Re: non-dpkg owned libc6 - etch to lenny upgrade problem

[John Fleming]

>> > Answer to my followup to your previous copy of that message
from >> > yesterday, rather than sending it again. >> >> I would if I could... I never saw my message posted,
nor did I see your >> response. Nor do I find either in the list
archives. > > They are in the archives. Tzafrir did reply to
you: Thanks, Bob!  I searched for libc6 and didn't find
it.Tzafrir, the answer to your question is in the subject line.  It is
a non-dpkg error.  John


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Re: non-dpkg owned libc6 - etch to lenny upgrade problem

[John Fleming]

On Wed, February 25, 2009 10:25 am, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Wed,
Feb 25, 2009 at 09:56:09AM -0500, John Fleming wrote: >> Consider
me a newbie - trying to upgrade etch to lenny, getting msg about >> having a non-dpkg owned copy of libc6-i686. "Can't live with
it, can't live >> without it". Can't remove it. Can't upgrade
with what I have. Previously >> I've done all installs and
upgrades with apt-get. I started this system >> with sarge, and
successfully upgraded to etch a couple of years ago and have >>
kept etch upgraded. I've tried apt-get -f dist-upgrade and aptitude >> dist-upgrade with same results. >> >>
Specific next steps, please? > > Answer to my followup to
your previous copy of that message from > yesterday, rather than
sending it again. I would if I could...  I never saw my message
posted, nor did I see your response.  Nor do I find either in the list
archives.  Now that you've beat on me, and if you're sure your comments got
posted, would you please send them to me again off-list?  Thanks


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non-dpkg owned libc6 - etch to lenny upgrade problem

[John Fleming]

Consider me a newbie - trying to upgrade etch to lenny, getting msg about
having a non-dpkg owned copy of libc6-i686.  "Can't live with it, can't live
without it".  Can't remove it. Can't upgrade with what I have.  Previously
I've done all installs and upgrades with apt-get.  I started this system
with sarge, and successfully upgraded to etch a couple of years ago and have
kept etch upgraded.  I've tried apt-get -f dist-upgrade and aptitude
dist-upgrade with same results.

Specific next steps, please?

Thanks!  - John 

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Non-dpkg owned libc6 etch-lenny upgrade

[John Fleming]

Consider me a newbie - trying to upgrade etch to lenny, getting msg about 
having a non-dpkg owned copy of libc6-i686.  "Can't live with it, can't live 
without it".  Can't remove it. Can't upgrade with what I have.  Previously 
I've done all installs and upgrades with apt-get.  I started this system 
with sarge, and successfully upgraded to etch a couple of years ago and have 
kept etch upgraded.  I've tried apt-get -f dist-upgrade and aptitude 
dist-upgrade with same results.


Specific next steps, please?

Thanks!  - John

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I/O error reading swsusp image with 2.6.18-6-686

[John Fleming]

It's been over 48 hrs, and I didn't get a single bite on this, so thought 
I'd try again.  I have a problem that only raises it's head with the 
2.6.18-6-686 kernel, but not the 2.6.18-4-686:


I've been struggling with my server not rebooting due to stopping at the
error:


Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ...
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/hda2) = hda2(3,2)
kinit: trying to resume from /dev/hda2
Attempting manual resume
attempt to access beyond end of device
hda2: rw=16, want=8, limit=2
I/O error reading swsusp image.

The boot stops at this point.  Painfully, when this first occurred, I wasn't
able to solve it, and actually reinstalled etch and then my last backup
files.  Later I learned that if I had just booted from a different kernel
(2.6.18-4 instead of -6), it would've booted fine!

Anyway, tonight I decided to try to reinstall 2.6.18-6-686 to stay up to
date.  In my newbieness, I uninstalled 2.6.18-6, and then reinstalled it.
However, when I try to boot 2.6.18-6, I get the sususp error and it won't
boot!  Of course, I can still boot with the -4 kernel fine.

Does anyone know anything about this?  I have no idea why it's talking about
swsusp.  (The uswsusp package is not installed, and there hasn't been any
suspending going on that I know about.)

Thanks a bunch!  - John


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update-grub problem

[John Fleming]

I'm trying to install linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 using apt-get.  I recently 
made the recommended change in /etc/kernel-img.conf to include:


postinst_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub

When I run the apt-get install, the configuration fails with the error 
about

"Could not find postinst hook script [usr/sbin/update-grub]."

However, that script DOES exist in the stated path.  So what gives with 
this?


Thanks any help!  - John


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I/O error reading swsusp image with 2.6.18-6-686

[John Fleming]

I've been struggling with my server not rebooting due to stopping at the 
error:



Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ...
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/hda2) = hda2(3,2)
kinit: trying to resume from /dev/hda2
Attempting manual resume
attempt to access beyond end of device
hda2: rw=16, want=8, limit=2
I/O error reading swsusp image.

The boot stops at this point.  Painfully, when this first occurred, I wasn't 
able to solve it, and actually reinstalled etch and then my last backup 
files.  Later I learned that if I had just booted from a different kernel 
2.6.18-4 instead of -6, it would've booted fine!


Anyway, tonight I decided to try to reinstall 2.6.18-6-686 to stay up to 
date.  In my newbieness, I uninstalled 2.6.18-6, and then reinstalled it. 
However, when I try to boot 2.6.18-6, I get the sususp error and it won't 
boot!  Of course, I can still boot with the -4 kernel fine.


Does anyone know anything about this?  I haveno idea why it's talking about 
swsusp.  (The uswsusp package is not installed, and there hasn't been any 
suspending going on that I know about.)


Thanks a bunch!  - John


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Re: update-grub problem

[John Fleming]

What is the current working directory when this script gets run.  You
told it
usr/sbin/update-grub

not
/usr/sbin/update-grub

Note the difference.

I still don't know why this is necessary.  During the most recent kernel
upgrade in Etch, I watched carefully for the usual warning message about
not running /sbin/update-grub and didn't see it.

Doug.


DUH!  How can we miss something like that once in awhile?  Thanks Doung and 
Mike - Adding the preceding slash fixed that problem, but brings out another 
problem I have that belongs in another thread.  Please see my next post 
about I/O error reading swsusp image.  I only get the error running 
2.6.18-6-686 but not 2.6.18-4-686.


- John 



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update-grub problem

[John Fleming]

I'm trying to install linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 using apt-get.  I recently 
made the recommended change in /etc/kernel-img.conf to include:


postinst_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub

When I run the apt-get install, the configuration fails with the error 
about

"Could not find postinst hook script [usr/sbin/update-grub]."

However, that script DOES exist in the stated path.  So what gives with 
this?


Thanks any help!  - John


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Re: Which backup package?

[John Fleming]

I know of amanda and bacula. Are there others I should 
look at? Any suggestions, recommendations?


http://www.mondorescue.net/


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Re: Why Installing php and pecl so difficult in Debian?

[John Fleming]

> The apt-get install can't find any phpDid
youapt-cache search php ??


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Restore apache help

[John Fleming]

Continuing to restore my server -

I've installed apache and restored my home dirs and /etc/apache dir.
That's not adequate though, as other configs are needed.  Right now
every browse is directed to the default /var/www dir and my httpd.conf
is being ignored due to various references to other config files.

Rather than trying to figure out exactly what it wants and restoring
that, one thing at a time, is it safe/advisable for me to restore my
entire old /etc dir from my backup?

Googling around I've found some good material about restoring user
accounts.  Any other advice on what's safe/advisable to restore versus
having to individually install and configure?  Can I restore the
entire /usr and /var dirs, or is that not advisable?

Thanks - John


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Re: fsck'd - FIXED

[John Fleming]

On 3/7/08, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 08:53:18PM -0500, John Fleming wrote:
>
> > Sorry to answer my own post, but it's FIXED!  When it got to the
> > "enter root password to enter maintenance", I did that, and at the
> > prompt entered fsck.  It warned me about running e2fsck on a mounted
> > filesystem, and I entered "n" and saw "no" echoed - However, then it
> > goes ahead and runs.  Will someone please explain that?  It seemed to
> > fix a million things (or at least a few hundred), but now it is
> > actually fixed!  Why does this work like this, and why didn't it work
> > running fsck from a live CD?  Thanks again!  - John
>
> I don't understand either.  Have you checked /var/log/syslog for drive
> errors and installed smartmontools and checked that too?
>
> Something caused all these errors.
>
> Do subsequent reboots work fine?  What about a shutdown -rF when a fsck
> is forced, are there any errors?
>
> Doug.

It's really fixed now - Subsequent reboots are fine, including
shutdown -rF.  Between the complexity of this and my relative
inexperience, I am not going to know exactly what caused the errors.
But I learned a lot about what to do if I ever see it again.  That
dialog about control-D or entering maintenance mode doesn't make sense
to me - I hit "n", it echoes "no", but then proceeds to run and work!
Things are fine now, but I need to start a new thread about restoring
apache.  Thanks again Doug.
-John


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Re: fsck'd - FIXED

[John Fleming]

On 3/7/08, John Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/7/08, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 08:29:08AM -0500, John Fleming wrote:
> > > Backgroud - I had a well-established LAMP server that was giving some
> > > filesystem errors on boot, with the "hit control-D to continue or give 
> > > root
> > > password to fix manually" message. It would go ahead and work normally if 
> > > I
> > > hit Control-D.
> >
> > You should have fixed it manually.  Control-D is in case the person
> > sitting there doesn't have the root password and is generic to Debian's
> > single-user mode.
> >
> > > However, I wanted to try to get rid of the error and need for human
> > > intervention in the event of the need for a remote reboot, so I tried
> > > to fix the errors with fsck.  Somehow I ended up with a badly trashed
> > > filesystem and inability to reboot.
> > >
> > > After much knashing of teeth and consideration of my options, I
> > > installed a new etch system.  I installed several benign packages like
> > > apache.  I ran update and dist-upgrade to bring the system up to date.
> > > When I ran the upgrade, it told me that it was trying to install an
> > > identical kernel image.
> >
> > Well, it was a new kernel image with the same version code so that the
> > new modules would be going in the same directory as the old modules.
> > The new modules won't work with the old kernel so that if you do
> > anything to trigger a module load, bad things can happen, which is why
> > you reboot as soon as the upgrade is complete.
> >
> > > It explained some things about what it was doing about modules, and
> > > then said to be sure to reboot.  I did that, but then it gave me that
> > > now-familiar message about how the filesystem has errors, hit
> > > control-D to continue...
> >
> > > I booted with Knoppix, made sure my filesystem on /dev/hda1 was NOT
> > > mounted, and ran fsck -f.  It did the 5 passes without mention of
> > > errors.  I ran it a second time with same results.  However, when I
> > > boot from /dev/hda1, I still get the error about a filesystem with
> > > errors!
> > >
> > > Trying to rebuild the server as it was is painful enough - Why would I
> > > be having these filesystem errors?  The HDD is relatively new.
> > >
> > > Any other way to try to get rid of the boot error before I reinstall
> > > etch again?  I hate to do that because I don't understand how these
> > > errors originate, so I don't know why I shouldn't expect them to crop
> > > up again at some point later after another fresh install.
> > >
> > > Why does the fsck during boot find errors when the fsck run via
> > > knoppix on the same filesystem return clean?
> >
> > Don't know why.  Here's how I'd proceed:
> >
> > 1.  boot with the kernel command line: init=/bin/sh since debian's
> > single-user mode gives you most filesystems already mounted.
> >
> > 2.  run fsck (read the man page to give you the options appropriate
> > to your root fs);  run it on all your filesystems.
> >
> > 3.  shutdown -h and power-cycle.
> >
> > 4.  run aptitude update then upgrade anything required.
> >
> > 5.  reboot.  Watch the screen for any errors on shutdown that would
> >suggest that the system isn't, e.g. remounting the / fs ro
> >before halt/reboot.  If in doubt, set up a serial console and
> >log the output or set up the console output to go to a printer.
> >
> > 6.  If you still have problems, boot knoppix (I use grml) and run
> >fsck.  If this is ext2/3, I'd run -c -c so that the entire disk
> >gets read to force the drive firmware to re-map any bad sectors.
> >While this is running, I'd be watching /var/log/syslog for any
> >errors from the drive.
> >
> > 7.  Ensure that you have SMARTmontools installed and run a long
> >smart test and when its complete, check the results on the
> >drive.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > If all else fails, plan for a reinstall (ensure that you have backups).
> > Then boot knoppix and run wipe on the drive.  This fully exercises the
> > drive to exorsize any gremlins.  Then install etch minimal (don't select
> > any tasks), ensure that aptitude is installed (if it isn't, then apt-get
> > a

