Re: debian testing installer & encrypted LVM question
Giorgos> Hello to everybody! My laptop has a partition with Vista and Giorgos> the rest of the disk is free space. I boot the debian Giorgos> installer cd and the question is: can I somehow select the Giorgos> 'lvm + encrypt' scheme while preserving the vista partition? Giorgos> This 'use entire disk' which goes along the encrypted lvm Giorgos> troubles me... I would like the installer to set up an Giorgos> encrypted lvm on the free space and not delete everything on Giorgos> the disk... Is this possible? sure. use the graphical expert install mode then you can pick the free partition i.e. no harm done to Vista pgpiem2GQWrwd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?
Jesse Sheidlower wrote: I have a two-year-old ThinkPad T60. They included a note saying that they had also upgraded the BIOS and embedded controller--to 2.23 and 1.07 respectively. From this page www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=BMOE-3VAM8Y#t I see the 2.23 BIOS but I don't see the 1.07, maybe check this page and re-flash the BIOS. Also they have some tools to test your system. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Etch at sda14 Registered Linux User #380263 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?
Jesse Sheidlower wrote: I have a two-year-old ThinkPad T60. They included a note saying that they had also upgraded the BIOS and embedded controller--to 2.23 and 1.07 respectively. From this page www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=BMOE-3VAM8Y#t I see the 2.23 BIOS but I don't see the 1.07, maybe check this page and re-flash the BIOS. Also they have some tools to test your system. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Etch at sda14 Registered Linux User #380263 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
debian testing installer & encrypted LVM question
Hello to everybody! My laptop has a partition with Vista and the rest of the disk is free space. I boot the debian installer cd and the question is: can I somehow select the 'lvm + encrypt' scheme while preserving the vista partition? This 'use entire disk' which goes along the encrypted lvm troubles me... I would like the installer to set up an encrypted lvm on the free space and not delete everything on the disk... Is this possible? Cheers, Giorgos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to create hidden files?
* Dennis Wicks [2009 Jul 03 19:00 -0500]: > Greetings; > > Back in the dim distant past I remember that one could create hidden or > "secret" file with Basic on DOS and at least early Windows (3.0). I was > never able to figure out where those files were. > > Any way, is there a way of doing this in linux? I know that some > commands/programs won't show .xx files by default, but that isn't the > same sort of thing as Basic did. > > Any body have an idea? The so-called "dot files" are the equivalent to the DOS "hidden" files as both could be displayed with the relevant command switches as I understand it. Perhaps there is some way to hide a file so that even `ls' or Midnight Commander won't display them, but I'm not familiar with it. - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
How to create hidden files?
Greetings; Back in the dim distant past I remember that one could create hidden or "secret" file with Basic on DOS and at least early Windows (3.0). I was never able to figure out where those files were. Any way, is there a way of doing this in linux? I know that some commands/programs won't show .xx files by default, but that isn't the same sort of thing as Basic did. Any body have an idea? TIA! Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installing nvidia / lenny / DELL Precision T7500: solved !
On Fri,03.Jul.09, 10:07:32, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > Ok I had to change my apt/preferences just during the m-a steps (how > do I specify that otherwise ?). Sorry, I'm not familiar with your setup. I have a pure unstable and my instructions should also work on pure testing. Are you running a mixed system? > > P.S. No need to CC me, I'm subscribed > > If I hit 'reply' only your email shows up, so I definitely need to hit > 'reply all'. This should not be a problem as gmail is merging both > -identical- email, right ? Actually gmail is silently dropping the copy that comes last, and they are not quite identical. Because of that I'm only posting via gmail, but receive list mail on a different address. I *always* want to have the copy from the list. It's not a big deal for me to get a CC, it goes to the Junk folder anyway (I have a special sorting rule for that), but some subscribers have a metered connection and this would be useless traffic. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: iceweasel puzzle
Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: I use iceweasel to visit the site http://www.strictlysudoku.com. In the left-hand column there are ĺogin' and 'register' links. If I click one of those, a window pops up, but it is completely blank. On my wife's computer, which uses the same gateway/firewall, and which is also more or less Debian (well, ubuntu), clicking the links produces proper 'login' and 'register' forms. Any idea of what could be the matter on my computer? With iceweasel 3.0.6-1 works as expected. You don't have Noscript enabled do you? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: kvm -net nic -net tap makes no network.
