Re: debian/testing systems stopped to boot after upgrade between 20.02 and 22.02

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-02-23, Sjoerd Hardeman  wrote:
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> Charlie schreef:
>> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:48:31 +0100 wzab  shared
>> this with us all:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have two different debian/testing systems. The common feature is the=
>
>>> Intel graphics chipset.
>>> Both of them stopped to boot after upgrade which I performed between
>>> 20.02 and 22.02 (the last successful boot log is from the 20.02).
>>> After this time the screen gets black during boot and machine doesn't
>>> respond any more.
>>>
>>> What's interesting - on one machine the 2.6.32 kernel boots correctly,=
>
>>> but the 2.6.32.8 doesn't (I attach configuration of both kernels)
>>>
>>> It seems, that the problem may be associated with the changes to xorg
>>> server?
> No, else it would not be blank during boot
> >
>> My problem, or what I thought was a problem, as well. I have posted
>> about it here but I think this may be the new way that Debian wants
>> users to get to the login prompt?
>>=20
>> The screen remains blank, but the machine is actually working, and
>> though you can see nothing it will take you to the login prompt. Just
>> watch the flickering light on the computer, when it stops I do this:
>>=20
>> * type in the user name - then password, waiting a moment between
>>   because I often type it too quickly before the login has registered
>>   the user name and switched to password
>> * then type in startx
>> * You'll see your whole screen go from completely black without anythin=
> g
>>   to a shade of dark grey without anything, and then, in my case at
>>   least, my ~/.xsession script cuts in, and xstarts
> This sound like a wrong video mode for the console. Disable all splash=20
> screens, and remove lines like "vga=3Dxxx", "vesafb=3Dxxx" from the kerne=
> l=20
> options and modesetting lines from /etc/default/grub.conf, then rebuild=20
> and reinstall grub. This should give you a plain 80x25 character=20
> console. When this works you can try to enable the higher resolution=20
> video modes again.
When I remove vga=773 from the /etc/default/grub, and then update-grub,
the problem is gone.
But after I restart the system, the console is the same as before(vga=773,
128x48), not a plain 80x25 characters.
So, surely the system supports this vga=773 resolution mode, I don't know
why it will cause a problem when I add vga=773 to the grub option.

Jeffrey




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Re: Checking which patches was used to compile the kernel.

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-02-22, Miguel Da Silva - URI  wrote:
> Is it possible to do that? Right now I have to work with a server I did 
> not installed and I don't have much information about the kernel 
> configuration.
>
Check if the file /proc/config.gz exists, which is the kernel configuration
file.


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Re: debian/testing systems stopped to boot after upgrade between 20.02 and 22.02

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-02-23, wzab  wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I have two different debian/testing systems. The common feature is the
> Intel graphics chipset.
> Both of them stopped to boot after upgrade which I performed between 20.02
> and 22.02 (the last successful boot log is from the 20.02).
> After this time the screen gets black during boot and machine doesn't
> respond any more.
>
> What's interesting - on one machine the 2.6.32 kernel boots correctly,
> but the 2.6.32.8 doesn't (I attach configuration of both kernels)
>
> It seems, that the problem may be associated with the changes to xorg
> server?
>

I have the same symptom as yours as I did the upgrade today from 21.02 to 
24.02.
I noticed that the initrd is regenerated. I change the initrd to the
old one, but it did not work.
When I chose to boot other older kernels, such as 2.6.30-2, the system booted
without problem.
And then I checked the packages that I've upgraded as folloing:

2010-02-24 20:00:09 upgrade e2fslibs 1.41.9-1 1.41.10-1
2010-02-24 20:00:14 upgrade e2fsprogs 1.41.9-1 1.41.10-1
2010-02-24 20:00:25 upgrade libudev0 150-2 151-2
2010-02-24 20:00:27 upgrade udev 150-2 151-2
2010-02-24 20:00:29 upgrade comerr-dev 2.1-1.41.9-1 2.1-1.41.10-1
2010-02-24 20:00:30 upgrade libcomerr2 1.41.9-1 1.41.10-1
2010-02-24 20:00:40 upgrade libss2 1.41.9-1 1.41.10-1
2010-02-24 20:00:44 upgrade nano 2.2.2-1 2.2.3-1
2010-02-24 20:00:49 upgrade procps 1:3.2.8-2 1:3.2.8-7
2010-02-24 20:00:50 upgrade traceroute 2.0.13-2 1:2.0.13-3
2010-02-24 20:00:55 upgrade libgudev-1.0-0 150-2 151-2
2010-02-24 20:01:06 upgrade libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.25-7 0.10.26-1
2010-02-24 20:01:08 upgrade gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.25-7 0.10.26-1
2010-02-24 20:01:09 upgrade libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.25-4+b1 0.10.26-1
2010-02-24 20:01:13 upgrade gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.25-7 0.10.26-1
2010-02-24 20:01:14 upgrade gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.17-1 0.10.18-1
2010-02-24 20:01:30 upgrade gstreamer0.10-x 0.10.25-7 0.10.26-1
2010-02-24 20:01:32 upgrade libapr1 1.3.8-1 1.4.2-3
2010-02-24 20:01:33 upgrade libtiff4 3.9.2-2 3.9.2-3+b1

The most possible package which causes the problem is udev.

