Re: Interface configuration - inet6 issues
To add to this, the following results in a /etc/network/run/ifstate that does not show eth1: root@ntp01:/# cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 10.0.4.240 netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast 10.0.7.255 gateway 10.0.4.1 iface eth1 inet6 static address 2001:740:7063:10::240 netmask 64 gateway 2001:740:7063:10::10 pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth1/autoconf pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth1/accept_ra root@ntp01:/# cat /etc/network/run/ifstate lo=lo The interfaces are configured as follows with the above configuration: root@ntp01:/# ifconfig eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:51:b9:d2:fd inet addr:10.0.4.240 Bcast:10.0.7.255 Mask:255.255.252.0 inet6 addr: fe80::218:51ff:feb9:d2fd/64 Scope:Link inet6 addr: 2001:740:7063:10::240/64 Scope:Global UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:500 (500.0 B) TX bytes:564 (564.0 B) loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) root@ntp01:/# ip addr show eth1 5: eth1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/ether 00:18:51:b9:d2:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 10.0.4.240/22 brd 10.0.7.255 scope global eth1 inet6 2001:740:7063:10::240/64 scope global valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::218:51ff:feb9:d2fd/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever Axton Grams
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Re: Wifi with Atheros AR2414 not working -- problem solved
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:50:02 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Tuesday 01 November 2011 21:01:45 Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:10:03 +0100, Celejar wrote: >> > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:23:54 + (UTC) Sian Mountbatten >> >> Do you mean Access Point? Any that's going I use NetworkManager, but >> will try wicd now. > > Use to be a problem if you have and network-manager. maybe it is solved > now, I don't know. In any case you can purge purge network-manager, it > will purge sone 20 something packages with it, but it's ok. Don't forget > to go to preferences in wicd and indicate wlan0 as a wireless interface. > Thierry Thank you for all your help. I have now given up on squeeze. From now i on I shall use just Ubuntu 11.10 which accesses the wifi, the printer and everything else. Bye bye Debian. -- Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8qamj$k2u$1...@dont-email.me
Interface configuration - inet6 issues
Having some issues getting my interfaces configured properly. The configuration is a bit complex. The machine has 4 network interfaces, eth1,2,3,4. Each interface is connected to a different network. Each network has a dual ipv4/ipv6 address space. eth1: vlan10: 10.0.4/22: 2001:740:7063:10::/64 eth2: vlan20: 10.0.0/22: 2001:740:7063:20::/64 eth3: vlan30: 10.0.16/22: 2001:740:7063:30::/64 eth4: vlan40: 10.0.20/22: 2001:740:7063:40::/64 In /etc/network/interfaces I have the following: # Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or # /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information. auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 10.0.4.240 netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast 10.0.7.255 gateway 10.0.4.1 iface eth1 inet6 static address 2001:740:7063:10::240 netmask 64 gateway 2001:740:7063:10::10 pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth1/autoconf pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth1/accept_ra auto eth2 iface eth2 inet static address 10.0.0.240 netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast 10.0.3.255 gateway 10.0.0.1 iface eth2 inet6 static address 2001:740:7063:20::240 netmask 64 gateway 2001:740:7063:20::10 pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth2/autoconf pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth2/accept_ra auto eth3 iface eth3 inet static address 10.0.16.240 netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast 10.0.23.255 gateway 10.0.16.1 iface eth3 inet6 static address 2001:740:7063:30::240 netmask 64 gateway 2001:740:7063:30::10 pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth3/autoconf pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth3/accept_ra auto eth4 iface eth4 inet static address 10.0.20.240 netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast 10.0.23.255 gateway 10.0.20.1 post-up ip route add table 100 to 10.0.4.0/22 dev eth1 post-up ip route add table 100 to default via 10.0.4.1 dev eth1 post-up ip route add table 200 to 10.0.0.0/22 dev eth2 post-up ip route add table 200 to default via 10.0.0.1 dev eth2 post-up ip route add table 300 to 10.0.16.0/22 dev eth3 post-up ip route add table 300 to default via 10.0.16.1 dev eth3 post-up ip route add table 400 to 10.0.20.0/22 dev eth4 post-up ip route add table 400 to default via 10.0.20.1 dev eth4 post-up ip rule add from 10.0.4.0/22 table 100 priority 100 post-up ip rule add from 10.0.0.0/22 table 200 priority 200 post-up ip rule add from 10.0.16.0/22 table 300 priority 300 post-up ip rule add from 10.0.20.0/22 table 400 priority 400 post-up ip route flush cache iface eth4 inet6 static address 2001:740:7063:40::240 netmask 64 gateway 2001:740:7063:40::10 post-up ip -6 route add table 110 to 2001:740:7063:10::/64 dev eth1 post-up ip -6 route add table 110 to default via 2001:740:7063:10::10 dev eth1 post-up ip -6 route add table 210 to 2001:740:7063:20::/64 dev eth2 post-up ip -6 route add table 210 to default via 2001:740:7063:20::10 dev eth2 post-up ip -6 route add table 310 to 2001:740:7063:30::/64 dev eth3 post-up ip -6 route add table 310 to default via 2001:740:7063:30::10 dev eth3 post-up ip -6 route add table 410 to 2001:740:7063:40::/64 dev eth4 post-up ip -6 route add table 410 to default via 2001:740:7063:40::10 dev eth4 post-up ip -6 rule add from 2001:740:7063:10::/64 table 110 priority 110 post-up ip -6 rule add from 2001:740:7063:20::/64 table 210 priority 210 post-up ip -6 rule add from 2001:740:7063:30::/64 table 310 priority 310 post-up ip -6 rule add from 2001:740:7063:40::/64 table 410 priority 410 #post-up ip -6 route add default via 2001:740:7063:40::10 dev eth4 post-up ip -6 route flush cache pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth4/autoconf pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth4/accept_ra I have a need to get traffic that comes into one interface to go back from the same interface, hence the rules using iproute2. All works fine if I only set up the ivp4 interfaces. If I remove either the 'iface eth4 inet6 static' or 'iface eth4 inet static' stanza, everything works fine for the one that is not removed. With the above configuration, after booting the machine, I have the following in iproute2: root@ntp01:/# ip route show 10.0.20.0/22 dev eth4 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.20.240 10.0.16.0/22 dev eth3 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.16.240 10.0.4.0/22 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.4.240 10.0.0.0/22 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.240 default via 10.0.20.1 dev eth4 default via 10.0.16.1 dev eth3 default via 10.0.0.1 dev eth2 default via 10.0.4.1 dev eth1 root@ntp01:/#
Re: Wifi with Atheros AR2414 not working
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:50:02 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Tuesday 01 November 2011 21:01:45 Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:10:03 +0100, Celejar wrote: >> > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:23:54 + (UTC) Sian Mountbatten >> >> Do you mean Access Point? Any that's going I use NetworkManager, but >> will try wicd now. > I have solved the problem by abandoning Debian squeeze. I shall use Ubuntu 11.10 which at least accesses the wifi network and prints on the printer and has oodles of software. Thanks for all the help. -- Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8q9mk$gg2$1...@dont-email.me
Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:02:56 -0400 (EDT), Sian Mountbatten wrote: > > Thank you all for your helpful advice and info. > > I am giving up on squeeze because I get so many problems with building > a series 3 kernel. I tried to download a kernel image from wheezy, but > got problems when I tried to install the Debian package. I tried > downloading and installing the dependencies, but putting a wheezy > kernel onto a squeeze system did not work. So I have now downloaded > the first DVD iso for wheeze and I shall try to install a series > 3 kernel for that release. > > Again, thank you all for your help. I hope you have better luck with Wheezy. I am running a custom-built 3.0.0 kernel on Wheezy right now, and I am not having any problems. There are often dependencies between the kernel releases and some other packages closely related to the kernel, such as initramfs-tools, libc*, udev, etc. I suspect you will do better with Wheezy. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/332873274.481855.1320198967497.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:43:12 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: > > But my (single internal) hard disk is always /dev/sda, and my two > external USB disks are always /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc. So what difference > does it make? You mean that *so far* your internal hard disk is always /dev/sda and *so far* your external USB disks are always /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc. There are no guarantees that it will always be so. On my system, I've noticed that my single internal hard disk is usually /dev/sda and my CD-ROM drive is usually /dev/sdb. But if I boot my system from a rescue CD, the CD-ROM drive is usually /dev/sda and the hard disk is usually /dev/sdb. But I cannot guarantee that the hard disk will always be /dev/sda even if I boot from the hard disk every time. It's all timing dependent. Devices are not necessarily discovered in any particular order anymore. It is safest to use UUIDs or LABELs. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1532239075.481697.1320198540616.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic
On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:10:02 +0100, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:46:13 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, >>> such as >>> >>> /dev/hda1 >>> /dev/sda1 >> >> Why? > > Two reasons. First, whether an IDE hard disk shows up as /dev/hda, > /dev/hdb, etc. or /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. depends on which drivers are > being used. For example, the 2.6.32-3-686 kernel and earlier ones use > the traditional IDE drivers, with device names /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, etc. > The 2.6.32-5-686 and later kernels use the libata SCSI emulation > drivers, with device names /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. > > Second, the devices are not necessarily discovered in the same order > every time with newer kernels. Let's say you have a system with one > hard disk and one CD-ROM drive. On one boot, your hard disk may be > assigned device name /dev/sda and the CD-ROM drive may be assigned the > device name /dev/sdb. But on the next boot, it is possible that the > CD-ROM drive may be assigned the device name /dev/sda and the hard disk > may be assigned the device name /dev/sdb. You can never be sure. By > using UUIDs or LABELs, you will always get the same physical partition > mounted as the root file system every time, regardless of what its > device name happens to be in the current boot. The same applies to > non-root file sytems in /etc/fstab (i.e. /boot, /home, etc.) > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell > : :' : > `. `'` >`- Thank you all for your helpful advice and info. I am giving up on squeeze because I get so many problems with building a series 3 kernel. I tried to download a kernel image from wheezy, but got problems when I tried to install the Debian package. I tried downloading and installing the dependencies, but putting a wheezy kernel onto a squeeze system did not work. So I have now downloaded the first DVD iso for wheeze and I shall try to install a series 3 kernel for that release. Again, thank you all for your help. -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8q4s0$m0k$1...@dont-email.me
Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:00:54 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:46:13 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, >>> such as >>> >>> /dev/hda1 /dev/sda1 >> >> Why? > > Two reasons. First, whether an IDE hard disk shows up as /dev/hda, > /dev/hdb, etc. or /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. depends on which drivers are > being used. For example, the 2.6.32-3-686 kernel and earlier ones use > the traditional IDE drivers, with device names /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, etc. > The 2.6.32-5-686 and later kernels use the libata SCSI emulation > drivers, with device names /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. > > Second, the devices are not necessarily discovered in the same order > every time with newer kernels. Let's say you have a system with one > hard disk and one CD-ROM drive. On one boot, your hard disk may be > assigned device name /dev/sda and the CD-ROM drive may be assigned the > device name /dev/sdb. But on the next boot, it is possible that the > CD-ROM drive may be assigned the device name /dev/sda and the hard disk > may be assigned the device name /dev/sdb. You can never be sure. > By using UUIDs or LABELs, you will always get the same physical > partition mounted as the root file system every time, regardless of what > its device name happens to be in the current boot. The same applies to > non-root file sytems in /etc/fstab (i.e. /boot, /home, etc.) But my (single internal) hard disk is always /dev/sda, and my two external USB disks are always /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc. So what difference does it make? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8q3n0$eor$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties
> I've repacked linux-image-3.0.0-2-generic, wireless-crda and udev and > have now > discovered that I cannot install the udev package because it breaks > package linux-base. > So I cannot install the later kernel. > > It looks as though I shall have to forget using wifi on Debian > squeeze. > > Has anybody got any ideas? There is a 2.6.39 kernel packaged in squeeze-backports, maybe it has a non-broken driver? -- A. -- Andrew Reid / rei...@bellatlantic.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20011907.05335.rei...@bellatlantic.net
Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:46:13 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, such >> as >> >> /dev/hda1 >> /dev/sda1 > > Why? Two reasons. First, whether an IDE hard disk shows up as /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, etc. or /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. depends on which drivers are being used. For example, the 2.6.32-3-686 kernel and earlier ones use the traditional IDE drivers, with device names /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, etc. The 2.6.32-5-686 and later kernels use the libata SCSI emulation drivers, with device names /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. Second, the devices are not necessarily discovered in the same order every time with newer kernels. Let's say you have a system with one hard disk and one CD-ROM drive. On one boot, your hard disk may be assigned device name /dev/sda and the CD-ROM drive may be assigned the device name /dev/sdb. But on the next boot, it is possible that the CD-ROM drive may be assigned the device name /dev/sda and the hard disk may be assigned the device name /dev/sdb. You can never be sure. By using UUIDs or LABELs, you will always get the same physical partition mounted as the root file system every time, regardless of what its device name happens to be in the current boot. The same applies to non-root file sytems in /etc/fstab (i.e. /boot, /home, etc.) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/544765130.478134.1320192054767.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, such > as > >/dev/hda1 /dev/sda1 Why? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8q0c5$noi$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:54:37 -0400 (EDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > > I followed the instructions given in Kernel.htm and built a kernel > from the source tree I had > downloaded from www.kernel.org after issuing make-kpkg debian. I also > patched kernel-package > using the patch file (linuxv3.diff) mentioned on the web page. > > I also used make localmodconfig to greatly reduce the number of > modules actually compiled. > Compiling the kernel took 34 mins on my 1.6GHz laptop. > > I installed the kernel using dpkg as root, checked that an initramfs > image had been created, closed down > and rebooted. > > The kernel loaded, entered runlevel 2, but commands that tried to > write to the fs failed because it was > still readonly. The kernel finally hung with nfsd. ctrl-alt-del > successfully rebooted. I shall recompile > the kernel without NFS support because I don't need it. In a typical Debian boot, there are three stages for the root file system. In stage 1, the initial RAM file system is mounted as the root (/) file system. The boot loader loads the (mostly) compressed kernel image and the compressed initial RAM file system image into memory, then passes control to the kernel. The boot loader tells the kernel where the compressed initial RAM file system image is by passing it's address to the kernel. The kernel decompresses itself, decompresses the initial RAM file system image, frees the memory associated with the compressed version of the initial RAM file system, then mounts the uncompressed version of the initial RAM file system as the root (/) file system. For LILO, the "image" and "initrd" boot loader configuration records specify the kernel image and initial RAM file system image to be used, respectively. In stage 2, once all modules needed to do I/O to the disk have been loaded, as well as all modules needed to interpret the file system, the permanent root file system is mounted. Typically, it is mounted read-only. The location of the permanent root file system is passed to the kernel via the kernel command line from parameters specified in the boot loader configuration file. For LILO, the "read-only" and "root" boot loader configuration records specify this information. The corresponding options passed on the kernel command line are "ro" and "root". Once the permanent root file system has been mounted read-only, the uncompressed initial RAM file system image is freed from memory. Additional kernel modules are loaded at this stage, including those specified in /etc/modules. They are loaded from the permanent root file system, still mounted read-only. In stage 3, the permanent root file system is mounted read-write. At this stage, the file system to use is specified by /etc/fstab. Obviously, you must make sure that your boot loader configuration file and /etc/fstab specify the same root file system. It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, such as /dev/hda1 /dev/sda1 etc. Generally, the newer the kernel, the less likely this is to work. You should specify the root file system, both in the boot loader configuration file and in /etc/fstab by using "UUID=xxx..." or "LABEL=xxx" specifications. Since you seem to be having trouble at stage 3, the first thing I would look at is /etc/fstab. If you don't find any errors there, please post your boot loader configuration file, /etc/fstab, and the kernel boot messages. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1391569326.477490.1320191000468.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:25:04 -0400 (EDT), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> I would recommend using something like "make localmodconfig" to strip >> out drivers your hardware doesn't need. There are many hidden >> dependencies, such as SCSI support, that are not obvious. >> ... > That will definitely give you a bootable kernel but with the stock > Debian config, which is huge and gives you way more than you really need. > IMO to get just the right kernel config is very tricky because it is an > trial and error thing. What would be handy is an IDE that records what > change you made and for what reason, so that it can be removed when your > hardware changes. Perhaps you're thinking of "make oldconfig" or some other configuration target. "make localmodconfig" will definitely strip out modules that are not in use by the current hardware. There may be a few things that are built-in to the kernel that could be eliminated, but most stuff that is hardware-related is in a module by default, and "make localmodconfig" will get you 99% of the way (or better) toward the minimal kernel configuration for the current hardware. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1875441311.476634.1320189198947.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: Problem installing an init script with "insserv"
Robert Latest wrote: > I'm trying to have the script (below) run automatically at each system > shutdown. But it is never called, neither on startup nor on shutdown. > I ran insserv on it and it worked without errors. It also seems to > have the correct links installed: > > dh@dotcom:/etc$ find . -name '*dupba*' -printf '%p %l\n' > ./rc5.d/K01dupbackup ../init.d/dupbackup > ./rc2.d/S01dupbackup ../init.d/dupbackup > ./init.d/dupbackup > dh@dotcom:/etc$ > > So why doesn't this work? Shutdown should go through runlevel 6 not 5. Change that to 6 and it should happen at shutdown time. But that doesn't explain why it isn't running at startup. And if it isn't happening at start then it probably still won't be happening at stop either. Bob Reference: http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties
Sian Mountbatten wrote: > > poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > >> Is there any way I can get the firmware loaded once squeeze is > >> installed so that wifi will work? > > > > You should be able to install using a wire, using open wifi, using WEP > > wifi without problems. After you install the system should be able to > > connect using WPA/WPA2 wifi okay. This is the way virtually every > > laptop that installs Debian and then uses wireless for WPA/WPA2 works > > today. > > What do you mean "using a wire"? and "open wifi". Using a wire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet Open wifi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Wifi with Atheros AR2414 not working
On Tuesday 01 November 2011 21:01:45 Sian Mountbatten wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:10:03 +0100, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:23:54 + (UTC) Sian Mountbatten > > Do you mean Access Point? Any that's going > I use NetworkManager, but will try wicd now. Use to be a problem if you have and network-manager. maybe it is solved now, I don't know. In any case you can purge purge network-manager, it will purge sone 20 something packages with it, but it's ok. Don't forget to go to preferences in wicd and indicate wlan0 as a wireless interface. Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20012243.27178.tchate...@free.fr
Re: RESOLVED: Learning ifpludg in CLI, WAS Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, etc
Ooops my bad... After I posted this message I found out that there is another problem with my configuration so now I am sorry I attached those configuration files... Although the interfaces "work" as expected, I later noticed that my syslog was getting filled with about 15 events logged _per_second_, evidently due to some continued cycling through bringing the eth1 up and down over and over... At first I thought, OK, I'll just replace the allow-hotplug eth1 with auto eth1 (in the /etc/network/interfaces file) and that seemed to slow things down. But still, eth1 is mysteriously (to me) being brought down every few minutes and immediately brought back up. I don't understand this, and have been working on it all afternoon trying to learn what triggers these cycles. I think I may start a new thread about that. But I feel bad if anyone were to use my posted configurations files thinking that they are good-to-go as-is ... I've also removed the "auto eth1" statement from /e/n/i, which means I have to bring eth1 up manually with "ifup eth1", but still the syslog shows me that the interface is being brought down and then back up every few minutes... Keith > Thank you Brian for showing me that "route -v" is my friend :-) That > really helped me debug this configuration. > > Thank you J. Bakshi for your explication of the use of the pre-up and > pre-down instructions. > > Turns out that one of the problems with my configuration was that I had > both a "scan_ssid=1" and a "priority=15" in each of my stanzas in the > wpa-roam.conf file- this is a no-no. Eliminating the former resolved most > of the puzzling behavior. > > After more experimentation I found that by using J. Bakshi's idea I was > able to configure things so that now the proper interface is used > regardless of whether the Ethernet is plugged in or not at bootup, and > remains properly configured regardless of how many times I might > plug|unplug the Ethernet cable. > > Here's the pertinent stanza from the /etc/network/interfaces file: > > iface eth0 inet static > wpa-debug-level 3 > post-up /sbin/ifdown eth1 > post-up /sbin/iwconfig eth1 txpower off > post-down /sbin/iwconfig eth1 txpower on > post-down /sbin/ifup eth1 > address 192.168.1.69 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.1.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > > Yes, it _required_ both the pre-up and post-down statements. Note: I > decided to go with static, but this is unrelated to the discussion. > > For the record, in case the reader has stumbled upon this post via Google > or such for help with setting up wireless from the command line (CLI), I > have attached my /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/default/ifplugd, and > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa-roam.conf files. > > Note: this works without using a wpa_supplicant.conf or guessnet. Of > course, my configuration is not complicated by a firewall or a proxy > service... And of course, there are always other ways to do things... > > Thanks again, > Keith > > >> On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:47:27 + >> Brian wrote: >> >>> On Mon 31 Oct 2011 at 12:53:21 -0700, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: >>> >>> > If I boot the laptop with the Ethernet cable plugged in (eth0), that >>> > connection works fine. >> >> A good practice might be to down the unused interface. >> >> When using wired power-down wifi, as well as ifdown >> >> ` ` ` ` >> pre-up /sbin/ifdown wlan0 >> pre-up /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 txpower off >> ` ` ` ` >> >> When using wifi do the opposite. >> >> You can also power-on wifi when wired is unplugged >> >> ` ` ` ` >> down /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 txpower on >> ` ` ` ` >> >> pre-up, pre-down, post-up,.. etc.. statements are very helpful... >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/124f74d9d6ed3560bbd1ec70117c33ba.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
Re: squeeze on desktop with Atheros wifi - not accessing wifi
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:20:02 +0100, Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:39:15 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
>
>> I have installed Debian squeeze on /dev/sda1, but the kernel does not
>> pick up the Atheros wlan0 wifi card.
>
> What you mean by "pick up"?
It does not recognise the card. I used to use madwifi on my
Lenny system.
> That the card not detected by the system ("lspci" or "lsusb" will tell)
> or that is not configured (see below)?
lspci gives
--
03:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213
Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
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>> Ubuntu 11.10 with a 3.0.0-12-generic kernel picks up the wifi,
>> identifies the default wifi network, asks for a password and then it
>> opens the wifi network.
>>
> Squeeze does not ships a kernel with closed firmware blob¹. If you card
> needs such file (the firmware) you will have to download manually.
> "dmesg" will tell you more about the wifi card issue.
dmesg gives
ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2414 chip found (MAC: 0x79, PHY: 0x45)
[
> OTOH, Squeeze has an additional hitch with wifi devices: they are
> unmanaged by NM when the adapter is listed in "/etc/network/interfaces"
> with the default config setup, so this is another thing to check².
/etc/interfaces contains
--
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.11.6
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.11.0
broadcast 192.168.11.255
gateway 192.168.11.1
# wireless-* options are implemented by the wireless-tools package
wireless-mode managed
wireless-essid PC_Area
wireless-key1 s:pclandia
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if
installed
dns-nameservers 192.168.11.1
-
> You can read more on how to configure your wifi device in Debian's
> wiki³.