Oh! Thank You, Gilles: > I forgot to show my network configuration, especialy my bridge I did not see the answer. Now seems it works. I can not test it now for my modem stops working when I bring up the br0 - I guess I have to tune up the route table. I will write latter if something will go wrong to me. Yet it seems me weird that I do create the device manually - I thought a KVM script had to do that. Though may I miss some package for that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Uptimes - any guidance?
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 08:30:01PM +0100, AG wrote: > I am just curious whether or not there is any guidance/ advice on how > long uptimes should be allowed to be run, or whether it is wise to shut > down and reboot? > > I'm thinking "wise" as from the perspective of the system and its > overall functioning, etc. It's sometimes a good idea to reboot after installing updates, but most of the time you can find out what is still using the old files with lsof and restart those processes. Only when you can't figure it out and keep getting the message "/usr is busy" when doing a remount /usr -o remount,ro after updating, you may want to reboot. Doing that, I've seen the uptime going over the limit of the counter some time after 435 days; it starts over when the limit is reached. I don't know what the limit is, 512 days maybe? Hoewver, thanks to the poor quality of SATA disks and eventually other hardware you get nowadays, a long uptime can be hard to reach. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: kvm -net nic -net tap makes no network.
Thank You for Your time and answer, Gilles: > Here I got : > $ ip route ls > 10.0.0.0/24 dev br0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.1 > default via 10.0.0.4 dev br0 > > Do you really have a network interace ? A default gateway ? No. And this makes me troubles. Now, using Your values of the $1 and $switch variables I get: bridge br0 does not exist! So, I want to ask, Do You have a glue how to create one? OR may You know some kvm tools/utils that create it? Thank You, once again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Can postfix misconfiguration lead to OS breakage?
Thank You very much for Your time and answer, Boyd: > Can your kernel flash your BIOS? In theory it could hide there and in > whatever NVRAM your system has. I use common kernels from common repos. Can they? > When you "reformat" do you simply repartition and recreate filesystems, > leaving your MBR intact? It could hide there. I did recreate an FS on another logical disk while installation and that did rewrite MBR too for the new boot configuration. So, can the postfix config files relating to chroot make such a security breach? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 09:20:35AM -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 10:22:58AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > > Unfortunately, a few seconds after hitting the MEPIS desktop > > > screen, it, too, locks up hard, and I have to reboot. > > > > > > Next suggestion? :-( > > > > Just guessing: hardware failure? > > > > On the face of it your machine worked before you sent it for repairs and > > does not work after it was returned to you. I guess you should ask for > > help at lenovo... > > True, but I'd like to make sure that it isn't the case of, > say, a BIOS update to something that Linux can't handle, for > example > In the spirit of trying live cds, you might give Sidux a try. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iceweasel puzzle
On 2009-07-03 13:27 +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > I use iceweasel to visit the site http://www.strictlysudoku.com. > In the left-hand column there are ĺogin' and 'register' links. If > I click one of those, a window pops up, but it is completely blank. > > On my wife's computer, which uses the same gateway/firewall, and > which is also more or less Debian (well, ubuntu), clicking the > links produces proper 'login' and 'register' forms. > > Any idea of what could be the matter on my computer? Not really, this site works for me. Maybe you can try another browser or iceweasel without extensions, i.e. `iceweasel -safe-mode' ? Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iceweasel puzzle
On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:50:10 -0300 tyler wrote: Hello tyler, > These things are often the result of the website being confused by your > user agent string. I guess Ubuntu uses standard firefox, while Debian Just checked the site from here, using the standard IceWeasel agent string, and everything worked as it was supposed to. That is, the login/register window came up, and had the relevant text in it. I didn't attempt a registration though. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" I must be hallucinating, watching angels celebrating There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) - Eurythmics signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: iceweasel puzzle
Jan Willem Stumpel writes: > I use iceweasel to visit the site http://www.strictlysudoku.com. > In the left-hand column there are ĺogin' and 'register' links. If > I click one of those, a window pops up, but it is completely blank. > > On my wife's computer, which uses the same gateway/firewall, and > which is also more or less Debian (well, ubuntu), clicking the > links produces proper 'login' and 'register' forms. > > Any idea of what could be the matter on my computer? > These things are often the result of the website being confused by your user agent string. I guess Ubuntu uses standard firefox, while Debian uses iceweasel. Firefox is common enough that most websites support it (or, at least don't intentionally block it), while some will break if you use iceweasel. You might try the useragent switcher plugin, or manually change all instances of 'iceweasel' in about:config to 'firefox'. HTH, Tyler -- There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. --Mark Twain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installing Debian alongside Windows Vista?