Jeffrey


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Re: How To determine the date the system & packages were installed.

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-31, Jochen Schulz  wrote:
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> Jeffrey Cao:
>> On 2010-01-30, Jochen Schulz  wrote:
>>=20
>>> A good hint might be the creation date of your root filesystem:
>>>=20
>>> $ sudo tune2fs -l /dev/sda1  | grep created
>>> Filesystem created:   Mon Jul  6 09:01:20 2009
>>>=20
>>> (Hm, did I really install this system on a Monday at 9 o'clock in the
>>> morning? Must have been on vacation.)
>>>=20
>> It sounds good, but when I run this command on my notebook, it says:
>> Filesystem created:   Thu Feb 19 05:38:52 2009
>> I can't believe it's 5:38 in the morning when I installed my system.
>
> I guess the time is in UTC. (Only 1 hour off in my case, I don't know
> about yours.
>

That makes sense. My time zone is +8, so it's 13:38. That's right.

Jeffrey


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Re: How To determine the date the system & packages were installed.

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-30, Jochen Schulz  wrote:
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> Mike Iowa:
>>=20
>> 2. I would also like to be able to look at (any) Debian or Debian-based
>> system and tell when the operating system was originally installed.
>
> A good hint might be the creation date of your root filesystem:
>
> $ sudo tune2fs -l /dev/sda1  | grep created
> Filesystem created:   Mon Jul  6 09:01:20 2009
>
> (Hm, did I really install this system on a Monday at 9 o'clock in the
> morning? Must have been on vacation.)
>
It sounds good, but when I run this command on my notebook, it says:
Filesystem created:   Thu Feb 19 05:38:52 2009
I can't believe it's 5:38 in the morning when I installed my system.

Jeffrey


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Re: Any way to create a new /var/lib/dpkg/status file for current Debian installation

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-29, Tech Geek  wrote:
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> So I have been using my current Debian instalaltion for almost a year now
> and over this time I have installed, purged and deinstalled a lot of
> packages. It seems that the status file maintains a list of all the packages
> and their current states that have been ever installed on the system since
> the fresh installation.
>
> For example:
> debian:/var/lib/dpkg# cat status | grep custom
> Package: linux-image-2.6.28-custom-test1
> Package: linux-image-2.6.28-custom-test2
> Package: linux-image-2.6.29-custom-test1
> Package: linux-image-2.6.29-custom-test2
>
> The above packages are no longer installed on my system (since last 6
> months) but the dpkg library (status file) stilll keeps track of them.
>
> So my question is:
> Is there any way by which I can regenerate a fresh "/var/lib/dpkg/status"
> file for all the packages that are currently installed on my systems?
> Nothing is wrong on my system as such but space is premium for me (even 1 MB
> matters) as I am using a compact flash of a relatively small size (approx.
> 512 MB). Another reason is that I am just curios to find out how to
> regenerate it if one has to.
>

Don't know if there's automatic way. But one way you can try is to write a 
script to remove those sections whose "Status" is not "installed" in the
file /var/lib/dpkg/status.

Jeffrey


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Switch from X to any tty freeze the machine

[Jeffrey Cao]

This problem happens when I upgrade some xorg packages recently.
When I switch X to any tty, the machine freeze. The same symptom happens
when I reboot or shutdown the machine from X.
But if I do not start X, it's OK to switch between tty1-6.
The xorg version is: 1:7.5+2.


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Problem with tty when debian testing(2.6.32-trunk kernel) starts up

[Jeffrey Cao]

When I upgraded to 2.6.32-trunk kernel in debian testing, I got a problem with
tty on startup.
After power on, it jumpts to tty4 or tty5(one time to tty4, and another time
to tty5) before printing the following message:
"INIT: Entering runlevel 2"
Why does it jumpt to tty4/tty5 rather than just stay on tty1?

Jeffrey


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Re: elinks to be REMOVED from squeeze?

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-26, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.  wrote:
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> On Tuesday 26 January 2010 06:39:24 Jeffrey Cao wrote:
>> Now, I get why the elinks package is scheduled to be removed. The
>>  dependency must be wrong for elinks-data package as follows.
>
>> Conflicts: elinks (< 0.11.3-1), elinks-lite
>> Replaces: elinks (< 0.11.3-1)
>
> That looks correct, for the case when files that were previously included i=
> n=20
> the elinks package (versions << 0.11.3-1) are now included in the elinks-da=
> ta=20
> package and no longer included in the elinks package (>=3D 0.11.3-1).
>=2D-=20
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I don't thinks this is the case, since that when I do "aptitude show elinks",
it shows elinks depends on elinks-data. How could they conflict with each 
other then?