>
> ¹http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
> ²http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager#NetworkManager_in_Squeeze
> ³http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi
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Re: Getting sound working
On 02/11/11 00:54, Harry Putnam wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > >> >> Kind of... > > Try again, I've put an unreduced image of just the bottom and a little > of the screen... full width. > > www.jtan.com/~reader/vu/disp.cgi Thanks (that I could see) >>> >> What's the icon between klipper and the clock??:- >> http://ge.tt/8FfYhP9/v/0 > > Its the little carrot thing that toggles the show hidden icons The "Hide Icons Icon" :-) *That* is part of the System Tray > > Behind it are: > Desktop Notifier > Desktop sharing > KOrganizer Reminder Daemon Should be Device Notifier as well. > > > Right-click it to get to the "System Tray Settings" - drill down from there to enable hiding/unhiding icons. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eb05311.4080...@gmail.com
Re: Wifi with Atheros AR2414 not working
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:23:54 + (UTC) Sian Mountbatten wrote: ... > Here is the output from the command "ifconfig wlan0" > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0f:b5:8c:94:96 > inet addr:192.168.11.6 Bcast:192.168.11.255 Mask:255.255.255. > 0 > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > Here is the output from the command "iwconfig wlan0" > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"PC_Area" > Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Power Management:off We need lots more information, such as: What sort of AP are you trying to connect to? What commands / software are you using to manage your card? Logs? Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2001150604.7a19afe765c05ae367cb7...@gmail.com
Wifi with Atheros AR2414 not working
Here is the output from lspci in Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host- Hub Interface (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to CSA Bridge (rev 02) 00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller 03:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II (M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80) 03:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) Here is the output from the command "ifconfig wlan0" wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0f:b5:8c:94:96 inet addr:192.168.11.6 Bcast:192.168.11.255 Mask:255.255.255. 0 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Here is the output from the command "iwconfig wlan0" wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"PC_Area" Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off -- Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8pdfq$as5$1...@dont-email.me
Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:53:47 -0400, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:35:29 -0400, Tom H wrote: >>> >>> (...) >>> The madduck script automates subscribing to the bugs that you've filed for you. There's no need to do this manually. >>> >>> If I have correctly read the script, it can be fine for users using >>> procmail, is that right? >>> >>> If yes, I'm not such user, I use Mutt and my Gmail IMAP account and >>> from time to time, I use reportbug and even another computers which do >>> not run Debian... so I'm afraid the workaround won't be of any help in >>> my case :-( >> >> I haven't kept the script but I remember a loop with a "sendmail -f >> ...". You can substitute whatever command is equivalent on your box. > > Yep, I suppose that command could be replaced by invoking "mutt", instead. > >> This script and the BTS aren;t tied in to the box from which you report >> a script. As long as you have a Debian or Ubuntu or other Debian >> derivative box with devscripts installed, you should be able to >> auto-subscribe with this script to all the bugs that you've reported. > As I read it, the script is basically a loop that retrieves the bug > number for all the bugs that have been sent by the reporter and sends > subcription e-mails to the BTS robot... but you still have to manually > reply to the incoming confirmation e-mails, right? And this is when the > Procmail recipe comes into play, I guess, to close the cycle. I don't remember the procmail reference but I'll trust you (I looked at the page for a few seconds at most (!) so I could easily have misread/misunderstood. You certainly have to reconfirm your subscription manually or otherwise... > It can be useful for mass-susbcriptions and mass-confirmation (when used > alongside Procmail or a similar filter to do the job) but is still too > much work -IMO- for bug reporters that are not using such mailing schema. I couldn't agree more but if the BTS developers want it this way, there isn't another option... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sycpkxt-n-yofu1mddctsovvugwvatloy+jjyzerxn...@mail.gmail.com
Re: webcam/mouse conflict
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:21:13 -0400, Whit Hansell wrote:
> Running Wheezy. Have wireless Logitech mouse. Have usb style webcam of
> offbrand type but it has worked fine before so the driver is recognized
> and works.
>
> Have installed both Cheese and guvcview(gnome's webcam prog) and things
> work OK except somehow control of the mouse is grabbed and it makes use
> of the mouse very "iffy" in that I can move the mouse but it takes
> forever to get it to do anything. It will finally do what I ask of it
> whether to move or accept mousecliks, but somehow whatever is allowing
> video is grabbing IO control from the mouse.
Hmmm, so you mean that both devices operate fine when they run separately
and the USB mouse fails (start doing wierid things, becomes slow...)
onlye when webcam is turned on? :-?
> Both Cheese and guvcview have worked just fine previously w. this webcam
> and a usb mouse so I know that part works. Question is who should I
> send a bug report to as this has been this way for about 2-3 weeks now
> and I had hoped it would have been corrected by now.
Before opening a bug report, I would try some things:
1/ A corded USB mouse, because wireless devices are prone to any kind of
strange errors, like batteries going down in the worst of the momments :-)
2/ Look at the logs when mouse starts behaving badly, mainly "dmesg", "/
var/log/syslog" and "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
OTOH, I think mouse (input devices) is nowadays controlled by evdev
("xserver-xorg-input-evdev" package), unless this has changed recently.
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Problem installing an init script with "insserv"
Hello all, I'm trying to have the script (below) run automatically at each system shutdown. But it is never called, neither on startup nor on shutdown. I ran insserv on it and it worked without errors. It also seems to have the correct links installed: dh@dotcom:/etc$ find . -name '*dupba*' -printf '%p %l\n' ./rc5.d/K01dupbackup ../init.d/dupbackup ./rc2.d/S01dupbackup ../init.d/dupbackup ./init.d/dupbackup dh@dotcom:/etc$ So why doesn't this work? It used to work before I upgraded from stable to testing. I've also played with the Default-Start and -Stop levels, no change. Permissions are 755 as for all other init.d script. Thanks, robert #!/bin/sh # # ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: dupbackup # Required-Stop: $local_fs $syslog # Required-Start: # Default-Start: 2 # Default-Stop: 5 # Description: Custom crypto backup system ### END INIT INFO logger -s "Called as $0 $1" sleep 10 # this should make the script very noticeable case "$1" in start) echo "No backup on start-up" ;; stop) sh /usr/local/bin/dupbackup.sh ;; esac -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAMXbmUSM=ijkunbegk0xvloo-oscbga5unndqdie-uyskwo...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RESOLVED: Learning ifpludg in CLI, WAS Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, etc
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:05:36 -0700 kei...@strucktower.com wrote: Nice to hear your success and thanks for sharing the config [] > > Note: this works without using a wpa_supplicant.conf or guessnet. [.] As there is only one wired configuration you don't need guessnet; but for multiple wired stanzas, guesssnet is required to find out the correct one to use. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2001231814.4a35d...@shiva.selfip.org
Re: ethernet bonding with severak machines
Sorry, maybe trhe description it is too vague...my problem it is that I have my servers virtualized, and I want to create and environment of high availability. For example in http traffic, the problem is I can create a load balancer that balance the traffic to the servers...but this load balancer server hasta bandwidth limit, and I want to expand this limit.. On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 10/31/2011 6:00 PM, Jesus arteche wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > Do you know if it is possible to make Ethernet bonding between several > > machines? > > If I correctly understand what you're asking, no, it is not possible. > > > are there some way the create a high availability load balancer with > > several machines whit a bandwidth equal the sum of all the bandwidths ?? > > It would be best at this point if you described what you're trying to > accomplish and allow us to give recommendations. There are many types > of load balancing, from layer 2 through 7. To properly answer your > question we need to know exactly what you are trying to load balance, > and to what end. > > For example, the most common types of load balancing are for SMTP, HTTP, > POP, and IMAP. Load balancing SMTP simply requires multiple equal > priority MX records. Load balancing HTTP and POP usually only requires > round robin DNS. Load balancing IMAP may require a specialized director > server or proxy, especially in the case where the IMAP clients are > webmail servers. > > -- > Stan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eaf8c29.4000...@hardwarefreak.com > >
Re: Kdesud locking up, JMicron card reader not working, USB 3 Controller stops working after resuming, horizontal tearing on fullscreen
