Re: 3D gaming
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone know why FLOSS programmers haven't built superb 3D games, say ones > comparable to titles like 'Halo' or 'Burn-Out'? > Money. > I'm not sure how tough it is to create high-profile games like these two, but > I believe that it can't be as tough as something like OpenOffice.org or > (especially) WINE. Is this true, and if it is why aren't they doing it then? > Wrong. For every "hit it big" title there are at least 100 titles that go nowhere. Given odds like that, and the fact that there is an entire industry devoted to churning out games, it is no wonder there are only a few well known Free Software games. > Is it an expensive process to create these kinds of high-quality games, and > could someone provide a relevant link? > The problem is not programming talent. There is plenty of that in Free Software. The problem is lack of artistic talent, graphic designers, sound engineers, voice actors. Architecting a game is a completely different animal than architecting an office suite or a web browser. Once you see more "open source" artists willing to work on such projects, there will be a dramatic improvement. The other thing relates directly back to architecting. That is, geeks are notriously bad when it comes to polished game design. A geek may crank out something like nethack, but it takes a team of highly skilled people lead by a visionary to turn out things like Civilization, Pharaoh and Neverwinter Nights. Even moreso with "action" oriented games. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
GRAND software
Hello, Which of the thousands of FLOSS packages do you truly respect, either for their effect on the community or their perceived difficulty in terms of coding? Here's my list (alphabetical order): * Apache (web server) * GCC (larger-than-life compiler) * GLibc (GNU C library) * Linux (ultra-capable kernel, superstar of FLOSS) * WINE (1.3 SLOC - runs binaries compiled for Windows) 2ndary (alphabetical orfer): * APT (Debian packaging system) * Blender (3D modeller/renderer) * GIMP (image manipulator) * Octave (language for numerical computations) I expect this list to change as time goes on. What's yours?
3D gaming
Hello, Does anyone know why FLOSS programmers haven't built superb 3D games, say ones comparable to titles like 'Halo' or 'Burn-Out'? I'm not sure how tough it is to create high-profile games like these two, but I believe that it can't be as tough as something like OpenOffice.org or (especially) WINE. Is this true, and if it is why aren't they doing it then? Is it an expensive process to create these kinds of high-quality games, and could someone provide a relevant link?
Re: Woody -> Sarge apt-get dist-upgrade
On (16/05/05 02:58), Simon Gloßner wrote: > Hi, > > * Andy Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now that Sarge has entered freeze, I'm considering upgrading my Woody box to > > it. This runs the firewall for my local network (connected via Ethernet > > cable modem) handling mail (Exim v3 and fetchmail), news (newsstar and INN > > v2.3.2), web proxy etc. > > > > Is the upgrade to Sarge relatively painless? Does it perform any major > > software upgrades that might cause me problems? > > I think upgrading from Woody to Sarge isn't easy. Woody is almost three > years old, so at least you have to read the documention to get an quick > overview of the changes... After upgrading you have to reedit some > configuration files, too! For example upgrading from Exim v3 (Woody) to > Exim v4 (Sarge) is a radical change! > > So here's my advice: If you don't need any feature of Sarge and if you > are complete satisfied with your system, don't upgrade! Otherwise I > advise you to plan this major system upgrade. It will be a lot of work! At the risk of being contrary, I recently (January) upgraded a couple of servers from woody to sarge and it was pretty trivial - in fact I don't recall having to do any reconfiguration other than answer some questions during the upgrade. Given the supposed strength of Debian is that it makes upgrades easy via aptitude/apt-get, I find the rather dramatic warnings, strange. YMMV Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ImageMagick -- import problem
If I import the entire desktop, saved image sizes seem sensible. Not quite exact but very close. If I import a rectangular selected area: With no options, the correct image is displaced into a larger area and clipped. I can get the image to be sensible by specifying geomentry such as -geometry 80x80+0+0%. I have no objection to mandate the displacements to 0. However, why do I need to reduce the SIZE of the image. I am also afraid that the resizing factor will be dependent upon where I select on the screen for import. The formula would involve knowing the starting select points which I no longer know when I look at the resulting saved image and that this is assymetrical as well. Not so nice. Any ideas on using import to get selected screen images into files? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Activating Automount for USB Pen drive devices in Gnome
I want to activate the Automount for a USB pen drive ( also an iopd
shuffle ) using
Gnome on a Sarge system with a stock 2.6.8-2-k7 kernel. I'm looking
for the icon to appear on the desktop when I plug one of these two
into a usb port.
I have created a file called /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules that
have one line:
BUS="usb", KERNEL="sd?1", SYSFS{serial}="070B001610A0280", NAME="thumb"
where the serial number is the serial number from my usb key.
In the /etc/fstab in addition to other lines I have this:
/dev/sda /mnt/ipod vfatrw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/thumb /media/usbkey vfatrw,user,auto0 2
I can mount a usb pen drive as root
mount /dev/sda /mnt/ipodbut it reports that it is busy when
I type umount /dev/sda /mnt/ipod .
There is no /dev/thumb I created a /media/usbkey
Thanks,
--
Dan Hunt Saint Brieux Saskatchewan Canada
Re: [OT] Debian is ugly -- package for beautification?
On 2005-05-16, Hal Vaughan penned: > On Sunday 15 May 2005 10:02 pm, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> >> Regardless, I'm done with this particular line of discussion. > > So you're saying your choice is that you have decided to be offended > by this... At the risk of proving myself wrong by posting again: No, I just have better things to do than continue this discussion. I never said I was offended, by the way; I just pointed out the seeming implications of Ron's post. For the record, I don't think Ron is the Big Bad or anything silly like that. I still haven't figured out why everyone is so quick to point out how helpful he's been in many other threads; I never said otherwise. Okay, really done now. *Much* better things to do, like wash my hair or maybe watch grass grow ... -- monique Ask smart questions, get good answers: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Configuring X on Intel 82845 gl board
Hi,
I think its just a problem with apt configuration. plz have a look.
>You can "surf on the net and ping sites from the console" in Debian >or in XP?
I can surf the net on Debian. Although its tough time using the quality of X I have got!!
>That information's not quite clear from your paragraph.
>What's the result of "ping ftp.us.debian.org"?
PING ftp.us.debian.org (204.152.191.39): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 204.152.191.39: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=312.4 ms
64 bytes from 204.152.191.39: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=312.3 ms
64 bytes from 204.152.191.39: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=314.2 ms
--- ftp.us.debian.org ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 312.3/312.9/314.2 ms
>What does your "/etc/apt/sources.list" file look like?
/* apt.cpnf */
// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.43 1999/12/06 02:19:38 jgg Exp $
/* This file is a sample configuration file with a few harmless sample
options.
*/
APT
{
// Options for apt-get
Get
{
Download-Only "false";
};
};
// Options for the downloading routines
Acquire
{
Retries "0";
};
// Things that effect the APT dselect method
DSelect
{
Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
};
DPkg
{
// Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
Options {"--force-overwrite";}
}
/* sources.list */
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
>What's the output of "ifconfig"?
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:32:E1:7E
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:590 (590.0 b) TX bytes:342 (342.0 b)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xd400
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1648 (1.6 KiB) TX bytes:1648 (1.6 KiB)
Any Clues. bbye
Shatam Bhattacharya
New Delhi,
India
Re: Woody -> Sarge apt-get dist-upgrade
Hi, * Andy Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that Sarge has entered freeze, I'm considering upgrading my Woody box to > it. This runs the firewall for my local network (connected via Ethernet > cable modem) handling mail (Exim v3 and fetchmail), news (newsstar and INN > v2.3.2), web proxy etc. > > Is the upgrade to Sarge relatively painless? Does it perform any major > software upgrades that might cause me problems? I think upgrading from Woody to Sarge isn't easy. Woody is almost three years old, so at least you have to read the documention to get an quick overview of the changes... After upgrading you have to reedit some configuration files, too! For example upgrading from Exim v3 (Woody) to Exim v4 (Sarge) is a radical change! So here's my advice: If you don't need any feature of Sarge and if you are complete satisfied with your system, don't upgrade! Otherwise I advise you to plan this major system upgrade. It will be a lot of work! Greets Simon! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Debian is ugly -- package for beautification?
On Monday 16 May 2005 02:02 am, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > Right, so when someone asks for a "prettier" interface and someone > else responds "Is that what's keeping your SO from using Linux?" -- > without ANY suggestion from the OP that the issue has ANYTHING to do > with their SO -- you don't think it's the least bit odd? Now I am afraid to employ humor because I might offend someone. I don't mean just here :) > > The funny part is that he implied an insult to people who want a > "pleasing UI," and you don't even realize it. I don't have an "SO" and an esthetically pleasing UI is an important consideration for me. KDE and Gnome are certainly nice to look at. 8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Configuring X on Intel 82845 gl board
shatam bhattacharya wrote: > > > > On Sun, 15 May 2005 Kent West wrote : > >shatam bhattacharya wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 15 May 2005 Kent West wrote : > > > >I highly recommend you upgrade to Testing or Sid > > > As advised by you I am currently downloading sarge ISO images. > > > > >If you're on a network, don't bother with downloading the ISO images. > I am on the network through a DSL connection through ethernet card. > When I try apt-get update, it just hangs as --- > [0%] connecting to ftp.us.debian.org(1.0.0.0) > Most probably I haven't got the right configuration. Earlier I had a > proxy server(squid), hence I set the http_proxy environment variable, > but its not the case now. How do I configure a DSL Connection for apt. > Please note that the network is working as I can surf on the net and > ping sites from the console. Right now I am on XP as the X output is > terrible to say the least!!! > You can "surf on the net and ping sites from the console" in Debian or in XP? That information's not quite clear from your paragraph. What's the result of "ping ftp.us.debian.org"? What does your "/etc/apt/sources.list" file look like? What's the output of "ifconfig"? -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Debian is ugly -- package for beautification?
