Re: how to examine the wireless

[lina]

I have installed the latest kernel,
:/home/lina# uname -a
Linux debian 3.2.0-rc63.2-mj-lina #1 SMP Sat Dec 17 13:14:26 SGT 2011
x86_64 GNU/Linux

(sorry a bit mistake during append-to-version, so looks a bit messy,
it's 3.2-rc6)

I used old configure, but during make oldconfig for something new, I
used default.

after finished configure, I checked the .config file:

# cat .config | grep -e BCM -e B43
CONFIG_CAN_BCM=m
CONFIG_BT_HCIBCM203X=m
CONFIG_B43=m
CONFIG_B43_BCMA=y
CONFIG_B43_SSB=y
CONFIG_B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y
CONFIG_B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y
CONFIG_B43_PCMCIA=y
CONFIG_B43_SDIO=y
CONFIG_B43_BCMA_PIO=y
CONFIG_B43_PIO=y
CONFIG_B43_PHY_N=y
CONFIG_B43_PHY_LP=y
# CONFIG_B43_PHY_HT is not set
CONFIG_B43_LEDS=y
CONFIG_B43_HWRNG=y
CONFIG_B43_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY=m
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_LEDS=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_HWRNG=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PIO=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y
# CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA_MODE is not set
# CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PIO_MODE is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE_BCM5974=m
CONFIG_SSB_B43_PCI_BRIDGE=y
CONFIG_BCMA_POSSIBLE=y
CONFIG_BCMA=m
CONFIG_BCMA_BLOCKIO=y
CONFIG_BCMA_HOST_PCI_POSSIBLE=y
CONFIG_BCMA_HOST_PCI=y
CONFIG_BCMA_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_DVB_BCM3510=m
# CONFIG_BCM_WIMAX is not set

# modprobe -l | grep -e bcma -e b43
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko
kernel/drivers/bcma/bcma.ko


I still don't know how to examine, did some silly try, like plug out
the cable (without cable) to check whether the iceweasle can pop up
some wireless connection login interface, but none.

Thanks ahead for any suggestions about how to check wireless a bit
professionally,


On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Camaleón  wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:09:59 +0800, lina wrote:
>
>> On 17 Dec, 2011, at 1:33, Camaleón  wrote:
>
>>> I think you're best bet would be compiling/installing an updated
>>> kernel. Just in case you need a wireless connection at some time...
>
>> You mean get the one from kernel.org.
>
> Not necessarily. I have used both sources, Debian's kernel and vanilla
> (upstream) sources and both have been compiled fine without headaches.
>
>> I used to take from Sid one.
>
> Sure, that's also fine.
>
>>> It's easy and have no side effects: if it works, perfect, you can use
>>> it on you every day work. If it doesn't and/or does not fit your
>>> expectations and/or generates extra problems, remove it and keep Debian
>>> stock's one :-)
>
>> Before I met some threads saying the wireless caused the system failed
>> to boot or some other issue. Just vague impression.
>
> Nah, there should be no problems at all. In the worst scenario, you can
> always boot with the usual kernel, the one that works. You have nothing
> to lose, just a few time it takes the compilation process but as you have
> a farm of clusters near you that can be ~20/30 minutes ;-P
Ha ... I have never thought of using clusters to make kgpg,
(deep in my heart, I felt less-worry when I did it on the laptop,
cause secretly wish that the .configure can be a bit intelligent, can
probe which would be y, which would be m, I configured it very very
blindly.)
well ... a "farm" of clusters, precisely speaking, it's a little
orchard, with starfruit, pulasan, pineapple, grapefruit,rambutan, even
strawberry and cherry, also some sugarcany and else...haha ..well a
small galaxy...so people can land on mars, jupiters, but those are
pretty old ready-to-be-retired machines.
Funny name though.

