Re: New testing install; no /boot/grub/menu.lst exists.
>> What is your 40... entry?
> Generic chainloader +1 stuff:
> # OpenBSD 4.6 on /dev/hda1
> title OpenBSD 4.6
> root (hd0,0)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>> Are you loading the ufs module(s)?
> Never heard of 'em. Will research, thanks.
(1a) There is no (hd0,0) in grub2. sda = (hd0,1), etc
(1b) There are no "title" or "root" lines in grub2. The grub2 menu is
populated by a stanza of the type
menuentry {
set root=...
[linux|freebsd|open.bsd] ...
...
}
or
menuentry {
set root=...
chainloader +1
}
(2) I did not realize that you were using chainloader; insmod ufs
would be of no use to you for chainloading. However, if you want to
create a non-chainloader entry for openbsd, you would have to add an
"insmod ufs" or "insmod ufs2" line to the beginning of the (1b)
example above (I have no idea which would be required because I have
zero *BSD experience but I am mentioning both because those two
modules exist in my /boot/grub).
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Re: unable to open mailbox
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 08:09:57PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > RobertHoltzman put forth on 1/9/2010 5:45 PM: > > On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 10:27:33AM -0200, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > >> Klistvud wrote: > >>> I've heard maildir is more robust than mbox in that regard. Can anybody > >>> confirm if that's true or not? > >>> > >> > >> I'd say so. Since each message is a file, if one file gets corrupted > >> only that message will be affected. > > > > But it slows down searches. > > That's the general wisdom regarding search performance, but I'm not so sure > that > its correct for modern systems and software. I haven't located any modern > apples-apples benchmarks of mbox vs maildir. Dovecot supports both mailbox > formats and its mbox code has been heavily optimized. It would be nice to see > this http://www.courier-mta.org/mbox-vs-maildir/ benchmark performed today but > testing dovecot-mbox vs dovecot-maildir. One of the Alpine (ex)devs claims it's true. If I ever get the time I'll see about testing it one of the distros on my desktop box. Intuitively it sounds right as a search would entail opening and closing many files as opposed to one with mbox. -- Bob Holtzman GPG key ID = 8D549279 If you think you're getting free lunch check the price of the beer. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: How to install Eclipse 3.5 on Debian 5 (lenny) stable release ?
Hi Mat, Thanks for your suggestion. I have downloaded the "eclipse_3.4.1-1_i386.deb" file from the link you provided. I am now finding information on installing this eclipse 3.4 using "dpkg". However, one point I want to be clear in advance is that would the eclipse 3.4 installation using "dpkg" replaces / corrupts my old eclipse 3.2 installation. Moreover, the eclipse 3.4 ".deb" file has just 120KB size. Is that reasonable with such a big application ? Thanks for any suggestion. Regards Lawrence On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Mathias wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Tsang Kim Wai wrote: > >> >> Hi All, >> >> I am a newbie in Debian and have just installed Debian 5 (lenny) >> stable >> release. I have used "apt-get install eclipse" to install a version of >> eclipse into my system and that version runs well. >> >> However, later I find that the installed version of eclipse is 3.2 >> and >> I would like to install the current eclipse release 3.5 as an alternative >> of >> eclipse 3.2. >> >> I find that eclipse 3.5 Linux version >> (eclipse-jee-galileo-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz) could be downloaded from the >> eclipse site but I do not know how to install it into Debian to make it >> co-exist with the older eclipse 3.2. >> >> I see that version 3.4.11 is in sid/unstable: > http://packages.debian.org/sid/eclipse > > I guess that could be installed, without too much effort, it has a few > dependencies though. I was hoping to find 3.5 in experimental, but no such > luck. A tar.gz archive like the one you mention above is not that hard to > install either, it's not not as easy as just using apt-get or dpkg. I guess > you could unpack it (tar -zxcf) in /usr/local somewhere and try. That can't > damaged anything. :) > > Mat
Re: Having Grub2 use UUID instead of (hd0,1)?
> I just did an update on the laptop and I get the following output from > aptitude when upgrading the Grub2 packages: > Setting up grub-common (1.98~20100101-1) ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/grub.d/00_header ... > Setting up grub-pc (1.98~20100101-1) ... > /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/hda' > Invalid device `/dev/hda': > Try ``/usr/sbin/grub-setup --help'' for more information. > Generating grub.cfg ... > It the finds the splash image and the kernels on the various partitions > correctly. > Checking device.map, I see that it has not changed since Dec 28 when I > last created it (see one of my previous mails to this list) and > grub.cfg has the various "set root=(hd0,x)" lines set correctly. >> Please back up your device.map and run "grub-mkdevicemap". If it >> doesn't re-create a proper device.map, you should file a bug. A >> "(/dev/sda,1) /dev/sda1" line is definitely wrong. AFAIK, >> "grub-mkdevicemap" should return (for example) >> >> (hd0) /dev/sda >> (hd1) /dev/sdb >> ... >> >> No partitions and no system device within the parenthesis of the grub device. > I just ran `grub-makedevicemap' and it recreated /boot/grub/device.map > which contains the single line: > (hdo) /dev/sda > Which is that same as the previous copy I generated on Dec 28 and is > correct for the running kernel which has a `df' output that lists > '/dev/sda1' as '/' and '/dev/sda6' as '/home' which is correct. Since > my kernel stanzas use UUID the Sidux and Debian kernels can call the > partitions whatever they want (with a Debian kernel the partitions will > be named '/dev/hda1' and '/dev/hda6'. > What is puzzling is the error reported upon the Grub2 upgrade. Where > did it come up with '/dev/hda' given that all disk identifiers with > the running kernel as of the update are of '/dev/sd*'? > As of now my laptop appears to be updating and booting correctly. My > issue may have been related to an outdated '/boot/grub/device.map' > after I started using the Sidux kernels. Should I switch back to a > Debian kernel and update Grub2, then the process will probably fail > unless the device.map file contains "(hd0) /dev/hda". > > Here is a corner case where it would be nice if the device.map file > could point to a UUID, but since those seem to exist only on a > partition level, it's likely not possible since I'm installing Grub to > the MBR. Another alternative would be for the Debian kernels to treat > all disks as /dev/sd* as do a lot of other distributions. Apologies for the delayed reply. I do not understand your hda message when upgrading grub2 and if running grub-mkdevicemap gives you an sda map. Did you run grub-mkdevicemap while booted with Sidux running and upgrade grub2 with Debian running? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to install Eclipse 3.5 on Debian 5 (lenny) stable release ?