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 06:49:18PM +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Yup, no problem as long as you have some unpartitioned disk space on > your hard drive. If not, you can use gparted from a live cd to shrink > your windows partition. It might be that you need to defragment (in > windows!) your partition first. > If this all sound too complicated, getting a second hard drive and > installing linux on that is of course also an option. > > Sjoerd > Just to be clear, is gparted smart enough not to shrink the partition so much that it cuts off data from the partition? In other words, does it only use the empty space at the end of the partition? -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 10:22:58AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > Unfortunately, a few seconds after hitting the MEPIS desktop > > screen, it, too, locks up hard, and I have to reboot. > > > > Next suggestion? :-( > > Just guessing: hardware failure? > > On the face of it your machine worked before you sent it for repairs and > does not work after it was returned to you. I guess you should ask for > help at lenovo... True, but I'd like to make sure that it isn't the case of, say, a BIOS update to something that Linux can't handle, for example Jesse Sheidlower -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Problem with compiz+ 2 video card
Hi, I have compiz with the cube effect installed. I have 2 monitors connected to two video cards. I got a black image in one of the monitor and i can move the mouse over there but without can do anyting with it. I dont know why it is happening. someone can help me. I paste my xorg.conf file here: # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings # nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (bui...@crested) Sun Feb 1 20:25:37 UTC 2009 # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeis...@builder62) Tue Mar 24 06:15:32 PST 2009 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 1280 0 Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0" InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "LG M1717S" HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor1" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Acer AL1716" HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce 7300 LE" BusID "PCI:5:0:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device1" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce 8400 GS" BusID "PCI:2:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth24 Option "TwinView" "0" Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0" Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1" Device "Device1" Monitor"Monitor1" DefaultDepth24 Option "TwinView" "0" Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection thank you very much
Re: Help with ndiswrapper and Broadcom wireless
2009/7/2 JoeHill : > > I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the Debian Wiki: > > http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx > > but then found out that my particular device was not supported by that driver. > > I then tried the tutorial on this page: > > http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper > > I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03), so I got the > driver from HP, the vendor of this notebook. It is installed, and shows up in > ndisgtk, but shows 'Hardware present: no'. > > I installed wicd to see if that would at least let me see more of what was > going on, but although it says it's running, when I try to access the wicd > network manager, nothing opens. Gnome network manager shows no wireless > connection. > > Any tips really greatly appreciated. There is better way if you use Debian Lenny Try install b43-fwcutter package. aptitude install b43-fwcutter Regards Mariusz Sielicki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
iceweasel puzzle
I use iceweasel to visit the site http://www.strictlysudoku.com. In the left-hand column there are ĺogin' and 'register' links. If I click one of those, a window pops up, but it is completely blank. On my wife's computer, which uses the same gateway/firewall, and which is also more or less Debian (well, ubuntu), clicking the links produces proper 'login' and 'register' forms. Any idea of what could be the matter on my computer? Regards, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
maximise application goes right under gnome's bottom panel
Hiya Im running debian testing and gnome. But i dont think that im running testing has anything to do with my little problem. If I maximise an application or console, the bottom of the application goes right under gnome's bottom panel. The only way I can see the bottom is if I goto the properties of the bottom panel, enable show hide buttons and then click the left or right arrow. Anyone know how I can correct this setting. Kind Regards Brent Clark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
apt-cacher-ng behind apache2 proxypass. PDiff problems