>
 That's why I am a bit hesitating and waiting (and also another voice
 in mind asking me to do a try),
 another reason is that I have cable connections, so not urgent to have
 the wireless worked.
>>>
>>> In such case (having an extra wired connection available and no need to
>>> use a wifi link) you can take a bag of popcorn, grab a seat and
>>> patiently wait.
>>
>> Lol. Such an irresistible temptation,
>>
>> Haha... I surrender and will try on weekend.
>>
>> (-: Thanks for your sweet encouragement. :- )
>
> Okay, just remember don't shooting the "encouraging messenger" (that's
> me) when something goes wrong (:-D

P.S I am not so mean, haha ... but thanks for your reminding, will try
to sublime myself to reach the "mean" level.
(you know I am kidding? do you? in case you don't know, gives some hint here :-)
>
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Ethernet driver package for broadcom bcm5700/5754

[Sushil Mantri]

Hi,

I need the driver for broadcom bcm5754. I found the source in debian
repository, but compiling it has been painful. Can i get a debian
package for the driver?

Thanks,
Sushil


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Re: something regarding printer/printing

[lina]

sorry my mistakes,

it has no problem in printing test page (I was glad so earlier, haha ...),

but when it's back to ordinary printing (File--print), it still has
the same problem, unreadable enigmatic thing.

when I tried,

$ lp photo.JPG
WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to:
/tmp/keyring-GPf5sF/pkcs11: No such file or directory
request id is HP-LaserJet-P3005-174 (1 file(s))

$ sudo lp ReadingNotes.odt
[sudo] password for lina:
WARNING: gnome-keyring:: no socket to connect to
request id is HP-LaserJet-P3005-175 (1 file(s))


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Re: something regarding printer/printing

[lina]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Camaleón  wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:47:48 +0800, lina wrote:
>
>> I don't know how to check printer issue,
>>
>> Two things are known:
>>
>> 1] The printer worked fine
>> 2] there is no problem in sending material to print
>
> Are you in testing? If yes, maybe an update broke something within CUPS
> filters/drivers or hplip :-?

Yes, it's testing.

>
>> one problem:
>>
>> 1] The print out is weird, more like some code from aliens, or some
>> ancient scripts.
>> the mysterious "code" can be found from in below link:
>> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B93SVRfpVVg3OGZmODc3MDctNWQ2OS00MmExLTg0MDQtOGNkZmRkM2FlY2U2
>>
>> Historically it worked fine, actually very well, might due to update
>> something.
>>
>> The printer is Hp LaserJet P4015n, please kindly notice it's used to
>> work fine, so no doubt I installed the right driver.
>>
>> Just don't know why?
>
> The first I would try is adding two new printer instances from CUPS web
> interface, that is, "http://localhost:631"; (forget hplip by now) and
I used to choke when using CUPS,
A username and password are being requested by http://localhost:631.
The site says: "CUPS"

I tried my laptop's root/user password, all failed.

it's a network printer, I don't have the administration password, and
also a bit lazy/sorry to trouble the administrator.

does it need administrator's password here? to add a printer.

I can do well in adding printer from setting--printing --> find
network printer by entering the IP.

Well, good news is that it works, after removal and re-install.

actually my sid one also has such problems for long, so I thought it's
something weird.

I should have removed earlier and reinstalled it to try,

Thanks,

> select for the first instance a PS driver (ether one that matches the
> HP model or a generic postscript driver) and for the second instance
> select a PCL6 driver.
>
> Then try to print from different sources using both printer instances to
> see what happens. If all the prints fail with the same result, well, your
> next step could be opening a bug report :-)
>
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Re: apt dying with "Failed to exec method /usr/lib/apt/methods/"

[Matías Palomec]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:32 PM, David Bruce  wrote:
> /usr/lib/apt/methods/

Do you still have the problem?

If so, send me the ls of the /usr/lib/apt/methods

Did you have any problems with the FS (lost data, IO errors, somebody
deleted some files, etc).


Here is my  ls -l  /usr/lib/apt/methods/total 424
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19616 Oct 14 07:27 bzip2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 32032 Oct 14 07:27 cdrom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15920 Oct 14 07:27 copy
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15704 Oct 14 07:27 file
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 57592 Oct 14 07:27 ftp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 32488 Oct 14 07:27 gpgv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16360 Oct 14 07:27 gzip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 69464 Oct 14 07:27 http
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 14 07:25 lzma -> bzip2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 90232 Oct 14 07:27 mirror
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28768 Oct 14 07:27 rred
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26232 Oct 14 07:27 rsh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 14 07:25 ssh -> rsh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 14 07:25 xz -> bzip2


Some years ago, a friend of me deleted some directories of the
apt/dpkg, and the only solution that I found to that, was to reinstall
(backup the etc, reinstall and then recover the etc and the installed
programs --dpkg --get-selections/--set-selections--).



