Re: lvm and multiboot
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 04:20:43PM +0300, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:36:27PM -0500, zhang zhengquan > (zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > If I use lvm for the rest of the drive except /boot, can I possibly > > reduce the size of the lvm volume group and get some free space > > unformatted not controlled by lvm? > > You can, but that'll be a lot easier if you create multiple > partitions to begin with: freeing an entire partition from > lvm is easier than reducing the size of one, and it doesn't > really cost anything. > > So, for maximum flexibility create a small (200MB or so) > partition for /boot and a suitable selection of partitions > with different sizes so that you can later combine them > in various ways. This is exactly what I am thinking of before the installation. Anyway, I have already have the 250G disk for the server partitioned in to a /boot of 200M and others for lvm with only one logical volume / . In the future I would like to split / in to /var, /usr, /srv /home, etc... Thanks, Zhang > > -- > Tapani Tarvainen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: gpg
Thanks to everyone that replied! I'll do some research and see how I go. I guess I can just get friends to sign it as well, but will do some research first. I've uploaded my key to a key server as well... Thanks very much Daniel. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape
H.S. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A friend has asked me about this weird problem he is having. He is using
> tdcanadatrust.ca bank website on a Debian machine. When he wants to add
> a payee, he does a search in the search field and click on "search"
> button, but this brings him to the bank's welcome/login page! This
> happens in Iceweasel and Iceape both. Noscript and adblock extensions
> are installed. I have suggested he try it with a different profile, but
> the behavior is the same in all cases.
>
> I tried this web site on a Ubuntu machine with him on Firefox. In this
> case, when a search term is typed, a drop down list appears right below
> the search field with the possible matches. So the searching for a payee
> works in Firefox in Ubuntu.
>
> Any idea what I should to suggest him to try to get it working on his
> Debian machine?
>
> Thanks.
Found the problem. It is the browser identification. If I use a string
which shows my browser is Firefox, the add payee search field works
perfectly. Any other identification (Seamonkey or Iceape) does not work.
Currently, this works in prefs.js:
user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux
i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b1pre) Gecko/20080915000512 firefox/2.0");
And this is with noscript and adblock enabled with the bank's website
white listed in noscript.
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Re: gpg
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:41:16 +1100 Daniel Dalton wrote: > One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to > sign my signature if so, how does this work? and don't forget to upload your public key to a keyserver so people can verify your signatures. :) -- section .data sig: db 'Spiro Harvey',10 db 'UNIX Specialist, Writer, Editor',10 homepage: db 'http://twiddle.starforge.net.nz',10 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system - update
Update: Well, back on the air, sort of. Thanks for the pointers to tools - systemrescuecd was very helpful. What was really helpful was realizing that not only did I have a hardware problem with my server's motherboard, but one (of 4) drives was so badly corrupted that when I stuck it in by backup chassis, it kept things from coming up. Once I removed that drive, the backup system came up. RAIDs are stale, so tomorrow will be about rebuilding them, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that nothing else goes wrong overnight. If anybody has any suggestions on how to rebuild RAID sets (or pointers to a good HOWTO), that would be very much appreciated. Thanks again, Miles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
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Re: Another solution
> After the netinstall, install a 64-bit kernel. With a 32bit userland, this mostly works, but you may find a few quirks. E.g. uswsusp won't work (at least s2disk won't, don't know about s2ram). So it's usually fine, but you may want to keep an eye open. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: lvm and multiboot
> So if I understand it correctly it is not multiboot situation. Indeed. For multiboot, you can use the same setup if all your alternative boots understand LVM (e.g. various versions of GNU/Linux), or if your other OSes are run from within GNU/Linux (e.g. with VirtualBox). That's usually the preferable solution. If you really insist on booting directly into some other OS (rather than via a virtual machine), then you'll need to restrict LVM to a smaller partition and create addition partitions for the other OSes. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Grub2 question
* Curt Howland [2009-04-03 16:03:12 -0400]: > I gladly admit that it wasn't until his RTFM screed that I found out > about /usr/share/doc. I think /usr/share/doc should get a LOT more > mention than it does. (and a lot more data, such as on grub2) > GRUB2 looks pretty, and has lots of switches and stuff in it, but I get the feeling that upstream doesn't even know what they all do. I'd play with it, if anybody could figure out how to password protect it. -- Cheers, Dave signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Printer Setup Problem
On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 09:04 +0900, 김정환 wrote: > Hi, everyone > > I'm trying to setup a printer in network environment. > My printer is HP Laserjet 3015 PCL6. > > In MS Windows, the printer is set up as follows : > Port : DOT4_001 > Generic IEEE 1284.4 Printing Support > HP Laserjet 3015 PCL6 > > In debian, when I try to install network printer, > it requires URL, but I don't know it. > > Please give me an information how to install > my network printer. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > J.H.Kim This will go faster if we know more about the software you are using to connect to the printer. If the printer is a "network" printer connected via a 'network printer hub" you will need the IP address of the hub and the port to which the printer is connected. if it is connected to a windows network you may need to install samba to use it. If it is connected 'directly to the computer that has debian installed, it is not really a network printer. You will also need a printer software interface. I strongly suggest cups as it may be managed adequately from a web interface located at http://localhost:631 on most machines. another very useful tool for managing all of this is webmin. Look into it. Hope this helps! -- John Foster -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Iceweasel doesn't save passwd
Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with the Iceweasel on Debian Lenny: it doesn't save any password. I've some saved passwords and manage them with the XMarks Addon. Somebody can help me? Best regards, Francisco Antônio da Silva Souza http://franciscossouza.blogspot.com
Printer Setup Problem
Hi, everyone I'm trying to setup a printer in network environment. My printer is HP Laserjet 3015 PCL6. In MS Windows, the printer is set up as follows : Port : DOT4_001 Generic IEEE 1284.4 Printing Support HP Laserjet 3015 PCL6 In debian, when I try to install network printer, it requires URL, but I don't know it. Please give me an information how to install my network printer. Thanks in advance. Regards, J.H.Kim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Iceweasel doesn't "restore session"
Ron Johnson wrote: Bug in FF, not properly handling all of the different kinds of kill methods? Very probable. But has somebody else experienced this too? Bibek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Iceweasel doesn't "restore session"
On 2009-04-03 16:13, Bibek Paudel wrote: Hi all, In a freshly installed copy of Iceweasel (without any addons), the Error console shows: Error: [Exception... "Component is not available" nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///usr/lib/iceweasel/components/nsSessionStore.js :: sss_saveState :: line 1909" data: no] Source File: file:///usr/lib/iceweasel/components/nsSessionStore.js Line: 1909 When iceweasel is killed (from the terminal) or is closed using the "x" sign at its title bar, it doesn't restore the exited session when it's started the next time. On the other hand, if it I close firefox from File manu-> Quit, then it restores the session next time. The restored sessions occur this way: Point A: iceweasel is closed from file menu->quit point B: Iceweasel is restarted. Session A is restored. Point C: Iceweasel is closed from "x" button at title bar point d: Iceweasel is restarted. Session A is restored again. Session C is lost, error console shows error. How do I get rid of this problem? Isn't iceweasel supposed to restore its session every time it's closed unexpectedly? Bug in FF, not properly handling all of the different kinds of kill methods? -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: gpg
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 09:41:16PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the gpg help, it's working well now. > > One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to > sign my signature if so, how does this work? As you use mutt: When composing a message, press 'p' to have the PGP menu appear. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il || best ICQ# 16849754 || friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: joining Windows domain (Active Directory)
