32-libx11-6 and ia32-libxext. A workaround may be, to download and install them manually. I will try this, if someone can point me to a server, where I can get it. Maybe the dependencies of nvidia-glx-ia32 can be changed? Or even a dummy package generated, to solve dependencies? In fact, even older nvidia-glx-ia32 package does need it to installation, but works without them. Thank you for reading this long mail. Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
dependency problem: kdehelpcenter kdehelpcenter4
Dear maintainers, IMO it is a problem, that the installation of kheplcenter4 deinstalls khelpcnter. Many older kde applications still need the older khelpcenter and without it, theire documentation cannot be recalled. I suggest, if possible, to allow khelpcenter be installed parallel to khelpcenter4. Maybe the package-team can realize this. As this is no bug at all, I sent no bugreport. Regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
vesa mode
Hi all, mybe someone can explain this: I am starting my debian system with the parameter vga=791 (to switch into vesa mode) Sometimes the computer (AMI-BIOS) does not do it correctly (stays in 640x480 then), but with a reset everything starts perfectly. What is the reason for this behaviour? On my amd64-system (Phoenix BIOS) this behaviour NEVER appeared. Is the reason for this the setting "VGA initialisation" ? In my BIOS it is set to "AGP" as I am using an AGP-Graphicscard. Or is it just a timing problem? Would be nice, if someone could give me some background information. Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: ia32-apt-get breaks system
Am Donnerstag 02 Juli 2009 schrieb Nuno Magalhães: > Did you follow instructions on > /usr/share/doc/ia32-apt-get/README.Debian ? You must make sure i386 > has a lesser priority than amd64 and then run > /usr/share/ia32-apt-get/convert-all-sources.list plus apt-get update > > HTH > > -- > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto Shame on me! I did not read this time (but as usual I do, dammit). Anyway, I followed the instructions, but it did not work, due to dependencies. Look: - LANG=C apt-get install lib32nss-mdns Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: lib32nss-mdns: Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.6-1) but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages --- I think, this problem with libc-i386 is already known. Package googleearth is also not so important for me, but it is nice to demonstrate, what I meant. However, I welcome the new ideas for ia32-libs, and it is crystal clear for me, that things always break in the beginning. It is "unstable", where things break, were things go better ways, and were we all learn. So, please go on, even if users mention broken things! We all learn from these things. Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: ia32-apt-get breaks system
Am Donnerstag 02 Juli 2009 schrieb Lennart Sorensen: > On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 05:50:15PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > although I like the idea with the new ia32-libs, it breaks my system. As > > the loss of dependencies, the package "googleearth" and the commercial > > package "ia32-crossover-pro" are deleted by apt-get, although they could > > be installed before. > > > > But whom to blame now? The producer of those packages (googleearth could > > not be build again!) or debian, as things worked before (before the > > change of the system with ia32-libs)? > > > > If the second case is true: should I file a bugreport??? > > Is the ia32-libs transition over yet (I highly doubt it)? > > If not, then you probably have to just wait for that to finish. Or stick > to testing where transitions shouldn't happen in stages. > > Unstable is what it says it is. > > -- > Len Sorensen Yes, yes, its o.k. for me with the policy of "unstable". I just thought, I should mention such problems with those new features. So it might help you, to improve things. Thumbs up! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
ia32-apt-get breaks system
Dear maintainers, although I like the idea with the new ia32-libs, it breaks my system. As the loss of dependencies, the package "googleearth" and the commercial package "ia32-crossover-pro" are deleted by apt-get, although they could be installed before. But whom to blame now? The producer of those packages (googleearth could not be build again!) or debian, as things worked before (before the change of the system with ia32-libs)? If the second case is true: should I file a bugreport??? Regards Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: new debian sources and servers???
This behaviour only appears, when using aptitude. Using the older apt-get, all servers are found. The only thing, I had to change, was APT::Cache-limit in /etc/apt/apt.conf, but that reason is clear. Is there a difference of using the sources.list in aptitude, apt-get and synaptic? I could not find out, if they use different sources.lists, or if they use the same in different ways. Documentation made this not clear. It looks to me, that the handling of debian packages are changed in the future. Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
new debian sources and servers???