Re: fsck'd

[John Fleming]

On 3/7/08, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 08:29:08AM -0500, John Fleming wrote:
> > Backgroud - I had a well-established LAMP server that was giving some
> > filesystem errors on boot, with the "hit control-D to continue or give root
> > password to fix manually" message. It would go ahead and work normally if I
> > hit Control-D.
>
> You should have fixed it manually.  Control-D is in case the person
> sitting there doesn't have the root password and is generic to Debian's
> single-user mode.
>
> > However, I wanted to try to get rid of the error and need for human
> > intervention in the event of the need for a remote reboot, so I tried
> > to fix the errors with fsck.  Somehow I ended up with a badly trashed
> > filesystem and inability to reboot.
> >
> > After much knashing of teeth and consideration of my options, I
> > installed a new etch system.  I installed several benign packages like
> > apache.  I ran update and dist-upgrade to bring the system up to date.
> > When I ran the upgrade, it told me that it was trying to install an
> > identical kernel image.
>
> Well, it was a new kernel image with the same version code so that the
> new modules would be going in the same directory as the old modules.
> The new modules won't work with the old kernel so that if you do
> anything to trigger a module load, bad things can happen, which is why
> you reboot as soon as the upgrade is complete.
>
> > It explained some things about what it was doing about modules, and
> > then said to be sure to reboot.  I did that, but then it gave me that
> > now-familiar message about how the filesystem has errors, hit
> > control-D to continue...
>
> > I booted with Knoppix, made sure my filesystem on /dev/hda1 was NOT
> > mounted, and ran fsck -f.  It did the 5 passes without mention of
> > errors.  I ran it a second time with same results.  However, when I
> > boot from /dev/hda1, I still get the error about a filesystem with
> > errors!
> >
> > Trying to rebuild the server as it was is painful enough - Why would I
> > be having these filesystem errors?  The HDD is relatively new.
> >
> > Any other way to try to get rid of the boot error before I reinstall
> > etch again?  I hate to do that because I don't understand how these
> > errors originate, so I don't know why I shouldn't expect them to crop
> > up again at some point later after another fresh install.
> >
> > Why does the fsck during boot find errors when the fsck run via
> > knoppix on the same filesystem return clean?
>
> Don't know why.  Here's how I'd proceed:
>
> 1.  boot with the kernel command line: init=/bin/sh since debian's
> single-user mode gives you most filesystems already mounted.
>
> 2.  run fsck (read the man page to give you the options appropriate
> to your root fs);  run it on all your filesystems.
>
> 3.  shutdown -h and power-cycle.
>
> 4.  run aptitude update then upgrade anything required.
>
> 5.  reboot.  Watch the screen for any errors on shutdown that would
>suggest that the system isn't, e.g. remounting the / fs ro
>before halt/reboot.  If in doubt, set up a serial console and
>log the output or set up the console output to go to a printer.
>
> 6.  If you still have problems, boot knoppix (I use grml) and run
>fsck.  If this is ext2/3, I'd run -c -c so that the entire disk
>gets read to force the drive firmware to re-map any bad sectors.
>While this is running, I'd be watching /var/log/syslog for any
>errors from the drive.
>
> 7.  Ensure that you have SMARTmontools installed and run a long
>smart test and when its complete, check the results on the
>drive.
>
> ---
>
> If all else fails, plan for a reinstall (ensure that you have backups).
> Then boot knoppix and run wipe on the drive.  This fully exercises the
> drive to exorsize any gremlins.  Then install etch minimal (don't select
> any tasks), ensure that aptitude is installed (if it isn't, then apt-get
> aptitude), get aptitude set up the way you like with only necessary
> packages marked as manual, the rest as automatic, then do an update and
> upgrade before you install any other packages.
>
> At each stage, do a shutdown -rF.
>
> Doug.

Doug, thanks for the good ideas - I learned some things from your
considered response.  I ended up finally reinstalling etch again.
I've now captured the pertinent part of the boot messages and will
copy below.  Why does the filesystem check c

fsck'd

[John Fleming]

Backgroud - I had a well-established LAMP server that was giving some
filesystem errors on boot, with the "hit control-D to continue or give root
password to fix manually" message. It would go ahead and work normally if I
hit Control-D.  However, I wanted to try to get rid of the error and need
for human intervention in the event of the need for a remote reboot, so I
tried to fix the errors with fsck.  Somehow I ended up with a badly trashed
filesystem and inability to reboot.

After much knashing of teeth and consideration of my options, I installed a
new etch system.  I installed several benign packages like apache.  I ran
update and dist-upgrade to bring the system up to date.  When I ran the
upgrade, it told me that it was trying to install an identical kernel
image.  It explained some things about what it was doing about modules, and
then said to be sure to reboot.  I did that, but then it gave me that
now-familiar message about how the filesystem has errors, hit control-D to
continue...

I booted with Knoppix, made sure my filesystem on /dev/hda1 was NOT mounted,
and ran fsck -f.  It did the 5 passes without mention of errors.  I ran it a
second time with same results.  However, when I boot from /dev/hda1, I still
get the error about a filesystem with errors!

Trying to rebuild the server as it was is painful enough - Why would I be
having these filesystem errors?  The HDD is relatively new.

Any other way to try to get rid of the boot error before I reinstall etch
again?  I hate to do that because I don't understand how these errors
originate, so I don't know why I shouldn't expect them to crop up again at
some point later after another fresh install.

Why does the fsck during boot find errors when the fsck run via knoppix on
the same filesystem return clean?

Thanks any help!  - John

Re: How To Install debian on IBM x3550???

[John Fleming]

On Wed, December 19, 2007 12:34 am, M.Setyo Budi wrote: >
dear All, > > I need a little help about How to
Install Debian etch 40r0 -i386 on > IBM x3550. >
Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5160 up to 3.0 GHz > and
up to 1333 MHz front-side bus > 293.6 GB 2.5" hot-swap
SAS storage > Raid Support :Integrated RAID-0, -1, -10,
optional RAID-5, -6 > > Please advice > > Thanks, > Oddie In one message you say
"etch" (which is stable) and in another you said
"testing" (which is not etch).  Sorta confusing.  I think
the group needs more specific information overall.


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Re: How to start KDE from a console prompt?

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "ML Debian-User" 
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 8:36 PM
Subject: How to start KDE from a console prompt?



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Hash: SHA1

Hi,

To enter GNOME, I type "startx".  I tried entering KDE by typing
"startkde" which I what I remember doing a couple of years ago when
I last tried it.  But it can't start X.

Anyone have any clues?

$ startkde
xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
xset:  unable to open display ""
xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
startkde: Starting up...
startkde: Running kpersonalizer...
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server
kwin: cannot connect to X server
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server
[etc etc ad nauseum]

- --
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Jefferson LA  USA

"Your mistletoe is no match for my TOW missile."  Santa-bot
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Try /etc/init.d/kdm start (assuming you have kdm) and let us know.  startkde 
gives me similar messages, but starting kdm works fine.  - John 



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Re: ATTN Mondo users - pse help cdrom Mondo probs

[John Fleming]

See bottom please -

- Original Message - 
From: "Mark Neidorff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: ATTN Mondo users - pse help cdrom Mondo probs


John,

This reply was posted on the Mondo Devel list. Sorry that you missed seeing
it. I hope it helps you.

I had a similar problem. I created a Mondo DVD (from Debian Etch
stable) and received the same "copy to floppies" message when
attempting to boot. I solved the problem by creating a new Mondo ISO
image *while a CD was mounted*. With a CD mounted, the modules needed
to support the CD drive will be included in the ISO. After the ISO is
created, unmount the CD and use a blank CD/DVD to burn the ISO image.
There are instructions for using the "cdrecord" command in the Mondo
how-to.

http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/mondorescue-howto.html

Judging from a search of the Mondo mailing list archive, this seems
to be a common error message. I believe there have been other causes
for it. I am definitely not a Mondo expert.


On Sunday 09 December 2007 06:03 pm, John Fleming wrote:

I'm not getting the answer on Mondo-devel, so please indulge me here - I
really need some help.

Using Mondo in Debian Etch, I burn any of the formats - DVD/CD/ISO.  When 
I

reboot with any of these, and indicate "nuke", shortly after the usual
"vmlinuz." message, I see several screens of errors fly by.  It
finally stops and tells me I need to burn the mindi images to floppies
because it can't find the cdrom.  Normally, my cdrom is mounted as
/dev/hde /media/cdrom0

I can post my mindi.log if someone thinks they can help.  (I'm not sure I
can attach here.)  Has anyone else seen this and have some suggestions
about where to start?  This relative newbie doesn't find the answer in the
logs, the mondo FAQ, or googling.

Mondo is my main means of server backup, and I'm more than a little 
nervous

now that I know I can't easily restore from DVD.