Hello, I've found a tutorial: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/340 It teaches how to configure Samba on Debian. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:33 AM, orange wrote: > What is the easiest way to join ActiveDirectory, windows domain from > Debian? (link?) > I have found several tutorials on net but they are old and have > different ways. > > Samba is installed (and working nicely with workgroups), the Debian > version is 'testing', updated. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
Re: gpg
On Fri April 3 2009, Thorny wrote: > > One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to > > sign my signature if so, how does this work? > > > > Daniel. > > To give you a simple answer, use a search engine with gpg, key, signing, > party as keywords, maybe even use web of trust, to get a wealth of > information. > > People will want to verify you are who you claim to be before they will > want to sign your key so usually requires meeting in meatspace and > reliable photo ID (i.e. passport or the like, something that could get you > through a border). if you want to find people to sign your key, you can look on this web site: http://biglumber.com/ I found someone from Europe, who was going to be in my area, emailed him, and we met & signed keys... -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
how to purge unused softwares on servers
Dear debian users, I have now got several servers for different applications under debian, some are very old and previous admin have installed lots of packages on them. like Xorg... gnome... kde related. I really want to purge them and get some space. I would like to find out a way to make some statistics about which package has been used by which user at which time etc. Is that possible to do that? Thanks, -- Zhengquan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Iceweasel doesn't "restore session"
Hi all, In a freshly installed copy of Iceweasel (without any addons), the Error console shows: Error: [Exception... "Component is not available" nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///usr/lib/iceweasel/components/nsSessionStore.js :: sss_saveState :: line 1909" data: no] Source File: file:///usr/lib/iceweasel/components/nsSessionStore.js Line: 1909 When iceweasel is killed (from the terminal) or is closed using the "x" sign at its title bar, it doesn't restore the exited session when it's started the next time. On the other hand, if it I close firefox from File manu-> Quit, then it restores the session next time. The restored sessions occur this way: Point A: iceweasel is closed from file menu->quit point B: Iceweasel is restarted. Session A is restored. Point C: Iceweasel is closed from "x" button at title bar point d: Iceweasel is restarted. Session A is restored again. Session C is lost, error console shows error. How do I get rid of this problem? Isn't iceweasel supposed to restore its session every time it's closed unexpectedly? Thanks, Bibek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape
Frank wrote: > On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 14:13 -0400, H.S. wrote: > > >I'm not sure either...but on Debian testing I **never** use anything > but FIREFOX. Matter of fact I don't think I've ever run..what is it?? > Iceweasel ? > > The noscript extension might definitely affect operation on the banks > site. Generally they don't run ads so the adblock shouldn't affect > anything. > > Has he requested help from the banks technical support ? Yes, but he admitted that the website worked in other circumstances (Windows with firefox, Ubuntu with Firefox, Debian Sid (noscript not installed)), so there wasn't much the operator could do. Anyway, I will suggest he try after uninstalling noscript. Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system
thveillon.debian wrote: since your configuration is based on Grub "legacy", "Super Grub Disk" should enable you to restore the grub configuration. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ Then SysrescueCD comes with all fanciness regarding system recuperation, including of course raid and lvm tools. You can choose at boot time between two kernels for i386 or and two for amd64, and hardware recognition is usually very good. http://www.sysresccd.org/Page_Principale For hard drive low-level tools, there's nothing like UBCD, the website layout is pretty bad, but the tool is good. http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Just discovered sysrescdd (from another guy fighting a fire here in the datacenter), running testdisc on my drives now. Looks like the other two tools might come in very handy as well. Thanks Miles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system
Allan Wind wrote: On 2009-04-03T15:21:27, Miles Fidelman wrote: Here it is, Friday, and my birthday to boot, with one fire on my desk already, when I discover that a critical server has crashed Happy birthday :-) Thanks! So any suggestions would be very much appreciated as to: Did you replace or otherwise eliminate the failed hardware? It was not clear but that should be your first step, otherwise you are on shaking ground. Yup - swapped all the drives from the bad chassis to a good chassis/motherboard. -- Miles R. Fidelman, Director of Government Programs Traverse Technologies 145 Tremont Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02111 mfidel...@traversetechnologies.com 857-362-8314 www.traversetechnologies.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system
On 2009-04-03T15:21:27, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Here it is, Friday, and my birthday to boot, with one fire on my desk > already, when I discover that a critical server has crashed Happy birthday :-) > So any suggestions would be very much appreciated as to: Did you replace or otherwise eliminate the failed hardware? It was not clear but that should be your first step, otherwise you are on shaking ground. /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC http://lifeintegrity.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update
beatrice wrote: > I think I'll write a couple lines to Brother's customer service > anyway, now that I know I am not the only one with this > problem. I don't know if the error is with Brother or with ghostscript. In the meantime I filed a bug against ghostscript: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=522417 Actually I *think* that the error is with ghostscript. The Brother scripts look OK to me. I hope that 8.62 works for you; didn't try it myself. And indeed, it happened before, so I stopped upgrading ghostscript for a while, I remember now. I am not sure which previous version did not work. Hope it was not 8.62.. Regards, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 14:13 -0400, H.S. wrote: > tyler wrote: > > "H.S." writes: > > > >> H.S. wrote: > >> > >> I tried the same web page on a Debian Sid machine and tried to add a > >> payee. Here it works, when I type a string in payee search field, the > >> field drops down and shows a list of possible matches. > >> > >> Difference in systems? This was on Debian Sid, Iceweasel, adblock > >> installed, but no noscript installed. > >> > >> So looks like noscript is the culprit on my friend's Debian system? > > > > I have no problems using the TD Canada trust website with iceweasel in > > Squeeze. Noscript does provide an option to whitelist a site, and when I > > was still using no script I had TD whitelisted. > > The user in question is also able to use all of the website with the > exception of that one thing: to search for a payee while adding one. The > search field does not drop down with a list of matches as he types in > the search string. > > Also, he also had the bank's website whitelisted in noscript. He has > also tried it in Iceweasel with noscript and adblock addons disabled (in > Iceape, I don't think one can disable a plugin by choice), but the same > problem persists. > > Not sure what really is going on here. > > Thanks. I'm not sure either...but on Debian testing I **never** use anything but FIREFOX. Matter of fact I don't think I've ever run..what is it?? Iceweasel ? The noscript extension might definitely affect operation on the banks site. Generally they don't run ads so the adblock shouldn't affect anything. Has he requested help from the banks technical support ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user
On Sat,04.Apr.09, 01:50:16, Bibek Paudel wrote: > Why do some people are so excited about sending replies to mailing > list queries? It makes no sense if the reply is irrelevant. Then please explain what you mean by "like a root user", because I didn't get it. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape
H.S. wrote: > Also, he also had the bank's website whitelisted in noscript. He has > also tried it in Iceweasel with noscript and adblock addons disabled (in > Iceape, I don't think one can disable a plugin by choice), but the same > problem persists. > > Not sure what really is going on here. Me neither ;-( He could try to add another iceweasel profile with noscript removed. I do seem to have less trouble with certain websites since I stopped using noscript. HTH, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Grub2 question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 03 April 2009, Dave Patterson was heard to say: > Yup, and that's about all I know about it. Documentation? We don't > need no steenking documentation... Back in the dark ages of the mid '90s, I could not find any mention of where boa looked to find its default web files (boa was/is a high-efficiency web server which I would gladly use again). Nowhere could I find any mention of it, so I wrote to the Debian maintainer. I was very new to Debian at the time, and his email address was all over the man page. He replied with a scathing RTFM diatribe. To which I replied, "so where do I find it?" His second reply was much more polite, or at least resigned, saying, "It's /var/www. I'll make sure it gets into the docs next release." So yeah, "We're Debian! Documentation is for Red Hat!" I gladly admit that it wasn't until his RTFM screed that I found out about /usr/share/doc. I think /usr/share/doc should get a LOT more mention than it does. (and a lot more data, such as on grub2) - -- The Magistrate, enrobed in taxes, condemns the thief in stolen rags. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSdZrgS9Y35yItIgBAQJT2gf/UddoLygCCdZjqyB1VHmHSZ5aLoONEJWP sp2hGgdt8ePxTin7e+W6dH3fhAmtgIrLn7KheOxCdbGgc6dNbyfdISkGYdbCe8Jl FG/p0L1/9AB4cPDhzRbNk/wpXrZKI9EmuQKvZmeJ1vEpHU0fCfQJHwOeleOMnPBn 3w8xPYRDQAA+hEk7pAnxcsQdgWQozTGsCZFSlLrL9dBDBwYPBzESCUkJ6wq0tbMd pbGNHNPl27+MkPj0pyu6NMe4zhqwYN/EPN8S/vMTahHNjRm0KsmKwK33M+MBniMm tBIv8qtzv2UfnuGPvWDhnv/jEW4qyt0w8AuCWRjk/a/eM83tCaKV2w== =W3Mk -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system