Dear maintainers, since the last update (debian-amd64/sid), some of the server are no more found. I discovered a major change in the sources list, caused by the update (there are some directories added "i386" and "amd64" below "/etc/apt/". So, must I change something manually, too??? My old sources.lists are already active, and there are the new ones. But generally I got errors, that some servers are no more found. This means, something in the infrastructure of debian-repository has changed, or my configuration has to be optimized. Can you give any background of it? Thank you very much! Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
question: kernel-patch
Hi, just a question: Does the kernel of debian-amd64 offer a way, to patch it, without the need to rebuild the whole kernel? I want to patch it with "tuxonice" and "debianlogo", but if I understood it correctly, a kernel-patch forces a rebuild of the whole kernel. Is this correct, or is there a way for those two patches to do it without rebuilding? Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: xorg.conf for Radeon 3200 HD
Am Montag 15 Juni 2009 schrieb Seb: > Hi, > > Can someone with this card (integrated into the motherboard): > > ,-[ lspci ] > > | ... > | 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 > | Graphics > > `- > > share a working /etc/X11/xorg.conf? I have the libdrm2, > xserver-xorg-video-ati, xserver-xorg-video-radeon, > xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd packages installed, but probably require > activation in xorg.conf. Thanks in advance. > > > Cheers, > > -- > Seb Hi! The driver in xorg.conf might be "radeon" or "ati". Otherwise might be, fglrx-driver might work, too. Remark, you need both, fglrx-kernel and fglrx-driver. Good luck, Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Re: Need older nvidia-kernel-source (vers. 180.x.x)
Hi Randall, thanks for the older package. I checked it out and can now verify: There is a bug in nvidia-kernel or nvidia-glx. As I could not find out, which of the two, I could not send a bugreport. So I do it here. I also can not test on a 32-bit system, so this report is amd64-related only. Description: Using nvidia- version 180.x.x is running stable and fine. With an update to latest version 185.x.x it appears, whenever I start the application "tvbrowser" (which is needing and using heavy java), the windowmanager crashes. Crashes means: windows get puzzeled and look wiered (not easy to describe, sorry). It seems, this happens mostly running in KDE4, while this seldom appeared in lightweighted windowmanagers like XFCE or fluxbox. Does this help a little bit? I will be pleased to send more information, if required. Greetings Hans-J. Ullrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Need older nvidia-kernel-source (vers. 180.x.x)
Am Sonntag 14 Juni 2009 schrieb Michael Langley: > You can get nvidia source from nvidia. > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_amd64_display_archive.html > > The source is inside the install package. > > Just run the file with -x, --extract-only > Yes, I know this option. This would have been the other choice, if no one will be able to send a debian package. But still I hope Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Need older nvidia-kernel-source (vers. 180.x.x)
Hi all, due to some crashes at the latest nvidia-driver of sid (version 185.x.x), I would like to get back to the version before, which was 180.x.x. Sadly I could not find it on snapshots.debian.net, so I hope, some maintainer might have it on his system and could send it to me or to snapshot.debian.net. My system is amd64. Would be nice! Thank you Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
package database build is slow
Hi all, on my fast amd64-system I discovered, that the build/update of the package database, when I want to install a package with apt-get or aptitude, is very slow. The database steps are in 5-percent steps, and stepping lasts up to 40-45 seconds. Before it, it was about 3-7 seconds. This is either a bug, or something in the techniques of updating the database has changed, as at the second time of doing an apt-get update the build of the database is much faster (To confirm: I mean NOT the download part!) Maybe someone can confirm this. At the moment I own only an amd64-system, so I am not able to check this behaviour on an 32-bit system. Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich
Re: mounting ntfs partitions?
Am Montag 11 Mai 2009 schrieb hend...@topoi.pooq.com: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 06:33:06PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Hans-J. Ullrich: > > > how can I get read-write access as a normal user to a ntfs-partition? > > > I trioed ntfsmount and pmount (with configured pmount.allow), but i > > > found no way to get write-access as a normal user. > > > > The ntfs module in the kernel offers only very limited write access. It > > is a feature constraint you have to live with. > > A few years ago I heard that this constraint was to prevent damage to > the NTFS file system, which the develoers were not sure they fully > understood yet (Microsoft secrets and such). I thought that things had > progessed since them. > > - hendrik > > > > What is the debian-way? > > > > Use ntfs-3g. > > > > J. > > -- > > I often play sports / do exercise. > > [Agree] [Disagree] > > <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html> Ah, yes, this does it explain. I know, that ntfs to set r-w is always dangerous, and as far as I know, the kerne-module sets the ntfs-partition to read-only. In my case, there are no important datas on the partition, I use it for testing purposes or as a container to save files for a short time. I just wondered, that users are not allowed to mount partitions r-w (usb, vfat, external drives), but meanwhile I know more about debian and mount. I discovered pmount. Thanks for help! Regards Hans
mounting ntfs partitions?