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:11:49 -0200, M. wrote: > I'm facing some problems with Debian Unstable that are really annoying. > I know how to report bugs, did that several times before, and that I > should ask one question at a time. But in this case, I decided to first > listen to the good folks in this list for input and feedback (and maybe > even solutions!!!), to both report more useful bugs and see if someone > else is facing the same problems that I am, so the bug report would not > be forgotten or simply trashed, as it happened before. I've tested these > problems on two different computers, one desktop and one laptop. Good, but is usually better to send separate messages for each of the problems you're facing, just to get a more clean thread. > So here it goes: > > 1) I use KDE 4.6, the latest version from unstable, and synaptic to > install packages. synaptic needs sudo permissions, and KDE does that > using kdesud. The problem is that sometimes the kdesud process hangs, > and every other call to kdesud gets stalled. I have to go to the > terminal and kill it by hand - after doing that, synaptic and any other > process that calls kdesud works fine. This happens on ALL debian > unstable installations, both desktop and laptop. Is that happening regardless of the command you run with "kdesu" or just when you launch Synaptic? > 2) The laptop has a JMicron card reader that only works if the card is > inserted at boot time. Mmm... what's dmesg output when you connect a card? Is it detected/ mounted? > 3) The USB 3 controller on the laptop never worked correctly. It is > > USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev > 03) USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 > Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) > > The two USB 3 ports never worked correctly: they disconnect or never > connect usb peripherals, giving xhci_hcd errors like > > > [ 6135.109318] xhci_hcd :05:00.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep > [ 6135.112271] xhci_hcd :05:00.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep > [ 6135.115274] xhci_hcd :05:00.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep (...) I have commented in another thread about a similar problem: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/10/msg02561.html > 4) This happens with all video applications on KDE, VLC, mplayer, etc. > When playing in fullscreen, both machines (with Nvidia graphics cards > and the driver from Nvidia), with compositing or not, with opengl > backend or not, vsync enabled or not, any video shows horizontal > tearing. For this one I would start debugging a driver issue by loading "nouveau" instead "nvidia". If both drivers experience the same it can be something pointing to Xorg :-? > Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list. Sorry, I can't :-( Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.11.01.16.56...@gmail.com
RESOLVED: Learning ifpludg in CLI, WAS Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, etc
Thank you Brian for showing me that "route -v" is my friend :-) That really helped me debug this configuration. Thank you J. Bakshi for your explication of the use of the pre-up and pre-down instructions. Turns out that one of the problems with my configuration was that I had both a "scan_ssid=1" and a "priority=15" in each of my stanzas in the wpa-roam.conf file- this is a no-no. Eliminating the former resolved most of the puzzling behavior. After more experimentation I found that by using J. Bakshi's idea I was able to configure things so that now the proper interface is used regardless of whether the Ethernet is plugged in or not at bootup, and remains properly configured regardless of how many times I might plug|unplug the Ethernet cable. Here's the pertinent stanza from the /etc/network/interfaces file: iface eth0 inet static wpa-debug-level 3 post-up /sbin/ifdown eth1 post-up /sbin/iwconfig eth1 txpower off post-down /sbin/iwconfig eth1 txpower on post-down /sbin/ifup eth1 address 192.168.1.69 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 Yes, it _required_ both the pre-up and post-down statements. Note: I decided to go with static, but this is unrelated to the discussion. For the record, in case the reader has stumbled upon this post via Google or such for help with setting up wireless from the command line (CLI), I have attached my /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/default/ifplugd, and /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa-roam.conf files. Note: this works without using a wpa_supplicant.conf or guessnet. Of course, my configuration is not complicated by a firewall or a proxy service... And of course, there are always other ways to do things... Thanks again, Keith > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:47:27 + > Brian wrote: > >> On Mon 31 Oct 2011 at 12:53:21 -0700, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: >> >> > If I boot the laptop with the Ethernet cable plugged in (eth0), that >> > connection works fine. > > A good practice might be to down the unused interface. > > When using wired power-down wifi, as well as ifdown > > ` ` ` ` > pre-up /sbin/ifdown wlan0 > pre-up /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 txpower off > ` ` ` ` > > When using wifi do the opposite. > > You can also power-on wifi when wired is unplugged > > ` ` ` ` > down /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 txpower on > ` ` ` ` > > pre-up, pre-down, post-up,.. etc.. statements are very helpful... > interfaces Description: Binary data wpa-roam.conf Description: Binary data ifplugd Description: Binary data
Re: Panning Desktop WITHOUT xorg.conf
johny why writes: > not sure if this is relevant, but for noobs like me, this method > enables a virtual panning desktop on Debian, from a terminal > command-line, without need for a xorg.conf: Debian wheezy here. > xrandr --output VGA1 --rate 60 --mode 800x600 --fb 1280x1024 > --panning 1280x1024 I'm very interested in this and have tried any number of incantations to get a panning desktop... the above formula fails here. The desktop grows but the panning just does not happen... mouse is still locked into actual monitor size and just moves the screen very slightly when bumped up against any border. Some have said its due to bugs that I have lost track of but there are several in different OS's reported where the panning is restricted. Maybe I've got the command all wrong: (wrapped for mail but was on 1 line) xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --rate 60 --mode 1440x900 --fb 2048x1536 \ --panning 2048x1536 As I understand your statements here `--mode' should be your actual monitors max resolution... right? > the "mode" is your viewport (ie, max res of your monitor). The > "fb" and "panning" are both set to your desired virtual size. What I actually see is the screen grow but I cannot access the part that is beyond the edge of my monitor... when I go there with the mouse only a very slight shifting of screen happens... maybe something like 1/8 inch. For example: the `system tray' (or panel) in default kde desktop is across the bottom. When I run the command above it is pushed down out of site... attempting to pan to it with mouse does not work. I only get the tiny screen shift reported above. ---- ---=--- - Here is output of xrandr -q xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 4096 x 4096 VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DVI-I-1 connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 550mm x 340mm 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 1440x900 59.9* 1280x960 60.0 1152x864 75.0 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 832x62474.6 800x60072.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 640x48072.8 75.0 66.7 60.0 720x40070.1 TV-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) ---- ---=--- - I guess you are able to get a panning desktop... and your mouse, when moved to a monitor border, shifts the screen so you can get to the virtual real estate? Why does it fail here? Any ideas welcome. Hardware details PC (older) P4 celeron 3.06 Ghz cpu - 2GB ram Video card: Nvidia GForce FX 5700LE Monitor: Asus 25.5 Model: VK266H Max res 1900x1200 You can see the full monitor details here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236046 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87sjm7lsv6@newsguy.com
Re: using kernel 3.0.1+
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 06:44:41PM +1000, yudi v wrote: > I will be getting a new desktop with intel i5 2500k CPU, it's got an > integrated GPU, I would like to install debian but read that the i5 GPU > works without any issues only with the latest kernel. I've a system with a i5 2520m (Intel Sandybridge) and written down a few notes about it in the Debian wiki. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/LatitudeE6420/squeeze In short, as other people all ready wrote, you'll have to use at least the kernel from backports (2.6.39 currently) but I guess you'll also need the X.org backport (thanks to KiBi for providing it). The most annoying part is the requirement of a new kernel+non-free to get at least ethernet working. After that it's a lot easier to get the rest going. HTH Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2001154122.ga1...@sho.bk.hosteurope.de
Re: squeeze on desktop with Atheros wifi - not accessing wifi
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:39:15 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> I have installed Debian squeeze on /dev/sda1, but the kernel does not
> pick up the Atheros wlan0 wifi card.
What you mean by "pick up"?
That the card not detected by the system ("lspci" or "lsusb" will tell)
or that is not configured (see below)?
> Ubuntu 11.10 with a 3.0.0-12-generic kernel picks up the wifi,
> identifies the default wifi network, asks for a password and then it
> opens the wifi network.
>
> It would seem that the squeeze kernel is broken with respect to wifi.
>
> Anybody any ideas for getting wifi working on squeeze?
Squeeze does not ships a kernel with closed firmware blob¹. If you card
needs such file (the firmware) you will have to download manually.
"dmesg" will tell you more about the wifi card issue.
OTOH, Squeeze has an additional hitch with wifi devices: they are
unmanaged by NM when the adapter is listed in "/etc/network/interfaces"
with the default config setup, so this is another thing to check².
