Re: cannot install skype on unstable
Sjoerd Hardeman sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl writes:
Jonathan Wheelhouse schreef:
Andreas Juch debian-u...@juch.cc writes:
Am Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:27:25 +1000
schrieb Jonathan Wheelhouse jonathan.wheelho...@gmail.com:
Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com writes:
On Mon,22.Jun.09, 15:12:18, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote:
Hi
I used to have skype installed but I think a recent dist-upgrade
got rid of it (now my wife _really_ wants it back).
/etc/apt/sources.list has
deb http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64 ./
# aptitude install skype
produces
The following packages are BROKEN:
libc6-i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ia32-libs{a} ia32-libs-gtk{a} lib32asound2{a} lib32gcc1{a}
lib32ncurses5{a} lib32stdc++6{a} lib32z1{a} skype 0 packages
upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need
to get 55.8MB of archives. After unpacking 123MB will be used. The
following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6-i386: Breaks:
ia32-libs (= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed. Breaks:
ia32-libs-gtk (= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed. Breaks:
lib32asound2 (= 1.0.20-2) but 1.0.20-2 is to be installed.
Breaks: lib32ncurses5 (= 5.7+20090523-1) but 5.7+20090523-1 is to
be installed. Breaks: lib32z1 (= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13) but
1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 is to be installed.
^^
snip
Anyhow, hopefully the maintainers will make the ia32-libs etc
installable with libc6-i386 so I can get skype working.
Thanks
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I use the 64bit version for ubuntu,
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu-amd64. Works great on testing.
Thanks for your suggestion but ...
lappy:/home/jonathan/dwhelper# dpkg -i skype_ubuntu-2.0.0.72-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 167561 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace skype 2.0.0.72-1 (using skype_ubuntu-2.0.0.72-1_amd64.deb)
...
Unpacking replacement skype ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype:
skype depends on lib32stdc++6 (= 4.1.1-21); however:
Package lib32stdc++6 is not installed.
skype depends on lib32asound2 ( 1.0.14); however:
Package lib32asound2 is not installed.
skype depends on ia32-libs (= 1.6); however:
Package ia32-libs is not installed.
skype depends on lib32gcc1 (= 1:4.1.1-21+ia32.libs.1.19); however:
Package lib32gcc1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing skype (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
skype
And I can't install those packages; I get unresolvable dependency
errors.
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Re: cannot install skype on unstable
Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com writes:
On Mon,22.Jun.09, 15:12:18, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote:
Hi
I used to have skype installed but I think a recent dist-upgrade got rid
of it (now my wife _really_ wants it back).
/etc/apt/sources.list has
deb http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64 ./
# aptitude install skype
produces
The following packages are BROKEN:
libc6-i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ia32-libs{a} ia32-libs-gtk{a} lib32asound2{a} lib32gcc1{a}
lib32ncurses5{a} lib32stdc++6{a} lib32z1{a} skype
0 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 55.8MB of archives. After unpacking 123MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-i386: Breaks: ia32-libs (= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed.
Breaks: ia32-libs-gtk (= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed.
Breaks: lib32asound2 (= 1.0.20-2) but 1.0.20-2 is to be
installed.
Breaks: lib32ncurses5 (= 5.7+20090523-1) but 5.7+20090523-1
is to be installed.
Breaks: lib32z1 (= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13) but 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13
is to be installed.
^^
Because it wants to install those libs libc6-i386 will be broken.
Sorry for the delay in responding (a sick child but better now).
OK, but libc6-i386 is not installed. And I (or rather my wife) needs
skype installed. I'm not sure what to do now.
Any ideas?
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Re: cannot install skype on unstable
Andreas Juch debian-u...@juch.cc writes:
Am Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:27:25 +1000
schrieb Jonathan Wheelhouse jonathan.wheelho...@gmail.com:
Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com writes:
On Mon,22.Jun.09, 15:12:18, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote:
Hi
I used to have skype installed but I think a recent dist-upgrade
got rid of it (now my wife _really_ wants it back).
/etc/apt/sources.list has
deb http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64 ./
# aptitude install skype
produces
The following packages are BROKEN:
libc6-i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ia32-libs{a} ia32-libs-gtk{a} lib32asound2{a} lib32gcc1{a}
lib32ncurses5{a} lib32stdc++6{a} lib32z1{a} skype 0 packages
upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need
to get 55.8MB of archives. After unpacking 123MB will be used. The
following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6-i386: Breaks:
ia32-libs (= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed. Breaks:
ia32-libs-gtk (= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed. Breaks:
lib32asound2 (= 1.0.20-2) but 1.0.20-2 is to be installed.
