Etch, unexplained reboots?

[Mason Loring Bliss]

We're examining this, but a system at work has for the last two nights
rebooted unexpectedly. The logs show:

Apr 10 04:15:59 dhserver shutdown[4111]: shutting down for system reboot
Apr 11 02:10:33 dhserver shutdown[6717]: shutting down for system reboot

The system had been tracking Etch prior to the release, and Monday it
received a new kernel - the kernel that was released with Etch. That night
was the first spontaneous reboot.

An oddity is that on coming back up, we found it sitting at a GRUB prompt. It
evidently couldn't find /boot/grub/menu.lst. Hitting ctrl-alt-del to reboot
from there showed it booting normally, however. This makes me question
whether it's an issue with the kernel or not, as the kernel would have to
munge the disk controller or something in such a way that it would be
confused on the next reboot, but able to figure itself out again sub-
sequently.

There's nothing in the logs indicating a disk error. There's nothing in
the logs indicating what caused the reboot, either, and that is to a large
extent what concerns me. Ideas would be appreciated!

The box is a Dell, and has one SATA drive and one PATA... It has been rock
solid until this kernel upgrade. It's a production box, so this is a bit
worrisome. :)

Thanks in advance!

I'll be happy to provide any additional information folks might want.

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CyberPower UPS AE550 (550SL)

[Mason Loring Bliss]

Hey, all.

I've picked up a CyberPower 550, and I'm wondering if there's any hope of
getting to to speak to my Debian Sarge box via USB? It shows up as follows:

usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using address 2
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [CPS UPS AE550] on usb-:00:1d.1-1
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver

I'm relatively unfamiliar with NUT or other possibilities - I've only
ever used apcupsd, under NetBSD, before.

It would be good to know if someone has gotten one of these things to
speak intelligibly before...

Thanks in advance!

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USB 802.11G recommendation? (iBook)

[Mason Loring Bliss]

Hi, all! I'm very happy to have Sarge dual-booting alongside MacOS X on
my 12" iBook G4, but I'm desperate for wireless 'Net access under Debian.

Can someone recommend a USB wireless adapter that will work for me with
wpasupplicant? I'm guessing that ndiswrapper will be useless for me, given
that my iBook has a PPC chip. My goal is a 54 megabit connection on a
wireless network that does WPA personal. I'm primarily interested in
direct experience - if you've got something like this running, please tell
me what you've got so I can buy the same USB wireless adapter!

I'm not opposed to having to custom compile a kernel if that's required.
I'd prefer solutions that don't require touching proprietary software at
all, but I'm interesting in hearing about anything that works. I'm assuming
that wpasupplicant is the only game in town for managing this, but I'm
happy to be corrected.

Thank you kindly, in advance!

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Re: cut&paste doest not work with mozilla-firefox on some hosts?

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 02:26:15PM -0500, Ralph Katz wrote:

> You missed this in searching for your answer. :)
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/10/msg03534.html
> 
> $ gnome-keybinding-properties

Is there an equivalent answer for folks not running GNOME or KDE? I'm
stumped, at present.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Replacing Dying Harddisk (ReiserFS)

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 09:41:40PM +0800, Robert Vangel wrote:

> have both drives in, boot with rescue cd, then
> 
> cp -a /mnt/hda/* /mnt/hda.new/

Ew. Splitting hard links is a bad thing.

If there's a Reiser dump/restore suite, that would be my preference. I
don't see one at the moment...

A tar process on either side of a pipe would work, if the mount point of
the target disk is explicitly excluded.

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Re: xv

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 06:39:48AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:

> I personally would recommend qiv. A wonderful tool for viewing images.
> Just apt-get it and you will, probably, never worry about xv :-)

Does qiv have a function like xv's -maxpect? I really miss this in other
programs. I'd be happy with ImageMagick's display if it had a -maxpect.

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Re: visual c++ equivalent

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 05:13:28PM -0500, H. S. wrote:

> However, I believe that the GUI that MS has given to the masses has 
> played a very beneficial role in the GUI development in Unix/Linux 
> world.

To credit Microsoft with this is unfortunate and incorrect.

Credit Apple with bringing the GUI to the desktop. They released the Lisa
in 1983, and then the Macintosh 128K in 1984, which was immediately popular.
Microsoft release Windows 1.0 near the end of 1985. Windows did not become
popular until version 3.1, which was released in October of *1992*.

