Re: Is there any issue with reportbug in unstabl or bugs.debian.org?
On Tue 08 Nov 2011 at 22:48:28 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: I can only say Wow! But you said it so charmingly. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2008235638.GD2852@desktop
dial-up modem usage
I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I could use a few tips. I know that winmodems probably won't work, so I may have to swap it out for something in my old parts bin. What is used to control dialup these days? Does NetworkManager do it? 5 years ago I was using kppp on Mandrake... This system will have occasional access to wireless high speed internet, so I need a solution that allows for that as well. Thanks for any tips. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2009001612.gb23...@aurora.owens.net
Re: install glitch - re. networking
Miles Fidelman wrote: Up to now, hardware autodetect has worked just fine - finding both NICs, identifying them, and giving me a choice. Now it all just hangs. I expect that I could escape out of the installer, and plug in some magic incantations - but a little guidance is what I'm looking for. (I have a Instead of escaping out I would simply start using the expert install option to begin with. Then you would be able to pick and choose as you went along. Or you could try putting boot parameters on the installer's boot command line such as: interface=eth1 I am thinking your onboard NIC eth0 may be the problem and by avoiding it you may avoid the hang. Maybe. Worth a try. vague memory that there's a package of non-free NIC drivers floating around that might need to be installed for the broadcom chip to work, but not the Intel one.) That process is documented here: http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware Not sure that is your problem though. It doesn't seem like it. eth0 is a SiS900 Fast ethernet device - not configured eth1 is an Intel 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro100 (Rev 10) - it seems to be picking up a DHCP address Do you have a network cable plugged into both cards? Or just one of them? Try with only one plugged into the machine. I would pick the e100 and only have it active. Also, if one is on your motherboard then I would try disabling it in the BIOS and booting without it enabled. (I guess one last thing to try would be to burn a newer version of the Squeeze installer, but the one I tried was just fine for building a couple of servers not too long ago.) If all else fails then I would try the newest version of the installer. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X
Dan B. wrote: I tried swapping the left Control key and Caps Lock key by modifying the XKBOPTIONS value in /etc/default/keyboard, per instructions that said it would take effect for both the virtual consoles and X. However, it works only for the virtual consoles, and not for X (neither when started by GDM nor when started by startx (with GDM disabled)). This on a fresh Squeeze installation. (Hmm. A freshly Squeezed compu... never mind.) Is something else necessary? Or are those instructions obsolete? I have been having some problems around this area and haven't concluded as to the problem yet. I don't know if I am having the same problem or a different problem but will share what I know. Previously keyboard remapping was handled by the console-tools package. I used the console-tools package package files (/etc/init.d/console-screen.sh and /etc/console-tools/remap) to remap the keyboard. The console-tools package worked perfectly. But that package is now deprecated in favor of the kbd package. I have been trying to recreate the same functionality of using the keyboard remap file under kbd. It doesn't work. kbd checks to see if setupcon from the console-setup package is installed and if so kbd ignores the remap file. Okay. But console-setup doesn't do keyboard remapping that I can see. And it violates policy by shipping an empty directory in /usr/share/doc/console-tools instead of required files there. Seems in need of love and attention. So for the moment I have fallen back to install-keymap and xmodmap. Eventually I would like to have this figured out but there are only so many hours in the day. Again, I don't know if this will be related to your problem or not. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: emacs RMAIL -- help needed
On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:52:34 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: I have been trying to get an email client which would access my web mail. I've tried kmail -- which simply does not retrieve the mail balsa -- which asks for an SMTP address (I don't have SMTP) and I am now using emacs23. Can anybody tell me how to configure RMAIL so that it accesses my mail server. What web mail? For gmail and other accounts I use fetchmail/postfix/ procmail (and spamassassin) to retrieve using IMAP, and process. Works perfectly for me. I'm afraid I have never heard of RMAIL. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j9cl8h$ftk$1...@dough.gmane.org
Gnome Control Panel Is there one?
I have Linux Mint Ubuntu Installed, at one time I tried KDE, all as I recall have a control panel for changing a lot of the hardware configs as well as preferred apps desktop layout. Is there a similar app for Gnome in Debian Stable? A search of the words control panel have not turned up what I,m looking for in Synaptic. Any ideas? frosty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1320799419.23212.4.ca...@beast.home
Re: Gnome Control Panel Is there one?
