Re: [OT] Compromised Gmail account
On 02/07/2013 11:35 AM, David L. Craig wrote: > Well, now that you have posted that Received: header, > you may assume the perp is following this thread. > I wanted to be sure you understand that fact. Perhaps I am not as smart as you. What would be the danger? I am not for “security through obscurity”. Practically, (s)he did not seem to be targeting me specifically, (s)he was a spammer. I posted because I believe the benefits from the advice received will outweigh the danger from exposing vulnerabilities in my network, and will help to get them fixed before they can be exploited. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/511379df.1000...@gmail.com
[OT] Compromised Gmail account
Hi! I am facing a security issue since this morning, and could use some advice. At about 2pm local time, someone logged into my GMail account, and sent 6 spam emails to my contacts. The header from one such mail is (single Received header): > Received: from localhost (mcf4036d0.tmodns.net. [208.54.64.207]) > by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id if8sm12773728lab.1.2013.02.06.04.01.28 > (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); > Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:01:30 -0800 (PST) > Message-ID: <5112461a.286f980a.732b.a...@mx.google.com> I have of course changed my password. But my situation is rather complicated: a) My password was weak. 8 characters consisting of 3 lowercase letters. As much as I would like to believe it was brute-forced and this is over, 8 character long passwords cannot be brute-forced without running into Google's captchas, correct? b) I have stored my password on root-and-exim-readable files on two computers. Furthermore I had enabled SSH by password on the LAN side (this has been rectified), and given my WiFi password (all passwords different) to a neighbour, running Windows and generally ignorant of computers (read: spambot). However /var/log/auth* shows no logins attempts from the LAN side other than my own computers. It could have been tampered with, since I am a sudoer, but how determined was a hacker who only sent advertisements? c) /var/log/auth shows tons of login attempts from the internet side (incorrect usernames), but these could not have succeeded as only certificate authentication was enabled. d) There was also an SMTP server (exim) listening on the LAN side (also rectified) and connected to my GMail, but the complete mail path shown above does not include my computers. e) There is one more device storing my password, an Android phone. f) The software installed on my computers comes from Debian, Debian-multimedia, Tor-project, and only Skype from Microsoft. Firefox and Icedove extensions from Mozilla. g) I have been using hotspots and a 3G connection outside my home, but with my own computer. h) I have used only one non-owned computer, running Windows, to access my GMail account. The owner insists it is not infected. I have notified Google and T-Mobile USA, that this IP seems to belong to. Any advice appreciated. I would also like to hear some advice about how to secure my local network, now that an untrusted party has access to it. Without excluding him of course. Thanks, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5112dbbf.2050...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] font
Your mail reader. It's just a rule built into it. BTW, -delete- does not show up specially in icedove. HTML is another story, it has tags. On 01/04/2013 11:56 AM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > What makes the *bold* bold? and -delete- delete. > > I can't google it out about it? just curious, thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50eea905.7060...@gmail.com
Re: arp cache incomplete entries
On 10/12/2012 04:08 AM, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Thursday, October 11, 2012 08:47:37 PM Celejar wrote: >> >> I'm no expert, but my impression is that any machine which is asked to >> connect to some other host by IP address will issue such an ARP >> request, so if I do 'ping x.x.x.x', and x.x.x.x has not been recently >> in contact with my machine, my machine will issue an ARP request. > > Recall that all ethernet communication (layer 2) is done using MAC addresses. > Also recall that point-to-point links do not use ARP. > > A little more specifically, if the IP->MAC translation entry is not in the > cache, the host will issue the ARP request. If the address is not on the > local > LAN, the host will issue an ARP request for the appropriate gateway. Thanks to all. In a pattern that is becoming all too familiar, the problematic machine sends an ARP request, to which the nameserver replies. But the reply is never received by the asking machine. So says wireshark. Could this be a fault NIC, or is the packet lost somewhere else? Another curious thing is that the problematic machine can lose the MAC address of the nameserver, even after it has obtained it and put it in the cache. Possibly, the router has rebooted (or at least reestablished the ADSL connection) in the meanwhile, which may have caused the LAN connection to be reset too. Or not. I'm going for an 11-day trip now. I'll look more into it when I get back. Thanks, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5078ecc3.5070...@gmail.com
arp cache incomplete entries
Hi, I've noticed that, often, after establishing a connection to the local network, important entries in the ARP cache, such as that of my nameserver, appear as 'incomplete' and have not an associated hardware address. Connection to these hosts often fails. What are the possible reasons why this could happen? And is there any way to repopulate the ARP cache without reconnecting? How is the ARP cache populated in the first place? Unfortunately, I often have to reset my router, and hence LAN connections, because of problems with my ISP, so this problem appears frequently. Thanks, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50772af6.3070...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] dhcpd and always-broadcast
On 10/11/2012 07:51 AM, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis > wrote: >> Hey, >> >> I have an OT question about the always-broadcast option of the dhcpd server. >> >> Based on the Wikipedia article, all DHCP messages to the client are sent >> to the broadcast address. This makes sense, since the UDP protocol used >> by DHCP runs on top of the IP protocol, and the client does not have an >> IP address until the DHCP negotiation is completed. >> >> So, what is the use of this option? Under what circumstances should the >> server not broadcast its messages? >> > > In a DHCP request, a client can choose to say that it does not need > responses to be broadcast. There is a "broadcast bit" in the DHCP > request that the client can turn off. The always-broadcast option for > the DHCP server says that the server should ignore the unset broadcast > bit and always broadcast the response. > > How does the client receive a unicast response, you ask? The response > will still have the client's hardware address (MAC address). So the > response will reach the client's interface. > > It seems, though, that this functionality is not often used. Clients > always seem to set the broadcast bit, even if they will be able to > receive a unicast response. I had a problem recently, where some > random malfunctioning device on a network was seeing random DHCP > responses intended for someone else and assigning the offered address > to itself. I had to patch dhcpd to ignore the broadcast bit and > always send a unicast response (a "never-broadcast" option). It > worked surprisingly well. > Thanks! I had the reverse problem. My android device (apparently android's dhcp client is buggy) would not receive the dhcp assignments even though the server would send them. Had the malfunctioning device requested an address in the first place? I think in any case it should not happen, because -I think- the DHCP packets include a 'transaction' field, by means of which a client can distinguish whether the packet is intended for it or not. So, UDP packets can be sent to MAC addresses? I was confused because in the Wikipedia article, IP addresses where shown in the headers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50770aa5.50...@gmail.com
Re: OT: man in the middle attack ?