Jeffrey

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Re: elinks to be REMOVED from squeeze?

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-20, Thierry Chatelet  wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 January 2010 13:50:58 Jeffrey Cao wrote:
>> Today when I ran "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade",
>> I got the message that the package elinks will be removed. I cancelled
>> this upgrade, since that I'm now using elinks.
>> Anyone know why elinks will be removed from squeeze? Or this is just
>> a mistake?
>> 
>> Jeffrey
>> 
>
> Package elinks
>
> * etch (oldstable) (web): advanced text-mode WWW browser
>   0.11.1-1.2etch2 [security]: alpha amd64 arm hppa i386 ia64 mipsel 
> powerpc s390 sparc
>   0.11.1-1.2etch1: mips
> * etch-m68k (web): advanced text-mode WWW browser
>   0.11.1-1.2: m68k
> * lenny (stable) (web): advanced text-mode WWW browser
>   0.11.4-3: alpha amd64 arm armel hppa i386 ia64 mips mipsel powerpc s390 
> sparc
> * squeeze (testing) (web): advanced text-mode WWW browser
>   0.12~pre5-1+b1: armel hppa i386 ia64 mipsel
>   0.12~pre5-1: amd64 mips powerpc s390 sparc
> * sid (unstable) (web): advanced text-mode WWW browser
>   0.12~pre5-2: alpha amd64 armel hppa hurd-i386 i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 
> kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel powerpc s390 sparc
>   0.11.4-3 [debports]: m68k
>
Now, I get why the elinks package is scheduled to be removed. The dependency
must be wrong for elinks-data package as follows. The dependency says
elinks-data package conflicts with elinks and elinks-lite.

Package: elinks-data
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 0.12~pre5-1
Priority: optional
Section: web
Maintainer: Y Giridhar Appaji Nag 
Uncompressed Size: 1,978k
Recommends: elinks (= 0.12~pre5-1)
Conflicts: elinks (< 0.11.3-1), elinks-lite
Replaces: elinks (< 0.11.3-1)

Jeffrey


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Re: console resolution

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-22, Nima Azarbayjany  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have recently installed Squeeze on my laptop and most things seem to 
> work fine right now.
>
> I used to add vga=xxx to the kernel parameters line to adjust the 
> console resolution but this is now deprecated as a message printed at 
> the startup says.  What should be passed to the kernel instead of, for 
> example, vga=0x361?  Let me add that I have upgraded the kernel to 
> 2.6.32 from sid.
>
For the new grub, edit the file /etc/default/grub, add the following line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="vga=xxx"

And then run 'update-grub' to update /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Jeffrey


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Re: Problem with Lenny

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-21, Stan Hoeppner  wrote:
> Roman Gelfand put forth on 1/20/2010 9:26 PM:
>> Jan 20 21:59:37 mail kernel: [0.00] Linux version 2.6.26-2-686
>> (Debian 2.6.26-19lenny2) (da...@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3
>> 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 SMP Wed Nov 4 20:45:37 UTC
>> 2009
>> My machine freezes every so often.  I was wodering if there is any
>> clues in kernel.log exerpts below.  Thanks in advance
>
> Define "freezes".  Post the machine brand/model/specs.
>
>> Jan 20 21:59:37 mail kernel: [0.00] SMP: Allowing 0 CPUs, 0 hotplug 
>> CPUs
>> Jan 20 21:59:37 mail kernel: [0.00] PERCPU: Allocating 37992
>> bytes of per cpu data
>> Jan 20 21:59:37 mail kernel: [0.00] NR_CPUS: 8, nr_cpu_ids: 1
>
> This ^^ is very odd.  "Allowing 0 CPUs" is very strange.  Given that, this
> "NR_CPUS: 8" is even more strange.
"NR_CPUS: 8" is not a strange thing. It's the number of CPUs that the kernel
supports, not the CPUs existed in the machine.

config NR_CPUS
int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP
range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP
range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP
default "1" if !SMP
default "4096" if MAXSMP
default "32" if SMP && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000)
default "8" if SMP
---help---
  This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
   kernel will support.  The maximum supported value is 512 and the
  minimum value which makes sense is 2.

   This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
  approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.