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Re: xfce4-panel often stops running?

[Bob Proulx]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Is anyone else seeing a lot of crashes of xfce4-panel in stock Squeeze
> > stable?  It frequently drops off the screen and stops running.
> 
> I don't run Squeeze but Sid and have xfce4-panel 4.8.6-1.
> No crashes of panel. Sometimes crashes of wmdock plugin.

Hmm...  I am getting reports from users of two xfce4-panel crashes a
day out of about fifty users using xfce working on Squeeze.  This
environment uses NFS mounted home directories and so I am always
suspicious of nfs locking problems but otherwise everything seems to
be okay.  Restarting it with Alt-F2 xfce4-panel restores it to the
screen but is just a workaround.

I am thinking I might need to instrument it for debugging and then set
a trap for the problem.  Not looking forward to that effort.

Bob


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Re: Missing package changelogs

[Jonathan Nieder]

Hi Štěpán,

Štěpán Němec wrote:

> There are lots of packages for which aptitude gives
>
> Failed to download the changelog of foobar: 404  Not Found [IP: x.x.x.x 80]
>
> (and you get the equivalent when trying to access the changelog online)

Yep.  See .

[...]
> Is there anything being done to fix this? Can I help in some way?

Not sure.  After looking over that bug report, I believe
debian-...@lists.debian.org should reach the people who would know.

Hope that helps,
Jonathan


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upgrade-report: errors from squeeze tar unpacking packages from testing (Re: Upgrade from stable to testing problem)

[Jonathan Nieder]

Hi Hans,

Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:

> some weeks ago I made a fresh instrallation on a notebook with debian/stable.
>
> Well, then I started a aptitiude full-upgrade, but it did not work. I found 
> out, the reason for it, was, that the installed version of tar could not 
> unpack the packages of debian/testing.

This sounds reminiscent of .

It would be a serious bug, except the necessary version of tar had been in
squeeze for more than a year already.  What version of tar were you
using when you ran into this?  (/var/log/dpkg.log should say.)  What
error message did you get from aptitude when problems arose?  (I think
aptitude keeps this kind of information somewhere in /var/log, such as
aptitude.log or term.log, but I'm not sure.)

Thanks,
Jonathan


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Missing package changelogs

[Štěpán Němec]

There are lots of packages for which aptitude gives

Failed to download the changelog of foobar: 404  Not Found [IP: x.x.x.x 80]

(and you get the equivalent when trying to access the changelog online)

I've always found this infuriating, and although I'm reasonably happy
with Debian otherwise, I really don't think I can take this any longer.

Is there anything being done to fix this? Can I help in some way? Is
there a bug for this? If not, where should such a bug report go -- the
`base' pseudo-package?

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Re: New kernel version availability.

[Wayne Topa]

On 12/16/2011 02:20 PM, Brian wrote:

On Sat 17 Dec 2011 at 01:28:59 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote:


How do I find out if there is a new version of linux kernel package is
available? - I mean, having 3.1 installed, to know that 3.2 is
available?

For the present I do it by

apt-cache search linux-image

and then look for what is available.

Is there a more elegant way?


w3m -dump http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kernel/ | grep linux-image-3.*pae | mail -s 
"kernel images available" brian

is about as elegant as it gets here. Could be scripted, of course, and
cron could be in on the act.



 apt-cache policy  linux-image-3.*

WT


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Re: KGlobal..........

[Charlie]

 On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:45:42 + (UTC) "Camaleón noela...@gmail.com"
 suggested this:

>Hum... how about using "dpkg-query" and filfer by "Section" field to 
>match "KDE"? :-?
>
>Greetings,

Thank you
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Re: New kernel version availability.

[Camaleón]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:28:59 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote:

> How do I find out if there is a new version of linux kernel package is
> available? - I mean, having 3.1 installed, to know that 3.2 is
> available?

