LightDM in Linux Mint Debian Edition 201204
Has anyone been able to get LightDM to work properly in the latest release of Linux Mint Debian Edition (201204)? I can replace the default MDM with LightDM with just apt-get commands. The problem comes when trying to boot up with LightDM. During the process of loading up LightDM, the screen blacks out and does nothing. I know from the logs I looked at (had to boot up with a live ISO and mount the LMDE installation) that LightDM did try to start up. Why doesn't LightDM work properly? -- Jason Hsu, Linux literate software development engineer Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) Founder and lead developer of Doppler Value Investing (http://www.dopplervalueinvesting.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120506215747.716cb8788c34aebf53ccd...@jasonhsu.com
Why does useradd cause a GLib-CRITICAL error?
The script I'm using fails at the useradd command with the following message: (gksudo:2942): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_str_has_prefix: assertion `str != NULL' failed The useradd command is: self.do_run_in_chroot(useradd -s %s -c \'%s\' -G sudo -m %s % (/bin/bash, setup.real_name, setup.username)) More details are at http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=189p=565740sid=5c6825a8521aa1383c649b74a7f70dc2#p565740 . Exactly what is necessary to make sure that the useradd command works properly? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120412011149.4b2421d9f31a9b2820063...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Why did gtkdialog disappear from the repository?
Thanks for updating me. I'm switching to PyGTK. A good example of a dialog box consisting of buttons to push to perform a certain action is at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PyGTK_For_GUI_Programming/Signals . At least I can be sure that PyGTK will be properly maintained, as it's part of Python. Given how widely Python is used, I can't imagine support for it being dropped. (And it's included with Linux Mint and antiX Linux.) On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:39:40 -0500 Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com wrote: It would normally be at http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gtkdialog/gtkdialog_0.7.20-4_i386.deb . However, I see at http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gtkdialog/ that gtkdialog_0.7.20-4_i386.deb has disappeared. What's going on? I need that package for scripts for my Linux distro Swift Linux, and so does antiX Linux. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120328103318.f084a5d257e92664efdd4...@jasonhsu.com
Why did gtkdialog disappear from the repository?
It would normally be at http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gtkdialog/gtkdialog_0.7.20-4_i386.deb . However, I see at http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gtkdialog/ that gtkdialog_0.7.20-4_i386.deb has disappeared. What's going on? I need that package for scripts for my Linux distro Swift Linux, and so does antiX Linux. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120328003940.ce9e5819b013cd00a3bfe...@jasonhsu.com
Swift Linux 0.1.2 is now available!
Swift Linux 0.1.2 (based on antiX Linux M11) is now available at http://www.swiftlinux.org. There are two plain vanilla editions (Diet Swift Linux and Regular Swift Linux) and three special editions (Taylor Swift Linux, Minnesota Swift Linux, and Chicago Swift Linux). Swift Linux is lightweight, user-friendly, and fully compatible with the large Debian software repository. No other distro can compete with Swift Linux on all three of these criteria. If you wish that Puppy Linux had a large software repository, or if you wish that Linux Mint could be as lightweight as Puppy Linux, then this is the distro for you. Swift Linux gives that old computer a new lease on life! Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on a new computer or slowing down your old computer with a costly and bloated upgrade, make the REAL UPGRADE to Swift Linux. P.S. Swift Linux NEEDS more developers! The version control system is GitHub (https://github.com/swiftlinux), and the bug/goal tracker is Launchpad.net (https://launchpad.net/swiftlinux). I have refactored the source code so that each major function has its own repository (instead of cramming everything into one repository). I have implemented Python scripts for transforming Diet Swift Linux into Regular Swift Linux and the special editions. There are even Python scripts that automatically generate scripts for building Regular Swift Linux and the special editions. -- Jason Hsu Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110821112432.4669ae1c.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: How do you change file associations in Thunar?
I looked at the /usr/share/mime/glob and /usr/share/mime/glob2 files, and it says at the top that these files should not be edited because they were generated with the update-mime-database command. So how do I use the update-mime-database command to make the changes I need to make? On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:30:32 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:39:21 -0500, Jason Hsu wrote: (...) Where are the file associations in the Thunar file manager, and how do I change them? When I click on a file in the Thunar window manager, I still get AbiWord for *.doc and *.odt files and Gnumeric for *.xls files. (...) Take a look into this forum thread (specially message #5) and see if that helps: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=76836 -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110813105445.fe977843.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do you change file associations in Thunar?
OS: antiX Linux M11 (based on MEPIS) File managers: Thunar and ROX-Filer Window manager: IceWM I know that the file associations in the Rox-Filer file manager are in the ~/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-types directory. These scripts control what application opens up when I click on a file in the Rox-Filer file manager. Where are the file associations in the Thunar file manager, and how do I change them? When I click on a file in the Thunar window manager, I still get AbiWord for *.doc and *.odt files and Gnumeric for *.xls files. Please note that I'm aware of right-click - Open with Another Application. I'm looking for the solution that involves command line or directly editing files, as I need to automate the procedure on behalf of Swift Linux users. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110812173921.e1c1680a.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
VirtualBox: sharing files between the host and guest OS
How do I share files between the host OS and guest OS? (Both are Linux.) The version of VirtualBox I'm using is 4.0.8 r71778. Until recently, I was using an older version of VirtualBox and had no difficulty sharing files between the host and guest OS. In VirtualBox 4.0, I have yet to successfully do so. The directory I'm sharing is ~/share under the guest OS and /mnt/host under the host OS. When I enter mount -t vboxsf share /mnt/host, I get the error message /sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: Invalid argument. The package dkms is already installed in the guest OS. I also installed the build-essential package in the guest OS, but the file sharing still refuses to work. Yes, I have the shared folders set up under the Devices - Shared Folders menu. And both the ~/share folder in the guest OS and /mnt/host in the guest OS exist. So what little detail am I missing? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110726151258.0055ebeb.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: VirtualBox: sharing files between the host and guest OS
The little detail I missed: For some reason, you cannot use share as the name of the folder. I changed the name of the folder in the host OS from share to guest, updated the mount command and the Devices-Shared Folders setup, and the file sharing now works. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110726152620.f7282fd9.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?
I have a script that uses git clone multiple times to download all of the repositories I need for my project Swift Linux. (Each major task has its own repository.) The code is at https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_reps_diet.sh . However, I'm asked for my password EVERY TIME the script tries to download a repository. Is there a way to save my password (temporarily) so that I don't have to enter it 20 times? All I need here is a way to download multiple repositories while only entering my password ONCE. Is that too much to ask? I tried the suggestions at http://help.github.com/ssh-key-passphrases/ , but the only thing that worked was entering ssh-keygen -p and eliminating the password. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110721120611.78a6895f.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?
I have a script that uses git clone multiple times to download all of the repositories I need for my project Swift Linux. (Each major task has its own repository.) The code is at https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_reps_diet.sh . However, I'm asked for my password EVERY TIME the script tries to download a repository. Is there a way to save my password (temporarily) so that I don't have to enter it 20 times? All I need here is a way to download multiple repositories while only entering my password ONCE. Is that too much to ask? I tried the suggestions at http://help.github.com/ssh-key-passphrases/ , but the only thing that worked was entering ssh-keygen -p and eliminating the password. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110721110956.fcdd7e43.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?
Thanks for the suggestions, especially those involving the use of ssh-agent. You can see my implementation of it at https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_reps_diet.sh . I now only have to enter my password ONCE in order to download all repositories, and I even set up the script to automatically delete the saved passwords at the end of the process. This is a great list. Not only are there so many subscribers, the average Debian user is FAR more knowledgable than the average user of most other distros. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110721133211.3c47f617.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Swift Linux 0.1.0 is now available!
Swift Linux 0.1.0 is now available at http://www.swiftlinux.org and based on the new antiX Linux M11. There are two plain vanilla editions (Diet Swift Linux and Regular Swift Linux) and four special editions (Taylor Swift Linux, iCarly Swift Linux, Magnum P.I. Swift Linux, and NASCAR Swift Linux). Swift Linux is lightweight, fully compatible with the large Debian software repository, and user-friendly. No other distro can compete with Swift Linux on all three of these criteria. If you wish that Puppy Linux had a large software repository, or if you wish that Linux Mint could be as lightweight as Puppy Linux, then this is the distro for you. Swift Linux gives that old computer a new lease on life! Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on a new computer or slowing down your old computer with a costly and bloated upgrade, make the REAL UPGRADE to Swift Linux. P.S. Swift Linux NEEDS more developers! The version control system is GitHub (https://github.com/swiftlinux), and the bug/goal tracker is Launchpad.net (https://launchpad.net/swiftlinux). Developers who have worked on any of the following distros are especially appreciated: Linux Mint (very successful track record and user-friendly) Puppy Linux (very lightweight and user-friendly) antiX Linux (parent distro of Swift Linux) -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110513225828.11bf0504.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
What happened to OpenOffice 2.4.1?