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Tsang Kim Wai wrote: Hi All, I am a newbie in Debian and have just installed Debian 5 (lenny) stable release. I have used "apt-get install eclipse" to install a version of eclipse into my system and that version runs well. However, later I find that the installed version of eclipse is 3.2 and I would like to install the current eclipse release 3.5 as an alternative of eclipse 3.2. I find that eclipse 3.5 Linux version (eclipse-jee-galileo-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz) could be downloaded from the eclipse site but I do not know how to install it into Debian to make it co-exist with the older eclipse 3.2. I see that version 3.4.11 is in sid/unstable: http://packages.debian.org/sid/eclipse I guess that could be installed, without too much effort, it has a few dependencies though. I was hoping to find 3.5 in experimental, but no such luck. A tar.gz archive like the one you mention above is not that hard to install either, it's not not as easy as just using apt-get or dpkg. I guess you could unpack it (tar -zxcf) in /usr/local somewhere and try. That can't damaged anything. :) Mat
How to install Eclipse 3.5 on Debian 5 (lenny) stable release ?
Hi All, I am a newbie in Debian and have just installed Debian 5 (lenny) stable release. I have used "apt-get install eclipse" to install a version of eclipse into my system and that version runs well. However, later I find that the installed version of eclipse is 3.2 and I would like to install the current eclipse release 3.5 as an alternative of eclipse 3.2. I find that eclipse 3.5 Linux version (eclipse-jee-galileo-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz) could be downloaded from the eclipse site but I do not know how to install it into Debian to make it co-exist with the older eclipse 3.2. Any suggestion ? Regards Lawrence
Re: Recommended NIC module
Mathias put forth on 1/9/2010 7:31 PM: > Which module would you guys (or gals :) recommend for this NIC, the e100 or > the eepro100? > > 00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet > Pro 100 (rev 08) I have a server with both rev 05 and rev 08 cards installed: 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 05) 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08) The rev 05 card is an old Compaq NC31x1 with an Intel 82558 chip. The rev 08 card is a newer Intel Pro 100 Server Adapter with an Intel 82559 chip. I have the e100 driver compiled into the kernel controlling both cards. I don't know precisely what the difference between the two drivers is. I think that the eepro100 was written by Don Becker back in 1999 (or earlier), and reaches back to the original eepro10 code. The e100 driver is much newer IIRC and was/is written/maintained by Intel. Thus, I'd say go with e100. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: unable to open mailbox
RobertHoltzman put forth on 1/9/2010 5:45 PM: > On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 10:27:33AM -0200, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >> Klistvud wrote: >>> I've heard maildir is more robust than mbox in that regard. Can anybody >>> confirm if that's true or not? >>> >> >> I'd say so. Since each message is a file, if one file gets corrupted >> only that message will be affected. > > But it slows down searches. That's the general wisdom regarding search performance, but I'm not so sure that its correct for modern systems and software. I haven't located any modern apples-apples benchmarks of mbox vs maildir. Dovecot supports both mailbox formats and its mbox code has been heavily optimized. It would be nice to see this http://www.courier-mta.org/mbox-vs-maildir/ benchmark performed today but testing dovecot-mbox vs dovecot-maildir. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Recommended NIC module
Which module would you guys (or gals :) recommend for this NIC, the e100 or the eepro100? 00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08) Mat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
How to remove old version glib
Hi, I am running an old version debian 3.0 with old version glib 1.12.4 in /usr directory. The "/usr" partition space is full, so I have to build new version of lib-2.20.4 as well as other packages in another partition /opt. Now I need to remove old glib 1.12.4 from "/usr", but if I run following command, it will remove all other dependency tree as well which will cause big problems. My question is how can I remove old version libglib in /usr without remove other packages? ~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge libglib2.0-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libatk1.0-dev* libgconf-bridge-dev* libgconf2-dev* libgconfmm-2.6-dev* libgksu1.2-dev* libgksu2-dev* libgksuui1.0-dev* libglib2.0-dev* libglibmm-2.4-dev* libgnome-keyring-dev* libgnome-menu-dev* libgstreamer-gconf0.8-dev* libgstreamer0.8-dev* libgtk2.0-dev* libgtkmm-2.4-dev* libidl-dev* liborbit2-dev* libpango1.0-dev* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 18 to remove and 153 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 37.7MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Thank you. Kind regards, Jupiter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Back to Debian after 10 years
On Sat January 9 2010, Andrei Popescu wrote: > You might want to try wicd as well. I just installed lenny/stable on a > friends network and network-manager (a.k.a. nework mangler) simply > wouldn't connect to my AP. wicd worked right away. I second that.. I had problems with my laptop & wireless, untill I installed wicd.. ipw2200 Intell wireless card, 4-year-old laptop. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 http://usdebtclock.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: unable to open mailbox
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 10:27:33AM -0200, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Klistvud wrote: > > I've heard maildir is more robust than mbox in that regard. Can anybody > > confirm if that's true or not? > > > > I'd say so. Since each message is a file, if one file gets corrupted > only that message will be affected. But it slows down searches. -- Bob Holtzman GPG key ID = 8D549279 If you think you're getting free lunch check the price of the beer. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Back to Debian after 10 years
On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 00:55 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri,08.Jan.10, 00:02:50, Vasco Costa wrote: > > > > Lenny supports all my hardware except my Atheros wireless card (ath9k). > > Backports came to rescue with linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.2-686. > > You might want to try wicd as well. I just installed lenny/stable on a > friends network and network-manager (a.k.a. nework mangler) simply > wouldn't connect to my AP. wicd worked right away. > > Regards, > Andrei Well in my case the kernel driver wasn't available in the kernel version packed with Lenny, that's why I needed a more recent kernel from the backports. -- Vasco Costa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to fix ipaddress
On Thu,07.Jan.10, 09:47:56, J.H.Kim wrote: > Hi, everyone > > I want to use network in my office locally. > Not connected to internet, I wish to do network in my office only. > The network cable is connected with cross-cable to another computer. > > I set /etc/network/interfaces as follows : > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet static >address 192.168.0.7 >netmask 255.255.255.0 >network 192.168.0.0 >broadcaset 192.168.0.255 ^ Typing error or do you actually have this in the file? Anyway, network and broadcast are not really needed because they can be calculated from the address+netmask. >gateway 192.168.0.1 >dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1 >dns-search kornet > > > Sometimes ip address is set to 192.168.0.7. > But somtimes ip address is set to 169.254.171.33 > which is not set by me, and I don't konw why that address > is set to my ip address. > I want to set my ipaddress 192.168.0.7 always. What Debian version are you running? There used to be a zeroconf (or similar) package doing this. You might also try to purge network-manager and/or avahi-daemon. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: How to connect my ipod?