If it is available, the upgrade routine will auto-fetch it, as long as 
you have the kernel metapackage installed (for a 64-bits kernel that's 
"linux-image-amd64" package).

> For the present I do it by
> 
> apt-cache search linux-image
> 
> and then look for what is available.
> 
> Is there a more elegant way?

"apt-get update && apt-get -V dist-upgrade" is what I use to run in 
wheezy.

> PS apt-cache policy linux-image-exact_version shows only updates for the
> version - and not a new kernel version s 3.2 vs. 3.1

Anyway, AFAICS the latest available kernel in Debian is 3.1 (testing/sid) 
and 3.2 (for experimental). What branch are you running?

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eGalax touchscreen driver

[Andrew Wood]

Is there a Debian package which provides a driver for eGalax touchscreen 
controllers? The driver is available from the manufactuer here

http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eGalaxTouchDriver/linuxDriver.htm

but Im concerned that if I install that I will have problems with future 
kernel updates.  Is there an official Debian package which provides this 
or an equivalent driver?


Thanks


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Re: php 5.2 as cgi automatically changes protocol !!!

[Bob Proulx]

J. Bakshi wrote:
> Whenever I set any site to work with 5.2 cgi, the http:// protocol
> automatically changes to https:// and the link becomes as
> ...
> any clue is very much appreciated.

You have something installed that is configured to require https and
is generating an http redirect.  I will guess it is in
/etc/apache2/conf.d/ somewhere.  This is probably in conjunction with
SSLRequireSSL and probably uses RedirectMatch or similar from that
family of redirect commands.

  grep -r -i SSLRequireSSL /etc/apache2/
  grep -r -i redirect /etc/apache2/

You can verify this effect with wget (and other commands).  Use the -S
option to see the headers.

  wget -O/dev/null -S http://your.hostname.or.ip/path/path

The "Location:" header is the redirect.

You can read the documentation on Apache redirect here:

  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_alias.html#redirect

  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

Bob


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Re: Going to 64bit

[Bob Proulx]

David Baron wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 Kislev 5772 16:04:23 David Baron wrote:
> > I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid on
> > it.
> > 
> > Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal or
> > must one do it all in one go? In other words: Will all/most/some/none
> > 32-bit programs work with it?
> > 
> > (Has the new multiarch organization made this easier?)
> 
> Repliers said emphatically NO, but ...
> It apparantly CAN be done!
> 
> ~$ uname -a
> Linux dovidhalevi 3.2.0-rc4-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 5 03:26:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 
> GNU/Linux
> ...
> I did install amd64-libs which also pulled lib64ncurses5 (sort of thought it 
> would be needed, may not?)

Strictly speaking you haven't actually done it yet.  You have
installed a 64-bit kernel and some 64-bit libraries which are
installed off to the side of the main system libraries.  That is a
special case way to run (some) 64-bit applications.  It isn't a
complete system and is not the equivalent of a system installed as a
64-bit system.  It is somewhat of a step along the road to true
multiarch support.  Useful.  But special.

The main issue is that eventually you will run into a program that
needs a library that you won't have installed on your system.

Bob


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Re: New kernel version availability.

[Brian]

On Sat 17 Dec 2011 at 01:28:59 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote:

> How do I find out if there is a new version of linux kernel package is
> available? - I mean, having 3.1 installed, to know that 3.2 is
> available?
> 
> For the present I do it by
> 
> apt-cache search linux-image
> 
> and then look for what is available.
> 
> Is there a more elegant way?

w3m -dump http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kernel/ | grep linux-image-3.*pae 
| mail -s "kernel images available" brian

is about as elegant as it gets here. Could be scripted, of course, and
cron could be in on the act.


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Re: To detect proccess sending netpackets.

[Gilles Mocellin]

Le vendredi 16 décembre 2011 08:26:06 Sthu Deus, vous avez écrit :
> Thank You for Your time and answer, afuentes:
> >> nethogs let you see like ntop which process do network I/O.
> >
> >Awesome program! thanks!
> >This is what the OP was asking for :)
> 
> Absolutely!
> 
> Thank You very much, Gilles!