On Sunday 15 May 2005 10:02 pm, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2005-05-16, Hal Vaughan penned: > > On Sunday 15 May 2005 07:31 pm, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >> See, I thought about this, especially because Ron said "SO" instead > >> of some more gender-specific term. Either he's implying something > >> about the OP's female partner, or he's implying something about the > >> OP's gay male partner. Either way, it's a stereotype. > > > > No it isn't. I know a lot of Linuxers who have an SO (of either > > same or opposite gender) who don't like Linux for a number of > > reasons, including a UI they don't like because it isn't appealing. > > I know I, who have been using Linux for a number of years (almost > > exclusively) find it is much easier for me to work on with a > > pleasing UI -- I've even noticed that I get more done when I have a > > UI that "feels" good. > > Right, so when someone asks for a "prettier" interface and someone > else responds "Is that what's keeping your SO from using Linux?" -- > without ANY suggestion from the OP that the issue has ANYTHING to do > with their SO -- you don't think it's the least bit odd? I'm used to Ron, so the question is relative. If Lance Armstrong dresses up in a dress, it's odd. If Dennis Rodman does it, it is not odd. Behavior is relative to the person. If an odd person acts odd, I expect it. So, no, I don't think it's odd. (But the answer is often formed by asking the right question, so if you asked me if I think Ron's the least bit odd...) > The funny part is that he implied an insult to people who want a > "pleasing UI," and you don't even realize it. I've seen Ron on other lists. I'll be the first person in line to say he's a curmudgeon. He's quick to state his point of view, especially if it's not politically correct, or if it might start a discussion. BUT I'll also be the first person in line to say he will go out of his way to help someone. I've gotten into a number of debates with him and both of us are shocked if we ever agree on anything, but I also know if I post a message asking for help, he's always quick to help as much as he can. > > There's a difference to calling something BS when it is BS versus > > when one decides to be offended by it. > > Sure. > > Regardless, I'm done with this particular line of discussion. So you're saying your choice is that you have decided to be offended by this... Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange: Linux boots off a deleted partition [Was Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!]
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 03:17:31AM -0400, Deboo ^ wrote: > I did a trial on a smaller hard disk. Installed knoppix on it, > rebooted from the hdd to test it. Rebooted again from the Live CD and > (after taking down the Linux partition info) deleted the partitions > and created just one partition, and changed the type to bf (Solaris) > -- the same thing which happened with the other hard disk. > > Now I tried booting off the hard disk just to check and it booted > without problems. Strange because when I check with fdisk, this is > what I see: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/hdc > > Disk /dev/hdc: 3227 MB, 3227148288 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 392 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >/dev/hdc1 1 392 3148708+ bf Unknown > > > There was one Linx partition and a Swap partition which I deleted. > > Can someone explain this behavior? If this hard disk boots alright > then why doesn't the other hard drive boot when the same thing > (accidentally) happened to it? Not so strange ;-) If you're using lilo as boot manager, it saves on bootsector where the linux kernel physically is. So, even after erasing partition table, lilo finds the kernel again. Your previous linux partition was the first one. You deleted the partition table, not the partitions themselves. So linux kernel tried to mount /dev/hda1 as a filesystem, and as your old and your new partitions start at the same point, it worked. You only lost your swap partition. Everything's clear now ;-) Regards, Cyprien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Debian is ugly -- package for beautification?
On 2005-05-16, Hal Vaughan penned: > On Sunday 15 May 2005 07:31 pm, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> >> See, I thought about this, especially because Ron said "SO" instead >> of some more gender-specific term. Either he's implying something >> about the OP's female partner, or he's implying something about the >> OP's gay male partner. Either way, it's a stereotype. > > No it isn't. I know a lot of Linuxers who have an SO (of either > same or opposite gender) who don't like Linux for a number of > reasons, including a UI they don't like because it isn't appealing. > I know I, who have been using Linux for a number of years (almost > exclusively) find it is much easier for me to work on with a > pleasing UI -- I've even noticed that I get more done when I have a > UI that "feels" good. Right, so when someone asks for a "prettier" interface and someone else responds "Is that what's keeping your SO from using Linux?" -- without ANY suggestion from the OP that the issue has ANYTHING to do with their SO -- you don't think it's the least bit odd? The funny part is that he implied an insult to people who want a "pleasing UI," and you don't even realize it. > There's a difference to calling something BS when it is BS versus > when one decides to be offended by it. Sure. Regardless, I'm done with this particular line of discussion. -- monique Ask smart questions, get good answers: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Debian is ugly -- package for beautification?
On Sunday 15 May 2005 07:31 pm, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2005-05-15, Alex Malinovich penned: > > On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 10:42 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >> On 2005-05-14, Ron Johnson penned: > >> > Prettier??? Is that what's keeping your SO from using Linux? > >> > >> Stereotype much? > > > > You'll have to pardon me while I play devil's advocate here :), but > > the gender of the significant other wasn't specified (though it > > obviously may have been implied). And, since it wasn't, in-fact, > > specified, then your response could be construed as a stereotype of > > the gender of a significant other. > > See, I thought about this, especially because Ron said "SO" instead of > some more gender-specific term. Either he's implying something about > the OP's female partner, or he's implying something about the OP's gay > male partner. Either way, it's a stereotype. No it isn't. I know a lot of Linuxers who have an SO (of either same or opposite gender) who don't like Linux for a number of reasons, including a UI they don't like because it isn't appealing. I know I, who have been using Linux for a number of years (almost exclusively) find it is much easier for me to work on with a pleasing UI -- I've even noticed that I get more done when I have a UI that "feels" good. > I didn't say anything > about gender in my post. > > > p.s. In all fairness to Ron, he's never held back from speaking his > > mind on this list which, in my case at least, is why I value him so > > much as a member of the community. > > I don't have a problem with people speaking their minds; I also don't > have a problem calling BS when I see it. There's a difference to calling something BS when it is BS versus when one decides to be offended by it. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: partitioning help
Franklin Parlamis wrote: > i tried to partition my hard drive for a debian woody install. it is > just south of 80 Gb and IDE (from a Compaq EVO D510 I am tranferring > from Windows platform). i wanted to go with 6 partitions, which would > require using an extended type physical drive to put the logical > drives in. using cfdisk, i made hda1 bootable and type 83 (2 Gb), > hda2 type 82 (10 Gb). but when i tried to make hda3 an extended type > (05, i believe) it would not let me. any thoughts? my bios is compaq > 68602 v2.20. > You don't make the extended partition. With cfdisk, you create either Primary or Logical partitions. This question is asked when you create a new partition. You can only have one block of logical partitions. If you try to mix them up too much you might end up with unusable disk space (until you repartition your drive) - Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Woody -> Sarge apt-get dist-upgrade
Andy Hawkins wrote: >Hi all, > >Now that Sarge has entered freeze, I'm considering upgrading my Woody box to >it. This runs the firewall for my local network (connected via Ethernet >cable modem) handling mail (Exim v3 and fetchmail), news (newsstar and INN >v2.3.2), web proxy etc. > >Is the upgrade to Sarge relatively painless? Does it perform any major >software upgrades that might cause me problems? > > In Sarge, the default is exim4. There is a lot of major software upgrades that might cause you pains (configuration wise). Also, the recommended method of upgrading is not using apt-get, it is aptitude now. Read the Sarge Release Notes[1] for upgrade information. - Adam http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/releasenotes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Network scan
On Sunday 15 May 2005 1753, somebody named Alexandar Angelov inscribed this message: > Mark Roach wrote: > >On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 00:39 +0300, Alexandar Angelov wrote: > >>Do you know any command(script) to scan range from 192.168.35.1 to > >> 92.168.35.255 and return if port :80 , :21 and MAC Addr. > > > >nmap > > > >-Mark > > MAC? I think you might need to do a packet capture (ethereal, tcpdump) to get MAC addys, but I'm not exactly a networking guru. :^) NRH -- The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. - Mark Twain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mount a partition on a dir in the home of a user
i use debian sid recently i resized /dev/hda1 (winxp preinstalled in the notebook) in order to have more space available for my documents (my debian is on /dev/hda4) the new partition, /dev/hda5, should be mounted on /home/myuser/documents, a dir which has permissions 770 and owner myuser.myuser i wrote a new record in /etc/fstab: /dev/hda5 /home/myuser/documents ext3 defaults,user 0 0 the problem is that any time i reboot, permission and ownership on /home/myuser/documents are changed: root.root and 755, if i umount (as root) the partition the previous settings are restored (/home/myuser/documents 770 myuser.myuser) i read carefully man mount but could not find a solution, i changed several times the record relevant to /dev/hda5, now i have: /dev/hda5 /home/myuser/documents ext3 defaults,user,exec,dev,suid,grpid but cannot get ownership myuser.myuser, permissions 770. what should be the solution to this problem? (well, one could be lvm but i'd like to avoid messing around with a kernel which is already heavily patched) thanks aldo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Woody -> Sarge apt-get dist-upgrade
Hi all, Now that Sarge has entered freeze, I'm considering upgrading my Woody box to it. This runs the firewall for my local network (connected via Ethernet cable modem) handling mail (Exim v3 and fetchmail), news (newsstar and INN v2.3.2), web proxy etc. Is the upgrade to Sarge relatively painless? Does it perform any major software upgrades that might cause me problems? Thanks Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Good for Clustering?
Bob Freemer wrote: > I remember reading somewhere an apt-gettable or debian-specific project > for clustering. Rolling my own from openmosix is a pain. > > The CPU clustering is easy with the right kernel recompile, but I would > like to use the hard disks on multiple machines on the network as > something akin to a RAID-5 array, and have one large, redundant mount > available. This is part of some experimental medical systems trials, > and may have up to 10's or 100's of machines, each with 40+ GB hard > disks. A user-mode application should automatically rebuild/resize the > array if a given machine went down or was powered off. > > Does anyone know of any projects to do this? A focus on Debian and > apt-gettable packages strongly preferred! > > Bob > > Debian Cluster Components http://dcc.irb.hr -- The record for hitchhiking the galaxy is just under five years, but you don't get to see much on the way. http://www.journalhome.com/sfera/ http://sfera.no-ip.org:8880/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange: Linux boots off a deleted partition [Was Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!]