What happened to OpenOffice 2.4.1? Where can I get the *.deb file for it? I know OpenOffice 2.4.1 is from Debian's Lenny branch, which is now oldstable. However, version 2 of OpenOffice is substantially lighter than version 3. I'm working on the creation of the new version (0.1.0) of Swift Linux, which is based on antiX Linux. For all previous versions, I had no problem with OpenOffice 2.4.1. But when I try to install OpenOffice 2.4.1 now, apt-get and Synaptic can't find the *.deb files. If you're wondering why I'd offer pre-installed OpenOffice in Swift Linux, the idea is to save users the time of having to download OpenOffice and change the file associations. While pre-installed OpenOffice means a bigger ISO file, at least the process of downloading an ISO file is passive and can be done unattended. (Those who don't like OpenOffice can use Diet Swift Linux, the base edition of Swift Linux.) Pre-installed OpenOffice broadens the appeal of Swift Linux. One group I'm appealing to us Puppy Linux users who use OpenOffice. I'm also appealing to the low-end Ubuntu and Mint users. Anyone scraping by on 512 MB of RAM will soon be cut off due to the ever-growing system requirements. Both Ubuntu and Mint come with OpenOffice pre-installed and still fit on a CD. Pre-installing OpenOffice in Swift Linux provides one of the major Ubuntu/Mint selling points. The reasons why Swift Linux needs OpenOffice 2.4.1 and not version 3 or LibreOffice are: 1. Swift Linux is designed to work on 10-year-old computers. Thus, this is a lightweight distro, with only 128 MB of RAM required and 256 MB of RAM recommended. In the speed department, Swift Linux is designed to compete with Puppy Linux, not Ubuntu Linux and Linux Mint. The purpose of Swift Linux is to provide fast operation like Puppy Linux, a large repository like Linux Mint, and the user-friendliness of both. 2. LibreOffice and the newer versions of OpenOffice take up more space. This makes it hard to keep the Swift Linux ISO under 700MB so that it fits on a CD and doesn't require a DVD. 3. LibreOffice and the newer versions of OpenOffice require more RAM. 128 MB is enough for OpenOffice 2.4.1, but LibreOffice and the newer versions of OpenOffice require at least 256 MB of RAM, with at least 512 MB recommended. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110509130418.15f3f873.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Libtrash: Have any of you successfully activated it?
Installing Libtrash from Synaptic is easy enough. However, I can't for the life of me figure out how to activate it. From http://www.techrepublic.com/article/safely-delete-linux-files-with-libtrash/5034918 , I'm supposed to add the following code (had to use a different file for the LD_PRELOAD command) to /etc/profile: export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libtrash/libtrash.so.2.4 alias trashon=”export TRASH_OFF=NO” alias trashoff=”export TRASH_OFF=YES” But entering trashon in the command line didn't work. Adding that code to /home/(username)/.bashrc didn't work either. Has ANYONE successfully implemented libtrash? If libtrash is inherently ineffective, what are some lightweight alternatives I should use? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110424154549.91e2273a.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Libtrash: Have any of you successfully activated it?
The files that I deleted or removed with rm didn't show up in the Trash folder. I tried adding those commands to the /etc/profile file and the /home/(username)/.bashrc files, but that didn't work. What's the proper way to configure libtrash? Is it working on your computer? When you delete a file in the GUI or remove it with the rm command, does it show up in your Trash folder? On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:41:52 -0500 Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: Define didn't work. Returned an error message? Adding that code to /home/(username)/.bashrc didn't work either. Has ANYONE successfully implemented libtrash? Did you configure it properly? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110424175424.4e964ed3.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Libtrash: Have any of you successfully activated it?
I've been able to get libtrash to PARTIALLY work. It only works on non-empty files and ONLY files deleted through the GUI. Libtrash does NOT work for files deleted through the rm command. What do I need to do to get for libtrash to work for files deleted through the rm command? If this isn't possible, is there another package I can install to fill the gap? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110424224618.d55415af.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
CD burning programs with verification
I'm looking for a program in the Debian repository that offers verification but with few dependencies. I use my own antiX-derived distro called Swift Linux (www.swiftlinux.org) as my main distro, but I dual boot with Puppy Linux. Puppy Linux comes standard with iso2cd and PBurn, but those applications are specific to Puppy Linux. I don't like the GnomeBaker program that comes standard in antiX Linux and need a replacement. GnomeBaker doesn't offer a verification feature.I know that XFCE and KDE have their own CD burning programs, but those programs have lots of dependencies. So what CD burning programs do you like that have verification and do NOT have lots of dependencies (like the XFCE and KDE tools)? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110409111516.bd0dd36a.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Your favorite bug tracking system
I need a bug tracking system for Swift Linux (www.swiftlinux.org). I have no prior experience with bug tracking systems, so I have NO idea what to look for. What do you like and dislike about the various bug tracking systems? I'd especially like to hear your opinions on Bugzilla (used by GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice, Red Hat, Mandriva, and Gentoo) and Launchpad (used by Ubuntu and others). -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110407142022.11bf45c2.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
The following packages cannot be authenticated
I'm working on the development of the next version of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org , http://github.com/swiftlinux). I'm now finding that when I try to add packages in a script with the apt-get install -y package command, I get an error messages WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! and There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes. I know that I could add packages manually, but the two reasons not to are: 1. I'm using these apt-get install y package commands in scripts. 2. I know that I can use the --force-yes option, but is this actually safe? A Google search yields more information than I can understand, but it sounds like my authentication key is not up-to-date. How do I resolve this matter WITHOUT throwing security under the bus? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110406192831.e0f72964.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Your favorite version control software
Why do you prefer Subversion for the central repository and git for laptops? On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:14:39 -0400 Gregory Seidman gsslist+deb...@anthropohedron.net wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 03:33:44PM -0500, Jason Hsu wrote: What's your favorite version control software for software development? Subversion? Git? Something else? Subversion for the central repository, git (via git-svn) on the road (i.e. on laptops). -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110325113917.1aa78d13.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Your favorite version control software
What's your favorite version control software for software development? Subversion? Git? Something else? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110324153344.7943ba95.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
External hard drive with mounting problems
I have a 250 GB Seagate Expansion Portable Hard Drive that sometimes won't mount. I end up having to use TestDisk to recover my files from it, and then I have to reformat the drive. The drive works for a while, and then it becomes unmountable sometime later. I've had this happen with the drive formatted as NTFS (original) and ext2. The messages I get in the dialog box when I use the GUI to mount are Unable to mount device and Erroriorg.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.UnknownFailure/i. The drive is listed in GParted as /dev/sdc, and the partition is /dev/sdc1. When I try to mount the drive in a shell, I get an error message telling me that it's not listed in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. This is the case whether I try to mount the drive as /dev/sdc, /dev/sdc1, /mnt/sdc, or /mnt/sdc1. I did once try using the shred command to get rid of deleted files and to see if there were any problems. Shred had no difficulty writing to any part of the disk. What exactly is going on here? Does my drive have a hardware problem? What tools can I use to evaluate the condition of this drive? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110319130533.c36f405b.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Help needed for my first mail server
This is my first time ever working with a mail server. Thus, I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm trying to learn. All I'm trying to do right now is send and receive email messages through my free DynDNS account. Let's say it's subdomain1.dyndns-free.com . The OS is Debian Lenny. The mail server is exim4. Let's say that the host name listed in my /etc/hosts file is subdomain2.domain.com . I have been able to run the exim4 configuration script by entering dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config. However, I don't know what I'm supposed to enter for all those fields I'm asked about. If I'm even slightly wrong on just one thing, my system won't work properly. Do I need an MX hostname? There are so many unknowns that I don't know where to begin. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110315011357.0b594777.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
OT: servers vs. lightning and power outages
How do you protect servers from lightning? What backup power sources do you use to keep them running during power outages? Unlike a home computer for strictly personal use, you can't just shut down and unplug server equipment every time there are thunderstorms in the area, ESPECIALLY in you are located in a lightning-prone area like Florida. Yes, I know there are UPS systems with surge protection (like the APC 350 product I use), but I suspect that some products are much better (and much more expensive) than others. My APC 350 surge protector with a small battery works for me (though I still unplug my equipment from the power line and phone line when I go out of town or expect thunderstorms), but I'm not running anything on my home computer that the world needs to be able to access 24/7/365. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110314133100.c4870624.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
What is the most secure FTP server?