Breaks: lib32ncurses5 (= 5.7+20090523-1) but 5.7+20090523-1 is to
be installed. Breaks: lib32z1 (= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13) but
1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 is to be installed.
^^
Because it wants to install those libs libc6-i386 will be broken.
Sorry for the delay in responding (a sick child but better now).
OK, but libc6-i386 is not installed. And I (or rather my wife) needs
skype installed. I'm not sure what to do now.
You could try to unpack the statically linked i386 version of skype in
you home directory and start it out of a shell. This could be a
workaround until you can install the package but I really don't know if
libc6-i386 is needed for the statically linked version too.
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-static
Yes, I tried that but no go. Error message is a rather cryptic
jonat...@lappy:~/dwhelper/skype_static-2.0.0.72$ ./skype
bash: ./skype: No such file or directory
but that file, skype itself, does exist:
jonat...@lappy:~/dwhelper/skype_static-2.0.0.72$ ll skype
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jonathan jonathan 20356964 2008-05-28 20:21 skype
Anyhow, hopefully the maintainers will make the ia32-libs etc
installable with libc6-i386 so I can get skype working.
Thanks
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cannot install skype on unstable
Hi
I used to have skype installed but I think a recent dist-upgrade got rid
of it (now my wife _really_ wants it back).
/etc/apt/sources.list has
deb http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64 ./
# aptitude install skype
produces
The following packages are BROKEN:
libc6-i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ia32-libs{a} ia32-libs-gtk{a} lib32asound2{a} lib32gcc1{a} lib32ncurses5{a}
lib32stdc++6{a} lib32z1{a} skype
0 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 55.8MB of archives. After unpacking 123MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-i386: Breaks: ia32-libs (= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed.
Breaks: ia32-libs-gtk (= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed.
Breaks: lib32asound2 (= 1.0.20-2) but 1.0.20-2 is to be
installed.
Breaks: lib32ncurses5 (= 5.7+20090523-1) but 5.7+20090523-1 is
to be installed.
Breaks: lib32z1 (= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13) but 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 is
to be installed.
I'm not sure what's going on here; libc6-i386 seems to break the other
libraries; apparently = 2.7 but 2.7 is to be installed; that's still
OK, isn't it? Less than or equal to 2.7 still matches 2.7 so what's
going on?
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Re: Sharing a directory
Magnus Therning [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 11:10:33AM +1100, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote: Got a question re UNIX permissions: I've got a directory, photos, in my home directory, that I want the wife and kids to put digital photos. I'm not sure I understand you, I was under the impression that subdirs created under a dir with sgid bit set would inherit the group with the sgid bit set: That's my understanding, too. In fact, that is what happens - the sub-directories my family can create do have the 'photo' group; this is what I want. However, the files they put in the created sub-directory only allow them access. eg In a directory created by trinity: drwxr-sr-x 2 trinity photo 1392 2006-01-28 08:23 2006-01-15 there are files that have these permissions. -rwx-- 1 trinity trinity 409387 2006-01-26 17:38 PICT0871.JPG What I would like to happen for files that are put in this sub-directory is that the group for these files is 'photo' so that people in this group have access to those files. Anything more complicated you might need can probably be solved using ACLs (e.g. if users use different umasks). OK, I'll check ACLs out. -- Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sharing a directory
Martin OConnor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can use umask to change your users default file permissions. If you put: umask 0022 in the .bashrc and .bash_profile, any new files and dirs will be group writable by default. The only problem with this is that it applies to *ALL* files that user creates, not just the files in the sgid directory. Right; that's not what I want. Only files in created in the shared folder and its sub-directories etc should have the group 'photo'. Anyhow, I'll check out ACLs. Thanks -- Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sharing a directory
Got a question re UNIX permissions: I've got a directory, photos, in my home directory, that I want the wife and kids to put digital photos. I created a group, photo, and put them all in it. I changed the group on the directory to be photo. I set the sgid bit on the directory so that files created in the directory will have that group. I set the restricted deletion flag on the directory so that people can only delete their own files not those of others. Now the problem is that if people create sub-directories in this directory and then populate that sub-directory with photos only they have access to those photos. How can I make it so that even if they create sub-directories the files in the sub-directory have their group set to photo? -- Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Gnome] Error pop-up: there's already a gnome-panel
Lorenzo Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks! I had the same problem and now it's fixed!! Lorenzo Lopez Lorenzo, me too! Just want to say thanks; this was annoying my daughter and wife; I didn't know what it was. I fixed it for me by deleting my whole .gnome2 directory and then setting up my desktop the way I like it but they didn't want to do that (fair enough, too). -- Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Browser Crashes
Hi
For the last couple of weeks, my kids and I have all experienced
browser crashes on various sites.