Thanks,
It's a pleasure to be helpful.



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Upgrade from stable to testing problem

[Hans-J. Ullrich]

Hi all, 

some weeks ago I made a fresh instrallation on a notebook with debian/stable.

Well, then I started a aptitiude full-upgrade, but it did not work. I found 
out, the reason for it, was, that the installed version of tar could not 
unpack the packages of debian/testing.

I could fix this, by copying the binary of tar from another debian/testing-
machine to the stable machine with rsync.

However, that is why I mention this:

- the debian/testing-package of tar could not be installed, as it could not be 
unpacked by the installed tar binary

- tar should be updated in debian/stable before the next major release, 
otherwise many people might get a lot of problems during the next upgrade.


I just wanted to mention this "bug", maybe some people might be interested in 
it. Thank you very much for reading this.

Hans 


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New kernel version availability.

[Sthu Deus]

Good time of the day.


How do I find out if there is a new version of linux kernel package is
available? - I mean, having 3.1 installed, to know that 3.2 is
available?

For the present I do it by

apt-cache search linux-image

and then look for what is available.

Is there a more elegant way?


PS apt-cache policy linux-image-exact_version shows only updates for
the version - and not a new kernel version s 3.2 vs. 3.1


Thanks for Your time.


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Re: how to examine the wireless

[Camaleón]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:09:59 +0800, lina wrote:

> On 17 Dec, 2011, at 1:33, Camaleón  wrote:

>> I think you're best bet would be compiling/installing an updated
>> kernel. Just in case you need a wireless connection at some time...

> You mean get the one from kernel.org.

Not necessarily. I have used both sources, Debian's kernel and vanilla 
(upstream) sources and both have been compiled fine without headaches.
 
> I used to take from Sid one.

Sure, that's also fine.

>> It's easy and have no side effects: if it works, perfect, you can use
>> it on you every day work. If it doesn't and/or does not fit your
>> expectations and/or generates extra problems, remove it and keep Debian
>> stock's one :-)

> Before I met some threads saying the wireless caused the system failed
> to boot or some other issue. Just vague impression.

Nah, there should be no problems at all. In the worst scenario, you can 
always boot with the usual kernel, the one that works. You have nothing 
to lose, just a few time it takes the compilation process but as you have 
a farm of clusters near you that can be ~20/30 minutes ;-P

>>> That's why I am a bit hesitating and waiting (and also another voice
>>> in mind asking me to do a try),
>>> another reason is that I have cable connections, so not urgent to have
>>> the wireless worked.
>> 
>> In such case (having an extra wired connection available and no need to
>> use a wifi link) you can take a bag of popcorn, grab a seat and
>> patiently wait.
> 
> Lol. Such an irresistible temptation,
> 
> Haha... I surrender and will try on weekend.
> 
> (-: Thanks for your sweet encouragement. :- )

Okay, just remember don't shooting the "encouraging messenger" (that's 
me) when something goes wrong (:-D

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Re: giac

[Camaleón]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:58:05 +0100, Gérard Robin wrote:

> A simple question : why the package giac is not part of Debian ? 

Hum, let me think... maybe because no one requested to be packaged? :-)

You can make a request for a package to be added in Debian's pool:

http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/index.en.html

If someone is interested in maintaining it and there are no license 
issues, it will be available.

> It is there : http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac.html It
> works fine on my box (squeeze)

You can also contact the package owner and ask him/her if he/she is 
interested in (co)maintaining the package directly at Debian 
repositories :-?

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Re: how to examine the wireless

[lina]

On 17 Dec, 2011, at 1:33, Camaleón  wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:59:59 +0800, lina wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Camaleón  wrote:
> 
>>> Broadcom's STA upstream driver is available here:
>>> 
>>> http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
>>> 
>>> But true is that is not listing BCM4331 chipset as "supported".
>> 
>> Yes. I am not confident to fix the wireless issue from the packages
>> which hasn't become relatively stable yet.
> 
> I think you're best bet would be compiling/installing an updated kernel. 
> Just in case you need a wireless connection at some time...
You mean get the one from kernel.org. 