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 11:13:56AM +0100, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: [...] > Is it possible to let the iPod appear consistently at /media/ipod so > that I can use it with GtkPod, which expects it to be at that mount > point (or any other consistent mount point I guess)? If so, how does one > do that using Debian Squeeze? http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html might help. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Disallow other users from reading my $HOME
On Fri,08.Jan.10, 22:57:50, green wrote: > > I would consider Samba to be more secure (other thoughts anyone?); I feel > cautious about giving someone a network-accessible shell. > > Samba will limit access to a specific folder. There are various ways to limit access to sftp only if an additional server is not desired and speed is not an issue. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Disallow other users from reading my $HOME
On Wed,06.Jan.10, 15:11:17, Bob McGowan wrote: > And 700 is not excessively paranoid. Since anyone can belong to a > group, it is possible for the "personal" group to have other names added > to it. Using 700 guarantees they have no access, if this should happen. Only root can do that and if you don't trust root on a system nothing will help. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Back to Debian after 10 years
On Fri,08.Jan.10, 00:02:50, Vasco Costa wrote: > > Lenny supports all my hardware except my Atheros wireless card (ath9k). > Backports came to rescue with linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.2-686. You might want to try wicd as well. I just installed lenny/stable on a friends network and network-manager (a.k.a. nework mangler) simply wouldn't connect to my AP. wicd worked right away. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Roman Gelfand has invited you to open a Google mail account
On Tue,05.Jan.10, 13:41:18, Mark Allums wrote: > I guess your sarcasm meter is broken today. Better get it service. > (The hotmail post is satire, guys.) Quote from RFC 1855, section 2.1.1 (emphasis mine): "Remember that the recipient is a human being whose culture, language, and humor have different points of reference from your own. Remember that date formats, measurements, and idioms may not travel well. *Be* *especially* *careful* *with* *sarcasm*." Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Squeeze vs. Lenny update frequency?
On Thu,07.Jan.10, 15:05:27, Mark wrote: > Probably a dumb question, but...if a person uses Squeeze for pretty much > nothing but web browsing with Iceweasel and whose system works just fine as > of today, what risk would it be to not run Update Manager except say, once a > month? We're talking about very normal web browsing - gmail, facebook, > etc. Also playing games like Sudoku, Tetravex, etc. IMHO it is difficult to make a universal recipe. If you wait to long the update will involve a lot of packages and you might get hit by several issues at once. OTOH some issues are only temporary and if you don't update to often you won't even notice they existed. It also depends on the preferences of the person(s) using that system. For example I wouldn't dream installing anything else but stable on my mothers laptop (even if I had easy access to maintain it, which I don't), because she doesn't like things to change too often, but I would get bored if I would run anything else but sid on my own laptop ;) Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Gnome buggers: please reopen bug 358731
Does someone here have the proper permissions to reopen a Gnome bug that was incorrectly marked as dupe? Thanks: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358731 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Undefined video mode number: 314
In <4b48eca8.8040...@gmail.com>, Stanisław T. Findeisen wrote: >(II) s3(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode) > >What does this mean?? Is my graphics card memory already too little to >run X?? How much video memory is needed to run X? I am sure both the >monitors support 1024x768. For 1024x768 and 32-bit color depth you'll need 1024x768x32 bits = 1024x768x4 bytes = 768x4 KiB = 3x256x4 KiB = 3x1024 KiB = 3 MiB. So, you'll probably need 3MiB of video memory. You could run in 8-bit mode though; them you'd only need 768 KiB. Besides not having enough video memory, it's possible that X is detecting the amount of video memory you have incorrectly. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
grub directory missing (but grub still runs!)
As I mentioned in an earlier post, using the synaptic package manager, I got: Removing xcircuit ... Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (2.6.26-19lenny2) ... Running depmod. Running mkinitramfs-kpkg. Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.26-19 was configured last, according to dpkg) Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.26-19 was configured last, according to dpkg) Running postinst hook script update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ### User postinst hook script [update-grub] exited with value 1 dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: --snip-- and despite the fact that the grub directory was missing, grub still loaded and worked as expected at startup, giving me access to Lenny and WinXP Pro. So I did: mkdir /boot/grub apt-get install grub and this has resolved the error with the post-installation script. However when grub runs, I still see the old "menu.lst" from my previous (dual-boot) version of grub, not the new "menu.lst" that appears in the newly created /boot/grub directory, which has no reference to a dual boot system. I was also not able to find any other copies of menu.lst. Would appreciate any suggestions on what is going on here. Thanks, Carlos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Undefined video mode number: 314
Stephen Powell wrote: > On 2010-01-09 at 12:52:03 -0500, Stanisław T. Findeisen wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I am trying to install Debian 5.0.3 on AMD 64 platform. My motherboard >> is ASUS K8U-X (Socket 754). I downloaded debian-503-amd64-netinst.iso >> and chose "graphical expert install". Then I got this: >> >> Undefined video mode number: 314 >> >> and was offered a selection of a number of text modes. >> >> I continued installation in text mode, but now I am unable to run X. I >> guess graphical login should appear, but instead the monitor turns off. >> I can however switch to text console and use Debian in text mode. >> >> Any ideas? I need graphical mode! > > Exactly how do you "switch to text console"? Do you use Ctrl+Alt+F1? Yes. > If so, does the procedure work if you simply use Alt+F1? No. > Or does it not > work unless you include Ctrl? What I'm trying to determine here is > if the X server really did start. If it did, but you have a black screen, > then Ctrl+Alt+F1 would work to switch you to a text console, but Alt+F1 > would not work. You haven't told us anything about your video chipset > or monitor either. A good place to start would be to examine the file > /var/log/Xorg.0.log to look for error messages. > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > might help too. From what little information I have to go on, it sounds > like the X server has chosen a video mode that your monitor cannot handle. > Please provide specifics on your video card, video chipset, and monitor. graphics card: S3 Trio64 (plugged via PCI) monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 550b (this is a CRT monitor; I also tried with a newer LCD (after installation) but it didn't help) mb chipset: ULI M1689 (in Xorg.0.log: "(--) Chipset Trio32/64 found") mb: http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=9A2K9jFcnqjqzAZr In /var/log/Xorg.0.log I can see lines like this one: (II) s3(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode) What does this mean?? Is my graphics card memory already too little to run X?? How much video memory is needed to run X? I am sure both the monitors support 1024x768. Below I attach complete /var/log/Xorg.0.log : X.Org X Server 1.4.2 Release Date: 11 June 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-10.lenny2) Current Operating System: Linux k8ux 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 5 02:23:12 UTC 2009 x86_64 Build Date: 11 June 2009 09:45:25AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jan 9 21:14:27 2010 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Configured Monitor" (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen". Using the first device section listed. (**) | |-->Device "Configured Video Device" (==) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (==) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (==) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout. Using the first mouse device. (==) The core keyboard device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout. Using the first keyboard device. (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (==) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (==) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi (==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket) (II) Loader magic: 0x7c31c0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3 X.Org Video Driver: 2.0 X.Org XInput driver : 2.0 X.Org Server Extension : 0.3 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so (II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (++) using VT number 7 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10b9,1689 card , rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10b9,5246 card , rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10b9,5249 card , rev 00 class 06,0