>
>> Jan 20 21:59:37 mail kernel: [0.004000] Memory: 598724k/614336k
>> available (1770k kernel code, 14940k reserved, 750k data, 244k init,
>> 0k highmem)
>
> Also very strange ^^
>
> According to that above, your system has 0 smp cpus, but it has 8 cpus, and 
> only
> one of those 8 has an ID.  This also says you have ~600MB of system memory.
> There is no physical combo of DIMMs that yields 600MB so we can assume you 
> have
> motherboard video chip and the BIOS is assigning system RAM for the frame
> buffer.  But on a modern system, why do you have so little RAM installed?
>
> Unfortunately the system information provided by kern.log is incomplete.  
> Please
> post output from dmesg so we can get a more complete picture of your system.
> Your kern.log info alone is not enough to diagnose what is causing your system
> to "freeze".  Something to consider is that kernel issues usually cause 
> panics,
> not freezes.  If your system is freezing, or "hard locking", this is usually a
> sign of:
>
> 1.  A thermal issue
> 2.  Defective hardware
> 3.  Hardware compatibility mismatch
>
> For comparison to your kern.log, I have a two CPU system, each a single core 
> CPU:
>
> Jan 20 01:59:42 greer kernel: found SMP MP-table at [c00f5b90] f5b90
> Jan 20 01:59:42 greer kernel: SMP: Allowing 2 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
> Jan 20 01:59:42 greer kernel: NR_CPUS:2 nr_cpumask_bits:2 nr_cpu_ids:2 
> nr_node_ids:1
>


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Re: elinks to be REMOVED from squeeze?

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-20, Thierry Chatelet  wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 January 2010 14:44:20 Jeffrey Cao wrote:
>> On 2010-01-20, Thierry Chatelet  wrote:
>> > Ouppsss, sorry
>> >
>> >> And libtre5 is in squeeze, so you to wait for it to move to sdueeze
>> >
>> > I mean
>> > And libtre5 is in "sid", so you to wait for it to move to squeeze
>> > Thierry
>> 
>> But I installed elinks one year ago without dependency problem.
>> I did "update" and "upgrade" frequently without problem until now.
>> Maybe something is broken with package dependency management recently.
>> 
>> Jeffrey
>> 
>
> Looking at elinks on debian package list, I saw that it depends on libtre4 and
> not on libtre5 as requested by aptitude. So, my guess would be that you should
> report a bug against elinks, or maybe contact the maintainer.
> Thierry
>
There's already a bug reported against elinks package. Bug number: #565999.
But I'm still wondering what caused this dependency issue.
Before this problem shew up, elinks depends on libtre4. libtre4 is installed
and elinks works fine. I checked elinks with "aptitude show elinks", and it 
says it still depends on libtre4, not libtre5. I'm sure elinks has not been
updated for a long time. So, what is changed to make elinks depends on 
libtre5?

Jeffrey


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Re: elinks to be REMOVED from squeeze?

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-20, Thierry Chatelet  wrote:
>
> Ouppsss, sorry
>> And libtre5 is in squeeze, so you to wait for it to move to sdueeze
>
>  
> I mean
> And libtre5 is in "sid", so you to wait for it to move to squeeze
> Thierry
>
>
But I installed elinks one year ago without dependency problem.
I did "update" and "upgrade" frequently without problem until now.
Maybe something is broken with package dependency management recently.

Jeffrey


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elinks to be REMOVED from squeeze?

[Jeffrey Cao]

Today when I ran "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade",
I got the message that the package elinks will be removed. I cancelled
this upgrade, since that I'm now using elinks.
Anyone know why elinks will be removed from squeeze? Or this is just
a mistake?

Jeffrey


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Re: Inquiry:How to install Debian from Internet?

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2010-01-05, hadi motamedi  wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Sjoerd Hardeman <
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>
>> hadi motamedi schreef:
>>
>> Dear All
>>> I have my Debian server installed from Debian-31 netinst & businesscard
>>> CDs , but when trying to install Asterisk 1.4 it failed . I thought that my
>>> Debian installation was incomplete. Can you please let me know how to
>>> install a complete Debian 3.1 right from the Internet ? Is there anything
>>> like "yum install" to try with ?
>>>
>> Did you even try to search the web for help? Try google with keyword
>> 'aptitude'.
>> Second, debian 3.1 (Sarge?) is hopelessly outdated. Since then both etch
>> (4.0) and lenny (5.0) have been released, the latter being the current
>> stable. Get a new netiso-image for lenny and install with that. This will
>> make sure you'll have security support (that's no longer available for
>> Sarge), and also makes sure you run aversion of Debian most people on the
>> list can help you with.
>>
>> Sjoerd
>>
>>
>
>
> You are right . But I have another DECT server with Debian 3.1 pre-installed
> . I wanted Debian 3.1 to install on my client and thus simulating that DECT
> server in the LAB .
What command did you use to install the package? and what's the error?
First of all, make sure your sources.list is well configured. 
Run "sudo apt-get update" to verify you can update your packages cache.