On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:43:39 -0600, John W. Foster wrote: I have Linux Mint Ubuntu Installed So why are you asking this question on a Debian list? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j9cmae$q35$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password
On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 23:40:24 -0700, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com said: B I would create a script that edited the /etc/shadow file directly and B manipulated the encrypted passwords. Then the clear text would never B need to exist in any form. Only the encrypted form of the password is B needed. Use a script to swap between two different encrypted forms. If you don't add or delete a lot of accounts or modify /etc/passwd frequently, could you change your password to the high-security one, copy /etc/shadow to /etc/shadow.hi, then change it back and copy /etc/shadow to /etc/shadow.lo? Then your password-changer could be: alias hisec='sudo cp -p /etc/shadow.hi /etc/shadow' alias losec='sudo cp -p /etc/shadow.lo /etc/shadow' -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. --item for a lull in conversation -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2009014634.bd5eab...@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil
Re: dial-up modem usage
--- On Tue, 11/8/11, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: From: Rob Owens row...@ptd.net Subject: dial-up modem usage To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 6:16 PM I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I could use a few tips. I know that winmodems probably won't work, so I may have to swap it out for something in my old parts bin. What is used to control dialup these days? Does NetworkManager do it? 5 years ago I was using kppp on Mandrake... This system will have occasional access to wireless high speed internet, so I need a solution that allows for that as well. Thanks for any tips. -Rob I have a USRobotics 5610* hardware modem that works perfectly. I have it set up via pppconfig and also Gnome PPP on /dev/ttyS*. Network Manager does not work for dialup AFAIK. Can't help with wireless . . . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1320804264.59798.yahoomailclas...@web162218.mail.bf1.yahoo.com
Gnome workspace manager has disappeared -- Help!
Somehow the workspace manager and the index which appeared at the lower right of the screen have disappeared. If I right-click on a window tab in the task bar I can move the window to another workspace, and the window selector will show that the windows are in the workspace where they were moved to, but there is still no index and all of the window tabs are in the task bar. How do I get my window manager and the index back? I can't find any program or package that is called window manager. Thanks in advance for any and all help! Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eb9e2a5.8080...@mgssub.com
Re: Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels
From: David Purton dcpur...@marshwiggle.net To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Bcc: Subject: Re: Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels Reply-To: In-Reply-To: 2008181428.gb13...@hysteria.proulx.com X-GPG-Fingerprint: 2D6A A66E F9DC E86A 876F 062D 16D7 EA32 EE08 09EC X-GPG-Public-Key: http://marshwiggle.net/~dcpurton/pubkey.asc X-URL: http://marshwiggle.net/~dcpurton/ Hi Bob, Thanks for your detailed answer! On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 11:14:28AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: David Purton wrote: Everything takes forever to load (including booting), but then runs ok once loaded. Could DMA be disabled now? Taking a long time to read initially but running okay afterward would match that symptom. Because after the initial read it should be in filesystem buffer cache. hdparm neither lets me get nor set the dma mode (HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device). But I think DMA is enabled on the disk. From dmesg: [1.808090] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [1.809113] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8) [1.809432] ata1.00: ATA-8: Hitachi HTS545025B9A300, PB2OC60N, max UDMA/133 [1.809439] ata1.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA [1.810564] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8) [1.810883] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 [1.811163] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Hitachi HTS54502 PB2O PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [1.823891] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte logical blocks: (250 GB/232 GiB) [1.824139] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [1.824149] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [1.824251] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA My only guess is that it is filesystem related, but I am not sure how to confirm this, nor why things would have got to the present situation. Currently, the root/system parition is 20GB, with 50% used. /home has only 44% used. That seems like a good amount of free space available for the filesystem to deal with disk fragmentation. Any suggestions? Ha! I just found some disk related errors in syslog: Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415350] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled error code Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415367] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_TIMEOUT Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415376] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 16 48 77 76 00 01 d0 00 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415395] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 373847926 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415404] Buffer I/O error on device sda7, logical block 15133136 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415409] lost page write due to I/O error on sda7 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415415] Buffer I/O error on device sda7, logical block 15133137 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415420] lost page write due to I/O error on sda7 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415427] Buffer I/O error on device sda7, logical block 15133138 I'm guessing this is bad! :( However, I can find limited details on Google. Both partitions are seemingly affected, so I guess disk problems are more likely than file system :(. *sigh* Since other suggested possible hard drive problems... What does smartctl say about the health of your drive? smartctl -H /dev/sda === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED Any selftest failures? Are you running smartctl selftests? If not then please do. I always run selftests regularly to get feedback about the drives. Let me suggest something similar to this in /etc/smartd.conf so as to have these run automatically. # Monitor all attributes, enable automatic online data collection, # automatic Attribute autosave, and start a short self-test every day # between 2-3am, and a long self test Saturdays between 3-4am. # On failure run all installed scripts (to send notification email). # Ignore attribute 194 temperature change. # Ignore attribute 190 airflow temperature change. /dev/sda -a -o on -S on -s (S/../../[1-5]/03|L/../../6/03) -I 194 -I 190 -m root -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner This will dump the selftests. Any failures? smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 3686 - If you need to manually run selftests: smartctl -t short /dev/sda If short passes pick a time and run: smartctl -t long /dev/sda Haven't done this yet. You might try using 'hdparm' to produce some data for your disk. Read the hdparm documentation first (lots of docs on the web such as this) http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Hdparm#Benchmarking_devices and then
Re: Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels
David Purton wrote: Since other suggested possible hard drive problems... What does smartctl say about the health of your drive? smartctl -H /dev/sda try smartctl -A /dev/sda that will give you a much longer list of statistics collected by the drive the one I always look at first is the absolute value of raw read errors - if that's higher than 0, the drive is starting to fail, and its internal code is spending more and more time trying to read and re-read data off the media Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. Infnord practice, there is. Yogi Berra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eb9ef91.1030...@meetinghouse.net
Re: dial-up modem usage
On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote: I know that winmodems probably won't work, so I may have to swap it out for something in my old parts bin. That's not necessarily true anymore. I hate winmodems, but some of the most popular winmodems do have Linux drivers these days; although all or part of the driver is usually a proprietary binary blob. I have had success with the LT modem in some older IBM ThinkPad models, as well as the SmartLink AMR modem in an IBM ThinkPad X31. Although it was a royal pain, I also managed to get a Conexant winmodem working with Squeeze at full rated speed. What passes for a modem these days is pretty pathetic. On the hardware side, it is little more than an electrical interface between a PCI bus and an analog telephone line. The most recent winmodems, such as the SmartLink AMR and the Conexant winmodems are just that. The modem is pure software. The driver *is* the modem. There's no UART, no DSP, no nothing, in the hardware. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1242081937.49152.1320808441530.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels
On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 10:12:17PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: David Purton wrote: Since other suggested possible hard drive problems... What does smartctl say about the health of your drive? smartctl -H /dev/sda try smartctl -A /dev/sda that will give you a much longer list of statistics collected by the drive the one I always look at first is the absolute value of raw read errors - if that's higher than 0, the drive is starting to fail, and its internal code is spending more and more time trying to read and re-read data off the media ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 088 088 062Pre-fail Always - 3342368 Oooo. This was after just one short test. Looks like I'm shopping for a disk. I'd like to put a SSD in this machine (it's a netbook). Does anyone have any recommendations? (Doesn't need to be top of the range) -- David Purton dcpur...@marshwiggle.net For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. 2 Chronicles 16:9a signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels
On 11/09/2011 12:13 AM, David Purton wrote: On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 10:12:17PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: David Purton wrote: Since other suggested possible hard drive problems... What does smartctl say about the health of your drive? smartctl -H /dev/sda try smartctl -A /dev/sda that will give you a much longer list of statistics collected by the drive the one I always look at first is the absolute value of raw read errors - if that's higher than 0, the drive is starting to fail, and its internal code is spending more and more time trying to read and re-read data off the media Interesting command: I wish I'd known about it before I took my other machine down. (It needed more than a disk, but I don't know about the disk.) NB: you need sudo to invoke the command. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eba0f7b.6030...@optonline.net
high galvanic skin response vs os's
i have interfered with computers to a greater or lesser degree all my life. i have been led to believe that Linux OS may be less susceptible to me that gates'. is there anyone out there that can shed some light here? offer suggestions? i have burned up watches, cell phones, and laptops; prevented input to DeVry's computers (Long Beach Ca 90's); and crashed banks of computers by logging on @ Golden West College (Huntington Beach, Ca 70's). a fairly common suggestion is to wear a grounding strap, which i haven't done. thank you
Re: high galvanic skin response vs os's
Explore another career and hobby?? Sent from my HTC. - Reply message - From: stefan long stefanteac...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 11:43 pm Subject: high galvanic skin response vs os's To: debian-user@lists.debian.org i have interfered with computers to a greater or lesser degree all my life. i have been led to believe that Linux OS may be less susceptible to me that gates'. is there anyone out there that can shed some light here? offer suggestions? i have burned up watches, cell phones, and laptops; prevented input to DeVry's computers (Long Beach Ca 90's); and crashed banks of computers by logging on @ Golden West College (Huntington Beach, Ca 70's). a fairly common suggestion is to wear a grounding strap, which i haven't done. thank you
Re: LibreOffice Base and light-weighted SQL DB
On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 06:56:59PM +0200, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:21:42 +, T o n g wrote: There are another frontend programs which are better prepared to deal with this task, IMO. I'm all ears. What's your recommendation? That will depend on what are your expectations. - For a clone to MS Access (with easy wizards to make fancy reports or to create forms with a few clicks...) there is Kexi, knoda or gnome-db. - For raw data managing (update, insert, delete, import data operations to tables or db maintanance) I've used frontends like phpmyadmin -web based- or squirrel sql -java based. I use web2py and pgadmin3 a lot with postgresql as backend. Web2py is a python web-framework. I also once succeeded in setting up openoffice (before the time of libreoffice) up with postgresql but as I hardly ever use openoffice/libreoffice except for a few spreadsheets I stopped using the 'base' part. Regards Johann -- Johann SpiesTelefoon: 021-808 4699 Databestuurder / Data manager Sentrum vir Navorsing oor Evaluasie, Wetenskap en Tegnologie Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology Universiteit Stellenbosch. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 1 Corinthians 15:55 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2009062333.ga8...@sun.ac.za
Suspending script.
Good time of the day. I try to accomplish auto running of a script on suspending/resuming events. The goal is that the script will be lunched on suspend and resume to start or stop it. For that I have created a file: /etc/pm/sleep.d/50osus w/ the following content: # /etc/pm/sleep.d/50osus # # The /etc/pm/sleep.d is the right place to put your custom suspend/resume scripts. # None of the stuff in /etc/hibernate/ has _any_ effect (OnResume, RestartServices, # UnloadModules etc). The /etc/init.d/atheros script is just a simple wrapper for # unloading the ath_pci module. case $1 in hibernate|suspend) /usr/local/bin/sbdu/osus stop_auto ;; thaw|resume) /usr/local/bin/sbdu/osus start_auto ;; *) exit $NA ;; esac Now, after suspending/resuming I see that nothing was done: after resuming top shows me the same data about the process as it was before suspending. What can be wrong? Any suggestions, please. Thanks for Your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eba20be.cf96cc0a.7962.9...@mx.google.com
Re: Icedove attachments
On Vi, 28 oct 11, 12:03:00, Mark Panen wrote: Hi, I am having problems with *.jpg and *.pdf attachments in icedove. Some open some don't, i use okular for the pdf's but sometimes icedove asks me to save the file, which i don't want to do. The preferences are set up correctly. The problem is more complex: 1. iceweasel has it's own list of file types/handlers 2. the same type of file (e.g. .pdf) is distributed differently by sites A possible solution for both could be an extension that enabled iceweasel to use the systems MIME type database, but can't find it right now. Even then, some sites are just broken, and you will need to add entries (in iceweasel or the system MIME type database) for each of those file types. Hmm... I almost sent the mail when I noticed you asked about icedove not iceweasel, but the above should apply to both. Hope this helps, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties
On Vi, 04 nov 11, 18:04:43, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Problem now solved by installing wheezy. Could you please elaborate on how wheeze solved you problem, since to my knowledge the same limitations apply. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels
David Purton wrote: But I think DMA is enabled on the disk. From dmesg: [1.808090] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) I believe all SATA interfaces are go for DMA. Ha! I just found some disk related errors in syslog: Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415350] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled error code Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415367] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_TIMEOUT Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415376] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 16 48 77 76 00 01 d0 00 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415395] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 373847926 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415404] Buffer I/O error on device sda7, logical block 15133136 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415409] lost page write due to I/O error on sda7 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415415] Buffer I/O error on device sda7, logical block 15133137 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415420] lost page write due to I/O error on sda7 Nov 2 12:10:58 swires kernel: [33736.415427] Buffer I/O error on device sda7, logical block 15133138 I'm guessing this is bad! :( Yes. That's bad! I would make sure your backup is good and you have a recovery plan. For your next system I highly recommend setting it up with RAID. It makes problems like these so much easier. [Of course because of the problem with flooding in Thailand and human reaction to it the cost of disk drives is soaring right now. Unfortunate timing to lose a drive.] smartctl -H /dev/sda SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED Unfortunately SMART isn't a great health indicator. But it often confirms a failure. smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 3686 - That part is good. smartctl -t long /dev/sda Haven't done this yet. I would guess from the I/O errors reported by the kernel that a long selftest will also report errors. I do not want to reinstall if at all possible. I am always an advocate of upgrades not re-installs. :-) I have a bad feeling about this one :( If you RAID1 a system, even if it only has one disk, then replacing or upgrading the system is easy. Just patch in a second disk and sync the mirror. After the sync is complete then remove the original disk drive and run from the replacement. Disk upgrades are trivial that way. Of course system reliability is even better with both disks in the mirror active. :-) Good luck! Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels
Miles Fidelman wrote: try smartctl -A /dev/sda that will give you a much longer list of statistics collected by the drive the one I always look at first is the absolute value of raw read errors - if that's higher than 0, the drive is starting to fail, and its internal code is spending more and more time trying to read and re-read data off the media Excellent information! Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password
Karl Vogel wrote: If you don't add or delete a lot of accounts or modify /etc/passwd frequently, could you change your password to the high-security one, copy /etc/shadow to /etc/shadow.hi, then change it back and copy /etc/shadow to /etc/shadow.lo? Then your password-changer could be: alias hisec='sudo cp -p /etc/shadow.hi /etc/shadow' alias losec='sudo cp -p /etc/shadow.lo /etc/shadow' An even simpler solution than mine of editing the file. I like it. :-) Very minor comment: I wouldn't think the -p would be necessary. By default the permissions will be preserved. (shrug) Just make sure the source files have the proper permissions. Add an application launcher widget to your desktop system tray using the cp command above, one for each of two buttons, and then you can switch between the two with a click of the mouse on one button control or the other button control. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
apache 2.2.16 deadly slow