Miles Fidelman a écrit : > Hi Folks, > > Here it is, Friday, and my birthday to boot, with one fire on my desk > already, when I discover that a critical server has crashed > > The server is running Sarge (I know, I was just about to upgrade, but if > it ain't broke, why fix it), that just crashed this morning, and I'm > having a horrible time recovering. Any help anyone can offer would be > very much appreciated. > > The basic configuration: > - i686 motherboard, Pentium chip > - 2 SATA channels, 2 drives on each (total of 4) > - 4 partitions on each drive > - 4 md devices are built across the four drives (for each - 3 hot > drives, 1 spare) > - two md devices are used for boot and swap > - the other two md devices have logical volumes on top of them (LVM) - > used for / and /backup (large archive) > - all MBRs set up to boot > > The failure: > - looks like one of two SCSI interfaces has died, taking down the two > attached drives > -- the system should keep running, but doesn't, and won't come up > --- it gets pretty far in the boot process, then starts throwing errors > "devfs_mk_dir invalid argument, could not append to parent for /disc" > and freezes > - if I boot from a live CD, I get errors from the ATA driver (IO error, > and so forth) - very obviously hardware errors > > Luckily, I have an identical box avaiable. So... I simply moved the > four disk drives from the failed machine, to the new one. Silly me, I > figured it would just come up, the RAIDs would repair themselves, and > I'd be back on the air. Instead: > > - I get the same devfs_mk_dir error (but if I boot from a live CD, I > DON'T get any hardware errors) > -- suggests that one of the drives is so badly corrupted that the RAID > can't rebuild > --- when I try looking at the disks (start up the Debian installer, go > into the partitioner), the partitioner freezes halfway through scanning > the drives > --- a little experimentation (pulling different drives) gets me to the > point where the partitioner will start, and sees the various partitions > - of course, at this point, I abort - I don't want to trash any of > the data > - with the bad drive pulled, I try to boot, but all I get is a "boot > from CD" prompt > > Where this leaves me: > - I don't want to trash the system (or the user data) on the drives, if > I can avoid it (obviously) > - I need to recover sufficiently to boot > - from there I'd like to try to rebuild the RAID devices and logical > volumes and see where I am > - I'm guessing that something very basic has been trashed - like the > MBR, or grub configuration > > So any suggestions would be very much appreciated as to: > > 1. rescue tools - particularly something that lets me try to mount the > existing md devices and LVMs, and then boot > 2. generally restoring the system to a bootable state (mbr, grub, etc.) > 3. thoughts on examining the one drive that might or might not be bad > -- diagnostic > -- if good: recovery or reformatting so I can add it back to the > RAID/LVM pool > -- if bad: how to configure a spare drive to stick it into the existing > RAID/LVM pool > > Thanks VERY much. > Miles Fidelman > > > > Hi, since your configuration is based on Grub "legacy", "Super Grub Disk" should enable you to restore the grub configuration. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ Then SysrescueCD comes with all fanciness regarding system recuperation, including of course raid and lvm tools. You can choose at boot time between two kernels for i386 or and two for amd64, and hardware recognition is usually very good. http://www.sysresccd.org/Page_Principale For hard drive low-level tools, there's nothing like UBCD, the website layout is pretty bad, but the tool is good. http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Hope it helps. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Please don't take my advice the wrong way, no offence intended. It's > just that some users do login into X as root routinely, which is a Bad > Thing. No offense taken. > Sorry, that would have worked for removable drives. For other partitions > on the same device as your root partition you will need to create proper > fstab entries and adjust permissions on the directories and files > accordingly. Please. It'd help if you read the original question I wrote: > I know how to use and edit the /etc/fstab file to mount the drives > after each boot. However, that's not what I'm looking at. I'm looking > to be able to use my other partitions just like a root user (maybe > after being asked for authorization). Why do some people are so excited about sending replies to mailing list queries? It makes no sense if the reply is irrelevant. Bibek -- weblog: http://bibekpaudel.wordpress.com twitter: http://twitter.com/bibek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Another solution (was Re: Debian RAM supporting.)
On 2009-04-03 13:08, Stackpole, Chris wrote: [snip] The long... So I mentioned this to my coworker. He too thought the net-install picked up the bigmem kernel. We have a dev box (Pentium D, 8GB memory, 64bit install) that isn't being used at the moment so we yanked the harddrive and dropped in a 10GB drive we have laying around. A quick* 32bit Lenny netinstall later and it only saw 3GB. No bigmem kernel. Apt-get the bigmem, reboot, and all 8GB are there. After the netinstall, install a 64-bit kernel. -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update
On Friday 03 April 2009, at 16:13 +0200, You wrote: Hi! > With any luck, the 8.63 versions of these packages are still in > your /var/cache/apt/archives, and you can install them with dpkg > -i. Otherwise you must go to packages.debian.org and get the 8.62 > versions from "stable"; it seems that 8.63 is no longer available. I clean the cache quite regularly so sadly I don't have them anymore... I'll go with the stable version. > Version 8.64 gives an "irrecoverable error". I haven't found out > yet how Brother's way of using ghostscript triggers this error. I think I'll write a couple lines to Brother's customer service anyway, now that I know I am not the only one with this problem. Thanks for the help. beatrice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system
Hi Folks, Here it is, Friday, and my birthday to boot, with one fire on my desk already, when I discover that a critical server has crashed The server is running Sarge (I know, I was just about to upgrade, but if it ain't broke, why fix it), that just crashed this morning, and I'm having a horrible time recovering. Any help anyone can offer would be very much appreciated. The basic configuration: - i686 motherboard, Pentium chip - 2 SATA channels, 2 drives on each (total of 4) - 4 partitions on each drive - 4 md devices are built across the four drives (for each - 3 hot drives, 1 spare) - two md devices are used for boot and swap - the other two md devices have logical volumes on top of them (LVM) - used for / and /backup (large archive) - all MBRs set up to boot The failure: - looks like one of two SCSI interfaces has died, taking down the two attached drives -- the system should keep running, but doesn't, and won't come up --- it gets pretty far in the boot process, then starts throwing errors "devfs_mk_dir invalid argument, could not append to parent for /disc" and freezes - if I boot from a live CD, I get errors from the ATA driver (IO error, and so forth) - very obviously hardware errors Luckily, I have an identical box avaiable. So... I simply moved the four disk drives from the failed machine, to the new one. Silly me, I figured it would just come up, the RAIDs would repair themselves, and I'd be back on the air. Instead: - I get the same devfs_mk_dir error (but if I boot from a live CD, I DON'T get any hardware errors) -- suggests that one of the drives is so badly corrupted that the RAID can't rebuild --- when I try looking at the disks (start up the Debian installer, go into the partitioner), the partitioner freezes halfway through scanning the drives --- a little experimentation (pulling different drives) gets me to the point where the partitioner will start, and sees the various partitions - of course, at this point, I abort - I don't want to trash any of the data - with the bad drive pulled, I try to boot, but all I get is a "boot from CD" prompt Where this leaves me: - I don't want to trash the system (or the user data) on the drives, if I can avoid it (obviously) - I need to recover sufficiently to boot - from there I'd like to try to rebuild the RAID devices and logical volumes and see where I am - I'm guessing that something very basic has been trashed - like the MBR, or grub configuration So any suggestions would be very much appreciated as to: 1. rescue tools - particularly something that lets me try to mount the existing md devices and LVMs, and then boot 2. generally restoring the system to a bootable state (mbr, grub, etc.) 3. thoughts on examining the one drive that might or might not be bad -- diagnostic -- if good: recovery or reformatting so I can add it back to the RAID/LVM pool -- if bad: how to configure a spare drive to stick it into the existing RAID/LVM pool Thanks VERY much. Miles Fidelman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user