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Re: Reading input piped to a bash script

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 07:51:49PM +0200, Olle Eriksson wrote:

> I want to be able to receive input both through a pipe, and through 
> parameters to the script. For example:
> 
>   echo "blabla" | myscript.sh
> and
>   myscript.sh "blabla"

Assuming "blabla" is a file name:

if [ -z "$1" -o ! -f "$1" ]
then
# No (valid) file specified, so we'll take stdin.
else
# File specified, so we'll read it instead of stdin.
exec < "$1"
fi

while read this that the other # ...
do
...

If it's just text, then check for its existence and process it, after
which you can read or ignore stdin at your whim.


> The script should be able to check whether or not any input is coming 
> through the pipe, and if not use $1.

What I've listed above does the opposite, but presumably you can accomplish
your goals with that behaviour.

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Re: xterm ignores XTerm*backarrowKey resource

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 02:52:02PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> I don't know if this would solve your problem, but you may try
> something like
> 
> *VT100.backarrowKey:true
> 
> (I have that in my .app-defaults/XTerm file).

I found the problem, finally.

It turns out that this file:

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm

...has a customization that ends up causing my XTerm*backarrowKey: true
directive to be ignored. Specifically, "*backarrowKeyIsErase: true" is what
was shooting me in the foot.

I'll file a bug report. This will bite people. It's non-standard behaviour
for no intelligible reason.

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xterm ignores XTerm*backarrowKey resource

[Mason Loring Bliss]

Hi, all. I've got Sarge running on my laptop, and I'm having a fairly annoying
problem. To wit, xterm ignores my XTerm*backarrowKey resource. I know it's
taking some direction from my X resources, because my XTerm*VT100*Translations
resources are working, XTerm*Background and XTerm*Foreground are being set,
and so forth.

Can someone suggest why xterm might be ignoring "XTerm*backarrowKey: true"?

Thanks!

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Figured out Sarge kernel issue re: automatic configuration...

[Mason Loring Bliss]

Hi, all. Just a quick note for anyone who'd read my previous email regarding
getting my eth0 configured automagically under Sarge, with my custom kernel.

The short version: I wasn't using any modules, and evidently this meant that
the Debian infrastructure wasn't configuring my cardbus Ethernet card for me.
As I had built the appropriate driver into the kernel I compiled, the correct
solution was to say "auto eth0" in /etc/network/interfaces. My eth0 is run
through dhclient now during startup, which is what I wanted. (My only other
change was a cosmetic fix: I removed cardmgr from /etc/rc*.d/.)

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Re: A couple issues with Sarge; requesting assistance.

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 10:43:01PM -0400, Adam Aube wrote:

> You probably forgot either CONFIG_FILTER or CONFIG_SOCKET.

I have CONFIG_FILTER set. I don't see a CONFIG_SOCKET anywhere... Where
does it live, and where might I find it in "make xconfig"?


> > 5. With a default Debian 2.4.26-1-i386 kernel, I get an error message
> > about some module or other having a problem.
> 
> This usually winds up in /var/log/dmesg.

It's unfortunately not there. Are there any other possibilities?

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A couple issues with Sarge; requesting assistance.

[Mason Loring Bliss]

Hi, all! I've decided to run Sarge on my laptop, and I've encountered a
couple issues. I'm hoping someone can shed some light on them for me.

1. I'm using xautolock and xlockmore. When xlockmore kicks in, either because
of a "hot corner" being inhabited or an idle time-out, the selected screen
saver (stars) will kick in, but cursor will remain visible. Bringing up the
password screen and then having it go away again results in the cursor being
hidden. I've used this combination of software under many (many!) NetBSD
systems, and I've never seen the cursor remain visible before. Clues would
be welcome.

2. XTerm is giving me trouble. First, it seems to ignore what I
set in .Xdefaults-(hostname). I know that my .Xdefaults is being read,
because some other software is obeying what I specify in there, but XTerm
is being recalcitrant. "XTerm*backarrowKey: true" is not being honored,
which is a bit of a pain.

3. TWM seems to ignore my TitleFont declaration in .twmrc.

4. I built a new kernel - my first home-built Linux kernel ever - and it
seems to work, except for one thing that I have yet to figure out. To wit,
my eth0 is not automatically configured, despite being told to use DHCP in
/etc/network/interfaces. It can be manually configured and used without
problems, but it should ideally be configuring itself automatically as it
does under the default kernel. Any idea what I've done wrong here?

5. With a default Debian 2.4.26-1-i386 kernel, I get an error message about
some module or other having a problem. It occurs just after the hot plug
stuff runs. I see nothing about it in dmesg, and I don't have a serial
console setup available for this box. Is there any way I can capture a
complete record of messages between kernel-load and gettys running?

Thanks kindly in advance for your assistance!

