Backup requirement
My backup requirement is as follows: Old laptop, for personal use, running Debian Etch. I intend to backup every month to DVD via my external DVD writer, and to leave copies with friends. I want encryption. I use LUKS, but only for my home partition. My hard drive is 80 giga-bytes big. My partitions are home, root, alternate root, a data partition, and a Windows NTFS that I have not used in years :-) Current solution is to cp --archive the home partition into an external hard drive. I use GenISOImage and Wodim to burn my data CDs. Also, I prefer CPIO to Tar, and command-line to GUI. I am looking at Mondo http://www.mondorescue.net/, etc. Kindly give suggestions. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HTTP through SSH?
My Debian computer has a intranet IP address and cannot access the internet directly. I currently use a proxy server. I have a non-super-user account on a Fedora web server that has an intranet IP address, and an internet IP address. How can I use the web server account to bypass the proxy server? I looked at some webpages on tunneling, but could not adapt them to solve my problem. Kindly help. -- Masatran, R. Deepak -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Open HTML file with OpenOffice in Gnome
I just completed installing installing Debian Etch I386 on an AMD64 computer. A Gnome user needs to edit HTML with OpenOffice, so I right-clicked on one HTML file, and set it to open with OpenOffice. But double-clicking does not start OpenOffice. Nor does it give any error message. Currently, I told the user to start OpenOffice, and open the file with its file dialog. The user's home directory contains material from previous installations, specifically Debian Lenny, Debian Etch, and maybe Ubuntu 5.10 or 6.06 LTS. The Debian Etch is from the first CD of the third point release, with a dist-upgrade yesterday. Kindly help. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Force Debian multi-arch DVD to install I386 software on AMD64 hardware
How can I force the Debian multi-arch DVD to install I386 software on AMD64 hardware? I searched the help screens from F1 to F10, but could not locate the option. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 1 in 2 chance : need to issue /etc/init.d/networking restart after boot
* Joris Van Herzele [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-11-20 I have around a 50% chance that after a reboot I have no network connectivity. The box has 3 NIC's : 1 onboard Intel NIC and 2 seperate GBit Realtek RTL8169sb/8110sb NIC's. I have a similar problem on my home computer, which runs 4.0r0. In case you solve your problem, do let me know the solution. Thank you! -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
eth0 missing, external hard drive, internet cafe
Since my laptop stopped working, I got a USB casing for its hard drive and tried to boot from it at an internet cafe. It boots fine but is unable to find eth0. The internet cafe OS (Ubuntu 2007.04) works fine with eth0. How can I solve this? I am using Debian 4.0. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is it possible to keep a program running even when when no users are logged in
* Sid Arth [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-09-25 I want to have rtorrent running in the background once I turn it on via ssh. Is there a way to keep rtorrent running even after I close the session? Nohup, Screen, and VNC (in increasing order of complexity). I have a small introduction to screen at http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/screen/. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing Debian from partition image
I need to install Debian on twenty computers, for desktop use. I intend making a partition image, and restoring the partition image on the twenty computers. And Gilles Mocellin had suggested using DSH when it is necessary to run a command on all computers. Installing the partition from the Debian 4.0r0 multi-arch DVD, without any updates to it, will allow easy replication, since the DVD is widely available, right? I haven't created/installed from partition image before. Are there any pitfalls that I need to be careful of? I am looking at Mondo Rescue, and PartImage. Which of these is better for this task? I looked at Beowulf, but it appears to be too much work. Is there any easy way of making a computer cluster out of these computers that have already been purchased? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian release policy?
I heard that because Etch has been released, and because Debian has got a new Project Leader, the Debian release policy might be changed http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseProposals. Is the release policy being discussed? If so, where? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian on twenty computers?
I need to install Debian on twenty computers. All of them are I386-based. It will help to be able to install a package in an automated way on all of them. I have been using Debian for three years now, but on only one computer at a time. Will software that copies hard-drive images be helpful? Could you recommend any such software? And how can I run a single command, on all twenty computers, without doing it separately for each computer? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tamil-India locale
* Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-09-13 Am 2007-09-10 21:12:28, schrieb Masatran, R. Deepak: I changed my LANG to ta_IN.UTF-8 (Tamil + India + UTF-8), and some other configuration settings. The Monospace font in Gnome-Terminal and XFCE Terminal, has got replaced by some font which is not constant-width. Text selection, and spacing, of Tamil script on Firefox, have become ugly. I suspect that these problems are being caused by the locale file. Could anyone help fix the locale file, as I am not familiar with this format? I will help with the details of the language, and the script. I am using Debian Etch, and the included /usr/share/i18n/locales/ta_IN appears to be carelessly written. Do you have installed the tamil font-package? I already have it installed. Maybe the bugs are in ttf-tamil-fonts, rather than in the locale file? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to bind keys to commands, through X11 or GDM
I want to bind some keys to commands, for listening to music. I use MPD as music server, and Sonata as music client. How can I get the key-bindings to work through the screen-saver? I am using Debian 4.0, with Xorg, GDM, XScreenSaver, and Sawfish. I made /etc/X11/Xmodmap with contents: keycode 151 = XF86AudioPlay keycode 159 = XF86AudioStop keycode 178 = XF86AudioPrev keycode 236 = XF86AudioNext and HOME/.xbindkeysrc with contents: mpc toggle XF86AudioPlay mpc stop XF86AudioStop mpc prev XF86AudioPrev mpc next XF86AudioNext This works, but not when the screen is locked. How can I get this setup to work through the screen-saver? Thanks! -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resolution change from Etch to Lenny -- Who did it?