On Sun, 15 May 2005, Deboo ^ wrote: > Well, I just wanted to do a trial run of what I was to do on the drive > in question so I installed knoppix on this smaller drive, booted it to > test it is working, then booting off the knoppix CD again, I deleted > the partitions (the same thing that accidentally happened on the drive > in question). deleting the partition table after its been formatted still leaves the file system intact and functional if you have an alternative way ( knoppix ) to go looking at it how knoppix is finding the partition boundries is a separate issue, but my guess is, it's probably is looking at 0x448 - 0x512 and its corresponding entended partition definitions to recreate the "missing partition entries" > I created a single solaris partition and rebooted to > test the smaller hdd. But even after doing this twice, it still boots > without any problem booting the smaller disk should always work if you are using /dev/hda1 and no other partitions ( /tmp, /usr, /var, /opt, /home, (optional) /boot, ... ) > and right now I'm accessng the list thru the hdd > knoppx install which should not work (theoretically). it will(might) work ... knoppix does lots of [sanity] checking ... - and you;re saying it is booting off a disk that does NOT have any defined partitions, which was deleted after you had installed linux on it you're saying: "fdisk -l /dev/hda" is empty than there is no partitions defined, but i think there it could still work if the MBR is intact and the formated fs c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Debian is ugly -- package for beautification?
On 2005-05-15, Alex Malinovich penned: > > On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 10:42 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> On 2005-05-14, Ron Johnson penned: >> > >> > Prettier??? Is that what's keeping your SO from using Linux? >> > >> Stereotype much? > > You'll have to pardon me while I play devil's advocate here :), but > the gender of the significant other wasn't specified (though it > obviously may have been implied). And, since it wasn't, in-fact, > specified, then your response could be construed as a stereotype of > the gender of a significant other. See, I thought about this, especially because Ron said "SO" instead of some more gender-specific term. Either he's implying something about the OP's female partner, or he's implying something about the OP's gay male partner. Either way, it's a stereotype. I didn't say anything about gender in my post. > p.s. In all fairness to Ron, he's never held back from speaking his > mind on this list which, in my case at least, is why I value him so > much as a member of the community. I don't have a problem with people speaking their minds; I also don't have a problem calling BS when I see it. And back to the original topic, while I personally don't even run ?DM and whatnot, I think it's rather inappropriate to mock people for wanting certain characteristics in their linux installation. The idea of creating a Task to bundle a bunch of prettifying packages makes sense to me, *except* that I'm sure not everyone would agree on what makes things pretty. Perhaps instead, it could be a single script that prompted the user for decisions about the characteristics of their system, kind of like Bastille does. -- monique Ask smart questions, get good answers: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Matching ltmodem driver and kernel version
Hi Sages, I'm trying to find and install a pre-compiled driver for a WinModem. I have Sarge with 2.4.27-2-686 kernel. I looked at: http://www.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/heby/ltmodem/dists/debian/ but found packages only for 2.4.27-1-686 kernels. Can I use this one even though my kernel version is 2.4.27-2-686 or do I have to download and compile the sources ? Thanks Paulo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resolution setting for XDM with and LCD
Hi,
I installed Woody and have a problem when I start X. During the
installation I specified that I use an LCD monitor with a native
resolution of 1280x1024, but when I load twm or fvwm, the display is set
to 1280x960. In addition, the desktop image appears as a series of
alternating grey/dark grey horizontal lines (is it supposed to be a
solid color?). I tried using CTRL+ALT+{+,-} with no effect. Anyhow, I
just want to set the resolution to 1280x1024.
Here is the "Monitor" and "Screen" section in my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
(I haven't changed it since the install):
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30-60
VertRefresh 50-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Last question -- how can I use an image for a desktop? (I'm guessing
this a painfully simple answer)
Thanks,
NR
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Re: Network scan
Phil Dyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexandar Angelov said: Mark Roach wrote: Do you know any command(script) to scan range from 192.168.35.1 to 92.168.35.255 and return if port :80 , :21 and MAC Addr. nmap MAC? Sure. nmap will return the mac...if the scanned machine is on your subnet. - -- /phil -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCh8+GGbd/rBLcaFwRAmBzAJ0ZJkIgZcwKhkX+m9KzgxLA6CfWJQCgk9ln rgI3eOhsL4tggH0sxWH4LiM= =dw+8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Sorry to now i was with real ip (not 192.168.*.*) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Network scan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexandar Angelov said: > Mark Roach wrote: >>>Do you know any command(script) to scan range from 192.168.35.1 to >>>92.168.35.255 and return if port :80 , :21 and MAC Addr. >>> >>> >> >>nmap >> > MAC? Sure. nmap will return the mac...if the scanned machine is on your subnet. - -- /phil -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCh8+GGbd/rBLcaFwRAmBzAJ0ZJkIgZcwKhkX+m9KzgxLA6CfWJQCgk9ln rgI3eOhsL4tggH0sxWH4LiM= =dw+8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
partitioning help
i'm a true novice so apologies and thanks in advance. i tried to partition my hard drive for a debian woody install. it is just south of 80 Gb and IDE (from a Compaq EVO D510 I am tranferring from Windows platform). i wanted to go with 6 partitions, which would require using an extended type physical drive to put the logical drives in. using cfdisk, i made hda1 bootable and type 83 (2 Gb), hda2 type 82 (10 Gb). but when i tried to make hda3 an extended type (05, i believe) it would not let me. any thoughts? my bios is compaq 68602 v2.20. also, if anyone has experience using a linksys router to go wirelessly to an isp through a dsl modem, i am sure i will need help on that, so any references for that task would be appreciated. thanks. franklin parlamis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Good for Clustering?
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 11:24:06AM -0400, Bob Freemer wrote: > I remember reading somewhere an apt-gettable or debian-specific > project for clustering. Rolling my own from openmosix is a pain. > > The CPU clustering is easy with the right kernel recompile, but I > would like to use the hard disks on multiple machines on the network > as something akin to a RAID-5 array, and have one large, redundant > mount available. This is part of some experimental medical systems > trials, and may have up to 10's or 100's of machines, each with 40+ > GB hard disks. A user-mode application should automatically > rebuild/resize the array if a given machine went down or was powered > off. > > Does anyone know of any projects to do this? A focus on Debian and > apt-gettable packages strongly preferred! > > Bob Are you looking for clustering as in Beowolf?? http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/beowulf/tutorial/building.html Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Network scan
Mark Roach wrote: On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 00:39 +0300, Alexandar Angelov wrote: Do you know any command(script) to scan range from 192.168.35.1 to 92.168.35.255 and return if port :80 , :21 and MAC Addr. nmap -Mark MAC? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mount: mount point /media/cdrom0 does not exist
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 01:54:07PM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi, > I have multiple computers with debian installed. > > my /etc/fstab includes the lines > > /dev/hdd/media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/hdc/media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > > the /media directory has > cdrom floppy and floppy0 files. > > I have noticed that l can easily mount a cdrom on /dev/hdd (or /dev/hdc ) by > writing as superuser > mount /dev/hdd /mnt > mount /dev/hhc /mnt. > > However what I would expect to work > mount /media/cdrom0 or > mount /media/cdrom1 or > mount /dev/hdd or > mount /dev/hdc > > dont work, with message > mount: mount point /media/cdrom0 does not exist Well, do they exist? From what you wrote above, > the /media directory has > cdrom floppy and floppy0 files. it seems perhaps that they don't. > > Now I do have discover1 installed, as well as udev. This machine is running > sid, but I have noticed this malfeasance on many of my machines, some of > them servers running sarge. > > I have generally 'solved' this by getting rid of udev and creating the right > devices in /dev/ directory. Of course that it just circumventing the problem > not addresssing it. > > Ok, what should I be doing really??? > > Mitchell > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 04:17:57PM +0200, Matthias Kaeppler wrote: > Simon Huggins wrote: > >Xfce 4.2 won't make sarge. > I know. That's why I asked if it's worth waiting for the next shift, > because once Sarge becomes stable, it's likely that XFCE 4.2 will soon > be in the /new/ testing branch. Yeah sure. > >Xfce has official Debian packages in experimental right now so there is > >no need to use the os-works/os-cillation stuff. > Wrong. Sid (unstable) still has 4.0x. I want 4.2.x. Um, no read what I wrote. There are packages in _experimental_ in Debian. Have a look at: http://packages.debian.org/experimental/x11/xfce4 if you still don't believe me :p Simon. -- Black Cat Networks-( truth in search engines#4: do you )- UK domain, email and web hosting -(mean "kill my coworkerS"? -- )- http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk -( http://www.ntk.net/ )- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
On (15/05/05 13:45), Angelina Carlton wrote: > On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 04:14:04PM +0200, Matthias Kaeppler wrote: > > > Is there any means for telling apt that it should ignore the XFCE > > packages in the official repo and just use the ones from os-works? > > I don't want to break the deps. > > > > create if you dont already have one, /etc/apt/prefrences with these lines: > > Package: * > Pin: origin www.os-works.com > Pin-Priority: 999 > > Remove your debian packages, add the OS-Works sources: (testing if you > use sarge) > > #xfce4 from oscillation > deb http://www.os-works.com/debian unstable main > deb-src http://www.os-works.com/debian unstable main > > apt-get update > and then install xfce4 again, this time you will get the os-works > version > > Other than keeping an eye on the xfce4 mailing list for anything that > might change or affect this setup it has been trouble free for as long > as I have been using it. Hi Matthias xfce4.2 is in experimental (not sid) and I believe the debian maintainer would like you to test it. He asked me when I posted something about using the oscillation packages; however, I'm running amd64 which doesn't have an experimental release. Using an alternative source and making sure you get the corresponding packages: I just put the sources in after the debian mirror lines and 'aptitude update' collected the latest packages. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange: Linux boots off a deleted partition [Was Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!]