I used to take from Sid one. 
> 
> It's easy and have no side effects: if it works, perfect, you can use it 
> on you every day work. If it doesn't and/or does not fit your 
> expectations and/or generates extra problems, remove it and keep Debian 
> stock's one :-)
Before I met some threads saying the wireless caused the system failed to boot 
or some other issue. Just vague impression.  
> 
>> That's why I am a bit hesitating and waiting (and also another voice in
>> mind asking me to do a try),
>> another reason is that I have cable connections, so not urgent to have
>> the wireless worked.
> 
> In such case (having an extra wired connection available and no need to 
> use a wifi link) you can take a bag of popcorn, grab a seat and patiently 
> wait.

Lol. Such an irresistible temptation, 

Haha... I surrender and will try on weekend. 

(-: Thanks for your sweet encouragement. :- )

> 
> Greetings,
All the best,
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Re: KMenu editor not saving properly

[Camaleón]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:26:09 +, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote:

> I've been trying to delete a number of entries in the Internet
> subfolder. The menu editor records the items deleted and inserts a new
> item, but when I click on Save the program very slowly saves the menu
> according to the window showing the saving process progress. But when it
> gets to the 90% mark, it starts saving again and repeatedly does this
> without saving anything as is clear when I next click on the KLauncher
> button.
> 
> What's going on?

Maybe the file that stores the KDE menu is corrupted somehow :-?

I would create a fresh-new user and try to do the same operation (menu 
editing) from there. If it hangs at the same point, consider opening a 
bug report (or better yet, ask first in "debian-kde" mailing list). If it 
works fine, locate the offending file, make a backup and copy a new one  
from the newly created user.

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giac

[Gérard Robin]

Hello,
A simple question : why the package giac is not part of Debian ?
It is there : http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac.html
It works fine on my box (squeeze)

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Re: something regarding printer/printing

[Camaleón]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:47:48 +0800, lina wrote:

> I don't know how to check printer issue,
> 
> Two things are known:
> 
> 1] The printer worked fine
> 2] there is no problem in sending material to print

Are you in testing? If yes, maybe an update broke something within CUPS 
filters/drivers or hplip :-?

> one problem:
> 
> 1] The print out is weird, more like some code from aliens, or some
> ancient scripts.
> the mysterious "code" can be found from in below link:
> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B93SVRfpVVg3OGZmODc3MDctNWQ2OS00MmExLTg0MDQtOGNkZmRkM2FlY2U2
> 
> Historically it worked fine, actually very well, might due to update
> something.
> 
> The printer is Hp LaserJet P4015n, please kindly notice it's used to
> work fine, so no doubt I installed the right driver.
> 
> Just don't know why?

The first I would try is adding two new printer instances from CUPS web 
interface, that is, "http://localhost:631"; (forget hplip by now) and 
select for the first instance a PS driver (ether one that matches the 
HP model or a generic postscript driver) and for the second instance 
select a PCL6 driver. 

Then try to print from different sources using both printer instances to 
see what happens. If all the prints fail with the same result, well, your 
next step could be opening a bug report :-)

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Re: how to examine the wireless

[Camaleón]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:59:59 +0800, lina wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Camaleón  wrote:

>> Broadcom's STA upstream driver is available here:
>>
>> http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
>>
>> But true is that is not listing BCM4331 chipset as "supported".
> 
> Yes. I am not confident to fix the wireless issue from the packages
> which hasn't become relatively stable yet.

I think you're best bet would be compiling/installing an updated kernel. 
Just in case you need a wireless connection at some time...

It's easy and have no side effects: if it works, perfect, you can use it 
on you every day work. If it doesn't and/or does not fit your 
expectations and/or generates extra problems, remove it and keep Debian 
stock's one :-)

> That's why I am a bit hesitating and waiting (and also another voice in
> mind asking me to do a try),
> another reason is that I have cable connections, so not urgent to have
> the wireless worked.

In such case (having an extra wired connection available and no need to 
use a wifi link) you can take a bag of popcorn, grab a seat and patiently 
wait.

