etcd - ETCD_TLS_MIN_VERSION
Hello: Should ETCD_TLS_MIN_VERSION and ETCD_CIPHER_SUITES be recognized as valid in the /etc/default/etcd file? I'd like to set... ETCD_TLS_MIN_VERSION="TLS1.3" # or, maybe TLSv1.3 - with v like nginx? ETCD_CIPHER_SUITES="TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256" Tried adding ETCD_TLS_MIN_VERSION first but I'm getting an "unrecognized" entry in the logs. ETCD_KEY_FILE and other related TLS vars seem to match up OK. I'm on Bookworm. /usr/bin/etcd --version returns 3.4.23 Thanks, Dennis
Re: Problem with apt maybe related to installation/configuration of apt-cacher-ng
On 5/31/23 14:42, john doe wrote: On 5/31/23 11:36, Dennis Heddicke wrote: Yes, after purging apt-cacher-ng the problem was gone. And after i reinstalled apt-cacher-ng and configured it that way: For the sake of simplicity and troubleshooting, please modify sources.list directly. What does acng.conf look like? Note that this list uses bottom-posting! :) -- John Doe Sorry, that it was confusing. I meant, that there are no erros. It works fine. The sample: sudo apt update [sudo] password for dennis: Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease Hit:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done All packages are up to date. And i will try to change the URL for https later, but the problem is solved so far.
Re: Problem with apt maybe related to installation/configuration of apt-cacher-ng
Yes, after purging apt-cacher-ng the problem was gone. And after i
reinstalled apt-cacher-ng and configured it that way:
Acquire::http {Proxy "http://localhost:3142";};
Acquire::https {Proxy "http://";};
there are any errors too, although i don't know what caused them. But
thank you for your help.
On 5/31/23 08:43, john doe wrote:
On 5/30/23 19:39, Dennis Heddicke wrote:
Hello,
i have a problem with "apt update", everytime i execute the command, i
get the following error messages:
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security
InRelease [48,0 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease [193 kB]
Err:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security
InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 112695A0E562B32A Debian
Security Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster)
Err:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 648ACFD622F3D138 Debian
Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster)
Fetched 241 kB in 0s (507 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository
is not updated and the previous index files will be used.
GPG error: http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security
InRelease: The following signatures were invalid:
BADSIG 112695A0E562B32A Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key
(10/buster)
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository
is not updated and the previous index files will be used.
GPG error: http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease: The
following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 648ACFD622F3D
138 Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster)
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 648ACFD622F3D138
Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster)
W: Failed to fetch
http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/bookworm-security/InRelease
The following signatures were invalid:
BADSIG 112695A0E562B32A Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key
(10/buster)
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.
I use Debian 12. The only changes i did before the problem occurred,
were the installation of apt-cacher-ng and i ran "mach bootstrap" in a
chroot.
If you remove apt-cacher-ng, does it work at all?
--
John Doe
Problem with apt maybe related to installation/configuration of apt-cacher-ng
Hello,
i have a problem with "apt update", everytime i execute the command, i
get the following error messages:
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security
InRelease [48,0 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease [193 kB]
Err:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security
InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 112695A0E562B32A Debian
Security Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster)
Err:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 648ACFD622F3D138 Debian
Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster)
Fetched 241 kB in 0s (507 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository
is not updated and the previous index files will be used.
GPG error: http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security
InRelease: The following signatures were invalid:
BADSIG 112695A0E562B32A Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key
(10/buster)
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository
is not updated and the previous index files will be used.
GPG error: http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease: The
following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 648ACFD622F3D
138 Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster)
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 648ACFD622F3D138
Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster)
W: Failed to fetch
http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/bookworm-security/InRelease
The following signatures were invalid:
BADSIG 112695A0E562B32A Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key
(10/buster)
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.
I use Debian 12. The only changes i did before the problem occurred,
were the installation of apt-cacher-ng and i ran "mach bootstrap" in a
chroot. I don't think, the last thing would change this much the
operating system, although it was a stupid idea. Even more stupid, since
the solution for my problem was the installation of "sudo" in the
chroot. 🙁 So maybe the first one is responsible for the problem.
So far I tried the following configurations for apt-cacher-ng, to
resolve the problem:
Acquire::http::proxy "http://localhost:3142";;
Acquire::https::proxy "https://";;
and
Acquire::http {Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3142";; };
Acquire::https {Proxy "https://";; };
but none solved it.
I hope someone can help me with my problem. Thank you in advance.
Best Regards
Dennis
Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system.
Thomas Schmitt wrote on 5/6/22 13:24: Hi, Greg Wooledge wrote: I think you're vastly underestimating the average age of subscribers on this list. Huh ? ... What ? ... Age ? ... Whom do you call old ? I am 83. First desktop was an IBM PC running IBM DOS Version 1, I think. Also saw my first virus on that machine! Those were not "the good old days"! Cheers, Dennis
Re: Solved (partially) Re: What happened?
The Wanderer wrote on 4/21/22 17:14:
On 2022-04-21 at 14:37, Dennis Wicks wrote:
Dennis Wicks wrote on 4/16/22 18:16:
When I first installed Debian 10, I installed Win 10 in a
virtual machine using KVM/QEMU and everything just worked. I
could copy/paste between host and vm and access host disks
in the vm. And zfs file systems worked.
The main problem was that dpkg would kill the system trying
to setup
linux-image-4.19.0-18-amd64.
Mark this SOLVED (partially): software problem.
dpkg continued to kill the system trying to setup
linux-headers. I discovered that dpkg will purge the
linux-headers package and then I can try installing again.
On one try I was running pg on dkms in an attempt to see
what was going on that killed the machine. Two times I got a
long screen full of tasks running various types of cc just
before the crash.
What's "pg"? It doesn't appear to be e.g. a shell builtin ('type pg'
reports 'bash: type: pg: not found'), and I don't find it in the
archive. For example,
$ apt-file search -x /pg$
finds only two results, from the package grass-core, which appear to be
(parts of? related to?) database drivers.
I set up my pg to repeat every few secs and spooled the
output to a file. Then I started a tail on that spool file.
Surprise!! It ran to completion!
Here is my analysis: I have a big system. An AMD 8 core
Ryzen running at 3.8GHz with 64GB of memory. I think that
without any other load on the machine some task is getting
started before it should and either steps on a task that
should have finished by that time or can't find something
that was supposed to be created by a task that hasn't run
yet. It has to be something serious because all the
screens/sessions are cleared and the system is frozen. I
have to use the reset button to re-start and once or twice I
have had to cycle the power to get re-booted.
This doesn't look like a terribly likely scenario to me, but if it *is*
what's happening, that's definitely a bug - though a bug in what is less
than clear.
Sorry, pg = ps
That is the only thing I can think of that it might be. I
have run dpkg --configure -a or with a specific package name
and every time the package was linux-image-... or
linux-headers-... it killed my machine. It happened with
kernel 4.19.0-18-amd64 and 4.19.0-20-amd64. I ran it a dozen
or more times with the same results. The two times that I
caught any output from ps that was useful it was running
many tasks of cc.
Solved (partially) Re: What happened?
Dennis Wicks wrote on 4/16/22 18:16: When I first installed Debian 10, I installed Win 10 in a virtual machine using KVM/QEMU and everything just worked. I could copy/paste between host and vm and access host disks in the vm. And zfs file systems worked. The main problem was that dpkg would kill the system trying to setup linux-image-4.19.0-18-amd64. I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade to Debian 10.11. That process managed to install linux-image-4.19.0-19-amd64 and everything was fine. Then somewhere in the process of installing additional software apt? killed the system trying to setup linux-image-4.19.0-20-amd64. (I found out that I could do dpkg --configure for each package individually and skip the linux image and headers.) And, now I can't copy/paste between host and vm, can't access host disks from the vm, and the zfs file system doesn't work! And then because dpkg killed the system so many times the archive file is locked somehow and the various apt(x) programs and dpkg won't run, so I can't install any tools or different software to try and fix the problems!! ARGHHH! If anybody has any hints or tips or pointers toward any possible solutions I would appreciate hearing them! TIA, Dennis PS; dpkg says; E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. W: Could not lock the cache file; this usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states of packages will NOT be preserved! Mark this SOLVED (partially): software problem. dpkg continued to kill the system trying to setup linux-headers. I discovered that dpkg will purge the linux-headers package and then I can try installing again. On one try I was running pg on dkms in an attempt to see what was going on that killed the machine. Two times I got a long screen full of tasks running various types of cc just before the crash. I set up my pg to repeat every few secs and spooled the output to a file. Then I started a tail on that spool file. Surprise!! It ran to completion! Here is my analysis: I have a big system. An AMD 8 core Ryzen running at 3.8GHz with 64GB of memory. I think that without any other load on the machine some task is getting started before it should and either steps on a task that should have finished by that time or can't find something that was supposed to be created by a task that hasn't run yet. It has to be something serious because all the screens/sessions are cleared and the system is frozen. I have to use the reset button to re-start and once or twice I have had to cycle the power to get re-booted. No progress on other problems. I will open other threads for them. Thanks for the comments. They got me thinking! Dennis
What happened?