On Sat,04.Apr.09, 00:21:31, Bibek Paudel wrote: > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > You shouldn't login as root. Use 'su' or 'sudo' or 'gksu' instead. > > This is not a question of I should or shouldn't. Of course, since I'm > asking a solution for non-root user, you should be understanding that > I know how to use su, sudo or gksu. I just compared and explained how > the same thing is OK while logged in as root, but not, while logged in > as non-root user. Please don't take my advice the wrong way, no offence intended. It's just that some users do login into X as root routinely, which is a Bad Thing. > > AFAICT you need to be a member of 'floppy', not 'plugdev'. > > The said user is a member of the group "floppy" too. Sorry, that would have worked for removable drives. For other partitions on the same device as your root partition you will need to create proper fstab entries and adjust permissions on the directories and files accordingly. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: video not smooth anymore after recent updates in Testing
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > I updated my Debian Testing machine on a few weeks ago after the Lenny > release. Since then, mplayer doesn't play the videos as smoothly as it > did earlier. When I stip forward in a video (avi video file), the video > sometime pauses as the next step and resume in jerks. Sometimes the > video just plays with random jerks throughout. This was not happening > before the upgrades. gxine also has similar (not same) trouble. I have: > dpkg -l *mplay* *xine* | grep ^i > ii gxine 0.5.903-4 the xine video player, GTK+/Gnome user > inter > ii kmplayer 1:0.10.0c-2media player for KDE > ii kmplayer-commo 1:0.10.0c-2common files for kmplayer > ii kmplayer-plugi 1:0.10.0c-2kmplayer plugin for khtml/konqueror > ii libarts1-xine 4:3.5.9-3 aRts plugin enabling xine support > ii libxine1 1.1.16.2-1+b1 the xine video/media player library, > meta-pa > ii libxine1-bin 1.1.16.2-1+b1 the xine video/media player library, > binary > ii libxine1-conso 1.1.16.2-1+b1 libaa/libcaca/framebuffer/directfb > related p > ii libxine1-ffmpe 1.1.16.2-1+b1 MPEG-related plugins for libxine1 > ii libxine1-gnome 1.1.16.2-1+b1 GNOME-related plugins for libxine1 > ii libxine1-misc- 1.1.16.2-1+b1 Input, audio output and post plugins > for lib > ii libxine1-plugi 1.1.16.2-1 the xine video/media player library, > meta pa > ii libxine1-x 1.1.16.2-1+b1 X desktop video output plugins for > libxine1 > ii libxinerama-de 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library > (development > ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library > ii mplayer1:1.0.rc2svn20 The Ultimate Movie Player For Linux > ii mplayer-skin-b 1.6-2 blue skin for mplayer > ii phonon-backend 4:4.3.1-1 Phonon Xine 1.1.x backend > ii totem-xine 2.22.2-5 A simple media player for the GNOME > desktop > ii x11proto-xiner 1.1.2-5X11 Xinerama extension wire protocol > ii xine-ui0.99.5+cvs2007 the xine video player, user interface > > > > Any pointers what is going on here? > > Thanks. > I am using pulseaudio. I have noticed that if I change the video sound output (sink) from the volume control of pulseaudio device chooser to either my PCI sound card or USB headset, the video has the above mentioned problem. However, if I change the sink to RTP, the video problem is gone -- though the sound is then coming from another computer on my home network :) -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
video not smooth anymore after recent updates in Testing
Hello, I updated my Debian Testing machine on a few weeks ago after the Lenny release. Since then, mplayer doesn't play the videos as smoothly as it did earlier. When I stip forward in a video (avi video file), the video sometime pauses as the next step and resume in jerks. Sometimes the video just plays with random jerks throughout. This was not happening before the upgrades. gxine also has similar (not same) trouble. I have: dpkg -l *mplay* *xine* | grep ^i ii gxine 0.5.903-4 the xine video player, GTK+/Gnome user inter ii kmplayer 1:0.10.0c-2media player for KDE ii kmplayer-commo 1:0.10.0c-2common files for kmplayer ii kmplayer-plugi 1:0.10.0c-2kmplayer plugin for khtml/konqueror ii libarts1-xine 4:3.5.9-3 aRts plugin enabling xine support ii libxine1 1.1.16.2-1+b1 the xine video/media player library, meta-pa ii libxine1-bin 1.1.16.2-1+b1 the xine video/media player library, binary ii libxine1-conso 1.1.16.2-1+b1 libaa/libcaca/framebuffer/directfb related p ii libxine1-ffmpe 1.1.16.2-1+b1 MPEG-related plugins for libxine1 ii libxine1-gnome 1.1.16.2-1+b1 GNOME-related plugins for libxine1 ii libxine1-misc- 1.1.16.2-1+b1 Input, audio output and post plugins for lib ii libxine1-plugi 1.1.16.2-1 the xine video/media player library, meta pa ii libxine1-x 1.1.16.2-1+b1 X desktop video output plugins for libxine1 ii libxinerama-de 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library (development ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii mplayer1:1.0.rc2svn20 The Ultimate Movie Player For Linux ii mplayer-skin-b 1.6-2 blue skin for mplayer ii phonon-backend 4:4.3.1-1 Phonon Xine 1.1.x backend ii totem-xine 2.22.2-5 A simple media player for the GNOME desktop ii x11proto-xiner 1.1.2-5X11 Xinerama extension wire protocol ii xine-ui0.99.5+cvs2007 the xine video player, user interface Any pointers what is going on here? Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > You shouldn't login as root. Use 'su' or 'sudo' or 'gksu' instead. This is not a question of I should or shouldn't. Of course, since I'm asking a solution for non-root user, you should be understanding that I know how to use su, sudo or gksu. I just compared and explained how the same thing is OK while logged in as root, but not, while logged in as non-root user. > AFAICT you need to be a member of 'floppy', not 'plugdev'. The said user is a member of the group "floppy" too. BIbek -- weblog: http://bibekpaudel.wordpress.com twitter: http://twitter.com/bibek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: upgrading the kernel in debian etch from 2.6.18 to 2.6.29
Joey L wrote : > I think i did everything and this is a standard configuration - I did > not do anything too crazy ! > Again - all this is software raid --- the /boot is raid1 and the other > volumes are software raid5 The Raid5 has LVM filesystems. > > here is fdisk -l : > > thor:/home/mjh# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 36 289138+ fd Linux raid > autodetect > /dev/sda2 37 60801 488094862+ fd Linux raid > autodetect > [...snip long partitions list] > > > On the mdadm --detail --scan --verbose : > > > thor:/home/mjh# mdadm --detail --scan --verbose > ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 spares=3 > UUID=8a435040:c6f27178:02026e74:21deb7ac >devices=/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc1,/dev/sdd1,/dev/sde1 > ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid5 num-devices=4 spares=1 > UUID=f60a4f26:891a29c2:8dbe0712:bd7a69ac >devices=/dev/sda2,/dev/sdb2,/dev/sdc2,/dev/sdd2,/dev/sde2 > > Ok, so all partitions are of "fd" type, and you sure have plenty of spares on the first array ! I have to say that even not overtired ;-) I am short of ideas about what could be going wrong here. You could check that md-raid* are compiled as modules (m) in the kernel egrep -i '(raid|_md_)' /boot/config-2.6.29 Check for the initramfs scripts: ls /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/ you should see at least "mdadm" and "lvm2" Outside of this I don't know. If it boots fine with the old kernel then superblocks are fine on the arrays members, it must be a difference in kernel config or initrd. Sorry, I can't think of anything else right now, can't you spot anything else in dmesg a bit more verbose than "failed to assemble all arrays" ? A controller initialization problem ? Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user
On Fri,03.Apr.09, 23:44:07, Bibek Paudel wrote: > Hi all, > I use Debian Lenny (GNOME) on my i386 machine. > While logging in as root, the other disk partitions are shown in the > desktop as well as "Places" menu. They can then be browsed without > problem. You shouldn't login as root. Use 'su' or 'sudo' or 'gksu' instead. > However, when I login as a normal user, they aren't listed. And when I > try to mount them from Nautilaus window, an error-window pops up, > "Cannot mount volume: You are not privileged to mount this volume." > Mounting from the terminal using "mount" (as root) command works > without a hitch. > > The user is a member of the group "plugdev." From gconf, AFAICT you need to be a member of 'floppy', not 'plugdev'. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape
tyler wrote: > "H.S." writes: > >> H.S. wrote: >> >> I tried the same web page on a Debian Sid machine and tried to add a >> payee. Here it works, when I type a string in payee search field, the >> field drops down and shows a list of possible matches. >> >> Difference in systems? This was on Debian Sid, Iceweasel, adblock >> installed, but no noscript installed. >> >> So looks like noscript is the culprit on my friend's Debian system? > > I have no problems using the TD Canada trust website with iceweasel in > Squeeze. Noscript does provide an option to whitelist a site, and when I > was still using no script I had TD whitelisted. The user in question is also able to use all of the website with the exception of that one thing: to search for a payee while adding one. The search field does not drop down with a list of matches as he types in the search string. Also, he also had the bank's website whitelisted in noscript. He has also tried it in Iceweasel with noscript and adblock addons disabled (in Iceape, I don't think one can disable a plugin by choice), but the same problem persists. Not sure what really is going on here. Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Debian RAM supporting.