I understand that regular FTP has inferior security due to the lack of encryption. So I'm looking for an alternative to use on my home server. What is your favorite alternative and why? Implicit FTPS? SFTP? FTP over SSH? Or something else? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110310095632.ea960454.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Can't mount pendrive on testing
pmount is included with Puppy Linux. Is this the reason I've found Puppy Linux to be the best at copying files from failing hard drives when other distros fell short on this task? On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:10:15 + Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: This won't please your wife and children but may help narrow down where the problem lies. Install the package 'pmount'. Plug in the stick and, as a user, do pmount /dev/sdb1 List files on the drive with ls -l /media/sdb1 If that works the problem would appear to be with the automounting software. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110310123916.c2a2a731.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Upgrading the old OS vs. fresh installation of the new OS
I'd especially like to hear from those of you who are Linux consultants or sysadmins. This is a timely topic given that Debian Squeeze moved from the testing branch to the stable branch. Which do you prefer: Upgrading the old OS or doing a fresh installation? I learn towards a fresh installation. One the one hand, upgrading the old OS is fast and requires no downtime IF everything goes well. Of course, that is one big IF, and I'm not sure if things have ever gone perfectly in the entire history of the world. Some things change from one version of Debian to the next, and what worked in the old version won't work at all in the new version, especially in the area of configuration files. The more packages you have installed, the more problems you'll have. On the other hand, a fresh installation bypasses the upgrade issues. You can always just repeat the installation procedure from the previous version of Debian and make adjustments when appropriate. You need to properly back up the personal/company files in this case, but you'd have to do that anyway as a precaution if you use the upgrade route. What do you think? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110309171317.41bb9188.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Bridge mode vs. router mode in DSL modems
QUESTIONS: 1. How do I know if my DSL modem is the culprit blocking remote access to my computer? 2. Exactly what is the difference between bridge mode and router mode in a DSL modem? I read that if my DSL modem is blocking remote access to my computer, switching it to bridge mode would remedy this. 3. Why does switching my DSL modem to bridge mode cut off Internet access, and why does switching it back to router mode restore Internet access? BACKGROUND: I have a small home network. The setup is: Internet - DSL modem - Firewall/server computer - Ethernet switch - Main computer The DSL modem is an Embarq EQ-660R ADSL router. My ISP is CenturyLink. I'm trying to set up an SSH server on the firewall/server computer. I have a free account from DynDNS, but their Open Port Tool (at https://www.dyndns.com/support/tools/openport.html , which I set to port 22) gives me the timed out error message. I don't think the Shorewall firewall on the firewall/server is the problem, as I have the /etc/shorewall/policy file set to accept firewall-to-all communications (through port 22) and the /etc/shorewall/rules set to accept net-to-firewall (through port 22). Some searches on Google gave me the idea that my DSL modem could be the culprit. This brings me to the questions at the beginning of this post. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110307005419.585298b3.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do I clone Computer A from Computer B?
Computer A is running minimal Debian with a firewall and servers, including SSH. I can use Computer B to ssh my way into Computer A. How do I use Computer B to clone Computer A? So far, I've only been able to clone Computer A by booting up a live CD on Computer A and running PartImage. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110303114202.62edec96.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Mounting and FTPing with SSH
Computer A is my firewall/server. Computer B is my main computer. I can access Computer A from Computer B by using SSH in a manner similar to telnet. What do I need to do to have FTP access to the files in Computer A? How do I mount a partition on Computer A from Computer B? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110303135918.24322e0a.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Stopping the Shorewall firewall stops my Internet connection
My setup: Modem - Firewall/server computer - Ethernet switch - Main computer The firewall/server computer has Shorewall (firewall), DNSMasq, DHCP3 Server, and SSH. I'm trying to troubleshoot why I'm unable to connect to my network from another location by using SSH. But that's not the subject of this post. This problem is what led me to try stopping the Shorewall firewall. When I stop the Shorewall firewall, I'm unable to connect to the Internet from the main computer. However, I'm still able to connect to the Internet from the firewall/server computer. (I'm able to ping yahoo.com from the firewall/server computer with 0% packet loss. However, when I try to ping yahoo.com from the main computer, I get 100% packet loss.) When I start the Shorewall firewall, the main computer's Internet access is restored. What's going on? How can turning OFF a firewall block Internet access? I thought that the purpose of a firewall is to BLOCK connections, not MAKE connections. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110303220800.80cd98ce.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Please help
I may get hate-mail for saying this, but I don't recommend Debian as your first distro. Assuming you have enough RAM (at least 512 MB, preferably 1 GB or more), I recommend Linux Mint. It's known for being user-friendly and accomodating to Windows users. If you don't have enough RAM for Linux Mint, I recommend Puppy Linux or antiX Linux. Of these two distros, antiX Linux is easier to install while Puppy Linux has a better default setup. Try both and see which one you like better. Once you are comfortable with Linux, you'll be in a much better position to try Debian. Switching from one Linux distro to another is MUCH easier than switching from Windows to Linux. In fact, there are even distro hoppers out there who change distros on a regular basis. On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 23:06:50 -0500 Ryan Collins r.a.collin...@gmail.com wrote: Someone for the love of GOD, help me. I've installedDebian 6.0(squeeze) on my dell inspiron 6000. All I have to show for it is a shell. I've looked all over and read countless entries on ways to load a gnome desktop, but nothing I try works for me like it has others. Im brand spanking new to Linux, but im beginning to at least understand how things need to be typed in order to make the magic happen, but it hasn't happened for me yet. I think I may have installed a server version, but there is a way around that right? What can I do to get a desktop environment installed through my command line? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110303230321.8e7ff15c.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Stopping the Shorewall firewall stops my Internet connection
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:51:13 +0530 Mihira Fernando mihirathe...@gmail.com wrote: How are you stoping shorewall ? if you issue a shorewall stop, it goes in to a lockdown mode. You have to issue a shorewall clear to allow all traffic. I tried shorewall clear, but that also disabled my Internet connection. Again, I had to start Shorewall up again to restore my Internte connection. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110303231240.2e082176.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?
I've also had problems installing Debian 6.0.0 on my 10-year-old IBM NetVista computer using the full CD-1 ISO. When I selected “Install” or “Graphical Install” on the installer boot menu, the screen froze up and then flickered. Further investigation confirmed that the Debian 6.0.0 ISO and my old computer are definitely not compatible: 1. With the very same CD, I had no difficulty installing Debian 6.0.0 in VirtualBox on my newer computer. This rules out a bad CD. 2. I tried booting up Debian 6.0.0 on USB on the old computer. Again, when I selected “Install” or “Graphical Install” on the installer boot menu, the screen froze up and then flickered. This also rules out a bad CD and a bad CD drive. 3. I had no difficulty installing Debian Lenny on the old computer. This rules out a bad CD drive. I've installed Debian Lenny on the old computer, which I'm using as a firewall and server. I may be behind the times, but at least it works. I'll have to figure out how to upgrade to Squeeze, and I'll be using the PartImage program to clone my working Debian Lenny installation so that I can quickly restore it after any unsuccessful attempts to upgrade. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110302124018.8c566f3a.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?
When I boot up the Debian CD, I am never offered the option of adding boot codes. How do I add vga=normal fb=false? On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 15:33:08 -0400 Joey Hess jo...@debian.org wrote: Jason Hsu wrote: I've also had problems installing Debian 6.0.0 on my 10-year-old IBM NetVista computer using the full CD-1 ISO. When I selected “Install” or “Graphical Install” on the installer boot menu, the screen froze up and then flickered. Boot the kernel with the parameters: vga=normal fb=false -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110302135746.781ed88e.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?
Thanks. I was able to add those boot codes. Unfortunately, the installer couldn't properly detect my CD drive, and I got the Error reading Release file error. Are there additional boot codes I need to add? On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:14:11 -0400 Joey Hess jo...@debian.org wrote: Jason Hsu wrote: When I boot up the Debian CD, I am never offered the option of adding boot codes. How do I add vga=normal fb=false? Press Tab. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110302142746.5768ec22.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?