Thanks!  - John


These seem to be the pertinent modules:

#modprobe -l|grep cdrom
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sjcd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/optcd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/isp16.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/gscd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/aztcd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.ko
#

And this the pertinent /usr/sbin/mindi section:

MY_FSTAB=/etc/fstab
FLOPPY_MODS="ide-floppy floppy"
TAPE_MODS="ht st osst ide-tape ide_tape"
SCSI_MODS="3w- 53c7,8xx a100u2w a320raid aacraid advansys aha152x 
aha1542 aha1740 aic79xx aic79xx_mod aic7xxx aic7xxx_mod aic7xxx_old AM53C974 
atp870u BusLogic cciss cpqfc dmx3191d dpt_i2o dtc eata eata_dma eata_pio 
fdomain gdth g_NCR5380 i2o_block i2o_core ide-scsi ieee1394 imm in2000 
initio ips iscsi isp megaraid mptbase mptscsih NCR53c406a ncr53c8xx nsp32 
pas16 pci2000 pci2220i pcmcia ppa psi240i qla1280 qla2200 qla2300 qlogicfas 
qlogicfc qlogicisp raw1394 scsi_debug scsi_mod sd_mod seagate sg sim710 
sr_mod sym53c416 sym53c8xx sym53c8xx_2 t128 tmscsim u14-34f ultrastor wd7000 
vmhgfs"

# ide-probe-mod
IDE_MODS="ide ide-generic ide-detect ide-mod ide-disk ide-cd ide_cd ide-cs 
ide-core ide_core libata edd paride ata_piix libata via82cxxx generic"

PCMCIA_MODS="pcmcia_core ds yenta_socket"
USB_MODS="usb-storage usb-ohci usb-uhci usbcore usb_storage hid uhci_hcd 
ehci_hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd usbkbd usbhid"
CDROM_MODS="$TAPE_MODS $FLOPPY_MODS $IDE_MODS af_packet cdrom isocd isofs 
inflate_fs nls_iso8859-1 nls_cp437 sg sr_mod zlib_inflate $USB_MODS 
$PCMCIA_MODS"
NET_MODS="sunrpc nfs nfs_acl lockd loop mii 3c59x e100 bcm5700 bnx2 e1000 
eepro100 ne2k-pci tg3 pcnet32 8139cp 8139too 8390 vmxnet"
EXTRA_MODS="$CDROM_MODS vfat fat loop md-mod linear raid0 raid1 xor raid5 
lvm-mod dm-mod jfs xfs xfs_support pagebuf reiserfs ext2 ext3 minix nfs 
nfs_acl nfsd lockd sunrpc jbd"

LOGFILE=/var/log/mindi.log
FDDEVICE=/dev/fd0 ; # 1.44MB floppy #0
CACHE_LOC=/var/cache/mondo-archive
FORCE_DUAL_FLOPPIES=no

Do I need to add /lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.ko 
(sonycd535)
to the mindi section?  This used to work without such a hack, but it hasn't 
since I upgraded from sarge to etch.  I was probably using a different 
kernel the last time it worked.  There is a post in the archives that 
suggested to add FORCE_MODS to /usr/bin/mindi.  Is there reason to think 
that would help??


- John


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Re: ATTN Mondo users - pse help cdrom Mondo probs

[John Fleming]

Mark top-posted, but my reply is at the very bottom below.

- Original Message - 
From: "Mark Neidorff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: ATTN Mondo users - pse help cdrom Mondo probs


John,

This reply was posted on the Mondo Devel list. Sorry that you missed seeing
it. I hope it helps you.

I had a similar problem. I created a Mondo DVD (from Debian Etch
stable) and received the same "copy to floppies" message when
attempting to boot. I solved the problem by creating a new Mondo ISO
image *while a CD was mounted*. With a CD mounted, the modules needed
to support the CD drive will be included in the ISO. After the ISO is
created, unmount the CD and use a blank CD/DVD to burn the ISO image.
There are instructions for using the "cdrecord" command in the Mondo
how-to.

http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/mondorescue-howto.html

Judging from a search of the Mondo mailing list archive, this seems
to be a common error message. I believe there have been other causes
for it. I am definitely not a Mondo expert.


On Sunday 09 December 2007 06:03 pm, John Fleming wrote:

I'm not getting the answer on Mondo-devel, so please indulge me here - I
really need some help.

Using Mondo in Debian Etch, I burn any of the formats - DVD/CD/ISO.  When 
I

reboot with any of these, and indicate "nuke", shortly after the usual
"vmlinuz." message, I see several screens of errors fly by.  It
finally stops and tells me I need to burn the mindi images to floppies
because it can't find the cdrom.  Normally, my cdrom is mounted as
/dev/hde /media/cdrom0

I can post my mindi.log if someone thinks they can help.  (I'm not sure I
can attach here.)  Has anyone else seen this and have some suggestions
about where to start?  This relative newbie doesn't find the answer in the
logs, the mondo FAQ, or googling.

Mondo is my main means of server backup, and I'm more than a little 
nervous

now that I know I can't easily restore from DVD.

Thanks!  - John


Thanks, Mark, but I did get that response (only), and I thought I posted a 
reply, but maybe I only sent it privately.  Although it didn't make sense to 
me, I tried the suggestion above and got the same results.  I mentioned in 
the original post that I get the same results even if I burn the backup 
directly to CD or DVD.  Mondo would know about the cdrom if it's using it to 
make the backup.


Any other suggestions out there?  Thanks - John


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ATTN Mondo users - pse help cdrom Mondo probs

[John Fleming]

I'm not getting the answer on Mondo-devel, so please indulge me here - I 
really need some help.


Using Mondo in Debian Etch, I burn any of the formats - DVD/CD/ISO.  When I 
reboot with any of these, and indicate "nuke", shortly after the usual 
"vmlinuz." message, I see several screens of errors fly by.  It 
finally stops and tells me I need to burn the mindi images to floppies 
because it can't find the cdrom.  Normally, my cdrom is mounted as

/dev/hde /media/cdrom0

I can post my mindi.log if someone thinks they can help.  (I'm not sure I 
can attach here.)  Has anyone else seen this and have some suggestions about 
where to start?  This relative newbie doesn't find the answer in the logs, 
the mondo FAQ, or googling.


Mondo is my main means of server backup, and I'm more than a little nervous 
now that I know I can't easily restore from DVD.


Thanks!  - John


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Re: Etch mysql won't start (resolved)

[John Fleming]

On Mon, November 26, 2007 1:04 am, I.E.Broadbent wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 21:35 -0500, John Fleming wrote:
>> I was playing with Wordpress stuff the last few days, and got my
>> databases
>> mucked up. Somehow ?? now, mysql won't start at all. Can someone
>> help this
>> newbie figure out what is wrong? I know it's difficult when I can't
>> tell
>> you exactly what was going on when it stopped working, but I don't
>> know
>> where to start with this. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling,
>> but that
>> doesn't help. Anything simple to do to start from scratch with a
>> fresh
>> mysql?? Thanks! - John
>>
>
> John,
> if you try connecting to mysql using mysqlmanager (or one of the other
> gui frontends) what error messages do you get? Something like
> 'cannot
> connect to socket (or sock) at  address'? or perhaps, '
> access denied to user (name) using password (yes [or no])' ... ?
>
> It would help greatly to understand what mysql is trying to tell
> you, ... ?
>
> If you've already reinstalled it all then it is likely that it must be
> one of the two options above (either the path has become confused, or
> your access rights have).
>
> I won't be able to take this further myself because I'm about to be
> off-line for the next 3 days... but the answers would assist others.
>
> Ian
>


Thanks, Ian!  I googled and tried several things that didn't help
yesterday.  Then I ran apt-get update/upgrade and noticed there were
updates for mysql-server and mysql-server-5.0.  These upgraded OK
without error messages, and afterwards, my mysql will run again!  I
have no idea what happened originally or exactly what was repaired
with the upgrade, but I had a backup of my databases and now have
everything back as before!  Praise God!

- John



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Re: Etch mysql won't start

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "I.E.Broadbent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: Etch mysql won't start




On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 21:35 -0500, John Fleming wrote:
I was playing with Wordpress stuff the last few days, and got my 
databases
mucked up.  Somehow ?? now, mysql won't start at all.  Can someone help 
this

newbie figure out what is wrong?  I know it's difficult when I can't tell
you exactly what was going on when it stopped working, but I don't know
where to start with this.  I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but 
that

doesn't help.  Anything simple to do to start from scratch with a fresh
mysql??  Thanks!  - John



John,
if you try connecting to mysql using mysqlmanager (or one of the other
gui frontends) what error messages do you get?   Something like 'cannot
connect to socket (or sock) at  address'?  or perhaps, '
access denied to user (name) using password (yes [or no])' ... ?

It would help greatly to understand what mysql is trying to tell
you, ... ?


I have a cron job that does a mysqldump daily, and it emailed me the 
following error this morning - but again, I think this is just because the 
server is not running:


mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through 
socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) when trying to connect


- John


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Re: Etch mysql won't start

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "I.E.Broadbent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: Etch mysql won't start




On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 21:35 -0500, John Fleming wrote:
I was playing with Wordpress stuff the last few days, and got my 
databases
mucked up.  Somehow ?? now, mysql won't start at all.  Can someone help 
this

newbie figure out what is wrong?  I know it's difficult when I can't tell
you exactly what was going on when it stopped working, but I don't know
where to start with this.  I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but 
that

doesn't help.  Anything simple to do to start from scratch with a fresh
mysql??  Thanks!  - John



John,
if you try connecting to mysql using mysqlmanager (or one of the other
gui frontends) what error messages do you get?   Something like 'cannot
connect to socket (or sock) at  address'?  or perhaps, '
access denied to user (name) using password (yes [or no])' ... ?

It would help greatly to understand what mysql is trying to tell
you, ... ?

If you've already reinstalled it all then it is likely that it must be
one of the two options above (either the path has become confused, or
your access rights have).

I won't be able to take this further myself because I'm about to be
off-line for the next 3 days... but the answers would assist others.


Thanks, Ian.  It's not that I can't CONNECT - mysql won't even start, i.e. 
it FAILS to start during reboot, and it won't start using /etc/init.d/mysql 
start from a terminal.  phpMyAdmin won't let me login, but that's just 
because mysql is not even running.


When you say "reinstalled it all" above, what "all" has to be reinstalled? 
I think what I am asking is:


1.  What constitutes a basic "fresh mysql [re]install"?
2.  How to debug further?

Thanks!  - John


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Etch mysql won't start

[John Fleming]

I was playing with Wordpress stuff the last few days, and got my databases 
mucked up.  Somehow ?? now, mysql won't start at all.  Can someone help this 
newbie figure out what is wrong?  I know it's difficult when I can't tell 
you exactly what was going on when it stopped working, but I don't know 
where to start with this.  I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but that 
doesn't help.  Anything simple to do to start from scratch with a fresh 
mysql??  Thanks!  - John




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Re: Re: Using backports after upgrade

[John Fleming]

I think that you may find that the SA upgrades have migrated to
debian-volatile.  Its a new official service for upgrades that are not
security-minded (as is security.debian.org) but that info changes (such
as virus and spam scanners).  If so, its just one more line in your
sources.list.

Doug.
--

Sorry that I'm late answering and messing up the threads.  I had to go out 
of town and got a little happy with the delete key...  Got the above from 
the archives.