> From: Stackpole, Chris [mailto:cstackp...@barbnet.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:30 PM > Subject: RE: Debian RAM supporting. > > > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:11 PM > > Subject: Re: Debian RAM supporting. > > > > On 2009-04-03 07:14, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > > >> From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > > [snip] > > > > > > I could be wrong, but I am pretty certain that the netinstall does > this. > > > At least on the 32bit systems with more then 4GB that I have access > to, > > > I don't remember having to do anything extra special for it to > install > > > bigmem. > > > > Shame on me for assuming that GP had tried to install and only been > > able to see 4/3.6GB. > > Whoops, my bad. That is my fault for breezing through the thread. I > somehow didn't connect that the OP mentioned the netinstall. Although I > really don't remember having to do anything different with the HP DL30's > when they came with 8GB (the only experience I have with >4GB & 32bit). > In fact I remember being really surprised that /proc/mem recorded all > 8GB...wish I had a box to test that on... :-) The short, I was completely wrong. Sorry. The long... So I mentioned this to my coworker. He too thought the net-install picked up the bigmem kernel. We have a dev box (Pentium D, 8GB memory, 64bit install) that isn't being used at the moment so we yanked the harddrive and dropped in a 10GB drive we have laying around. A quick* 32bit Lenny netinstall later and it only saw 3GB. No bigmem kernel. Apt-get the bigmem, reboot, and all 8GB are there. Guess that solves that. ;-D Thanks for the correction. ~Stack~ *Love having an apt-cache repository. Makes net installs /SO/ fast :-p -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Drives can't be mounted as a normal user
Hi all, I use Debian Lenny (GNOME) on my i386 machine. While logging in as root, the other disk partitions are shown in the desktop as well as "Places" menu. They can then be browsed without problem. However, when I login as a normal user, they aren't listed. And when I try to mount them from Nautilaus window, an error-window pops up, "Cannot mount volume: You are not privileged to mount this volume." Mounting from the terminal using "mount" (as root) command works without a hitch. The user is a member of the group "plugdev." From gconf, /->desktop->volume-manager->automount_deives is checked. I just installed pmount to see if it helps, but it didn't. Surprisingly, the policykit in debian looks so bare and feature-deprived: (screenshot: http://twitpic.com/2rr3w ) I couldn't adjust any settings from there. I know how to use and edit the /etc/fstab file to mount the drives after each boot. However, that's not what I'm looking at. I'm looking to be able to use my other partitions just like a root user (maybe after being asked for authorization). Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks, Bibek -- weblog: http://bibekpaudel.wordpress.com twitter: http://twitter.com/bibek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape
"H.S." writes: > H.S. wrote: > > I tried the same web page on a Debian Sid machine and tried to add a > payee. Here it works, when I type a string in payee search field, the > field drops down and shows a list of possible matches. > > Difference in systems? This was on Debian Sid, Iceweasel, adblock > installed, but no noscript installed. > > So looks like noscript is the culprit on my friend's Debian system? I have no problems using the TD Canada trust website with iceweasel in Squeeze. Noscript does provide an option to whitelist a site, and when I was still using no script I had TD whitelisted. Cheers, Tyler -- What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. --Bertrand Russell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > A friend has asked me about this weird problem he is having. He is using > tdcanadatrust.ca bank website on a Debian machine. When he wants to add > a payee, he does a search in the search field and click on "search" > button, but this brings him to the bank's welcome/login page! This > happens in Iceweasel and Iceape both. Noscript and adblock extensions > are installed. I have suggested he try it with a different profile, but > the behavior is the same in all cases. > > I tried this web site on a Ubuntu machine with him on Firefox. In this > case, when a search term is typed, a drop down list appears right below > the search field with the possible matches. So the searching for a payee > works in Firefox in Ubuntu. > > Any idea what I should to suggest him to try to get it working on his > Debian machine? > > Thanks. I tried the same web page on a Debian Sid machine and tried to add a payee. Here it works, when I type a string in payee search field, the field drops down and shows a list of possible matches. Difference in systems? This was on Debian Sid, Iceweasel, adblock installed, but no noscript installed. So looks like noscript is the culprit on my friend's Debian system? -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
On 2009-04-03 08:54, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Fri,03.Apr.09, 04:22:11, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV How so? It (fetchmail->Postfix/SpamAssassin->maildrop->~/Maildir) has been working perfectly on my system for 4 years. Let me quote Charles Cazabon (ok, he's the author of getmail, but sure knows a lot about mail handling): Smells of Appeal To Authority. A morally superior person like me would *never* do that , | NOTE: DO NOT USE "sendmail" (or any other MTA queue-injection command) AS YOUR | DELIVERY INSTRUCTION. Unless you're a mail expert (and you're not), | re-injection of retrieved mail (with getmail or other agents) is virtually | guaranteed to cause one or more of lost mail, misdirected mail, bad late | bounces, leakage of delivery information, and other problems. ` Maybe getmail has a design flaw, or CC thinks that everyone still uses Sendmail. This was just a few days ago on the official getmail mailing list, in reply to someone asking how to use the MTA for delivery. If you are interested in more details search the archives of the getmail list. What the heck is an MTA for??? Right: transporting mail, usually on port 25. Postfix does a wonderfully boring job of receiving from fetchmail and cron, linking to SpamAssassin, then sending to my MDA. -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Debian RAM supporting.
> From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:11 PM > Subject: Re: Debian RAM supporting. > > On 2009-04-03 07:14, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > >> From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > [snip] > > > > I could be wrong, but I am pretty certain that the netinstall does this. > > At least on the 32bit systems with more then 4GB that I have access to, > > I don't remember having to do anything extra special for it to install > > bigmem. > > Shame on me for assuming that GP had tried to install and only been > able to see 4/3.6GB. Whoops, my bad. That is my fault for breezing through the thread. I somehow didn't connect that the OP mentioned the netinstall. Although I really don't remember having to do anything different with the HP DL30's when they came with 8GB (the only experience I have with >4GB & 32bit). In fact I remember being really surprised that /proc/mem recorded all 8GB...wish I had a box to test that on... :-) Oh well. Thanks for the correction. ~Stack~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Can you recommend a game in etch?
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 09:38:55AM +0800, Long Wind wrote: > I like simple action games > Below are the kind of games I like: > lbreakout2 > tetris > wolf3d for DOS from 3drealms > raptor for DOS from 3drealms > > top-down shooters: rrotage torus-trooper gunroar (my favorite) tumiki-fighters first person shooters: prboom (doom engine) urbanterror (not a Debian package, http://urbanterror.net/) nexuiz (Quake-like deathmatch game) tremulous puzzle: worldofgoo (not free, $20 purchase; demo is available online though) frozen-bubble -- http://pobega.wordpress.com http://identica/pobega signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Debian RAM supporting.
On 2009-04-03 07:14, Stackpole, Chris wrote: From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] [snip] I could be wrong, but I am pretty certain that the netinstall does this. At least on the 32bit systems with more then 4GB that I have access to, I don't remember having to do anything extra special for it to install bigmem. Shame on me for assuming that GP had tried to install and only been able to see 4/3.6GB. Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer Awesome. :-) Futurama: Always relevant. Greatest. Show. Ever. -- I am *not* a casual drug user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Installing on a Compact Flash card. Solved??