When I first installed Debian 10, I installed Win 10 in a virtual machine using KVM/QEMU and everything just worked. I could copy/paste between host and vm and access host disks in the vm. And zfs file systems worked. The main problem was that dpkg would kill the system trying to setup linux-image-4.19.0-18-amd64. I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade to Debian 10.11. That process managed to install linux-image-4.19.0-19-amd64 and everything was fine. Then somewhere in the process of installing additional software apt? killed the system trying to setup linux-image-4.19.0-20-amd64. (I found out that I could do dpkg --configure for each package individually and skip the linux image and headers.) And, now I can't copy/paste between host and vm, can't access host disks from the vm, and the zfs file system doesn't work! And then because dpkg killed the system so many times the archive file is locked somehow and the various apt(x) programs and dpkg won't run, so I can't install any tools or different software to try and fix the problems!! ARGHHH! If anybody has any hints or tips or pointers toward any possible solutions I would appreciate hearing them! TIA, Dennis PS; dpkg says; E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. W: Could not lock the cache file; this usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states of packages will NOT be preserved!
Copy/paste between host and KVM/windows 10 guest??
It doesn't work for me and the suggested solutions I have found are referring to a linux guest. TIA for pointers, suggestions, solutions! Denniis
dpkg --configure -a crashes system
I can't install/upgrade because I get the message E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. When I run the dpkg command I get one message Setting up linux-image-4.19.0-18-amd64 (4.19.208-1) then within a few seconds the system crashes. Any ideas? Is there a log file I can look in that might contain something useful? Any help is appreciated! TIA!! Dennis
Form filling, etc.
Greetings, My bank and credit company use javascript or something similar to build the login screen so my password manager can't find the user-id and password fields to fill them in. The fields don't show up in the downloaded source code or in the source code so that is no help. Can anybody point me to some software, tutorials, etc. that will discover the fields displayed on the screen and enable me to fill them in? Many, many TIA!! Dennis
Re: old red cables cause Disk errors ...
Felix Miata wrote on 1/13/21 5:21 PM: Michael Howard composed on 2021-01-13 22:57 (UTC): David Christensen wrote: Michael Stone wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 01:55:37PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: If you have any red SATA cables, replace them with new black SATA 6 Make sure you wear a beaded neckless while doing that under a full moon. I used to think "a cable is a cable, color does not matter", but I have experienced many storage hardware issues over the years that were caused by red SATA cables. Other readers on this list have had similar experiences. The explanation is chemistry -- the red dye slowly corrodes the conductors and/or contacts. Very interesting, if true, and I'm not saying it isn't. I too have had It's been posted time and again in various forums. IME the problem seems to be limited to a more or less crimson or wild cherry shade of red: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1426/0052/products/reds_0246cf19-67e7-4e1e-93d7-ef51f4cb3d8a_2000x.png?v=1601311774 cable problems with those thin red efforts but put it down to them not being of the locking variety or just bad quality. Dye that causes corrosion == bad quality. :) Well, this is all very interesting! I have *two* SATALink/SATARaid expansion cards and neither of them have any red cables! They are at pci addresses 05:00 and 05:01! How do I tell which is which?
Disk errors ...
Greetings; I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x address=0xcf99c100 flags=0x] [174384.705153] AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=05:00.0 domain=0x address=0xdf853000 flags=0x] Several of each of them occur at once, every few seconds. Is there any way that I can figure out which drive is causing the problem? Many TIA! Dennis
Re: Monitor resolution wrong
Alexander V. Makartsev wrote on 1/9/21 6:22 PM: On 10.01.2021 04:08, Dennis Wicks wrote: Felix Miata wrote on 1/9/21 3:33 PM: Dennis Wicks composed on 2021-01-09 15:00 (UTC-0600): When I boot kernel 4.19.0-13-amd64 my monitor res is 1024x768. It should be 1680x1050 which I get when I boot into kernel 4.19.0-12-amd64. Also, when I look at the xfce display settings when I have -13 booted it has some generic display listed and only the 1024x768 res. When I am booted in -12 the display is listed as an LG 23", which it is, and a bunch of different resolutions that could be used. I have tried rebuilding the kernel and initrd to no avail. It looks to me like the kernel is not recognizing the monitor for some reason but beyond that I haven't the slightest idea as to where to look! This situation is often a case of missing firmware, but it's unusual that it happens simply due to a minor kernel upgrade. Please upload /var/log/Xorg.0.log from a -13 boot to http://pastebin.com/ or equivalent, and provide here the resulting URL, so that we may try to determine what is happening. Also please paste here output from: 'inxi -GSa', for similar reason. The log file is in pastebin at wix-Xorg.0.log The output from inxi is attached,and pasted below, for both -12 and -13. There is a difference between them! System: Host: ichiban Kernel: 4.19.0-12-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 710B] driver: nouveau v: kernel Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: NV106 v: 4.3 Mesa 18.3.6 System: Host: ichiban Kernel: 4.19.0-13-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 710B] driver: nvidia v: 418.152.00 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024x768~76Hz OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 Many TIA, again! Dennis You have installed unsupported nvidia driver version for your VGA. Last version that supports your adapter is 390, so you need to install "nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver". You will need to remove 418 driver after installation, or switch to 390 version by typing: # update-glx --config nvidia to make sure your system will use it. You can use "glxinfo" utility from "mesa-utils" package to see what driver is currently in use. $ glxinfo | grep -e 'OpenGL' -e 'glx' -- With kindest regards, Alexander. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄ Alexander; My most fervent and heartfelt thank you! That solved the problem completely. The system crashed on the first try while it was updating the initrd but after I rebooted it worked fine and the remainder of your procedure went smoothly. Again, Thank You! Dennis
Re: Monitor resolution wrong
Felix Miata wrote on 1/9/21 3:33 PM: Dennis Wicks composed on 2021-01-09 15:00 (UTC-0600): When I boot kernel 4.19.0-13-amd64 my monitor res is 1024x768. It should be 1680x1050 which I get when I boot into kernel 4.19.0-12-amd64. Also, when I look at the xfce display settings when I have -13 booted it has some generic display listed and only the 1024x768 res. When I am booted in -12 the display is listed as an LG 23", which it is, and a bunch of different resolutions that could be used. I have tried rebuilding the kernel and initrd to no avail. It looks to me like the kernel is not recognizing the monitor for some reason but beyond that I haven't the slightest idea as to where to look! This situation is often a case of missing firmware, but it's unusual that it happens simply due to a minor kernel upgrade. Please upload /var/log/Xorg.0.log from a -13 boot to http://pastebin.com/ or equivalent, and provide here the resulting URL, so that we may try to determine what is happening. Also please paste here output from: 'inxi -GSa', for similar reason. The log file is in pastebin at wix-Xorg.0.log The output from inxi is attached,and pasted below, for both -12 and -13. There is a difference between them! System:Host: ichiban Kernel: 4.19.0-12-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 710B] driver: nouveau v: kernel Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: NV106 v: 4.3 Mesa 18.3.6 System:Host: ichiban Kernel: 4.19.0-13-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 710B] driver: nvidia v: 418.152.00 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024x768~76Hz OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 Many TIA, again! Dennis System:Host: ichiban Kernel: 4.19.0-12-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 710B] driver: nouveau v: kernel Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: NV106 v: 4.3 Mesa 18.3.6 System:Host: ichiban Kernel: 4.19.0-13-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 710B] driver: nvidia v: 418.152.00 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024x768~76Hz OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6
Monitor resolution wrong
Greetings; When I boot kernel 4.19.0-13-amd64 my monitor res is 1024x768. It should be 1680x1050 which I get when I boot into kernel 4.19.0-12-amd64. Also, when I look at the xfce display settings when I have -13 booted it has some generic display listed and only the 1024x768 res. When I am booted in -12 the display is listed as an LG 23", which it is, and a bunch of different resolutions that could be used. I have tried rebuilding the kernel and initrd to no avail. It looks to me like the kernel is not recognizing the monitor for some reason but beyond that I haven't the slightest idea as to where to look! Any ideas?? Many TIA!! Dennis
Re: Linux not seeing all SATA drives
David Christensen wrote on 10/12/20 10:01 PM: On 2020-10-12 19:19, Dennis Wicks wrote: I have 3 SATA drives on my system. I replaced all my red cables with new black cables. The BIOS sees all of them but when linux finishes booting it only sees two of them. Do I have to do something to linux so it sees the third drive? FYI, I have the system disk in sata-1, the drive on sata2 is not seen, but the drive on sata3 is seen and in use. The CD/DVD drive is on sata6 and is also seen. Thanks for any and all help! Dennis Run the following commands as root. If you need help interpreting the results, post your console session: # lsblk # fdisk -l # mount | grep sd David Thanks for the tip, but none of those commands show the third disk, just two. What might be /dev/sdc doesn't show up with any command I have tried. Thanks! Dennis
Linux not seeing all SATA drives
I have 3 SATA drives on my system. I replaced all my red cables with new black cables. The BIOS sees all of them but when linux finishes booting it only sees two of them. Do I have to do something to linux so it sees the third drive? FYI, I have the system disk in sata-1, the drive on sata2 is not seen, but the drive on sata3 is seen and in use. The CD/DVD drive is on sata6 and is also seen. Thanks for any and all help! Dennis
Re: Help - How to paste from host (Debian) to Virtual machine (Win10)
Kushal Kumaran wrote on 9/7/20 7:31 PM: Dennis Wicks writes: Greetings! Is there any way that I can copy and paste from Deb host to VM Win10 and vice versa? Assuming you are using qemu-kvm to run your VM, the search keyword would be SPICE. You need to have the appropriate devices attached to the VM (a spice channel at the minimum), and the corresponding driver software installed in the VM. https://www.spice-space.org/spice-user-manual.html#agent https://www.spice-space.org/download.html#windows-binaries Thanks for the pointers! Finally got all the pieces in place and it copy/paste works great! Again, Many Tnx!