Hi all, how can I get read-write access as a normal user to a ntfs-partition? I trioed ntfsmount and pmount (with configured pmount.allow), but i found no way to get write-access as a normal user. What is the debian-way? Thanks for help. Hans
Big problem: libgcc1 seems to crash system
Dear maintainers, since a few days I have trouble, to get any windowmanager started, and some other very important applications crash (for example mysqld). I paste an output of /bin/tempfile, whatever this application is needed. I have no clue, how to fix this problem, or how to get near to the problem. My thoughts are, that there is a version mismath between libgcc1 and gcc. The system, I am running is debian-amd64/sid (0unstable) with full updates. At last, this si the output, I get running tempfile (or start the application like a windowmanager or whatever). protheus2:~# tempfile /tmp/fileumoGHA *** glibc detected *** tempfile: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x015d4010 *** === Backtrace: = /lib/libc.so.6[0x7f3025bc51c8] /lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x7f3025bc6d06] tempfile[0x400d0e] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x7f3025b715a6] tempfile[0x400999] === Memory map: 0040-00402000 r-xp 08:06 1097741 /bin/tempfile 00601000-00602000 rw-p 1000 08:06 1097741 /bin/tempfile 015d4000-015f5000 rw-p 015d4000 00:00 0 [heap] 7f302000-7f3020021000 rw-p 7f302000 00:00 0 7f3020021000-7f302400 ---p 7f3020021000 00:00 0 7f3025938000-7f3025952000 r-xp 08:06 1228902 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7f3025952000-7f3025b52000 ---p 0001a000 08:06 1228902 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7f3025b52000-7f3025b53000 rw-p 0001a000 08:06 1228902 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7f3025b53000-7f3025c9c000 r-xp 08:06 1228871 /lib/libc-2.9.so 7f3025c9c000-7f3025e9c000 ---p 00149000 08:06 1228871 /lib/libc-2.9.so 7f3025e9c000-7f3025ea r--p 00149000 08:06 1228871 /lib/libc-2.9.so 7f3025ea-7f3025ea1000 rw-p 0014d000 08:06 1228871 /lib/libc-2.9.so 7f3025ea1000-7f3025ea6000 rw-p 7f3025ea1000 00:00 0 7f3025ea6000-7f3025ec3000 r-xp 08:06 1228869 /lib/ld-2.9.so 7f302608f000-7f3026091000 rw-p 7f302608f000 00:00 0 7f30260be000-7f30260c2000 rw-p 7f30260be000 00:00 0 7f30260c2000-7f30260c3000 r--p 0001c000 08:06 1228869 /lib/ld-2.9.so 7f30260c3000-7f30260c4000 rw-p 0001d000 08:06 1228869 /lib/ld-2.9.so 7fff2e0ae000-7fff2e0c3000 rw-p 7ffea000 00:00 0 [stack] 7fff2e1fe000-7fff2e1ff000 r-xp 7fff2e1fe000 00:00 0 [vdso] ff60-ff601000 r-xp 00:00 0 [vsyscall] Aborted protheus2:~# -- Thank you very much for any help!!! Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich
debianutils crash, was [Big problem: libgcc1 seems to crash system]
Dear maintainers, I have to correct the latest message. It seems, the responsible package is "debianutils". There is a bugreport existent, but it is closed. As the bug seemed not to be fixed, maybe it should be reopened? The bugreport is found here: http://www.nabble.com/Bug-526610:-tempfile-crashes-to23344016.html#a23344016 protheus2:~# tempfile /tmp/fileumoGHA *** glibc detected *** tempfile: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x015d4010 *** === Backtrace: = /lib/libc.so.6[0x7f3025bc51c8] /lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x7f3025bc6d06] tempfile[0x400d0e] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x7f3025b715a6] tempfile[0x400999] === Memory map: 0040-00402000 r-xp 08:06 1097741 /bin/tempfile 00601000-00602000 rw-p 1000 08:06 1097741 /bin/tempfile 015d4000-015f5000 rw-p 015d4000 00:00 0 [heap] 7f302000-7f3020021000 rw-p 7f302000 00:00 0 7f3020021000-7f302400 ---p 7f3020021000 00:00 0 7f3025938000-7f3025952000 r-xp 08:06 1228902 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7f3025952000-7f3025b52000 ---p 0001a000 08:06 1228902 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7f3025b52000-7f3025b53000 rw-p 0001a000 08:06 1228902 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 7f3025b53000-7f3025c9c000 r-xp 08:06 1228871 /lib/libc-2.9.so 7f3025c9c000-7f3025e9c000 ---p 00149000 08:06 1228871 /lib/libc-2.9.so 7f3025e9c000-7f3025ea r--p 00149000 08:06 1228871 /lib/libc-2.9.so 7f3025ea-7f3025ea1000 rw-p 0014d000 08:06 1228871 /lib/libc-2.9.so 7f3025ea1000-7f3025ea6000 rw-p 7f3025ea1000 00:00 0 7f3025ea6000-7f3025ec3000 r-xp 08:06 1228869 /lib/ld-2.9.so 7f302608f000-7f3026091000 rw-p 7f302608f000 00:00 0 7f30260be000-7f30260c2000 rw-p 7f30260be000 00:00 0 7f30260c2000-7f30260c3000 r--p 0001c000 08:06 1228869 /lib/ld-2.9.so 7f30260c3000-7f30260c4000 rw-p 0001d000 08:06 1228869 /lib/ld-2.9.so 7fff2e0ae000-7fff2e0c3000 rw-p 7ffea000 00:00 0 [stack] 7fff2e1fe000-7fff2e1ff000 r-xp 7fff2e1fe000 00:00 0 [vdso] ff60-ff601000 r-xp 00:00 0 [vsyscall] Aborted protheus2:~# -- Thank you very much for any help and I hope, this helps. Best regards Hans-J. Ullrich