Well, after doing the GRUB MBR reinstall a dozen different ways I decided that it wasn't the software. I took the laptop apart and pulled the CF out, plugged it into my desktop through a USB-to-IDE connector, and it booted! I can successfully boot and use the CF drive on the desktop but putting it back in the laptop results in the same problems. I guess it wasn't meant to be and this +10yr old laptop really is at the end of the road. :-/ Oh well. I have had my eye on the touchbook[1] for a while now. Maybe it is time to upgrade. Thanks anyway for your help and suggestions! [1] http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ ~Stack~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape
Hello, A friend has asked me about this weird problem he is having. He is using tdcanadatrust.ca bank website on a Debian machine. When he wants to add a payee, he does a search in the search field and click on "search" button, but this brings him to the bank's welcome/login page! This happens in Iceweasel and Iceape both. Noscript and adblock extensions are installed. I have suggested he try it with a different profile, but the behavior is the same in all cases. I tried this web site on a Ubuntu machine with him on Firefox. In this case, when a search term is typed, a drop down list appears right below the search field with the possible matches. So the searching for a payee works in Firefox in Ubuntu. Any idea what I should to suggest him to try to get it working on his Debian machine? Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
> > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > > the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. > > Can getmail do this? > > Yes it can. Have a look at: > > http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/faq.html#faq-integrating-procmail > > It basically boils down to the following settings in your getmailrc: > > --- snip --- > [destination] > type = MDA_external > path = /usr/bin/procmail > unixfrom = True > --- snip --- Cool. Thanks for the answers, guys. - Norbert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Grub2 question
* Curt Howland [2009-04-03 11:08:03 -0400]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Is GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= in /etc/default/grub where I put vga=791 to get > the same function in grub2 that I had putting vga=791 > into /boot/grub/menu.lst in grub1? > > Just want confirmation before I try it, just in case. Yup, and that's about all I know about it. Documentation? We don't need no steenking documentation... -- Cheers, Dave signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Grub2 question
Curt Howland writes: > Is GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= in /etc/default/grub where I put vga=791 to get > the same function in grub2 that I had putting vga=791 > into /boot/grub/menu.lst in grub1? > > Just want confirmation before I try it, just in case. Yes. > Curt- Tom -- They look at me funny; they think I twitch a lot. I'm not twitching. I'm controlling my impulse to snag my 9mm Sig-Sauer out from my day-pack and make a few strong points about the quality of undergraduate education in Amerika. -- Olin Shivers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Installing on a Compact Flash card.
> From: Daryl Styrk [mailto:darylst...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: Installing on a Compact Flash card. > > I'd have a look at Debian's guide to the eee. Your approach seems > similar enough. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC > [snip] > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/InstallOnSDcardOrUsbStick I read through that and verified the MBR settings. Everything looks good. There is no CDROM or second hard drive, so it properly sets it up as hd0,0 and hda. I tried a few different methods of installing the MBR. I did switch the BIOS from Floppy->Hard Drive to Hard Drive->Floppy. That didn't help any. So I disabled the floppy and I got an: Error:9990301 A quick Google search tells me that the BIOS doesn't like the hard drive. It sees it, and it obviously works when GRUB is loaded from the floppy so I am not sure of the problem. It seems the only reliable way so far to boot this machine is with the external floppy drive. :-( Thanks for the suggestions so far. Anyone else? ~Stack~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Grub2 question
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RE: Installing on a Compact Flash card.
> From: Daryl Styrk [mailto:darylst...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: Installing on a Compact Flash card. > > Thorny wrote: > > [...] > >> So now I am a bit confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can > any > >> one advice me on what to try next? Should I try to reinstall with a > /boot > >> partition and a / partition? Is there something I need to do for the CF > >> card? > >> > > > > Did you write a GRUB MBR to the drive, Chris? > > > > > > I'd have a look at Debian's guide to the eee. Your approach seems > similar enough. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC > > I don't have time to read the entire thing over but I saw this. > > > Now let the installer do its thing until it wants to write the GRUB > bootloader. Stop now. Do not install the GRUB bootloader in the MBR. > > To install the bootloader on your external media you have to give the > name of the device as the installer sees it during installation. > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/InstallOnSDcardOrUsbStick OK, well I tried Thorny's request before I saw this email. I just followed these steps in restoring the MBR. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Howto_Fix_Grub#Classical_solution I will now give your link a try. Thanks for the suggestions guys! ~Stack~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installing on a Compact Flash card.
Thorny wrote: [...] So now I am a bit confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can any one advice me on what to try next? Should I try to reinstall with a /boot partition and a / partition? Is there something I need to do for the CF card? Did you write a GRUB MBR to the drive, Chris? I'd have a look at Debian's guide to the eee. Your approach seems similar enough. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC I don't have time to read the entire thing over but I saw this. Now let the installer do its thing until it wants to write the GRUB bootloader. Stop now. Do not install the GRUB bootloader in the MBR. To install the bootloader on your external media you have to give the name of the device as the installer sees it during installation. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/InstallOnSDcardOrUsbStick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
ovh dealer
Hello, know whether a dealer has ovh.co.uk, through which it would be possible to buy their services outside the UK and the States where they directly cover? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installing on a Compact Flash card.
[...] > So now I am a bit confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can any > one advice me on what to try next? Should I try to reinstall with a /boot > partition and a / partition? Is there something I need to do for the CF > card? > Did you write a GRUB MBR to the drive, Chris? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update
The problem is, as you suspected, caused by ghostscript. I downgraded to version 8.63 and it started to work again. You have to downgrade 3 packages: libgs8, ghostscript, and ghostscript-x. With any luck, the 8.63 versions of these packages are still in your /var/cache/apt/archives, and you can install them with dpkg -i. Otherwise you must go to packages.debian.org and get the 8.62 versions from "stable"; it seems that 8.63 is no longer available. Version 8.64 gives an "irrecoverable error". I haven't found out yet how Brother's way of using ghostscript triggers this error. Regards, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Installing on a Compact Flash card.