The resolution of Etch is 96 DPI. The resolution of Lenny has changed to 75 DPI. These resolutions are as reported by Xdpyinfo. Why was the resolution changed? Is there some mailing list where such changes are announced? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tamil-India locale
I changed my LANG to ta_IN.UTF-8 (Tamil + India + UTF-8), and some other configuration settings. The Monospace font in Gnome-Terminal and XFCE Terminal, has got replaced by some font which is not constant-width. Text selection, and spacing, of Tamil script on Firefox, have become ugly. I suspect that these problems are being caused by the locale file. Could anyone help fix the locale file, as I am not familiar with this format? I will help with the details of the language, and the script. I am using Debian Etch, and the included /usr/share/i18n/locales/ta_IN appears to be carelessly written. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tamil-India locale
* Kamaraju S Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-09-10 Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: I changed my LANG to ta_IN.UTF-8 (Tamil + India + UTF-8), and some other configuration settings. The Monospace font in Gnome-Terminal and XFCE Terminal, has got replaced by some font which is not constant-width. Text selection, and spacing, of Tamil script on Firefox, have become ugly. I suspect that these problems are being caused by the locale file. Could anyone help fix the locale file, as I am not familiar with this format? I will help with the details of the language, and the script. I am using Debian Etch, and the included /usr/share/i18n/locales/ta_IN appears to be carelessly written. Not sure if this will solve your problem, but does installing ttf-tamil-fonts help you in any way? I already have it installed. Maybe the bugs are in ttf-tamil-fonts, rather than in the locale file? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Firefox on AMD64 Debian Etch
I am not able to change the default fonts in Firefox, in both my AMD64 systems. The problem is absent in I386 systems. All these systems are running Debian Etch. The AMD64 systems simply ignore the default font setting--both font family, and font size. I have been using Linux, and Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox, since 2000, but I am unable to figure this out. No back-ports are present. I created a new profile, but it has the same problem. Google search does not show any similar problems; has nobody else faced this? Kindly suggest a solution. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DPI change from Etch to Lenny?
The DPI of my Debian Testing system has changed. The change, I inferred from xdpyinfo, is that Stable is at 96 DPI while Testing has unexpectedly changed to 75 DPI. Is this an intentional change, or is it a bug? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
* Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-30 I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. Some more information: I want this for listening to music, with MPD as the server, and Sonata as the client. I made /etc/X11/Xmodmap with contents: keycode 151 = XF86AudioPlay keycode 159 = XF86AudioStop keycode 178 = XF86AudioPrev keycode 236 = XF86AudioNext and HOME/.xbindkeysrc with contents: mpc toggle XF86AudioPlay mpc stop XF86AudioStop mpc prev XF86AudioPrev mpc next XF86AudioNext Now, the only problem is that XBindKeys does not work when I am not logged in. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
* Celejar [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-30 On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:56 +0530 Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. Have you tried the standard 'xbindkeys'? I tried it, but how can I make it work in spite of the screen-saver? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?
I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (solved) Re: new drive = new install?
* David A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-29 What is common practice when migrating a system from one drive to another. Should I reinstall from scratch or partition the new drive and copy everything from the old one? Reinstallation is not necessary. There are plenty of HOWTOs available, one being http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html. Something missing in the instructions was that the -p flag should be used in the cp-command to preserve rights. -a implies -p. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Version number of Lenny
Why is it that Etch incremented the major version number (3.1 to 4.0), but Lenny will increment only the minor version number (4.0 to 4.1)? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: font size changed recently...why?
* Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-16 I'm running Lenny on my desktop, and I upgrade regularly. I run X at 1152x864 on a 19 monitor, and have been doing so for years. Sometime recently, perhaps within the last 10 days or so, the sizes of several of my fonts have changed, and I am at a loss to figure out why. The world has changed too much, and I no longer know where to look. My screen resolution has not changed, and my X server knows the correct dimensions of my monitor and has an accurate DPI calculation. It is not something in my own personal settings, because the font used to echo my username and draw the bullets when I type my password in gdm have also shrunk. I am moving from Testing to Stable, and my Testing has the same problem. The cause, I inferred from xdpyinfo, was that Stable is at 96 DPI while Testing has unexpectedly changed to 75 DPI. Stable does not have such unexpected behavior, that is why I am moving to it. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/boot/grub missing in Debian 4.0 installation
I am moving my computer from Testing to Stable. I installed Stable on a new partition, and want to configure GRUB. But /boot/grub is missing! It was a routine install, except that I did not select Desktop environment in TaskSel. Why is /boot/grub missing? And how can I get it created? The computer is a two-year-old I386-based laptop. Some other info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /boot config-2.6.18-4-486 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486.bak vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486 System.map-2.6.18-4-486 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude search grub p ggz-grubby - GGZ Gaming Zone: chat bot with the ability to play games i grub- GRand Unified Bootloader p grub-disk - GRUB bootable disk image p grub-doc- Documentation for GRand Unified Bootloader p grub-splashimages - a collection of great GRUB splashimages -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian Live CD for AMD64 from Etch?
Which Debian Live CD is for AMD64 from Etch? I found only http://live.debian.net/debian-cd/4.0_r0-rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-live-40r0-rc1-amd64-standard-CD.iso. By the way, is the above image 1. RC1 of Live CD of Etch? OR 2. Live CD of RC1 of Etch? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Start booting hard drive, from a CD
* Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-03 On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 05:42:22PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: I am unable to boot from my hard drive due to some problem. As a temporary solution, I want to make a CD, and use it to start booting the hard drive. How can I make such a CD? Thanks! The answer will depend on why you can't boot from hard drive in the first place. In an old laptop, I need to boot an external hard drive that the BIOS does not recognize. A different computer is giving errors, while booting a SATA hard drive. I was told that the proper modules are not being used in the initrd, but I have no idea how to fix that. I guess a live CD would be useful, but how do I get the live CD to boot the hard drive? Also, should it have the same architecture (I386/AMD64), release (Etch/Lenny), and Linux kernel version, as the hard drive? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Start booting hard drive, from a CD
I am unable to boot from my hard drive due to some problem. As a temporary solution, I want to make a CD, and use it to start booting the hard drive. How can I make such a CD? Thanks! -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
VLC missing from Debian Testing repository!
I am looking for VLC. Aptitude is unable to locate it, so I looked at the website. I find that it is present in Stable, Unstable, and OldStable, but not in Testing http://packages.debian.org/vlc! -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VLC missing from Debian Testing repository!
* Franck Joncourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-03 On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 11:08:16PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: I am looking for VLC. Aptitude is unable to locate it, so I looked at the website. I find that it is present in Stable, Unstable, and OldStable, but not in Testing http://packages.debian.org/vlc! http://packages.qa.debian.org/v/vlc.html Is there some temporary solution to install it on Debian Testing? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 4.0 on AMD64 and SATA with multi-arch DVD
* Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-07-23 I just installed Debian 4.0, on an AMD64 computer that has a SATA hard drive, from the multi-architecture DVD. I used expert at the first prompt, since amd64-expert was giving errors. I chose the 2.6-amd64 kernel during installation. Installation completed successfully, but when it is booted, the console locks up, the kernel panics, and it stops responding. I tried some fiddling with the parameters in the kernel line in GRUB, but it did not help. Kindly suggest a solution. I reinstalled Debian using amd64-expertgui at the first prompt, using the same DVD. The reinstall completed successfully, but it is unable to boot. When I add to the kernel line in GRUB, I get: ADDITION:RESULT 1. nothing: Kernel panic 2. noapic nolapic: Kernel panic 3. acpi=off:SATA internal errors 4. acpi=off noapic nolapic: SATA internal errors Kernel panic looks like this: Code: pairs of hexadecimal digits Console shuts up ... 0Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler I could not find any hardware problem. The hard drive is a Seagate 7200.10 300 giga-byte SATA. The whole computer is new. Searching the web showed that similar problems were tackled by adding/removing kernel modules. Can this be solved by adding/removing kernel modules? ALSO: I want to try the 486 linux-image, but dpkg refuses to install it, saying that that package is only for I386. How can I install the 486 linux-image on my AMD64 computer? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpYiKHUWoPVR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Debian Linux in Chroot
I have two Linux installations in my hard drive, and I want to modify Linux-2 from Linux-1, using Chroot. Basically dpkg-reconfigure and similar stuff. How do I tell DPKG of Linux-2 to not disturb the daemons that are running in Linux-1? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpippx11DxOz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian 4.0 on AMD64 and SATA with multi-arch DVD
* Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-07-31 On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 01:07:32PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: I reinstalled Debian using amd64-expertgui at the first prompt, using the same DVD. The reinstall completed successfully, but it is unable to boot. When I add to the kernel line in GRUB, I get: ADDITION:RESULT 1. nothing: Kernel panic 2. noapic nolapic: Kernel panic 3. acpi=off:SATA internal errors 4. acpi=off noapic nolapic: SATA internal errors Kernel panic looks like this: Code: pairs of hexadecimal digits Console shuts up ... 0Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler I could not find any hardware problem. The hard drive is a Seagate 7200.10 300 giga-byte SATA. The whole computer is new. Searching the web showed that similar problems were tackled by adding/removing kernel modules. Can this be solved by adding/removing kernel modules? if that is the case then you're probably dealing with a situation where the proper modules are not being used in the initrd to get the root filesystem up. you could boot a live-cd and chroot into the system to rebuild the initrd's making sure to include all the modules, or at least ensuring that you include the right modules... I don't know even what initrd is, but I have seen it in the GRUB configuration. Could you give me more detailed instructions, or point me to some HOWTO? ALSO: I want to try the 486 linux-image, but dpkg refuses to install it, saying that that package is only for I386. How can I install the 486 linux-image on my AMD64 computer? I'm confused. do you have more than one AMD64 computer? or does your kernel panic above only happen sometimes? I bypassed the kernel panic by appending acpi=off to the kernel line in GRUB. I pressed Control-C multiple times at the SATA internal errors, but I don't know if it helped. After a delay, I got a 640x480 X11, though I had asked for 1280x960. At that time, I tried to install the 486 kernel. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpnFY35Yo5t0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: how to ssh to a linux box from an internet cafe
* Leonid Grinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-07-25 Use a USB thumb disk. A portable hard drive has much better value-for-money. But it is not as resistant to shock. http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/gadgets/external-drive. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpW3aEIaaJHz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Debian 4.0 CD/DVD LightScribe art-work
Someone made art-work for Debian 4.0 CD/DVD's that looked suitable for LightScribe. I do not remember where I saw it. It it not showing up in Google search. Does anyone know where it is on the web? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpowh2iaBY3Z.pgp Description: PGP signature
XFCE memory leak in Lenny
I was told that XFCE has a memory leak. I am currently using Lenny. Has it been fixed in the Lenny packages? How can I know when it gets fixed? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpcCB6tOFXBl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Wallpaper in GDM theme
I am making a GDM theme. I want the wallpaper to expand or contract as necessary to fit in the display, while maintaining aspect ratio. I tried: item type=pixmap normal file=wallpaper/ pos x=50% y=50% anchor=center width=100% height=100%/ /item But it does not maintain the aspect ratio. Kindly suggest a solution. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpEMYrLXlPEc.pgp Description: PGP signature
glslideshow -root -visual GL (XScreenSaver)
I am trying out GLSlideShow: $ /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -root -visual GL glslideshow: ignoring `-visual gl' because of `-root'. glslideshow: using root window's visual 0x22. glslideshow: 17:46:42: only 3.3 fps! Turning off pan/fade to compensate... How can I get GLSlideShow to run at higher FPS on the root window? I am not familiar with X11 internals. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpfCWmKl4uTF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Debian 4.0 on AMD64 and SATA with multi-arch DVD
I just installed Debian 4.0, on an AMD64 computer that has a SATA hard drive, from the multi-architecture DVD. I used expert at the first prompt, since amd64-expert was giving errors. I chose the 2.6-amd64 kernel during installation. Installation completed successfully, but when it is booted, the console locks up, the kernel panics, and it stops responding. I tried some fiddling with the parameters in the kernel line in GRUB, but it did not help. Kindly suggest a solution. Also, has it installed the I386, or the AMD64, Debian? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpeJo5wUjKFI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: NTLM APS not working after upgrade of Testing
* David Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-07-18 Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: * Kumar Appaiah [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-07-17 On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 04:00:53PM +0100, David Watson wrote: Can you confirm that ntlmaps is running using the following command: ps aux | grep ntlmaps if it is not running try running this command it should let you know if there is an error starting ntlmaps: python /usr/share/ntlmaps/main.py -c /etc/ntlmaps/server.cfg Also, do check whether the server.cfg has not been replaced. There's a high chance that this has happened, and in that case, the port would have gone to 5865 (and you have to re-enter the username and password as well). Replacing server.cfg with a backup copy solved the problem. Mr. David Watson: Could you make the package ask the user before replacing the configuration file? Thanks! If you still have the broken server.cfg could you check what was different. I'd like to find out if it was only one config value that changed or if you were somehow given a default server.cfg. The package install scripts for ntlmaps read your current configuration and store values in debconf, so if there is a difference one of the values may not be getting stored properly. I don't have the broken server.cfg now, but one difference that I noted: The broken file had http://; in front of the domain name of PARENT_PROXY. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpfQfvsuoiBk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: NTLM APS not working after upgrade of Testing