My sources list is below - Both volatile and back ports are in there, and 
both clamav (volatile) and SA (backports) used to update before I upgraded 
sarge to etch.


Thanks any other help...?  - John

#The url below is for clamav updates
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main
#The url below is for spamassassin from backports.org
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main 



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Using backports after upgrade

[John Fleming]

Hello - I was running Sarge with SpamAssassin upgrades from backports.org. 
Then I upgraded to Etch.  I have backports in my sources.list, but I don't 
seem to be getting SA updates.  (My SA is 3.1.7, and latest seems to be 
3.2.3)


Is there something about my upgrading from sarge to etch that could've 
affected this?


Thanks - John


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Re: going from Xwindows to console

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "jekillen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 6:28 PM
Subject: going from Xwindows to console



Hello;
I've installed Debian 4.1 and would like to know how to
drop out of Xwindows into a console display. It seems
to be different from distro to distro. I tried F1, F2, etc;
command F1, F2, etc;
alt F1, F2, etc
shift F1, F2, etc
control F1, F2, etc.
So what is the magic incantation on Debian?
Xwindows usually runs on tty7or  tty8 as I
recall from Mandrake and Yellow Dog. And
it is accessed via F7 or F8.


CTL-ALT-F1



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Re: mondoarchive

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Hugo Vanwoerkom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: mondoarchive



debian user wrote:

I am running Sarge.

I apt-get(ted) the stable mondo tools and am trying to
use mondoarchive.

When doing a test archive for my /home dir,
mondoarchive complains of a fatal error:

Fatal error. Filesystem cramfs not supported for
initrd image. Terminating.

Does anyone have a suggestion?



I see you posted to the mondo list also.
Found this:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2004/02/msg00059.html

Which seems to suggest that you must use a failsafe kernel:

man mondoarchive:

...
   -k path  Path of user's kernel. If you are a Debian or Gentoo user 
then  specify  -k  FAILSAFE  as your kernel. Otherwise, you will rarely 
need this option.

...

That said, I see that in my stock Debian I have in the .config:

CONFIG_CRAMFS=y

and I run mondoarchive just fine w/o failsafe.
But I run Sid.
What kernel are you running?

Hugo


FWIW (not much), I've been running mondoarchive with sarge and now etch with 
various 2.4 and 2.6 kernels WITHOUT needing the FAILSAFE kernel, and I've 
not had this problem.  So it might be a kernel problem, but I doubt it's any 
"usual" problem - It's not just because it's a Debian kernel etc...


- John


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Gallery2-Sarge

[John Fleming]

Hello - I've used Gallery2 and Gallery1 by installing from the tar.gz 
package from the menalto website.  I see they are available in Sarge, and I 
have questions about installing one codebase and using from several 
different virtual host URLs.


I'd like to know more about how the install goes using the deb packages. 
What are you asked during installation, ie do they give you a chance to 
install to virtual hosts?  I've read the support docs about how to do that 
starting with the tar/gz package, but I haven't been successful doing it 
that way for multiple virtual hosts on the same server, AND I know it would 
be generally more desirable to install from the sarge packages with a Debian 
package manager etc.


I'm guessing the deb packages install and then you are just directed to the 
/gallery2/install directory after which you proceed with the web installer 
like I do starting from the tar.gz package?  Or does Debian do it a 
different way?


Thanks any comments about gallery2 on virtual hosts.

- John




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Re: Software updates?

[John Fleming]

Is there a feature somewhere that I might have setup on the two machines 
to automatically apply the updates without asking me?  I have compared 
the /etc/apt/source.lst files and they all are the same, so I am 
wondering if it is something I did on the desktop?


A cron job to update && upgrade?


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Re: Is Etch Stable is really stable?

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Michael Conway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Is Etch Stable is really stable?



From what I have read in the Etch Install notes, it is actually

recomended that Etch be clean-installed and not dist-upgraded from
sarge due to issues being reported in this process. Maybe things have
changed though.

Oh I hope that's not true or needs qualification.  That would negate a prime 
beauty of Debian - the seamless upgrade process!


John




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Upgrade sarge

[John Fleming]

Inexperienced question - I'm running Sarge, with newer ClamAV from
volatile and newer SpamAssassin from backports.  When I'm ready to
upgrade to Etch, I assume I don't need the backports and volatile
entries in sources.list?  Will ClamAV and SA get upgraded as part of
the upgrade to Etch, or is this more complicated now because the
versions I am using are from volatile and backports?

Any specific comments and advice greatly appreciated!

- John



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Re: OT: Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "M. Fioretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user



On Sat, May 19, 2007 17:55:34 PM -0400, Miles Fidelman
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:


>Please avoid this kind of technical suggestions in this thread:
>
>* it is still the same unacceptable "since you can buy ear plugs, I
>  can yell whenever I want" attitude. See my previous messages
>
No.  Who died and put you in charge?


Are we changing the subject? Why? If what I have said is _objectively_
wrong, please explain _why_.  Otherwise, such reactions make me think
that you are just angry with yourself because you _have_ given Roberto
another excuse to hide his problems (without the OT label). Note that
he's already managed to put you against me, so the two of us should
really avoid to pollute the list by doing his trolling for him.


Enough already, or does somebody have to mention Nazis?


Personally, I had already decided that, from now on, any off topic
rambling by the people we have already mentioned will cause an
immediate reply, both on the list and to the moderators, requesting,
with links to this thread, that they are banned from posting.
I invite all other subscribers to do the same.


I hope the bean counters are counting how many of -this- "rampant" thread 
there are.  Surely it will approach the totals for other OT threads, thus 
doubling the "problem".  Completely predictable.  Those who object to a 
certain thread as being OT, start their own OT thread about the original OT 
thread and double the problem.  You guys should have learned how to deal 
with this in kindergarten - ignore it, don't feed it, and it usually goes 
away quickly - and with less mess than if you try to jump in and "correct" 
it.  -This- thread has already become uglier than any of the original OT 
threads.


John



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Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?

[John Fleming]

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 01:26:34PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:

Roberto � wrote:
Let us agree that to every Christian and Jew (at least) God is a He.


Anyone read "Evangelical Feminism - A New Path to Liberalism" by Wayne 
Grudem?  Interesting book about interpretation of scripture.  It talks about 
the ways people "craft it to suit themselves", i.e.


- Saying the Genesis is wrong
- Saying that Paul was wrong
- Saying that some verses found in every manuscript are not part of the 
Bible

- "Later developments" trump scripture
- "Redemptive movement" trumps scripture
- Is it just a matter of choosing our favorite verses?
- Can we just ignore the "disputed" passages
- Does a pastor's authority trump scripture?
- Teaching in the parachurch
and others

Chapters on women include:

Disruptive women in Corinth?
Women homeowners as elders?
Women deacons with authority?
Does "head" mean "source"
Is the Son not subordinate to the Father in the Trinity?

And,

The Next Step"  Denial of Anything Uniquely Masculine
Another troubling step: God our mother

I'm sure some of you would enjoy it!

- John



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Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "SB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd 
party modules into deb system?




Ron Johnson wrote:

On 05/09/07 04:02, Jochen Schulz wrote:

Ron Johnson:

And Christianity teaches "love your neighbor as yourself".

That doesn't mean that the humans who purport to believe in it
actually follow it correctly.

In a religion that constantly reminds everyone that the "natural man is
an enemy to God",


You haven't read the Bible lately, have you?


Does it get updated on a regular basis ?


No need - God's word is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  It's 
people that are the problem.



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Re: swap

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Francesco Pietra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "debian-users" ; "debian64" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 6:10 AM
Subject: Fwd: swap



Below I mean adding a single HD not to the raid, just
as additional space where to point the swap file
thanks
francesco
--- Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I think people are having a difficult time understanding why you would need 
that much swap space.



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Newbie help how to enlarge root partition

[John Fleming]

I'm the guy that recently dd'd hda (40GB) to hdb (160GB) and then put the 
larger drive in the first position, making it now the new hda.  I knew I 
would then be using only 40GB of the 160GB HDD.  I thought it would be easy 
to enlarge the 40GB root partition, but this newbie is having trouble with 
that.


I tried using a Knoppix live CD and QtParted, but I still couldn't figure 
out to do it - When the root partition was selected, "resize" was not even 
an option (dimmed out).


I've looked at fdisk and parted, but I need help.  Do I need to start over 
copying my 40GB HDD to a properly-partitioned 160GB HDD, or can someone give 
me detailed instructions to expand my 40GB root partition to use the 
available free space on the new drive?


Thanks - My current partitions are shown below.  - John
Debian Sarge


# fdisk /dev/hda

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 19457.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
  (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *   1480138564001   83  Linux
/dev/hda248024863  498015f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda548024863  497983+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

Command (m for help):


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SOLVED Re: New HDD install weirdness? (dd)

[John Fleming]

Try pulling out both hard drives and booting from CD.  If you continue
to get the beeping thingy you'll know its probably something with the
bios.


Well, it's not doing it anymore!  I booted from the Knoppix CD again to 
observe the behavior, and it didn't do it.  And when I rebooted the next 
time from the new HDD, it didn't do it either!  EVERYTHING worked just as 
expected, including the stop to allow me to make kernel choice etc.


In the interim, I went into and out of the BIOS setup screen a couple of 
times, but I didn't change anything, and just hit ESC to continue bootup.


So after ~5 boots using the HDD and a couple using Knoppix CD, it seems to 
have gotten a clue and it's fine now.  Real scientific.  I'm happy though, 
and I apologize for the bandwidth!  Maybe this experience will be 
strangely encouraging to someone else though!  Thanks Doug and all!  - 
John





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New HDD install weirdness? (dd)

[John Fleming]

I am using Sarge with kernel 2.6.8-3-686 on a Dell 600SC, previously with 
2x40GB HDDs.  (hdb was a backup - The entire system was on hda.)  I wanted 
to replace those HDDs with new, larger HDDs.


1.  I installed the first new HDD in the physical position of hdb.  I booted 
with a Knopppix live CD, made sure the drives were unmounted, and then I 
used dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb to mirror hda on the original old drive to 
one of the new HDDs.  This worked as expected, and I could see my 
directories on the new HDD.


2.  Next I physically moved the new HDD to the hda position, and I also 
physically installed my other new HDD into the hdb position for future use.


3.  When I rebooted, immediately after the Dell welcome screen, I hear new 
sounds - a tone punctuated by a stacco-like interruption, making it sound 
sort of like "beeping".  My son is a linux sysadmin, so I called him.  He 
led me through running grub via Knoppix, and we ran through grub setup on 
hd0,0 etc.  When I rebooted after this, I was again greeted with the 
beeping.