Hi list, I'm having trouble with next arch: apt-cacher-ng <-> proxypass (apache2) <-> apt apt-cacher-ng is configured by default, and apt works fine if I config it to Acquire::Http::Proxy "http://apt-cacher:314";; and "deb http://ftp.xx.debian.org/debian ..." line in sources.list But I would like to config my systems with "deb http://debian/debian ..." without adding HTTP:PRoxy option The proxypass config seems to be simple: ServerName debian DocumentRoot /srv/translations/ CustomLog /var/log/apache2/debian/access.log combined ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/debian/error.log ProxyRequests Off RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/debian/dists/.*/(main|contrib|non-free)/i18n/Translation-es.bz2$ /Translation-es.bz2 [PT] RewriteRule ^/debian/dists/.*/(main|contrib|non-free)/i18n/Translation-es.gz$ /Translation-es.gz [PT] # RewriteRule ^/debian/dists/.*/non-free/i18n/Translation-es.bz2$ /Translation-es.bz2 [PT] Order deny,allow Allow from all ProxyPass http://debian:3142/ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ timeout=5 ProxyPassReverse http://debian:3142/ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ As you can see I had to create Translation-es in local fs, because it wont work inside proxypass ?? My problem now is with pdiff files (If I add Acquire::PDiffs "false"; to apt conf, it works fine). But by default: # annotate-output apt-get -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Diffs=true update 10:24:40 I: Started apt-get -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Diffs=true update 10:24:40 O: Obj http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg 10:24:40 O: Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Translation-es 10:24:40 O: Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Translation-es 10:24:40 O: Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Translation-es 10:24:40 O: Obj http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release ... 10:24:40 O: Obj http://debian lenny Release.gpg 10:24:40 O: Obj http://debian lenny/main Translation-es 10:24:40 O: Obj http://debian lenny/contrib Translation-es 10:24:40 O: Obj http://debian lenny/non-free Translation-es ... 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqDiffIndex: http://debian/debian/dists/lenny/main/binary-amd64/Packages.diff/Index 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqIndexDiffs::pkgAcqIndexDiffs(): /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-amd64_Packages 10:24:41 E: Custom600Header-IMS: /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-amd64_Packages.IndexDiff 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqDiffIndex: http://debian/debian/dists/lenny/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages.diff/Index 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqIndexDiffs::pkgAcqIndexDiffs(): /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqDiffIndex: http://debian/debian/dists/lenny/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.diff/Index 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqIndexDiffs::pkgAcqIndexDiffs(): /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqDiffIndex: http://debian/debian/dists/lenny/main/source/Sources.diff/Index 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqIndexDiffs::pkgAcqIndexDiffs(): /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_main_source_Sources 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqDiffIndex: http://debian/debian/dists/lenny/contrib/source/Sources.diff/Index 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqIndexDiffs::pkgAcqIndexDiffs(): /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_contrib_source_Sources 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqDiffIndex: http://debian/debian/dists/lenny/non-free/source/Sources.diff/Index 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqIndexDiffs::pkgAcqIndexDiffs(): /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_non-free_source_Sources 10:24:41 O: Obj http://debian lenny Release 10:24:41 O: Obj http://debian.fusionforge.org lenny Release.gpg 10:24:41 O: Ign http://debian.fusionforge.org lenny/main Translation-es 10:24:41 O: Obj http://debian.fusionforge.org lenny Release 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqDiffIndex: http://debian.fusionforge.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/binary-amd64/Packages.diff/Index 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqIndexDiffs::pkgAcqIndexDiffs(): /var/lib/apt/lists/debian.fusionforge.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-amd64_Packages 10:24:41 E: Custom600Header-IMS: /var/lib/apt/lists/debian.fusionforge.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-amd64_Packages.IndexDiff 10:24:41 E: pkgAcqDiffIndex failed: http://debian.fusionforge.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/binary-amd64/Packages.diff/Index 10:24:41 E: Falling back to normal index file aquire 10:24:41 O: Ign http://debian.fusionforge.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex 10:24:41 O: Obj http://debian.fusionforge.org lenny/main Packages 10:24:41 E: Custom600Header-IMS: /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages.IndexDiff 10:24:41 E: Custom600Header-IMS: /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages.IndexDiff 10:24:41 E: Custom600Header-IMS: /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_main_source_Sources.IndexDiff 10:24:41 E: Custom600Header-IMS: /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_contrib_source_Sources.IndexDiff 10:24:41 E: Custom600Header-IMS: /var/lib/apt/lists/debian_debian_dists_lenny_non-free_source_Sources.Ind
Re: wrong permission?