On 10/05/2012 11:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 15:07 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> And... Debian is notorious for mistreating newcomers! I have had a >> friend swear to never ask a question on Debian forums again, after the >> reply to his first question. > > I agree that Linux communities are notorious for mistreating one member > by another member. Debian and Ubuntu mailing lists are the less rough > Linux communities I know. It's much harder on other Linux lists. I never > noticed censorship or a few people that claim to speak for most people > on Debian and Ubuntu lists. Forums usually are less good than mailing > lists. Yes, sure. I am not sure how this fits with the rest of the gnu/linux "ideology", which is about freedom and community. I think the problem is exacerbated by the nature of internet communication, where it is both easier to be rude, and easier to misunderstand and be offended by the tone of another's message. Imho, many of the "rude" people would be quite gentle and timid, if you met them in person. > YMMV, > Ralf > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50759e58.9070...@gmail.com
[OT] dhcpd and always-broadcast
Hey, I have an OT question about the always-broadcast option of the dhcpd server. Based on the Wikipedia article, all DHCP messages to the client are sent to the broadcast address. This makes sense, since the UDP protocol used by DHCP runs on top of the IP protocol, and the client does not have an IP address until the DHCP negotiation is completed. So, what is the use of this option? Under what circumstances should the server not broadcast its messages? Thanks, and best regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50759a9d.6060...@gmail.com
Re: internet speed
If the IP is not bound to the port, then it is probably assigned from a pool of addresses. So: old cable, old port = bad. new cable, old port = good What about old cable, new port? On 10/03/2012 03:48 PM, lina wrote: > On Wednesday 03,October,2012 07:03 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> Find out the lan speed? > > I changed to another cable from another port, > > old IP: 172.21.51.36 > > new one: 172.21.51.38 > > The new one works magic, > old one sometimes works, sometimes not. especially when I was back > coming 1 or 2 hours absence. > > Now change the old cable (with different plugin port) back. the ip still > keep the new one, 172.21.51.38. > > The ethtool eth0 output looks the same. > > Thanks, >> >> ethtool eth0 > > >> iwconfig wlan0 >> >> On 10/01/2012 05:38 PM, lina wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Recently I notice my laptop's internet connection speed is really slow. >>> and sometimes seems no connection. >>> >>> I don't know how to start to examine, any suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks with best regards, >>> >>> >> >> > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/506ca2a4.2060...@gmail.com
Re: man in the middle attack ?
On 08/20/2012 11:48 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 22:43 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Hi Dr. Beco A.I. research, Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher Linux >> Counter #201942, >> >> take an educated guess or ask one of your A.I. thingy to take an >> educated guess. >> >> Regards, >> Ralf >> >> PS: When I was a child one of my heroes was >> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaum , he still is. Most >> teachers are a PITA. > > PS: "Weizenbaum bezeichnete sich selbst als Dissidenten und Ketzer der > Informatik." I'm, unable to translate this 100% correct. But he was and > for me he still is that way, especially regarding to guys with > signatures similar to "A.I. research, Cognitive Scientist and > Philosopher Linux Counter #201942" Barf! Haha, now I have taken offence! :-) I do not think that the computer science community is especially filled with pompous people. That's a social issue. Quite a few c.s. professors I have known are expert programmers. And perhaps someone simply wants to deal with computation as an abstraction, that's far from useless. I was just trying to understand where your critique was coming from. I agree about teachers, but I think the problem arises when someone starts to use his title and position and grandiose self-image to demean and oppress people who are dependent on her/him -such as students- and it doesn't look like this is the case. Anyway, it's just a signature. He has configured his mail client to include it in all messages, probably because people receiving it expect to see it. Even though, 'Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher' is a bit much, I would have gone for 'John Smith, Ph.D., Such and Such Lab.' And... Debian is notorious for mistreating newcomers! I have had a friend swear to never ask a question on Debian forums again, after the reply to his first question. P.S. Dr. Beco, please have the wisdom to be proud of the effort you have given and the knowledge you have gained, but not of a piece of paper, and the social privilege that comes with it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/506c2a9f.3080...@gmail.com
Re: internet speed
Find out the lan speed? ethtool eth0 iwconfig wlan0 On 10/01/2012 05:38 PM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I notice my laptop's internet connection speed is really slow. > and sometimes seems no connection. > > I don't know how to start to examine, any suggestions? > > Thanks with best regards, > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/506c1b7f.1050...@gmail.com
Re: telnet and harden-clients