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> ng to install Asterisk 1.4 it failed . I thought that my Debian installatio=
> n was incomplete. Can you please let me know how to install a complete Debi=
> an 3.1 right from the Internet ? Is there anything like "yum install&q=
> uot; to try with ?
>Did you even try to search the web for help? Try google =
> with keyword 'aptitude'.Second, debian 3.1 (Sarge?) is hopeless=
> ly outdated. Since then both etch (4.0) and lenny (5.0) have been released,=
>  the latter being the current stable. Get a new netiso-image for lenny and =
> install with that. This will make sure you'll have security support (th=
> at's no longer available for Sarge), and also makes sure you run aversi=
> on of Debian most people on the list can help you with.
>Sjoerd
>=A0
>=A0
>=A0
>You are right . But I have another DECT server with Debian 3.1 pre-ins=
> talled . I wanted Debian 3.1 to install on my client and thus simulating th=
> at DECT server in the LAB .
>=A0
>
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debian Tags integrated into apt-get?

[Jeffrey Cao]

I found there's Tag section in /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages.
Does this mean debian tags is integrated into apt-get and I need not
run "debtags update" to update the tags? and "debtags update" is obsolete?

Jeffrey


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Re: Boot from 2.6.26-2-686 fails - unable to find root device

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-07-21, Bruce Ward  wrote:
> Juha Tuuna said:
>
>>> The boot fails with messages:
>>>Gave up waiting for root device.
>>>ALERT! /dev/disk/by-label/D5root does not exist.
>>>   Dropping to a shell!
>>> 
>>> At that stage there is no /dev/disk directory (let alone a by-label
>>> subdir!)
>>> 
>>> I use labels for my partitions because I have a mix of SATA and SCSI
>>> disks and Etch and Lenny find them in different order! I have exactly
>>> equivalent GRUB stanzas for both kernels; 2.6.26-1-686 has no problem.
>>> 
>>Try editing /boot/grub/menu.lst
>
>> Look at the working 2.6.26-1 entry and then match the root= in 2.6.26-2 entry
>> accordingly. That should be it.
>
> Done that. That is not the problem - here are the GRUB menu.lst entries:
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686
> root  (hd0,0)
> kernel/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=LABEL=D5root ro quiet
> initrd/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
Are you sure the initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686 are correctly generated?

>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686
> root  (hd0,0)
> kernel/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=LABEL=D5root ro quiet
> initrd/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
>
> The second one works, the first fails. Why?
>
> Bruce
>
>
>


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Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-07-02, Jesse Sheidlower  wrote:
>
> I have a two-year-old ThinkPad T60. It recently developed some
> screen problems--the display was losing colors, and finally
> started to die completely, going to black shortly after
> startup--so I sent it back for a warranty repair. I pulled the
> hard drive before I shipped it.
>
> It's back now, but the machine is now locking up hard at
> various points in the boot process. The first few times it
> froze at "Setting the system clock"; then at "Activing
> swapfile swap". Now it is booting all the way and letting me
> log into Gnome, but then locks up soon after. Needless to say,
> it was working fine (aside from the screen) before the repair.
>
> They included a note saying that they had also upgraded the
> BIOS and embedded controller--to 2.23 and 1.07 respectively.
To figure out if it is the BIOS and embedded controller version cause this 
problem, you can downgrade the version to the one you used before.

>
> I'm running Debian unstable, kernel 2.6.29-2-686.
>
> I'd be very grateful for any suggestion about what might have
> caused this, and for how to evaluate and fix it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
>
>


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Re: system taking ages to resolve dns

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-07-05, Daniel Dalton  wrote:
>
> --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP
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>
> Hi,
>
> I just reinstalled debian this week. It has not solved my issue of=20
> resolving dns taking a long time. Basically the issue is: If I want to=20
> access a dns such as google, or debian.org, it takes for ever to resolve=20
> the dns. Whether I'm using firefox or lynx to browse the web or msmtp to=20
> send email, the resolving of dns is over 30 seconds. If I use the ip=20
> address though, access is almost instant. So what can I do to solve this=20
> problem? Only occuring on my debian system, windows vista on the same=20
> system works fine, and no one else on the network seems to have issues=20
> like these. The issue started happening when I got my new dsl2 modem=20
> (netgear, nb5). As I said I did a reinstall, and with the base system=20
> and testing with lynx, I found the problem pretty much the same. So how=20
> can I speed up dns resolution?
>

Post your /etc/resolv.conf. I guess you have more than one dns server
in the file, and the first one does not work properly. Some app just try
the first one, and others try the remaining dns servers if the first one
does not work.