Re: iceweasel window raised with remote open
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:09, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:50:33 -0500, I wrote: > >> I keep an iceweasel process open but iconized (lowered) all the time. >> When I open a site as follows >> >> iceweasel -remote openurl\(http:blah.html\) >> >> it raises the iceweasel window to the foreground. (-new-tab does the >> same.) Is there a setting I can change so that iceweasel will remain >> iconized? > > On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:38:13 + (UTC), Liam O'Toole replied: > >> In iceweasel, go to the URL 'about:config'. Try toggling the preference >> 'browser.tabs.loadInBackground'. > > I just tried that without success. The new tab is raised with either setting > there. Thanks. Perhaps ReloadEvery would not raise the tab: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/115 Cheers Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iceweasel window raised with remote open
Dne, 09. 01. 2010 18:50:33 je Steve Kleene napisal(a): Two workarounds come to mind: - if your session is not cookie-based, you could try to keep logged in by re-requesting the page with wget or a similar command-line tool at regular intervals; - or you could install devilspie and try fiddling with the settings. I don't know how (if at all) devilspie will work in fvwm, though. In Gnome it works quite well. Of course, both the above workarounds are just that -- workarounds ... -- Regards, Klistvud Certifiable Loonix User #481801 http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iceweasel window raised with remote open
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:50:33 -0500, I wrote: > I keep an iceweasel process open but iconized (lowered) all the time. > When I open a site as follows > > iceweasel -remote openurl\(http:blah.html\) > > it raises the iceweasel window to the foreground. (-new-tab does the > same.) Is there a setting I can change so that iceweasel will remain > iconized? On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:38:13 + (UTC), Liam O'Toole replied: > In iceweasel, go to the URL 'about:config'. Try toggling the preference > 'browser.tabs.loadInBackground'. I just tried that without success. The new tab is raised with either setting there. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Undefined video mode number: 314
On 2010-01-09 at 12:52:03 -0500, Stanisław T. Findeisen wrote: > Hi! > > I am trying to install Debian 5.0.3 on AMD 64 platform. My motherboard > is ASUS K8U-X (Socket 754). I downloaded debian-503-amd64-netinst.iso > and chose "graphical expert install". Then I got this: > > Undefined video mode number: 314 > > and was offered a selection of a number of text modes. > > I continued installation in text mode, but now I am unable to run X. I > guess graphical login should appear, but instead the monitor turns off. > I can however switch to text console and use Debian in text mode. > > Any ideas? I need graphical mode! Exactly how do you "switch to text console"? Do you use Ctrl+Alt+F1? If so, does the procedure work if you simply use Alt+F1? Or does it not work unless you include Ctrl? What I'm trying to determine here is if the X server really did start. If it did, but you have a black screen, then Ctrl+Alt+F1 would work to switch you to a text console, but Alt+F1 would not work. You haven't told us anything about your video chipset or monitor either. A good place to start would be to examine the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log to look for error messages. dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg might help too. From what little information I have to go on, it sounds like the X server has chosen a video mode that your monitor cannot handle. Please provide specifics on your video card, video chipset, and monitor. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iceweasel window raised with remote open
On 2010-01-09, Steve Kleene wrote: > I keep an iceweasel process open but iconized (lowered) all the time. > When I open a site as follows > > iceweasel -remote openurl\(http:blah.html\) > > it raises the iceweasel window to the foreground. (-new-tab does the > same.) Is there a setting I can change so that iceweasel will remain > iconized? I am running iceweasel 3.0.6-3 on Etch. I use the fvwm window > manager, not KDE or Gnome. > In iceweasel, go to the URL 'about:config'. Try toggling the preference 'browser.tabs.loadInBackground'. -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to temporary set dvorak keymap in terminal
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 12:29:34PM EST, Anthony Baldwin wrote: > --- On Sat, 1/9/10, Chris Jones wrote: [..] > > xmodmap? > > > > This may help: > > > > http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2004022913081779 > > > > CJ > > > > How about simply > > :~$ setxkbmap dvorak Had a feeling he'd tried that but it changed the keyboard layout in all instances of his terminal emulator and he needed something that would let him run qwerty & dvorak concurrently. Maybe setxkbmap lets you do that anyway, I haven't checked. Maybe wrong about what the OP wants though, since I deleted his orginal post. CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Undefined video mode number: 314
Hi! I am trying to install Debian 5.0.3 on AMD 64 platform. My motherboard is ASUS K8U-X (Socket 754). I downloaded debian-503-amd64-netinst.iso and chose "graphical expert install". Then I got this: Undefined video mode number: 314 and was offered a selection of a number of text modes. I continued installation in text mode, but now I am unable to run X. I guess graphical login should appear, but instead the monitor turns off. I can however switch to text console and use Debian in text mode. Any ideas? I need graphical mode! STF http://eisenbits.homelinux.net/~stf/ OpenPGP: DFD9 0146 3794 9CF6 17EA D63F DBF5 8AA8 3B31 FE8A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
iceweasel window raised with remote open
I keep an iceweasel process open but iconized (lowered) all the time. When I open a site as follows iceweasel -remote openurl\(http:blah.html\) it raises the iceweasel window to the foreground. (-new-tab does the same.) Is there a setting I can change so that iceweasel will remain iconized? I am running iceweasel 3.0.6-3 on Etch. I use the fvwm window manager, not KDE or Gnome. You may wonder why I want this. There is a site that I like to check in on at various random times throughout the day. If I don't connect there for awhile, it logs me off. So I run a background shell that reopens it once an hour with -remote so that I'm still logged in again when I get around to checking the site. In general I don't want the browser window popping up every time that happens. Whether or not the window is raised has varied over the years with different systems I've used. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Synaptics touchpad works even though it's not in xorg.conf
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 02:54:53PM +, George wrote: > My synaptics touchpad is working even though it's not in xorg.conf. > The only input devices there are the keyboard and the mouse. How can I > disable it? I tried adding it, restarting xorg and then use synclient > to disable it but it looks like the Synaptics section in xorg.conf is > not detected. > > How can I disable the touchpad? I don't need it. > > # aptitude install gpointing-device-settings ? -- Kind Regards, Freeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to temporary set dvorak keymap in terminal