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Re: EXT3 and data=journal

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 12:11:55PM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote:

> A remount is what you get when you change things like that while the
> system is running. Add data=journal to /etc/fstab, and run:

As per Andreas, below, this wasn't sufficient... Thank you for replying,
though!


On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 09:30:15AM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote:

> so I think adding
> 
> rootflags=data=journal or
> rootflags="data=journal"
> 
> to the boot loader config could work.

I will try that, and I'll report back if it doesn't do the trick for me.
Thank you!

If it does the trick, I'll make a diff for the mount(8) man page and submit
it... It'll be useful to learn how to submit bugs and such anyway.

Again, thank you both!

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EXT3 and data=journal

[Mason Loring Bliss]

How can I use data=journal mode in Sarge, stock kernel 2.4.26-1-i386? If
I include data=journal in /etc/fstab, I'm told that I can't change the
journal mode during a remount. Using tune2fs to set journal=data doesn't
seem to help.

Thanks in advance for assistance!

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Package question, Woody versus Sarge

[Mason Loring Bliss]

Hello, all.

I've finally started running Debian in my home infrastructure, and I'm
looking to expand its role. I have a couple questions.

I have Sarge running, and there's a package I particularly need: POSE.
There appears to be a POSE package in Woody, but not in Sarge. Does this
mean that POSE has been dropped and won't appear in future releases?

A related question... I downloaded the .deb files for POSE and its
dependencies, and I installed each of them with 'dpkg -i'. They now
show up in dselect. I was wondering if there's a safe and reasonable
way to be able to access packages from another release automatically,
without having to wrangle the .deb files by hand...?

Thanks, all.

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Re: Debian based working distribution

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 11:42:35AM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote:

> Since the current Debian sarge installation doesn't work (see
> "debian-boot" list) and I need an installation fast I'm looking for
> alternatives.

Perhaps this won't work for you, but I did a minimal installation of
Woody and then did apt-get dist-upgrade (or somesuch) to bring it up
to -current.

Didn't require too much effort... If you're not going to run a stable
release, I assume that the extra effort won't be an issue.

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Re: Help with Netgear MA401 wireless card...?

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 05:29:09PM -0500, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:

> eth0: Error -19 reading firmware info. Wildly guessing capabilities...
> eth0: Station identity :::
> eth0: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 0.00
> eth0: Intersil firmware earlier than v0.08 - several features not supported
> eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
> hermes @ 0x100: Card removed while issuing command.
> eth0: failed to read MAC address!
> orinoco_cs: register_netdev() failed

If anyone has an answer for this, please email me off-list. For now I'm
going to zap Debian off that partition until I can usefully get it to
access my network. If someone replies with a solution, I'll gladly re-
install.

Again, please reply to me off-list, as I'm going to unsubscribe here until
such time as I can start using Debian more usefully and on a more regular
basis.

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Help with Netgear MA401 wireless card...?

[Mason Loring Bliss]

Hi, all.

I want to get into Debian, and the most convenient box for me to use is my
laptop.

Unfortunately, I can't seem to get my network card to work with Debian. I
dual-boot Debian and NetBSD on the box, and NetBSD uses the card correctly
- I am writing this email over 802.11b. However, despite following the
instructions I found on the Net, I am unable to get Debian to make sense of
the card.

I've added this to /etc/pcmcia/netgear.conf:

card "NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC"
  manfid 0x000b, 0x7300
  bind "orinoco_cs"

dmesg (Woody/i386) says the following about the card:

eth0: Error -19 reading firmware info. Wildly guessing capabilities...
eth0: Station identity :::
eth0: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 0.00
eth0: Intersil firmware earlier than v0.08 - several features not supported
eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
hermes @ 0x100: Card removed while issuing command.
eth0: failed to read MAC address!
orinoco_cs: register_netdev() failed

And, sure enough, "ifconfig -a" shows me no eth0, nor eth{ANTHING ELSE}, for
that matter.

Here's what NetBSD's kernel has to say about it:

wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0: NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC, Card, ISL37300PEval-RevA
wi0: 802.11 address 00:09:5b:0e:09:96
wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873B(PCMCIA)
wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.0.7), Station (1.3.6)

I'm really limited in what I can do with Debian until I get this resolved.
I assume I've missed some step, as folks on the Net seem to have gotten
this card to work for them. I'm simply unsure about what I need to do. I
know the card works fine because, as I said before, I'm using it right now.

Thanks in advance for clues.

