apt-get with a proxy
I cannot get apt-get to work with an HTTP proxy. I'm using squid as the proxy server. I issue the following commands: export http_proxy="http://server:3128/"; (where server is the name of the proxy machine) apt-get install blah (where blah is an actual package name :-) And I get the following: Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/main wget 1.5.3-1.1 504 Gateway Time-out Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/web/wget_1.5.3-1.1.deb 504 Gateway Time-out E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe try with --fix-missing? On the proxy server, looking at /var/log/squid/access.log I see: 316055347.030 119543 xx.xx.xx.xx TCP_MISS/504 1161 GET http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/web/wget_1.5.3-1.1.deb - DIRECT/http.us.debian.org - When I test the proxy with lynx it works fine. What's the deal? -- "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" -- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Install problems with Phoenix BIOS
I have now experienced problems with two different computers using old versions of Phoenix BIOS, when booting the Debian 2.1 rescue floppy. One was a Packard Bell system at a free Linux Install our LUG did a couple months ago... the other is a Gateway system. Both 486's. It gets give the SYSLINUX prompt, asks you to hit ENTER, and upon doing so, it freezes, saying, I believe, "Loading Linux..." A RedHat floppy on both systems worked fine. At the Install a couple months ago, we ended up doing a custom boot from a DOS floppy, using LOADLIN But certianly there's a better way. What is it with the Debian Rescue disk that doesn't like the Phoenix BIOSes, but that RedHat gets along just fine? Is there a newer (potato?) or older (hamm or bo?) boot disk that is known to work with these BIOSes? Is this an as-of-yet unreported problem that should be submitted as a bug somewhere? -- '640K ought to be enough for anybody.' - Bill Gates, 1981 -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: How does it...
386SX/16, 4mb RAM, ~40mb HD. That's the requirement for any Linux distro. To install Debian > 1.3, you must have at least 6 (or is it 8) mb of RAM, but once it's installed, you can take out the extra 2-4mb, and run it just on 4mb. On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > You knew what I meant. What is the most gutless system I could run it on > (weakest processor)? > > Rob Mahurin wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > > > What system would be the cheeziest I could run it on? > > > > Unfortunately, you cannot run Debian on a block of cheese. Work on a > > cheese port is in progress, but is not even ready yet for the alpha > > release. Until then, you must run Debian on a computer. That is, > > however, about the only limitation. > > > > Rob > > > > -- > > "Buy land. They've stopped making it." > > -- Mark Twain > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: SQUID FILTER LIST SITE
Go to the squid web page (I don't remember the URL right off hand). There is a page of "Related links". On that page are links to many squid redirectors--extensions, if you will, to squid, that allow for that sort of thing. Take a look at squidGuard--that's the one I've configured (but then decided I didn't need it :-) There are many others, too. On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Thomas Cavinato wrote: > > How can I put a list of the URLs where my clients can't access and there are > these list in internet. > > thank you also for my English. > Thomas Cavinato > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > INFOLOGIC S.R.L. > http://www.infologic.it > Via Vecchia 43 > I-35127 Padova ITALY > tel/fax +39 49 8022139 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: Alternastive to using squid
Probably just IP Masquerading. There should be a HOWTO about it. On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a P200MMX with 32MB of RAM and 2 NICs that I want to use as a gateway > machine to the Internet. > > I do not need the caching, etc. that one gets with squid. What do I need to > do just to have internet access via this machine? > > Patrick > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: email acknowledging/confirmation
That is not a standard e-mail feature. There are a VERY FEW Microsoft-ish e-mail clients that have a "Request return receipt" feature, but that ONLY works when the receiving mail client supports that feature as well, and has it enabled. In other words, it'll happen maybe once in a blue moon. On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Pere Camps wrote: > Hi! > > Can somebody point me to the place where an standard for > automatically acknowledging/confirming email (that is, I want to know if > my email has been read by the receiver) is -it there exists one-? > > I'll be also be very grateful if you point me to software that > supports it and its also supported by debian. > > Thanks! > > -- p. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: file transfers and the PIII