I tried adding acpi=off, then noapic, and then noacpi. I still got the Error reading release file message. It looks like I'll be sticking with Debian Lenny. At least I have at least a year or two to resolve this Squeeze issue or figure out how to properly upgrade to Squeeze. I'm keeping those PartImage files of my Debian Lenny setups so that I can revert back to something that works. On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:19:15 -0500 Christopher Judd j...@wadsworth.org wrote: On Wednesday 02 March 2011 15:27:46 Jason Hsu wrote: Thanks. I was able to add those boot codes. Unfortunately, the installer couldn't properly detect my CD drive, and I got the Error reading Release file error. Are there additional boot codes I need to add? You might want to try (from memory, check exact parameters) NOAPIC and/or ACPI=OFF. I had to do this to install squeeze (when it was still testing) on on older Toshiba laptop. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110302154843.b5b72144.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
PasswordAuthentication option in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
The value can be yes or no. But in the default version of the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, the command setting the value of the PasswordAuthentication parameter is #'d out. What does this mean? Should I leave it as is, or should I uncomment the line? If the latter is the case, should I set the value to yes or no? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110302215924.d5ca96b2.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do you use TCPDump?
I have it installed, and I can look up the parameters in the command. What I don't understand is how I use it to investigate intrusions. Can someone shed some light on this? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110302220041.35071bf9.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop
On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:46:00 + teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote: The fact is any N00b would be better starting off with Mint, it's stable, quick with media centric desktop users needs, and the user would be learning linux the RIGHT way, not the we're gonna change this or that from the method every linux os uses, to our own special way because we're Ubuntu and we know what's best for you. Linux Mint is derived from Ubuntu, so I don't know how you can pan Ubuntu but praise Mint. No distro can be good at everything, but there's no denying the impact of Ubuntu. It has moved the Overton Window in the Windows-vs.-Linux shift. It's great that using Linux isn't as radical today as was the case 5-10 years ago. If you don't like Ubuntu, be assured that the average Ubuntu user is much more likely to use your favorite distro than the average Windows user, as the switch from Ubuntu to another distro is MUCH less radical than the switch from Windows to Linux. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110301095614.6fcad28b.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Command line: How do you keep the output from scrolling out of sight?
I'm using Debian in a command-line-only installation for running a firewall/server. I know that I'm supposed to use the messages I see every time I enter a command for troubleshooting purposes. But if the output is too long, then the first messages scroll out of sight, and that makes it impossible to properly troubleshoot when I don't know what I'm doing. Is there a way to get the output to temporarily stop so I can read it all if I wish? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110301105932.99d1a32c.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do I troubleshoot my DHCP server and eth1 configuration?
My hardware setup: Modem - (eth0) - Firewall/server computer (Debian Lenny, Shorewall, DHCP3 server) - (eth1) - Ethernet switch - (eth0) - Main computer I did successfully access the Internet before from my main computer with this setup. I used the instructions at http://www.cyberdogtech.com/firewalls/ (with some adaptations for Lenny) to set up Debian Lenny and Shorewall. I used the instructions at http://failserver.nl/blog/2009/03/how-to-install-a-dhcp-server-in-linux-debian-lenny/ to set up a DHCP server. Unfortunately, I made an unsuccessful attempt to upgrade to Squeeze and had to reinstall Lenny. Now I'm unable to connect to the Internet from my main computer with this setup. I'm pretty sure that it's just one or just a few minor little details that are stopping my main computer from accessing to the Internet with this setup. When I connect my main computer to the modem and restart its eth0 interface, I can connect to the Internet, so it's not an Internet connection problem. My firewall/server computer has no difficulty accessing the Internet when connected to the modem and with eth0 properly activated, so I don't think there's a hardware issue there. I tried uninstalling shorewall on my server computer, but that didn't solve the problem, so I don't think the firewall was blocking Internet access. Thus, the only thing I can think of is a problem with my DHCP server settings or its eth1 settings. How do I troubleshoot a DHCP server and the eth1 configuration? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110301112708.064ca4c4.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Your favorite server apps (firewall, DHCP, etc.)
Since I'm looking for a job as a Linux IT consultant, I need a portfolio of favorite server applications - firewall, DHCP server, mail server, print server, etc. Just as I have favorite distros for the desktop (Puppy Linux, Linux Mint, antiX/Swift Linux) and favorite desktop applications (like OpenOffice and Sylpheed), I should have favorite server applications. I can tell you about one application I don't like: the Firehol firewall program. It's pre-installed in antiX Linux. Every time I boot up or start this program, I get an error message about get-iana.sh. I did a Google search and tried some of the suggestions I found but still couldn't get Firehol working properly. I'd rather use something that doesn't require so much tweaking. I'm looking for an alternative for Swift Linux (www.swiftlinux.org, the distro I started). I'd like to hear what you use and why. Some of the criteria I'm looking for are: 1. Security: Any client I work for will need a very secure system, ESPECIALLY one that does financial work, does business over the Internet, or has intellectual property. 2. Stability and reliability: Since a downed server affects the whole company and not just one employee, I understand this is of paramount importance as well. 3. Popular: If an application is widely used, then there's more help available, and the more likely the Debian developers are to support it. 4. Consistent from one version to the next: Since I'm obligated to keep everything up-to-date for clients, I want an application that doesn't change that radically from one version to the next. I know better than to expect a smooth upgrade process for even Debian Stable, much less other distros. 5. Well-supported by the Debian developers: I don't want to use a particular application, only to find when I upgrade that it's no longer supported. 6. Easy to use: This criteria is the reason I don't use minimal Debian on the desktop. Of course, I may have to make some sacrifices on this criterion in favor of more of the above. 7. Lightweight operation: I want something reasonably lightweight, but I'm willing to compromise on this criterion in favor of more of the above. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110228094849.77f30f45.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do you clone a server hard drive from another computer?
I understand that there are programs like partimage that can be used to clone a hard drive. But if I use a live CD to clone a server, I have to interrupt its operation. Thus, I need a way to clone the server remotely. So how do I clone the server hard drive from another computer? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110228113003.399cff87.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop
Are there any rankings of the most popular Linux distros for the enterprise desktop? My guess is that the most popular enterprise desktop distros are Ubuntu, RedHat, and SUSE. What features/characteristics are needed for an enterprise desktop computer that aren't needed for a home desktop computer? Are there companies or organizations that use Linux Mint? Linux Mint is the distro I recommend to Windows users. Linux Mint has a Windows-like feel, and I find it more user-friendly than Ubuntu. Since Mint is based on Ubuntu, most of the help out there for Ubuntu also applies for Mint. For those of you who have helped a company or organization migrate from Windows to Linux or from one Linux distro to another, what is your preference? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110228134723.bab6265a.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Your favorite server apps (firewall, DHCP, etc.)
Joe, thanks so much for the advice. I remember vi from undergraduate school in the 1990s, and I HATED it and never learned to use it, as emacs was so much easier to work with. On my minimal command-line only Debian installations, I prefer nano. Wow, I thought I was the only one who hates vi and absolutely refuses to use it. On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:00:26 + Joe j...@jretrading.com wrote: And I'm willing to court unpopularity by admitting I absolutely loathe vi and its children. Hey, Windows 7 still has Edlin... -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110228173340.9b8a4707.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do you avoid server/firewall downtime?