We use any one of firefox, mozilla or galeon.
I've just crashed all 3 browsers on this URL,
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/ .
Each browser produces the following dump (see below cut line) when
strace'd (galeon is replaced with gecko for firefox and mozilla).
I've checked bug reports for the 3 browsers; I don't see anybody
reporting something similar.
I should add, in case this has something to do with X Window, that I
use the latest Nvidia drivers. But I haven't seen these browsers
crash so frequently like this before (and I've used Nvidia drivers for
a long time).
This is driving the kids and I nuts now (I'm using w3m at the moment).
Ideas?
Jonathan
open(/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XErrorDB, O_RDONLY) = 37
fstat64(37, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=36378, ...}) = 0
read(37, ! $Xorg: XErrorDB,v 1.3 2000/08/..., 36378) = 36378
close(37) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8a5e000
brk(0x8a86000) = 0x8a86000
brk(0) = 0x8a86000
brk(0) = 0x8a86000
brk(0x8a7d000) = 0x8a7d000
brk(0) = 0x8a7d000
fstat64(2, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0666, st_rdev=makedev(5, 0), ...}) = 0
ioctl(2, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo
...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 131072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
-1, 0) = 0x44ccc000
write(2, The program \'galeon\' received an..., 56The program
'galeon' received an X Window System error.
) = 56
write(2, This probably reflects a bug in ..., 45This probably
reflects a bug in the program.
) = 45
write(2, The error was \'BadShmSeg (invali..., 62The error was
'BadShmSeg (invalid shared segment parameter)'.
) = 62
write(2, (Details: serial 28 error_code..., 68 (Details: serial
28 error_code 169 request_code 148 minor_code 2)
) = 68
write(2, (Note to programmers: normally..., 72 (Note to
programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
) = 72
write(2,that is, you will receive the..., 65 that is, you will
receive the error a while after causing it.
) = 65
write(2,To debug your program, run it..., 62 To debug your
program, run it with the --sync command line
) = 62
write(2,option to change this behavio..., 65 option to change
this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
) = 65
write(2,backtrace from your debugger ..., 77 backtrace from
your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
) = 77
unlink(/home/jonathan/.galeon/mozilla/galeon/lock) = 0
writev(15, [{GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0, 12}], 1) = 12
close(15) = 0
writev(16, [{GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0, 12}], 1) = 12
close(16) = 0
writev(14, [{GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0, 12}], 1) = 12
close(14) = 0
writev(12, [{GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0, 12}], 1) = 12
close(12) = 0
close(9)= 0
close(8)= 0
unlink(/tmp/orbit-jonathan/linc-1162-0-29864b2fee2cc) = 0
close(13) = 0
munmap(0x44ccc000, 131072) = 0
exit_group(1) = ?
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Re: Browser Crashes
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 08:54:35AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
... If that doesn't work, I'd start looking at the plugins that
you're using and see if temporarily removing any of those fixes it.
Other than that, I'm not sure what to suggest. Hope that helps.
How about running the browser inside strace or gdb?
I had included a strace in the original message; I will include it
here again.
I don't really understand what's going on. It seems to reading
XErrorDB - that file does exist. But then it gets some kind of X
Window System error. I don't appear to have this happening for any
other X Window apps - just the browsers my family uses.
That file has a date of 28 Sep 2004 and is part of xlibs-data; this
package doesn't appear to have any kind of bugs that will cause these
sorts of crashes.
$ ll /usr/X11R6/lib$ ll /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XErrorDB
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36378 2004-09-28 22:02 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XErrorDB
/X11/XErrorDB
Oh well, I'll have to have a bit of a think about what's going on.