You can read more on how to configure your wifi device in Debian's wiki³.
¹http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
²http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager#NetworkManager_in_Squeeze
³http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi
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Re: Usenet news - server required
Harry Putnam writes: > Waa Wa sniffle sniffle... no one is paying the proper > attention to my suggestion of emacs/gnus It is vastly the > superior news/mail reader. Yes, of course it is. That's why only superior people use it. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87fwi73na9@thumper.dhh.gt.org
Re: SKYPE
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:22:19AM -0400, Vince wrote: > I CANNOT APPLY SKYPE..I NEED HELP...I MUSY HAVE SKYPE > THROUGH YOUR SYSTEM. > THANKS > VINCE VALENTINI 1) Your clock appears to be broken. It is November 2) Your keyboard appears to be broken (or your getty has detected you're using a upper-case-only terminal. Try removing "-U" from the invokation in /etc/inittab) 3) Read this: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA79/How-do-I-install-Skype -- Darac Marjal signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:56:46 -0700 (PDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote in message <6a9c6581-5fbb-4848-9d92-81bf0dbce...@j36g2000prh.googlegroups.com>: > On Oct 31, 7:20 pm, "poenik...@operamail.com" > wrote: > > On Oct 31, 12:40 am, Stephen Powell wrote: > > > Also, I recommend that you read > > > > > http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm > > > > > for a fairly comprehensive tutorial on kernel building in Debian > > > which documents many common "gotchas" in kernel building. For > > > example, there is a patch to kernel-package which is needed in > > > some circumstances when building a version 3 kernel with > > > make-kpkg. The patch is documented on the above web page. And, > > > depending on which boot loader you use, you may need to install > > > some hook scripts when using a custom kernel with Squeeze and > > > later releases. This is also documented on the above web page. > > > > > -- > > > .''`. Stephen Powell > > > : :' : > > > `. `'` > > > > I followed the instructions given in Kernel.htm and built a kernel > > from the source tree I had > > downloaded fromwww.kernel.orgafter issuing make-kpkg debian. I also > > patched kernel-package > > using the patch file (linuxv3.diff) mentioned on the web page. > > > > I also used make localmodconfig to greatly reduce the number of > > modules actually compiled. > > Compiling the kernel took 34 mins on my 1.6GHz laptop. > > > > I installed the kernel using dpkg as root, checked that an initramfs > > image had been created, closed down > > and rebooted. > > > > The kernel loaded, entered runlevel 2, but commands that tried to > > write to the fs failed because it was > > still readonly. The kernel finally hung with nfsd. ctrl-alt-del > > successfully rebooted. I shall recompile > > the kernel without NFS support because I don't need it. > > I removed NFS stuff and recompiled the kernel. I also removed the > packages nfs-kernel-server and > nfs-common. > > After rebooting with the new kernel, it loaded, hung at points and > eventually gave me a tty login > prompt. I could login as sian as well as root, but the file system was > still read-only. I suspect that > GNOME has to be able to write to the fs so that is why I only got a > tty prompt. > > Some messages emitted by the kernel when loading: > - > Can't open or create /var/run/syslogd.pid > Unknown hardware ThinkPad EC > touch: setting times of /var/lib/sudo: Read-only file system > -- > What do I do next? ..remount your disk read-write. > At least the kernel loads and gives me a prompt. I > don't understand why the > file system is still read-only. ..could be _anything_ from a bad disk to a kernel config bug. My reading of your NFS "hang" is you should have patient enough to give it time to time out, at least once. (5 or 15 minutes?) ..try set up a syslog host on your lan and point your 3.0.4 box' syslog there, and post the url to it if you find funny errors etc things that warrants further fun. > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2001151717.1dc35...@nb6.lan
Re: Usenet news - server required
Sian Mountbatten writes: [...] >> I personally use Pan, but Thunderbird and Icedove also embedd a >> newsreader. >> >> Greetings, >> >> -- >> Camaleón > Many thanks for your help. I too am using Pan. And I found a news server > on the web-site www.eternal-september.org which someone suggested. > Problem now definitely solved. If only I can get my new kernel to work > my cup would be overflowing. [...] Waa Wa sniffle sniffle... no one is paying the proper attention to my suggestion of emacs/gnus It is vastly the superior news/mail reader. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87wrbkkks0@newsguy.com
Re: Getting sound working
Scott Ferguson writes: >> Its a reduced image of course but you can see the panel across the >> bottom. > > Kind of... Try again, I've put an unreduced image of just the bottom and a little of the screen... full width. www.jtan.com/~reader/vu/disp.cgi >>Is that not the `system tray' you speak of? >> > What's the icon between klipper and the clock??:- > http://ge.tt/8FfYhP9/v/0 Its the little carrot thing that toggles the show hidden icons Behind it are: Desktop Notifier Desktop sharing KOrganizer Reminder Daemon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/871utslzgy@newsguy.com
Re: Squeeze: Create LVM from 2x raid5 + 12x 2TB disks
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 12:45:33PM +0100, Denny Schierz wrote: > With raid5 22TB, which seems to be better ... > > But, what is the best? > > To create only one big MD is something bad, I think. > > On FreeBSD I have with ZFS and 2 x raidz round about 21TB. > > any suggestions? Yes. If you don't know what you're doing, you want RAID-10 across all the disks, no spares. You will end up with 12TB of space, but complete protection against any one disk failing, and possibly protection against up to 6 disks failing. You also want to enable mdadm scanning and reporting, so you know when a disk fails. If you do know what you're doing, all this can change. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2001133952.gb2...@tao.merseine.nu
Re: squeeze on desktop with Atheros wifi - not accessing wifi
Im not famailair with Atheros cards but a lot of WiFi cards dont have the binary firmware on them, it has to be loaded by the driver each time. Because the firmware is closed source Debian doesnt include it by default anymore. You will need to download the relevant .deb package from http://packages.debian.org copy to the machine on a USB stick or something and then (as root) install it with dpkg -i packagename.deb im sure someone here who has experience with Atheros chipsets will enlighten us as to the actual package name. On 01/11/11 11:39, Sian Mountbatten wrote: I have installed Debian squeeze on /dev/sda1, but the kernel does not pick up the Atheros wlan0 wifi card. Ubuntu 11.10 with a 3.0.0-12-generic kernel picks up the wifi, identifies the default wifi network, asks for a password and then it opens the wifi network. It would seem that the squeeze kernel is broken with respect to wifi. Anybody any ideas for getting wifi working on squeeze? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eaffe0c.20...@me.com
Re: Squeeze: Create LVM from 2x raid5 + 12x 2TB disks
On 11/01/2011 01:45 PM, Denny Schierz wrote: hi, my problem is, that I loosing several terabytes 12 x 2TB I create on one JBOD with 12 disks two raid 5 with one spare: mdadm --create /dev/md7 --level=5 -x 1 --raid-disks=5 --bitmap=internal /dev/sd["cdefgh"]1 mdadm --create /dev/md8 --level=5 -x 1 --raid-disks=5 --bitmap=internal /dev/sd["ijklmn"]1 # fdisk -l /dev/md8 Disk /dev/md8: 8001.6 GB, 8001589084160 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 1953512960 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 524288 bytes / 2097152 bytes Disk identifier: 0x Only 8TB ... Yes, it's correct. You have 6 disks in 1 array - 1 spare and 1 you lose because of raid 5, so 4 * 2TB disks is 8 TB. You would consider to build 1 array with 12 disks. With 1 spare drive you will have 20TB RAID 5 array or you can build 22TB RAID 5 array without a spare drive. md8 : active raid5 sdm1[6] sdn1[5](S) sdl1[3] sdk1[2] sdj1[1] sdi1[0] 7814051840 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [5/4] [_] [>] recovery = 4.1% (80504380/1953512960) finish=330.3min speed=94493K/sec bitmap: 1/15 pages [4KB], 65536KB chunk md7 : active raid5 sdg1[6] sdh1[5](S) sdf1[3] sde1[2] sdd1[1] sdc1[0] 7814051840 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [5/4] [_] [>] recovery = 4.1% (80857984/1953512960) finish=334.0min speed=93427K/sec bitmap: 1/15 pages [4KB], 65536KB chunk root@iscsihead-s:~# pvscan PV /dev/md7 lvm2 [7.28 TiB] PV /dev/md8 lvm2 [7.28 TiB] Total: 3 [14.78 TiB] / in use: 1 [233.81 GiB] / in no VG: 2 [14.55 TiB] only 14TB from 20TB (2 disks are spare = 4TB) ? that couldn't be only metadata ... I also used --level=6 but nothing more than 8TB ... If I create one big MD with all 12 disks and raid6, than I get 20TB (also ~4TB metadata?) fdisk -l /dev/md7 Disk /dev/md7: 20004.0 GB, 20003972710400 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, -1 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 524288 bytes / 5242880 bytes Disk identifier: 0x With raid5 22TB, which seems to be better ... But, what is the best? To create only one big MD is something bad, I think. On FreeBSD I have with ZFS and 2 x raidz round about 21TB. any suggestions? cu denny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eafe1c2.4040...@oles.biz