I have successfully installed a firewall and DHCP server with a minimal Debian Lenny installation. I successfully upgraded Debian Lenny to Debian Squeeze. Of course, it helps that I upgraded immediately after completing the fresh installation of Debian Lenny. Now I'm trying to get the Shoreview firewall working and a DHCP server working in Debian Squeeeze, and I'm finding that what worked in Debian Lenny doesn't work in Debian Squeeze, and some adjustments are needed. Of course, you could say that I don't know what I'm doing because I have no prior experience in working on servers in ANY OS and that all of my prior Linux experience has been on the desktop. I wouldn't be able to refute this. That said, I see that many other people (most of whom have more experience than I have) are also having difficulty with the upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze. In the ideal world, I can always avoid messing up. In the real world, I need to make sure that my screw-ups do NOT disrupt the system. Fortunately, I'm just experimenting by building my first home network. However, I am looking for a job as a Linux IT consultant (preferably in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area), and I'll need to make sure that when I'm working with clients' systems, all major upgrades like this Lenny-to-Squeeze transition proceed much more smoothly. Given all this, how do you avoid bringing down your clients' systems? 1. Do you have two or more firewalls/servers running in parallel so that if one goes down, the rest can take over the traffic? My guess is that the larger the company or organization, the more computers you can have running in parallel. 2. Do you have a way to make sure you can quickly restore a server back to the old obsolete-but-still-working setup? Even if there aren't any company files that need to be saved, there's still the need to restore the old setup if necessary. I am taking notes as I proceed to make sure I can restore my setup to a working state. However, reinstalling would take up valuable time. Do you clone the hard drive and save the image file (or whatever it is that stores all of the files and everything else) so that you can quickly restore everything back to the old setup if necessary WITHOUT having to go through the reinstallation process? 3. Do you have separate computers for each function (firewall/DHCP server, mail server, print server, web server, etc.)? It seems to me that it's easier to maintain things this way, because you only need to restore one function instead of multiple functions per machine. Then again, this means more equipment is needed to have redundancy in all server functions (print, mail, web, firewall, etc.), so maybe this isn't such a great idea. 4. Do your employers/clients give you a spare machine that you can use to practice? I know how to use VirtualBox, but that's not the same thing as a real computer. I know from my old career as an electrical/RF engineer that simulation programs all have underlying assumptions that may be inaccurate and sometimes wildly inaccurate. I know from my recent experience with Debian that certain computers are compatible with a fresh installation of Lenny but not a fresh installation of Squeeze. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110227234958.70b0a201.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Debian vs. other firewall/server operating systems
I can't comment on other distros as servers, as my experience at the server level has so far been with a minimal command-line only Debian Stable installation. (When I'm given the option of installing packages for the graphical desktop, web server, mail server, etc., I don't select any of them.) I tried this minimal Debian installation on the desktop in the past and didn't like it. But at the server level, I really appreciate the minimalism. As I have found from trying to upgrade Lenny to Squeeze, certain things about certain packages change. Thus, the more packages you have installed, the more difficult is, because you multiply your chances of running into problems. Given that most companies and organizations need their servers running 24/7/365, it makes sense to use the most stable OS possible for the server. Debian is known for stability in the Linux world, and the Stable branch is stable even by Debian standards. The server doesn't require as many applications as the desktop, so I don't mind a bare-bones Debian installation at the server level. Given concerns about security at the server level, a bare-bones installation seems better, as more applications mean the potential for more security holes. Given all this, what are the reasons for using the other server operating systems? WHY WHY WHY are there Windows servers out there? I know that Windows has only a small percentage of the server market, but given its inferior stability and security, why is it used at all? At least when a desktop has downtime, only one person is affected. When a server is down, the whole organization/company is affected. Why do people use Ubuntu on the server given that Debian is more stable? Why do people use RedHat given that it has proprietary features in it? (While it's not Windows, it sounds like a step in the wrong direction.) I've heard that CentOS is MUCH more difficult to upgrade than Debian, so why do people use CentOS on the server? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110228010014.0c74d119.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do you remotely access a home server/network?
I've learned how to turn an old computer into a firewall and DHCP server for my tiny home network. I understand that I can install an SSH server on this machine so that I can access it from outside. Once I have this SSH server connected to the Internet, how do I access it from another location? I have DSL broadband service, but I don't think I have a static IP address. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110226165610.c5e0b4c1.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Debian stable vs. testing for Swift Linux (antiX derivative)
I recently started a new Linux distro called Swift Linux (www.swiftlinux.org). Background: The pedigree is Debian Testing - MEPIS Linux - antiX Linux - Swift Linux. The purpose of Swift Linux is to be lightweight and user-friendly like Puppy Linux while also offering a superior repository like Debian, Ubuntu, and Mint. Swift Linux is based on antiX Linux and requires just 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended) and a Pentium II or newer processor. Like antiX and MEPIS, Swift Linux is fully compatible with the Debian repository. Although antiX Linux is based on Debian Testing, I have Swift Linux default settings configured to download Debian Stable packages instead of Debian Testing packages. However, I'm now considering having all subsequent versions use Debian Testing packages, as the Swift Linux base is Debian Testing, and I'm not sure that the Debian Stable packages really mean that much improvement in stability. What do you think? That said, for the versions of Swift Linux that have OpenOffice preinstalled, I intend to stick with OpenOffice 2.4 (from Lenny) because it's lightweight. Version 3 of OpenOffice has double the requirements of version 2. I don't think version 3 would work well with 128 MB of RAM (minimum requirement for Swift Linux), and the extra space it requires would likely make the Swift Linux ISO file too large to fit on a CD. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110223205222.36bc077d.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do I upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze?
I realize that this is a dumb question, but I've never upgraded a Linux distro before - I've only made fresh installations. (My excuse is that a fresh installation forces me to properly back up my personal files, something that I'd have to do anyway with an upgrade as a precaution.) This isn't an option for Debian Squeeze, as I'm trying to set up an old computer (1 GHz processor, 256 MB of RAM) as a firewall/server with a minimal Debian installation. Debian Squeeze would NOT install on this computer, but I had no problems installing Debian Lenny. Is upgrading from Lenny to Squeeze this a simple apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade or is there more I need to do? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110222135130.0ba2dd47.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Is there anything wrong with sticking with Lenny?
Thanks for the help on upgrading from Lenny to Squeeze. It's hard to understand everything in the release notes, so it will take me some time to make the transition. Is there anything wrong with sticking with Debian Lenny? Does Debian shut down support for old versions like Ubuntu does? As I mentioned before, Debian Squeeze does not work on my old computer (1.0 GHz processor, 256 MB of RAM) even though Debian Lenny and antiX Linux M8.5 (based on Debian Squeeze) have no problems working on the same computer. It's a shame given that old computers normally work well as servers and firewalls. Learning to set up a firewall and server AND learning to properly upgrade Debian is too much for me to undertake at once. So what I'm going to do is set up my old computer as a firewall and server in Debian Lenny. I'll set up Lenny in VirtualBox on my newer computer (which is 5 years newer and has much higher specs) and upgrade Lenny to Squeeze. Once I've mastered both of these tasks (firewall/server on the old computer and Lenny to Squeeze upgrade in VirtualBox), I'll upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze on the old computer. If that doesn't work, I'll do a fresh installation of Lenny on the old computer, upgrade it to Squeeze, and then set it up as a firewall/server. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110222193519.538b384f.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Hardware needed for home network
I'm in the process of setting up an old computer as a firewall and server. It needs to connect to my DSL modem AND my main computer. However, this old computer (like every other computer I've had) only has one Ethernet port. I know this is old hat for many of you, but I've never done this before. What do I need to connect my firewall/server computer to a DSL modem AND another computer? I do use an Ethernet cross cable to connect my main desktop computer to my laptop when I need to transfer files. Since the Ethernet port of my laptop no longer works, I have to use a USB-to-Ethernet adapter. If I use a regular Ethernet cable to connect the firewall/server computer to the DSL modem, would it work to use an Ethernet cross-cable and USB-to-Ethernet adapters to provide the connection to my main computer? Are there USB-to-USB cross cables? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110211133710.041074fe.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Hardware needed for home network
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:17:24 -0800 David Christensen dpchr...@holgerdanske.com wrote: 3. Netgear fast Ethernet (red) and Gigabit (green and orange) switches with normal/ cross-over auto-sensing. What are the differences among a switch, hub, and router? I know that they are used in networking, but I don't understand what setups they are appropriate for. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110211142130.ca4fecc7.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Difficulty installing Debian 6.0.0 on an old computer
I'm trying to turn an old computer (10-year-old IBM NetVista desktop with a 1.0 GHz processor and 256 MB of RAM) into a server. Thus, I've made sure to only use the i386 versions of Debian. I'm having difficulty installing Debian Squeeze on it. I did once successfully install Debian Lenny on this computer. The logical thing to do is to install Debian Lenny instead. However, Debian Squeeze is now the stable branch, and that makes Lenny (the previous stable branch) obsolete. (Should I use Lenny anyway? I know that Ubuntu drops support for old versions. Does Debian do that as well?) I tried the first Debian Squeeze CD, but selecting install or the graphical install in the installer boot menu to freeze and then flicker. The only way out was to reboot. Because I used a new CD-R and used the verification feature in iso2cd (the Puppy Linux application I use to burn ISO files to CD), I knew that the CD wasn't the problem. I also tried the Debian Squeeze CD on my main computer (a newer one) in VirtualBox and had no problems. So the CD isn't the problem. It's possible that the CD drive in my old IBM NetVista computer is in marginal condition, but that doesn't explain why it has no problem with my Puppy Linux or antiX Linux CDs. So I tried booting the Debian Squeeze netinstall CD from USB. (I had to burn the PLOP plpbt.iso file to CD and boot up from that initially to get this old computer to boot from USB.) Selecting install or graphical install from the installer boot menu caused the screen to freeze and then flicker, just like before. I tried going to the help page in the installer boot menu to start up Debian. When I tried this from the USB, Debian couldn't detect my network hardware. When I tried this from the CD, Debian couldn't read from my CD. Have any of you experienced anything like this? Why does Debian Squeeze have so much difficulty with my old computer? Should I use Debian Lenny even though it's out-of-date even by Debian stable standards? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110209164041.668e8b30.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: Difficulty installing Debian 6.0.0 on an old computer
Thanks, Brian, I'll try installing Lenny and then upgrading. If I still have trouble with Squeeze, then I'll have to stick with Lenny until I buy a somewhat newer computer that doesn't have problems with the Debian Squeeze CD. On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 23:36:17 + Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: Not being able to install Squeeze is puzzling even though you have taken a number of sensible approaches to try to make it happen. Failing a resolution of this problem I'd install Lenny and upgrade. This might be useful: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/ -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110209181354.19d08fc5.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Size of minimal Debian installation
I have a minimal Debian installation on a 2 GB VirtualBox hard drive. By minimal, I mean the 150 MB Netinstall ISO without any of the packages (not even the base system) I was given the option to install during the initial installation process. And I haven't even added anything yet. When I go to the / directory and type du -s, I get 355960, or nearly 360 MB. I'm using a dynamic (rather than fixed) hard drive, and its size is 601 MB. How can Debian with nothing added on be almost triple the size of Puppy Linux? I've heard that Debian can be configured to be just as light or even lighter than Puppy Linux. And do Debian and the host OS show different sizes for my virtual Debian installation? Why is there a 241 MB difference? The error is almost double the size of Puppy Linux. -- Jason Hsu, Linux-literate embedded engineer (952) 715-7661 embedded_engin...@jasonhsu.com http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee-robot.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101030104927.d895fca8.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
What packages do I need for the ROX desktop environment?