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Re: {stupid pet tricks}blown Root passwd

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 12:59:11PM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote:

> I can't remember if sync actually wait on the harddrive but I'm think
> not. Then a doubel-sync and a quick power-off could ruin your hard
> drive.
> 
> The thing about syncing twice (I heard 3 times) is something with
> sitting on a 300 baud terminal. That leaves enough time for the
> harddrive to actually do the syncing. (Try it and you know why it is
> "ls" and not "dir")

The first sync tells the hard drive to synchronize. The second sync will
not return until the hard drive has actually been synchronized. At least,
this is the conventional wisdom, and thus completely suspect.

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Re: Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 04:36:13PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote:

>  : 1) Once I've got everything installed in a basic way, how do I build and
>  : install the world myself? In NetBSD, it's as easy as "cd /usr/src ; make
>  : build". What's the Debian equivalent?
> 
> There isn't one - most Debian packages come precompiled.  This makes it
> easier for new users to install things.

Um... Okay. I guess what I'm looking for is more of a "core system" sort
of answer. Id est, I'm wondering how I go about configuring a kernel and
building userland. Or, is it the case that in Debian *everything* is a
package? That's sort of an intriguing possibility.

Is kernel configuration not done through compilation? I'm quite new
to GNU/Linux, as far as real administration and development issues go, so
perhaps my mental model is wrong.

Basically, other than Quake and Netscape, everything on my home box was
compiled right there... Kernel, standard programs, X... Everything. I'd
like to start using Debian the same way. I have no particular *need* to
do this, other than the fact that I like playing around with random
sources and customizing things mildly, as desired...

> If you're using the ftp or nfs methods for dselect [...] it's easy
> to install the latest version of package x.

So, am I correct in guessing that everything's a package, including kernel
sources and standard things like "vi" and "ls" and "ps," etc? Or, are you
describing things from a non-developer's point of view, with a different
model existing for developers?

My view of what I'm looking for is fairly well described in the following
NetBSD web page: .

BTW: My frequent references to NetBSD things aren't an attempt at trolling...
NetBSD is simply what I'm more familiar with...

> If you're a real BSD bigot (no slight intended) you may be distressed by
> some of the System V falvor of Linux, such as rc directories for
> runlevels.  Of course, there is a Debian package (file-rc) to make
> things more BSDish.

Hm... Actually, I'm not too worried about that bit. I'm subjected to both
Solaris and HP-UX at work, so I'm familiar with the runlevel model. I like
it, in some respects.

On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 03:36:49PM -0600, John Larkin wrote:

> > 3) Is there an equivalent to the NetBSD practise of a nightly sup of
> > current sources?
> 
> What's a nightly sup?

There's a repository of source code that's been added to the body of code
making up the NetBSD (FreeBSD, whatever) standard distribution. A program
called sup (software update, I believe) can be used to go out and retrieve
everything that's changed since the last time you ran it. So, I keep a
copy of the entire NetBSD source tree on my system, and use sup nightly
to keep it in sync with everyone else. Then, once in a while - typically
once every week or two - I compile and install the system. It's all
typically pretty painless, assuming the state of the source code is
currently somewhere where it will build without errors, and it lets me
have cool new toys as they appear. It also puts me in a position where
I can send useful feedback to developers that have more of a clue than me.

I assume there's an equivalent system for Debian...?

Thanks, all, for the help so far, and thanks in advance for answers to
the clarified and expanded questions I've just posed... :) I've got all
the Debian 2.0 stuff available now, so I'll probably see about installing
it tonight, if I get a chance. It'll be installed by this weekend at the
absolute latest.

Later...

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Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

[Mason Loring Bliss]

What I'd really like is a "Debian for NetBSD People" guide, but, failing
that, maybe a couple kind souls out there can answer some questions I've
got.

Note: I'm not running Debian yet - I'm running NetBSD-current - but I
think I'm going to give Debian a try for a while. I'll clear out a mostly
unused partition and have at it. :)

My questions:

1) Once I've got everything installed in a basic way, how do I build and
install the world myself? In NetBSD, it's as easy as "cd /usr/src ; make
build". What's the Debian equivalent?

2) What would you folks recommend as a boot manager that'll seamlessly
choose between NetBSD and Debian, letting me set the default arbitrarily?

3) Is there an equivalent to the NetBSD practise of a nightly sup of
current sources?

4) How "automated" is the Debian package system? For instance, NetBSD will,
if presented with a package that requires something which doesn't exist
on the current system, ftp the package sources and build the package, etc.
If *that* package requires something else, it'll recursively snag everything
needed, ftping everything by itself and requiring no user intervention. Does
the Debian package system do this?

5) Is tcpwrappers a standard part of the system? What about IP-NAT? UUCP?

Thanks in advance for the help. If I like Debian enough after using it for
a while, I'll give serious thought to switching over to it as my primary OS.
(I'll likely end up running it on on an i386 and a mac68k, FWIW.)

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