Re: Toshiba track pad quit working under Debian sid
Am Donnerstag 30 April 2009 schrieb Seb: > On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:21:47 +0200, > > "Hans-J. Ullrich" wrote: > > Am Mittwoch 29 April 2009 schrieb Seb: > >> Hi, > >> > >> The track pad of a laptop Toshiba Satellite dual processor AMD64, > >> running sid has quit working after upgrading to the new kde 4. The > >> system also has M$ Vista on it on a different partition, and the > >> track pad works fine there. I can't find the issue mentioned around > >> the web. For now, I've just connected a mouse to the laptop. Has > >> anybody else experienced this, and are there any tips as to what to > >> check? Thanks. > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> -- Seb > > > > You did not mention, if it is an synaptics hardware or an alps > > driver. Please read the sysnaptics docs, how to find out. > > > > And please tell: > > > > Does it not work at all? > > > > Or are some functions missing? (I had had the problem, that > > tap-to-click did not work, due to a muissing configuration line in > > xorg.conf) > > > > There is a troubleshooting.txt avaialable in the package of > > xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. > > Thanks Hans, I installed that package and now the track pad works again > (it wasn't working at all). Why the exact same system worked without > this package for over a year until the recent kde4 upgrades, and how I > could have guessed it is suddenly needed, I will never find out in my > wildest dreams. > > > -- > Seb Hi Seb, I guess, this is either because the touchpad might have be seen as a normal ps/2 mouse or the package had been deleted after the last upgrade (installation of the latest package xserver-xorg forced this). In the first case (when it has bee senn as a ps/2 mouse) you would have remarked no differnce, when you never need options like "scrolling on the side" or "scrolling on the button" with your touchpad. The synaptics driver is very well to configure and much better and comfortabler than in windows. In the second case, you can find out by checking your logs. It is always rather dissatisfied, not to know, what happened for me. Cheers, Hans
Re: Toshiba track pad quit working under Debian sid
Am Mittwoch 29 April 2009 schrieb Seb: > Hi, > > The track pad of a laptop Toshiba Satellite dual processor AMD64, > running sid has quit working after upgrading to the new kde 4. The > system also has M$ Vista on it on a different partition, and the track > pad works fine there. I can't find the issue mentioned around the web. > For now, I've just connected a mouse to the laptop. Has anybody else > experienced this, and are there any tips as to what to check? Thanks. > > > Cheers, > > -- > Seb You did not mention, if it is an synaptics hardware or an alps driver. Please read the sysnaptics docs, how to find out. And please tell: Does it not work at all? Or are some functions missing? (I had had the problem, that tap-to-click did not work, due to a muissing configuration line in xorg.conf) There is a troubleshooting.txt avaialable in the package of xserver-xorg- input-synaptics. And last but not least, there is a new touchpad driver available, called cpad- kernel-module (yes, you guessed right, it is a kernel module and must be compiled and installed). Good luck! Hans-J. Ullrich
Re: libflahplayer.so
Am Mittwoch 29 April 2009 schrieb Francesco Pietra: > Hi: > > Pressed by my wife who wants to see pictures from her web site on my > amd64 lenny (used for scientific graphics with nvidia driver and GLSL > support), adobe flash player =>8.0 should be installed. As the library > required > > /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflahplayer.so > > is not (as far as I can understand) available from debian-multimedia, > is it a different SAFE route to get that working? I have also lib32 > and - I guess - don't need 64 bit for that. > > Thanks a lot for advice on this (for me) very unusual need. > > francesco pietra Hi! Trs to install the package "flashplugin-nonfree", it should install the latest Adobe flashplayer for amd64 onto your system. Good luck! Hans
Kde4: screensaver will not unlock
Hi all, i found no way to unlock the screensaver in kde4. Some time ago in kde3 I had had the same problem, which I could solve with the correct settings of the rights. I suppose, the same problem meets me again. Which applications are responsible in kde4 for the screensaver lock and unlock, and what settings of rights are required for this? Is this a known bug? Thanks for help. Hans
Heavy problems when rfemoving/installing packages