What packages do I need for the ROX desktop environment? This is the same DE used in Puppy Linux. The clickable icons on the Puppy Linux desktop are provided by ROX, which provides the functionality of GNOME or KDE in a MUCH lighter package. -- Jason Hsu, Linux-literate embedded engineer (952) 715-7661 embedded_engin...@jasonhsu.com http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee-robot.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101030205512.eee45dee.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Packages for reboot and shutdown
What package do I need to add to a minimal Debian installation so that I can reboot or shut down from GNOME, XFCE, Fluxbox, IceWM, etc.? -- Jason Hsu, Linux-literate embedded engineer (952) 715-7661 embedded_engin...@jasonhsu.com http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee-robot.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101030232341.c61fd811.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
How do you install Debian Live to a hard drive?
How do you install Debian Live to a hard drive? I'd like to install Debian Live to a VirtualBox hard drive (which I have successfully done with other distros), make some changes, and then create a new ISO for a modified version of the live CD. -- Jason Hsu, Linux-literate embedded engineer (952) 715-7661 embedded_engin...@jasonhsu.com http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee-robot.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101028143005.20264497.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: How do you install Debian Live to a hard drive?
Rob, I tried the live build earlier today at http://live-build.debian.net/cgi-bin/live-build , but I haven't received notification that my package is complete. And I didn't understand what many of the options meant anyway. Is there a page that gives an explanation of what all those options mean? -- Jason Hsu, Linux-literate embedded engineer (952) 715-7661 embedded_engin...@jasonhsu.com http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee-robot.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101028180755.0b2f1bb1.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
Re: How do you install Debian Live to a hard drive?
Roman, I was able to download and install debian-installer by entering sudo apt-get install debian-installer. Where do I go from here? How do I start the installation process? On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:59:53 +0400 Roman Khomasuridze khomasuri...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'm not sure about this, but theoretically, you can install Debian installer (package debian-installer) in the live environment and then use it to install the live system, but... Why not just grub the first CD and install it? -- Jason Hsu, Linux-literate embedded engineer (952) 715-7661 embedded_engin...@jasonhsu.com http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/swrwatt.html http://www.jasonhsu.com/ee-robot.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101028181243.e4cbddd7.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
[SOLVED]Connecting to the Internet
Thanks for the advice. It turned out that getting the Internet connection was even simpler than your suggestions. I left-clicked on the network connection icon in the upper right corner of the GNOME screen and selected wired network. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Switching from GNOME to another window manager
I used the default install to install Debian on a laptop as the sole OS. It boots up in GNOME, which is too slow and sluggish. How can I switch to XFCE, Fluxbox, or some other lightweight window manager? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Getting network connection
I successfully installed Debian on a laptop, but it's refusing to connect to the Internet. It had no difficulty connecting during the installation process, but it's not connecting now. How do I start a network connection? How do I start auto DHCP? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Getting network connection
It's a wired Ethernet connection. The procedure for getting on the Internet through the Ethernet connection in Puppy Linux is: 1. Make sure that your DSL modem is powered on and properly connected to both your computer and the phone line. 2. Click on the Connect icon on the desktop. 3. Select the network/wireless LAN option. 4. Select eth0. 5. Click on Auto DHCP 6. When the configuration succeeds, save it. 7. Select Done. What's the analogous procedure in Debian Linux? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
How do I start auto DHCP?
I successfully installed Debian on a laptop, but it's refusing to connect to the Internet. It had no difficulty connecting during the installation process, but it's not connecting now. How do I start a network connection? How do I start auto DHCP? It's a wired Ethernet connection. In Damn Small Linux, the Internet connection worked right out of the box. In Puppy Linux, I used this simple procedure: 1. Make sure that your DSL modem is powered on and properly connected to both your computer and the phone line. 2. Click on the Connect icon on the desktop. 3. Select the network/wireless LAN option. 4. Select eth0. 5. Click on Auto DHCP 6. When the configuration succeeds, save it. 7. Select Done. What's the analogous procedure in Debian Linux? -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Installation: How do I bypass partitioning?
I have a laptop with Windows XP already installed one one partition and Puppy Linux already installed on another partition. I have additional partitions. How do I install Debian on another partition? The installer insists that I write the partitions before I install Debian. Is there a way to skip this step given that writing a partition essentially means deleting everything on the drive? Puppy Linux didn't insist on writing the partitions when I installed it after putting Windows XP on the first partition. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
flightgear
Hallo Leute, OS: Sarge Grafik: Riva TNT2 Modell62 Ich habe die Nvdia-Treiber fuer meine Grafikkarte installiert. Danach Flightgear. Wenn ich versuche das Programm zu starten, erscheint folgende Fehlermeldung: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fgfs fgfs: freeglut_window.c:300: fgOpenWindow: Assertion `window-Window.VisualInfo != ((void *)0)' failed. Abgebrochen Leider kann ich kein Englisch, so das ich im Internet auch nichts fand, was mich weiterbraechte. :-(( Bitte um Hinweise. Tschuess Hermann Schuster -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
nvidia-installation II
Hallo Leute, Vorweg, falls mein Realname nicht erscheinen sollte, sondern nur HSU, ich bin auf der Suche nach dem Fehler. ;-)) OS:Sarge Kernel 2.6.13y Nachdem ich nun erfolgreich das nvidia-treiber-packet 7174pkg.run fuer meine Grafikkarte installiert habe, ist folgendes passiert. Ich habe also das treiberpacket installiert und nvidia wie in der readme beschrieben in die XF86Config-4 eingetragen. Danach x gestartet. X ist auch gestartet, das Nvidia logo ist auch erschienen. Allerdings liess sich Flightgear nicht starten. Ich dachte boote mal neu, und beim neubooten erschien auch die Meldung, das Nvidia-links erstellt werden. Done Sonst nichts besonderes. Der witz ist nun, das sich X nicht mehr starten laesst, wohl mit dem nv treiber, aber nicht mit dem nvidia-treiber. Die Readme-Datei und die Log-datei bringen mich auch nicht weiter. Ich steh auf dem Schlauch. :-)) Bitte um Hilfe. Tschuess Hermann Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anbei meine XF86Config-4: ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type man XF86Config-4 at the shell prompt.) # # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes # before the ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION line above, and/or after the # ### END DEBCONF SECTION line below. # # To change things within the debconf section, run the command: # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 # as root. Also see How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file? in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. ### END DEBCONF SECTION Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen Default Screen 0 0 InputDeviceGeneric Keyboard InputDeviceConfigured Mouse InputDeviceGeneric Mouse EndSection Section Files # local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath unix/:7100 FontPath /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi EndSection Section Module Load bitmap Load dbe Load ddc Load extmod Load freetype Load glx Load int10 Load record Load speedo Load type1 Load vbe EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout de Option XkbVariant nodeadkeys EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device /dev/psaux Option Protocol imps/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Buttons 3 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option SendCoreEvents true Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Protocol ImPS/2 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Generic Monitor HorizSync30.0 - 69.0 VertRefresh 47.0 - 120.0 Option DPMS EndSection Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver nvidia EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device Generic Video Card MonitorGeneric Monitor DefaultDepth 16 SubSection Display Depth 1 Modes1024x768 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 4 Modes1024x768 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes1024x768 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 15 Modes1024x768 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes1024x768 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes1024x768 EndSubSection EndSection Section DRI Mode 0666 EndSection Die XF-Log-Datei: XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 20050901212727 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Release Date: 15 August 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8-16.0508-2 i686 [ELF] Build Date: 02 September 2005