Try: # aptitude why-not telnet On 09/29/2012 06:46 PM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > I have the harden-clients installed. > > when I tried to install the telnet, > > it showed me conflict. > > # aptitude why telnet > Unable to find a reason to install telnet. > > I am just curious how telnet work. Is it not so secure to have it? or > what make it conflict with that package. > > Thanks for your time, > > Best regards, > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/506c1ad2.4090...@gmail.com
Re: BIOS
It's like this: > start here >go down > /\ > / \ > PROCESSOR i386 amd64 > | /| > | / | > |/ | > HOST-KERNEL i386 amd64 > | /| > | / | > |/ | > VIRTUAL-BOX i386 amd64 > | /| > | / | > |/ | > GUEST-KERNEL i386 amd64 On 09/18/2012 09:01 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Lina, let's tackle this one at a time. > > First the VirtualBox problem. > > What computer is this? Is it your Mac? As far as I know your Mac is 64 > bit capable. > > Virtual box comes in x86 and x86_64 versions. If you are running a > x86_64 distribution you can install the x86_64 version of VirtualBox and > a 64 bit version of your target virtualized kernel. > > If any of your: laptop's processor, host distribution, virtual box > package are 32 bit, then you can only run an i386 virtualized kernel. > > My guess is that your distribution is amd64, but you downloaded an i386 > virtualbox. Try downloading and amd64 virtualbox, or using your distro's > package manager. > > On 09/18/2012 07:17 PM, lina wrote: >> Furthermore, the root of this problem is that, >> >> today I felt my laptop acting a bit retard, and something not as usual >> happened. Like: >> >> 1] the ifconfig shows the IP, but still failed to connect the web. At >> that time I just reboot and it worked. >> >> 2] Today, another thing acting not as before, it's acroread. >> >> some toolbar of the acroread was just "gone", in the past it always had, >> I didn't do any update, later everytime I start the acroread, I need >> "Reset Toolbars" by click the right button. >> >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5058b9ca.9000...@gmail.com
Re: BIOS
Lina, let's tackle this one at a time. First the VirtualBox problem. What computer is this? Is it your Mac? As far as I know your Mac is 64 bit capable. Virtual box comes in x86 and x86_64 versions. If you are running a x86_64 distribution you can install the x86_64 version of VirtualBox and a 64 bit version of your target virtualized kernel. If any of your: laptop's processor, host distribution, virtual box package are 32 bit, then you can only run an i386 virtualized kernel. My guess is that your distribution is amd64, but you downloaded an i386 virtualbox. Try downloading and amd64 virtualbox, or using your distro's package manager. On 09/18/2012 07:17 PM, lina wrote: > Furthermore, the root of this problem is that, > > today I felt my laptop acting a bit retard, and something not as usual > happened. Like: > > 1] the ifconfig shows the IP, but still failed to connect the web. At > that time I just reboot and it worked. > > 2] Today, another thing acting not as before, it's acroread. > > some toolbar of the acroread was just "gone", in the past it always had, > I didn't do any update, later everytime I start the acroread, I need > "Reset Toolbars" by click the right button. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5058b6e4.5010...@gmail.com
How to permanently increase aptitude upgrade points
Hi, I have a rather acute problem with aptitude. I am tracking wheezy and very often, the resolver wants to remove half my system rather than upgrade a couple of packages. These packages are not held back (aptitude calls them "kept back"), even though they may be manually installed. Is there a way to make aptitude prefer upgrading packages (staying in the target distribution of course and only as needed) rather than remove them? Upgrading these two packages by hand smooths everything out, so there's no reason aptitude should not propose this first. I am looking for two things: a) Increase the points a solution receives for upgrading packages, to be at least more than the points for removing them, and b) decrease the penalty for removing user-installed packages. Thanks, best regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50045017.9090...@gmail.com
Re: What is the best way to turn off the iptables
Sorry for replying directly but I think you may want to read this. You have: Chain INPUT (policy DROP) This should be ACCEPT instead of DROP. Try: iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT Then do the same for the FORWARD chain (if you want to get a "vanilla" configuration) On 05/07/2012 06:02 μμ, lina wrote: > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Darac Marjal > wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 10:28:43PM +0800, lina wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> What is the best way to turn off the iptables? >> # iptables --flush > I tried before. > > # iptables -F > # iptables -L > > Chain INPUT (policy DROP) > target prot opt source destination > > Chain FORWARD (policy DROP) > target prot opt source destination > > Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) > target prot opt source destination > > Seems It dropped all. I even can't connect to the internet. > > Where can I change the default? > >> will clear out all your iptables rules. >> >>> or come back to its default settings. Flush my current one. >>> >>> Since I tried to configure the iptables, I have encountered the >>> following problems: >>> >> [cut] >>> 2] The shutdown process in decades long. I mean it used to be fast to >>> shutdown, now need wait ~3 mins >>> >>> BTW, how to check the time of booting and shutting down? >> I'm