Deboo ^ wrote: I was already wared about such a thing and that's why I did this small trial. But now I am stuck what to do to get the data back ... other than by getting a newer hard drive ...which would be hard on the pocket for me. Again, attempting to duplicate a problem like this is problematic at best. I still think the fastest way to resolve the problem is direct examination of the disk, with a good disk editor. If I understand you correctly and your problem is not being confident of the fdisk -l output, then I would think the next step is to simply confirm everything you think you know about the problem by looking at the disk itself. This will enable you to verify what you suppose to be the correct partition table parameters. Then it should be safe to just fdisk the correct parameters and try to mount the drive read-only. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PLAIN/LOGIN auth over SSL woes
What I currently have working: Require CRAM-MD5 or DIGEST-MD5 authentication with or without SSL. What I want working: Require CRAM-MD5 or DIGEST-MD5 authentication without SSL. Additionally allow either LOGIN or PLAIN authentication with SSL (but specifically forbid LOGIN or PLAIN without SSL). I've tried various combinations of config options but never gotten what I want to work working. Below are relevant excerpts from my Debian sarge config files: /etc/mail/sendmail.mc - define(`confTLS_SRV_OPTIONS', `V') define(`confAUTH_REALM', `pauljlucas.org') define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5') TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5') ifelse(eval(sm_version_math >= 527360), `1', `dnl define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS',dnl `EXTERNAL 'defn(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS'))dnl TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`EXTERNAL') ) define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS',`A p y') /etc/mail/sasl/Sendmail.conf -- auto_transition: true pwcheck_method: auxprop auxprop_plugin: sasldb allowanonymouslogin: 0 allowplaintext: 0 mech_list: EXTERNAL DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 /etc/default/saslauthd -- MECHANISMS="pam" For what I have working, I apparently do NOT need to run saslauthd since everything works just fine without it. Questions: 1. If I want to allow either LOGIN or PLAIN, must I run saslauthd? If so, is the "pam" mechanism in /etc/default/saslauthd correct? If not, what should it be? I'd actually prefer not to be running another daemon if I can get away with it. 2. Do I need to add "LOGIN PLAIN" *everywhere* "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5" are currently mentioned? 3. Is Sendmail.conf correct? If not, what needs to change? Thanks. - Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Debian is ugly -- package for beautification?
On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 10:42 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2005-05-14, Ron Johnson penned: > > > > On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 09:55 -0400, Bob Freemer wrote: > > > >> high-resolution console bootup, etc. I agree these should not be > >> part of a default install, but is there a simple meta-package or > >> something that could customize the system scripts to make things a > >> bit "prettier?" > > > > Prettier??? Is that what's keeping your SO from using Linux? > > > > Stereotype much? You'll have to pardon me while I play devil's advocate here :), but the gender of the significant other wasn't specified (though it obviously may have been implied). And, since it wasn't, in-fact, specified, then your response could be construed as a stereotype of the gender of a significant other. But if I wasn't just playing devil's advocate here, I'd agree with your initial statement. :) p.s. In all fairness to Ron, he's never held back from speaking his mind on this list which, in my case at least, is why I value him so much as a member of the community. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Strange: Linux boots off a deleted partition [Was Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!]
On 5/15/05, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deboo ^ wrote: > > I did a trial on a smaller hard disk. Installed knoppix on it, > > rebooted from the hdd to test it. Rebooted again from the Live CD and > > (after taking down the Linux partition info) deleted the partitions > > and created just one partition, and changed the type to bf (Solaris) > > -- the same thing which happened with the other hard disk. > > > > Now I tried booting off the hard disk just to check and it booted > > without problems. Strange because when I check with fdisk, this is > > what I see: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/hdc > > > > Disk /dev/hdc: 3227 MB, 3227148288 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 392 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >/dev/hdc1 1 392 3148708+ bf Unknown > > > > > > There was one Linx partition and a Swap partition which I deleted. > > > > Can someone explain this behavior? If this hard disk boots alright > > then why doesn't the other hard drive boot when the same thing > > (accidentally) happened to it? > > > > Regards, > > Deboo > > The most obvious explanation is that the swap partition on your other > drive started at the first cylinder, but life is usually not that simple. > > Beyond that is guesswork, but in your first post you mentioned something > about having two drives when you thought only one was installed. You may > still not understand some problem in your original coinfiguration, making > adequate duplication of the original problem difficult at best. > > It's not clear what you are trying to accomplish. In another post you > claim to have the necessary partition table parameters to fix your > problem. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I just wanted to do a trial run of what I was to do on the drive in question so I installed knoppix on this smaller drive, booted it to test it is working, then booting off the knoppix CD again, I deleted the partitions (the same thing that accidentally happened on the drive in question). I created a single solaris partition and rebooted to test the smaller hdd. But even after doing this twice, it still boots without any problem and right now I'm accessng the list thru the hdd knoppx install which should not work (theoretically). There's no data to be worried about on this smaller drve but since on this drive, even after repartitioning twice, it's booting without a bit of any errors, I am not confident to proceed with setting the original partitions on the drive in question (even when I have the exact partition info). If I had a spare drive of a similar size or more (40 GB), I would have backed it up with dd but since I do not have, I tried this method and would have gone ahead with the 40GB drive if this smaller drive hadn't created problems. It's "not deleting" the partition is a worry ... an unpredictable thing which doesn't assure me that I would get back my partions on the 40GB drive if even if I put in the exact info. I was already wared about such a thing and that's why I did this small trial. But now I am stuck what to do to get the data back ... other than by getting a newer hard drive ...which would be hard on the pocket for me. Regards, Deboo P.S.: If you read the last few posts by me in that other post, you'll know why I did this. Sorry if I have confused anyone. -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.
Re: cdrecord and kernel 2.6.8-2-686
On 5/15/05, Andras Lorincz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should try > > cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI > > dev=ATA for me doesn't work. You also could edit /etc/xcdroast.conf > Now I discovered something strange: If I have not tried to start k3b, or k3bsetup since reboot, the command cdrecord 'dev=ATAPI -scanbus' gives this result: hjem:/home/vegard# cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Joerg Schilling NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version. Please send bug reports and support requests to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. The original author should not be bothered with problems of this version. cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.8-2-686 cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. cdrecord: Warning: Linux-2.6.8 introduced incompatible interface changes. cdrecord: Warning: SCSI transport does no longer work for suid root programs. cdrecord: Warning: if cdrecord fails, try to run it from a root account. scsidev: 'ATAPI' devname: 'ATAPI' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained. Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow. Using libscg version 'ubuntu-0.8ubuntu1'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial version of libscg (ubuntu-0.8ubuntu1 '@(#)scsitransp.c 1.91 04/06/17 Copyright 1988,1995,2000-2004 J. Schilling'). scsibus0: cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. 0,0,0 0) 'SONY' 'CDU5211 ' 'YYS2' Removable CD-ROM 0,1,0 1) 'LITE-ON ' 'LTR-48126S ' '2QS5' Removable CD-ROM 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) * 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * hjem:/home/vegard# Wich is alot better than nothing at all. Still, if I try to start k3b, the same command gives this output before the terminal hangs, not able to do any more commands. hjem:/home/vegard# cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Joerg Schilling NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version. Please send bug reports and support requests to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. The original author should not be bothered with problems of this version. cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.8-2-686 cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. cdrecord: Warning: Linux-2.6.8 introduced incompatible interface changes. cdrecord: Warning: SCSI transport does no longer work for suid root programs. cdrecord: Warning: if cdrecord fails, try to run it from a root account. scsidev: 'ATAPI' devname: 'ATAPI' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained. Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow. I wish to get k3b working because some of the users of this PC is not familiar with commandline use. [snip...] Does anyone see what might be wrong? Best regards, Vegard.
Re: mysql access setup
Hola ! On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 08:20:37AM -0400, stan wrote: > I need to make mysql accessable from all machines on my network. > > How do I do this under Debian? The same as under other distribution. :) > > Curently if I just do "mysql" on the machine I've installed it on, > I get connected, but if I do "mysql -h foo" even on foo, I get: > > ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO) > > What do I need to do to fix this? You need that "stan" user be allowed to access from other places besides "localhost" [ you can take a look at mysql.user table where stan user is allowed to access to mysql just from localhost]. i.e: to be able to log from anywhere: mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'stan'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpasswd'; To be able to log from your local network [192.168.1.0/24] just replace '%' to '192.168.1.%'. Saludos ! -- Matías Rollán <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: eth0: link down problem : SOLVED
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In pure frustration I unplugged all cables and repluggend them, with hub, fully connected... and the damn thing worked. That would seem to point to autonegotiation problems. This is a weak point in many linux ethernet drivers. If this keeps happening and you want to avoid this problem in the future, you can force the port speed with mii-tool (see the net-tools pkg) or recompile kernel (or module) with the port speed hardcoded. Also IIRC your particular ethernet ASIC, the Realtek rtl8139 has many flavors and there are several options in recent kernels to choose from. You may have one of the broken or oddball versions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange: Linux boots off a deleted partition [Was Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!]
Deboo ^ wrote: I did a trial on a smaller hard disk. Installed knoppix on it, rebooted from the hdd to test it. Rebooted again from the Live CD and (after taking down the Linux partition info) deleted the partitions and created just one partition, and changed the type to bf (Solaris) -- the same thing which happened with the other hard disk. Now I tried booting off the hard disk just to check and it booted without problems. Strange because when I check with fdisk, this is what I see: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/hdc Disk /dev/hdc: 3227 MB, 3227148288 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 392 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 1 392 3148708+ bf Unknown There was one Linx partition and a Swap partition which I deleted. Can someone explain this behavior? If this hard disk boots alright then why doesn't the other hard drive boot when the same thing (accidentally) happened to it? Regards, Deboo The most obvious explanation is that the swap partition on your other drive started at the first cylinder, but life is usually not that simple. Beyond that is guesswork, but in your first post you mentioned something about having two drives when you thought only one was installed. You may still not understand some problem in your original coinfiguration, making adequate duplication of the original problem difficult at best. It's not clear what you are trying to accomplish. In another post you claim to have the necessary partition table parameters to fix your problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What BackUPS?