Hello, I have an older laptop that has been working rather well, until the hard drive started making horrible noises that is. So I backed up the hard drive and was going to replace it with something much newer. I only found drives way bigger and more expensive then I actually need in this little laptop. After thinking about it, the hard drive is the loudest and warmest part of the laptop. So why not replace it with a Compact Flash card? So I did. I bought a CF-IDE adapter [1] and a CF card [2]. I found several places online that mentioned that these products work together well and are able to be used at the boot device. I switched out the drives and the BIOS saw the larger hard drive (Yes 8GB is larger; I don't need much in this laptop:-). I proceeded to install Etch (floppy net-install). It was as smooth of an install as I have ever done. Rebooted after install and "no bootable device found". Huh. I booted off of my super-grub-boot-disc floppy; it found the hard drive and the install. Once booted, the laptop ran great. It is dead silent, it is much snappier, lighter, and cooler. Love the improvement. I regenerated grub and saw no error. It saw the partition and everything with no errors standing out to me. So I rebooted. Same thing; "no bootable device found". Booting off of the grub floppy again got me back into the install. So I dist-upgraded to Lenny. I thought maybe I hit a bug or something and the newer grub would fix it. Nope. I thought maybe it didn't like the fact that I have a single 8GB ext2 / partition. Maybe I need a ~256MB /boot partition like some of the computers back-in-the-day needed? However, the old install was only a single 6GB ext3 / partition; there was no separate /boot partition on it. So now I am a bit confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can any one advice me on what to try next? Should I try to reinstall with a /boot partition and a / partition? Is there something I need to do for the CF card? [1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186050 [2] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208340 Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ~Stack~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: full backup/
> From: Daniel Suleyman [mailto:danik...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:46 AM > Subject: full backup/ > > Dear all, I have HP DL380 G4 with installed debian sarge. I want to > make full back up of system? before reinstalling to debian lenny. > But server using hardware raid. and my question is. how can i take > full backup, that in case of any failure i will be able to restore > system and it was just before formating. thankyou I have done partimage backup/restores on a DL360's w/ hardware RAID without problems. I have not tried a DL380. http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page I would recommend that you backup and restore a few systems that you don't care as much about first. Just to get a handle on the software and make sure it works the way you are expecting it to. It is not difficult software to learn. Hope this helps! ~Stack~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
On Fri,03.Apr.09, 07:30:32, Norbert Zeh wrote: > > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. > Can getmail do this? Yes, for example I use maildrop (procmail has a horrible syntax) with a rule like this: # bad replies from lists if (/^(To|Cc):.*lists\.debian\.org/:h && /^(To|Cc):.*andreimpope...@gmail\.com/:h) to Maildir/.Junk/ This is one of the reasons I don't complain when I get CCs on replies ;) Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update
Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > beatrice wrote: >> I have a Brother HL2040 printer that worked perfectly well on >> my Debian testing with the .deb driver package Brother >> provides. I don't have CUPS installed, I use lpr. My printer >> stopped working without me changing any system configuration >> other than my usual package updating via aptitude. > [..] >> The communication PC-> printer should be working. When a job is >> sent to the printer the printer "wakes up", makes all the "hot >> air" noise it usually does, plus the led light blink as it >> always did while it is receiving data. The length of the >> blinking still varies with the amount of data sent. > > I am afraid I can't help you now, but I have almost the same > problem. The only difference is that my printer is a Brother > HL2030 instead of a 2040. The rest is exactly as you describe. > lpr, and the problem started yesterday after an upgrade. > I think I have the same problem here on two machines, one is Testing and the other is Sid. The printer in question is Brother HL-2070n. The problem has been since at least some weeks. It appears to have started after an update of the machines. When a job is sent, the green little light blinks once or twice (but not in the usual fashion) and then stops blinking and no job gets printed. Using cups and lpr. Tried from http://localhost:631 (to print a test page) and also from kpdf and acroread. Nothing prints. However, jobs sent from a Windows laptop print without any problem. Would love to know if somebody finds out what the problem is and how to solve it. Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
On Fri,03.Apr.09, 04:22:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [snip] >> >> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, >> YMMV > > How so? It (fetchmail->Postfix/SpamAssassin->maildrop->~/Maildir) has > been working perfectly on my system for 4 years. Let me quote Charles Cazabon (ok, he's the author of getmail, but sure knows a lot about mail handling): , | NOTE: DO NOT USE "sendmail" (or any other MTA queue-injection command) AS YOUR | DELIVERY INSTRUCTION. Unless you're a mail expert (and you're not), | re-injection of retrieved mail (with getmail or other agents) is virtually | guaranteed to cause one or more of lost mail, misdirected mail, bad late | bounces, leakage of delivery information, and other problems. ` This was just a few days ago on the official getmail mailing list, in reply to someone asking how to use the MTA for delivery. If you are interested in more details search the archives of the getmail list. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
full backup/
Dear all, I have HP DL380 G4 with installed debian sarge. I want to make full back up of system? before reinstalling to debian lenny. But server using hardware raid. and my question is. how can i take full backup, that in case of any failure i will be able to restore system and it was just before formating. thankyou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: lvm and multiboot
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:36:27PM -0500, zhang zhengquan (zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com) wrote: > If I use lvm for the rest of the drive except /boot, can I possibly > reduce the size of the lvm volume group and get some free space > unformatted not controlled by lvm? You can, but that'll be a lot easier if you create multiple partitions to begin with: freeing an entire partition from lvm is easier than reducing the size of one, and it doesn't really cost anything. So, for maximum flexibility create a small (200MB or so) partition for /boot and a suitable selection of partitions with different sizes so that you can later combine them in various ways. -- Tapani Tarvainen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: lvm and multiboot
>>> I read something that it is not good for /boot and / to reside on lvm >>> partitions. >> >> Only /boot needs to be on a non-LVM volume. I always partition my root >> drives with a 100-200MB /boot partition and the rest as a single >> partition devoted to LVM. Actually, I also do that for >> secondary&external drives, where the small "boot" partition is simply >> left unused (but can come in handy if I ever need to switch drives >> around). > why is the boot partition left unused, it is supposed to contain kernel > images, right? Not in secondary and external drives, from which I do not boot. > Besides, if you use the rest as a single partition, is > that possible to create separate partitions for /var /usr etc? Yes, of course: the partition dedicated to LVM is then carved into a bunch of "logical volumes". In my case I usually have one for swap, one for / and one for /home. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
joining Windows domain (Active Directory)
What is the easiest way to join ActiveDirectory, windows domain from Debian? (link?) I have found several tutorials on net but they are old and have different ways. Samba is installed (and working nicely with workgroups), the Debian version is 'testing', updated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: USB stick two devices into one
> > Maybe it will stop showing that second device and its pop-up window, if > there is no partition on it. I guess you wouldn't lose much by just > deleting that 9MB partition, ie. you'd have a device without any second > partition. (I have not tried it myself, though.) > > HTH, > Johannes > As simple as that ... Yes, it worked :D At least one of my system doesn't display second pop-up anymore. I think I'll be quite satisfied with the result (and don't care much about 2MB data loss). Thanks. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Debian RAM supporting.
> From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:25 AM > Subject: Re: Debian RAM supporting. > > On 2009-04-02 23:54, Bret Busby wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > [snip] > > > > In that case, as installation disks (I think) automatically sense the > > CPU, and install the appropriate kernel for the CPU, does an > > installation disk automatically find how much RAM a computer has, > > It's in /proc/meminfo. > > > and > > then install the appropriate memory size based kernel? > > The CD ISOs are pretty space-constrained. You could file a wishlist > bug report, but the D-I team would probably prioritize it low. I could be wrong, but I am pretty certain that the netinstall does this. At least on the 32bit systems with more then 4GB that I have access to, I don't remember having to do anything extra special for it to install bigmem. > Scooty Puff, Sr > The Doom-Bringer Awesome. :-) Futurama: Always relevant. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
On 02 Apr 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu April 2 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Probably not an answer to the OP, but when I was having trouble with > > fetchmail a year ago I changed to getmail and the problems went away > > immediately. It's easier to configure and more reliable. > > I just recently setup fetchmail on my lenny box. Went to the Falko HOW-TO on > sourceforge, copied one of his lines for fetchmailrc, changed it to my info, > added the rest of my emails, domain & ISP, and all my mail started coming in > to my local user account!. It changed my kmail setup to 1 account, from 8. > What was easier about getmail? > It was a year ago and I don't remember the details. But when I wanted to access my emails from abroad I had difficulty getting fetchmail to send my password and connect to the mail server, but getmail did it immediately. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: gpg
On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:41:16 +1100, Daniel Dalton posted: > Hi, > > Thanks for the gpg help, it's working well now. > > One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to > sign my signature if so, how does this work? > > Daniel. To give you a simple answer, use a search engine with gpg, key, signing, party as keywords, maybe even use web of trust, to get a wealth of information. People will want to verify you are who you claim to be before they will want to sign your key so usually requires meeting in meatspace and reliable photo ID (i.e. passport or the like, something that could get you through a border). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Figuring out how to use badram/memmap