not sure about shutting down, but try the bootchart2 package. >> That'll profile your booting and tell you all you need to know. >> >>> 3] My syslog is flooding with similar information (kernel: [ >>> 436.954509] --log-prefixIN=eth0 OUT= >>> MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:30:67:08:28:b3:08:00 SRC=172.21.50.212 >>> DST=172.21.51.255 LEN=78 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=58729 PROTO=UDP >>> SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=58 ). >> Ah, glad to see it's not just me seeing "--log-prefix" in the logs. This >> is bug #678499, I believe. >> >>> google showed me it's possible to put the log not in syslog. >>> >>> 4] Are there someone willing to sharing some iptables template, a bit >>> mature one with explaination. >>> >>> Thanks with best regards, >>> >>> P.S. The current one I used ( mainly adopted from >>> http://wiki.debian.org/iptables ), Here it is: >> [cut] >> >> Ah, looking at your firewall, I might see what your problem is with >> CUPS. You probably access CUPS one of two ways: either at 127.0.0.1 or >> at some other address. If you're using 127.0.0.1, then you still want >> line 5 enabled; the traffic should be using the loopback device or >> otherwise your routing is a bit odd. If you're NOT using 127.0.0.1, then >> you need to allow access to port 631 in the same way that you have >> allowed access to ports 80, 443 and 22. > # more iptables.up.rules > > *filter > :INPUT DROP [0:0] > :FORWARD DROP [0:0] > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix --log-prefix > -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable > -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable > -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT > COMMIT > > Still not work for CUPS or some other ports I opened. > > I found those information I googled most are quite old. > >> Enjoy >> > Thanks, > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJP9am3AAoJEKB7YbRsd8TGiEUQAKSVOdm2BiavXlGTMz0xait9 >> g/WFxkEU1/cRORGusyN30LaShWY3WJqNoTSvpCzHA3w1UO9xwnYVFQ8RhRt3dF5K >> OLFrRkuAel9BKd8Xr4Uz0J4sOuBpOBne6PcLDCxVnT1xgEdktuuLhlvF1IGfw+Kq >> ECLeKffGnItRp9hgp6UkUKM8rqURfrWsUzG5LXsLT6c+4/I6ZruhINEo7NSx3TtY >> ANAFZ2Q0auUKEhXmcqZq+ay7u+d/Qb8DMzlmr752h5iCx5TaTSsyZFgjQJWWHqFp >> hJxNbxbkz5MlPgyZuM9U7Acj9dSDZt1AFAxxtMObjbbLXNkbkRhbJDojZeYHZPFf >> psq+YmC805tlD1+WmvOVXXQSrcJht7JWPoQQ2k7gaj2Jl8LMb8nL3gyg0nRz+lzR >> dUvbH/i1Sh25gL5RD4JefcLd3wfJB/+M0+QOdeGx7VDyDRy8JUjFAq+Bmg0ZVb9j >> RU8AiUKxCRciy2WZ0RrXx7M7yXqaktLnl9lSYx55bwx4UDslBPvP5jVe8zFRlhy3 >> yuxQoroXZkMyvPPxGmVyQrGJNHckDUulu4PpicWzUvSiF29DuBfnXBF+M+0HEERw >> PSeAre4Jvml1syPUPaBdwaReD6JnQj8E44d/EF1WlIItq36xxOUG2b9cVSTZAU+v >> H3tarqTQH8EPJNVoyZPm >> =4rOs >> -END PGP SIGNATURE- >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ff6f314.9020...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] kernel debugging question
On 08/06/2012 06:51 μμ, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:23:54 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > >> I was wondering, if anyone is into this kind of stuff: what kind of >> kernel programming bug can completely bring down the kernel and system? >> I am referring to a complete lockup: no screen output, no keyboard >> response, even with serial keyboard, not even the keyboard LEDs respond, >> no netconsole, no kernel panic, no crash dump, no messages in any log, >> it can't even be detected by NMI watchdog, and it doesn't trigger KDB >> (kernel debugger) if it is enabled. Just a freeze, that requires >> hardware reset. > How about ssh, is it still available? No, not even ping works... :-) > By the kind of symthoms you mention it could be hard kernel crash. Its > nature can be hard to debug, though, as it could be a software or > hardware problem. > >> I would say it's a hardware fault, except it's shared by many people, >> and the common denominator is the ath9k driver. A bug is reported [1] >> but I'd like to help solve it. >> >> Best regards, Panayiotis >> >> [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42903 > Well, you're in the best hands (kernel devels), they will tell you the > steps to debug the crash :-) > > Anyway, it usually helps to know the latest kernel version where the > system was running stable with no freezes; that can be a good point from > where to start debugging. Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. It's what I will try next. I just hope there is such a version, because the card is pretty new. > Greetings, > Thanks, best regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fd31d4c.2040...@gmail.com
[OT] kernel debugging question
I was wondering, if anyone is into this kind of stuff: what kind of kernel programming bug can completely bring down the kernel and system? I am referring to a complete lockup: no screen output, no keyboard response, even with serial keyboard, not even the keyboard LEDs respond, no netconsole, no kernel panic, no crash dump, no messages in any log, it can't even be detected by NMI watchdog, and it doesn't trigger KDB (kernel debugger) if it is enabled. Just a freeze, that requires hardware reset. I would say it's a hardware fault, except it's shared by many people, and the common denominator is the ath9k driver. A bug is reported [1] but I'd like to help solve it. Best regards, Panayiotis [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42903 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fd1a88a.4050...@gmail.com
Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