Hi all, since the latest days, something has changed on my sid/amd64-system Whenever I want to install or remove a package, the installer crashes and stopping with this message: This is just an example, the same messages I get at every package. LANG=C apt-get --reinstall install postfix Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Setting up postfix (2.5.5-1.1) ... setting inet_protocols: all Postfix is now set up with the changes above. If you need to make changes, edit /etc/postfix/main.cf (and others) as needed. To view Postfix configuration values, see postconf(1). After modifying main.cf, be sure to run '/etc/init.d/postfix reload'. Running newaliases * Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix [ OK ] invoke-rc.d: initscript postfix, action "restart" failed. dpkg: error processing postfix (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: postfix [ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.4 ] File updated: searched for 155 files, found 135 localepurge: checking system for new locale ... localepurge: processing locale files ... E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) - Any hints, what has happened, and how to fix this ? Regards Hans
Update of KDE changes personal settings
Dear maintainers, in the past I discovered, that an update of KDE on a debian-amd64 system is changing personal settings. As I read, this behaviour is against the rules of debian, so I found it worth, to remark it. I at least found to changes out: 1. the settings for files with an ending FLV (flash video) are changed. 2. the rights of bluetooth (namely the kbluetooth-server) and the network access (namely Knemo) are delimitered and do no more work for normal users. I may admit, that the second point might also have to do with general changes in debian, but I could not yet found out any proove in any changelogs. Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Which tool for Livefile-DVD?
Hi all, my question might be a little bit off topic, please be nice. I have created a debian-server with a combination of normal debian packages, self compiled tools (i.e. openvas) and 3rd-party tools. As the server has got lots of personal configurations, I want to create now a livefile-system of it, to let it run from CD or DVD, or even better, from USB-stick. Question: What is the recommended tool for this task? My idea was to use bootcd and once I got an iso-image, to use unetbootin to get the image onto an usb-stick. I already checked live-magic (with live-helper), but this seems only to be for a normal debian-livefile system. Is there a documentation somewhere, which is recommended to read? And to get on topic: Is the same procedure used for amd64-systems, too ? (sometimes there are necessary libs missing in amd64) Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
modprobe, lots of warnings
Hi all, after my last update (debian-amd64, sid), I get a lot of warnings like these: WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/kqemu, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/sound, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS, it will be ignored in a future release. WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat, it will be ignored in a future release. .. .. ... and so on. I think, something major has changed. Is this a bug or will "*.conf" files be shipped with the next package or kernel? Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: wpasupplicant in Lenny
Am Freitag, 27. Februar 2009 schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz: > Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > as the change of wpasupplicant in Lenny, I looked for an option to > > specify the essid in /etc/network/interfaces for WPA to use any AP. > > > > By using WEP, there is the possibility to say "wireless_essid any", so I > > can use any AP. I looked for the same feature in wpasupplicant, but it > > seems, this is not possible with it, or it is not documented. > > > > So, how do I have to set, when I want to use ALL accesspoints without a > > PSK and using WPA/WPA2 ? Besides, may I think wrong and a AP without a > > PSK and activated WPA/WPA2 does not encrypt traffic at all? > > > > Thanks for any hints! > > > > Regards > > > > Hans > > In /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz it says > > ElementExample ValueDescription > ======= > wpa-ssid plaintextstring sets the ssid of your network > > Have you tried that? > > Also with wireless-tools it reads now "wireless-essid" (minus instead of > underscore). > -- > Regards, > Jörg-Volker. Hi Jörg-Volker, it is not the option, to set an essid I am looking for. I am looking for an option like "any" for wep, so that I can drive around, and get access to ANY wpa access point without no password (like I can do with wep on accesspoints). The catchword for this is "roaming". Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Where is Multi-Arch testing?