4.  Since I thought we were hosed, I again tried to reboot with the Knoppix 
live CD.  This time I also got the beeping - although it should've simply 
booted the Knoppix CD.  However, after a period of beeping, it went ahead 
and booted into Knoppix!  Given this [strange] behavior, I went back and 
tried to boot the HDD again, only this time I let it beep longer.  After 
about 30sec, I got some grub messages about stage 5, then some messages 
about what kernel it was going to use etc.  I used to get a list of several 
2.4 and 2.6 kernels to choose from, but now that screen just flashes for a 
few msec and then disappears.  Anyway, after telling me what kernel is being 
used, there is another delay for about 10-15 sec, and THEN IT GOES ON AND 
BOOTS COMPLETELY NORMALLY!  Everything about the server and it's usual 
services are normal!


Does anyone see what's happening with this?  Since it happens now even with 
the Knoppix CD (it didn't used to), I am completely lost.  The bios is set 
to boot from CD, and normally it would just start booting into Knoppix, but 
now this strange delay and beeping.  Until right now I assumed it was 
something about the new HDD but now I'm not so sure.


Any help greatly appreciated!  - John


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Re: GPG and Signing

[John Fleming]

On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 07:09:55PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:

Michael Pobega writes:
> Is it a bad practice to verify keyrings of people on the mailing list, 
> or

> is it better to wait until I meet up with some of them at say Debconf or
> something similar?

Depends on what you mean by "verify".  There is nothing wrong with
downloading their public keys and using them to verify that all the
messages purporting to come from them are indeed signed with the same key
and so probably did come from the same person.  However, you should not
sign someone's key unless you have met them, interviewed them, and 
examined

and verified their credentials.



What exactly is signing a key, and how does it work?

I'd Google it...but I wouldn't know where to start.


While we're still on this, why do most of your (Debian-users-who-sign) 
emails show up in OE with the signature and the email text as attachments? 
It seems whether I use GPG or a Thawte cert, they still don't show up as 
attachments.  Are you doing something "special" to make them show up that 
way, and I assume there's something desirable about doing it that way - 
please tell me.  Makes it hostile to REPLY TO, at least with OE.  I suppose 
the problem is with OE, but I'd still like to understand what's happening. 
THANKS!  - John



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Re: Latest Squirrelmail

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Ernst-Magne Vindal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Debian users" 
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: Latest Squirrelmail



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On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Wolfe, Robert wrote:


Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:42:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Wolfe, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Latest Squirrelmail
Resent-Date: Mon,  4 Sep 2006 08:45:58 -0500 (CDT)
Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Good morning everyone!  Just signed up for the list so thought I would
make my first posting here.

I was wondering if someone has made the 1.5.1 or 1.4.8 versions of
SquirrelMail available in .DEB format by any chance?  I am running 1.4.4
here and would very much like to try and upgrade if at all possible.

--
Robert Wolfe, Linux and Network Admin
net261.com | http://www.net261.com:85
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Its available from apt.

dpkg -l squirrelmail
ii  squirrelmail  1.4.4-8   Webmail for nuts

Installed on Debian kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386, stable

/ernst-magne



He wants 1.4.8, not 1.4.4-8.   (or 1.5.1)
John 



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Volatile vs backports

[John Fleming]

Obvious noob question - What is the difference for a Sarge user, between 
Debian volatile vs backports for things like clamav and spamassassin?  My 
sources.list includes volatile for these things, but reading the backports 
site, it sounds like a similar idea...??  Tnx - John 



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Thanks latest Sarge ClamAV!

[John Fleming]

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Re: Firestarter bug?

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Default User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:09 PM
Subject: Firestarter bug?


Very strange. 


I installed Firestarter on Debian Stable (i386).  It is picking up the
routine periodic dhcp send events from my router, and sending them to to
the tty consoles, where they overwrite part of the screen.  These are
the same as what shows up in the Firestarter "events" screen.

Note: this does not occur on the X terminals (i.e., xterm), so it was
not noticed until I did CTRL-ALT-F1 (or CTRL-ALT-F2, etc).  


I uninstalled Firestarter, and the behavior stopped.  I reinstalled
Firestarter, and it started again. 


This makes it almost impossible to use the tty consoles.  Is there a way
to stop Firestarter from writing to the tty consoles uninvited? 


I have same behavior, and stopped it using dmesg -1  (See man dmesg)

Maybe there's a better way, but this was perfect for my situation.  - John


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Re: backing up a drive

[John Fleming]

The dd can be from a live cdrom or from a small partition on the box 
reserved just for this purpose.  The latter is no good in the case of a 
dead disk but is convenient otherwise.


What about mirrordir?  Assuming equal partitions on 2 disks, say from a 
prior dd run, how does the result of


mirrordir --strict-locking / /mnt/backup

compare with appropriately using dd?  (/dev/hdb1 is mounted on /mnt/backup)

Seems like mirrordir makes a nice backup option too?  Thanks any comments - 
John




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Re: backing up a drive

[John Fleming]

> A pointer: take a dump of the entire drive (dd if=/dev/hda) and not 
> just

> partition.


Please tell this newbie additional info that's probably obvious to everyone 
else - What all should be stopped while dd is doing it's thing, IOW stop 
mail server and anything else that might be actively trying to change files 
during the dd?  What all comes to mind - mail, cron, Apache...others??


What's the worst thing that might happen if active services are NOT 
stopped - a jumbled mail message or could the whole filesystem end up 
unusable in this case??


Thanks - John


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RAID recognition?

[John Fleming]

I run mondoarchive/restore on a Dell 600SC with IDE drives on sarge. It 
works great, and I've even used mondorestore nuke to restore to a different 
machine with IDE drives. However, now I need to restore to a new Dell 1810 
with 2 SCSI drives and Perc4 RAID 1 controller.


Mondo apparently doesn't recognize the RAID controller. I'm running Debian 
Sarge with a 2.4 kernel. The kernel is fine, as I can do a virgin Debian 
install on the new machine just fine - The RAID controller -is- properly 
recognized.


Mondorestore comes up with a crazy partitioning suggestion, and nothing I 
edit it to is acceptable - just says that the device doesn't exist.


Is this a Debian subject related to the kernel used at the time of backup or 
a Mondo subject?  Any specific help appreciated.  As a newbie, it will be 
very time-consuming to build up the new server to the same functionality as 
the old one presently has.  The mondorestore nuke option (restore to bare 
metal) is very attractive!


Thanks much for your suggestions! - John


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Maybe OT - Databases for Newbies

[John Fleming]

I have MySQL installed on my Debian Sarge system and working fine with a 
PostNuke website.  Can anyone recommend a MySQL front end that would allow 
me as a newbie to install and interface with a web page? This would be for 
simple applications like making a web page available where people can sign 
up for event times.  E.g. I would want a surfer to see a list of times, 
enter his name next to a time, and then the database and web page be updated 
to reflect the new signup.


Thanks any ideas, directions to go, etc.  I've googled a lot of mysql 
frontends etc, but I need some more direction.  Thanks!  - John



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Re: IDE mondorestore DVD to Perc4 Raid machine

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Hugo Vanwoerkom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: IDE mondorestore DVD to Perc4 Raid machine



John Fleming wrote:
I'm using current Debian Stable (Sarge).  I routinely use mondoarchive to 
make a bootable DVD of my whole system on a Dell 600SC with an IDE drive. 
This DVD is capable of restoring to bare metal if necessary.  I've never 
tried it on the 600SC because I've never had to.  However, I have used it 
to restore an AMD machine, also with an IDE drive.  It restored the whole 
system flawlessly!


Now I want to use the 600SC's mondo backup DVD to restore (clone to) a 
Dell PowerEdge 1850 with a perc 4eid raid 1 controller.  Note that I can 
install Sarge from scratch (not the mondo backup) on the 1850 with a 2.4 
kernel just fine.  However, the 2.6 kernel installer doesn't recognize 
the SCSI drive array.


Similarly, when I try the monorestore, it doesn't recognize the HDD. 
I've tried using DVDs made with mondo running with a 2.4 kernel as well 
as a 2.6 kernel - neither recognizes the HDD.


Anyone done this and know how to get mondo to recognize the perc 4eid 
raid controller as a logical HDD?


I posted this here rather than the mondo list because you guys are the 
most familiar with Debian's flavors and distros.




And you used mondo (2.04-4)?

H


Yes, that's correct.  - John



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IDE mondorestore DVD to Perc4 Raid machine

[John Fleming]

I'm using current Debian Stable (Sarge).  I routinely use mondoarchive to 
make a bootable DVD of my whole system on a Dell 600SC with an IDE drive. 
This DVD is capable of restoring to bare metal if necessary.  I've never 
tried it on the 600SC because I've never had to.  However, I have used it to 
restore an AMD machine, also with an IDE drive.  It restored the whole 
system flawlessly!


Now I want to use the 600SC's mondo backup DVD to restore (clone to) a Dell 
PowerEdge 1850 with a perc 4eid raid 1 controller.  Note that I can install 
Sarge from scratch (not the mondo backup) on the 1850 with a 2.4 kernel just 
fine.  However, the 2.6 kernel installer doesn't recognize the SCSI drive 
array.


Similarly, when I try the monorestore, it doesn't recognize the HDD.  I've 
tried using DVDs made with mondo running with a 2.4 kernel as well as a 2.6 
kernel - neither recognizes the HDD.


Anyone done this and know how to get mondo to recognize the perc 4eid raid 
controller as a logical HDD?


I posted this here rather than the mondo list because you guys are the most 
familiar with Debian's flavors and distros.


All comments appreciated!  - John


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Re: upgraded from FC2 --> FC3 successfully

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 7:00 PM
Subject: upgraded from FC2 --> FC3 successfully




Hi,

This is just to describe how I upgraded from FC2 to FC3 successfully using 
the upgrade option from the FC3 CDs.


Before I started the process, I by chance noted that my FC2 installation 
has some packages installed twice. I got a list by using the following 
command (found on google):

rpm -q --qf "%{NAME}\n" -a | sort | uniq -cd

Then I proceeded to remove the older version of each of the packages that 
were installed twice. Other than that, I didn't need to do anything else.


Then I inserted FC3 CD1 and rebooted and chose the upgrade option. 
Everything went well, except that it took around 2 hours or so (P 4 1.9 
GHz, 256MB RAM). This is actually slowerd, because I guess FC3 can be 
installed in around 50 minutes time (if not too much time is taken for 
package selection).


After this, I rename my yum.conf to yum.conf.fc3 in /etc and 
yum.conf.rpmnew to yum.conf to get the FC3 based yum.conf file. I also 
made similar changes in /etc/sysconfig/rhn for sources file. This was I 
prepared the yum tool and up2date tool to look at FC3 sites for an update.


I then upgraded the installation. It all went well, though it took quite a 
long while. Also, since due to the sheer number of packages to upgrade, I 
upgraded in steps. I upgraded by choosing groups of packages in decreasing 
or order of system importance: libraries and compilers first, browsers and 
applications second, office application third and so on.


One thing to note, for those who use apt (and synaptic), the sources.list 
file was not upgraded (did not get a new one with rpmnew extension). I had 
to change that file to make it see FC3 mirrors. But once I upgraded apt 
and synaptic, they upgraded the /etc/apt directory too and the older files 
were saved with rpmsave extension.