I would investigate the network card, hard disks, etc... I really doubt it's the CPU's fault. On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Jef Elliott wrote: > > Just joined the list - looks to be a good resource. Hope > someone can offer some insight or advice. > > > Are there any known concerns with the PIII chip and Linux? > > > We run Debian on several Dell PowerEdge servers (2 6300s, 1 > 4300,and 3 2300s). Some run Debian 2.0, and others run 2.1. However, > all run the 2.0.36 kernel. > One of these servers, a PowerEdge 6300 with dual PIII 500's, > has had a severe problem with large file transfers over ftp. (We > have a large number of large files that are moved to all new machines > - proprietary applications, several databases and files. Because of > the nature of these files, they need to be on each server rather than > mounted over the network.) > This particular machine died on several 20MB transfers when > it was first configured. A new 2.0.36 kernel seemed to cure that, but > recently an 800MB transfer caused it to die again. It becomes > totally unresponsive. > > Today, we are going to ramp up the debugging, as there are > no messages leading up to the crash - but I thought I'd throw this > out in case someone had some information. > > We could break the transfer down into smaller parts, but the > fact that it dies at all on a transfer of any size (and has done > several times) makes me hesitant to put this box into production. > > We have not had any problem with the other boxes (who all > had these files moved over to them at one time or another), which all > run dual PIIs. Configuration is basically the same, except for a few > SCSI drives of differeing sizes and processor speed. > > All boxes have the same Intel EtherExpress NIC card in them. > Could it possibly be a driver issue related to the PIII? Or possibly > be bad hardware? > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. Feel free to email me > if need be. > > Thanks > > jef > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: DOS MBR
The DOS MBR will only be valid for you from a hard drive with the exact same paramaters and exact same partition table. (i.e. no one has one you can use). What you can do (I have done this before with success) is: (But beware, this is not guaranteed to work--I have also done this and failed) 1. In Linux, create an image of your entire DOS partition (This can take quite some time on a large drive!): dd if=/dev/hda1 of=DOS.img 2. Reformat the drive using DOS, which will create the mbr you need: format /s c: 3. In Linux again, copy the (good) DOS MBR: dd if=/dev/hda1 of=DOS_MBR.img bs=512 count=1 4. Copy the original image back to the actual partition: dd if=DOS.img of=/dev/hda1 5. Copy the new (good) DOS MBR to the partition: dd if=DOS_MBR.img of=/dev/hda1 If all goes well, this _should_ allow you to boot into DOS again. And, if not, you at least have an image of the original DOS partition... if all else fails, you can reformat the DOS partition as normal (format /s c:), then mount the image in Linux (mount -o loop -t msdos DOS.img /mnt) then mount the actual DOS partition (mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt2) then copy everything from the image to the actual drive (cp -a /mnt/* /mnt2). Does that accomplish what you need? Like I said, I have done that with success before. I have also done it unsuccessfully before. I really don't know what I did wrong the time it failed, so I can't tell you what to avoid. But... in *theory* that should always work (but as we all know, theory sometimes fails :-). So be prepaired for the worst... (which in this case probably isn't that bad if you've successfully created the image of the DOS partition as mentioned in step #1). Best of luck... On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Felipe Alvarez Harnecker wrote: > > Can someone send me a DOS Master Boot record so a can dd it to > /dev/hda? > > Please answer only if you realy know what i mean because i dont want > to alter the partition table. > > Send me version info as well. > > Thanks. > > -- > __ > > Felipe Alvarez Harnecker. QlSoftware. > > Tel. 09.874.60.17 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Potenciado por Ql/Linux http://www.qlsoft.cl > __ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: modem pool suggestion
Well, what do you need it for? Do you need 56k connectivity? Is 33.6 fast enough? How many modems do you need now? How many will you need in the future? On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Chad A. Adlawan wrote: > hi, > can someone please suggest to me a nice modempool ? or am i better > off using external modems? if so can u also suggest modems that are > guaranteed to work happily and w/ less hassles as a dial-in modem for an > isp ? > if u have any modem pool brands in mind, please exclude livingston > (their the only ones i know of) because i cant afford them :( > TIA, > Chad > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: other news questions
If you're just setting up a news server for yourself or a small LAN
(family & friends type of thing), you probably don't need INN at all.