Jonathan
open(/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XErrorDB, O_RDONLY) = 37
fstat64(37, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=36378, ...}) = 0
read(37, ! $Xorg: XErrorDB,v 1.3 2000/08/..., 36378) = 36378
close(37) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8a5e000
brk(0x8a86000) = 0x8a86000
brk(0) = 0x8a86000
brk(0) = 0x8a86000
brk(0x8a7d000) = 0x8a7d000
brk(0) = 0x8a7d000
fstat64(2, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0666, st_rdev=makedev(5, 0), ...}) = 0
ioctl(2, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo
...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 131072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
-1, 0) = 0x44ccc000
write(2, The program \'galeon\' received an..., 56The program
'galeon' received an X Window System error.
) = 56
write(2, This probably reflects a bug in ..., 45This probably
reflects a bug in the program.
) = 45
write(2, The error was \'BadShmSeg (invali..., 62The error was
'BadShmSeg (invalid shared segment parameter)'.
) = 62
write(2, (Details: serial 28 error_code..., 68 (Details: serial
28 error_code 169 request_code 148 minor_code 2)
) = 68
write(2, (Note to programmers: normally..., 72 (Note to
programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
) = 72
write(2,that is, you will receive the..., 65 that is, you will
receive the error a while after causing it.
) = 65
write(2,To debug your program, run it..., 62 To debug your
program, run it with the --sync command line
) = 62
write(2,option to change this behavio..., 65 option to change
this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
) = 65
write(2,backtrace from your debugger ..., 77 backtrace from
your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
) = 77
unlink(/home/jonathan/.galeon/mozilla/galeon/lock) = 0
writev(15, [{GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0, 12}], 1) = 12
close(15) = 0
writev(16, [{GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0, 12}], 1) = 12
close(16) = 0
writev(14, [{GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0, 12}], 1) = 12
close(14) = 0
writev(12, [{GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0, 12}], 1) = 12
close(12) = 0
close(9)= 0
close(8)= 0
unlink(/tmp/orbit-jonathan/linc-1162-0-29864b2fee2cc) = 0
close(13) = 0
munmap(0x44ccc000, 131072) = 0
exit_group(1) = ?
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Re: How to Move from 1 drive to another? [Done!]
Hi Thanks for all the tips. Just want to report that I've successfully moved. Here are my brief (and terse) notes: See /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.gz Short version: Assumptions: old disk is hda; mbr is installed hda; bios allows switching which hard disk you want to boot - put new drive in computer as slave; set jumper as slave; make sure other disk is master (yes, after all that I didn't go CSEL) - partition other drive (hdb) - cfdisk, make partition where /boot is, bootable; format (eg. mkreiserfs); mkswap - mount its partitions but remember mkdir mountpoint (eg. /new-disk), mount it; and only now mkdir lower level directory (eg. /newdisk/home) and mount it - cp -a but leave out proc, sys and mountpoint eg. cd / echo cp -a `/bin/ls -1Ab | egrep -v ^new-disk$|^proc$|^sys$` new-disk | sh NB. Don't forget sys like I did the first time; / got filled up pretty quick. - chroot /mnt su - - edit etc/fstab - modify appropriately (NB. if going from ext3 to ReiserFS remove readonly option (man fstab) - edit etc/lilo.conf - modify appropriately but install hdb (basically, change hda to hdb); /sbin/lilo - reboot; use bios to switch which hard disk you want to boot; this allows you to recover from anything you've done wrong; when you're happy reformat hda and use under hdb . Of course, this is the edited version - there were a few detours but this is how I did it in the end. Everything but the sound works - there are no error messages as to why not. My Oggs and mp3s appear to play but there just isn't any sound. I'm off to investigate that (my kids love their music). Thanks again. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to Move from 1 drive to another?
John Summerfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote:
Hi
I am running Debian unstable on a 30GB drive (IBM Deskstar 75gxp)
using ext3. I recently bought a 120GB drive (Western Digital WD1200).
Oh dear.
Sven has much the same idea I have.
Before I forget, install, configure and configure smartmontools.
Read the docs and check out the need for firmware for that drive. It's
not for nothing those drives are called Deathstar: I have bought two
of them, and two of them died.
I've had no problems with the IBM drive.
The WD drive also has its problems.There are three settings:
Slave
Master, no slave
Master, slave present.
I've checked the jumper settings - I will probably use Cable Select.
It matters that you get the settings right: some systems (and I've
been caught here too) will not boot if you get it wrong. The problem
is documented on the WD website (why on earth they don't fix it I've
no idea), and there you will find where to park the jumper when you
don't want it. The position is not described on the disk label.