Jeffrey


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Re: reconfigure X

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-07-05, Paul E Condon  wrote:
> I need to reconfigure X, because I have switched to a newer, larger
> monitor. I google for info and find 
>
> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"
>
> but when I run this (as root) I get only questions about the keyboard
> and nothing about the monitor (or video care). 
>
> I am running Lenny, installed with the last week. Is monitor/video
> now in a different package?? What is the trick?
>
> TIA

You can just edit the configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
In the "Monitor" section, change the resolution.

Jeffrey


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Re: DNS lookup problems after upgrade from Etch to Lenny

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-06-16, Stackpole, Chris  wrote:
>> From: Adrian Levi [mailto:adrian.l...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: DNS lookup problems after upgrade from Etch to Lenny
>> 
>> >> didn't have it before and on another system running a fresh build
> of
>> >> Lenny running the exact same software handling a similar load and
> its
>> >> DNS ask rate is just as low as it was on this system running Etch.
>> >>
>> >> I am at a loss. I appreciate any help people can give.
>> 
>> Silly question, did you check resolv.conf?
>
> I did. It is the same as the other machines
>
> Search my.domain
> Nameserver ip.of.dns.1
> Nameserver ip.of.dns.2
>
Are you sure all those DNS servers work? especially for the first one.
Commented all others and leave only one to try one by one.

I met similar problem before. Some APPs just use the first DNS server.
If it failed, it will not try others. And some other APPs try others when
the first one failed.
So, maybe your first DNS does not work properly.

Jeffrey


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Re: wireless interface name changes across reboots

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-06-18, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi  wrote:
> When I reboot my laptop, my wireless card sometimes gets recognized as eth2.
> Other times it gets recognized as wlan0_rename. 
>
> Because of this, sometimes I end up with a booted machine with no network.
>
> Using Debian Lenny (stable), 
>
> $dmesg | grep -i wireless
> [7.493507] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection
> driver for Linux, 1.2.26ks
> [7.493507] iwl3945: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
>
> $uname -a
> Linux kusumanchi.mae.cornell.edu 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Fri Mar 13 18:08:45 UTC
> 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Which package is responsible for this madness? I am guessing udev but
> removing udev also wants to remove the kernel (linux-image) package(s). So
> are there any other work arounds?
>
> thanks
> raju

Do you boot into the same OS with the same kernel?
It's the driver who is responsible for the interface name.

Jeffrey


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Re: trouble with custom kernel

[Jeffrey Cao]

>
> Temporarily rename /lib/firmware/mts_edge.fw to something else (eg.
> /lib/firmware/mts_edge.fw.old) and reinstall 2.6.30
>
No, you can't just rename the file. The package installation information
is kept in the database.

Try "--force-overwrite" option to dpkg.

Jeffrey


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Re: regarding upgrade

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-04-23, Lenny Jaan  wrote:
>
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> Now I have peace mind, Thanks 2 Thierry.
> How do I get rid of other 2 entries from the boot screen ?
> How do I view the versio of Lenny using command line ?
>
It's a good manner to keep more than one kernel entries in grub,
in case that you can't boot up your current kernel.

Jeffrey


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Re: Cron - any advanced options?

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-04-23, Sjoerd Hardeman  wrote:
> This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156)
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> Kurian Thayil wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> =EF=BF=BD
>> I have 3 cron jobs enabled and all are relating to RSYNC. Now, all of=20
>> these scripts are run once in every 7 minutes all day. The problem=20
>> occurs when the scripts doesn't finish to execute in 7 minutes. This=20
>> will result in starting execution of the same script again and this wil=
> l=20
>> malfunction the setup.
>>=20
>> Is there an option in CRON, which always check if CRON has started the =
>
>> process and is already running? Cron should execute the script only if =
>
>> the the process isn't running already. Any hints on this?
> You could create a lockfile
>touch /var/lock/cronfiletest
> and the test if this lockfile exists, or else exit
>test -f /var/lock/cronfiletest || exit 0
Should it be this?
test -f /var/lock/cronfiletest && exit 0
if you want to exit when the lock file exist.

> You'll find similar tricks in many cron and init scripts.
>
> Sjoerd
>
> PS. Kurian, my apologies for the message sent to you. Hit the 'reply'=20
> vs. 'reply to list' button accidentally.
>
>
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Re: dist-upgrade to linux-image-2.6.26-2(Lenny5.0.0 to 5.0.1).Disk space question.

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-04-17, Daniel Dalton  wrote:
>
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>> > Still I wouldn't think it would take 70 mb, but maybe I'm wrong... :)
>> It's not only about the kernel image. The whole modules for the new kernel
>> will be installed into your /lib/modules/2.6.26-2 directory. That will take
>> much space.
>
> Ah right, yes I know that, but still didn't think it was that much. Now
> I think about it again, I guess it is.

When I do "du -sh /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/", it reports 56M.