Thanks. On 21/05/2012 06:03 μμ, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 05:41:51PM +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> P.S. How does one order an OLPC? I am interested in one for my niece, >> but it seems impossible to find in a shop. Revolution hardware indeed. :-) > > They aren't generally available to the retail public. There was a > program called Get One Give One, in which you could pay for two > and get one yourself, but that's not currently running. > > > -dsr- > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fba5a56.1060...@gmail.com
Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
So, in the end I got a Pocketbook Touch. I am quite satisfied. It runs Linux, and Free programs, such as fbreader, and it seems quite open to customization. I haven't tried it yet, but it should be possible, for example, to install rsync to synchronize with Calibre etc. I think I saw a hook for running custom scripts at startup. When mounted as a disk (BTW there are no problems in transferring files from/to Debian machines), the entire filesystem is available, even the system directories. Of course software being open source does not automatically mean that a user can modify it without putting in some effort first. Battery life is excellent, I haven't charged it in two months besides the time it was connected for file transfers. The eInk display is very readable and kind to the eyes. My only annoyance is that ebook technology is not quite perfect yet for technical books. For example A4 documents don't "reflow" well if they contain equations, equations are usually rendered as pictures, and fbreader doesn't support tables yet, so I am forced to use adobe reader for some books. Other than that it's like carrying a library in your hand. Customer support has been great, I had some defective pixels, and they offered to replace it. So in general I have a positive impression. Many thanks to all for your valuable suggestions and insights. P.S. How does one order an OLPC? I am interested in one for my niece, but it seems impossible to find in a shop. Revolution hardware indeed. :-) On 07/04/2012 12:12 πμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hiya, > > Having a bad track record of not taking care of "dead tree" books, I am > looking to buy an electronic book reader. > > The Amazon's Kindle does look good and it boasts a Linux kernel, but I > am very disappointed at the many restrictions they want to place on me: > automatic installation of firmware, limitations to its use, access to my > data, and ads! To mention a few. > > I know it's possible to circumvent these restrictions, but what I am > looking for is a hardware reader that is designed to respect my > freedoms. Preferably one that runs a GNU/Linux system, and which I am > allowed to tinker with. It does not have to work out of the box, and I > am prepared to invest time in it and deal with bugs, as I would with a > regular computer, provided it has a community around it to support it, > as Linux distros do. > > Any suggestions? > > Best regards, > Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fba542f.7060...@gmail.com
Re: rsync
On 03/03/2012 06:24 πμ, lina wrote: > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: >> lina wrote: >>> Is it wrong when use >>> >>> rsync -azvu source destination >>> >>> sent 16 bytes received 43 bytes 5.13 bytes/sec >>> total size is 1507939808 speedup is 25558301.83 >>> >>> Destination $ du -sh md_0.xtc >>> 342M md_0.xtc >>> >>> Source $ du -sh md_0.xtc >>> 1.5G md_0.xtc >>> >>> my confusion is that >>> why it stopped copy the rest. >> Is the time correct between your client and file system server? >> >> $ touch foo ; ls -ldog --full-time foo ; date "+%F %T" >> -rw-rw-r-- 1 0 2012-02-28 10:42:29.0 -0700 foo >> 2012-02-28 10:42:29 > source $ $ ls -ldog --full-time md_0.xtc ; date "+%F %T" > -rw-r--r-- 1 1507939808 2012-03-02 20:00:00.456168000 +0800 md_0.xtc > > destination $ ls -ldog --full-time md_0.xtc > -rw-r--r-- 1 1507939808 2012-03-02 20:00:00.0 +0800 md_0.xtc > >> If the times are different by more than a second then you have clock > Seems less than 1 second. > >> problems to fix. The time is critical so that file timestamps are >> correct so that rsync can file compare times. >> >> If you want to ignore time and force a bit comparison then use the > here you mean "byte", not "bit" If the bytes are different, so are the bits. If the bits are different, so are the bytes. ;-) >> rsync -c option. >> >> $ rsync -aczv source destination >> >> Bob > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb538ea@gmail.com
Re: something about rm
On 17/05/2012 04:05 μμ, Gary Dale wrote: > On 17/05/12 03:48 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> On 17/05/2012 06:20 πμ, Gary Dale wrote: >>> On 16/05/12 08:50 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: >>>> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 02:48:56PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: >>>>> On 16/05/12 12:49 PM, lina wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Today I made some mistake, >>>>>> >>>>>> I mount the remote server my home directory into local laptop. >>>>>> >>>>>> when I tried to umount it, I justed type the rm -r remote_mount_dir >>>>>> >>>>>> after I realize it, seems some directoy under ~/home has removed, >>>>>> >>>>>> one is .ssh, obviously. >>>>>> >>>>>> others I couldn't tell, like: >>>>>> >>>>>> -bash-3.2$ firefox >>>>>> Error: no display specified >>>>>> -bash-3.2$ xterm >>>>>> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: >>>>>> xterm: DISPLAY is not set >>>>>> >>>>>> what's the sequence of rm-ing do? I mean, based on which order it >>>>>> removes file. >>>>>> are there some history records those romove process. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> What the F! are you doing using rm -r to umount it with rm -r? >>>>> >>>>> The correct sequence of actions if you want to mount point to be >>>>> deleted after you're done with it is: >>>>> >>>>> umount ~/ >>>>> rmdir >>>>> >>>> I was kind of thinking the same thing...rm to umount a remote dir? >>>> But, shouldn't it be >>>> fusermount -u >>>> ?? >>>> This is what I use if mounting remote dirs with sshfs, anyway. >>>> >>>> Tony >>> Excellent point, if he was using sshfs. I found it hard to figure out >>> exactly what he was doing. :) >>> >>> I suspect that file recovery is his current priority. >>> >>> >> It's a "she". :-) >> > "It's"? Shouldn't that be "He's a she"? ;) > :-D :-D :-D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb537a0.3090...@gmail.com