On 24.06.09 21:49, ronggui wong wrote: > Now, I figured out the reason. It is because documentation folder is > set as "my document" under my Windows XP. How is Debian so smart to > know that? apparently a wine issue. Another possible reason would be that the is set to read-only. > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:20 AM, ronggui wong wrote: > > My Debian mounts a vfat partition automatically, the setting of fstab > > is as follows: > > ## /etc/fstab > > /dev/hda6 /media/wine vfat > > defaults,users,umask=000,shortname=winnt,uid=wincent,gid=wincent > > 0 0 > > > > However, two folders in the partition have different permissions. It > > seems that I can not change it. Any suggestions? Thanks. > > > > winc...@debian:~$ ls -l /media/wine > > total 80 > > dr-xr-xr-x 49 wincent wincent 16384 2008-02-10 documentation > > drwxrwxrwx 2 wincent wincent 16384 2007-09-22 Recycled > > winc...@debian:~$ chmod o+w /media/wine/documentation > > winc...@debian:~$ ls -l /media/wine/ > > total 80 > > dr-xr-xr-x 49 wincent wincent 16384 2008-02-10 documentation > > drwxrwxrwx 2 wincent wincent 16384 2007-09-22 Recycled -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. I don't have lysdexia. The Dog wouldn't allow that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Wireless networking help - can't find AP
Dne, 30. 06. 2009 09:26:39 je Joel Roth napisal(a): > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:08:17PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:23:39 + > > Joel Roth wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > My wireless network interface is present: > > > > > > $ iwconfig wlan0 > > > > > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"" > > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: > Not-Associated > > > Tx-Power=0 dBm > > > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B > > > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > > > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid > frag:0 > > > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed > beacon:0 > > > > > > However, I don't find the D-Link 614+: > > > > > > $ iwlist wlan0 scan > > > > > > wlan0 No scan results > > > > > > And of course, dhclient fails to find a server. > > > > a) Scanning may not work if the interface is administratively > 'down'. > > Try 'ifconfig wlan0 up' and then scanning. > > Tried and failed: no scan results. (I made sure wlan0 was > up before, too.) > > > b) What happens if you just go ahead and set the essid manually: > > 'iwconfig wlan0 essid your-essid' and then 'iwconfig wlan0' to see > if > > it associates? > > Tried, but it does not associate. > > I also tried setting the channel number. No change, and iwconfig > doesn't > show the setting. > > I also looked in the BIOS for a wireless enable/disable > setting, but no such menu item is present. > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > Joel > > > Celejar > > -- > > mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email > > ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator > > > > -- > Joel Roth > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > > This may be far-fetched, but... do you have the ieee80211_crypt_tkip module installed? And the wpasupplicant package? Good luck! -- Certifiable Loonix User 481801 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Help with ndiswrapper and Broadcom wireless
Dne, 02. 07. 2009 06:22:48 je Thierry Chatelet napisal(a): > On Thursday 02 July 2009 05:09:51 JoeHill wrote: > > I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the > Debian > > Wiki: > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx > > > > but then found out that my particular device was not supported by > that > > driver. > > > > I then tried the tutorial on this page: > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper > > > > I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03), so I > got the > > driver from HP, the vendor of this notebook. It is installed, and > shows up > > in ndisgtk, but shows 'Hardware present: no'. > > > > I installed wicd to see if that would at least let me see more of > what was > > going on, but although it says it's running, when I try to access > the wicd > > network manager, nothing opens. Gnome network manager shows no > wireless > > connection. > > > > Any tips really greatly appreciated. > > > > -- > > J > > > A Linux driver for the Broadcom bcm43xx wireless chips. > Broadcom never released details about these chips. So this driver is > based > upon reverse engineered specifications. > > This driver was included into the Linux kernel since 2.6.17-rc2. > > Another branch of this driver, based on the Devicescape 802.11 Stack, > which > should be the future in Linux wireless support and which supports > advanced > capabilities (namely, full WPA support), can be found in the > wireless-dev > tree: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless- > dev.git > > The bcm43xx-fwcutter tool (required - see documentation for further > info) can > install with aptitude. > So remove ndiswrapper and try again. > Give some detail from ifconfig, iwconfig.. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > Another suggestion: the proprietary driver downloadable from broadcom's website works exceedingly well for BCM4321, so chances are it would work with your hardware as well. The driver comes with exhaustive instructions for compiling, so it is relatively hassle-free to install. But, needless to say, it does not follow the Debian free software guidelines... and is therefore not supported by Debian in any way, I thik. Good luck! -- Certifiable Loonix User 481801 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Cups - printer..........