To save mucking around, I'd leave the Deskstar as hda, install the WD
drive as hdb (or on the second controller).
Maybe I will do this - not sure.
You don't say howyour old drive is partitioned. I am going to assume
it's two paritions, hda1 and hda2, and that hda1 your is boot
partition near the edge. There are other configurations where this
will work, but all must be primary paritions.
$ mount
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3,ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/hda2 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /var type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /usr type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda8 on /usr/local type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda9 on /home type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda10 on /tmp type ext3 (rw)
If you want a learning experience, do this.
First, boot single-user mode, check hda partitions are mounted ro.
Next, check the drives are tuned:
hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hdb
If you don't see DMA turned on, etc
hdparm -d1 -u1 -a64 -m16 /dev/hd{a,b}
Then, carefully getting this the right way round
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=$((1*1024*1024))
What you have now is a 30 Gb drive configuration on your 120 Gbyte drive.
Use fdisk to delete hda2, and then create a new, larger parition up to
the size of the disk.
So copy 30Gb to 120Gb drive; then delete hda2? I don't see why to
leave hda1? - unless I'm going to boot from hda1. Then partition rest
of the WD drive?
Instead of using mke2fs, use e2fsck and resize2fs (or whatever). It
will resize the partition.
btw Why reiserfs? From my reading it excels when you have lots of
small files, but not otherwise.
Well, I'm using ext3 currently; thought I would try ReiserFS for the
very reason you give. What would you recommend?
This will be quicker than doing it with cp or (better) tar.
If you prefer to use tar, then partion the second drive and mount it
at, say, /mnt/new, then
tar clC / . boot | tar -xC /mnt/new
So, this copies /, ., boot to the new drive. . is the
current directory? Which one specifically?
If you have buffer installed:
tar clC / . boot | buffer | tar -xC /mnt/new
Doesn't matter too much which drive you boot from: you can
a) Configure the BIOS to boot from the second drive (requires you
install and configure a bootloader)
b) Condinue booting /dev/hda and configure the bootloader to boot /dev/hdb
c) and configure the bootloader to boot the kernel etc from hdb.
OK.
So many options - I've just got to decide which one.
Thanks
Jonathan
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How to Move from 1 drive to another?
Hi I am running Debian unstable on a 30GB drive (IBM Deskstar 75gxp) using ext3. I recently bought a 120GB drive (Western Digital WD1200). The family have 5 accounts. What I would like to do is to make the 120GB drive the main one (using ReiserFS) and use the 30GB drive for data. So, the plan is to install (via the sid installer) Debian on the 120GB drive. I know - to install the current packages I've got I can install them via dpkg --get-selections|--set-selections - use /etc/* file as configuration for new drive My question is - what is the easiest|best way of copying|moving all the accounts and their data across? Do I simply have to recreate the users on the new drive and then copy across their home drives? Or can I just rely on everything being set up OK if I just copy across /etc/passwd and /etc/group. Thanks in advance Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to Move from 1 drive to another?
Sven Hoexter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:30:35PM +1000, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote: Hi I am running Debian unstable on a 30GB drive (IBM Deskstar 75gxp) using ext3. I recently bought a 120GB drive (Western Digital WD1200). The family have 5 accounts. What I would like to do is to make the 120GB drive the main one (using ReiserFS) and use the 30GB drive for data. So, the plan is to install (via the sid installer) Debian on the 120GB drive. I know - to install the current packages I've got I can install them via dpkg --get-selections|--set-selections - use /etc/* file as configuration for new drive My question is - what is the easiest|best way of copying|moving all the accounts and their data across? Do I simply have to recreate the users on the new drive and then copy across their home drives? Or can I just rely on everything being set up OK if I just copy across /etc/passwd and /etc/group. I would boot a Linux Live CD like knoppix, partition and format the new drive, copy everything from the old drive to the new one, chroot into the new system, install a boot loader, reboot and be happy. That is a lot easier then installation from scratch and you can keep everything installed and configured so far. This sounds like the least amount of work and still giving a good result - I'll give it a go. Off to read about chroot . Thanks Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.note.GNU-stack in XFree86.0.log file