Re: something about rm
On 17/05/2012 06:20 πμ, Gary Dale wrote: > On 16/05/12 08:50 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: >> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 02:48:56PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: >>> On 16/05/12 12:49 PM, lina wrote: Hi, Today I made some mistake, I mount the remote server my home directory into local laptop. when I tried to umount it, I justed type the rm -r remote_mount_dir after I realize it, seems some directoy under ~/home has removed, one is .ssh, obviously. others I couldn't tell, like: -bash-3.2$ firefox Error: no display specified -bash-3.2$ xterm xterm Xt error: Can't open display: xterm: DISPLAY is not set what's the sequence of rm-ing do? I mean, based on which order it removes file. are there some history records those romove process. Thanks, Best regards, >>> What the F! are you doing using rm -r to umount it with rm -r? >>> >>> The correct sequence of actions if you want to mount point to be >>> deleted after you're done with it is: >>> >>> umount ~/ >>> rmdir >>> >> >> I was kind of thinking the same thing...rm to umount a remote dir? >> But, shouldn't it be >> fusermount -u >> ?? >> This is what I use if mounting remote dirs with sshfs, anyway. >> >> Tony > Excellent point, if he was using sshfs. I found it hard to figure out > exactly what he was doing. :) > > I suspect that file recovery is his current priority. > > It's a "she". :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb4ad3a.9040...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server
On 16/05/2012 11:33 πμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 15 mai 12, 16:51:02, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> I had some insight from the Cisco support forums. Apparently DHCP Relays >> are meant to forward requests *outside* the LAN, and should not be used >> when server and relay are in the same LAN. So I am guessing the behavior >> is not defined, if this happens. > Well, then don't use DHCP Relay :) Haha, exactly what I did. ;-) > Seriously, whenever I used some other machine as DHCP server all I ever > did was disable DHCP in the box and everything just worked (this with a > wide variety of brands). It worked for about an hour, now the packets don't arrive at the server at all ...except if I reconfigure the network interface on the server, which buys another hour. Not very automagical. :-) I am pursuing this on the CISCO forums. I think it must be a problem with the routing of messages. Other traffic works perfectly. UDP delivery is not guaranteed but shouldn't at least one packet out of a dozen arrive? I even tried to set aside 14 Mbps for DHCP using tcng (Traffic Control Next Generation) but no luck. Something along the way must be blocking the packets. Perhaps the router thinks the packets are needless or part of a network attack? Perhaps I should install one of the Free firmwares to do some packet-capturing. I will post back, if I get to the end. > Kind regards, > Andrei Thanks. Likewise ;-) Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb416bb.1040...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server
I had some insight from the Cisco support forums. Apparently DHCP Relays are meant to forward requests *outside* the LAN, and should not be used when server and relay are in the same LAN. So I am guessing the behavior is not defined, if this happens. The thread is here: http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/Strange-problem-with-X3000-DHCP-Relay-functionality/td-p/519783 I really don't know the first thing about networking... :-) On 15/05/2012 04:12 μμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hiya, > > I had posted a while back about this problem, and it seems critical > information was under my nose. > > I am running my own dhcpd server on my Debian box. Often a client would > send DISCOVER packets, but receive no reply. The information comes from > wireshark running on the server machine, and I attach the relevant packets. > > My network is: > > DHCP server (wheezy) > <--(wifi)--> > Linksys X3000 router acting as a DHCP relay > <--(wifi)--> > Linksys RE1000 repeater > <--(wifi)--> > client machine > > As you can see the DHCP server receives the DISCOVER message and replies > with an OFFER message to the router (relay). And then the router sends > the OFFER back to the server instead of the client! > > Linksys is a good company as far as I know, so this must be my fault. > Does anyone have any ideas? > > Best regards and thanks, > Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb25f46.7070...@gmail.com
[OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server