* Kumar Appaiah [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-07-17 On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 04:00:53PM +0100, David Watson wrote: Can you confirm that ntlmaps is running using the following command: ps aux | grep ntlmaps if it is not running try running this command it should let you know if there is an error starting ntlmaps: python /usr/share/ntlmaps/main.py -c /etc/ntlmaps/server.cfg Also, do check whether the server.cfg has not been replaced. There's a high chance that this has happened, and in that case, the port would have gone to 5865 (and you have to re-enter the username and password as well). Replacing server.cfg with a backup copy solved the problem. Mr. David Watson: Could you make the package ask the user before replacing the configuration file? Thanks! -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpGGrQgWX864.pgp Description: PGP signature
NTLM APS not working after upgrade of Testing
I upgraded my Debian Testing system just now, using sudo aptitude upgrade, and my local NTLM proxy server ntlmaps, which was working till then, has stopped working. I guess the problem is because of the upgrade. telnet localhost 8080 (8080 is the proxy port) says Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused Also, sudo aptitude dist-upgrade wants to remove linux-kernel-headers, and some other packages. So, I did not dist-upgrade. Rebooting did not help. And the previous upgrade was three-to-four weeks ago. How can this problem be solved? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgp9OtmpI8zqr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [OT] best way to print webpage
* Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-07-06 There is this page: http://www.ssp.gob.mx/CFPWeb/portals/CFP.portal?_nfpb=true_pageLabel=contenido3nodePath=/BEA%20Repository/PF/Contenidos/Convocatoria/documentaciontitulo=DOCUMENTACI%C3%93N Most of the relevant info is hidden in a scroll bar, so just printing the page won't do. Try Save As Image https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3408. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/firefox/ pgpr51ij48NtR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Newbie, Xen linux-image
linux-image-2.6-xen-amd64 linux-image-2.6-xen-vserver-amd64 The above linux-images, are they the client component, or the server component, in virtualization? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpuAN5zywRyV.pgp Description: PGP signature
Pivot monitor with X.org
I intend buying a pivot monitor (the wide-screen becomes a tall-screen). But how can I tell X.org to rotate the output image by a right angle? Also, can X.org handle tall resolutions like 900x1440 (instead of 1440x900)? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgp5bilS94GvT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Fonts are small, in second X11 log-in
I am using up-to-date Debian Testing on my laptop, mainly with XFCE and Sawfish. All logging-in is from GDM. When I log-in as the first user, I get the normal-sized fonts. But when I log-in using New login in X-screen-saver, after someone else has locked the screen, all the fonts are smaller than normal. How can I solve this? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgp4YIh6Vi2Hg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bloat in desktop environments
Memory requirements of desktop environments, from http://linuxreviews.org/software/desktops/: * XFCE 4: 128 MB * Gnome 2: 384 MB * KDE 3:512 MB Gnome, and KDE are slow, and resource-hungry. Why not make something with less bloat, like XFCE, as the default desktop environment in Debian? Especially since nobody wants to spend money buying the most expensive hardware. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpGJntTwpRWR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Indic scripts in terminal
My 'LANG' is 'ta_IN.UTF-8'. I am on an up-to-date Debian Testing computer. I am using Latin script, and Tamil script in Gnome Terminal. The display gets slightly garbled around the Tamil text. I guess that this is because Vim is aware of Unicode characters that combine together, but Gnome Terminal is un-aware that when characters combine, they require as many cells as the number of characters that have combined. How can I fix this? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgp9jPnYCBsf6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: System monitor inside panel
* Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-05-11 I am using FBPanel. Gnome System Monitor appears unable to show system status inside it. Is there any panel that can show system status inside it, without the overhead of starting the Gnome, or KDE, daemons? I am aware of XFCE4 Panel, but will it work with Sawfish instead of XFCE? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpCTzBDSRA2x.pgp Description: PGP signature
XFCE will not manage desktop
I started using XFCE. But after I configured it, it will not manage the desktop. I turn on Allow XFCE to manage the desktop in Desktop Settings, but it turns off automatically. Kindly suggest a solution. Also, 430 megabytes of memory are in use on the computer, which is probably due to XFCE. This probably indicates some problem. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpN43ij27Nq8.pgp Description: PGP signature
XFCE, and Gnome
XFCE advertises itself as a fast window manager. But since both are based on GTK, won't Gnome be equally fast? What is it that makes XFCE faster than Gnome? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpGbNQP8avnV.pgp Description: PGP signature
System monitor inside panel
I am using FBPanel. Gnome System Monitor appears unable to show system status inside it. 1. How can I ask Gnome System Monitor to show system status within FBPanel? 2. If [1] is not possible, can any other system monitor show system status within the panel? 3. If [2] also is not possible, can any other panel host the system status inside itself? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpkhpE1NANrV.pgp Description: PGP signature
IFConfig location
Why is IFConfig in /sbin? Now I have to run it as /sbin/ifconfig everytime. Moving it to /bin will allow non-super users to get information about networking easily. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgppEc5LJA0yC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Unix-ify File Names
* Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-04-17 Since I frequently receive files from Microsoft Windows users, is there any utility to unix-ify file names, that is, use lower case exclusively, use hyphen as separator, etc.? I wrote the script below just now. Kindly give comments. This script is also available at http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/scripts/unixify. #!/usr/bin/perl # Unix-ify name of file given as argument. # For multiple files, use along with the find program of Unix. # Supports Unicode file names # Correctly handles dangerous characters in file names. # How to get confirmation before over-writing a file, without sacrificing portability? use strict; use warnings; use utf8; my $name_original = shift; my $name_lowercase = lc $name_original; my $name_unix = join(- = split(/\W/ = $name_lowercase)); rename $name_original = $name_unix; -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpe9Lon1Ds6v.pgp Description: PGP signature
SSH versus SSHFS
To work with a remote computer over a slow internet connection, which is better: SSH or SSHFS? Of course it depends on the situation, but in what situation is each better? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpWiKNBVJkZG.pgp Description: PGP signature
SSH through another computer
I am forced to SSH to host1, and SSH from there to host2. How can I do this in a single command? I have a private key in localhost, which is accepted for SSH by host2. How can I use this key in host2 without storing it in host1? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgp0MrpXypmEc.pgp Description: PGP signature
/etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf
I installed CDRW-Taper recently. I need to find how to use it. But soon, I found that nmap localhost -FA gives error-like output (edited for readability): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~:0$ nmap localhost -FA ... PORT STATE SERVICEVERSION 22/tcpopen sshOpenSSH 4.3p2 Debian 9 (protocol 2.0) 80/tcpopen http Apache httpd 2.2.3 ((Debian)) 111/tcp open rpcbind 2 (rpc #10) 113/tcp open ident OpenBSD identd 901/tcp open http Samba SWAT administration server 8080/tcp open http-proxy Squid webproxy 2.5.STABLE11 10082/tcp open amandaidx? 10083/tcp open amidxtape? Port10082-TCP:V=4.20 I=7 D=4/17 Time=46240C90 P=i686-pc-linux-gnu r(NULL,75, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. ) r(GenericLines,C5, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. 500 Command not recognised/incorrect: 500 Command not recognised/incorrect: ) r(GetRequest,9C, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. 500 Access not allowed 200 Good bye. ) r(HTTPOptions,9C, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. 500 Access not allowed 200 Good bye. ) r(RTSPRequest,9C, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. 500 Access not allowed 200 Good bye. ) r(RPCCheck,75, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. ) r(DNSVersionBindReq,75, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. ) r(DNSStatusRequest,75, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. ) r(Help,9C, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. 500 Access not allowed 200 Good bye. ) r(SSLSessionReq,75, 501 Could not read config file /etc/amanda/amindexd/amanda.conf! 220 masatran AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. ); ... -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpTzlGAMRBRq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Sudo instead of SU
How can I replace SU with Sudo (like Ubuntu), in Gnome and other applications? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpqkfEDrJe07.pgp Description: PGP signature
Change Gnome window manager
How can I change the Gnome window manager back to Sawfish? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgp24RHrSIx74.pgp Description: PGP signature
Change Gnome window manager from Metacity, back to Sawfish
How can I change the Gnome window manager from Metacity, back to Sawfish? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpNxCCaegBW9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Backup: optical disk, and RAID
I need to backup a partition on my hard drive. Currently, I am trying to get CDRW-Taper to work. Is that the best, or does anyone recommend anything else? Also, how does software RAID level-1, with a partition on another hard drive, compare with backup onto optical disk? I carry my hard drive around, and will not be carrying the backup hard drive. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpkv1VS22QOH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Unix-ify File Names
Since I frequently receive files from Microsoft Windows users, is there any utility to unix-ify file names, that is, use lower case exclusively, use hyphen as separator, etc.? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpBGtYS9v62i.pgp Description: PGP signature
Replacement for NTLM
Is there a replacement for NTLM in Linux? Compatibility is not required. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpdSLBNXg9O1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Samba in Nmap
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~:0$ nmap localhost -FA ... PORT STATE SERVICEVERSION 22/tcpopen sshOpenSSH 4.3p2 Debian 9 (protocol 2.0) 80/tcpopen http Apache httpd 2.2.3 ((Debian)) 111/tcp open rpcbind 2 (rpc #10) 113/tcp open ident OpenBSD identd 901/tcp open http Samba SWAT administration server 8080/tcp open http-proxy Squid webproxy 2.5.STABLE11 10082/tcp open amandaidx? 10083/tcp open amidxtape? ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~:0$ grep swat /etc/inetd.conf swatstream tcp nowait.400 root/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/swat I am not running Samba. Why is Samba SWAT administration server running? Should I comment it out in /etc/inetd.conf? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpul9a7n5ISj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Reconstruct Aptitude database
* Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-04-08 An computer that I ran Debian Etch on had some faulty hardware. So, I moved the hard disk to a new computer. Now, Debian works, except that Aptitude gives a segmentation fault when I try to run it. How can I fix this? A clarification: This is not a bug in Aptitude, but a problem in the old hardware. Is it possible to reconstruct the Aptitude database, now that I have moved to new hardware? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpz1bkZHYL5Y.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Problem downloading Debian DVDs...