Hi XFree86 version is 4.2.1-14 (apt-cache show xserver-xfree86); I use NVIDIA's installer for my graphics card rather than the nv driver. /var/log/XFree86.0.log shows [snip] XFree86 Version 4.2.1.1 (Debian 4.2.1-14 20031113215638 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 18 October 2002 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: bitmap (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a Not loading .note.GNU-stack ... [snip] (II) LoadModule: pcidata (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a Not loading .note.GNU-stack (II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.1.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 [snip] (II) LoadModule: scanpci (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a Not loading .note.GNU-stack [snip] (II) LoadModule: ddc (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a Not loading .note.GNU-stack Not loading .note.GNU-stack Not loading .note.GNU-stack Not loading .note.GNU-stack Not loading .note.GNU-stack Not loading .note.GNU-stack Not loading .note.GNU-stack (II) Module ddc: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.1.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) LoadModule: dbe (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a Not loading .note.GNU-stack Not loading .note.GNU-stack Not loading .note.GNU-stack (II) Module dbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.1.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Server Extension ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER (II) LoadModule: extmod (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a Not loading .note.GNU-stack [snip] (II) Module extmod: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.1.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Server Extension ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) Loading extension SHAPE [snip] (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: record (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a Not loading .note.GNU-stack [snip] (II) LoadModule: freetype (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a Not loading .note.GNU-stack [snip] (II) Loading font FreeType (II) LoadModule: speedo (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a Not loading .note.GNU-stack ... etc. I've googled '.note.GNU-stack' (there's a bit of an explanation sort of at http://www.linuxsir.org/postnuke/print.php?sid=1435) but what's it doing in the log file? Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gconf2 - sid gnome won't start
Hi My kids use gnome which won't start. After entering appropriate details on the gdm screen and pressing enter the following message pops up: The files that contain your preference settings are currently in use. ... Do you want to continue They hit Continue, then another message pops up: No configuration sources in the configuration file '/etc/gconf/2/path ... Error reading the file: Failed: Couldn't open path file '/etc/gconf/2/path': No such file or directory And this is correct; there isn't. However, gconf and gconf2 are both installed. dpkg -L gconf2 reveals the above file. I tried a dpkg-reconfigure gconf2 but no joy - that file won't install. I've ar -x /var/cache/apt/archives/gconf2_2.4.0.1-2_i386.deb tar xvzf data.tar.gz thinking I could manually copy the missing files. However, I thought to ask here to see if anybody else has the problem and how they've fixed it before I try that. Any ideas? Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gconf2 - sid gnome won't start
Hi My kids use gnome which won't start. After entering appropriate details on the gdm screen and pressing enter the following message pops up: The files that contain your preference settings are currently in use. ... Do you want to continue They hit Continue, then another message pops up: No configuration sources in the configuration file '/etc/gconf/2/path ... Error reading the file: Failed: Couldn't open path file '/etc/gconf/2/path': No such file or directory And this is correct; there isn't. However, gconf and gconf2 are both installed. dpkg -L gconf2 reveals the above file. I tried a dpkg-reconfigure gconf2 but no joy - that file won't install. I've ar -x /var/cache/apt/archives/gconf2_2.4.0.1-2_i386.deb tar xvzf data.tar.gz thinking I could manually copy the missing files. However, I thought to ask here to see if anybody else has the problem and how they've fixed it before I try that. Any ideas? Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[SOLVED]Re: dpkg segmentation fault
Rob Weir [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:29:22AM +1100, Jonathan Wheelhouse said Hi I get this when running aptitude: [snip] E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault. Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: [snip] I cannot install the new version what do I do? A .deb is an ar archive containing two tarballs. You can extract the new libc like this: $ ar x libc6_2.3.2.ds1-9_i386.deb [snip some good advice] Thanks, I did something like this by essentially following the same advice from another thread. However, I had one complication - my / partition (about 50 meg) was 100% full. I had to move some stuff to /var before being able to follow the advice. Tonight I fixed the filling up / partition by using GNU parted to copy /dev/hda5 (mounted as /) to the windows partition (/dev/hda1 which is about 600 meg), modifying /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf and running lilo. Crossed my fingers - everything went almost smoothly; Debian is running fine now. I know 600 meg is too much for / as I have /var, /tmp/, /home, /usr and /usr/local on separate partitions but resizing partitions is pretty dangerous and I don't really have a backup strategy yet (other than saving a gnucash file to floppy). So this is something I will leave for another day. Anyhow, thanks again for the good advice. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dpkg segmentation fault