Hiya, I had posted a while back about this problem, and it seems critical information was under my nose. I am running my own dhcpd server on my Debian box. Often a client would send DISCOVER packets, but receive no reply. The information comes from wireshark running on the server machine, and I attach the relevant packets. My network is: DHCP server (wheezy) <--(wifi)--> Linksys X3000 router acting as a DHCP relay <--(wifi)--> Linksys RE1000 repeater <--(wifi)--> client machine As you can see the DHCP server receives the DISCOVER message and replies with an OFFER message to the router (relay). And then the router sends the OFFER back to the server instead of the client! Linksys is a good company as far as I know, so this must be my fault. Does anyone have any ideas? Best regards and thanks, Panayiotis No. TimeSourceDestination Protocol Length Info 367 6.833302192.168.1.1 192.168.1.10 DHCP 342 DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0xdf8b6c3b Frame 367: 342 bytes on wire (2736 bits), 342 bytes captured (2736 bits) Arrival Time: May 15, 2012 15:51:36.394352000 EEST Epoch Time: 1337086296.394352000 seconds [Time delta from previous captured frame: 0.01013 seconds] [Time delta from previous displayed frame: 0.0 seconds] [Time since reference or first frame: 6.833302000 seconds] Frame Number: 367 Frame Length: 342 bytes (2736 bits) Capture Length: 342 bytes (2736 bits) [Frame is marked: False] [Frame is ignored: False] [Protocols in frame: eth:ip:udp:bootp] [Coloring Rule Name: UDP] [Coloring Rule String: udp] Ethernet II, Src: Cisco-Li_d5:7b:76 (98:fc:11:d5:7b:76), Dst: Giga-Byt_3b:c3:e9 (00:16:e6:3b:c3:e9) Destination: Giga-Byt_3b:c3:e9 (00:16:e6:3b:c3:e9) Address: Giga-Byt_3b:c3:e9 (00:16:e6:3b:c3:e9) ...0 = IG bit: Individual address (unicast) ..0. = LG bit: Globally unique address (factory default) Source: Cisco-Li_d5:7b:76 (98:fc:11:d5:7b:76) Address: Cisco-Li_d5:7b:76 (98:fc:11:d5:7b:76) ...0 = IG bit: Individual address (unicast) ..0. = LG bit: Globally unique address (factory default) Type: IP (0x0800) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1), Dst: 192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10) Version: 4 Header length: 20 bytes Differentiated Services Field: 0x00 (DSCP 0x00: Default; ECN: 0x00: Not-ECT (Not ECN-Capable Transport)) 00.. = Differentiated Services Codepoint: Default (0x00) ..00 = Explicit Congestion Notification: Not-ECT (Not ECN-Capable Transport) (0x00) Total Length: 328 Identification: 0x (0) Flags: 0x02 (Don't Fragment) 0... = Reserved bit: Not set .1.. = Don't fragment: Set ..0. = More fragments: Not set Fragment offset: 0 Time to live: 64 Protocol: UDP (17) Header checksum: 0xb649 [correct] [Good: True] [Bad: False] Source: 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) Destination: 192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: bootps (67), Dst Port: bootps (67) Source port: bootps (67) Destination port: bootps (67) Length: 308 Checksum: 0x54a7 [validation disabled] [Good Checksum: False] [Bad Checksum: False] Bootstrap Protocol Message type: Boot Request (1) Hardware type: Ethernet Hardware address length: 6 Hops: 1 Transaction ID: 0xdf8b6c3b Seconds elapsed: 18 Bootp flags: 0x (Unicast) 0... = Broadcast flag: Unicast .000 = Reserved flags: 0x Client IP address: 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) Your (client) IP address: 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) Next server IP address: 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) Relay agent IP address: 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) Client MAC address: 5a:6d:8f:a7:9a:56 (5a:6d:8f:a7:9a:56) Client hardware address padding: Server host name not given Boot file name not given Magic cookie: DHCP Option: (t=53,l=1) DHCP Message Type = DHCP Discover Option: (53) DHCP Message Type Length: 1 Value: 01 Option: (t=50,l=4) Requested IP Address = 192.168.1.12 Option: (50) Requested IP Address Length: 4 Value: c0a8010c Option: (t=55,l=13) Parameter Request List Option: (55) Parameter Request List Length: 13 Value: 011c02030f06770c2c2f1a792a 1 = Subnet Mask 28 = Broadcast Address 2 = Time Offset 3 = Router 15 = Domain Name 6 = Domain Name Server 119 = Domain Search [TODO:RFC3397] 12 = Host Name 44 = NetBIOS over TCP/IP Name Server 47 = NetBIOS over TCP/IP Scope 26 = Interface MTU 121 = Classless Static Route 42 = Network Time Protocol Ser
Re: how to understand
About the second one, which program are you using? For example, lm-sensors reports also the allowed temperature ranges. Regards, Panayiotis On 09/05/2012 06:33 μμ, lina wrote: > Hi, > > In syslog I notice the following info. > > May 9 23:22:01 Debian kernel: [24529.232615] applesmc: F1Mn: write arg fail > May 9 23:24:17 dove kernel: [24665.171951] applesmc: FS! : read arg fail > > I checked the applesmc, > > one question, does the write/read arg fail, affected the applesmc work? > > another question, are the following T normal or acceptable? > > TB0T: +31.0°C > TB1T: +31.0°C > TB2T: +30.0°C > TC0C: +48.8°C > TC0D: +44.8°C > TC0E: +48.2°C > TC0F: +49.8°C > TC0P: +42.5°C > TC1C: +49.0°C > TC2C: +49.0°C > TC3C: +49.0°C > TC4C: +49.0°C > TCFC: +0.0°C > TCGC: +49.0°C > TCSA: +45.0°C > TCTD: +0.0°C > TG0D: +42.2°C > TG0P: +42.8°C > THSP: +36.0°C > TM0S: +60.8°C > TMBS: +0.0°C > TP0P: +48.5°C > TPCD: +55.0°C > TW0P:+129.0°C > > Thanks with best regards, > > P.S I am on my way to try the kernel 3.3.5, so wonder what I can do to > get some improvement from current working kernel. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4faabec3.6000...@gmail.com
Re: Icedove setting
On 04/17/2012 08:05 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:20:32 +0800, lina wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> (...)
>
I noticed the google use 465 as SMTP port.
>>> Every e-mail provider can use a different combo for authentication/
>>> configuration/port but you have to stick to what Outlook Live service
>>> needs. I mean, what Gmail needs it cannot work for Yahoo! or Hotmail
>>> or...