* Redefined Horizons [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-04-11 I see that Debian has a new release out, and I was going to try to download the DVDs for the testing version. I tried to download the .iso images from this page: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-dvd/ I can't get the links to work. Is anyone else having this problem? Is there just a mad rush on the Debian servers because of the new release? The HTTP code is given wrongly. If your ISO-9660 contains HTML, view it in your web browser and follow the redirect there. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpHvGuaFiab6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Linux kernel for external hard drive [SOLVED]
* Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-04-10 Let me clarify my questions: * Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-04-10 1. In an external hard drive which is used on multiple computers, what Linux kernel is appropriate? I work on Pentium 4 / Sempron / Athlon 64, and similar computers. I am currently considering linux-image-686. Will linux-image-686 work on the 32-bit and 64-bit AMD processors? http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/linux-image-686 does not say anything about this. I have decided to install linux-image-486, and linux-image-amd64; with linux-image-486 as default in the boot loader. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpBObCSYKCKe.pgp Description: PGP signature
Linux kernel for external hard drive
1. In an external hard drive which is used on multiple computers, what Linux kernel is appropriate? I work on Pentium 4 / Sempron / Athlon 64, and similar computers. I am currently considering linux-image-686. 2. Can I install linux-image-amd64, and use the I386 Debian with it, on an AMD64 computer? 3. Can I set it up so that when I install a package, the I386 version will be installed on one partition, and the AMD64 version on another? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpgt8K2EPz0Y.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Linux kernel for external hard drive
Let me clarify my questions: * Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-04-10 1. In an external hard drive which is used on multiple computers, what Linux kernel is appropriate? I work on Pentium 4 / Sempron / Athlon 64, and similar computers. I am currently considering linux-image-686. Will linux-image-686 work on the 32-bit and 64-bit AMD processors? http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/linux-image-686 does not say anything about this. 2. Can I install linux-image-amd64, and use the I386 Debian with it, on an AMD64 computer? Will this work, and will it be fast? 3. Can I set it up so that when I install a package, the I386 version will be installed on one partition, and the AMD64 version on another? Has this been automated, or is anyone working on automating it? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpflvXf5CPP4.pgp Description: PGP signature
How to hide config error in Aptitude?
This NTLMAPS makes a config error due to which Aptitude complains everytime I run it. I configured NTLMAPS manually; how can I inform Aptitude that its configuration was successful? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpPlhKhrOVSA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Aptitude Segmentation Fault
An computer that I ran Debian Etch on had some faulty hardware. So, I moved the hard disk to a new computer. Now, Debian works, except that Aptitude gives a segmentation fault when I try to run it. How can I fix this? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpa4pSxdIue5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Error in NTLM in Testing
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~:0$ sudo dpkg -i Desktop/ntlmaps_0.9.9.0.1-4_all.deb (Reading database ... 102329 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace ntlmaps 0.9.9.0.1-4 (using .../ntlmaps_0.9.9.0.1-4_all.deb) ... Stopping ntlmaps: ntlmaps. Unpacking replacement ntlmaps ... Setting up ntlmaps (0.9.9.0.1-4) ... sed: -e expression #2, char 52: unknown option to `s' dpkg: error processing ntlmaps (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: ntlmaps -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpcI6sBJvsoF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Home Directory on External Drive
I want to keep my home directory on an external drive and move it between computers as required. 1. It is asking for super-user privileges to mount it. How can I avoid this? 2. Should I place /home/masatran, or /home, on the drive? 3. How can I get it to use the external drive as my home directory during login, for the application data, etc.? 4. I read somewhere that the external drive must be named for the links to remain permanent. Is this correct? How do I name it? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgplTR626TZqT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Change Locale of One/All Running Application(s)
* John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-03-18 Masatran, R. Deepak writes: This is an important requirement for many users, especially non-English speakers. When would a user need to change the locale of a running program? When I give a demo to my friend, I want the desktop environment to use my friend's language. When I give a presentation, I want the desktop environment to use the language of the audience. Often in a language with diglossia, the desktop environment uses exoglossia and the user uses endoglossia. Therefore, the user will not undertand some of the messages. In the above cases, the feature will be useful. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgp8M6vVtbdcO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Change Locale of One/All Running Application(s)
How can I change the locale of one/all running application(s) without restarting it/them? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpnttRU7zEXt.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Change Locale of One/All Running Application(s)
* Masatran, R. Deepak [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-03-18 How can I change the locale of one/all running application(s) without restarting it/them? This is an important requirement for many users, especially non-English speakers. Perhaps some other OS already has this feature. Cannot this be implemented, by the desktop environment sending some message to the application? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpAHcxVjXL7W.pgp Description: PGP signature
Shred Iterations
Why does shred have multiple iterations (25) as the default option? I see no point in overwriting more than once. Is not sudo shred --iterations=1 --verbose /dev/sda sufficient? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpAfHNay75mA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Linux User Group?