Hi I get this when running aptitude: The following packages will be upgraded: libc6 locales 2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 127 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/8785kB of archives. After unpacking 4694kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Writing extended state information... Done Reading changelogs... Done Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 63087 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.2-8 (using .../libc6_2.3.2.ds1-9_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6 ... E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault. Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales: locales depends on glibc-2.3.2.ds1-8; however: Package glibc-2.3.2.ds1-8 is not installed. dpkg: error processing locales (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: locales Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information... Done I read libc6 bug reports which suggest that it has the problem but if I cannot install the new version what do I do? Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Quake 3 ran, I upgraded. . . Well, It doesn't run any more
On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 08:12:14AM -0600, Brandt Dusthimer wrote: Okay. I decided to upgrade to the most recent version of woody. Good Idea? Of course. Everything works . . . except Quake 3 (deja vu!). I've got this down to an art now. I know that for some reason X isn't finding the libGLcore.so.1.0.5 (or what ever it is) file and therefore fails to load when I use the NVdriver driver. ??? Can somebody help me? Do you think it has something to do with the symbolic links not going into /usr/lib/? (I ran ldconfig) I checked. There aren't any other types of GL stuffs on my system. I get the same problem; it's caused by an upgrade of the XFree86 server. What I do: - rename /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a - rename /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a - rename /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 I don't remember whether I have to restart the XFree86 server; can't hurt. Anyhow, when I do those things; the Quake 3 demo works great on my GeForce 2 GTS card. Jonathan
Re: [debian-user] GeForce2 w/ XFree86 4.0.1 [ a little new ]
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:11:07AM +0100, R?diger Kuhlmann wrote: Okay, are there any .debs for Quake3, or where do I get it? http://www.quake3arena.com/ Download the Linux demo to /usr/local/src chmod 755 linuxq3ademo-1_11-6_x86_gz.sh ./linuxq3ademo-1_11-6_x86_gz.sh Then to run q3demo Jonathan
Re: GeForce2 w/ XFree86 4.0.1 [ a little new ]
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 11:01:46PM -0800, Cisco.Addict wrote: Sorry, is there any way i can get my GeForce2 GTS 64mb working in XFree86 4.0.1(Im hopeing to be able to play Quake3) I've got a GeForce2 GTS 32mb; I followed tomshardware instructions (+ others) to install and now I can play the quake 3 arena demo (looks great but is really gory). Now that X 4.0.1 is in woody you can install that and 2d should be fine. Then it's a matter of getting the 2 Nvidia Linux driver files and following instructions. Here are my notes (I usually keep a log or installation file so I don't have to remember 6 months down the track exactly how I installed some software). It's important you do the following: locate libGL drivers; renamed them to *.mesa ie. /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.mesa /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.mesa /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a.mesa This is what the Nvidia glx driver will install: /usr/lib/libGL.so - (symlink) /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.5 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 - (symlink) /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1.0.5 Grab the 2 linux driver tar.gz files. cp NVIDIA_kernel* to /usr/local/src tar -zxvf; cd'd into dir. make SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/kernel-source*/include (I've compiled a custome kernel that lives there.) lsmod revealed NVdriver. cp NVIDIA_GLX* to /usr/local/src; tar -zxvf; cd'd into dir. make dexter - XF86Config-4; changed nv - nvidia added NVdriver to /etc/modules restarted X X tried to start; all jumbled; nothing right Problems: Removed /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 - *.mesa See /var/log/gdm|XFree*/*log for errors Commented out Load GLcore in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Renamed a glx.a file. When testing it's best to startx rather than gdm so remove /etc/rc2.d/*gdm symlink. When satisfied cp -d -p rc3.d/*gdm to rc2.d Remaining problems: /var/log/XFree86/*log* says DIA_GLX-0.9-5NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-5Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved! But doesn't seem to hurt anything. quake3 is really quick; looks good so I assume 3d performance is OK. See how it goes. Jonathan
Re: Sawmill config Gnome CC
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 05:46:55PM +0100, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: Sawfish (as it is called by now) is configurable in GCC itself (look a little bit further down ...), so I guess, the config tool is disabled there. Well, I upgraded to sawfish-gnome; the config tool came up in Gnome CC. But no changes got accepted. So, went to the command line; ran sawmill-ui; the error message revealed some config problem (don't remember exactly). Read the docs and thought I need a ~/.sawfish/custom file. It didn't exist so I 'touch'ed it. And now, I can make changes to the WM! Specifically, I wanted another workspace. There's a moral in there somewhere when the command line saves the day|gui and you're trying to use the gui for the eye candy and to make things easier to use. Jonathan