--- On Sat, 1/9/10, Chris Jones wrote: > From: Chris Jones > Subject: Re: How to temporary set dvorak keymap in terminal > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 4:48 PM > On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 07:21:23AM > EST, Sebastian wrote: > > Hi Camaleón and thanks for your time > > > > I was hoping there would be a way without using root. > But loadkeys > > changes the keymap for all users on all virtual > terminals AFAIK which > > is what I'm trying to avoid cause I do usually have > several running > > sessions under several different usernames (e.g. > myself messing, > > myself working, myself doing some more messing, my > missus, my > > housemate) at the same time and would like to be able > to just kinda > > change the keymap for one session for a while, then > change it back > > without affecting anybody else (including myself doing > maintenance > > work on another console at the same time). I'd > be surprised if that's > > undo-able somehow with Debian. > > xmodmap? > > This may help: > > http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2004022913081779 > > CJ > How about simply :~$ setxkbmap dvorak /tony -- http://www.baldwinlinguas.com translations & interpreting http://www.baldwinsoftware.com tcl yer os with a feather -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Apt-zip-inst keeps trying to use internet
2010/1/6 Javier Barroso : > Hi, > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Jason Heeris wrote: > apt-zip worked for me sometime ago, but now there is a new replacement: > > http://packages.debian.org/apt-offline Ooh, thanks, I'll look into that. > Yes apt-zip works without any connetion. > > I remember (don't sure): > > Run apt-zip (with I don't remember options) in host with low > connection and get an archive with all package names you need and I > don't known if anymore. This was the problem step - I wasn't sitting at the computer at the time, so I used a virtual machine. The trouble was, in the time between me using the VM and actually doing the install on the real thing, some of the repository contents changed. I guess this violates one of the assumptions of apt-zip, so it's user error. (It was probably only going to download a few packages, but I saw them start and thought "uh oh, that's huge...") I eventually solved the problem by dumping the downloaded packages in the cache and doing my best to transfer the few remaining debs across. Anyway, thanks for the advice and apologies for the "user error" type noise. Cheers, Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to temporary set dvorak keymap in terminal
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 07:21:23AM EST, Sebastian wrote: > Hi Camaleón and thanks for your time > > I was hoping there would be a way without using root. But loadkeys > changes the keymap for all users on all virtual terminals AFAIK which > is what I'm trying to avoid cause I do usually have several running > sessions under several different usernames (e.g. myself messing, > myself working, myself doing some more messing, my missus, my > housemate) at the same time and would like to be able to just kinda > change the keymap for one session for a while, then change it back > without affecting anybody else (including myself doing maintenance > work on another console at the same time). I'd be surprised if that's > undo-able somehow with Debian. xmodmap? This may help: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2004022913081779 CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Synaptics touchpad works even though it's not in xorg.conf
George put forth on 1/9/2010 9:37 AM: > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Nick Douma wrote: > >> Don't you have button on your laptop that disables it? On my Acer it is >> a combination of Fn + a number. > > As I said, it doesn't have a button combination, but it has a > dedicated button, which doesn't work in debian. Can you manually disable it in the BIOS menu? -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Synaptics touchpad works even though it's not in xorg.conf
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Nick Douma wrote: > Don't you have button on your laptop that disables it? On my Acer it is > a combination of Fn + a number. As I said, it doesn't have a button combination, but it has a dedicated button, which doesn't work in debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Synaptics touchpad works even though it's not in xorg.conf
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 16:08, Nick Douma wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 9-1-2010 15:54, George wrote: > > My synaptics touchpad is working even though it's not in xorg.conf. > > The only input devices there are the keyboard and the mouse. How can I > > disable it? I tried adding it, restarting xorg and then use synclient > > to disable it but it looks like the Synaptics section in xorg.conf is > > not detected. > > > > How can I disable the touchpad? I don't need it. > > > > > > Now (i assume you use xorg .4 with hal) iit depends on hal's fdi, the easy way it's to cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/x11-synaptics.fdi or something similar to you /etc/hal/fdi/policy directory, putting in there what you have in xorg.conf according to the examples in the fdi. Hope this works, bye
Re: Synaptics touchpad works even though it's not in xorg.conf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 9-1-2010 15:54, George wrote: > My synaptics touchpad is working even though it's not in xorg.conf. > The only input devices there are the keyboard and the mouse. How can I > disable it? I tried adding it, restarting xorg and then use synclient > to disable it but it looks like the Synaptics section in xorg.conf is > not detected. > > How can I disable the touchpad? I don't need it. > > Don't you have button on your laptop that disables it? On my Acer it is a combination of Fn + a number. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktIm+cACgkQkPq5zKsAFihG9wCfYiW54+JqjsMbmqqz9urLzaQd U4wAoIRMEXoxnstKziHVRP+l/fGdd38Z =0s4i -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: Synaptics touchpad works even though it's not in xorg.conf
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Mihira Fernando wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:54:53 + > George wrote: > >> My synaptics touchpad is working even though it's not in xorg.conf. >> The only input devices there are the keyboard and the mouse. How can I >> disable it? I tried adding it, restarting xorg and then use synclient >> to disable it but it looks like the Synaptics section in xorg.conf is >> not detected. >> >> How can I disable the touchpad? I don't need it. >> >> > Doesnt disabling it from the keyboard work ? Function key + F? > key (fn+F7 on my laptop) > I'm not on that computer right now so I'll let you know when I go back. However, the affected laptop does have a small button to toggle the touchpad on and off, which doesn't work on debian, even though the LED will change colors. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Synaptics touchpad works even though it's not in xorg.conf
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:54:53 + George wrote: > My synaptics touchpad is working even though it's not in xorg.conf. > The only input devices there are the keyboard and the mouse. How can I > disable it? I tried adding it, restarting xorg and then use synclient > to disable it but it looks like the Synaptics section in xorg.conf is > not detected. > > How can I disable the touchpad? I don't need it. > > Doesnt disabling it from the keyboard work ? Function key + F? key (fn+F7 on my laptop) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Synaptics touchpad works even though it's not in xorg.conf
My synaptics touchpad is working even though it's not in xorg.conf. The only input devices there are the keyboard and the mouse. How can I disable it? I tried adding it, restarting xorg and then use synclient to disable it but it looks like the Synaptics section in xorg.conf is not detected. How can I disable the touchpad? I don't need it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sound problem