Re: squeeze on desktop with Atheros wifi - not accessing wifi
On Tuesday 01 November 2011 12:39:15 Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I have installed Debian squeeze on /dev/sda1, but the kernel does not > pick up the Atheros wlan0 wifi card. > Can you give the output of lspci, ifcinfig and iwconfig? Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20011303.47622.tchate...@free.fr
Squeeze: Create LVM from 2x raid5 + 12x 2TB disks
hi, my problem is, that I loosing several terabytes 12 x 2TB I create on one JBOD with 12 disks two raid 5 with one spare: mdadm --create /dev/md7 --level=5 -x 1 --raid-disks=5 --bitmap=internal /dev/sd["cdefgh"]1 mdadm --create /dev/md8 --level=5 -x 1 --raid-disks=5 --bitmap=internal /dev/sd["ijklmn"]1 # fdisk -l /dev/md8 Disk /dev/md8: 8001.6 GB, 8001589084160 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 1953512960 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 524288 bytes / 2097152 bytes Disk identifier: 0x Only 8TB ... md8 : active raid5 sdm1[6] sdn1[5](S) sdl1[3] sdk1[2] sdj1[1] sdi1[0] 7814051840 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [5/4] [_] [>] recovery = 4.1% (80504380/1953512960) finish=330.3min speed=94493K/sec bitmap: 1/15 pages [4KB], 65536KB chunk md7 : active raid5 sdg1[6] sdh1[5](S) sdf1[3] sde1[2] sdd1[1] sdc1[0] 7814051840 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [5/4] [_] [>] recovery = 4.1% (80857984/1953512960) finish=334.0min speed=93427K/sec bitmap: 1/15 pages [4KB], 65536KB chunk root@iscsihead-s:~# pvscan PV /dev/md7 lvm2 [7.28 TiB] PV /dev/md8 lvm2 [7.28 TiB] Total: 3 [14.78 TiB] / in use: 1 [233.81 GiB] / in no VG: 2 [14.55 TiB] only 14TB from 20TB (2 disks are spare = 4TB) ? that couldn't be only metadata ... I also used --level=6 but nothing more than 8TB ... If I create one big MD with all 12 disks and raid6, than I get 20TB (also ~4TB metadata?) fdisk -l /dev/md7 Disk /dev/md7: 20004.0 GB, 20003972710400 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, -1 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 524288 bytes / 5242880 bytes Disk identifier: 0x With raid5 22TB, which seems to be better ... But, what is the best? To create only one big MD is something bad, I think. On FreeBSD I have with ZFS and 2 x raidz round about 21TB. any suggestions? cu denny signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
squeeze on desktop with Atheros wifi - not accessing wifi
I have installed Debian squeeze on /dev/sda1, but the kernel does not pick up the Atheros wlan0 wifi card. Ubuntu 11.10 with a 3.0.0-12-generic kernel picks up the wifi, identifies the default wifi network, asks for a password and then it opens the wifi network. It would seem that the squeeze kernel is broken with respect to wifi. Anybody any ideas for getting wifi working on squeeze? -- Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8olp3$tbf$2...@dont-email.me
Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:20:02 +0200, Bob Proulx wrote: > poenik...@operamail.com wrote: >> Ubuntu asked for the ESSID and WPA2 password and connected fine. >> >> Debian squeeze installer asked for firmware to be installed from >> removable media >> but failed to load the files from CD-ROM. So wifi does not work. > > Unfortunately at this time (as far as I know) the debian-installer does > not support WPA or WPA2 at installation time. Only open wifi and WEP > wifi support has so far been included. Installation over WPA/WPA2 isn't > yet available. I have heard it is being worked on. > >> I have installed the firmware-iwlwifi package and have checked that the >> firmware files required are in /lib/firmware. >> >> Is there any way I can get the firmware loaded once squeeze is >> installed so that wifi will work? > > You should be able to install using a wire, using open wifi, using WEP > wifi without problems. After you install the system should be able to > connect using WPA/WPA2 wifi okay. This is the way virtually every > laptop that installs Debian and then uses wireless for WPA/WPA2 works > today. > > Bob > poenik...@operamail.com wrote: >> Ubuntu asked for the ESSID and WPA2 password and connected fine. >> >> Debian squeeze installer asked for firmware to be installed from >> removable media >> but failed to load the files from CD-ROM. So wifi does not work. > > Unfortunately at this time (as far as I know) the debian-installer does > not support WPA or WPA2 at installation time. Only open wifi and WEP > wifi support has so far been included. Installation over WPA/WPA2 isn't > yet available. I have heard it is being worked on. > >> I have installed the firmware-iwlwifi package and have checked that the >> firmware files required are in /lib/firmware. >> >> Is there any way I can get the firmware loaded once squeeze is >> installed so that wifi will work? > > You should be able to install using a wire, using open wifi, using WEP > wifi without problems. After you install the system should be able to > connect using WPA/WPA2 wifi okay. This is the way virtually every > laptop that installs Debian and then uses wireless for WPA/WPA2 works > today. > > Bob What do you mean "using a wire"? and "open wifi". -- Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8olfq$tbf$1...@dont-email.me
Re: using kernel 3.0.1+
yudi v wrote: > I will be getting a new desktop with intel i5 2500k CPU, it's got an > integrated GPU, I would like to install debian but read that the i5 GPU > works without any issues only with the latest kernel. > > Now I always use the stable version of Debian. I have never used sid. I > would like to know how to install Debian stable with the latest kernel. > compiling 3.0.1 is not a big issue though. I'm running stable and testing with 3.0.1 since it came out, without any issues. regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8omlq$rml$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Problem in trying to boot system
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 07:13:07PM +1100, b...@busby.net wrote: > Hello. > > Our mailserver will no longer boot. > > In the weekend, I think it was, it was off when I tried to access it. > (it had not been turned off by a human here) > > When I tried to boot it, I could no longer access it across the LAN. > > I have this afternoon, shifted it and connected it to a monitor, and > tried to boot it. > > The boot sequence fails, and, I get > > " > cramfs: wrong magic > FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature. > Found signature1 0x0 signature2 0x0 sector= 1. > request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted > Unable to load NLS charset cp437 > request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted > Unable to load NLS charset cp437 > request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted > Unable to load NLS charset cp437 > request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted > Unable to load NLS charset cp437 > Directory1: bad FAT > Filesystem panic (dev 03:01) > FAT error > VFS: Mounted root (vfat filesystem) readonly > Freeing unused kernel memory: 280k freed > Warning: unable to open an initial console > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel > " > (boot sequence stops here) > > Does this mean that the FAT is stuffed? > > Can the system and the data be recovered? > > The system had to be booted via a FDD, each time the system needed booting. It sounds to me like your boot floppy has gone bad. They do that :) You might be able to get your system back up by creating a new boot floppy. The traditional way to do this is to "dd" the kernel onto the floppy disk and set the root device. For this you will need the following: A PC running linux (it can be a virtual machine if that helps), a fresh floppy diskette (don't overwrite your existing one) and the Debian 4 kernel (Choose an appropriate one from http://archive.debian.net/etch/linux-image) * Unpack the kernel deb file $ ar p linux-image*.deb data.tar.gz | tar zx * Find the 'vmlinuz' file $ find . -name '*vmlinuz*' * Write the kernel to the floppy $ dd if=/path/to/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 # Check that's the right floppy device * Set the root filesystem $ rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hdaX # Set this to the root device on your server You should now be able to insert that floppy into your mailserver and get it booted. Alternatively, you might try downloading any of the various rescue floppy images (SuperGrubDisk for example) and see if they'll boot. -- Darac Marjal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2001114917.ga9...@darac.org.uk