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 19:07:05 +1000, Charlie wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:52:41 +0200 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: > >On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 12:09:49 +1000, Charlie wrote: > >> > >> Could someone please tell me what they have in their: Cups server> > >> Host and Port when they do: > >> > >> If they use cups and printer working in Debian Squeeze [testing] > > > >I have this on Sid (which should also work on Squeeze): > > > >Host: /var/run/cups/cups.sock > >Port: 631 > > Thank you for that Florian. Unfortunately the message I receive still > says: > > A print error occurred. Error message received from system: > > cupsdoprint -P 'Epson' -J 'thankuwrap.pdf' -H > '/var/run/cups/cups.sock:631' -U 'charlie' -o ' copies=1 > orientation-requested=3' > '/home/charlie/.kde/tmp-taogypsy/kpdfzHyfab.ps' : execution failed with > message: client-error-document-format-not-supported That does not look like a connection/communication problem to me. > But it used to work with: Host: /var/run/cups/cups.sock > it also gives the same error message when Host: localhost > > But it stopped working only since the last Cups upgrade? It won't print > from any program at all now. Which version of ghostscript-cups is installed on your system? -- Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Java lib packages
On Thursday 02 July 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4fe4c4f50907021347r2fcba2dcqa1b0ca7e2db79...@mail.gmail.com>, ChadDavis > > wrote: > >> In any case, the lib*-java packages are not specifically for developers. > >> They are shared dependencies of the Java applications that are part of > >> Debian or are using the Debian build and distribution network > >> (contrib/non- free). Java applications in main with priority > >> optional/extra are just as much part of Debian as a C/C++ application in > >> main with priority optional/extra. > > > >So, the lib-java stuff makes up the JRE for Java apps in Debian? > > IIRC, JRE has a very specific meaning, which doesn't include the libraries > from the Apache Commons project. The virtual(?) package default-jre should > give you a fully functioning JRE; if it doesn't please file a bug. > > Each of those (lib*-java) packages make another Java library available for > Java applications running on Debian. Usually, this is by installing a .jar > file somewhere under /usr/share, among other things. The package will be > tracked by the package manager, so you'll get security updates, dependency > tracking, etc. > > >So, > >can I say that if I install one of these libraries it will be > >available when I invoke java in Debian? > > Last time I checked, installing a lib*-java did not add a .jar to my > CLASSPATH, which is rather unfortunate (since it differs from the way C > libraries and Perl modules are handled in Debian). However, this may have > changed or I may not have fully understood how Debian handles this. I notice that Java-7 is due to "end classpath hell" through the new module support. It will be interesting to see how that fits into the Debian scheme of things. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
connection problem between BlueZ and BT module via UART port.
Hi! I am currently working on Debian with the latest version of kernel 2.6 of linux. I have bought a bluetooth module of the CSR company ( BTM-330, running with the BC4_roam type microprocessor) I have tried to link it with öy computer via the HCI protocol already existing on the one hand on Linux ( thanks to the installation of the blueZ package) and on the other hand also there on my BT module. However when I try to connect it with the hciattach commad on the UART type port (ttyS0) I get the following message:"Initialization timed out". Here is the tye of commad I have entered: hciattach /dev/ttyS0/csr Regarding the BT card, we can observe that the message is indeed received by the card because the light gets ON, but on the whole the connection between blueZ and te BTmodule is not realized. Then when I enter the hciconfig commad to see if the öodule has been detecte on the PORT, there is indeed nothing displayed. I have made internet searches on my own and from what I have read, it seems that it is due to the fact that the hciattach command needs to define the BT card at a baud rate of 230400 whereas on linus 2.6 ther is a "bug" that doesn't allow the UART to be programed at baud rates higher than 115200. So I would like to hve your point of view on this justification of the non detection of the bt module. Has anyone an idea of the localisation of the problem, and who eventually knows how to correct it? Thanks! Neu: WEB.DE Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + Telefon-Flatrate für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Cups - printer..........