Help - How to paste from host (Debian) to Virtual machine (Win10)
Greetings! Is there any way that I can copy and paste from Deb host to VM Win10 and vice versa? Many TIA! Dennis
Re: Need help -- Virtual Machine Manager
Fabien Roucaute wrote on 9/5/20 1:40 AM: Le 05/09/2020 à 01:57, Dennis Wicks a écrit : I'm running Win10 with Virtual Machine Manager on Deb 10.4. How to I attach my CD drive to Win10 so I can install some software? Many TIA! Dennis Either the ISO or the CD-ROM need to be on the host. If KVM/libvirt doesn't run on the machine running Virtual Machine Manager, you need to create a pool for the ISO and upload the ISO there or to insert cd-rom in the host CD drive. Yes, everything is in the same box/host. I need to know how to mount a physical CD! TNX!
Need help -- Virtual Machine Manager
I'm running Win10 with Virtual Machine Manager on Deb 10.4. How to I attach my CD drive to Win10 so I can install some software? Many TIA! Dennis
Re: Error importing gpg key - Solved!
Reco wrote on 5/16/20 6:14 PM: sed -i '/^keyserver-options/d' ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf Thanks! Solves the problem!
Error importing gpg key
The tor website says to use the command gpg --auto-key-locate nodefault,wkd --locate-keys torbrow...@torproject.org When I do that I get an error message gpg: keyserver option 'ca-cert-file' is obsolete; please use 'hkp-cacert' in dirmngr.conf I have searched the net and man pages and I can't figure out how to solve this. I can't find any file on my system the contains the string 'ca-cert-file', with or without quotes! TIA for any pointers or other help! Dennis
kvm by example
Found a web page that guides you step by step through defining a VM and installing Windows 10 in it. Make a note of this or save it some where in case you or a friend needs it! >> https://getlabsdone.com/10-easy-steps-to-install-windows-10-on-linux-kvm/ << Worked great for me!
kvm CM how to attach existing hdd partition
Well, I have my VM created and installed Windows 10 in it, and everything windows seems to work just fine. Now, how do I make existing partitions available to the Windows system? Can't find anything recent that appears to address the situation. Many TIA! Dennis
Running virtual systems
Greetings; The last time that I ran any virtual systems virtualbox and other software was the only way to go. Now I see that there is support in hardware for running virtual systems directly. I am running Buster on AMD Ryzen. What is the best way to run virtual systems, and where can I find some good doc? The first thing I need to run is Windows 10 so I can get my taxes done! Then maybe a couple of small Debian and Windows systems for testing and development of WP thems and websites and similar. Many TIA! Dennis
Best file system to use?
Greetings; I have 4TB running on an AMD Ryzen under Buster. What is the current consensus of the best file system to use for general data usage? I have been using xfs but that is based on info from many years ago. Many TIA! Dennis
Re: How to configure e-net port again -- SOLVED (sort of)
Michael Stone wrote on 1/31/20 2:00 PM: On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 11:27:06AM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: john doe wrote on 1/31/20 1:00 AM: On 1/31/2020 2:48 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: I am running Debian Buster 10, upgrade within the past week. I tried to change my e-net to use dhcp, which I thought it was but it How did you try to change your e-net to use dhcp? wasn't picking up all the info from the DHCP server, specifically the IP addr. Now it doesn't work at all. How can I run through the setup/init process that it went through at install to get back at least a working communications port. I would say, revert the change(s)that you have done. -- John Doe I have tried that to no avail. There are two possibilities: (1) I don't remember exactly what was there before (2) One of the two network management programs that are running changed something that I don't know about. In my Notification Area there are two programs that seem to be controlling the interfaces, and perhaps causing my problems. They are Network Manager Applet and WICD Network Manager. Do you remember which one you used? Both can be used, but if you try to use both at the same time you'll have problems. I'd suggest uninstalling one of them, or at the very least make sure that they aren't both trying to control the same interface. Neither will modify /etc/network/interfaces, so just ignore that. Michael, thanks for that tip. I got rid of both network managers and setup the port in /etc/network/interfaces and that works -- sometimes. If I try to use IP address reservation in my dhcp server ifup will not work. I get this: - - - - - root@ichiban:~# ifup enp3s0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.4.1 Copyright 2004-2018 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/enp3s0/10:7b:44:50:39:8b Sending on LPF/enp3s0/10:7b:44:50:39:8b Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on enp3s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on enp3s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPOFFER of 192.168.1.2 from 192.168.254.254 DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.2 on enp3s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPNAK from 192.168.254.254 DHCPDISCOVER on enp3s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPOFFER of 192.168.1.2 from 192.168.254.254 DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.2 on enp3s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPNAK from 192.168.254.254 - - - - - If I remove IP address reservation ifup works and I get the following: - - - - - root@ichiban:~# ifup enp3s0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.4.1 Copyright 2004-2018 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/enp3s0/10:7b:44:50:39:8b Sending on LPF/enp3s0/10:7b:44:50:39:8b Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on enp3s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPOFFER of 192.168.34.220 from 192.168.254.254 DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.34.220 on enp3s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK of 192.168.34.220 from 192.168.254.254 bound to 192.168.34.220 -- renewal in 6833 seconds. root@ichiban:~# - - - - - This machine is running Buster 10 64 bit, I have a machine that is running Buster 10 32 bit that works fine with Network Manager Applet 1.8.22. This machine (64 bit) had 1.8.20 and it did not work. Just looped continuously until I deleted the address reservation from the dhcp server. When I run ifup it does the same thing so the problem must be buried deeper somewhere. Thanks for all the help and suggestions! Dennis
Re: How to configure e-net port again
john doe wrote on 1/31/20 1:00 AM: On 1/31/2020 2:48 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: I am running Debian Buster 10, upgrade within the past week. I tried to change my e-net to use dhcp, which I thought it was but it How did you try to change your e-net to use dhcp? wasn't picking up all the info from the DHCP server, specifically the IP addr. Now it doesn't work at all. How can I run through the setup/init process that it went through at install to get back at least a working communications port. I would say, revert the change(s)that you have done. -- John Doe I have tried that to no avail. There are two possibilities: (1) I don't remember exactly what was there before (2) One of the two network management programs that are running changed something that I don't know about. In my Notification Area there are two programs that seem to be controlling the interfaces, and perhaps causing my problems. They are Network Manager Applet and WICD Network Manager.
Re: How to configure e-net port again
Daryl wrote on 1/30/20 7:52 PM: On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:48:36 -0600 Dennis Wicks wrote: I am running Debian Buster 10, upgrade within the past week. I tried to change my e-net to use dhcp, which I thought it was but it wasn't picking up all the info from the DHCP server, specifically the IP addr. Now it doesn't work at all. How can I run through the setup/init process that it went through at install to get back at least a working communications port. Many, many TIA!! Dennis What's in /etc/network/interfaces? A couple of comments, a source cmd for interfaces.d, which is empty,another comment, then the following: auto lo iface lo inet loopback
How to configure e-net port again
I am running Debian Buster 10, upgrade within the past week. I tried to change my e-net to use dhcp, which I thought it was but it wasn't picking up all the info from the DHCP server, specifically the IP addr. Now it doesn't work at all. How can I run through the setup/init process that it went through at install to get back at least a working communications port. Many, many TIA!! Dennis
vnc 64bit-32bitor Buster to Bullseye
Greetings; I have a vanilla 64-bit install of Buster which claims to be Debian 10.1. I am trying to vnc from there to my old 32-bit machine which is running Bullseye (don't know what it claims to be). Using tightvncserver on the 32-bit side and xtightvncviewer on the 64-bit side I have managed to get a connection, but no desktop manager. The viewer shows me a window but it is just gray, actually very small black and white spots. How do I get xfce started on that session? Better yet, how can I connect to the existing session on :0? I can't seem to hook up to that. Strangely, when I connect to a Windows machine it seems to do exactly that! Any assistance greatly appreciated! Many TIA! Dennis
mount weirdness reloaded
Greetings once again; Tomorrow morning I am going to reboot and see if my problem happens again. If you have some suggestions on what info to gather then let me know. Bear in mind that during the boot process my system is pretty much unresponsive for the hour or so until the window manager is up and everything has settled down. Regards, Dennis
Re: mount weirdness