Hello list, I have recently upgraded a debian box from old lenny to squeeze. Hence the apache has become Server version: Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) Server built: Sep 29 2011 20:59:05 But... the apache has become *deadly slow*. This box has 4GB RAM with xeon processor. And the main point apache was running just fine with its prior version 2.2.4. After upgradation it is tooo slw. Is there any know bug or any way to improve the performance ? Just found these from apache error log ` [Wed Nov 09 12:13:16 2011] [debug] proxy_util.c(1837): proxy: worker proxy:reverse already initialized [Wed Nov 09 12:13:16 2011] [debug] proxy_util.c(1934): proxy: initialized single connection worker 0 in child 14622 for (*) [Wed Nov 09 12:13:16 2011] [debug] proxy_util.c(1818): proxy: grabbed scoreboard slot 0 in child 14623 for worker proxy:reverse [Wed Nov 09 12:13:16 2011] [debug] proxy_util.c(1837): proxy: worker proxy:reverse already initialized [Wed Nov 09 12:13:16 2011] [debug] proxy_util.c(1934): proxy: initialized single connection worker 0 in child 14623 for (*) [Wed Nov 09 12:13:16 2011] [debug] proxy_util.c(1818): proxy: grabbed scoreboard slot 0 in child 14624 for worker proxy:reverse [Wed Nov 09 12:13:16 2011] [debug] proxy_util.c(1837): proxy: worker proxy:reverse already initialized [Wed Nov 09 12:13:16 2011] [debug] proxy_util.c(1934): proxy: initialized single connection worker 0 in child 14624 for (*) [Wed Nov 09 12:13:22 2011] [info] [client 192.168.1.141] Request body read timeout Please suggest. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2009131221.45f1a...@shiva.selfip.org
Re: emacs RMAIL -- help needed
Walter Hurry wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: I have been trying to get an email client which would access my web mail. I've tried kmail -- which simply does not retrieve the mail balsa -- which asks for an SMTP address (I don't have SMTP) and I am now using emacs23. Can anybody tell me how to configure RMAIL so that it accesses my mail server. Look at 'fetchmail'. Assuming your provider enables something like IMAP or POP then you can use fetchmail to retrieve your email to your local machine for reading within RMAIL or any other mailer. Although it is arguably better to use an IMAP based mail user agent and leave the email on your web email provider. That is what I recommend you do but I won't stop you from trying it anyway. :-) Instead of RMAIL let me recommend 'vm' if you want to read email within emacs. RMAIL uses an old format mail spool. Unless you really want to use RMAIL then you probably don't really want to use RMAIL. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryViewMail What web mail? For gmail and other accounts I use fetchmail/postfix/ procmail (and spamassassin) to retrieve using IMAP, and process. Works perfectly for me. I'm afraid I have never heard of RMAIL. RMAIL is an old classic email-inside-of-emacs mode. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Rmail.html#Rmail Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels
On 11/9/2011 1:34 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: Miles Fidelman wrote: try smartctl -A /dev/sda that will give you a much longer list of statistics collected by the drive the one I always look at first is the absolute value of raw read errors - if that's higher than 0, the drive is starting to fail, and its internal code is spending more and more time trying to read and re-read data off the media Excellent information! Not really. The numbers are not absolutes. And they differ among manufacturers. S.M.A.R.T. is a data format standard for drive health, but it does not dictate value standards for the field contents. For the end user, attempting to interpret some S.M.A.R.T. data for some makes of drives is hit or miss. I would say as a general rule that one should contact the drive manufacturer if s/he sees S.M.A.R.T. error counts rise. The drive may or may not be failing. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eba30a5.8080...@hardwarefreak.com
Re: virtualbox just became slow
I too have the same problem. Although I already had it a couple days before upgrading to 4.1.4.. upgrading didn't help either. any thoughts? Daniel On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Steve Kleene sk...@syrano.acb.uc.edu wrote: I've been happily running a virtualbox Windows XP machine (VM) on a Wheezy host for eight months. However, the VM just became pathologically slow. For example, if I boot the VM, call Photoshop 6, and open a small JPG, it all works but takes several minutes. During much of this time the XP Task Manager pins at 100% CPU usage, and the host's cooling fans are revving hard. If I then ask to print the JPG, Photoshop (eventually) declares There is not enough memory for this operation. When the VM is idle, it shows about 5% CPU usage and I see no unexpected memory hogs running. The Debian host runs fine. This disease roughly coincides with my upgrade from virtualbox 4.1.2 to 4.1.4, including the guest additions and extension pack. So I uninstalled 4.1.4 and put back 4.1.2 from snapshot.debian.org, together with its guest additions and extension pack. I also put back a copy of the VM (xpvm.vdi) and home vbox directories that I had saved on June 18th when everything was fine. (I saved these as Linux files, not as a snapshot. I have successfully started from them before). Finally I rebooted the host too. None of this solved the problem. The host is a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with 2 GB of memory. The VM has the recommended 192 MB of memory. This all worked fine until I ran apt-get upgrade (including virtualbox) four days ago. I have a newer Wheezy machine (i5 3.2 GHz + 4 GB) that is running about the same VM (also 192 MB) under virtualbox 4.1.4 with no problem. Any ideas how to identify the source of this slowness? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.2008t135340-...@post.gmane.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cakuhbgfh7f+pwhlo6e17_xghs+mfx3evee7sgqdleaoc79_...@mail.gmail.com