Re: Problem in trying to boot system
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:13:07 +1100, bret wrote: > Our mailserver will no longer boot. (...) > The boot sequence fails, and, I get > > " > cramfs: wrong magic (...) > Directory1: bad FAT > Filesystem panic (dev 03:01) > FAT error (...) > Does this mean that the FAT is stuffed? So it seems, the FAT file system structure or the floppy disk itself (they last long, but not forever). > Can the system and the data be recovered? I would try to replace the floppy disk by another one and see how it goes. > The system had to be booted via a FDD, each time the system needed > booting. > > The system is Debian 4. Wow. > I have Debian Woody (don't know what version number that is) and > Debian 5 and Debian 6 on CD (CD1 of each; 7CD set for "Woody"), but do > not know whether I can do anything with them. I'd first try to solve the most immediate problem to get the system up and running again and then reconsider updating (with time and calm to make a smooth transition). > The optical drive on the computer, is a CD drive; it is an HP Vectra > server, at least 10 years old. Give that Vectra my bigguest congratulations, what a machine! :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.11.01.11.31...@gmail.com
Re: Usenet news - server required
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:21:11 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:50:02 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:22:17 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: >> >>> Can anybody suggest a Usenet server? I am in the UK. >> >> I just have replied to this one (read my last post). >> >>> Ubuntu has three newsreaders available, one for GNUstep, one called >>> pan newsreader and another called xpn Newsreader. Which one to use >>> (maybe I should try all three). >> >> I personally use Pan, but Thunderbird and Icedove also embedd a >> newsreader. > Many thanks for your help. I too am using Pan. And I found a news server > on the web-site www.eternal-september.org which someone suggested. > Problem now definitely solved. (...) You're welcome :-) This post looks much better. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.11.01.10.41...@gmail.com
Re: USB Drives will not mount
On Tue 01 Nov 2011 at 05:12:06 +, Paddy Tollan wrote: > Hi I can no longer mount my usb pen drive. When I run the mount vfat -t > /dev/sdb /mnt/pen It is more usual to mount a partition: mount vfat -t /dev/sdbX /mnt/pen > The commmand complains about there being a bad superblock > on the usb drive. I run the dmesg command and get the message there is not a > valid fat partition on /dev/sdb. I expect the messages were quite precise. Seeing them exactly as you saw them is never a bad thing. > However there is a valid file system as the drive is formatted as fat32 and > the drive is seen in windows I have tried another drive with the same result Someone is bound to ask to see the partion table (fdisk, cfdisk) .. > how can I fix this as it is very annoying. I have tried to reformat and > partition the drive but this will not work .. and ask for the commands you used which didn't work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2001102159.GK21970@desktop
Re: Menu editing on Gnome 3
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:50:21 +, Alan Chandler wrote: > Anyone any idea how to edit the applications menu in Gnome3. I have > KDiff3 in the "Other" menu and I can't figure out how to move it. GNOME3 or gnome-shell? If it's GNOME3 you can use the usual tool (right-click on the menu and select "menu editor" to remove items). If you mean "gnome-shell" menu that's another beast. > I've tried the "Menu Editor" sitting in System Tools, but it doesn't > seem to all you to do anything other than add menu entries to which ever > section it decides. Ah, the old menu... then it should be easy but tricky :-) I would try with these steps: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME_Tips#Menu_Editing Given the tutorial is for Archlinux, some of the paths may vary. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.11.01.10.37...@gmail.com
Re: using kernel 3.0.1+
On 11/01/2011 09:44 AM, yudi v wrote: > I will be getting a new desktop with intel i5 2500k CPU, it's got an > integrated GPU, I would like to install debian but read that the i5 > GPU works without any issues only with the latest kernel. > > Now I always use the stable version of Debian. I have never used sid. > I would like to know how to install Debian stable with the latest kernel. > > -- > Kind regards, > Yudi > Hello , You still can use debian stable and kernels from http://backports-master.debian.org/ Or you can try testing , which has already 3.0.1+ kernel , but system is more stable than sid . Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eafc135.1010...@biotec.tu-dresden.de
Re: using kernel 3.0.1+
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:44:41 +1000, yudi v wrote: > I will be getting a new desktop with intel i5 2500k CPU, it's got an > integrated GPU, I would like to install debian but read that the i5 GPU > works without any issues only with the latest kernel. I would first try with the stock kernel and see how it goes. > Now I always use the stable version of Debian. I have never used sid. I > would like to know how to install Debian stable with the latest kernel. If you are running the stable branch, you can use a backported kernel or you can compile a new kernel by your own. Both things are very easy to achive in Debian but the backported kernel option won't fit your requirements as now is 2.6.39 so you will have to compile :-) I followed these instructions and worked like a charm though I had to do some "minors" adjustments: 8.6. Compiling a New Kernel http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch08s06.html.en Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.11.01.10.18...@gmail.com
using kernel 3.0.1+
I will be getting a new desktop with intel i5 2500k CPU, it's got an integrated GPU, I would like to install debian but read that the i5 GPU works without any issues only with the latest kernel. Now I always use the stable version of Debian. I have never used sid. I would like to know how to install Debian stable with the latest kernel. -- Kind regards, Yudi
Problem in trying to boot system
Hello. Our mailserver will no longer boot. In the weekend, I think it was, it was off when I tried to access it. (it had not been turned off by a human here) When I tried to boot it, I could no longer access it across the LAN. I have this afternoon, shifted it and connected it to a monitor, and tried to boot it. The boot sequence fails, and, I get " cramfs: wrong magic FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature. Found signature1 0x0 signature2 0x0 sector= 1. request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted Unable to load NLS charset cp437 request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted Unable to load NLS charset cp437 request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted Unable to load NLS charset cp437 request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted Unable to load NLS charset cp437 Directory1: bad FAT Filesystem panic (dev 03:01) FAT error VFS: Mounted root (vfat filesystem) readonly Freeing unused kernel memory: 280k freed Warning: unable to open an initial console Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel " (boot sequence stops here) Does this mean that the FAT is stuffed? Can the system and the data be recovered? The system had to be booted via a FDD, each time the system needed booting. The system is Debian 4. I have Debian Woody (don't know what version number that is) and Debian 5 and Debian 6 on CD (CD1 of each; 7CD set for "Woody"), but do not know whether I can do anything with them. The optical drive on the computer, is a CD drive; it is an HP Vectra server, at least 10 years old. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2001191307.trsrhwcngkk8o...@webmail.busby.net
Re: is iy possible to call isolinux.cfg from GRUB2 ?
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:46:38 +0530 "J. Bakshi" wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:45:02 +0530 > "J. Bakshi" wrote: > > > Dear list, > > > > Can we call isolinux.cfg from grub2 ? There are many live iso images which > > have this isolinux.cfg and we can use the .iso with the loopback feature of > > grub2. > > So it would be nice if we can just call the isolinux.cfg > > Possible ? > > > > Thnaks > > Obviously we need to call isolinux.bin first... specifically chainloading isolinux people have been trying to do the same. Any know solution ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2001135428.0beec...@shiva.selfip.org