David Wright wrote on 8/8/19 9:04 AM: On Thu 08 Aug 2019 at 08:19:22 (-), Curt wrote: On 2019-08-05, Dennis Wicks wrote: So anyway, I typed in "sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /wa1" and it seemed to finish successfully, but "ls /wa1" indicated that in fact it had not. Nothing mounted on wa1! Many other tests told me the same thing. "umount /wa1" said "not mounted"! Would this be the result if /dev/sdb2 were already mounted (i.e. nothing?). Try it. I, at least, would be interested in the result. So far, the voting is 2-1 against seeing what I see: wren 08:50:11 ~# lsblk -f | grep sda7 ├─sda7 ext4swan07 4a4e352f-2180-4083-92b4-f46e4e0104b4 /wrenbk wren 08:50:26 ~# mkdir /wa1 /somethingelse wren 08:50:49 ~# mount /dev/sda7 /somethingelse mount: /dev/sda7 is already mounted or /somethingelse busy /dev/sda7 is already mounted on /wrenbk 32 wren 08:51:16 ~# mount /dev/sda7 /wa1 mount: /dev/sda7 is already mounted or /wa1 busy /dev/sda7 is already mounted on /wrenbk 32 wren 08:51:31 ~# rmdir /wa1 /somethingelse wren 08:51:53 ~# By way of explanation, the prompt is export PROMPT_COMMAND='MYPROMPT="$? " && [ "$MYPROMPT" = "0 " ] && MYPROMPT=""' export PS1='\[\e[1;33;41m\]$MYPROMPT\[\e[1;37;44m\]\H \t \w\[\e[0m\]\$ ' # blue but I normally cut it to reduce clutter. Many other tests. What about 'mount' from an xterm to see what's mounted and what ain't and where? Did you show your /etc/fstab file (cut and paste)? If so, I must've missed it. BTW, what's with the exclamation points? Makes you seem enthusiastic. Yes, I couldn't figure that out, nor what good a note in /etc/fstab would do (in the reply to Thomas). Does one peruse that file each time one reboots? Cheers, David. Greetings; What system are you running, David? I am running vanilla Debian bullseye, recently upgraded. Been running Debian for years and have never gotten those errors. This is what happens to me. wix@dgwicks:~$ s mount /dev/sdc1 /test1 wix@dgwicks:~$ s mount /dev/sdc1 /test2 wix@dgwicks:~$ findmnt /dev/sdc1 TARGET SOURCEFSTYPE OPTIONS /test1 /dev/sdc1 xfsrw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota /test2 /dev/sdc1 xfsrw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota wix@dgwicks:~$ wix@dgwicks:~$ s mount -v /dev/sdc1 /work-1 mount: /dev/sdc1 mounted on /work-1. wix@dgwicks:~$ findmnt /dev/sdc1 TARGET SOURCEFSTYPE OPTIONS /test1 /dev/sdc1 xfsrw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota /test2 /dev/sdc1 xfsrw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota /work-1 /dev/sdc1 xfsrw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota wix@dgwicks:~$ Do you have some environment variable set or something in an ini or rc file that makes mount behave in a more strict way than standard? No, I don't look at fstab every time I reboot. Just when I get things like failed mounts. In which case seeing that note will remind me what to look at/for. Regards, Dennis
Re: mount weirdness
Curt wrote on 8/8/19 3:41 AM: On 2019-08-08, Curt wrote: On 2019-08-05, Dennis Wicks wrote: So anyway, I typed in "sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /wa1" and it seemed to finish successfully, but "ls /wa1" indicated that in fact it had not. Nothing mounted on wa1! Many other tests told me the same thing. "umount /wa1" said "not mounted"! Would this be the result if /dev/sdb2 were already mounted (i.e. nothing?). Many other tests. What about 'mount' from an xterm to see what's mounted and what ain't and where? Did you show your /etc/fstab file (cut and paste)? If so, I must've missed it. BTW, what's with the exclamation points? Makes you seem enthusiastic. ;-) Oh, and I forgot: the relevant logs might be clueful and relevant and of course should be explored for relevant clues. Tell me what logs and how to view them.
Re: mount weirdness
Curt wrote on 8/8/19 3:19 AM: On 2019-08-05, Dennis Wicks wrote: So anyway, I typed in "sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /wa1" and it seemed to finish successfully, but "ls /wa1" indicated that in fact it had not. Nothing mounted on wa1! Many other tests told me the same thing. "umount /wa1" said "not mounted"! Would this be the result if /dev/sdb2 were already mounted (i.e. nothing?). System does not care if device is already mounted somewhere else. Many other tests. What about 'mount' from an xterm to see what's mounted and what ain't and where? Did you show your /etc/fstab file (cut and paste)? If so, I must've missed it. Yep. Sometime back. BTW, what's with the exclamation points? Makes you seem enthusiastic. Nope. Surprised! ;-)
Re: mount weirdness
Thomas Schmitt wrote on 8/6/19 1:58 PM: Hi, more ideas: exit value, verbous mode. mount -v /dev/sdc /wa1 echo $? A nominally successful mount command would yield 0 as "$?". Maybe -v yields some extra insight. Have a nice day :) Thomas Thanks, Thomas! I'll put a note in my fstab so the next time I boot I can find it if the mount fails again! You too! Dennnis
Re: mount weirdness
David Wright wrote on 8/6/19 1:48 PM: On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 12:18:21 (-0500), Dennis Wicks wrote: Thomas Schmitt wrote on 8/6/19 10:30 AM: Dennis Wicks wrote: I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. So what do you get from these shell commands ? I am currently running with "ln -s /wa11 /wa1" so this isn't the config I booted with. Anyway; ls -ld /wa1 /wa11 wix@dgwicks:~$ ls -ld /wa1 /wa11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root4 Aug 1 17:40 /wa1 -> wa11 drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4096 Jun 17 14:07 /wa11 wix@dgwicks:~$ find /wa1 wix@dgwicks:~$ cd / wix@dgwicks:/$ find /wa1 /wa1 wix@dgwicks:/$ lg wa1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Aug 1 17:40 wa1 -> wa11/ drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4.0K Jun 17 14:07 wa11/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Aug 1 17:43 www -> wa1/www/ wix@dgwicks:/$ What happens if you create a new /wa1 ? mv /wa1 /wa1_old mkdir /wa1 mount /dev/sdb2 /wa1 Same failure. One of the many things I tried to get the mount on /wa1 to work, without any success. Shouldn't that fail with: ~# mkdir /wa1 ~# mount /dev/sda4 /wa1 mount: /dev/sda4 is already mounted or /wa1 busy /dev/sda4 is already mounted on /ya ~# No, it won't fail because the first mount to /wa1 did not succeed! And the system does not object or give an error when you mount the same partition on two diff dirs anyway! As for your fstab, there is this "x-systemd.device-timeout=20" where all others have "=60". But the web says this is for automounting. This param is to stop the boot process from stopping because all of the mounts have failed, temporarily. A previous thread from a few weeks(?) back. I fail to imagine any explanation for the symptoms you report. Especially the silent failure riddles me. Unfortunately there's too much reported speech in this thread, and not enough direct speech. Some timely copy/paste might help. Me too! Happens during boot and when done manually! Cheers, David.
Re: mount weirdness
Richard Hector wrote on 8/6/19 12:42 PM: On 7/08/19 5:31 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: rhkra...@gmail.com wrote on 8/6/19 10:34 AM: I didn't fully understand your fstab, but is there a typo -- wa11 vs. wa1? No. My current config is; /wa1 -> wa11 ( soft link ) /wa11 ( <- /dev/sdb2 ) with sdb2 mounted on /wa11 so I don't have to find and change all the paths that I have starting with "/wa1/..."! So you're trying to mount on a symlink, instead of a directory? I don't think that's going to work. Why not mount on /wa11, as you describe? Or does /wa11 only exist because you can't mount on /wa1, and you were Exactly!! trying to mount on /wa1 when /wa1 was a directory? In which case - it would help to provide the requested files in the state where the problem exists :-) fstab says wa1 but I would have to reboot to get the exact config back, and that takes over an hour! (also, one vs ell is confusing ... I assume you've got the right el^Wone :-) Oh yeah! One of the many things I verified! Been using /wa1 for years as is. Keep copying the fstab so it is tried and true; until the last aptitude upgrade. Cheers, Richard On Tuesday, August 06, 2019 11:09:32 AM Dennis Wicks wrote: Requested info attached: I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. Regards, and Thanks! Dennis Andrei POPESCU wrote on 8/6/19 1:06 AM: On Lu, 05 aug 19, 15:33:57, Dennis Wicks wrote: It seems that something in the mount process does not like "wa1" for a mount point. Anybody have similar recent problems? Please show your fstab and the output of 'lsblk -f'. Kind regards, Andrei
Re: mount weirdness
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote on 8/6/19 10:34 AM: I didn't fully understand your fstab, but is there a typo -- wa11 vs. wa1? No. My current config is; /wa1 -> wa11 ( soft link ) /wa11( <- /dev/sdb2 ) with sdb2 mounted on /wa11 so I don't have to find and change all the paths that I have starting with "/wa1/..."! On Tuesday, August 06, 2019 11:09:32 AM Dennis Wicks wrote: Requested info attached: I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. Regards, and Thanks! Dennis Andrei POPESCU wrote on 8/6/19 1:06 AM: On Lu, 05 aug 19, 15:33:57, Dennis Wicks wrote: It seems that something in the mount process does not like "wa1" for a mount point. Anybody have similar recent problems? Please show your fstab and the output of 'lsblk -f'. Kind regards, Andrei
Re: mount weirdness
Felix Miata wrote on 8/6/19 10:33 AM: Dennis Wicks composed on 2019-08-06 10:09 (UTC-0500): I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 What is output from ls -ld /wa*/ ? wix@dgwicks:/$ ls -ld /wa*/ drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4096 Jun 17 14:07 /wa1/ drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4096 Jun 17 14:07 /wa11/ drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 111 Jun 11 11:58 /wa2/ drwxr-xr-x 6 wix wix72 Jun 11 11:58 /wa3/ drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Feb 2 2019 /wa4/ wix@dgwicks:/$
Re: mount weirdness