After the upgrade, I got an error while starting synaptic (something to do 
with libstc5++ or something like this). To resolve this, I had to install 
compat-libstdc++. I then found out this packages was actually needed by 
many other packages as well.


Finally, I added the Freshrpms file in /etc/yum.repos.d and also dag 
repositories and updated the installation again. The new thing in FC3 
seems to be the /etc/yum.repos.d directory in which each file can be each 
repository file. Also, I have made files in this directory which list 
mirrors near me and in fedora*.repo files I am calling these mirror files.


->HS


Sure sounds like a lot of work compared with apt-get update, apt-get 
dist-upgrade.



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PERC4ei support in Sarge 2.6 kernel?

[John Fleming]

Does the Sarge 2.4 or 2.6 kernel recognize the PERC4ei RAID controller? 
Tnx - John



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Dell 1850/Sarge

[John Fleming]

I've done some googling in this area, but would like to ask here.  Has 
anyone had experience installing Sarge on a Dell 1850 with SCSI drives? (No 
RAID)  Anyone care to predict what might happen trying to do a mondorestore 
(nuke) on an 1850 using a DVD made on a 600SC?


I have a nicely-configured Dell 600SC that I would like to clone to a 1-U 
1850.


Thanks any {nice} comments!  - John


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Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

[John Fleming]

BTW, the footer is not present at the foot of your message as displayed by 
Gnus,

though it is present in the file.  Looks like Gnus hides the footer when
there's a signature.


Likewise OE. 



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Re: new packages

[John Fleming]

On Thursday 28 July 2005 04:49 pm, Alle Meije Wink wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My apt-get, although it appears to be working fine, has not found
> updated packages for the the last week. Is this because actually no
> packages have been updated or is there another reason?
>
> Best wishes
> Alle Meije
>
>
>
> ___
> How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday
> snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

Which distro?


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Re: What's wrong with debian?

[John Fleming]

Well you can use sarge, seems stable enough, however no
security. Thats a major issue in my mind.


Could you explain that in newbie-ease?  I seem to be getting updates for 
sarge from security.debain.org.  Why do you say "no security"?  I elected to 
stay with sarge as it went stable FOR the security updates.


e.g.

Matthew:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sarge main
deb http://security.debian.org sarge/updates main
#The url below is for clamav updates
deb http://people.debian.org/~sgran/debian sarge main
Matthew:~# apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main Release
Hit http://people.debian.org sarge/main Packages
Hit http://people.debian.org sarge/main Release
Get:1 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages [25.4kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Release [110B]
Fetched 25.5kB in 1s (22.7kB/s)
Reading Package Lists... Done
Matthew:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
 kdepim
The following packages will be upgraded:
 gedit gedit-common libkrb53 squirrelmail
4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 3215kB of archives.
After unpacking 1151kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main libkrb53 1.3.6-2sarge1 
[349kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main gedit 2.8.3-4sarge1 
[470kB]
Get:3 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main gedit-common 
2.8.3-4sarge1 [1826kB]
Get:4 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main squirrelmail 
2:1.4.4-6sarge1 [570kB]

Fetched 3215kB in 23s (139kB/s)


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Re: completely inane AOL questions

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Nicos Gollan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: completely inane AOL questions

Agreed - Perhaps we could filter profanity as well.


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Double density DVD

[John Fleming]

How do I access double-density DVDs?  For example, if I

# dvd+rw-format -force /dev/hde

It mentions 4.7 GB DVD+RW media detected

Similarly, if I use mondoarchive and don't specify a size, it also detects 
4.7 GB media.


Are there some generalizations, IOW ways to specify, that you are using a 
double-density DVD?


This from your double-dense newbie  Sorry if the question is poorly 
asked.  Thanks - John



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Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Björn Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP


At 13:59 2005-07-10, you wrote:

The PC has 2 network cards. The first one is connected to an ethernet ADSL

modem. The second network card is connected to a 100Mbit switch which is
connected to my Powerbook.

I now have a working connection between these 2 computers, I have 
succesfully

transferred files by ftp, but this is only in the local network. So...
Any suggestions?


Both the PC and the Mac has a static IP address which is used in the local

network. My connection to the internet, there I
get an automatic IP address from
my ISP.


What does ipconfig say?  I would edit your /etc/network/interfaces to get a 
dynamic IP from your XP machine and list the XP's IP as the gateway and you 
should be done.  I guess it should work with a fixed IP as well if you have 
the gateway right.  If you don't get it working easily, send the contents 
of your /etc/network/interfaces file.  - John





Well. I have reconfigured the system as you said.

But the Powerbook can't identify the ADSL modem.
It ONLY works with the PC. Perhaps I should have
said that from the beginning, oops. :-(
But now I know how to do it if I buy another
modem, which I can't do right now btw.
Any suggestion about a good ADSL modem(minimum 8Mbit) which works with 
Linux?

--
You don't need "a DSL modem that works with Linux".  If the DSL modem works 
with WIN XP on the Powerbook, you should be able to share that connection. 
You said the Powerbook has 2 NICs - one to the modem and one to a 
hub/router.  Anything (Linux, Windows, ?) that you plug into the router 
should be on the Internet.  The things that you connect to the router don't 
have to know anything specific to your DSL modem.  - John
P.S.  You still didn't send your /etc/network/interfaces info... 



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Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP

[John Fleming]

The PC has 2 network cards. The first one is connected to an ethernet ADSL

modem. The second network card is connected to a 100Mbit switch which is
connected to my Powerbook.

I now have a working connection between these 2 computers, I have 
succesfully

transferred files by ftp, but this is only in the local network. So...
Any suggestions?


Both the PC and the Mac has a static IP address which is used in the local

network. My connection to the internet, there I
get an automatic IP address from
my ISP.


What does ipconfig say?  I would edit your /etc/network/interfaces to get a 
dynamic IP from your XP machine and list the XP's IP as the gateway and you 
should be done.  I guess it should work with a fixed IP as well if you have 
the gateway right.  If you don't get it working easily, send the contents of 
your /etc/network/interfaces file.  - John



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Re: Starting SA with Procmail

[John Fleming]

I'm giving up on procmail.


You shouldn't have to give up.  I suspect a lot of people use procmail just 
as you have described you want to do.  It is the simplest implementation of 
SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and Postfix, and works great.  You shouldn't be 
limited as to whether you use it site-wide of user-specific.


I use procmail to call ClamAV for site-wide analysis of all email, and then 
have .procmailrc files for each user that I want to use SpamAssassin.  At 
this time I'm using site-wide SpamAssassin rules, but you don't have to do 
it that way.


Everything else you try will be more complex than using procmail.  I think 
you should get procmail sorted out before you try the others.  - John



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Re: clamav update to 0.86.1 using volatile.debian.net

[John Fleming]

It appears that there are updated packages ( 0.86.1 ) for 0.85.1. My
/etc/apt/sources.list looks like this.

hercules:/home/alex/public_html/sasknet# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian sarge main contrib

deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian-volatile sarge/volatile main
deb-src http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian-volatile stable/volatile main

deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main contrib non-free

As far as i can tell my entry in sources.list is correct but when i run
apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade it indicated there are 0 packages
to be upgraded. Am i jumping the gun here or can someone tell me where I'm
going wrong.


I get my ClamAV updates using the apt sources.list with:

deb http://people.debian.org/~sgran/debian sarge main

and it's current with 0.86.1

- John


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Re: Configuring Network Card

[John Fleming]

Anyway, I'm trying to install linux and I can't get debian to detect
my Intel Pro 10/100 network card.  I just bought an emachines T3958
desktop to setup linux and learn how to use it, but I need the
networking capabilities.

I've tried using both kernel 2.2 and 2.4, when I try to install


I had an Emachines box in which the NIC wasn't detected unless I ran a 2.6 
kernel with Sarge.  Sorry, I don't have the specifics anymore, but eMachines 
leaves me cold.  - John



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Re: Sarge: mondo problems

[John Fleming]

Unfortunately mondo is  a tricky beast to get to work.  In the past I've 
had to try multiple versions from the above source, until something works. 
I'd like to be able to upgrade my work server to sarge, but I'll need to 
sort these issues out first.


I've had a stock Sarge install going since it was "testing".  Mondo has 
worked flawlessly, including after it went stable (of course).  My kernel is 
2.4.26-1-386.  Keep us posted as to what you get worked out - I find Mondo 
invaluable and wouldn't want to lose it with a kernel or other change.  - 
John



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Sarge SM security question

[John Fleming]

SquirrelMail has released a security patch.  Will that eventually show up in 
a Sarge security update?  As a new user of "stable" (previously testing), I 
have no experience with security updates.  Tnx - John



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Sorry - wrong list!

[John Fleming]

I posted to the wrong list this time - my apologies!


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Bayes? - 3rd try

[John Fleming]

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but noone has responded to my question -

If Bayes is working properly, am I supposed to have a Bayes_ entry in the 
X-Spam_Status header info for every email?  I think that's the way it used 
to be - Bayes_00 - Bayes_99 etc.  Lately it seems that only the spam emails 
have those entries.


What am I missing?  I apologize if this should be obvious, but if it is, 
I've messed it and would really like to understand why my setup has changed. 
My config is simple - calling spamc from procmail.  Still working well, but 
I have less entries in the headers and often no Bayes...  Thanks - JOhn




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Re: knoppix -> sarge possible?

[John Fleming]

Is it possible to "upgrade" my Knoppix 3.8.1 (on CD) to sarge without a 
clean install?


DON'T DO IT!  No one would recommend it!  When I first started, I had a lot 
of trouble with installing Debian (my problem - It's easy now!).  So I 
installed Knoppix (easy), changed my sources.list to the main USA Debian 
repository of the sid distro, and ran apt-get update and dist-upgrade.  It 
worked OK for awhile, but I eventually had problems and finally learned how 
to install "the real thing" - You can't beat it!


- John


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Re: sarge: last night's "apt-get" overwrites/changes /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Hannes Mayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 


Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: sarge: last night's "apt-get" overwrites/changes 
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4



On 6/5/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 11:53:19AM +0200, Hannes Mayer wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> An "apt-get upgrade" last night broke my mousewheel. Furthermore the
> mouse speed has decreased. (several (all?) XFree86 packages were
> updated)
>
> The problem is that "apt-get" seems to overwrite/change the X-config
> file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> So if you "apt-get upgrade" now, make sure you have a backup of that
> config file.
>

Strange, if you have customized XF86Config-4 (every should, as there is
no default), it should (a) leave it alone, or (b) ask you what to do.
If it does neither, then it is bug that needs to be filed.



Hi Roberto!



Yes, there is definately something wrong, since it didn't ask aswell.
Bug filed: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=312101
Let's see what the X folks say...




I did the Sarge update/dist-upgrade last night as well - no questions.  I'm 
remote from my servers today, so I can't test the mouse, but my mouse 
section of my XF86Config-4 appears unchanged, so I expect it to work.