Nvidia installieren
Hallo Leute, Ich versuche gerade den Nvidia-Treiber zu installieren. Mein OS: Sarge Das Nvidia Paket heisst: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run Meine Grafikkarte ist eine Riva TNT 2 Modell64 Ich habe mir den Kernel 2.6.13y geholt und kompiliert. Kernel-Sourcen liegen also unter /usr/src/2.6.13y und sind konfiguriert und kompiliert. Kernel laueft jetzt. Wenn ich nun die Treiberdatei (sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run) laufen lasse, bricht die Treiberinstallation immer mit folgender Fehlermeldung ab.: ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This is most likely because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel source files. Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' commandline option. - Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko': -1 No such device - Kernel messages: dc395x:AdaptMode=0x0f, Tags=4(16), DelayReset=1s dc395x: Connectors: Termination: Auto Low High dc395x: Performing initial SCSI bus reset scsi0 : Tekram DC395(U/UW/F), DC315(U) - ASIC TRM-S1040 v2.05, 2004/03/08 eth0: link up, 10Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x4061 eth1: link down ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team ip_conntrack version 2.1 (2048 buckets, 16384 max) - 248 bytes per conntrack nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. NVRM: The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in this system is NVRM: supported through the NVIDIA Legacy drivers. Please NVRM: visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more NVRM: information. The 1.0-7676 NVIDIA driver will ignore NVRM: this GPU. Continuing probe... NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found! ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com. Was mache ich falsch.? Gibt es im Internet vieleicht eine gute deutsche Doku.?? Im Internet hab ich nur was voellig veraltetes gefunden. Habe ich vielleicht die falsche Datei fuer meinen Grafikchip erwischt.?? Ich kann leider kein Englisch und versteh die Logdatei deshalb nicht so ganz. :-(( Das ich die falschen Kernel-source dateien verwende kann doch nicht sein.? Anbei die Nvidia-Logdatei: = nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Sun Oct 23 11:49:58 2005 option status: license pre-accepted: false update : false force update: false expert : false uninstall : false driver info : false no precompiled interface: false no ncurses color: false query latest driver ver : false OpenGL header files : true no questions: false silent : false no backup : false kernel module only : false sanity : false add this kernel : false no runlevel check : false no network : false no ABI note : false no RPMs : false force tls : (not specified) force compat32 tls : (not specified) X install prefix: /usr/X11R6 OpenGL install prefix : /usr compat32 install prefix : (not specified) installer install prefix: /usr utility install prefix : /usr kernel name : (not specified) kernel include path : (not specified) kernel source path : (not specified) kernel output path : (not specified) kernel install path : (not specified) proc mount point: /proc ui : (not specified) tmpdir : /tmp ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com RPM file list : (not specified) Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface - License accepted. - No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: No) - No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface. - Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.13y/source' - Performing CC test with CC=cc. - Performing rivafb check. - Cleaning kernel module build directory. executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'... rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o nv-vm.o os- agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nvidia.mod.o rm -f -f
Unit System bei freepascal
Hallo Leute, Ich habe mir von freepascal.org das neue 2.0.0 freepascal als tar archiv geholt und als user installiert. (home/hermx/fpc-2.0.0) Ich habe auch ~/etc erstellt. Mittels samplecfg habe ich dann eine cfg datei erstellen lassen. Der Compiler ist auch im Path eingetragen. Wenn ich aber eine kleine hello-world datei kompilieren will, erfolgt die Fehlermeldung, das Unit System nicht gefunden wurde.?? Ich kann kein Englisch, deshalb hilft mir auch die Doku nicht allzuviel. :-)) Fuer einen Tipp waere ich sehr dankbar. Tschuess Hermann -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: Yanking a USB Hard Drive/ReiserFS causes Kernel Panic
I think you missed the point. As Ron Johnson pointed out, you need to use umount before you unplug the device. If you unplug without using umount, then you should EXPECT your system to puke. For practical purposes, you should consider time elapsed since you last wrote to the device irrelevant. Simply because Windows does a better job of compensating for novice users who fail to unmount a device prior to yanking doesn't mean that's proper procedure. This is not a bug or quirk in Debian. It's a refusal on the part of the operating system to compensate for failure to follow procedure. Peter On Oct 27, 2004, at 3:23 AM, William Ballard wrote: On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:45:48PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: ReiserFS expected it to be there, can't find it, and pukes. A bit (no, a lot) ungraceful, but totally understandable. After all, some process might be trying to write to the device... I kuh-now, I kuh-now. But that's what the SYNC option is before. If I yank it within say 20 seconds of having used it, that's on me. Windows actually deals with this better than it used to. Windows used to have serious problems if you lost a HD casually, but I can just yank it now with no ill effects (if I haven't used it in, a while). Just flush a little more aggressively, that's all. Some people used autofs, it seems. Anything promising using the PCI hotplug facility? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing modem.
Alright, it doesn't look like we are getting very far, so I am going to throw in the way I would diagnose this issue. *sigh* pppd, this is about the best way I can think of to get things done. It's a little harsh, but nothing a good man page can't handle. I am including exerts from the pppd man page I am reading. Hopefully it will provide some insights on how to appropriately diagnose this issue. It is obvious that the problem with the modem is occuring on the software level, at least so far, as I assume you have installed it already and it has worked in other OSes. So we need to get the software messages coming from the dialers. Hopefully this will help. [Exert 1] EXAMPLES The following examples assume that the /etc/ppp/options file contains the auth option (as in the default /etc/ppp/options file in the ppp distribution). Probably the most common use of pppd is to dial out to an ISP. This can be done with a command such as pppd call isp where the /etc/ppp/peers/isp file is set up by the system administrator to contain something like this: ttyS0 19200 crtscts connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chat-isp' noauth In this example, we are using chat to dial the ISP's modem and go through any logon sequence required. The /etc/ppp/chat-isp file contains the script used by chat; it could for example contain something like this: ABORT NO CARRIER ABORT NO DIALTONE ABORT ERROR ABORT NO ANSWER ABORT BUSY ABORT Username/Password Incorrect at OK atd0c1 OK atdt2468135 name: ^Umyuserid word: \qmypassword ispts \q^Uppp ~-^Uppp-~ [End Exert 1] [Exert 2] DIAGNOSTICS Messages are sent to the syslog daemon using facility LOG_DAEMON. (This can be overriden by recompiling pppd with the macro LOG_PPP defined as the desired facility.) In order to see the error and debug messages, you will need to edit your /etc/syslog.conf file to direct the mes- sages to the desired output device or file. The debug option causes the contents of all control pack- ets sent or received to be logged, that is, all LCP, PAP, CHAP or IPCP packets. This can be useful if the PPP nego- tiation does not succeed or if authentication fails. If debugging is enabled at compile time, the debug option also causes other debugging messages to be logged. Debugging can also be enabled or disabled by sending a SIGUSR1 signal to the pppd process. This signal acts as a toggle. [End Exert 2] Nice Debian has provided sample scripts and such. pppconfig will also set up those scripts for you. What you need to do is to investigate those scripts, see what they are doing, then, once you know that, run pppd with pon or whatever you need to do, log it, and read the logs; in fact, send the logs to this list. Hopefully that will give us a much better idea of what is going on. Again, I also suggest that you try this on ttyS3 and ttyS4, as I think that ttyS4 is the modem, but I want to compare it to something else. pppconfig and pppd are the most reliable ways to work with your modem, and they will hopefully give us the most information, assuming they are configured right. That's where the man pages come in. Now, if I was in your situation, after I had those error logs, and knew exactly what was happening, I would take on the rest of things; but it's important to see exactly what's happening on the modem, not just if any sound comes out of it. If anyone has a better idea, let me know, because I would love to have an easier way of doing things next time around. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian based working distribution
Have you perhaps tried Debian-stable or testing? Aaron Hsu On Saturday, November 15, 2003, at 04:42 AM, Otto Wyss wrote: Since the current Debian sarge installation doesn't work (see debian-boot list) and I need an installation fast I'm looking for alternatives. So far I've tested Knoppix from the newspaper ct (has no root access), Morphix (doesn't run on my system). Any others? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing modem.