On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:57:48 +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > Am Freitag, den 08.01.2010, 18:37 -0500 schrieb S. Fishpaste: >> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:32:09 +0100 (CET), Peter Ulrich Kruppa in >> gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >> > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> >> Have you checked the volume levels in the mixer application >> >> (e.g. alsamixer)? That's the first thing I would check. >> >> I use GNOME, not KDE, and have no experience with KDE; so >> >> if it's a KDE-related problem, I can't be of much help. >> >> >> >> I installed Lenny on an old laptop too (an IBM ThinkPad 600), >> >> and here's a link to my web page that shows how I got sound >> >> working (as well as a bunch of other stuff). I realize that >> >> you are using a different sound chip, but you may be able to >> >> glean some tidbits that are useful in your situation. >> >> >> >> http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm >> > Thanks a lot, >> > >> > but that doesn't seem to help :-( >> >> As root run 'alsaconf' and follow the prompts. See if that helps. > No good at all, now even KDE's startup tunes don't work anymore > and /dev/audio ist gone :-( Did ALSA throw any errors when running alsaconf? What does your the log entries show at that time? Have you checked the mixer settings to ensure that volume isn't simply muted? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Hosting in the US
+1 for linode.com, i used them for a while. Slicehost seems similar but i've never used it. -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\ ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sound problem
Am Freitag, den 08.01.2010, 18:37 -0500 schrieb S. Fishpaste: > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:32:09 +0100 (CET), Peter Ulrich Kruppa in > gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Stephen Powell wrote: > > >> Have you checked the volume levels in the mixer application > >> (e.g. alsamixer)? That's the first thing I would check. > >> I use GNOME, not KDE, and have no experience with KDE; so > >> if it's a KDE-related problem, I can't be of much help. > >> > >> I installed Lenny on an old laptop too (an IBM ThinkPad 600), > >> and here's a link to my web page that shows how I got sound > >> working (as well as a bunch of other stuff). I realize that > >> you are using a different sound chip, but you may be able to > >> glean some tidbits that are useful in your situation. > >> > >> http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm > > Thanks a lot, > > > > but that doesn't seem to help :-( > > As root run 'alsaconf' and follow the prompts. See if that helps. A sorry, of course it does help. One just has to reboot afterwards. Now everything ist fine, big thanks!! Greetings Uli. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Samba 3.4.3 PDC + Win7Pro can't connect to domain
I have spent many late nights looking into this problem but have gone nowhere, I would really appreciate someone to shine some light on this problem for me. I have 2 workstations ascoffice1 which is a WinVistaBusiness client - works perfectly although doing anything that requires privledge escallation while attached to the domain fails. Roaming profiles work. The other machine ascoffice2 is a Win7Pro client. This is the one I am having problems with. On connecting to the domain (after applying the suggestions here #1) I get this error message: The specified domain does not exist or could not be contacted. Upon rebooting and trying to login I get the error message: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed. Looking at the server shares the Only thing I can spot that is missing is the Admin$ share: earth:~# smbclient -L earth Enter root's password: Domain=[ASC] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.3] Sharename Type Comment - --- netlogonDisk Network Logon Service print$ Disk Printer Drivers IPC$IPC IPC Service (root session user root group earth clienthost) Domain=[ASC] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.3] Server Comment ---- ASCOFFICE1 ASCOFFICE2 EARTH session user %G group nmbd clienthost WorkgroupMaster ---- ASC EARTH WORKGROUPHP earth:~# Removing and re-adding the machine to the domain causes the machine account to dissapear and re-appear looking at: earth:~# net sam list workstations ASCOFFICE1$ ASCOFFICE2$ I don't know where, how or why the Admin$ share does not exist, I have followed (mostly) example 4 in this book #2 Many thanks, Adrian #1 http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7 #2 http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/Big500users.html -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to temporary set dvorak keymap in terminal
Hi Camaleón and thanks for your time I was hoping there would be a way without using root. But loadkeys changes the keymap for all users on all virtual terminals AFAIK which is what I'm trying to avoid cause I do usually have several running sessions under several different usernames (e.g. myself messing, myself working, myself doing some more messing, my missus, my housemate) at the same time and would like to be able to just kinda change the keymap for one session for a while, then change it back without affecting anybody else (including myself doing maintenance work on another console at the same time). I'd be surprised if that's undo-able somehow with Debian. Cheerio! Sebastian On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 04:10PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:32:52 +, Sebastian wrote: > > > I'm just getting started learning the dvorak layout using the package > > dvorak7min. So far I have only been able to practice under X using > > 'setxkbdmap dvorak' which works great. What I'm interested in if there's > > an easy way to (temporarily as I'm nowhere near fluent yet) load another > > keymap as an ordinary user in a regular terminal session. I have tried > > the loadkeys command but that doesn't work for a ordinary user here. I'm > > running a mixed-release debian with apt-pinning (mainly testing). Any > > suggestions appreciated. > > Although I don't like using "sudo" so much, this can be a good reason to > set it up :-) > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > > --56766f6c811f3d3429b71dd650078960 -- Keep this and all chemicals out of the reach of children. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: unable to open mailbox
Klistvud wrote: > I've heard maildir is more robust than mbox in that regard. Can anybody > confirm if that's true or not? > I'd say so. Since each message is a file, if one file gets corrupted only that message will be affected. -- I met a wonderful new man. He's fictional, but you can't have everything. -- Cecelia, "The Purple Rose of Cairo" Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to use Sun Java instead of gcj
On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 08:56:17PM -0430, Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta wrote: > You can remove OpenOffice and GCJ with apt-get, then install ooo* > packages for Debian downloaded from OpenOffice.org. And what would that buy you? -- 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: chroot a few apps
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 10:26:47AM +0100, Vadkan Jozsef wrote: > Hi. > > What kind of chroot should I use, if I want to make a more secured > desktop, running e.g.: > > pdf reader > webbrowser > audio player > video player > openoffice > picture viewer > mua > ooo > virtualbox For web browser you can simply use a separate user. E.g. on my machine I run browser with sudo -H -u inet iceweasel. ~$ id inet uid=1001(inet) gid=1001(inet) groups=1001(inet),29(audio) I have no flash installed under my user, but I installed it under inet user. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Grub 2
Tixy : > On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 12:33 +, James Allsopp wrote: > > > Problem is, I want to use grub2 as the first thing I'm going to do > > is upgrade to debian testing, which uses this. > > > Is there a reason for not just installing Debian Testing rather than > trying to get Lenny on there first? The testing install would add Grub2 > and I believe that it (and fstab) now use UUIDs to identify drives, Speaking from a new testing install, correct, and I concur. > which helps avoid hdX/sdX drive identification mixups. Can't speak to that. > I a newbie to a lot of this, so may be talking rubbish. ;-) Sucks to be us. :-| -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: New testing install; no /boot/grub/menu.lst exists.