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Re: Kernel Memory corruption error messages

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-04-16, Kushal Koolwal  wrote:
>
> Has any lately seen the following memory error messages (from dmesg) after 
> resuming from Suspend to Ram (S3). I am using Debian Lenny with 2.6.28 kernel.
>
> 
> [  179.822885] Corrupted low memory at c0007ffc (7ffc phys) = 82ea
> [  179.834294] [ cut here ]
> [  179.834310] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:718 
> check_for_bios_corruption+0xa0/0xaa()
> [  179.834326] Memory corruption detected in low memory
> [  179.845435] Modules linked in: snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss dme1737 hwmon_vid 
> lm90 snd_cs5535audio snd_ac97_codec pcspkr ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd 
> soundcore snd_page_alloc evdev
> [  179.845505] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.28-1-epm15-test1 #1
> [  179.845519] Call Trace:
> [  179.845904]  [] warn_slowpath+0x5a/0x78
> [  179.845927]  [] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x8a/0xbc
> [  179.845947]  [] do_IRQ+0x5a/0x6c
> [  179.845966]  [] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28
> [  179.845988]  [] vprintk+0x22b/0x24a
> [  179.846008]  [] vprintk+0x240/0x24a
> [  179.846029]  [] read_tsc+0x6/0x22
> [  179.846053]  [] getnstimeofday+0x4a/0xc5
> [  179.846078]  [] mfgpt_start_timer+0x4b/0x5b
> [  179.846103]  [] printk+0xe/0x11
> [  179.846124]  [] check_for_bios_corruption+0xa0/0xaa
> [  179.846146]  [] periodic_check_for_corruption+0x0/0x28
> [  179.846169]  [] periodic_check_for_corruption+0x5/0x28
> [  179.846194]  [] run_timer_softirq+0x12a/0x18e
> [  179.846214]  [] __do_softirq+0x4a/0xbc
> [  179.846232]  [] do_softirq+0x22/0x26
> [  179.846249]  [] irq_exit+0x25/0x5f
> [  179.846267]  [] do_IRQ+0x5a/0x6c
> [  179.846285]  [] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28
> [  179.846308]  [] default_idle+0x25/0x38
> [  179.846326]  [] cpu_idle+0x41/0x6f
> [  179.846339] ---[ end trace 5f499d87af471ce2 ]---
> debian:~# 
> 
> The system does seem to work fine even after the kernel panic but I am little 
> bit nervous that in the long run it might hurt.
>
> Also does anybody know how to debug this issue like -
> - Is it a module that is causing the problem or
It seems the sound related modules cause the problem, like snd_pcm_oss.
Try not to load them at startup, and then you load them by hand one bye one,
and you can find which module causes this issue.

> - Is it a core kernel issue or
I don't thinks so.
> - A Hardware/BIOS issue.
Only if you upgrade your BIOS recently.
>
> I also filed a bug report few days back:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523964
>
> Kushal Koolwal
>
> I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/
> _
> Windows Live™: Life without walls.
> http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1b_explore_042009
>


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Re: dist-upgrade to linux-image-2.6.26-2(Lenny5.0.0 to 5.0.1).Disk space question.

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-04-17, Daniel Dalton  wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 07:18:44PM -0700, Luis Maceira wrote:
>>=20
>> apt-get tells me that to dist-upgrade to the new linux-image-2.6.26-2
>> (lenny5.0.1) an additional of more then 70MB disk space will be used.Why =
> is that?
>> Doesn't the previous linux image be replaced by the new one,maintaining
>> approximately the same disk space? Or can I get rid of the old one
>
> Nope. It keeps them all there.
>
>> after a computer restart(and the remove of the old one is not done automa=
> tically)?
>
> Yes you can remove the old one with apt/dpkg. But I never bother. It's
> good to have them around as well encase you have problems with the new
> kernel although highly unlikely.=20
>
> Still I wouldn't think it would take 70 mb, but maybe I'm wrong... :)
It's not only about the kernel image. The whole modules for the new kernel
will be installed into your /lib/modules/2.6.26-2 directory. That will take
much space.

>
> Daniel.
>
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Re: Login problem at debian lenny

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-04-13, Mahmudur Rahman Jami  wrote:
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>
> Hi,
>
> I am using Debian lenny. I am unable to login to my system since today
> morning. It shows the following message when I put user account,
>
> Usage login [-p] [name]
>  -p [-h host] [-f name]
>  -p -r host
>
> This system is running qmail/webmail services and very important to me.
>
> Please help me.

Try to boot into single user mode.


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Re: what does "kept back" mean when do "apt-get upgrade"?