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:52:41 +0200 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: >On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 12:09:49 +1000, Charlie wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Could someone please tell me what they have in their: Cups server> >> Host and Port when they do: >> >> If they use cups and printer working in Debian Squeeze [testing] > >I have this on Sid (which should also work on Squeeze): > >Host: /var/run/cups/cups.sock >Port: 631 > Thank you for that Florian. Unfortunately the message I receive still says: A print error occurred. Error message received from system: cupsdoprint -P 'Epson' -J 'thankuwrap.pdf' -H '/var/run/cups/cups.sock:631' -U 'charlie' -o ' copies=1 orientation-requested=3' '/home/charlie/.kde/tmp-taogypsy/kpdfzHyfab.ps' : execution failed with message: client-error-document-format-not-supported But it used to work with: Host: /var/run/cups/cups.sock it also gives the same error message when Host: localhost But it stopped working only since the last Cups upgrade? It won't print from any program at all now. So I suppose I have to wait for the next upgrade - or try to get working. Thank you, Charlie --- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity as to modern times; of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground. .Henry David Thoreau >>> Linux Debian - just the best way to create magic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?
Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > Unfortunately, a few seconds after hitting the MEPIS desktop > screen, it, too, locks up hard, and I have to reboot. > > Next suggestion? :-( Just guessing: hardware failure? On the face of it your machine worked before you sent it for repairs and does not work after it was returned to you. I guess you should ask for help at lenovo... Cheers, good luck! Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Looking for Tyler MacDonald .
Michael McGlothlin wrote: > I'm looking for the owner of Yi.org/WhyI.org, Tyler MacDonald aka > Crackerjack. I see that he posted on here on May 14, 2009 despite > refusing to respond to my efforts at communication for the past year. This is a public mailing list, not a public enquiry service. The topic of the mailing list is "discussion about debian". Your mail to this list and it's thousands of subscribers is highly inappropriate and probably even illegal in many jurisdictions, as it is considered 'spam'. Regards, Johannes Wiedersich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installing nvidia / lenny / DELL Precision T7500: solved !
'lo On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu,02.Jul.09, 23:15:27, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Andrei Popescu >> wrote: >> > On Thu,02.Jul.09, 15:27:09, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> >> After loosing hours on this I gave up and use the official nvidia.sh >> >> installer which work out perfectly. >> > >> > Too bad you weren't pacient enough: >> > >> > 1. Install nvidia-kernel-source and the linux-headers package for your >> > current kernel > > ... and module-assistant > >> > 2. run as root: 'm-a a-i nvidia' >> > 3. install nvidia-glx >> > 4. edit xorg.conf >> >> Sorry I wasn't clear but I also tried that. I think the root problem >> is that I could only get to 173.14.09-5, while I would have needed >> something closer to 185.18.14-1. Unfortunately this was pulling way >> too much junk I did not care about (what is openvz anyway ?). > > That's probably because you tried to install nvidia-glx first (step 3). > In testing and unstable there is no nvidia-kernel- > package, you have to build it yourself (step. 1 and 2) Ok I had to change my apt/preferences just during the m-a steps (how do I specify that otherwise ?). I followed the step by step guide: http://desiato.tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.html During Step 4: Building and installing the nvidia kernel module you really want to make sure to have: - $ cat /etc/apt/preferences ... Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600 - Which properly pulls the nvidia-glx 185.18.14-1 I wanted. $ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx nvidia-glx: Installed: 185.18.14-1 Candidate: 185.18.14-1 Version table: *** 185.18.14-1 0 100 http://ftp.fr.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 173.14.09-5 0 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages 200 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/non-free Packages > P.S. No need to CC me, I'm subscribed If I hit 'reply' only your email shows up, so I definitely need to hit 'reply all'. This should not be a problem as gmail is merging both -identical- email, right ? Thanks, -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
barriers ...