Hi, I'm using an old pc which has bad ram. After running memtest86+ through a bunch of configurations i got it to spurt out these badRAM parameters: badram=0x05780a00,0xfffc. So i installed kernel-patch-badram and was hoping dpkg would popup some menu for me to put this info... didn't happen. While googling around through mostly references to the package in archives i found a site that mentioned memmap, which is apparently already part of the kernel (mine's 2.6.18-4-486, just issued apt-get dist-upgrade and it's unstable). So, which one is the recomended way: memmap or badram? And how do i use it with the parameters i have? TIA Nuno Magalhães LU#484677 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 07:30 -0300, Norbert Zeh wrote: >> > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV >> I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through >> the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. >> Can getmail do this? > > Yes it can. Have a look at: > > http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/faq.html#faq-integrating-procmail > > It basically boils down to the following settings in your getmailrc: > > --- snip --- > [destination] > type = MDA_external > path = /usr/bin/procmail > unixfrom = True > --- snip --- > > I have used this setup for some time now and am quite happy with it. The same is possible in fetchmail with the -m option. /M -- Magnus Therning(OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 07:30 -0300, Norbert Zeh wrote: > > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. > Can getmail do this? Yes it can. Have a look at: http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/faq.html#faq-integrating-procmail It basically boils down to the following settings in your getmailrc: --- snip --- [destination] type = MDA_external path = /usr/bin/procmail unixfrom = True --- snip --- I have used this setup for some time now and am quite happy with it. Wolodja signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
Norbert Zeh writes: >> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. > Can getmail do this? Yes, from my getmailrc: , | [destination] | type = MDA_external | path = /usr/bin/procmail | unixfrom = True ` > - Norbert Tom -- and everything is plastic and everyone's sarcastic and all your food is frozen, it needs to be defrosted -- Regina Spektor - Ghost of a corporate future -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update
beatrice wrote: > I have a Brother HL2040 printer that worked perfectly well on > my Debian testing with the .deb driver package Brother > provides. I don't have CUPS installed, I use lpr. My printer > stopped working without me changing any system configuration > other than my usual package updating via aptitude. [..] > The communication PC-> printer should be working. When a job is > sent to the printer the printer "wakes up", makes all the "hot > air" noise it usually does, plus the led light blink as it > always did while it is receiving data. The length of the > blinking still varies with the amount of data sent. I am afraid I can't help you now, but I have almost the same problem. The only difference is that my printer is a Brother HL2030 instead of a 2040. The rest is exactly as you describe. lpr, and the problem started yesterday after an upgrade. I'll let you and list know when I find a solution. I think it happened before (maybe a year ago) but I can't remember what I did to fix it. Regards, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
gpg
Hi, Thanks for the gpg help, it's working well now. One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to sign my signature if so, how does this work? Daniel. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. Can getmail do this? - Norbert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: USB stick two devices into one
Rob Gom wrote: > Is it possible to convert stick to be single device? I don't need > second one... And two windows about new device connected can be a bit > irritating... [cut] >> Once the stick is attached, could you send us the output of 'fdisk -l'? >> I'm just guessing, but maybe it is possible to simply remove the 2MB >> second partition. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Johannes > > Unfortunately that's not partition ... That's second device (sdb + sdc > in my case). Afaik there's no way to remove whole device from this > physical device... Maybe it will stop showing that second device and its pop-up window, if there is no partition on it. I guess you wouldn't lose much by just deleting that 9MB partition, ie. you'd have a device without any second partition. (I have not tried it myself, though.) HTH, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: public key
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 01:06:22PM +0530, Sudev Barar wrote: > 2009/3/28 Daniel Dalton : > > How do I set up public key on linux? And then how do I sign files and > > emails? I have read up on this, so understand the basics I think, but > > just wondering what tools I use for: decrypting files, encrypting files, > > signing files and actually generating my key? > > Create a key. If you are using thundebird (as your mail in other > thread implies) make sure you have installed enigmail package. If it > has been installed you will see additional menu when you launch > thunderbird which can hel you all this. Cool, thanks, is working now although I use mutt, but might use thunderbird as well... (for when I use x) > > > > > What is the difference between signing and encrypting? > > > > Encryption of outgoing document is done by recipients public key so > that he can de-crypt. Signing is done by your key where the message is > not neccessarily encrypted. This generates a hash which can be used by > recipient to verify your message has not been tampered with using your > public key. Thanks for the explanation Daniel. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: How to build clusters
abdelkader belahcene wrote: Hi, I want to creat clusters using 4 PC (pentium 4). I want guide or manual explaining the procedure in deep. thanks for help. best regards bela hi, heartbeat perhaps can help you ? http://www.linux-ha.org/ Best regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to build clusters
On 2009-04-03 04:07, abdelkader belahcene wrote: Hi, I want to creat clusters using 4 PC (pentium 4). I want guide or manual explaining the procedure in deep. thanks for help. Have you Googled for "Beowulf cluster howto"? -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian RAM supporting.
On 2009-04-02 23:54, Bret Busby wrote: On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Stefan Monnier wrote: 2. the response above indicates that yes, 4G (and maybe more) RAM can be used with 32 bit CPU's and 32 bit OS, with (what I understand to be, basically) a software patch to allow access to the memory that lies outside the limits of a 32 bit OS, but using that patch has its own problems, and so Atually, it's been part of the stock Linux kernel for years (probably already in 2.4). In Debian, you just need to install the linux-image--686-bigmem rather than linux-image--686 package. That's it. No known compatibility issue. The only "problems" with it is that if you look under the hook, you may feel like it's a bit of a hack, and also that in some micro benchmarks you may find such kernels to be marginally slower. No big deal, really. In that case, as installation disks (I think) automatically sense the CPU, and install the appropriate kernel for the CPU, does an installation disk automatically find how much RAM a computer has, It's in /proc/meminfo. and then install the appropriate memory size based kernel? The CD ISOs are pretty space-constrained. You could file a wishlist bug report, but the D-I team would probably prioritize it low. -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
How to build clusters
Hi, I want to creat clusters using 4 PC (pentium 4). I want guide or manual explaining the procedure in deep. thanks for help. best regards bela
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV How so? It (fetchmail->Postfix/SpamAssassin->maildrop->~/Maildir) has been working perfectly on my system for 4 years. -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: USB stick two devices into one
[cut] > > Once the stick is attached, could you send us the output of 'fdisk -l'? > I'm just guessing, but maybe it is possible to simply remove the 2MB > second partition. > > Cheers, > > Johannes Unfortunately that's not partition ... That's second device (sdb + sdc in my case). Afaik there's no way to remove whole device from this physical device... Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: USB stick two devices into one
Rob Gom wrote: > Hi Debian Users, > I own an USB 2 GB stick. Unfortunately it is reported to system as two > separate devices: > [ 3151.418037] usb-storage: device found at 2 > [ 3151.418041] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > [ 3156.416261] usb-storage: device scan complete > [ 3156.417734] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access PENTADRIVE > PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS > [ 3156.418216] scsi 2:0:0:1: Direct-Access PENTADRIVE > PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS > [ 3158.146100] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 4026368 512-byte hardware sectors: > (2.06 GB/1.91 GiB) > [ 3158.147583] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > [ 3158.147587] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 > [ 3158.147590] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > [ 3158.149573] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 4026368 512-byte hardware sectors: > (2.06 GB/1.91 GiB) > [ 3158.150569] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > [ 3158.150572] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 > [ 3158.150575] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > [ 3158.150578] sdb: sdb1 > [ 3158.151413] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk > [ 3158.153209] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] 4096 512-byte hardware sectors: (2.09 > MB/2.00 MiB) > [ 3158.154598] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off > [ 3158.154605] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 > [ 3158.154607] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through > [ 3158.156455] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] 4096 512-byte hardware sectors: (2.09 > MB/2.00 MiB) > [ 3158.157567] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off > [ 3158.157570] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 > [ 3158.157572] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through > > Is it possible to convert stick to be single device? I don't need > second one... And two windows about new device connected can be a bit > irritating... Once the stick is attached, could you send us the output of 'fdisk -l'? I'm just guessing, but maybe it is possible to simply remove the 2MB second partition. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: side-by-side display of two files with latex
Hallo Russel, > I need to typeset a document in which a pair of files are displayed > side-by-side, each in its own column, so that the reader easily may > compare the two files. > > The problem is that each file spans several pages; so the left column of > each page must be a continuation of the left column of the previous > page, and the right column of each page must be a continuation of the > right column of the previous page. > > Can this be done in LaTeX? perhaps with the minipage environment? I would do it in a longtable-environment in which I put a paragraph in a cell. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." I Corinthians 10:13 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
On Thu,02.Apr.09, 06:05:42, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu April 2 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Probably not an answer to the OP, but when I was having trouble with > > fetchmail a year ago I changed to getmail and the problems went away > > immediately. It's easier to configure and more reliable. > > I just recently setup fetchmail on my lenny box. Went to the Falko HOW-TO on > sourceforge, copied one of his lines for fetchmailrc, changed it to my info, > added the rest of my emails, domain & ISP, and all my mail started coming in > to my local user account!. It changed my kmail setup to 1 account, from 8. > What was easier about getmail? AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