Sawmill config Gnome CC
Hi Nothing happens when I click on the 'Run configuration tool for Sawmill' within the Gnome Control Center. What gives? Jonathan
GeForce2 GTS X 4.0.1c
Recently I installed Branden's debs for X 4.0.1c (deb http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/ woody/$(ARCH)/) because, frankly, vga16 @ 640 x 480 sucks with a GeForce2 GTS card. So, now, woohoo, the desktop looks great and I don't spend much time in the console. But my question is - I thought that I had to grab the Linux drivers from the NVIDIA site to make things work; it seems I don't. /var/log/gdm says the NV driver supports the GeForce2 GTS. So, is it that for 3d I need the NVIDIA drivers? And what are some good apps for checking frame rates and also showing off the power of the card? Jonathan
Re: Debian Australian mirror @ mirror.aarnet
On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 07:15:43PM +1100, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: Does anybody know the reason why Debian mirror @ mirror.aarnet.edu.au has been stop mirroring woody main since late last month? I emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED]; here's the reply: jason andrade [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/10/2000 13:24:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jonathan Wheelhouse/AU/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: debian archive problems Hi, You've all written to me about problems with the debian archive. I'm currently working on resolving this. the problem is a combination of: o inability to contact ftp.debian.org because too many end users are connected to the rsync service which shuts us out. o lots of timeouts and slow updates. i've contacted the debian people about this and have been advised to try to find one of the more stable sites which resolve to ftp.debian.org (there are 5 of them in round robin). i've asked for access to ftp-master but currently am waiting on a response to discuss it. in the meantime i am trying to run manual updates. i'll be running these 24/7 until i can try and get us as up to date as possible. since the debian archive is 20G plus, obviously this can take some time if they have been doing major package changes. in response to queries why the Packages file are not being updated and they are dated Sep XX while packages newer than that are added, i have checked (one..) ftp.debian.org and it's exactly the same there. if it's broken at the `source' for me, i can't do much about it.. e.g from ftp.debian.org: -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1667582 Sep 11 19:11 Contents-alpha.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1539834 Sep 28 19:08 Contents-arm.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1871008 Sep 11 19:12 Contents-i386.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1608279 Sep 6 20:04 Contents-m68k.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1596844 Sep 28 19:08 Contents-powerpc.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1613042 Sep 8 19:12 Contents-sparc.gz regards, -jason Jonathan
4 speaker sound
I compiled my kernel (kernel-source-2.2.17 kernel-patch-2.2.17-ide) with the emu10k1 driver last night. Sound works. Woohoo! I have a SB Live! Value card with the Cambridge Soundworks fp1000 speakers (4). When I play a CD only the front 2 speakers have sound. Are there any packages which test the back 2 speakers? How can I check them? Jonathan
Re: testmail
Me too. My mail doesn't seem to be getting through.
SB Live kernel sound
Hi I'm forwarding this message again because it didn't seem to get to the list; I will add a couple of questions. I recently installed Potato and now would like to set up sound. I have already read on the mailing list some stuff about installing sound support but would like to check a few things with you. Some people say to install from unstable the debs for ALSA and then run alsaconf. A couple of questions - I could change my sources to point at unstable but I don't want to upgrade to woody so how do I get just the debs for ALSA without upgrading? Some Howtos I've read say that I should make sure sound is compiled into the kernel. How do I tell if sound is compiled in? Does the potato kernel come with sound already compiled in? So, do I only have to install the ALSA debs and run alsaconf and that's it or do I have to do more to get sound working? I found on the linuxnewbie site some useful information about installing the emu10k1 driver from opensource.creative.com (www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/soundcards/sblive.html). This is a second way that is documented (as far as I can tell) in a better way (ie. a specific do this, then that, etc) at a level I can understand so I'm tempted to follow it. However, what is the Debian way? The debs or creative's way? (Don't tell me it's whatever works :-) Thanks Jonathan
Missing Sawmill menu in gnome!
In the last couple of day I installed Debian potato on a dual boot machine and am now in the process of trying to get everything setup properly. I installed gnome, gdm and sawmill. Unfortunately, in gnome all the windows are missing the top panel where the minimize, maximise and close buttons reside. How do I fix this? Jonathan ps. Things are going well even considering I'm using the vga16 xserver (my stupidity got to me when I was putting together this computer; I bought a geforce2 gts card) but that's a battle for another day.