Colin writes: > The UPS itself is suppose to last a long time. However, it is > recommended that the battery be replaced every three years. Which means they are using either crappy batteries or crappy chargers (or both). -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Customizing Xemacs for programming
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 01:33:57PM -0400, David wrote: > > Hi guys. I use Xemacs for programming in Java and I'm trying to figure out > how to configure the settings to do this: > -on start up, set automatically 3 windows within the frame. And be able to > specify the position and size of each window. > Something like this: > http://vsla.en.eresmas.com/pictures/screenshot.jpg try searching the emacs wiki: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki what you want, *I think*, is desktop.el or similar http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/SessionManagement if that fails, there is always the emacs mailing list archive you could search -- Angelina Carlton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mount: mount point /media/cdrom0 does not exist
Hi, I have multiple computers with debian installed. my /etc/fstab includes the lines /dev/hdd/media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdc/media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 the /media directory has cdrom floppy and floppy0 files. I have noticed that l can easily mount a cdrom on /dev/hdd (or /dev/hdc ) by writing as superuser mount /dev/hdd /mnt mount /dev/hhc /mnt. However what I would expect to work mount /media/cdrom0 or mount /media/cdrom1 or mount /dev/hdd or mount /dev/hdc dont work, with message mount: mount point /media/cdrom0 does not exist Now I do have discover1 installed, as well as udev. This machine is running sid, but I have noticed this malfeasance on many of my machines, some of them servers running sarge. I have generally 'solved' this by getting rid of udev and creating the right devices in /dev/ directory. Of course that it just circumventing the problem not addresssing it. Ok, what should I be doing really??? Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 04:14:04PM +0200, Matthias Kaeppler wrote: > Is there any means for telling apt that it should ignore the XFCE > packages in the official repo and just use the ones from os-works? > I don't want to break the deps. > create if you dont already have one, /etc/apt/prefrences with these lines: Package: * Pin: origin www.os-works.com Pin-Priority: 999 Remove your debian packages, add the OS-Works sources: (testing if you use sarge) #xfce4 from oscillation deb http://www.os-works.com/debian unstable main deb-src http://www.os-works.com/debian unstable main apt-get update and then install xfce4 again, this time you will get the os-works version Other than keeping an eye on the xfce4 mailing list for anything that might change or affect this setup it has been trouble free for as long as I have been using it. -- Angelina Carlton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: eth0: link down problem : SOLVED
In pure frustration I unplugged all cables and repluggend them, with hub, fully connected... and the damn thing worked. THANKS you all for the quikc reply Greetings RobFrom: Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 6:59 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: SPAM LOW: Re: eth0: link down problemHey,[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> As a newbie on linux I am pretty proud that I already have linux> running, apache, samba, dhcp are all up.. Yet I now came accross> something that I do not understand.> I had everything running and now, suddenly the ethernet cad is not> working anymore>> What I notice:> - When I plug in the cable, there is no light turning on (nor on the> linux server, nor on the hub connected to it)> - in the system log I see:> > eth0: Realtek rtl8139 `> > eth0: identified > > 8139cp: 10/100 pci ethernet driver 1.2> > . /*what happens in here?*/> > eth0: Link down>> Any suggestions ?> Can I just remove and 'reinstall' the network drivers ? How ?try '/etc/init.d/network restart'>> Please help, I am totally stuck here...>> Rob>>-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Customizing Xemacs for programming
Hi guys. I use Xemacs for programming in Java and I'm trying to figure out how to configure the settings to do this: -on start up, set automatically 3 windows within the frame. And be able to specify the position and size of each window. Something like this: http://vsla.en.eresmas.com/pictures/screenshot.jpg (Right now, when I close Xemacs the window layout is lost, not saved for next session). -I'd like to assign each window to receive specific buffers. For example, the main window will be for editing the program. The bottom window should be for debuging info, compiling info, use as a shell (e.g. connect to database..),etc. I'd like to use the small one on the right to display only buffers for 'buffer list' or 'expression completion'. I guess I'm asking too much, but if that's possible it'd be great. I don't know much about Xemacs; I've been playing for hours with the customize options but I cant find thw way to it. I don't know how that could be done in the 'init.el' or custom.el file. Any help would be massively appreciated. Thanx in advance. David. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
Matthias Kaeppler wrote: > Yes, I know os-cillation has them, but I usually don't like adding repos > which have packages which override the default ones (I fear apt being > broken by that). > > Is there any means for telling apt that it should ignore the XFCE > packages in the official repo and just use the ones from os-works? > I don't want to break the deps. > I took a look at their repository and it is an automatic repository. That means that they have their packages properly categorized by architecture, distribution, and so on. All you need to do is add the their repository to your sources.list and then pin the packages where you want them. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Problem with NTFS drive
On 5/14/05, Michael Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Summary: NTFS drive corrupted in unknown way, seeking advice and > perhaps a recommended data recovery/analysis tool or other next steps. > Long version: I only honestly lightly skimmed the long version. Anyway... There's a shareware program called FileScavanger that I used once on a failed Windows RAID array. Once the array was broken, Windows didn't seem to see a file-system. This utility managed to recover every file off of a properly configured array of the working drives. It's closed-source black-magic, but it worked for me. -- Adam Fabian ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: eth0: link down problem
On 5/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a newbie on linux I am pretty proud that I already have linux running, > apache, samba, dhcp are all up.. Yet I now came accross something that I do > not understand. > I had everything running and now, suddenly the ethernet cad is not working > anymore > > What I notice: > - When I plug in the cable, there is no light turning on (nor on the linux > server, nor on the hub connected to it) >From what I've seen, even disabling/setting down network interfaces leaves the light on. It sounds like a bad cable, loose connection, bent pin, something physical. If you want to mess with the software side of it, try man ifconfig. You'll also need a default route if it's your connection to the Internet. man route > > eth0: Link down > Any suggestions ? > Can I just remove and 'reinstall' the network drivers ? How ? Technically possible, but almost never solves anything, unlike Windows. Not much "magic" happens with a driver installation, so reinstalling does nothing unless the driver file was corrupted. The Linux kernel is good at probing the hardware, and if it fails, you have to add extra parameters to point it in the right direction, or stop probing for something, etc. It looks like the hardware was probed and discovered just fine and that the driver was loaded. -- Adam Fabian ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: eth0: link down problem
Hey, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As a newbie on linux I am pretty proud that I already have linux > running, apache, samba, dhcp are all up.. Yet I now came accross > something that I do not understand. > I had everything running and now, suddenly the ethernet cad is not > working anymore > > What I notice: > - When I plug in the cable, there is no light turning on (nor on the > linux server, nor on the hub connected to it) > - in the system log I see: > > eth0: Realtek rtl8139 ` > > eth0: identified > > 8139cp: 10/100 pci ethernet driver 1.2 > > . /*what happens in here?*/ > > eth0: Link down > > Any suggestions ? > Can I just remove and 'reinstall' the network drivers ? How ? try '/etc/init.d/network restart' > > Please help, I am totally stuck here... > > Rob > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Good for Clustering?
Incoming from Bob Freemer: > I remember reading somewhere an apt-gettable or debian-specific project > for clustering. Rolling my own from openmosix is a pain. Caveat: I'm stepping in here as an interested dilettante. I don't know about Debian, however, I've a paper in front of me entitled, "In Search of Clusters for High Performance Computing Education" by Paul Gray and Sarah Miller , Dept. of CS, Univ. Northern Iowa. In it, they mention, "The Bootable Cluster CD". See http://bccd.cs.uni.edu,2004 (?!?). He mentions Knoppix, so perhaps it's related. fwiw. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian is ugly -- package for beautification?
Wim De Smet wrote: On 5/14/05, Ryan D. Egeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quick one as I couldn't find elsewhere. Libranet, ubuntu, knoppix, etc. all have very nice login prompts, default color for "ls," high-resolution console bootup, etc. I agree these should not be part of a default install, but is there a simple meta-package or something that could customize the system scripts to make things a bit "prettier?" Bob I think they almost all use framebuffer while debian does not. So as somebody else said, you're probably going to have to recompile your kernel to get the same result. I don't think so. My Sarge installations just have vga=773 in the lilo stanza to switch on fb mode. I've never compiled a Sarge kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
eth0: link down problem
As a newbie on linux I am pretty proud that I already have linux running, apache, samba, dhcp are all up.. Yet I now came accross something that I do not understand. I had everything running and now, suddenly the ethernet cad is not working anymore What I notice: - When I plug in the cable, there is no light turning on (nor on the linux server, nor on the hub connected to it) - in the system log I see: > eth0: Realtek rtl8139 ` > eth0: identified > ... > .. > 8139cp: 10/100 pci ethernet driver 1.2 > . > eth0: Link down Any suggestions ? Can I just remove and 'reinstall' the network drivers ? How ? Please help, I am totally stuck here... Rob
Re: Configuring X on Intel 82845 gl board
>If you're on a network, don't bother with downloading the ISO images. >Just change your "/etc/apt/sources.list" file to change all occurences >of "stable" to "sarge" (except the security line; leave it at "stable"), >then run the two commands "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". How do I configure apt for a DSL connection. I am connected to the internet through a DSL connection and ethernet card. >Sounds like you either made ext2 support a module, or you did not >include it at all. yes you are right. I had skipped the ext2 module support, i will try again. >Once you do the apt-get update/dist-upgrade as mentioned above, you can >easily get a pre-built 2.4 kernel with "apt-cache search >kernel-image-2.4" to see which versions are available, then "apt-get >install kernel-image-2-4". I am on XP right now as the X output is terrible. plz help Shatam Bhattacharya New Delhi, India
Re: Configuring X on Intel 82845 gl board
>If you're on a network, don't bother with downloading the ISO images. >Just change your "/etc/apt/sources.list" file to change all occurences >of "stable" to "sarge" (except the security line; leave it at "stable"), >then run the two commands "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". How do I configure apt for a DSL connection. I am connected to the internet through a DSL connection and ethernet card. >Sounds like you either made ext2 support a module, or you did not >include it at all. yes you are right. I had skipped the ext2 module support, i will try again. >Once you do the apt-get update/dist-upgrade as mentioned above, you can >easily get a pre-built 2.4 kernel with "apt-cache search >kernel-image-2.4" to see which versions are available, then "apt-get >install kernel-image-2-4". I am on XP right now as the X output is terrible. plz help Shatam Bhattacharya New Delhi, India
Re: Asus *A7V* motherboard and Promise RAID bios patch on Linux?