Thomas Schmitt wrote on 8/6/19 10:30 AM: Hi, Dennis Wicks wrote: I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. So what do you get from these shell commands ? I am currently running with "ln -s /wa11 /wa1" so this isn't the config I booted with. Anyway; ls -ld /wa1 /wa11 wix@dgwicks:~$ ls -ld /wa1 /wa11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root4 Aug 1 17:40 /wa1 -> wa11 drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4096 Jun 17 14:07 /wa11 wix@dgwicks:~$ find /wa1 wix@dgwicks:~$ cd / wix@dgwicks:/$ find /wa1 /wa1 wix@dgwicks:/$ lg wa1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Aug 1 17:40 wa1 -> wa11/ drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4.0K Jun 17 14:07 wa11/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Aug 1 17:43 www -> wa1/www/ wix@dgwicks:/$ What happens if you create a new /wa1 ? mv /wa1 /wa1_old mkdir /wa1 mount /dev/sdb2 /wa1 Same failure. One of the many things I tried to get the mount on /wa1 to work, without any success. As for your fstab, there is this "x-systemd.device-timeout=20" where all others have "=60". But the web says this is for automounting. This param is to stop the boot process from stopping because all of the mounts have failed, temporarily. A previous thread from a few weeks(?) back. I fail to imagine any explanation for the symptoms you report. Especially the silent failure riddles me. Me too! Happens during boot and when done manually! Have a nice day :) Thanks! You too! Thomas Regards! Dennis
Re: mount weirdness
Requested info attached: I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. Regards, and Thanks! Dennis Andrei POPESCU wrote on 8/6/19 1:06 AM: On Lu, 05 aug 19, 15:33:57, Dennis Wicks wrote: It seems that something in the mount process does not like "wa1" for a mount point. Anybody have similar recent problems? Please show your fstab and the output of 'lsblk -f'. Kind regards, Andrei # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier and label for a # device; this may be used with UUID= or LABEL= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # # / was on /dev/sda2 during installation LABEL=Root / xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 1 # /boot was on /dev/sda1 during installation LABEL=Boot /boot ext2 defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 2 # /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation LABEL=Home /home xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 2 # /home2 contains some files required for system setup. eg, etc2 LABEL=Home2 /home2 xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 2 # this is on sysres and is only used for rescue mode when other vols are not mounted # LABEL=SwapRes none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=60 0 0 LABEL=Swap1 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=60 0 0 LABEL=Swap2 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=60 0 0 LABEL=Swap3 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=60 0 0 /wa3/Swap4 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=60 0 0 /wa1/Swap5 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=60 0 0 /wa2/Swap6 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=60 0 0 /pvt04/Swap7none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=60 0 0 LABEL=PubDtaMaster /edrv xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 LABEL=PubDtaMirror /edrv-mirrorxfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 LABEL=Painter-C /Painter-C xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 LABEL=Painter-D /Painter-D xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 LABEL=Volume1 /b1 ext4 defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 LABEL=Volume2 /b2 xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 # General work and storage areas UUID=20173008-eeaa-41cd-b862-f7d0b871895d /wa11 xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=200 0 UUID=9092610b-7eec-40b6-956c-8deea77d65a9 /wa2xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 LABEL=Work-Area-3 /wa3xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 UUID=cde81105-e821-4630-8bc0-e56e7deaa63e /wa4xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 UUID=0848ac45-2c69-4a0f-9b72-b9f870496df1 /work3 ext4 defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 UUID=f4043585-df77-4553-9acc-cdb969a348e6 /work4 ext4 defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 UUID=2a6011d2-666e-4d2c-8ed1-4fa3fe3fa6ff /pvt01 xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 UUID=56131889-1a09-43cb-a367-6751f3a08761 /pvt02 xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 UUID=462287b5-a363-4089-999d-649b54ad973c /pvt03 xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 UUID=fdbb6809-77c2-4f74-ad64-310677f8ac34 /pvt04 xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=600 0 /dev/sr0/media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 NAME FSTYPE LABELUUID
mount weirdness
I recently rebooted after an upgrade that generated "Jul 28 17:13 initrd.img-4.19.0-5-686-pae" and when I was finally U&R I discovered that a mount didn't happen. (I am on Debian 10 Bullseye and my last kernel resulted in "Jul 18 17:23 vmlinuz-4.19.0-5-686-pae".) I have mount points /wa1-/wa4 and I have been using them literally for years with no problem. So anyway, I typed in "sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /wa1" and it seemed to finish successfully, but "ls /wa1" indicated that in fact it had not. Nothing mounted on wa1! Many other tests told me the same thing. "umount /wa1" said "not mounted"! After trying many things I discovered that 1) I can mount /dev/sdb2 on any mount point except /wa1 and 2) I can't mount any /dev/sdxx on /wa1!! So I mounted sdb2 on /wa11, "rmdir /wa1"and "ln -s /wa11 /wa1" and everything seems to work OK. It seems that something in the mount process does not like "wa1" for a mount point. Anybody have similar recent problems?
Re: Problem: Slow boot -- Mounts fail.
andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote on 6/29/19 1:15 AM: On Vi, 28 iun 19, 11:26:43, Dennis Wicks wrote: andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote on 6/24/19 2:09 AM: On Ma, 14 mai 19, 16:38:37, Dennis Wicks wrote: How do I prevent the mounts from failing and make the system continue on with the boot process? You could start by attaching your /etc/fstab and copy-pasting the output of 'lsblk -f' with all partitions mounted. It would also be useful to know what init system you are using (ls -l /sbin/init) and if your mounts have any specials (LVM, encrypted, NFS, RAID, etc.) basically anything besides plain extX filesystems mounted from internal drives. Kind regards, Andrei No need for all that! Hmm... All my mounts are local PATA and SATA drives. The SATA drives are on an adapter card. All the file systems are xfs, ext2, ext4 or swap and use either /dir/dir, LABEL= or UUID=. All very vanilla. No LVM, encrypted, NFS, RAID, etc. Doesn't make any difference as *all* of the mounts are failing on the first pass! I found a work around on a forum. Put "nofail" in the options field of fstab. So now my entries contain "defaults,nofail" or "sw,pri=100,nofail" in the options field. Doesn't make any difference though. All the Dependency failed for ... Timeout waiting for ... messages still occur, they just don't stop the boot process and the mounts get done successfully later on.(??) I can't tell what might have caused this as I don't re-boot after every update, just when an update to the kernel occurs. I think it was about the time that systemd was implemented as the boot screen looked different when the mount failures started happening. There are a lot of eyes on this list and someone might spot something that you don't even think might have an impact. But then it's your system, your rules ;) Kind regards, Andrei OK! Be my guest!! One thing I have noticed is that it seems to do everything 2 or 3 times while it is booting, and it takes about 30 mins before my desktop (xfce) is up and functioning. TNX! wix@dgwicks:~$ cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier and label for a # device; this may be used with UUID= or LABEL= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # # / was on /dev/sda2 during installation LABEL=Root / xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=200 0 # /boot was on /dev/sda1 during installation LABEL=Boot /boot ext2 defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=200 0 # /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation LABEL=Home /home xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=200 0 # /home2 contains some files required for system setup. eg, etc2 LABEL=Home2 /home2 xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=200 0 # this is on sysres and is only used for rescue mode when other vols are not mounted # LABEL=SwapResnone swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=20 0 0 LABEL=Swap1 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=20 0 0 LABEL=Swap2 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=20 0 0 LABEL=Swap3 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=20 0 0 /wa3/Swap4 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=20 0 0 /wa1/Swap5 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=20 0 0 /wa2/Swap6 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=20 0 0 /pvt04/Swap7 none swap sw,pri=100,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=20 0 0 LABEL=PubDtaMaster /edrv xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=200 0 LABEL=PubDtaMirror /edrv-mirrorxfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=200 0 LABEL=Painter-C /Painter-C xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=200 0 LABEL=Painter-D /Painter-D xfs defaults,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=200 0 LABEL=Volume1 /b1 ext4 defaults,nofail,x-sys
Setting up bind9/DNS
Greetings, I have apache2 installed on my local machine with a bunch of virtual hosts that I use for test and development of html, wordpress, etc. It works fine to access the virt hosts locally, but I want to access them from other systems on my local network; windows/IE of various versions, smart phones, tablets, laptops, etc. They all can access my base host name because my DSL modem/router has DHCP and DNS in it and when it sets up an address with DHCP it puts an entry in its DNS and everything is fine. (All systems on the local net use the modem/router for dns.) But nothing like this happens with the virtual hosts! I was thinking that I could setup a nameserver on my machine with enries in it for the virtual hosts and have my local network address in the list of nameservers in my modem/router, and that is where I need the help. I have installed bind9, running on buster. So how do I set up the name server and populate it with the info for my virtual hosts? Pointers to forums, cookbooks, etc. would be appreciated as well as hints and tips! TIA! Dennnis
Re: Problem: Slow boot -- Mounts fail.
andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote on 6/24/19 2:09 AM: On Ma, 14 mai 19, 16:38:37, Dennis Wicks wrote: How do I prevent the mounts from failing and make the system continue on with the boot process? You could start by attaching your /etc/fstab and copy-pasting the output of 'lsblk -f' with all partitions mounted. It would also be useful to know what init system you are using (ls -l /sbin/init) and if your mounts have any specials (LVM, encrypted, NFS, RAID, etc.) basically anything besides plain extX filesystems mounted from internal drives. Kind regards, Andrei No need for all that! All my mounts are local PATA and SATA drives. The SATA drives are on an adapter card. All the file systems are xfs, ext2, ext4 or swap and use either /dir/dir, LABEL= or UUID=. All very vanilla. No LVM, encrypted, NFS, RAID, etc. Doesn't make any difference as *all* of the mounts are failing on the first pass! I found a work around on a forum. Put "nofail" in the options field of fstab. So now my entries contain "defaults,nofail" or "sw,pri=100,nofail" in the options field. Doesn't make any difference though. All the Dependency failed for ... Timeout waiting for ... messages still occur, they just don't stop the boot process and the mounts get done successfully later on.(??) I can't tell what might have caused this as I don't re-boot after every update, just when an update to the kernel occurs. I think it was about the time that systemd was implemented as the boot screen looked different when the mount failures started happening. Just an update in case someone else runs into the problem. In fact I am surprised that no once else has. Must be something different about my system that I don't know about and that isn't obvious! (Something from SysV that is incompatible with systemd?) Regards, Dennis
Re: IPv4 v IPv6
Gene Heskett wrote on 6/17/19 11:49 AM: On Monday 17 June 2019 10:54:19 am Dan Ritter wrote: [big snip!] And short of commenting every line in /e/i.d/avahi-* out, I don't know how to stop that PITA from [/big snip] Cheers, Gene Heskett Gene; No need for such butchery! Just insert a statement that contains just exit 0 right after "SCRIPTNAME=...". If you look around you can quickly figure out how to produce some suitably profane messages before the exit instruction! Cheers to you too! Dennis
Problem: Slow boot -- Mounts fail.
Greetings; During the boot process there are several mount "jobs" started, and they all finish/fail with two messages; Dependency failed for ... Timeout waiting for ... that is except for root. I removed all the mounts for user partitions from fstab and just left the mounts for root, boot, home and home2 but got the same results for the four that were left. Incidentally, when I run the user mounts after the system is "up" it takes just a few seconds to mount 14 partitions. After the mounts "fail" the boot process stops in Emergency Mode, and I have the choice of logging on to root to fix the problem, or entering ctl-d to continue on. If I log on to root I find that all four of the volumes are mounted and nothing is wrong. If I choose ctl-d the boot process will continue with no problems. How do I prevent the mounts from failing and make the system continue on with the boot process? Many TIA! Dennis
Problem: Slow Boot -- Hibernation?
Greetings; First off, I am running Debian Buster/Sid (that's what it says!) and the kernel is 4.19.0-4-686-pae. 32 bit system, 4 Gig of memory (3.xx usable!), IDE disks. My boots are getting slower and slower. I'll start from the top. The first thing that happens is I get a message Resuming from hibernation I have never put my system in hibernation! It seems to just sit there for several minutes with no disk access and no messages. Then it continues on. Is this a problem? I don't think it would make a big difference to eliminate it, but it would get rid of one message! TIA! Dennis
Need help making new boot vol
Greetings; I have copied my boot, root and home partitions to a larger device but I think I need to run grub to actually make the disk boot. All of the writeups that I can find are way too old or just old enough that the file names for a lot of things aren't the same as what I have. I am running buster i386. Does anyone know of an up-to-date recipe for doing this? Many TIA! Dennis
Re: Online copies of textinfo content available?
Greg Wooledge wrote on 10/26/18 3:16 PM: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 03:13:20PM -0500, Dennis Wicks wrote: >> sudo apt show XYZ > > For the record, you don't need to be root to use apt show, or apt-cache show. > > > Right you are! I guess it has become such a habit I just do it automatically!
Help with gitlab
Greetings; So far everything I have wanted to get from git has had a button for "download zip file" and everything worked great. I am trying to get a package that doesn't have a download link. Anybody know the secret command to get the source in some usable format? I have tried the regular rt-clk&save approach and a download manager but it seems the files are actually html! Any hints, tips, or examples appreciated! TIA, Dennis
Re: Online copies of textinfo content available?
Richard Owlett wrote on 10/26/18 9:41 AM:
> Many man pages end with:
>> The full documentation for Ed is maintained as a Texinfo
>> manual. If the info > and XYZ programs are properly
>> installed at your site, the command
>>
>> info XYZ
>>
>> should give you access to the complete manual.
>
> I have problems with that.
> 1. I don't want to install unneeded packages just to find
> out whether or
> not the package might be useful.
> 2. The info output has an annoying format. A browser
> acceptable format
> {plain text fine -- HTML *NOT* needed} is MUCH more
> functional.
>
>
I agree, and I have found a lot of info "complete manual"s
to be exactly like the man page!
Another thing you can try is
sudo apt show XYZ
That will give you a bunch of info including a few lines of
description. Usually enough to decide whether to pursue that
package further.
Good Luck!
Re: "passwd username" asks for current password of user even tho I'm root
Mariusz Gronczewski wrote on 10/10/18 8:17 AM: > Hi, > > On previous releases, and on our CentOS systems I could change password of > user by just sudo-ing to root and typing "passwd testuser" > > In current Debian release, doing that asks me to specify that user password, > which is pointless because: > > * I can access /etc/shadow anyway > * I'm changing it because user forgot it > > Is there any way to set passwd (or PAM) to not ask root for current password > on passwd-ing non-root accounts ? > > Cheers > > Mariusz > > -- > Mariusz Gronczewski, Administrator > > Efigence S. A. > ul. Wołoska 9a, 02-583 Warszawa > T: [+48] 22 380 13 13 > F: [+48] 22 380 13 14 > E: mariusz.gronczew...@efigence.com <mailto:mariusz.gronczew...@efigence.com> > When I enter sudo passwd testuser I get a prompt Enter new UNIX password: Perhaps your sudoers file is not set up correctly? I have mine: (myid) ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL Good Luck! Dennis
Where is xfce.org?
What has happened to xfce.org? It seems to have disappeared and left no tracks.
Re: Which kernel should I use?
Dennis Wicks wrote on 09/27/2018 06:40 PM: > I notice that there is available two different kernels; > > linux-image-4.9.0-8-686-pae > > and > > linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-686-pae > > I am running on a Pentium 4. > > Which one of these should I be using? And just for > curiosities sake, why? > > TIA! > Dennis > > > Thanks guys! Unless RT would give me millisecond response time on Firefox and Thunderbird it doesn't sound like I need it. So I will just forget that I ever saw that entry in the apt list! Thanks again! Dennis
Which kernel should I use?
I notice that there is available two different kernels; linux-image-4.9.0-8-686-pae and linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-686-pae I am running on a Pentium 4. Which one of these should I be using? And just for curiosities sake, why? TIA! Dennis
VPN suggestions?
Greetings; I want to set up a VPN for several computers in my house that are all on a local network. And suggestions, hints, warnings? TIA!! Dennis
thunderbird migration problem
Greetings; When TB starts up it *creates* a .icedove directory even though there is a valid .thunderbird directory. This seems to be an error according of the migration docs that I can find. Then when I shutdown and startup again I get a big message about a migration problem because there is both and .icedove and .thunderbird directory. So, I delete the .icedove directory and it starts up fine and correctly, but creates an .icedove directory! As they say on TV, wash, rinse, repeat!! I am running Stretch and TB 52.8.0 TIA for any hints on how to stop this madness! Dennis
xfce problems
I use xfce and until a few days ago my name, the clock and a few other things were at the right of the top panel and the app icon and the window icons in the current workspace were at the left. All of a sudden everything slides over to the left of the panel and changes size depending on how many windows there are in the workspace. Anybody know what I need to change to get the behavior back to what it was, and I suppose more or less standard state? Many TIA, Dennis
XFCE problems
I use XFCE and usually my name, the clock and some other stuff is at the right of the top status(?) bar and the App icon and window names are at the left. And they stay there. Something has changed. everything is bunched up to the left and changes in size depending on how many windows I have in the workspace. Does anybody know what/where I have to change to get the behavior back to previous? Many TIA! Dennis
How to mount or link as extention of fs?
Greetings! I have separated my /home file system from root so I can install new systems without clobbering it. To make it most useful is there any way I can mount, link, whatever, it so that it appears to be an extension of, or included in, /home? That is not just another mount on the root fs. TIA Dennis
Re: How to change default umask in Stretch?
I think the default umask is defined in /etc/profile. On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Garrett R. wrote: > The "old" methods for changing the default umask no longer work in Debian > Stretch. > > It appears systemd now manages umask. Can someone please describe how I can > change the default umask setting in Stretch? >
wine + opengl 32 bit libs
Hello, thank's for your time reading this. I use wine(playonlinux wine 1.6.1) + 32 bit opengl libs (no closed-source drivers) for an application (game). (It runs almost perfect on debian 8 (jessie)) If I dist-upgrade to debian 9 (stretch) game has campaign map textures problem which make it almost unplayable. I can't find where the problem is, to provide more help. I would like to dist-upgrade. thank's.
phpmyadmin ... need help!
How do I get the setup procedure to run? I use a url of 127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin/setup like I found in the docs but it keeps asking for a user and password. I have tried many combos that I have found: root, admin, pma, phpmyadmin. I tried using localhost in the url but it gets changed to www.localhost.com! I tried setting the config.sample.inc.php AllowNoPassword to TRUE but that didn't help. I have run out of places to look and ideas. Does anybody know how to get this thing started? If I have to setup mysql first, that is just as great a mystery! I was hoping that phpmyadmin would take care of that for me too! Any help will be greatly appreciated!! TIA! Dennis
Re: Why can't I install wine?