Nntpcache is very simple to set up. It is, however, shareware. A
single-user license is about $10, I think. The next step up is 10 users
for like $90 or something stupid like that... then you go up to 100
users... blah blah blah (shareware sux :-)
But, it's fairly simple to set up.
There's a new package now, too, called NewsCache which is basically the
same idea as nntpcache, except it's GPL (check freshmeat for a source
tarball). I've compiled it but have not yet tried to configure it, so I
don't know how easy it is to use or if it's even usable--it's still in
beta (version 0.99.14). According to the homepage, a 1.0 release is
expected by the end of this year.
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Nate wrote:
> I have been following the thread about news, inn, nntpcache, etc.
>
> I would also like to set up a news server. I currently have installed
> but have not configured inn and nntpcache. I would like to have
> my setup mirror they way an isp would setup a news server.
>
> What is the best way of going about doing this.
>
> I know there is a huge O'Reilly book on news so this is probably not
> a simple matter. Is there some good documentation or an online primer
> I can look at? Thanks.
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> O ya, what is a newsfeed?
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Re: win98 and samba
There's a document (called Win95.txt or something similar) included with the Samba documentation. There is a problem with late versions of Win95 (so I would also assume Win98) authenticating with Samba. I'm not up on all the details--the only Win95 installations I have are the original Win95 version, so the Microsoft feature-bug doesn't effect me. You might take a look at that document, though, if you haven't already. I don't know if that will answer your question or not... On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Chris Hoover wrote: > Is there anything special I have to setup to allow win98 to access my samba > shares? It keeps failing to authenticate my password. I tried turning on > encrypted passwords, but that did not seem to work. The encrypted passwords > gave me the no permission to access resource error. This was all working fine > under win95. > > Thanks, > > > chris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: Fate strikes again
Sounds like you're running xdm. If you don't want to get the "Debian GNU/Linux login (hostname)" prompt (or whatever it's exactly called), don't use xdm--use the 'startx' program instead. I personally prefer xdm, myself... On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Dan wrote: > Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I relinked > /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and X finally worked with the mouse. (I tried > /dev/psaux using the graphical xf86setup program, but it didn't work for > some reason, how odd.) It is amazing, isn't it? Only problem now is that > when I right click and hit "Exit X" all it does is restart X with the debian > login... I think that oughta be fixed. I'll have to look into that script > file, I forget what its called. Oh well. > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: Thanks > >Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 22:05:28 EDT > > > >To all: Thanks again. I have a mouse driver on ttyS0, and the system > >detected that just fine. Anyway, it's all academic at this point, since > >my CD's will no longer install, so I am Linux-less. -- Max > > > > > >On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:23:36 +1000 "Carley, Jason (Australia)" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >I had a similar problem which I traced back to gpm running expecting a > > >mouse > > >on com1 when it was actually psaux. My modem was on com1 but wvdial > > >couldn't find it due to gpm interfering. > > > > > >Took me a while but it was pretty simple in the end. > > > > > >I too have felt like giving up but kept going and am now very happy > > >with > > >things. And I have tried all distributions under the sun. > > > > > >Jason. > > > > > >-Original Message- > > >From: Jesse Jacobsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:15 AM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: Thanks > > > > > > > > >On 07/05/99 at 18:53:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote concerning "Thanks": > > >> After running setserial and wvdial, disabling PnP, and many > > >other > > >> efforts, I finally, to overcome the system's refusal to detect my > > >modem > > >> (Diamond Supra 288i SP), attempted to re-install (grasping at > > >straws), > > >> but now it tells me "there was a problem" extracting the base system > > >> files from the CD-rom, so re-installation has failed and I have > > >nothing > > >> for weeks of effort.-- Max > > > > > > > > >The good news is that the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO doesn't > > >list a modem by that description as being incompatible with Linux. > > >Now > > >you just have to take a deep breath and write a detailed report to > > >this > > >list of what you've tried. Here are some things to look at or > > >include: > > > > > >- Does the modem work in Windows? If so, does Windows give you > > > information about modem settings (IRQ, etc?) > > >- What makes you think your modem is not recognized? > > >- What happens when you try to run minicom, configured to use your > > > modem's serial device? > > >- Have you taken into account that the DOS ports COM1, COM2, COM3, and > > > COM4 correspond to the Linux devices ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2, and ttyS3 > > > respectively? > > > > > >For the next time you get frustrated, consider this: it's a pretty > > >good > > >guess that most of the people on this list haven't been forced to > > >reinstall Debian ever. On top of that, most probably haven't done a > > >fresh install for so long that it actually takes an effort to remember > > >what it was like! In contrast, I recall reinstalling Windows several > > >times each year. Or at least making _major_ repairs. > > > > > >I don't know if it's possible to _master_ the intricacies of Debian. > > >It's just too big! But to me, that's something to like about it. You > > >never run out of things you can learn. > > > > > >HTH, > > > > > >Jesse > > > > > >-- > > >Jesse Jacobsen, Pastor [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Grace Lutheran Church (ELS) http://www.jvlnet.com/~jjacobsen/ > > >Madison, Wisconsin GnuPG public key ID: 2E3EBF13 > > > > > > > &
Re: debian and LINUX 5.2 (6.0?)