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Do others remember specific changes to this file?

- John


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Re: reconstruct the system

[John Fleming]

What can I do ??


Restore from the regular weekly/daily backups you keep.


 I haven't, but what is the best way for do it back up of the system,
any documentation over there ??


Think about using Mondoarchive.  You should be able to backup your whole 
system to one or a few DVDs or CDs.  If you lose something, it is trivial to 
restore that file or directory from the backup.  Furthermore, if you really 
trash the system, you can just boot from the 1st backup medium, type "nuke" 
and watch it restore your system - everything!  It's a beautiful thing to 
watch!  - John



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Re: webmin on debian testing.

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Steven Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "debian-user list" 
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 6:27 PM
Subject: webmin on debian testing.


Hi,

I have an issue with webmin, I can login as root to 127.0.0.1:1 with
the unix root password, but I cannot login to its external IP,
130.195.20.24:1

I have set allow=130.195.0.0/255.255.0.0 127.0.0.1 in miniserv.conf

But still no joy.

I tried to enable ssl and generate new keys...no joy but 127.0.0.1 still
works (mozilla on 127.0.0.1 gives me warnings about new keys but
connects OK)



What happens when you try to login?

The default webmin install in Sarge/testing has https enabled by default. 
When I first set mine up, I ssh'd in from home, then ran Lynx to get to the 
allow IP page and set my external IP that way.  Roundabout, newbie approach, 
but it does work.  Not sure what your exact problem is.


Oh yeah - firewall OK?

GL  - John


What do I have to do to get webmin working on the external Debian box
that differs to every other Unix/Linux?

Regards

Thing


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Help syslog/cron

[John Fleming]

I'm getting a cron message every morning (snippet below) that is getting 
irritating!  I've deleted the syslog and started fresh, but it always comes 
back, and with the same date.  It involves everything that uses syslog, e.g. 
spamd and fetchmail, and there for is not imited to one process that I can 
see.


Where should I be looking for the source of the problem??  Could it be 
something in cron itself?


Any ideas greatly appreciated.  - John

WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:53 Luke 
postfix/pickup[18676]: warning: 1EDE133E6BF: message has been queued for 0 
days
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:53 Luke 
postfix/pickup[18676]: 1EDE133E6BF: uid=0 from=
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:53 Luke 
postfix/cleanup[19312]: 1EDE133E6BF: 
message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:53 Luke 
postfix/qmgr[1366]: 1EDE133E6BF: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=510, nrcpt=1 
(queue active)
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:53 Luke 
spamd[18016]: connection from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] at port 
52619
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:53 Luke 
spamd[18016]: info: setuid to john succeeded
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:53 Luke 
spamd[18016]: processing message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for 
john:1000.
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:53 Luke 
spamd[18016]: razor2 check skipped: Transport endpoint is not connected Died 
at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/Dns.pm line 447.
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:59 Luke 
spamd[18016]: clean message (-5.9/5.0) for john:1000 in 5.6 seconds, 779 
bytes.
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:59 Luke 
spamd[18016]: result: . -5 - ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 
scantime=5.6,size=779,mid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,bayes=7.98838772908539e-12,autolearn=ham
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:59 Luke 
postfix/local[19313]: 1EDE133E6BF: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, orig_to=, 
relay=local, delay=6, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/bin/procmail)
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:45:59 Luke 
postfix/qmgr[1366]: 1EDE133E6BF: removed
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:51:12 Luke 
fetchmail[1561]: awakened at Fri Dec 13 14:51:12 1901
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:51:12 Luke 
fetchmail[1561]: POP3 connection to pop.starband.net failed: temporary name 
server error.
WARNING: ignoring future date in syslog line: Dec 13 14:51:12 Luke 
fetchmail[1561]: Query status=2 (SOCKET)



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Re: Backup and Restore Strategy

[John Fleming]

I don't know how big your system is, but I have been very happy recently 
with Mondo.  I recently had occasion to test the bare-metal restore, and it 
worked perfectly, to a different machine even!  In less than an hour, I had 
a clone of the other box - everything - OS and data.  I'm on 
esting/Sarge.  - John

- Original Message - 
From: "Stephen Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: Backup and Restore Strategy


Bob Freemer wrote:
I'd really like the ability to do a minimal debian reinstall and then
simply copy over appropriate files and do apt-get dist-upgrade or
something like that.  Modifying /etc/fstab might be required but other
than that any other issues to concern myself with?
I usually back up /etc, /boot and anywhere else I've added data (/home
and /usr/local/), plus a list of installed packages (dpkg
--get-selections).  Its then relatively easy to wipe the system, install
the base packages, feed in the old installed package list to install
from and overwrite /etc with the backed-up version.
--
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Linux Counter No: 142831 GPG Public key: E3E8E974
"Whoever said nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving 
door."
 -- Melissa O'Brien

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Re: Firestarter for Testing (Sarge)?

[John Fleming]

> After a lot of reading, the problem is solved.  I'm running
> firestarter on Sarge and it works great :)
>
> I read through Chapter 6 of the Debian Reference manual,
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html.  I
> created the file /etc/apt/prefences and placed the following in it:

What am I missing?  Firestarter -IS- in Sarge:
Luke:~# apt-cache search firestarter
firestarter - gtk program for managing and observing your firewall
Luke:~#

I do notice that it's not listed in the testing package list on the Debian
website, but in fact, it IS available.  No need for all the special
arrangements to get it from unstable.  Works great too!  - John


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{ugh} Front Page Extensions

[John Fleming]

I've been on this list awhile now, and I've never seen this topic.  I was
wondering if anyone here would consider mentoring a newbie (off-list) with
the installation of {ugh} FP Extensions on an up-to-date Debian Sarge
server?  Any tips/pitfalls?  I've read what I can find on related FPE sites,
but I'd like some first-hand feedback from someone that has installed on
Debian.  Apache is already installed and serving several virtual hosts.
Thanks - John


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Can't eject CD

[John Fleming]

Pse help newbie - My CD/RW lite is on, and I can't eject the CD.  I really
don't want to reboot just for this.  My device is ATAPI:0,0,0.  I've tried
cdrecord -eject to no avail.  Any help please?

Debian Sarge


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Re: Fedora

[John Fleming]

- Original Message -
From: ken keanon
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 3:47 AM
Subject: Fedora


> Hi,
> This Fedora project is developing along the same line as Debian i.e.
community-base,
> open-sourced. What's more, It is supported by RedHat.

-
Actually, Fedora might be "sponsored" by Red Hat, but it is NOT "supported"
by Red Hat.  If you have a problem with Fedora, you can't call RH for help.
You are correct that it is a community project based on Red Hat.

As a relative newbie, I found Fedora very challenging.  I had started with
RH8, and then finally got web and mail servers going with FC1, as well as a
few other network-related apps.  Then they came out with FC2 - In this case,
Fedora recommends a FULL NEW INSTALL.  With the change from FC1 -> FC2,
there were MANY complaints - changed default mail servers and various things
that were challenging for newbies especially, but considering the volume of
email on the reflector, for more experienced users also.  They have FC3
now - maybe it's smoothed out some...?

Fedora is proud to say they are on the cutting edge with short release
cycles.  However, each release always involves a fresh FULL install, and I
wasn't interested.  Maybe this would be OK for the very experienced that
were also into experimentation etc - I was looking more for some stability
and lack of frequent full upgrades.

I have loved Debian!  Others have said that one of the strengths is apt-get
and how upgrading is handled.  I've tried Sid and Sarge, and currently run
Sarge and will probably stick with Sarge when it goes stable.  If you want
leading edge desktop stuff, use unstable and enjoy the fact that it's not
really very "unstable".  Sarge is a nice compromise.  As far as support,
there's plenty right here!  (Thanks!)  - John



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Re: Subject=Re: cdrecord --scanbus

[John Fleming]

- Original Message -
From: "Eric Gaumer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: Subject=Re: cdrecord --scanbus

>> scsidev: 'ATAPI'
>> devname: 'ATAPI'
>> scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
>> Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.

>There you have it... use dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 in your cdrecord command.

Many thanks Eric and KS!

So what does cdrecord assume if dev= is not specified?  I didn't need to
specify when I used Sid (now using Sarge).

- John



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Re: Subject=Re: cdrecord --scanbus

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "[KS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 2:17 PM
Subject: Subject=Re: cdrecord --scanbus


> Check your CD/DVD drives using
>
> $>cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI

# cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg
Schilling
NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of
cdrecord
  and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
  Please send bug reports and support requests to
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
  The original author should not be bothered with problems of this
version.

scsidev: 'ATAPI'
devname: 'ATAPI'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained.
Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'HL-DT-ST' 'RW/DVD GCC-4480B' 'C104' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
#

In KDE, the CDROM is device /dev/hde, NOT read-only, mount point
/media/cdrom0.
K3B works fine.

THANKS any further help.  - John


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Re: cdrecord --scanbus

[John Fleming]

>From Eric:
> Please post the output of uname -a so we can see what kernel version you
are using.
Also post the output from:

cdrecord dev=ATA: -scanbus


Linux wa9als.com 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Tue Aug 24 13:31:19 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
#

# cdrecord dev=ATA: -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cop
yright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficia
l (modified) release of cdrecord
  and thus may have bugs that are not pres
ent in the original version.
  Please send bug reports and support requ
ests to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
  The original author should not be bother
ed with problems of this version.

scsidev: 'ATA:'
devname: 'ATA'
scsibus: -1 target: -1 lun: -1
Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/h
d* interface.
cdrecord: Read-only file system. Cannot open '
/dev/hde'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -
scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers tr
y 'cdrecord dev=help'.
cdrecord:
cdrecord: For more information, install the cd
rtools-doc
cdrecord: package and read /usr/share/doc/cdre
cord/README.ATAPI.setup .
#


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cdrecord --scanbus

[John Fleming]

Debian Sarge - I can burn CDs using K3B from the GUI, but I can't do
anything that uses cdrecord from the console, e.g. mondoarchive or direct
cdrecord commands.  Here's the response from cdrecord --scanbus:

# cdrecord --scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg
Schilling
NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of
cdrecord
  and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
  Please send bug reports and support requests to
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
  The original author should not be bothered with problems of this
version.

cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open
SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
cdrecord:
cdrecord: For more information, install the cdrtools-doc
cdrecord: package and read /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup .
#

The suggestions above don't help.  Where to look for problem?  Talk newbie
to me please.  Thanks!  - John


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cdrecord --scanbus

[John Fleming]

Debian Sarge - I can burn CDs using K3B from the GUI, but I can't do
anything that uses cdrecord from the console, e.g. mondoarchive or direct
cdrecord commands.  Here's the response from cdrecord --scanbus:

# cdrecord --scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg
Schilling
NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of
cdrecord
  and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
  Please send bug reports and support requests to
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
  The original author should not be bothered with problems of this
version.

cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open
SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
cdrecord:
cdrecord: For more information, install the cdrtools-doc
cdrecord: package and read /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup .
#

The suggestions above don't help.  Where to look for problem?  Talk newbie
to me please.  Thanks!  - John


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Re: Webmin (Sarge)

[John Fleming]

> In the last update I added an upstream fix for the cron module.  Looks
> like it broke something.  Investigating...