Sven Joachim wrote on 05/06/2017 03:25 PM:
> On 2017-05-06 14:48 -0500, Dennis Wicks wrote:
>
>> I am running Jessie and it is up-to-date. When I try to
>> install wine I get:
>>
>>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>> fonts-horai-umefont{a} fonts-unfonts-core{a} libcapi20-3{a}
>>> libgphoto2-port12{a} libosmesa6{ab} p7zip{a} wine wine1.9
>>> wine1.9-i386{ab} winetricks{a}
>>> 0 packages upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
>>> Need to get 41.4 MB of archives. After unpacking 284 MB will be used.
>>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>> wine1.9-i386 : Depends: libgphoto2-6 (>= 2.5.10) but 2.5.4-1.1+b2 is
>>> installed.
>>> libosmesa6 : Depends: libnettle6 which is a virtual package.
>>> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>>>
>>> Keep the following packages at their current version:
>>> 1) libosmesa6 [Not Installed]
>>> 2) wine [Not Installed]
>>> 3) wine1.9 [Not Installed]
>>> 4) wine1.9-i386 [Not Installed]
>
> There is no wine1.9 package in Debian, so it has to come from a third
> party repository which is not compatible with Jessie.
> Run "apt-cache policy wine" to find out what it is.
>
> Cheers,
>Sven
>
Sven;
Thanks for that. I will put that in my "hints" repository!
I removed the foreign repo and wine installed correctly.
I don't know why there was a wine in that repository but I
will remember to remove those things from my sources.list in
the future. That will no doubt save me many headaches!
Again, Thanks!!
Dennis
Why can't I install wine?
I am running Jessie and it is up-to-date. When I try to
install wine I get:
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> fonts-horai-umefont{a} fonts-unfonts-core{a} libcapi20-3{a}
> libgphoto2-port12{a} libosmesa6{ab} p7zip{a} wine wine1.9
> wine1.9-i386{ab} winetricks{a}
> 0 packages upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
> Need to get 41.4 MB of archives. After unpacking 284 MB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> wine1.9-i386 : Depends: libgphoto2-6 (>= 2.5.10) but 2.5.4-1.1+b2 is
> installed.
> libosmesa6 : Depends: libnettle6 which is a virtual package.
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
> Keep the following packages at their current version:
> 1) libosmesa6 [Not Installed]
> 2) wine [Not Installed]
> 3) wine1.9 [Not Installed]
> 4) wine1.9-i386 [Not Installed]
>
And this solution installs nothing! I don't know how to get
out of this. There must be a mistake somewhere. How could
this situation get into the production release? How do I fix it?
Many TIA!!
Dennis
Need help with Pidgin
I installed Pidgin from the repository but I can't get it to work. I have setup my user id, and that seems to work. But when I enable that user it never connects. Everything I try indicates that it is not making connection with the chat server. Does anybody have any ideas? I have searched for firewall and other problems associated with Pidgin but nothing found. BTW, I am trying to use Yahoo Messenger if that makes a difference. TIA & TNX! Dennis
Did I blow my processor?
I built myself another computer and it wouldn't boot up. No messages or anything. I finally discovered that I missed plugging in the 12V power to the MoBo. I did that and it still won't boot up, and still no messages diaplayed on the screen or any other indication of life. Have I ruined my processor turning the system on with out the 12V attached? (This is the four wires from the power supply that plug into the mobo right next to the processor, for those that may not be familiar with installing stuff.) Many TIA! Dennis
Can I use more than one nic?
I find myself with several unused NICs (network interface cards) and some empty ports on my switches. Would it be beneficial to have more than one network connection on a system? If so, what would I do with it, and how would I set it up? Pointers to tutorials and how-to's would be nice! Many TIA! Dennis
What file system to use?
I am going to install some more disks and I was wondering which file system to use. I have several ext? and a few with Reiserfs. Is there a better choice than Reiser now? Also, is there any way to convert from my existing fs to the recommended one? BTW, I am running "Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)" on 686-pae. Many TIA! Dennis
[Solved] NFS msg: Unable to find suitable address
Dennis Wicks wrote on 01/19/2017 10:01 AM: The directory is exported as: /znfs/edrv/ *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,root_squash) Contrary to the documentation a single "*" does not work to allow world access! Even though exportfs displays that it thinks that it does. exportfs /znfs/edrv It actually requires a minimum of "*.TLD" to work /znfs/edrv/ *.com(no_subtree_check,rw,sync,insecure,nohide) and then exportfs displays exportfs /znfs/edrv *.com There may be other combos that will work also but I don't have the time to test them out. I have other fish to fry! Many TNX! Dennis
Re: NFS msg: Unable to find suitable address
Kent West wrote on 01/19/2017 10:07 AM: On Jan 19, 2017 10:03 AM, "Dennis Wicks" mailto:w...@mgssub.com>> wrote: This is what happens: sudo mount //robin/znfs/edrv -o user=,password= /mnt Unable to find suitable address. What happens if you use the IP address instead of the name "robin"? Can you ping "robin"? -- Kent No difference! > PING robin.netgear.com (192.168.254.62) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from robin.netgear.com (192.168.254.62): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.472 ms > sudo mount //192.168.254.62/znfs/edrv -o user=,password= /mnt > Unable to find suitable address.
NFS msg: Unable to find suitable address
This is what happens: sudo mount //robin/znfs/edrv -o user=,password= /mnt Unable to find suitable address. The server is Jessie 8.7 and NFS-V4 (I think!) The directory is exported as: /znfs/edrv/ *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,root_squash) And the mount is: > /dev/sdf1 on /znfs/edrv type ext3 (rw,relatime,data=ordered) I can't find any info that looks like a solution to the problem. Anybody have a clue? A hint? Seen it before? As usual, Many TIA!! Dennis
Re: Help! -- Not enough space to store temporary files
Dennis Wicks wrote on 12/17/2016 07:36 PM: I am trying to install Qt on Debian Thanks for all the help! All that was required was to set TMPDIR to point to a different tmp directory in a partition with more room!
Re: Help! -- Not enough space to store temporary files
Dennis Wicks wrote on 12/17/2016 07:36 PM: I am trying to install Qt on Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2 and I get a message that there is not enough disk space to store temporary files. It needs 580+ meg and only has 300+ meg. After searching here and there I tried entering the command sudo mount -o remount,size=1G tmpfs /tmp which is supposed to increase the size temporarily and "on-the-fly" but I still get the same error message. Any ideas?? TIA for your help! Dennis Oops! That is "Not enough --" Anyway, I just noticed that tmp is in a VG that is very small. How do I temporarily tell the Qt installer to use temp space on another partition. Say something like "/work4"? Thanks again! You all are always very helpful!! Dennis
Help! -- Note enough space to store temporary files
I am trying to install Qt on Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2 and I get a message that there is not enough disk space to store temporary files. It needs 580+ meg and only has 300+ meg. After searching here and there I tried entering the command sudo mount -o remount,size=1G tmpfs /tmp which is supposed to increase the size temporarily and "on-the-fly" but I still get the same error message. Any ideas?? TIA for your help! Dennis
fibre channel in debian
Hey guys, i am planning to set up a backup VM on our esxi server based on debian. To achieve what i have in mind, i would like to pass-through an fc-hba to the debian vm so the vm is able to access our storage and the attached lto5 library. The backup software we use for lto purposes is linux compatible so that shouldn`t be a big deal. The only questions is, which fc-hba i should use so that debian works ideally out of the box with the hba. As far as i know, there is a kernel module for certain qlogic hbas that comes with debian but i am not sure which hba to take, to make sure that i run into no big problems. Any advice is very much appreicated, thank you in advance for your time. Dennis
Re: off topic Question of the day..
Doug wrote on 07/10/2016 10:22 PM: I've seen several places where this definition is shown, so it must be correct. If you Google for paper weight, there will be at least one site that mentions paper weight in pounds and also in grams / cm-squared, which may make sense to the Europeans reading this but that would be square-cm. not to me! I'm with you! Personally, I have never seen a sensible justification for switching from one arbitrary measurement system (foot, pound, quart) to another arbitrary measurement system (meter, gram, liter). BTW: one inch now equals 2.54 cm *exactly*, in case you haven't been keeping up! (Used to be approx 2.54 cm.) This is what I mean by arbitrary. Don't like the conversion ratio? Then just change it!
Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)
Sven Arvidsson wrote on 03/09/2016 03:46 AM: On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 09:51 +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: The display manager is most likely crashing. You need to examine logs and figure out why. Sorry, X is probably crashing! If the display manager was crashing you wouldn't be able to log in :) Well, whatever. I tried a couple of things and now I get nothing on my screen at all! I guess I will reinstall tomorrow instead of next week. I'm sure that will fix it! I hate to do things that way though. Reeks too much of Windows ;( Thanks for the efforts guys, appreciate it! TNX! Dennis
Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)
I fill in user-id and password, click "Sign In" and the screen goes blank, flashes a few times, then comes right back to the sign in screen. Trying to log on with root does the same thing, even though I am supposed to be able to do it. I can logon at terminal screens (ctl-alt-f1 etc) with either my personal userid or as root with no problem. In case it makes a difference, Jessie AMD64 Many TIA!! Dennis
How to VNC to active screen on remote system.
I wish I could remember all of this stuff! What is the program that will connect to the current session on the remote system? I have used it before but I can't remember what it was. Many TIA! Dennis
apttude program list
Greetings; I am installing deb on several different machines and partitions. Is there any file that contains a list of all installed packages that I could use to install all non-standard packages on the new installs so they start out all the same? Many TIA! Dennis
Help! System crashes and locks up.