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Re: iceweasle download email attachment problem

[Camaleón]

On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:46:04 +0800, lina wrote:

> I used $ iceweasel -v
> Mozilla Iceweasel 8.0
> 
> when opened windows live attachment, it's downloaded as
> 
> atachment.ashx
> 
> very inconvinent.
> 
> For the same attachment, I opened in windows, it's totally fine,
> downloaded as
> 
> filename.pdf

It seems to be a known issue:

All attachments download as "attachment.ashx"
http://support.mozilla.com/es/questions/897957#answer-277272

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Re: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed

[Camaleón]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:20:47 -0500, H.S. wrote:

> On 13/12/11 11:50 AM, Camaleón wrote:

(...)

>> Oh, there is also bug report in Debian BTS:
>> 
>> esniper: SSL certificate authentication fails
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624005
> 
>  ... this relates to Debian and it is months old! I wonder what is
> broken so much that it is not fixed.

He... time seems to have a different meaning at bug tracking systems. 
"Months" can be translated as "yesterday", I mean, time goes slow in BTS 
>:-)

The more people added to the bug (→ the more people is affected and asks 
for an update), the better.

> Has anybody got esniper working in any flavor of Debian at this time?

I can't test because I don't use that package but it seems it is present 
in version 2.25.0-1 and wheezy still has 2.24. 

***
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/e/esniper/current/changelog

esniper (2.25.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

* Build against gnutls

-- Dima Barsky   Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:56:21 +0100 
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Hum... How about trying with the unstable package (2.26)? Although I don't 
know if this can be an option for you or if it will break something :-?

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Re: iceweasel no more support by google

[Camaleón]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:29:28 +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote:

> Since new google and gnome 3 advent, iceweasel is said not to be
> supported. 

Uh? Not supported "what" and from "where"?

> I can't access my institutional email address. 

Access from where? Please, expand the information a bit :-)

> It is indicated to install either google own web browser or mozilla.

AFAIK, Mozilla Firefox is Iceweasel (without branding).

> Why so and why google does distinguish between iceaweasel and mozilla?

I can access to my Gmail account with no problems from Iceweasel.

> With my old desktop an small HD (to spare money for servers) I am having
> problems of disk space, while most of gnome is not useful to me and
> gnome 3,  installed following uninstall of gnome in wheezy, is giving so
> many troubles.

I see no direct relation between GNOME3 and gnome-shell and Google 
services :-?

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Re: how to examine the wireless

[lina]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Camaleón  wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:43:32 +, steef wrote:
>
>> Geoff Simmons schreef:
>>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:37:44PM +, steef wrote:
 you could use the broadcom-sta (source-package) in combination with
 this webpage: http://wiki.debian.org/wl
>>>
>>> The proprietary driver has no support for the BCM4331 at this time.
>>>
>>> Geoff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> under squeeze broadcom-sta has..i think
>>
>> reg.,
>>
>> steef
>>
>> sorry for the late answer
>
> Broadcom's STA upstream driver is available here:
>
> http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
>
> But true is that is not listing BCM4331 chipset as "supported".

Yes. I am not confident to fix the wireless issue from the packages
which hasn't become relatively stable yet.

That's why I am a bit hesitating and waiting (and also another voice
in mind asking me to do a try),
another reason is that I have cable connections, so not urgent to have
the wireless worked.

I have been following this thread, and thanks for all.

>
> Greetings,

^_^ Best wishes,

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Re: Going to 64bit

[Camaleón]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:04:23 +0200, David Baron wrote:

> I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid
> on it.
> 
> Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal
> or must one do it all in one go? In other words: Will all/most/some/none
> 32-bit programs work with it?
> 
> (Has the new multiarch organization made this easier?)

It could be done... but ask yourself if the hard work (plus the 
headaches) is worth of it :-)

Hint: I'd rather install from scratch.

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Re: how to examine the wireless

[Camaleón]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:43:32 +, steef wrote:

> Geoff Simmons schreef:
>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:37:44PM +, steef wrote:
>>> you could use the broadcom-sta (source-package) in combination with
>>> this webpage: http://wiki.debian.org/wl
>>
>> The proprietary driver has no support for the BCM4331 at this time.
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>
> under squeeze broadcom-sta has..i think
> 
> reg.,
> 
> steef
> 
> sorry for the late answer

Broadcom's STA upstream driver is available here:

http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

But true is that is not listing BCM4331 chipset as "supported".