Hi all, after the release of Lenny I am missing the jigdo-files for multi-arch "testing". Is stable, testing and sid shortly after a release using the same package versions? If so, I will wait, then upgrade my stable-iso to testing with jigdo. Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
wpasupplicant in Lenny
Hi all, as the change of wpasupplicant in Lenny, I looked for an option to specify the essid in /etc/network/interfaces for WPA to use any AP. By using WEP, there is the possibility to say "wireless_essid any", so I can use any AP. I looked for the same feature in wpasupplicant, but it seems, this is not possible with it, or it is not documented. So, how do I have to set, when I want to use ALL accesspoints without a PSK and using WPA/WPA2 ? Besides, may I think wrong and a AP without a PSK and activated WPA/WPA2 does not encrypt traffic at all? Thanks for any hints! Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
KDE-Menus, where are they stored?
Hi all, does someone know, where the kde-menus are stored? I want to delete the related files and want them let to be rebuilt. I found ~/.kde/share/applnk and ~/.config/menus There must be another one, I did not find, yet. Any hints? regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Fwd: XIO: fatal error 104
Am Montag, 26. Januar 2009 schrieb Francesco Pietra: > Hi: > Perhaps it is because it is amd64 I had no suggestion on debian user. > Hope here if what I submitted is clear enough > thanks > francesco pietra > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Francesco Pietra > Date: Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 4:53 PM > Subject: XIO: fatal error 104 > To: debian-users > > > Hi: > I have little familiarity with X11, in particular on my computing > multisocket with amd64 lenny, where it is seldom used. Now that it is > needed, it does not work any more. > > Command startx or X (as user) reports: > > X.Org X Server 1.4.2 > Release Date: 11 June 2008 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-10) > Current Operating System: Linux deb64 2.6.24-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat May 10 > 09:28:10 UTC 2008 x86_64 > Build Date: 09 January 2009 02:16:05AM > >Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org >to make sure that you have the latest version. > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, >(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, >(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jan 25 15:47:02 2009 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" > (II) Module "ddc" already built-in > (II) Module "ddc" already built-in > (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in > (II) Module "i2c" already built-in > > Backtrace: > 0: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86SigHandler+0x6a) [0x48dd0a] > 1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x2ab82827df60] > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > > XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" > > after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. > = > Other information: > > (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" does not exist. > (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. > (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist. > (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist. > (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist. > (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" does not exist. > (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist. > (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" does not exist. > (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" > does not exist. > (WW) MACH64(0): Cannot shadow an accelerated frame buffer. > > > Section "Module" >Load"bitmap" >Load"ddc" >Load"dri" >Load"extmod" >Load"freetype" >Load"glx" >Load"int10" >Load"vbe" > EndSection > Section "Device" >Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL" >Driver "ati" >BusID "PCI:3:1:0" > EndSection > = > > 03:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) > === > > I tried > > #dpkg-reconfigure xserver -xorg > > setting: > > kernel framebuffer device interface: yes > > Keyboard layout: pc104 > > but id did not help. > > Thanks for helping > > francesco pietra Maybe it is the wrong driver. Try: 1. comment out Load "glx" and use driver Driver "ati" 2. Use Load "glx" and use driver Driver "fglrx" For the second choice you have to build the fglrx-kernel module and install the fglrx-driver. Using this, you will get 3D acceleration. Good luck! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
console-setup in X and console
Hi all, does anybody know, how to configure xorg.conf with the correct keyboard driver? Problem is, I have an Acer laptop, and I use console-setup, to get special keys line dollar sign and eurosign working in console (driver is acer_laptop). In X, the driver is also working fine, but whenever X is started, it interferes with the console driver (driver is also acer_laptop) and the special keys like euro-sign and dollar are only showing nonsense. I tried setting an option in xorg.conf (Option "XKBDisable" "1"), but this did not help. When I kill X, the console-driver is working correctly again and the euro-sign and dollar sign are shown as they should. What did I do wrong? Any hints? Kind regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