You purchased "RedHat 5.2" not "Linux 5.2" (Or perhaps it's labled "RedHat Linux 5.2"). RedHat is just another one of the many distributions of Linux (in the same way that Debian can be a distribution of Linux). As for finding answers to your questions, you're probably best off asking on a RedHat-specific list, or perhaps a generic Linux list (i.e. not a list specific to a different Linux distribution). You may also want to call RedHat, as they should provide you with tech support (30 days after purchase, I think ??), as part of what you paid for when you purchased the software. On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Juhani Ilves wrote: > Looking for help for Backpack CDROM. > > I bought this LINUX 5.2 from Office Max and in the bottom of box says that: > > Technical support provided by RedHat Inc. under contract by MacMillan > Digital Publishing USA. > ISBN: 1-57595-199-1 > > I was in MacMillans WEB page but it looks like they are only sale company > as Office Max as well. So, they don't have any technical support service. > > Anyway, someone should know this problem. > > I have tryed with everything what I can read from books I bought and what > is available in Internet, about installation of Linux. > > First, because I couldn't find method to install linux to my Laptop, INNOVA > BOOK 475CDS. 100 MHz Pentium, 32 MB RAM, 4 GB HD, swabable Floppy and CDROM > 4x (means, CDROM and Floppy drive are not available at same time, only one > at the time). Installation program needs always floppy when CD is started. > > Second, I bought External CDROM 4X SONY, Model # CDU55E, Backpack station. > Connected to the LPT1 port. > > When I run my installation program of the LINUX 5.2. Procedure is next: > >Welcome to Red Hat LINUX >Register your purchase through our web site http//www.redhat.com > > > steps: -PCMCIA NO >-Local CDROM OK > Insert your Red Hat CD into your CDdrive now > OK > cdrom type -Other CDROM OK > Load mod -Backpack CDROM OK > Mod Opt. -AutoprobeOK > > in this point I always get an error display: > ERROR: I can't find the device anywhere on your system! > > Device is on my system and it works fine with MS-Windows > > I suppose that problem is the installation program. When it uses Autoprobe > for find devices it comes back from the line checking too fast. Program > does not have delay long enough, even it finds device it does not know it. > Always when I push Autoprobe OK button, I can see the read lihgt in CDROM, > first ~ 0.2 sec short read light, and then right after that ~ 4 sec long > read light. But error appears already before first light. > > > I had an other Bacpack CDROM with Mitsumi drive. It was found sometime but > very seldom. (There was Mechanical error so I should shange that). > > With that drive I got little bit more far with a installation. Until it > started looking for partition. The program did not regonize the PQ > Partition Magic partition at all. Only old DOS FAT partition. > > Is there any posibility to start x-windows and all other those programs > installation from CDROM without floppy if debian is running in root, or > from Backpack CDROM > > So, is there any help available or is it better to forget LINUX and my Laptop? > > MOTTO: If you dont know you self, ask some else who knows! > > sincerely yours, > > Juhani Ilves > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