On Sunday 15 May 2005 16:22, Lee Braiden wrote: > On Sunday 15 May 2005 15:57, Bob Freemer wrote: > > The "RAID" chip on most motherboards, including the K7V, is really done > > by a software driver. OOPS, I meant to write *A7V* rather than K7V :) -- Lee. Please send replies to the list, not to my email address. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
Simon Huggins wrote: Xfce 4.2 won't make sarge. I know. That's why I asked if it's worth waiting for the next shift, because once Sarge becomes stable, it's likely that XFCE 4.2 will soon be in the /new/ testing branch. Xfce has official Debian packages in experimental right now so there is no need to use the os-works/os-cillation stuff. Simon. Wrong. Sid (unstable) still has 4.0x. I want 4.2.x. -- Matthias Kaeppler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
Elimar Riesebieter wrote: On Sun, 15 May 2005 the mental interface of Matthias Kaeppler told: Hi, I guess XFCE 4.2 will not make it into Debian testing until Sarge goes stable? If that is the case, how long do you think it will /roughly/ take until this will happen? A rough approximation would be enough, so I can decide whether it is worth to take the additional trouble and install from an unofficial repo. # Xfce from os-cillation deb http://www.os-works.com/debian testing main deb-src http://www.os-works.com/debian testing main Elimar Yes, I know os-cillation has them, but I usually don't like adding repos which have packages which override the default ones (I fear apt being broken by that). Is there any means for telling apt that it should ignore the XFCE packages in the official repo and just use the ones from os-works? I don't want to break the deps. -- Matthias Kaeppler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: Configuring X on Intel 82845 gl board
On Sun, 15 May 2005 Kent West wrote : >shatam bhattacharya wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 15 May 2005 Kent West wrote : > > >shatam bhattacharya wrote: > > > > > > > I am having trouble in configuring X on my system. > > > > > >I highly recommend you upgrade to Testing or Sid > > As advised by you I am currently downloading sarge ISO images. > > >If you're on a network, don't bother with downloading the ISO images. >Just change your "/etc/apt/sources.list" file to change all occurences >of "stable" to "sarge" (except the security line; leave it at "stable"), >then run the two commands "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". > > > By the way I tried to recompile 2.4; All went well, but on > > booting(with grub) it displays an error -- > > file system is ext2. File system not supported. > > >Sounds like you either made ext2 support a module, or you did not >include it at all. > >Once you do the apt-get update/dist-upgrade as mentioned above, you can >easily get a pre-built 2.4 kernel with "apt-cache search >kernel-image-2.4" to see which versions are available, then "apt-get >install kernel-image-2-4". > >-- >Kent > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Shatam Bhattacharya New Delhi, India
Re: Building a custom version of wget
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: John Kirkland wrote: Hi, folks. I'm fairly new to debian (having used Mandrake for a few years), but find myself in need of a little help. Using the apt tools, I'd like to rebuild "wget" to enable the downloading files greater that 2GBytes in size. I understand that it's required that I pass "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 " as an option to the compiler. I assume this has to be done using a parameter to apt-build, but I don't see where it can be passed. I've gotten as far as "apt-build install wget". This has worked successfully, but obviously, without the large file support. Any hints/help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Personally, I would 'apt-get source wget', change into the resulting directory, and modify the call to configure inside of debian/rules. I would also add a new entry to debian/changelog with a /different/ version number, so that you don't collide with whatever is in the official repository. For example, the current version of wget is 1.9.1-11 (in Sarge). I would add a changelog entry (you can do this by copying one already in there, or using debchange --version ) with the version number 1.9.1-11.0sanchez1. This will make sure that future revisions from Debian have the opportunity to upgrade yours (you prevent that frmo happening by placing the package on hold in your package management program). This also lets you make additional changes to the same version by incrementing the very last number. Let me know if any of this does not make sense. -Roberto Thanks, Roberto. It did make sense. All seems to be well, so I'll wait until tomorrow morning to see if the wget job worked properly. -- John Kirkland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mysql access setup
> I need to make mysql accessable from all machines on my network. > How do I do this under Debian? > Curently if I just do "mysql" on the machine I've installed it on, > I get connected, but if I do "mysql -h foo" even on foo, I get: > ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO) GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON YourDB.* TO stan@'%'; flush priviledges; By the way, its better to keep a host, user and database access level ACL Cheers Shatam Bhattacharya New Delhi, India
Re: Configuring X on Intel 82845 gl board
shatam bhattacharya wrote: > > > > On Sun, 15 May 2005 Kent West wrote : > >shatam bhattacharya wrote: > > > > > I am having trouble in configuring X on my system. > > > >I highly recommend you upgrade to Testing or Sid > As advised by you I am currently downloading sarge ISO images. > If you're on a network, don't bother with downloading the ISO images. Just change your "/etc/apt/sources.list" file to change all occurences of "stable" to "sarge" (except the security line; leave it at "stable"), then run the two commands "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". > By the way I tried to recompile 2.4; All went well, but on > booting(with grub) it displays an error -- > file system is ext2. File system not supported. > Sounds like you either made ext2 support a module, or you did not include it at all. Once you do the apt-get update/dist-upgrade as mentioned above, you can easily get a pre-built 2.4 kernel with "apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4" to see which versions are available, then "apt-get install kernel-image-2-4". -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Configuring X on Intel 82845 gl board
On Sun, 15 May 2005 Kent West wrote : >shatam bhattacharya wrote: > > > I am having trouble in configuring X on my system. I am using the > > following configuration > > -Intel 82845 GL motherboard > > > > uname -r says > > 2.2.20-idepci > > > > XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System > > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) > > Release Date: 21 December 2001 > > > >I highly recommend you upgrade to Testing or Sid (unless you have some >reason to stay on Woody, assuming that's what you're running). You'll >get a newer version of X, and a 2.4 kernel is just an apt-get install >away instead of having to compile your own. >If for some reason you don't want to upgrade to Testing, please >provide more info. Is it just the apg/drm modules you're having >trouble with, or >is X not starting at all, or something else entirely? What errors are >you getting? Actually I managed to start X with VGA configuration. But the throughput is very minimal. Also when i start X on i810 configuration, it displays an error stating "Fatal Error : Screen found but no usable configuration" As advised by you I am currently downloading sarge ISO images. By the way I tried to recompile 2.4; All went well, but on booting(with grub) it displays an error -- file system is ext2. File system not supported. Any suggestion on where I may be going wrong?? thanks Shatam Bhattacharya New Delhi, India
Re: cdrecord invocation under kernel-2.6.11
Ishwar Rattan wrote: > I have a linux box with an IDE cd-rw on secondary master > (/dev/hdc), some how cdrecord balks at this device: > > # cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=/dev/hdc cdimage > > it does not like dev=/dev/hdc, so what is the correct > device here? That only works with 2.6 kernels. If you don't have a 2.6 kernel, you have to do a "cdrecord -scanbus" and use the 0,0,X number of the burner that you want to use like: cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,0,X cdimage.iso If "cdrecord -scanbus" doesn't show anything and you don't have a 2.6 kernel, then you have to try and set up your CD-RW as a SCSI device on an IDE port (a pain in the *ss). If nothing shows up and you have a 2.6 kernel, try "cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATA" and see if they show up. Hope this helps. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What BackUPS?
Nacho wrote: > By the way, how many years is expected a UPS to last? the one I have is now 4 > years old, it works ok, but I don't know if it would be a good idea to buy a > new one "just to be safe". The UPS itself is suppose to last a long time. However, it is recommended that the battery be replaced every three years. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What BackUPS?
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 10:55:34AM -0400, Colin wrote: >> >>I use the apcupsd package to shutdown the computer before the battery runs >>out. > > It doesn't seem to work for me. > After a while running and responding, the daemon seems to die, or stall. > For example, in the first time I use apcaccess (right after booting) it > works. But after some time, it stalls and doesn't respond. > Trying to restart apcupsd also doesn't work. I've never used apcaccess. I think the apcupsd daemon automatically starts running after you install the package and when you boot the machine. > I run sid, and I've been compiling kernels from kernel.org (I believe this > may be > the reason). What are you running (kernel and version of Debian)? I run sarge and I'm using 2.6.11.8 from kernel.org. I get the occasional message that my power has failed so I think it's working correctly. As the other poster said, you could try the nut package as an alternative. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian Good for Clustering?
I remember reading somewhere an apt-gettable or debian-specific project for clustering. Rolling my own from openmosix is a pain. The CPU clustering is easy with the right kernel recompile, but I would like to use the hard disks on multiple machines on the network as something akin to a RAID-5 array, and have one large, redundant mount available. This is part of some experimental medical systems trials, and may have up to 10's or 100's of machines, each with 40+ GB hard disks. A user-mode application should automatically rebuild/resize the array if a given machine went down or was powered off. Does anyone know of any projects to do this? A focus on Debian and apt-gettable packages strongly preferred! Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus K7V motherboard and Promise RAID bios patch on Linux?