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-04-14, 明覺  wrote:
> 2009/4/14 David Fox :
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, 明覺  wrote:
>>> I often see that some packages are "kept back" when I do "apt-get
>>> upgrade", what does it mean? what actions are done to those kept back
>>> packages? thanks
>>
>> They're put on temporary hold. "Kept back" means that there exists a
>> dependency on one or more of the kept back packages that prevent them
>> from being installed.
>>
>> Sometimes you can upgrade them by doing a dist-upgrade or
>> full-upgrade,  but you have to be careful.
> if i do the dist-upgrade or full-upgrade to force upgrade these
> packages, then i may break the dependency of some other packages,
> which depend on the old versions, right? thanks.

No, you'll not break the dependency.
If the package to update depends on a new package, then the package will be
kept back when you use "apt-get update".
"apt-get update" will not install new packages or remove un-needed packages
automatically. "apt-get dist-upgrade" solves this issue.


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Re: how to find out all the domain names that etch looks up

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-04-07, Long Wind  wrote:
> Thanks!
>
>

/etc/hosts


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Re: extract debian package default config

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-03-26, Yanyuan Zhu  wrote:
> gksu synaptic
> choose the package you want, right click -- complete remove
> then reinstall it
>
> it's a little stupid, though
> Sylvain Viart wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Is there a simple way to get back the original package defauft config?
>> 
>> Example: I would like to get the original packaged apache2.conf
>> 
>> Is there some command which extract this from the package or is it 
>> extracted somewhere?
>> 

Normally, there's a backup configure file somewhere.
Use "dpkg -L packge" to check.


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Re: Netinstall and ADSL

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-03-10, German  wrote:
> Is that possible to netinstall Debian with ADSL? Thanks.
>
>
I don't think so. At least you have to set up dhcp service
in your local network and provide a mini ISO.
I don't think you can config pppoe before you get your minimal
system installed.
Better options are to config pppoe in your router or on another
computer and set up proxy for your install machine.


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Re: Stock kernel - it works everywhere because?

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-03-20, Adrian Levi  wrote:
> 2009/3/20 Matthew Smith :
>> Hi Folks
>>
>> Nearing the end of my journey now (Gentoo to Debian migration.)  Setting up
>> VMware Workstation from the official distribution (this is the commercial
>> one that I use) requires me to re-build the kernel so that it and the VMware
>> modules are compiled with the same version of gcc.
>>
>> I derived the .config for the kernel I am building from /proc/config.gz
>>
>> This is a HUGE build, taking forever.  May sound like a daft question, but
>> is the ease-of-use of the stock kernel due to the fact that drivers for
>> EVERYTHING are built as modules?
>>
>> Not used to distros that just work - especially with odd wireless drivers -
>> so forgive me if I sound a little stunned!
>
> Everything is compiled as modules, necessary items are included in an
> initrd image that is loaded at boot time. so that the modules are
> available for thins such as mounting you preferred file system and the
> modules to access the required block device.
>
> If everything was compiled in the kernel would work just as well but
> it would be huge!
>
> Note that (at least there used to be) specific Debian patches applied
> to the Debianised kernel sources to allow things such as a cramfs
> initrd. I am not sure if this is still the case for cramfs
> specifically (may have been merged into the vanilla kernel) but there
> are still specific kernel patches applied AFAIK.
>
> Welcome to Debian propper!  ;-)
>
> Adrian
>

You'd customize the config file, don't select those modules you do not need.
The compile time may reduce.


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Re: Technical Inquiry

[Jeffrey Cao]

On 2009-03-20, Lisi Reisz  wrote:
> On Friday 20 March 2009 09:01:17 Sudev Barar wrote:
>> 2009/3/20 Jeffrey Cao :
>> > Boot into single user mode, and you are the root.
>> > Then, you can change root password.
>>
>> Ah..banging my head why I did not think of this...
>
> Because it doesn't work in Etch or Lenny?  Don't know about other versions of 
> Debian.  I have certainly used distros where it did work.
>
> If you try to boot into single user mode it demands the root password.  
> Otherwise it won't let you in.
>
> Lisi
>
>

It does not demands the root password. It just request you to give root 
a new password, which is the chance you could change root password without
knowing the old one.


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Re: Technical Inquiry

[Jeffrey Cao]

Boot into single user mode, and you are the root. 
Then, you can change root password.

On 2009-03-20, Sudev Barar  wrote:
> 2009/3/20 hadi motamedi :
>> "We have one HP t5725 server with Debian Linux 3.1 installed but the
>> operator is getting the following message on the console port when trying to
>> boot the server :
>> "Unexpected inconsistency, run fsck manually . give root password for
>> maintenance or type ctrl-D to continue"
>> Unfortunately, he has forgottten for the root password and pressing ctrl-D
>> will just reboot the server to the above message again. Please let me know
>> how we can overcome.
>
> One way this can be done is that you can boot from a Live CD, mount
> the root partition and then edit the /etc/shadow. Remove only the
> password hash field for root. Then reboot the server directly and
> enter root without password.
>


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