keycode needed
Dear list, on my notebook with debian-amd64 running, I want to add two special keys. I suppose, they are not in the kernel, but if I understood it correctly, they can be added manually into the kernel. The scancode is e033 and e034 and the required signs are the euro-sign "€" and the dollar-sign "$" for these keys. But I did not find the needed keycode. If I understood it correctly, I just need to do "setkeycodes e033 euro-sign-keycode" (same for the dollar-sign). Is this correct ? But what are the needed keycodes?? Thanks for help! Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx in experimental
Am Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2009 schrieb dieeasy: > Il giorno Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:05:02 -0500 > > lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) ha scritto: > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:35:30AM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > > yesterday I tried to build the nvidia-kernel-modul from > > > experimental. Building and installation went fine, but when I tried > > > to install the package nvidia-glx, it triued to install the new > > > kernel-package "linux-image-openvz-amd64" and additionally some > > > openvz tools (for example vzquota). I suppose, there might a wrong > > > dependencies, are they? > > > > Perhaps it tried to find a matching kernel modules package and picked > > the openvz one, which then pulling in other stuff. > > > > > Otherwise, if these dependencies are correct: Why do I have to use > > > openvz with nvidia? > > > > I don't think you do. I installed 180.22 and it did not install any > > openvz stuff for me. > > > > > Thanks for your info. > > > > I installed nvidia-kernel-rouce 180.22, then used m-a a-i -t > > nvidia-kernel -l 2.6.27-1-686 (that was the kernel I was going to > > reboot to). After that I installed nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-dev and > > nvidia-settings, and everything is happily at 180.22, and after the > > reboot it worked fine (and with 2.6.27, so did my UVC webcam finally). > > Did the same with a handmade 2.6.28 (the debian-way) on 32-bit userland > and all went well there, too (no openvz involved). > > Thanks a lot for your efforts! Find it out: It was old package nvidia-glx-dev and nvidia-glx-ia32. You need first uninstall them, then build the kernel-module, install it, and at last reinstall nvidia-glx-dev and nvidia-glx-ia32 out of experimental. This worked fine! Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx in experimental
Dear maintainers, yesterday I tried to build the nvidia-kernel-modul from experimental. Building and installation went fine, but when I tried to install the package nvidia-glx, it triued to install the new kernel-package "linux-image-openvz-amd64" and additionally some openvz tools (for example vzquota). I suppose, there might a wrong dependencies, are they? Otherwise, if these dependencies are correct: Why do I have to use openvz with nvidia? Thanks for your info. Kind regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
flashplayer in amd64 (the never ending story)
Hi all, again I played a little bit around with flashplayer. Here are ne new results: First of all, I used the package flashplayer-nonfree out of the experimental repository. Tha package is creating symlinks to /etc/alternatites and from there to the flashplugin binary. This was o.k., but I somehow get better results, when I copy the binary directly to the plugin-directories and remove the symliks. In konqueror I add /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins to the plugin paths, and for iceweasel, I copied the file directly to /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/. Opera is working well, too. With this solution I get much better results, than with the symlinks. Please do not blame me, but IMO there should be no technical difference in the behaviour between calling files via symlinkl or directly, but actually it is! Maybe someone knows better than me... Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Re: Where is the kernel?
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 09:16:14AM -0600, Mark Allums wrote: >> It's not there, and won't be until after Lenny's release. Unless the >> maintainers relent and put 2.6.27 into Experimental. >Well 2.6.27 was in the kernel experimental area for a while, and 2.6.28 >is there now. >-- >Len Sorensen Len, I tried apt-get -d install linux-image -t experimental but it showed only all versions of 2.6.26 How can I download (but NOT install) the latest kernel from experimental? Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Where is the kernel?