On Sunday 15 May 2005 15:57, Bob Freemer wrote: > The "RAID" chip on most motherboards, including the K7V, is really done > by a software driver. You can do software RAID in linux from any IDE > channels, making the "RAID" chip uselesss. However, some of the RAID > motherboards have extra IDE channels. This IS useful, as you can add > more disks to your array. Oh, is that all the K7V RAID does? Aye, may as well just use software then. At least I don't feel so bad about having the Promise controller "dumbed down" on this model by changing a single wire. Thanks :) -- Lee. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Kernel Panic on my new custom kernel
> I had the same problem building 2.6.11, and solved it with the --initrd > option like Peter mentioned: > > make-kpkg clean; make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image > > Note that if you use this option with pristine sources (not Debian's) then > you need to change /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf (see man mkinitrd.conf): > > MKIMAGE='genromfs -d %s -f %s' > I am not using make-kpkg to compile my kernel i am just using make xconfig O=/home/jon/build/... make O=/home/jon/build/... sudo make O=/home/jon/build/... modules_install install is there a way to use the --initrd option here ? or do i need to use make-kpkg ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mysql access setup
stan wrote: > I need to make mysql accessable from all machines on my network. > > How do I do this under Debian? > > Curently if I just do "mysql" on the machine I've installed it on, > I get connected, but if I do "mysql -h foo" even on foo, I get: > > ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO) > > What do I need to do to fix this? > Do you have a user "stan" in your mysql database on the remote machine? You should also use a password as remote access requires it. /KS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus K7V motherboard and Promise RAID bios patch on Linux?
Lee Braiden wrote: I'm thinking of patching my Asus K7V motherboard (which has a promise ATA-100 controller onboard) with a modified Promise BIOS that allows it to become a RAID controller. This can also be done by grounding one of the chip's pins, whereupon the BIOS will recognise the controller as RAID and use it accordingly, but the modified BIOS doesn't bother with the check, and just works without hardware modification. So what I'm wondering is: if I modify the BIOS so it thinks it's a RAID chip, will Linux recognise it as RAID, or does it bypass the Promise BIOS anyway? The "RAID" chip on most motherboards, including the K7V, is really done by a software driver. You can do software RAID in linux from any IDE channels, making the "RAID" chip uselesss. However, some of the RAID motherboards have extra IDE channels. This IS useful, as you can add more disks to your array. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!
Deboo writes: > Someone mentioned that it's theoretically possible to reconstruct and get > all data back. Nothing theoretical about it. If all you did was repartition all you did was write a new partition table to the MBR. The data was not touched. Put the MBR back the way it was and you're fine. > How much is it practically possible... If you only altered the MBR you can recover everything. > ...what are the reasons for failure, provided I do it very methodically > and have the exact partition info? When does this "may lose data" come in > to picture? Please explain. You made a mistake once: you might do so again. The hardware might fail. The software might have a bug. Back up the disk with dd before you start (if possible). -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Building a custom version of wget
John Kirkland wrote: > Hi, folks. > > I'm fairly new to debian (having used Mandrake for a few years), but > find myself in need of a little help. > > Using the apt tools, I'd like to rebuild "wget" to enable the > downloading files greater that 2GBytes in size. I understand that it's > required that I pass "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 " as an option to the > compiler. > > I assume this has to be done using a parameter to apt-build, but I don't > see where it can be passed. I've gotten as far as "apt-build install > wget". This has worked successfully, but obviously, without the large > file support. > > Any hints/help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > Personally, I would 'apt-get source wget', change into the resulting directory, and modify the call to configure inside of debian/rules. I would also add a new entry to debian/changelog with a /different/ version number, so that you don't collide with whatever is in the official repository. For example, the current version of wget is 1.9.1-11 (in Sarge). I would add a changelog entry (you can do this by copying one already in there, or using debchange --version ) with the version number 1.9.1-11.0sanchez1. This will make sure that future revisions from Debian have the opportunity to upgrade yours (you prevent that frmo happening by placing the package on hold in your package management program). This also lets you make additional changes to the same version by incrementing the very last number. Let me know if any of this does not make sense. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Building a custom version of wget
Hi, folks. I'm fairly new to debian (having used Mandrake for a few years), but find myself in need of a little help. Using the apt tools, I'd like to rebuild "wget" to enable the downloading files greater that 2GBytes in size. I understand that it's required that I pass "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 " as an option to the compiler. I assume this has to be done using a parameter to apt-build, but I don't see where it can be passed. I've gotten as far as "apt-build install wget". This has worked successfully, but obviously, without the large file support. Any hints/help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- John Kirkland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Configuring X on Intel 82845 gl board
Kent West wrote: -Intel 82845 GL motherboard uname -r says 2.2.20-idepci I highly recommend you upgrade to Testing or Sid (unless you have some reason to stay on Woody, assuming that's what you're running). You'll get a newer version of X, and a 2.4 kernel is just an apt-get install away instead of having to compile your own. I agree that he should run Sarge (currently testing), however, woody does have a 2.4 kernel, both selectable during installation by putting bf2.4 on the command line (much the same way "linux26" installs 2.6 with d-i) or apt-getable as either the bf variety or Xu's 2.4 kernel packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 03:43:23PM +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2005 the mental interface of > Matthias Kaeppler told: > > I guess XFCE 4.2 will not make it into Debian testing until Sarge > > goes stable? If that is the case, how long do you think it will > > /roughly/ take until this will happen? A rough approximation would > > be enough, so I can decide whether it is worth to take the > > additional trouble and install from an unofficial repo. Xfce 4.2 won't make sarge. > # Xfce from os-cillation > deb http://www.os-works.com/debian testing main > deb-src http://www.os-works.com/debian testing main Xfce has official Debian packages in experimental right now so there is no need to use the os-works/os-cillation stuff. Simon. -- oOoOo "Ahh.. Very passable, this, very passable." - Monty Python oOoOo oOoOooOoOo oOoOo oOoOo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
On Sun, 15 May 2005 the mental interface of Matthias Kaeppler told: > Hi, > > I guess XFCE 4.2 will not make it into Debian testing until Sarge goes stable? > > If that is the case, how long do you think it will /roughly/ take until this > will happen? A rough approximation would be enough, so I can decide whether > it > is worth to take the additional trouble and install from an unofficial repo. # Xfce from os-cillation deb http://www.os-works.com/debian testing main deb-src http://www.os-works.com/debian testing main Elimar -- On the keyboard of life you have always to keep a finger at the escape key;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Configuring X on Intel 82845 gl board
shatam bhattacharya wrote: > I am having trouble in configuring X on my system. I am using the > following configuration > -Intel 82845 GL motherboard > > uname -r says > 2.2.20-idepci > > XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) > Release Date: 21 December 2001 > I highly recommend you upgrade to Testing or Sid (unless you have some reason to stay on Woody, assuming that's what you're running). You'll get a newer version of X, and a 2.4 kernel is just an apt-get install away instead of having to compile your own. If for some reason you don't want to upgrade to Testing, please provide more info. Is it just the apg/drm modules you're having trouble with, or is X not starting at all, or something else entirely? What errors are you getting? -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
Hi, I guess XFCE 4.2 will not make it into Debian testing until Sarge goes stable? If that is the case, how long do you think it will /roughly/ take until this will happen? A rough approximation would be enough, so I can decide whether it is worth to take the additional trouble and install from an unofficial repo. Thanks. -- Matthias Kaeppler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mysql access setup
I need to make mysql accessable from all machines on my network. How do I do this under Debian? Curently if I just do "mysql" on the machine I've installed it on, I get connected, but if I do "mysql -h foo" even on foo, I get: ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO) What do I need to do to fix this? -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to see memory usage?
On Sun, 15 May 2005 the mental interface of John Plate told: > Hi > > How can I see the memory usage for each running process? apt-get install htop Elimar -- Learned men are the cisterns of knowledge, not the fountainheads ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to see memory usage?
--- John Plate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > How can I see the memory usage for each running process? > > Thanks > John > Try 'top'. HTH, ib The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Book review by Ambrose Bierce. __ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to see memory usage?
Hi How can I see the memory usage for each running process? Thanks John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Asus K7V motherboard and Promise RAID bios patch on Linux?