What program generated the connection between the modem's 8 I/O lines d000-d007 and /dev/ttyS3 and what would happen if I rm /dev/ttyS4 and maybe /dev/ttyS3 as well and remade, with MAKEDEV, ttyS3 and then run the program that makes the original connection. Regards; Hoyt Alright, I am wondering, did you diff the dmesg before you put your modem in with the one after? That might help in figuring out some things. I think you can go ahead and remake the ttyS3 and 4 devices, and try again. I am also a little confused, when you dial out, do you hear the dial tone and the phone number being dialed, then it cuts out; or do you just get a modem not responding error? What I am asking is, exactly where does the initialization and dialing begin to fail? Instead of using ATDT###- you might want to look at some of the scripts and try running some of the modem scripts, assuming your modem is that far along, and see what happens. It would be really nice to see the exact errors that are happening, i.e.-the output from the modem commands. There is a program that allows you to manually enter a shell like interface and run modem commands, you should be able to see the output. I only used this on OpenBSD a while ago though, so I don't know what the program is. You can also try WVDial, which is essentially like kppp and some of the others, in that it auto-detects and is pretty smart about getting things right; I found that it is a nice program for debugging and general use, it's also console based. ;-) Aaron Hsu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing modem
I disabled com1 com2 hardware ports in the BIOS and booted into Linux the dmesg log concerning the serial ports is as follows: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled Redundant entry in serial pci_table. Please send the output of lspci -vv, this message (12b9,1008,12b9,00d3) and the manufacturer and name of serial board or modem board to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ttyS04 at port 0xd000 (irq = 19) is a 16550A I noticed while in BIOS the only IRQ1 thru 14 are listed. Does this matter? After extracting dmesg, I returned to command line and issued the following: echo ADTD3633070 /dev/ttyS3 echo ADTD3633070 /dev/ttyS4 Niether command resulted in any sound from the modem and no errors were reported. Regards; Hoyt Have you tried resetting your BIOS? Have you tried using another kernel as well? Try also running the ppp scripts where you will see output, I don't think echoing into the devices will out put anything unless you are watching the ttyS's. You might have to be dumping the ttyS* output using cat or something similiar in order to see any errors. Aaron Hsu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing modem.
I have come into this thread pretty late, but from what I understand, you are trying to get a modem to work. It's a PCI modem, and you can see it mentioned in the kernel as ttyS04. The problem, as I see it, is that you can't get the modem to respond to any calls from any programs? If I understand this all correctly, I had a horrible time with this a while back with another computer, where I could get the PCI modem automatically recognized and used in RedHat, but in Debian I could get nothing out of it. Some wise user showed me how to fix this: 1. Use /dev/MAKEDEV to make the ttyS4 device in /dev, as your kernel will normally not make it for you. 2. The device should now be available under that name, and you should be able to use it freely in any system, you should probably also symlink it to /dev/modem so that some dialer programs will work properly. I hope this helps, tell me if I misunderstand what you are trying to do, and sorry if this was OT. Aaron Hsu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: G550 and 3D acceleration
Hmmm, alright, here's what it looks like to me . . . What you are seeing with the framebuffer stuff is for the console. That's what allows your console to print its text. When you load X it is not loading the modules or it can't find them. To find out whether there is support in the kernel, you really need to install the source and take a look at it. In my 2.4.22 kernel source, I find Matrox G400 drivers that claim to also work with the G450. I am not sure if they will also work with your G550, but perhaps it will. In order to use them, if the kernel image you are using right now does not offer a module of it, or it is not compiled in [most likely not]; the best thing I can recomend to you is to try those modules and compile the drivers as modules with your new kernel. I don't know if you have compiled kernels or not before, but it isn't too bad. If that doesn't work, http://www.matrox.com has a listing of 3rd party driver providers, and there are some commercial drivers available from XIG [I think the URI is http://www.xig.com] but they should offer free evaluation copies. There are other sites offering drivers, so I would check out the matrox site and see what you can find there as well if recompiling the kernel with matrox drivers does not help. I hope this helps, Aaron Hsu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing modem.
1. Use /dev/MAKEDEV to make the ttyS4 device in /dev, as your kernel will normally not make it for you. 2. The device should now be available under that name, and you should be able to use it freely in any system, you should probably also symlink it to /dev/modem so that some dialer programs will work properly. . . . You are on target however there is some question, in my mind at least, where the modem is installed in linux. KDE says it is d000-d007 others say it should be ttyS04 and ttyS4 my system seems to list ttyS? as TTYS??. Windows XP installed it on com4, which impilys that it should be probably on TTYS03. Perhaps I'm just confused because I dont know enough. Thanks for your input I'll keep it in mind. Regards; Hoyt To find out what device you should be using, I recomend this method, which worked for me. If you are using a PCI modem, then it is almost guaranteed that your device will be something like ttyS4. To find out what you should use in /dev/MAKEDEV, just dmesg | grep tty or whatever happens to bring up the relevant lines about your modem. Should it say something like ttyS05, then you should MAKEDEV ttyS5. In my case, I saw ttyS04, so I think [it has been a while] I ran /dev/MAKEDEV /dev/ttyS4 and it created the device properly and the modem responded. The thing that confused me back then was that I thought the modem device was already created, since I already had ttyS0-3, but I didn't realize that I had to make another device for ttyS04 that the dmesg reported. I hope this helps. Aaron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
linux boot troubles
Hi all, have some problems with Linux boot up. It all started when I was having major problems in Windows and had to reinstall Windows. Afterwards, windows kind of took over lilo and wouldn't show the lilo prompt after I hold down the shift key anymore. This has happened before, and I would just boot Linux off of a disk and run lilo again. But this time the disk doesn't work for some reason. It would start and say: boot:. After I type in linux and hit enter, it gives me a boot failure message. What is going on? Do I have a bad boot disk or something? Thanks in advance. M
Star Office installation
Finally decided to install Star Office, and didn't expect any trouble since I already have glibc 2 and others installed. But as it always is with me and Linux, something goes wrong. :) Anyway, I decompressed the tar file into /usr/src/so501/so501_inst/ like usual, and invoked the setup script. That went fine, I picked the options and put in the user information. When it's about to install, however, it gives me the message window titled Change Disk, with the message of please insert Star Office 5.0. I clicked Yes a couple of times to no avail and had to abort. Then I read in the readme somewhere that I should run setup from /cdrom/Office50/english/prod_lnx. So I moved all the files to that directory and started again, with the same error. Do I need to unzip all the f_ files in the installation directory? I tried that for a couple of the files but that didn't seem to change anything. And I haven't found a way to decompress all those files at once, unzip * did nothing. Sorry for the long message. Hope someone'll read it. :) Well, thanks in advance! Ming Hsu Asians are very gifted at creativity and invention. If you go to Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch. -by Reggie White (1998), whose humour grows in direct proportion to his sincerity.
gtk
Thanks to everyone who helped me out on the ethernet problem. It's up now. Now I have a problem with gtk 1.0.6 (it's always something). It configured fine but when I did make, it gave this error: In file included from /usr/include/errno.h:36, from gscanner.c:27: /usr/include/errnos.h:24: linux/errno.h: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [gscanner.lo] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gtk+-1.0.6/glib' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gtk+-1.0.6' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 Can someone tell me what all that means? Thanks. Ming Hsu
Re: NE2000 PCI Card
Got it. Thanks! At 09:28 AM 2/16/99 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The NE2000 PCI-module is probing a number of addresses, make sure that your card is configured for one of those addresses. This can probably be done with the DOS-program (sorry) you have got with your card, Joop Ming Hsu Spiritus, minitus, invustrus appares. Tiny spirits of fire and light, find the ones I seek tonight. -Will O' the Wisp, Gargoyles.
NE2000 PCI Card
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask for help on this, but it may be something in Debian that's tripping me up. I'm trying to set up network support with Debian 2.0 running Linux 2.2.1. The machine is a K6-266MMX with 64MB of RAM. So far the Win95 side of the computer has the network up and running, so I'm pretty sure that the IP address and etc are correct. The problem I have right now is that the kernel won't recognize the NE2000 PCI card. A friend and I tried autoprobing it, and making it a module and loading it after compile, but neither has worked. We also tried to forcing recognition by putting an append line into LILO, but that didn't seem to work either. Are there any other ways to get the card recognized or did we miss a step or something? Thanks in advance, Ming Hsu Spiritus, minitus, invustrus appares. Tiny spirits of fire and light, find the ones I seek tonight. -Will O' the Wisp, Gargoyles.