Klistvud : > Dne, 08. 01. 2010 01:32:32 je s. keeling napisal(a): > > > > Thanks. That's looking very tempting at the moment. So far, I've not > > solved it. > > It would not be unwise to switch to Grub 2 (the new Grub that's slowly > becoming the default in many distros). It stores its configuration in > /boot/grub/grub.cfg (not in menu.lst anymore) and is every bit as > capable as grub legacy and then some (for example, it can boot some > live CD.ISO images -- such as Ubuntu -- from your hard drive; also, I do like the way it (or its config stuff) looks. It's very Debian-ish from what I've seen. However, it doesn't appear to grok existing *BSD installs very well. Maybe I'm just not getting it yet. I'm still playing with it. On the upside, after a reinstall, my mouse is no longer invisible. :-) Yay. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: New testing install; no /boot/grub/menu.lst exists.
Tom H : > > What is your 40... entry? Generic chainloader +1 stuff: # OpenBSD 4.6 on /dev/hda1 title OpenBSD 4.6 root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 > Are you loading the ufs module(s)? Never heard of 'em. Will research, thanks. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: New testing install; no /boot/grub/menu.lst exists.
Freeman : > On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 03:30:32AM +, s. keeling wrote: > > I'm new to testing. I've been running stable on primary box and (eg.) > > sid on sandbox for years. This is testing is on my sandbox for the > > first time. I just installed both squeeze(?)/testing and OpenBSD 4.6. > > > > How do I add the latter to testing's grub? /boot/grub/menu.lst > > doesn't exist, and /boot/grub contains stuff I've never seen before. > > I can create it, but I'm expecting you to tell me it's been moved or > > renamed or $(debian_gotcha\'d) or something. > > > > Additionally, I think you can drop the relevant boot line into > /etc/grub.d/custom40 . Or install os-prober and run 40_custom > # update-grub No joy. :-( -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Recovering data from NTFS disk
Hi, I made a list of forensics packages: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch10.en.html#listofpackagesfoforensicanalysis On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 07:30:37PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > The filesystem on the disk is clearly toast. Mounting it as the wrong > type won't help. Start looking at forensics packages: Although you missed most popular testdisk this list was a good one. > myrescue - rescue data from damaged harddisks > guymager - Forensic imaging tool based on Qt I will add these :-) Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: unable to open mailbox
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 03:38:17PM +0530, Jeffrin Jose wrote:
> > But since something must be moving your mail to Mail/mbox rather than
> > the default, I would take a look at your MDA's (procmail) configuration
> > as recommended by the mutt FAQ.
>
> i have invoked " fetchmail -v --mda /usr/bin/procmail"
> my procmailrc is ...
>
> {
> MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
> DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox
>
>
>
> :0
> * ^To.*bugs.debian.org
> debian-bugs
>
> :0
> * ^From.*bugs.debian.org
> debian-bugs
>
> :0
> * ^to.*debian-ker...@lists.debian.org
> debian-kernel
> }
>
That doesn't seem right to me. The basic setup I am familiar with is a mail
spool and a home directory.
Then procmil's default delivery would be a spool file, not an internal mutt
folder. Like this:
DEFAULT=/var/mail/freeman
MAILDIR=${HOME}/Mail
Then mut would have its four main folders setup in ~/Mail and it would read
the spoolfile and display it as INBOX. Read mail in INBOX gets saved
automatically to mbox:
set folder=$HOME/Mail # where i keep my mailboxes
set record='+sent' # default location to save outgoing mail
set mbox='+mbox' # where to store read messages
set postponed='+draft' # mailbox to store postponed messages in
set spoolfile='/var/mail/freeman' # where my new mail is located
You can make your own folders, outside of mutt's four default, and set recipes
to deliver to them.
In my case, they are in dot directories within the ~/Mail folder
mailboxes =inbox # =freeman =mbox =sent =draft
mailboxes cho $HOME/Mail/*
mailboxes cho $HOME/Mail/.admin/*
mailboxes cho $HOME/Mail/.business/*
mailboxes cho $HOME/Mail/.incoming/*
mailboxes cho $HOME/Mail/.list/*
mailboxes cho $HOME/Mail/.personal/*
My guess is that procmail is corrupting your mbox. But maybe you are
following a different plan.