Dear maintainers, just some questions What happened to the kernel higher than 2.6.26 ? Is the kernel on hold, due toe the upcoming release of Lenny? Meanwhile the latest stable kernel-version is 2.6.28 (and 2.6.29 is at work). Where is 2.6.27 and 2.6.28 in debian? I only found 2.6.26 as the latest release. Did I miss something? Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
weired message
Hi all, when I start cinelerra, I always get the following message: --- void MWindow::init_shm(): Warning: /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax is 0x7ff, which is too low. Before running Cinelerra do the following as root: echo "0x7fff" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax --- So far so well, but "/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax" is not existent. What is this command for? I guess it allocates more ram. How can I fix it ? And what is the background of this ? Any help is welcome. Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
flashplayer on debian-amd64 (sid)
Dear maintainers, I tested some flash plugins onm my amd64 system. According to this, I found out, flashplugin-nonfree either from sid or experimental is not working. This is because it is using nspluginwrapper and the 32-bit version of flashplayer10. I have found out a better solution. Two opportunities: --- First solution: 1. install flashplugin-nonfree from sid. 2. download 64-bit alpha version of flashplayer from the Adobe site. 3. unpack the tar.gz and copy the file libplayerflash.so to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/ Second solution (the recommended one): 1. Do NOT install flashplugin-nonfree (as you do NOT need nspluginwrapper!) 2. download 64-bit alpaversion as above. 3. unpack the tar.gz and copy the file libplayerflash.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (so it will be found) This works perfectly for me in Iceweasel and Opera. Konqueror seems to be able to use it, too, but it does somehwo interfere with other plugins (maybe gnash?). I still could not find out, why it is sometimes working and sometimes not. I recommend and like to ask the package maintainers, to build the package flashplugin-nonfree in that way, that it: 1. downloads the 64-bit version of flashplayer 2. nspluginwrapper is no more installed. Please try it out for yourself, it works perfectly for me. Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: access rights in /sbin and /bin [Update]
Am Dienstag, 9. Dezember 2008 schrieb Thomas Preud'homme: > The Wednesday 10 December 2008 07:04:50 [EMAIL PROTECTED], you wrote : > > On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:33:02AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 04:11:04PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > > > thanks for the list. I checked and found out, that a lot of binaries > > > > in /sbin got permissions to rwxr-xr-- (root:root), but they should > > > > have rwxrwxr-x. I wondered, as I never changed the rights manually in > > > > the past and I am sure, I have not been hacked. So there is only one > > > > explanation: an applicatiopn must have changed it. Does someone know, > > > > which application is changing rights of binaries below /sbin ? I > > > > suppose, it is either bastille (which I installed and deinstalled a > > > > long time ago) or selinux (which i still installed). > > > > > > > > Please, which manual did i miss to read ??? > > > > > > So far the only thing I have ever seen that causes that is silly people > > > who mess with the umask of the root user (which causes dpkg to make > > > lots of mistakes). > > > > Perhaps dpkg shouldn't rely on the umask of the root user? Perhaps is > > should set it itself? Could this be considered a dpkg bug? > > It sounds reasonable indeed that dpkg don't rely on root umask. I don't > want root to have a umask of 022 because usually I don't want users to read > root file by default. Even if most of the time it's not a security issue, I > don't want these file to be readable by users by default in case I forget > to restrict rights of sensitive files. > > Furthermore, AFAIK files in /bin, /sbin and other bin directories aren't > created, they are untared so that rights of these files are rights they > have when tared by the debian maintener of the package. Hmm, so if this is really the way, packages are installed, then I should always report to the maintainer of the package. On the other hand, I had some problems with the package "eject". The installed binary got rwxr--r-- ( with owners root:root), but in the package itself it got rwxr-xr-x (root:root). When I reinstalled it, the permissions did not change. Then I deinstalled it completely and reinstalled it again. Now it got the correct permissions: rwxr-xr-x ! So far, so well. But after an upgrade some weeks later, the permissions were wrong again (set as before). I could not explain that to myself, but I could verify this behaviour. Lots of other binaries were showing the same effects (for example the kde screensaver suddenly could not have been unlocked any more, as the sticky bit was missing). So, if I would understand, how is and who is setting the permissions at upgrades or installing, I could find out, what is going wrong. Who knows it ? Cheers Hans > > > -- hendrik > > > > > So if you ever set a umask for your root user, well don't and reinstall > > > every affected package to fix the permissions. > > > > > > -- > > > Len Sorensen > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Greetings, > > Thomas Preud'homme -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