Is there any good world-wide Linux User Group? I use Debian, but it would be better to keep Linux issues not specific to Debian outside this list debian-user@lists.debian.org. Is it possible to create a list [EMAIL PROTECTED]? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgp9reI5TmLFF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Suggestions about the Debian install process
* Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-03-07 On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 10:34:17PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: Background: Installing Debian Testing with DVD 1 on a workstation. Why not install the following software by default? Because Debian has a very minimal base install. You can install all of these packages yourself. I will give specific why reasons why they are not in the default. 1. Vim nano is in the base install and is sufficient 2. Emacs HUGE 3. Screen not necessary in a base install Okay, but they ought to be installed atleast when Desktop Environment is selected in Tasksel. 4. SSHD bad idea to start network services without the admin asking you to Okay, install when File Server is selected in Tasksel, and ask the admin whether to enable starting the daemon during package configuration. Why not make the install disk also a live one? Ubuntu does this. OK. So go use Ubuntu. Seriously, Ubuntu supports like two or three hardware architectures. Debian supports like 13. A live CD doesn't make sense on all of those and probably isn't possible on others. A live+install disk will be useful mainly for I386 and AMD64, and can be skipped for the architectures for which it is not appropriate. A live+install disk will go a long way in popularizing Debian. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpSWR22LYgCU.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Aptitude says all packages are broken!
* Matthew K Poer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-03-08 On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 08:52 +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: In my up-to-date Testing system, Aptitude suddenly says that many packages are broken! It also says that many packages are unused and wants to remove them! Apt-get gives similar errors. I did not do anything recently; I have no idea what caused this. Kindly help. $ sudo aptitude install smartmontools ... 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 117 to remove and 45 not upgraded. ... $ sudo aptitude install ... Uncaught exception: ../../../src/generic/problemresolver/problemresolver.h:2216: generic_problem_resolverPackageUniverse::generic_problem_resolver(int, int, int, int, unsigned int, int, const PackageUniverse) [with PackageUniverse = aptitude_universe]: Assertion bd.broken_under(solution::root_node(initial_broken, universe, weights)) failed. can you please show us your APT sources? 'cat /etc/apt/sources.list' # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20061024)]/ etch main contrib deb ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free # deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing main -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpacx7GH1btf.pgp Description: PGP signature
External Hard Disk in Debian
I just bought an 80GB, USB, SATA, portable, external, hard disk, and I have some doubts: 0. Is there a Howto addressing Linux on external hard disks? 1. How to shut down? Simply unplugging the USB cable, after unmounting, is wrong, is it not? 2. When I lock the screen, I want to remove the hard disk. Is this possible? 3. I have heard about hibernation. After hibernation: (A) Can I remove the hard disk? (B) Can I un-hibernate on another computer? 4. I want to get the drive details: manufacturer, model, etc. I there a program which takes the device file as input, and outputs the device characteristics? 5. About encrypted partitions, and LVM: Are they readable, and writable from Microsoft Windows? 6. How to copy a NTFS partition to the hard disk? I checked Parted, and NTFS-3G but they doesn't appear to support this. 7. About partitioning: Does Microsoft Windows require the first primary partition, to be bootable? 8. Any other information: Pitfalls, advice, comments, etc.? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpLS9R0PKie5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Converting Debian Testing to Stable
I installed Debian Testing on a computer, and now want to convert it to Stable. Is it correct if I (1) Replace testing with etch in APT sources, (2) Wait for Etch to become Stable, and then (3) Dist-upgrade? And what is currently the official expected date for Etch to become Stable? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpH2HESGGVey.pgp Description: PGP signature
Suggestions about the Debian install process
Background: Installing Debian Testing with DVD 1 on a workstation. Why not install the following software by default? 1. Vim 2. Emacs 3. Screen 4. SSHD Why not make the install disk also a live one? Ubuntu does this. What is a Standard system in Tasksel? -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgpmU5n3EclpL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Aptitude says all packages are broken!
In my up-to-date Testing system, Aptitude suddenly says that many packages are broken! It also says that many packages are unused and wants to remove them! Apt-get gives similar errors. I did not do anything recently; I have no idea what caused this. Kindly help. $ sudo aptitude install smartmontools ... 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 117 to remove and 45 not upgraded. ... $ sudo aptitude install ... Uncaught exception: ../../../src/generic/problemresolver/problemresolver.h:2216: generic_problem_resolverPackageUniverse::generic_problem_resolver(int, int, int, int, unsigned int, int, const PackageUniverse) [with PackageUniverse = aptitude_universe]: Assertion bd.broken_under(solution::root_node(initial_broken, universe, weights)) failed. -- Masatran, R. Deepak http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/ pgp5rabdRj3fE.pgp Description: PGP signature