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Re: how to force removal of etch-backport trac after upgrade to lenny
I have many times been asked off list if I found a fix. For myself, I simply disabled the test for old files in /usr/bin/pycentral. I commented out the following code if found_old_base and found_base2: raise PyCentralError, \ 'shared files found in old (%s) and new locations (%s)' % (old_shared_base, shared_base2) But I might have a problem with the next update. I think you will find more useful and debian standard suggestion in the "Broken Upgrade Path for trac from etch-backports to lenny" thread in the backports-us...@lists.backports.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: unable to open mailbox
On 2010-01-09 15:38 (+0530), Jeffrin Jose wrote: > i have invoked " fetchmail -v --mda /usr/bin/procmail" > my procmailrc is ... > :0 > * ^To.*bugs.debian.org > debian-bugs You use mbox format so you really should use use lock files when writing to mailboxes. That is, use ":0:" instead of ":0" in .procmailrc file, like this: :0: * ^To: .*bugs\.debian\.org debian-bugs But consider using Maildir format instead. It doesn't need lock files. With procmail you can do it by adding "/" after the mailbox name: :0 * ^To: .*bugs\.debian\.org debian-bugs/ -- Feel free to Cc me your replies if you want to make sure I'll notice them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: read command not reading from pipe. why?
Mark Allums wrote: On 1/4/2010 1:10 PM, Foss User wrote: I see that the read command stores input entered only on the console into the variables. Example: $ read a foo $ echo $a foo But when I don't enter input on the console by keyboard, but pipe it into the standard input of read, I am unable to store the input into the variable. $ echo bar | read a $ echo $a foo As others pointed out, the variable a that is read is in another shell. If you want to do something like this, you need to turn it around: a=$(echo bar) Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
How to connect my ipod?
Hi, I got a brand new toy, an iPod classic 160 GB, for my birthday today. When I connect I can see it through Nautilus. But depending on the mood of my machine (?) it is mounted as /dev/sdd, /dev/sde of whatever sd* it sees fit at /media/usb0 or /media/usb1 if I happened to have a usb-memory stick in my machine. Is it possible to let the iPod appear consistently at /media/ipod so that I can use it with GtkPod, which expects it to be at that mount point (or any other consistent mount point I guess)? If so, how does one do that using Debian Squeeze? TIA -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: unable to open mailbox
Dne, 09. 01. 2010 10:51:41 je Chris Jones napisal(a): Sounds like the mbox has been corrupted: I've heard maildir is more robust than mbox in that regard. Can anybody confirm if that's true or not? -- Regards, Klistvud Certifiable Loonix User #481801 http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: unable to open mailbox
> But since something must be moving your mail to Mail/mbox rather than
> the default, I would take a look at your MDA's (procmail) configuration
> as recommended by the mutt FAQ.
i have invoked " fetchmail -v --mda /usr/bin/procmail"
my procmailrc is ...
{
MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox
:0
* ^To.*bugs.debian.org
debian-bugs
:0
* ^From.*bugs.debian.org
debian-bugs
:0
* ^to.*debian-ker...@lists.debian.org
debian-kernel
}
/thanks.
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Re: Sound problem
Am Freitag, den 08.01.2010, 18:37 -0500 schrieb S. Fishpaste: > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:32:09 +0100 (CET), Peter Ulrich Kruppa in > gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Stephen Powell wrote: > > >> Have you checked the volume levels in the mixer application > >> (e.g. alsamixer)? That's the first thing I would check. > >> I use GNOME, not KDE, and have no experience with KDE; so > >> if it's a KDE-related problem, I can't be of much help. > >> > >> I installed Lenny on an old laptop too (an IBM ThinkPad 600), > >> and here's a link to my web page that shows how I got sound > >> working (as well as a bunch of other stuff). I realize that > >> you are using a different sound chip, but you may be able to > >> glean some tidbits that are useful in your situation. > >> > >> http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm > > Thanks a lot, > > > > but that doesn't seem to help :-( > > As root run 'alsaconf' and follow the prompts. See if that helps. No good at all, now even KDE's startup tunes don't work anymore and /dev/audio ist gone :-( Greetings Uli. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: unable to open mailbox
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 03:35:58AM EST, Jeffrin Jose wrote:
> hello
> when i try to open my mail box Mail/mbox it gives ...Mail/mbox is not
> a mailbox but /var/mail/jeffrin works. here are some outputs..
> {
> mbox: ISO-8859 mail text, with very long lines
> /var/mail/jeffrin: ASCII mail text, with very long lines
> }
> why am i unable to read mbox ?
>
> /all thanks
Sounds like the mbox has been corrupted:
http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttFaq/Folder
I get these messages occasionally, usually when I screw up some
tagging/copying of messages, but they're temporary and usually things
sort of right themselves. What happens is that mutt eventually opens the
last folder I had accessed and things start working again -- until it
happens again.
Unfortunately, it only happens on rare occasions, and as I said when
I'm already confused by what I'm trying to achieve, so I have not so far
been able to identify a pattern, much less recreate and send in a bug
report.
But since something must be moving your mail to Mail/mbox rather than
the default, I would take a look at your MDA's (procmail) configuration
as recommended by the mutt FAQ.
CJ
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chroot a few apps
Hi. What kind of chroot should I use, if I want to make a more secured desktop, running e.g.: pdf reader webbrowser audio player video player openoffice picture viewer mua ooo virtualbox e.g.: if theres a javascript vulnerability in google chrome [I haven't heard a NoScript extension for it :( ] a chroot would be good for stopping it from doing something bad with the whole system. or e.g.: I have to open a .doc file, that I don't trust, or a PDF can contain malicious code :( Any tips/docs/howtos? Thank you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
unable to open mailbox
hello
when i try to open my mail box Mail/mbox
it gives ...Mail/mbox is not a mailbox
but /var/mail/jeffrin works.
here are some outputs..
{
mbox: ISO-8859 mail text, with very long lines
/var/mail/jeffrin: ASCII mail text, with very long lines
}
why am i unable to read mbox ?
/all thanks
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Can you help me with my login screen problem?
I am really new to this though I have tried several times over the years since 92. I installed debian on this HP compaq about 3 weeks ago. Some how I have screwed up the login screen. It loads up and starts X and it was giving me a login screen. Now all I get is a black screen, it still plays the sound so I know I can login but with out the screen I am blind. Some one sugested I do a get uninstall i think of gdm which I did followed with a get install gdm. I am using it now so I can log in blind and it loads it all but being black makes it hard to do any thing. Thank you Lee Clark My signature file! "Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow." - Plato "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. " - Albert Einstein "IN GOD WE TRUST"AMEN!