I'm thinking of patching my Asus K7V motherboard (which has a promise ATA-100 controller onboard) with a modified Promise BIOS that allows it to become a RAID controller. This can also be done by grounding one of the chip's pins, whereupon the BIOS will recognise the controller as RAID and use it accordingly, but the modified BIOS doesn't bother with the check, and just works without hardware modification. So what I'm wondering is: if I modify the BIOS so it thinks it's a RAID chip, will Linux recognise it as RAID, or does it bypass the Promise BIOS anyway? -- Lee. Please send replies to the list, not to my email address. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apache2 error log
Hi, I get this error in the log when trying to start apache 2.0.54 [crit] (22)Invalid argument: mod_rewrite: Could not set permissions on rewrite)log_lock: check User and Group directives Configuration Failed Thanks ___ Build your own website, it's easy and fun. http://www.homemaster.net - Homemaster. Come Together. Online. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with Video Adapter
On 5/14/05, Romulo Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I installed a GeForce4 64M Ti and load the module rivafb throughtout > the modconf. I can't initiate the X server. And now I can't disable > the "rivafb" from modconf cuz it is used even as single user. How can > I fix that? I have a similar problem. I upgraded to discover 2 recently and noticed that it uses different configuration files. This as lead the module rivafb to be loaded again while I was previously using the (compiled by myself via the appropriate packages) nvidia module. This then caused the nvidia module not to load anymore. I haven't been able to find how to indicate discover not to load the rivafb module anymore, the docs are not really usable to me and putting "skip rivafb" in a lot of places where they seemed appropriate (the new discover 2 conf files) had no effect at all. So, in the end I resigned myself to a very dirty thing and simply erased rivafb.ko from my hard drive (it is in /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/riva or a similar path). This is clearly not a clean thing to do, but it works. I desperately searched for useful documentation about discover2 configuration, but this looks very clumsy and strangely organized to me. Regards, Laurent
Re: cdrecord invocation under kernel-2.6.11
Try dev=ATA:X,X,X or dev=ATA:X,X,X where X,X,X is replaced by 1,0,0 if your cdrw is hdc On 5/15/05, Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a linux box with an IDE cd-rw on secondary master > (/dev/hdc), some how cdrecord balks at this device: > > # cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=/dev/hdc cdimage > > it does not like dev=/dev/hdc, so what is the correct > device here? > > -ishwar > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: cdrecord and kernel 2.6.8-2-686
You should try cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI dev=ATA for me doesn't work. You also could edit /etc/xcdroast.conf > cdrecord -scanbus shows this: > > hjem:~# cdrecord -scanbus > Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 > Joerg Schilling > NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord > and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version. > Please send bug reports and support requests to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > The original author should not be bothered with problems of this > version. > > cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.8-2-686 > cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. > cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. > cdrecord: Warning: Linux-2.6.8 introduced incompatible interface changes. > cdrecord: Warning: SCSI transport does no longer work for suid root programs. > cdrecord: Warning: if cdrecord fails, try to run it from a root account. > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot > open SCSI driver. > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. > cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'. > cdrecord: > cdrecord: For more information, install the cdrtools-doc > cdrecord: package and read /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup . > hjem:~# > > and lsmod this: > hjem:~# lsmod > Module SizeUsed by > ipv6 2646448 > lp 11176 0 > af_packet 22568 2 > parport_pc 369001 > parport 41800 2 lp,parport_pc > floppy61200 0 > evdev 9600 0 > pcspkr3592 0 > rtc 12760 0 > pci_hotplug 34640 0 > intel_agp228161 > ehci_hcd32004 0 > ohci_hcd217640 > uhci_hcd33136 0 > usbcore1190125 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd > 3c59x 39368 0 > capability 45200 > commoncap 7232 1 capability > snd_ens137124932 0 > snd_rawmidi 25124 1 snd_ens1371 > snd_seq_device 82001 snd_rawmidi > snd_pcm_oss 55080 0 > snd_mixer_oss 20096 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_pcm 98728 2 snd_ens1371,snd_pcm_oss > snd_page_alloc 11752 1 snd_pcm > snd_timer 25668 1 snd_pcm > snd_ac97_codec 699881 snd_ens1371 > snd 57156 8 > snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec > soundcore 10336 1 snd > gameport47041 snd_ens1371 > nvidia 3923228 12 > agpgart 34664 2 intel_agp,nvidia > ide_cd 42656 0 > cdrom 40732 1 ide_cd > ext3 127240 2 > jbd 62616 1 ext3 > mbcache 9348 1 ext3 > ide_generic 14080 > piix 13440 1 > ide_disk 19296 5 > ide_core 139940 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,piix,ide_disk > sd_mod 21728 0 > ata_piix8132 0 > libata 41700 1 ata_piix > scsi_mod125228 2 sd_mod,libata > unix 28756 152 > font 8320 0 > vesafb 6656 0 > cfbcopyarea 3872 1 vesafb > cfbimgblt 3040 1 vesafb > cfbfillrect 3776 1 vesafb > hjem:~# > >
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Re: cdrecord invocation under kernel-2.6.11
On 15/05/05, Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a linux box with an IDE cd-rw on secondary master > (/dev/hdc), some how cdrecord balks at this device: > > # cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=/dev/hdc cdimage > > it does not like dev=/dev/hdc, so what is the correct > device here? what error message do you get? as the above command works fine for me using 2.6.11 on sid. Cheers Adam
Re: cdrecord invocation under kernel-2.6.11
What kernel are you using? I think this will work only with 2.6 kernels (because those don't need scsi emulation). One test - what happens when you type "eject /dev/hdc" - Does the CDR tray open. cheers, Robert On Sun, 15 May 2005 00:11:58 -0400 (EDT) Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a linux box with an IDE cd-rw on secondary master > (/dev/hdc), some how cdrecord balks at this device: > > # cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=/dev/hdc cdimage > > it does not like dev=/dev/hdc, so what is the correct > device here? > > -ishwar > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Strange: Linux boots off a deleted partition [Was Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!]
I did a trial on a smaller hard disk. Installed knoppix on it, rebooted from the hdd to test it. Rebooted again from the Live CD and (after taking down the Linux partition info) deleted the partitions and created just one partition, and changed the type to bf (Solaris) -- the same thing which happened with the other hard disk. Now I tried booting off the hard disk just to check and it booted without problems. Strange because when I check with fdisk, this is what I see: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/hdc Disk /dev/hdc: 3227 MB, 3227148288 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 392 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 1 392 3148708+ bf Unknown There was one Linx partition and a Swap partition which I deleted. Can someone explain this behavior? If this hard disk boots alright then why doesn't the other hard drive boot when the same thing (accidentally) happened to it? Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.
Re: Firefox extension and themes install
Jonathan Kaye wrote:
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En/La Freddy Freeloader ha escrit, a 14/05/05 17:41:
| Jonathan Kaye wrote:
|
| En/La Freddy Freeloader ha escrit, a 14/05/05 16:30:
| | Is anyone else running across the following problem?
| |
| | Ever since Firefox changed the install routine for themes and
| extensions
| | due to a vulnerability I've been unable to install any themes or
| | extensions as a regular user. I can install them if I su to root
and
| | start Firefox from the bash shell or if I run Firefox as root, but
then
| | any extensions or themes installed don't apply to my regular user
| | profile. I've tried playine around with copying the entire
| | .mozilla/firefox directory from /root and changing owner and group
| | permissions on it so my user account has access but that only
creates a
| | non-usable browser so I have to uninstall and reinstall again.
| | What happens is that the install routines for extensions/themes
| begin as
| | normal but fail silently. I can find no errors in any logs, and the
| | extensions directory remains empty. I'm assuming this is because
| | something has changed in the Firefox is using file permissions since
| the
| | extensions are installed in /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox and a regular
user
| | doesn't have write permissions there.
| | I went to the Firefox support forums and one of the moderators
told me
| | that this problem would be fixed in the 1.0.4 release so when the
1.0.4
| | package was placed in unstable I installed it from there by
downloading
| | the package and using dpkg to install it. (I am running Sarge.)
| | I'm getting no response worth mentioning from the Firefox people so I
| | thought I'd ask here if anyone else is seeing this too and what your
| | workaround was.
| |
| Hi Freddy,
| I'm running Sarge (2.6.8) and Firefox 1.0.4. I have the following
| extensions: Launchy, DictionarySearch, Linky and Adblock.
| AFAIK they all are installed in
| ~/.mozilla/firefox/default.mq3/extensions/
| I always run Firefox as a normal user and never as root. I never touch
| /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox and so permission issues don't arise.
| Cheers,
| Jonathan
|>
|>
| I beg to differ with you that nothing is written in
| /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox during the install of extensions. I am
pasting
| the output from ls below.
My mistake, Freddy. I should have said that nothing is written in MY
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox. In fact that folder doesn't even exist on my
system. I should mention that I don't install firefox as a debian
package but download directly from the firefox site. I wind up with a
/tmp/firefox-installer directory which I copy to the /opt folder, change
its name to /opt/firefox (after renaming the previous version
"firefox.old".
| Job:/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox# ls
| chrome iconslibsoftokn3.so res
| components libmozjs.so libssl3.so
| run-mozilla.sh
| components.ini libnspr4.so libxpcom_compat.so
| searchplugins
| defaultslibnss3.so libxpcom.so
xpcshell
| defaults.inilibnssckbi.solibxpistub.so
xpicleanup
| extensions libplc4.so mozilla-firefox-xremote-client xpidl
| firefox libplds4.so plugins
xpt_dump
| firefox-bin libsmime3.so regchrome
xpt_link
| greprefslibsoftokn3.chk regxpcom
| Job:/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox# cd extensions
| Job:/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/extensions# ls
| {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
installed-extensions-processed.txt
| Extensions.rdf
| Job:/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/extensions# cd
| {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
|
Job:/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}#
| ls
| chrome install.rdf uninstall
|
Job:/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}#
Sorry, but the only thing I have in /opt/firefox/extensions is something
related to some theme. All the extensions that I mentioned are found
ONLY in my home folder as you can see here:
Attila:/home/jdkaye# locate linky.js
/home/jdkaye/.mozilla/firefox/default.mq3/extensions/{24898804-7da3-4355-9e8d-065f3ee79ccc}/defaults/preferences/linky.js
/home/jdkaye/.mozilla/firefox/default.mq3/extensions/{24898804-7da3-4355-9e8d-065f3ee79ccc}/linky.js
Attila:/home/jdkaye# locate launchy.js
/home/jdkaye/.mozilla/firefox/default.mq3/extensions/{4becdb7e-dc3c-48e2-b1e8-3a4ad647c9bb}/defaults/preferences/launchy.js
/home/jdkaye/.mozilla/firefox/default.mq3/extensions/{4becdb7e-dc3c-48e2-b1e8-3a4ad647c9bb}/launchy.js
/home/jdkaye/.thunderbird/zp8wdk07.default/extensions/{4becdb7e-dc3c-48e2-b1e8-3a4ad647c9bb}/defaults/preferences/launchy.js
/home/jdkaye/.thunderbird/zp8wdk07.default/extensions/{4becdb7e-dc3c-48e2-b1e8-3a4ad647c9bb}/launchy.js
Attila:/home/jdkaye# locate dictionarysearch
/home/jdkaye/.mozilla/firefox/default.mq3/extensions/{a0faa0a4-f1a7-4098-9a74-21efc3a92372}/chrome/di