Greetings; I have a system I just put together. New pwr sup, mobo, and 1 new SATA disk, 1TB. 2Gig memory. Processor is a Phenom 9950 4 core. Running Deb 8.3.0 Jessie, new install. Every so often it crashes and locks up, and the monitor screen has many narrow horizontal lines, mostly the background color. When it crashes only reset and power off will work. I have looked in every log file I can think of and no luck. Does this sound familiar to anybody? Any hints? Any help at all greatly appreciated!! TNX, Dennis
Need help with disk config.
Greetings; In the next couple of days I will have a much better computer. Not 64bit, but at least faster and with more disk. It will have 4x1TB SATA drives, 4x250GB IDE/PATA drives and all the memory it can use and a fast AMD socket AM2 processor. I'd like some suggestions on how to format/allocate the SATA drives. I imagine that one of them will be the system disk with the other 3 containing data, but ext2,3,4? Or other file system. LVM?, Raid? The IDE/PATA drives are on my existing machine, which is on its last legs, and contain a mish-mash of mailboxes, web pages, genealogy files, archives, etc. Probably not worth worrying about at this time. Anyway, if you have any recommendations, warnings, or other guidance, I would appreciate hearing them! Many TIA! Dennis
Re: Scrolling problem, all apps.
Petter Adsen wrote on 12/17/2015 01:25 AM: On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:35:15 -0600 Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I am running Jessie and XFCE. I have a continuing problem with scrolling that occurs with all programs/applications. I am used to clicking in the scroll bar to move it a page, more or less. Now it jumps all the way to the top or bottom of the scroll area, whichever direction I am trying to go. I can drag the indicator but it mostly overshoots where I want to go and is not really usable. Sounds a lot like this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gtk#Legacy_scrolling_behavior Petter Petter; It doesn't just sound like it, it is the problem! And I didn't have to boot or anything. Started working correctly as soon as I filed the change. It also solved the problem of my cursor jittering all over, which was going to be my next request for help! Many, many Thanks! Dennis
Scrolling problem, all apps.
Greetings; I am running Jessie and XFCE. I have a continuing problem with scrolling that occurs with all programs/applications. I am used to clicking in the scroll bar to move it a page, more or less. Now it jumps all the way to the top or bottom of the scroll area, whichever direction I am trying to go. I can drag the indicator but it mostly overshoots where I want to go and is not really usable. Any help greatly appreciated! TIA! Dennis
Need ftp program with site-to-site capability
Greetings; Been looking but haven't found it yet. My hosting has changed servers and I have to move all my stuff pretty soon. I need a ftp program that will do site-to-site transfers without having to download to my PC first then upload to the destination. Anybody know of such a one? I used one at work many years ago but don't remember the name or even what system it ran on. Any favorites? Many TIA!! Dennis
How to make "headless" system?
Greetings; I have a number of older PCs that I use for testing/local webservers, fileservers, backup machines and other stuff. A couple of these have "glass ttys", ie. no graphics at all, and others have old low-res monitors of 800x600 at best. Also, they are all in the basement, which is a trip I don't like to make very often! I want to force these systems to support hi-res 1680x1050 or better so I can VNC to them from my main machine and be able to use graphic software to operate and maintain these machines. Right now I mostly use ssh and it can be a real pain! Can anybody tell me how to accomplish this or point me to a "How To" somewhere? I am running Jessie and XFCE. Many TIA!! Dennis
Double-click doesn't work in many apps
I'm running Jessie and double-click-to-open doesn't work in IceDove,FileManager, Libre, every place so far where I am used to it working previous to Jessie, it now doesn't. Anybody have any insight on this? TIA, Dennis
Fall-back after "upgrade"?
Greetings! I am considering upgrading from Jessie 8.1 to Stretch (testing) to see if some problems disappear. Is there any procedure for backing out the upgrade just in case things "don't work out"? TIA, Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55b793f1.5010...@mgssub.com
Re: bash-complete errors
David Wright wrote on 07/27/2015 12:12 AM:
Quoting Dennis Wicks (w...@mgssub.com):
Frequently when I run a command in a terminal window (Debian 8.1
Xfce) I get a bunch of errors.
/bin/bash: _parse_usage: line 16: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/bash: _parse_usage: line 16: ` -?(\[)+([a-zA-Z0-9?]))'
/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `_parse_usage'
/bin/bash: _longopt: line 14: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/bash: _longopt: line 14: ` --+([-a-z0-9_]))'
/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `_longopt'
I have googled these and have not been able to find anything that
tells how to fix the problem. Does anybody have any info on how to
get rid of these?
I googled _parse_usage and hit 2 was
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778282
I know nothing about Xfce or krb5-user, so I can't say whether
this is sufficient to fix your problem, though I am a bit surprised
you didn't turn it up.
Cheers,
David.
I did see that but it sounds like it only works for root
shells started with sudo or su. And that is correct. But my
problem is with user shell running bash. However, I put the
command in my user .bashrc and .profile and when I start a
*new* shell, no more errors. It does not work to just run
the command
"bash /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion"
from the command line after the shell is started.
Thanks for the comment. I wouldn't have revisited that bug
report otherwise.
TNX!
Dennis
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Re: What package contains the time daemon?
Mart van de Wege wrote on 07/27/2015 12:49 AM: Gary Dale writes: On 26/07/15 02:44 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote: Gary Dale writes: Upgrading to sid is asking for trouble. Sid isn't called unstable for nothing. I know. I really do. I only have been running Debian since potato. On the other hand, someone's gotta run Sid, or it'll never get debugged. Yeah, well that ain't me. I have enough trouble with releases labeled "stable"! Mart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55b69486.50...@mgssub.com
Re: What package contains the time daemon?
Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote on 07/26/2015 03:40 PM: On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:27:50 -0500 John Hasler wrote: I want to be able to set the time if for some reason the clock is completely incorrect (this occurred from time to time in the past). Use your wristwatch. Or better, your cellphone or GPS receiver. Or: http://nist.time.gov Or: (303) 499-7111 Cheers, Ron. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55b692e3.8080...@mgssub.com
Re: What package contains the time daemon? (approx vs ntp)
Paul E Condon wrote on 07/26/2015 10:14 AM: On 20150726_0252-0700, anxious...@gmail.com wrote: Also years ago, and still today, there is approx which does a much more sophisticated analysis of the data stream of repeated queries of an ntp server. In addition to setting the local clock to the same time as the external reference clock as is done by both ntp and ntpdate, approx computes an estimate of *rate* of ticking of the local clock. Properly used, in a stable HVAC environment, it can keep the local clock synced with internet time with as few as one reading per week of the external internet time. On Debian approx is similar to apt-proxy and has nothing to do with time or clocks. Where can I get the one you are referring to? It is my experience that internet time is vastly inferior to the precision of proper laboratory grade atomic clocks of a decade or two ago. Furthermore, no one really wants his computer clock to be scientifically correct to the point of being useful for running the data links to the space probe to Pluto. What is your definition of "internet time"? I have always understood it to be what you get from stratum one and two time servers. If you like the voice version you can listen to WWV. I have between 8 and 12 computers on my local network. When something goes wrong just a few seconds difference in clock time makes it nearly impossible, alright, extremely difficult, to match up log files and figure out what is wrong. What everyone should want is just that their computer clock agrees with the computer clocks of the web sites with which they communicate. THAT is largely determined by social convention, which cares very little about logical scientific correctness. Don't particularly give a * what time some web site thinks it is! Regards, Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55b50f25.4010...@mgssub.com
Icedove does not open messages on double-click??
Greetings; I am running fairly vanilla Jessie 8.1 and now Icedove does not open messages on double-click, only on , at least 90% of the time anyway. And "F" does not go to the next message unless the current one was opened with double-click. Any hints, tips, etc.? TIA! Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55b5012b.2050...@mgssub.com
Re: bash-complete errors
Mark Neyhart wrote on 07/23/2015 02:10 PM:
On 07/23/2015 08:45 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote:
Greetings,
Frequently when I run a command in a terminal window (Debian 8.1 Xfce)
I get a bunch of errors.
/bin/bash: _parse_usage: line 16: syntax error near unexpected token
`('
This will happen if you are running a command with an unescaped ( in
the parameters. It may work to enclose the whole parameter string in
double quotes. Or escape any ( and ) with a leading \. For example:
mycommand "(34)"
mycommand stuff \(34\)
Mark Neyhart
Mark,
Thanks for the info, but it happens with commands which I
don't pass any args/parameters to, and they are programs
that came with the system or were installed later, and is
pretty consistent. So, it appears that you are correct in
your analysis, but I can't do anything about it!
I did discover that it happens "only" when running a login
shell. I say "only" because it did appear to happen once
when it wasn't a login shell but I couldn't repeat that
condition.
Thanks for the help,
Dennis
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bash-complete errors
Greetings,
Frequently when I run a command in a terminal window (Debian
8.1 Xfce) I get a bunch of errors.
/bin/bash: _parse_usage: line 16: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/bash: _parse_usage: line 16: ` -?(\[)+([a-zA-Z0-9?]))'
/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `_parse_usage'
/bin/bash: _longopt: line 14: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/bash: _longopt: line 14: ` --+([-a-z0-9_]))'
/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `_longopt'
I have googled these and have not been able to find anything
that tells how to fix the problem. Does anybody have any
info on how to get rid of these?
Many TIA!
Dennis
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