Hi, I'm seeing the message "JBD: barrier-based sync failed on md127p1:8 - disabling barriers" since I got new disks. I found an explanation to what that is supposed to mean: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-...@vm.marist.edu/msg33117.html What I don't understand is the designation of the storage device: "md127p1:8". I do have /dev/md127p1 which is the partition on the partitionalbe RAID-1 on the new disks (It should have been named "data", but for unknown reasons that got ignored.). But what is ":8"? There's only one partition (with ext4 on it), only one RAID-1. BTW, how's the impact on performance when barriers are disabled? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installing nvidia / lenny / DELL Precision T7500
On Thu,02.Jul.09, 23:15:27, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > On Thu,02.Jul.09, 15:27:09, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > >> After loosing hours on this I gave up and use the official nvidia.sh > >> installer which work out perfectly. > > > > Too bad you weren't pacient enough: > > > > 1. Install nvidia-kernel-source and the linux-headers package for your > > current kernel ... and module-assistant > > 2. run as root: 'm-a a-i nvidia' > > 3. install nvidia-glx > > 4. edit xorg.conf > > Sorry I wasn't clear but I also tried that. I think the root problem > is that I could only get to 173.14.09-5, while I would have needed > something closer to 185.18.14-1. Unfortunately this was pulling way > too much junk I did not care about (what is openvz anyway ?). That's probably because you tried to install nvidia-glx first (step 3). In testing and unstable there is no nvidia-kernel- package, you have to build it yourself (step. 1 and 2) Regards, Andrei P.S. No need to CC me, I'm subscribed -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Boot issue, new installation of Lenny with mirrored /boot and mirrored lvm2
Hi Franklin, On Fri, July 3, 2009 4:36 pm, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > Your problem is probably inside your /boot/initrd... file > > You might want to "rebuild" it, using update-initramfs Tried that, multiple ways: update-initramfs -u -k all update-initramfs -n -k all > Also, did you read /usr/share/doc/mdadm/rootraiddoc.97.html (which is > outdated, but gives good overview) No, not yet. But the other 346 machine is working fine and I don't think that I have anything missing in my understanding other than why mdadm isn't assembling the drives as it should on the 'bad' machine when the processes are exactly the same and work fine on the 'good' machine. > Hope this helps, Thanks. Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: how can i limit system resources for a particular process? [solved]
hi, thanks for the info, it's been really useful. vitaminix: what you suggested helped, but as Todd sais it has more to do with memory than with CPU, i didn't actually have a clue where the bottleneck was. Todd: what you suggested works great. I kept playing with bs and count parameters, combined with nice and now the system is quite responsive through the whole period of time in which dd is running. Thank you all very much for the advice. En/na Todd A. Jacobs ha escrit: On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 04:26:14PM +0200, Jordi Moles Blanco wrote: I would like to run dd and let it use, for example, only 10% of the CPU time or 30% of the total amount of memory. Is that possible? I'm not looking for a "general" process limit for the whole system, only for a particular process. Part of your question is about memory. AFAICT, the memory consumed by dd is strictly a function of its block size, so just specify a blocksize that fits within available RAM and doesn't cause filesystem writes to block too long. You might need to experiment a bit with this. For example, the following are functionally equivalent in that they both create a 1GB file in /tmp, but one of them may work better on your system than the other, depending on a variety of hardware characteristics: dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/zeroes bs=1M count=1000 dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/zeroes bs=256k count=4000 As for the rest of your question, most utilities like nice or cpulimit operate on CPU usage, but your problem sounds like it's actually disk I/O. I'd recommend installing util-linux if it isn't already on your system, and using the ionice utility with "idle" priority. You can even combine this with nice, if you want. Thus: nice -n18 ionice -c3 dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/zeroes bs=1M count=1000 will probably take a longer time to complete, but your system should be extremely responsive the whole time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: the ever present wireless problem
On Thu,02.Jul.09, 16:07:27, Robert Holtzman wrote: > I'm running a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router hard wired to a > desktop and a Dell D600 with a Broadcom BCM5705M ethernet controller > and Lenny. I'm having a problem getting The Dell to work with You could try a newer kernel (from www.backports.org). Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