FWIW, my cron jobs are back in the Webmin listing.  My problem might have
been local;  not sure about the other poster.
-John


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Re: Webmin (Sarge)

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "S.D.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "debian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 9:09 AM
Subject: Webmin (Sarge)

I recently installed the Debian Sarge Webmin package -- previously I had
used
the current version from . I did this, because at
the
time, the version in Sarge was considerably older than the Webmin current
version.

Since my installation of the official Sarge version, and deletion of the
previous webmin installation, I've not been able to view user/system created
Crontabs or Fetchmail configs within Webmin. I can view the crontabs of
course
from the terminal, and the fetchmailrc is available to read via vim, etc
from
the users home directory.

Any reason why the Debian Webmin wouldn't pick up the previous information?
I
would have thought on first run of the new application, it would pick up the
system configs.

Yes, I do have the appropriate modules installed in Webmin.

-- 
Steve
===
I don't think it's related to your previous install.  I just noticed
yesterday that my system-related crontab stuff had disappeared in Webmin
too.  I think I remember that when I did my last apt-get upgrade (sometime
in the last few days), there was an upgrade to webmin.  Apparently
something's changed!  I remember logging into Webmin to make sure it was
still working, but I hadn't put the upgrade together with my crontab stuff
disappearing until now!  I think we just have to wait until it's upgraded
again.  (Apparently not quite ready for the stable release.)  - John


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Re: Pse explain apt-get msg

[John Fleming]

begin  quotation of John Fleming on 2004-10-13 07:50:53 -0500:

> What does it mean when update gets packages, but then upgrade
> doesn't do anything?  Thanks!

>None of the packages you have installed have candidates for update.

Then why did it get something?  tnx


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Pse explain apt-get msg

[John Fleming]

What does it mean when update gets packages, but then upgrade doesn't do
anything?  Thanks!

#apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main Packages [3124kB]
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages
Get:2 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Release [111B]
Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main Release [81B]
Fetched 3124kB in 22s (137kB/s)
Reading Package Lists... Done
#apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Re: web-based calendaring that syncs w/ evo?

[John Fleming]

- Original Message - 
From: "Matt Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "debian users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 12:06 AM
Subject: web-based calendaring that syncs w/ evo?


> hi folks,
>
> I'm looking for a way to publish an iCal calendar to the web in a
> format that can be read by anyone (so, plain html).  even better would
> be if anyone could add events to it (wiki-style), and I could then
> sync the calendar somehow in evolution or mozilla-calendar or
> something.

SquirrelMail has a shared calendar plugin that seems like it might fit your
needs, although a little limited in format options.  It doesn't synch with
Evolution or Mozilla, but it can be setup public.  - John



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Re: Does Unstable become Testing?

[John Fleming]

> Except the thing testing is symlinked to is no longer sarge but etch,
> which is a cloned copy of sarge which points to the exact same packages.
>
> I think I get it.  The real entities are woody, sarge, etch, sid;
> unstable/testing/stable/oldstable are just convenient shortcuts.

So will there be some warning preceding the release such that those of us
sitting on the fence will have a last minute chance to decide whether we
want our sources.list to point to "sarge" or to "testing"?  - John



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cdrecord and k3b

[John Fleming]

My mondoarchive couldn't write to my cdrom, and I started looking around for
why.  K3B works perfectly from the KDE desktop, but cdrecord doesn't seem to
be able to find the cdrom.  Here is some pertinent output from cdrecord and
FSTAB.  Can someone explain what's going on and how to get my cdrecord
working again?  Thanks - John

Luke:~# cdrecord --scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg
Schilling
NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of
cdrecord
  and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
  Please send bug reports and support requests to
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
  The original author should not be bothered with problems of this
version.

cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open
SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
cdrecord:
cdrecord: For more information, install the cdrtools-doc
cdrecord: package and read /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup .
Luke:~# cat /etc/fstab


# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#
proc/proc   procdefaults0   0
/dev/hda1   /   ext3defaults,errors=remount-ro 0   1
/dev/hda5   noneswapsw  0   0
/dev/hde/media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0   0
/dev/fd0/media/floppy0  autorw,user,noauto  0   0
Luke:~# mount /cdrom0
mount: can't find /cdrom0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab




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Re: sarge release

[John Fleming]

> because the final Sarge "will be ready when it will be ready", and it will
be
> _good_ and _stable_
> That's what's really important, no?

Really naive question - Could recently-released SpamAssassin 3.0 still make
it into Sarge, or is that way too new and not enough time to make it into
Sarge? I wasn't sure if certain popular packages had a faster track through
the process.  - John


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Finished Re: System Monitor

[John Fleming]

> sar | mail -s "sar output" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ;-)
>
> --
> Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thanks to all that suggested system monitors.  sar does what I want, but
being the newbie that I am, it took awhile for me to figure out that sar is
in the sysstat package.

Tnx agn - John



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System Monitor

[John Fleming]

What easy (newbie) way could I get a report of CPU and memory use averaged
over 24 hrs?  I've had some issues with SpamAssassin using a lot of
available memory recently (probably too many network tests and rulesets).  I
can watch it using top but would like a 24 hr average report.  An emailed
report would be super.  Thanks - John



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Re: CAN'T SUBSCRIBE

[John Fleming]

Blake Swadling  swadling.com> writes:

> > No matter what/where, I don't receive ANYTHING from Debian - no confirmation
> > requests, no email period.
> 
> try ensuring that you send in text only format. i found difficulty when
> emails were formatted in html.

Thanks, but that's not the problem.  I'm posting this from gmane - not sure 
what format they use, but I've tried my list subscribes either using plain text 
from several different machines or by using the Debial list web page 
subscription form.

I know there are a lotta Debian lists and [maybe] a lot of people doing stupid 
things with their email, but I sure hope "someone with power" will have the 
time to look into this for me.  Thanks - John



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CAN'T SUBSCRIBE

[John Fleming]

Sorry bandwidth, but I've hit a wall trying to subscribe.  My
previously-subscribed debian-user email stopped about August 28th, and I've
tried everything to get it back.  I've tried UNsubscribing and SUBscribing
from several different email addys, different ISPs, and from different
machines.

No matter what/where, I don't receive ANYTHING from Debian - no confirmation
requests, no email period.

I've tried writing the listadmin.  I don't believe I'm blacklisted in any
way.

I don't use any filtering that would cause a problem - nothing set to delete
anything.

I'm relatively new and learn much from this list.  I can read it in the
archives or using gmane, but I'd much prefer to receive standard email from
the list.

If someone would help or could forward this email to someone that can, I
would gretly appreciate it.

Thanks!  - John
Preferred email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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Re: Install Compress::Zlib

[John Fleming]

Florian Ernst  uni-hd.de> writes:

> 
> Hello John, hello list!

> libdate-manip-perl, libhtml-parser-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl are the
> respective package names. You can find their names by searching the
> contents of packages on .
> 
> HTH,
> Flo
> 

Thanks a bunch Flo!  I looked through the [alphabetical] Debian Testing package 
list and even Googled, but I had difficulty finding the actual package names.  
I just now tried the Debian Package Search page, and that worked for 2/3 of the 
ones above, but a newbie looking for HTML:Entities probably wouldn't have found 
it even on the search page.

Everything I needed is installed now and working, and I'm back to using apt-get 
whenever possible!  ;-)  - John






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Install Compress::Zlib

[John Fleming]

I'm trying to use the ClamAV Webmin module.  The module seems to work, but
there is a message to please install Compress::Zlib.  However, when I try to
do with CPAN, I get the follwoing:


  CPAN.pm: Going to build P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Zlib-1.33.tar.gz

Parsing config.in...
Building Zlib enabled
Looks Good.
Up/Downgrade complete.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Compress::Zlib
cp Zlib.pm blib/lib/Compress/Zlib.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/Compress/Zlib.pm (blib/lib/auto/Compress/Zlib)
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap
/usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  Zlib.xs > Zlib.xsc &&
mv Zlib.xsc Zlib.c
cc -c  -I./zlib-src -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBIAN 
-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET
_BITS=64 -O2   -DVERSION=\"1.33\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.33\" -fPIC
"-I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   Zlib.c
/bin/sh: line 1: cc: command not found
make: *** [Zlib.o] Error 127
  /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

cpan>

I used the same technique to install Date::Manip and HTML::Entities without
error.  What's wrong with installing Compress::Zlib?  Thanks!  - John

P.S. Debian Sarge - If I can install these three things with apt-get, what
are they called?





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Re: Console output?

[John Fleming]

Hello

John Fleming (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:

> Is this coming from my firewall (Firestarter) somehow?  If so, why??
> 64.105.56.109 is my IP, but I don't know what the other one is
> 64.105.106.5) Thanks - John
>
> Appears on console screen, over and over, but not on remote ssh
> screen:
>
> IN=eth0) OUT= MAC= 00:c0:9f:38:15:eb:00:e0:eb:74:7f:C8:08:00:
> SRC=64.105.106.5 DST=64.105.56.109 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=119
> ID=9735 DF PROTO=TCP SPT= 2074 DPT=135 WINDOW=65280 RES=0x00 SYN
> URGP=0

Someone's trying to connect to your machine on port 135. Isn't this the
port the RPC service on windows runs? Could be some virus trying to
find some Windows box.

Thanks - I do have one Windows box on my LAN - Here is another reason to
take it off.  Actually, I can boot it into Linux and see if the problem goes
away.  That other IP above is -not- the Windows box though.  Maaybe
something's coming through the Windows box FROM that other IP?  The Windows
box is connected to a NAT router connected to my main router that my
server's plugged into.  It's a real pain because it's difficult to work in
the console when the screen is cluttered all the time with all those msgs.
FWIW, I didn't have those messages when I was using Debian Unstable with the
same firewall and router configuration. - John



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Console output?

[John Fleming]

Is this coming from my firewall (Firestarter) somehow?  If so, why??
64.105.56.109 is my IP, but I don't know what the other one is 64.105.106.5)
Thanks - John

Appears on console screen, over and over, but not on remote ssh screen:

IN=eth0) OUT= MAC= 00:c0:9f:38:15:eb:00:e0:eb:74:7f:C8:08:00:
SRC=64.105.106.5 DST=64.105.56.109 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=119 ID=9735
DF PROTO=TCP SPT= 2074 DPT=135 WINDOW=65280 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0


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No mail from list

[John Fleming]

Not sure if I can post or not.  I stopped getting mail from this list 2 days
ago.  I've tried unsubscribing, subscribing, and subscribing from another
addy - nada - no email from the list at all, no subscription confirmation or
anything.

Help?  (off-list - reading the archives  via browser is tedious!)  Thanks -
John


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