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Re: KGlobal..........

[Camaleón]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:17:14 +1100, charlie wrote:

(...)

> How can I find any applications that I have which come from KDE so I can
> get rid of them.

Hum... how about using "dpkg-query" and filfer by "Section" field to 
match "KDE"? :-?

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Re: To detect proccess sending netpackets.

[Chris Davies]

Sthu Deus  wrote:
> For I have closed all the user's network app.s - still the machine
> connects to Internet - sends queries to DNS, bittorrent - while the
> user does not ask for it any more.

You've had bittorrent running on this box? That could easily explain the
UDP traffic you're seeing. Your own bittorrent application might not
be running any more, but it takes time (quite a long time) for other
bittorrent applications "out there" in Internet land to realise that
yours is no longer available.

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Re: Creating a VM in VirtualBox

[Marc Shapiro]

On 12/16/11 00:14, Don Juan wrote:

try ls -ld /usr /usr/lib

make sure its root:root


That seems to be the common issue people are running into with that
error. Hope that helps.


Yes! That did it.  I have no idea why they were set at 501:501.  Some 
install must have changed them.  Aaaargh!  But it is working now.


Thanks.

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Re: Going to 64bit

[David Baron]

On Wednesday 18 Kislev 5772 16:04:23 David Baron wrote:
> I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid on
> it.
> 
> Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal or
> must one do it all in one go? In other words: Will all/most/some/none
> 32-bit programs work with it?
> 
> (Has the new multiarch organization made this easier?)

Repliers said emphatically NO, but ...
It apparantly CAN be done!

~$ uname -a
Linux dovidhalevi 3.2.0-rc4-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 5 03:26:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 
GNU/Linux

I took the rc4 because the 3.1 had no installable linux-headers (needed for 
dkms). The nvidia driver dkms'ed just fine, vboxdrv not (they have a separate 
64-bit version). KDE is running without a hitch.

I did install amd64-libs which also pulled lib64ncurses5 (sort of thought it 
would be needed, may not?)

There are numerous lib64 packages that I have not touched yet. I believe I 
already had lib64gcc1. They seem all to be nicely placed within individual 
mutli-arch folders as advertized. 

Do it seems that non-userland stuff has been cubbyholed and userland stuff 
plays as-is.


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Re: Creating a VM in VirtualBox

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I have tested the multi-distro package, and this one works fine:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.6/VirtualBox-4.1.6-74727-Linux_amd64.run
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.6/VirtualBox-4.1.6-74727-Linux_x86.run

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Re: Creating a VM in VirtualBox

[Don Juan]

On 12/15/2011 11:56 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote:

I am running Squeeze.

I have installed VirtualBox 4.1.6 from the VirtualBox website.  I have 
also installed dkms.


When I start the program it shows no VMs, since I have not yet created 
any.  I Click to create a new VM and the wizard prompts me through it. 
I plan to install XP-Pro since my wife wants to buy me something (I 
don't know what) as a gift that only runs on Windows.  The VM seems to 
build fine, and creates a disk image.  When I try to start the VM, 
however, instead of prompting me for where the installation media is, 
I get an error that says:



Failed to open a session for the virtual machine XPPro.

Failed to load VMMR0.r0 (VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: Console
Interface: IConsole {1968b7d3-e3bf-4ceb-99e0-cb7c913317bb}


What am I doing wrong?  I'm not running this as root.  I don't want to 
run as root.  I created the VM as a user and the disk image was 
created in a subdirectory within my home directory.  I am guessing 
that the issue is a problem with permissions to use the CDROM drive, 
but I don't know what to do about it.  I am in groups cdrom, floppy, 
vboxusers and just about everything else, so I ought to have access.  
This happens whether I insert the CDROM before, or after trying to 
start the VM.  It happens if the device is mounted, or not.


Does anyone have a clue what I am doing wrong?

Marc



try ls -ld /usr /usr/lib

make sure its root:root


That seems to be the common issue people are running into with that 
error. Hope that helps.




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