>> Hi,
>>
>> (Nice seeing your reply, shake hands, virtual though.)
> :-)
>
>> Have you noticed that in icedove --> Edit --> Account Settings
>>
>> At the bottom of the left column, there is one item calls: Outgoing
>> Server (SMTP),
>> click it, there is an option to choose the default outgoing server
>> settings. I chose google one as default.
> Yes, I know you can have multiple outgoing servers configured (in fact, I
> do have a bunch) but there are some e-mail providers that will reject
> sending e-mails which don't come from their own address (@example.com)
> and you still don't have your Outlook Live setup correctly ;-)
>
>>> Set Up Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 for Your E-Mail Account
>>> http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/ee958689.aspx
>> Yes, I followed exactly with minor tweak in port.
> No "minor tweaks" my lady ;-), you have to configure the smtp server as
> they say, which means you have to search for the proper "smtp settings"
> as the video at the bottom explains ("How do I find the server
> settings?").
+1, first follow the instructions precisely, then do any tweaking.
> If you are convinced you're using the right data for the smtp server and
> still getting an error, try to setup the same account from another e-mail
> client (better from an outlookized machine to discard a windowsity
> anomaly) and see how it goes. Should this neither works, I would contact
> the Outlook Live assistance/technical support service and explain your
> problem.
>
> Greetings,
>
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Re: Icedove setting
On 04/16/2012 08:24 PM, lina wrote: > On 17 Apr, 2012, at 0:45, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > >> On 04/16/2012 07:29 PM, lina wrote: >>> On Tuesday 17,April,2012 12:25 AM, lina wrote: >>>> On Monday 16,April,2012 11:58 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >>>>> On 04/16/2012 06:16 PM, lina wrote: >>>>>> SMTP setting >>>>>> Server name: pod51003.outlook.com >>>>>> Port: 587 >>>>> Is TLS encryption enabled for this? >>>> Forget to mention I can receive email in "inbox", but not those in other >>>> folders (those emails are filitered to skip inbox.) >>>> so the SMTP is partially correct. seems. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>> An error occurred sending mail: The mail server sent an incorrect >>> greeting: +OK The Microsoft Exchange POP3 service is ready.. >>> >>> I don't know how to understand this one. is it told me that I also set >>> POP3 partial right? but some parts wrong? >> I am puzzled by this message, because it suggests you connected to a >> POP3 server, not an SMTP one. I > It showed me the same message no matter I chose the pop3 or SMTP during > configuration. POP3 (and IMAP) is for receiving, SMTP is for sending. You have a problem when sending. Please make sure the port is 587 or 25. If yes, maybe your ISP is redirecting the connection? >> tried telneting to pod51003.outlook.com >> and I only get this message when I connect to port 110, not 587 nor 25. > Right now I'm not in front of computer. Gotta check another time. > > Thanks, >>> Thanks again, >>> >>> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org >> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f8c4c99.3090...@gmail.com >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f8c5710.2090...@gmail.com
Re: Icedove setting
On 04/16/2012 07:29 PM, lina wrote: > On Tuesday 17,April,2012 12:25 AM, lina wrote: >> On Monday 16,April,2012 11:58 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >>> On 04/16/2012 06:16 PM, lina wrote: >>>> SMTP setting >>>> Server name: pod51003.outlook.com >>>> Port: 587 >>> Is TLS encryption enabled for this? >> >> Forget to mention I can receive email in "inbox", but not those in other >> folders (those emails are filitered to skip inbox.) >> so the SMTP is partially correct. seems. >> >> Thanks, > > An error occurred sending mail: The mail server sent an incorrect > greeting: +OK The Microsoft Exchange POP3 service is ready.. > > I don't know how to understand this one. is it told me that I also set > POP3 partial right? but some parts wrong? I am puzzled by this message, because it suggests you connected to a POP3 server, not an SMTP one. I tried telneting to pod51003.outlook.com and I only get this message when I connect to port 110, not 587 nor 25. > Thanks again, > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f8c4c99.3090...@gmail.com
Re: Icedove setting
On 04/16/2012 06:16 PM, lina wrote: > SMTP setting > Server name: pod51003.outlook.com > Port: 587 Is TLS encryption enabled for this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f8c41bd.5050...@gmail.com
Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
Thanks again! On 04/10/2012 05:40 PM, Nick White wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 01:25:27PM +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> Thank you! I didn't see your post until after I ordered a Pocketbook. :( > Darn it - debian-user is hard to keep on top of; sorry I didn't > answer sooner. > > >> Right now, I plan to install an ssh server and busybox on my new device, >> and if the Inkpot project isn't abandoned, I can wait for it. I should >> probably get involved, since I am a programmer, but I don't know if I >> have the stamina. :-) > Do that! Nothing like exercise to improve one's stamina. A little > search online suggests that the source code that's free for the > pocketbook is at > http://pocketbook-free.sourceforge.net/en/sourcecode.shtml > > Good luck with it, and I look forward to hearing how you get on :) > > Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f872ea0.9090...@gmail.com
Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
Hi Nick! Thank you! I didn't see your post until after I ordered a Pocketbook. :( I've seen the OpenInkpot project, but I decided against it, reasoning it was still in very early development and didn't support many devices. Right now, I plan to install an ssh server and busybox on my new device, and if the Inkpot project isn't abandoned, I can wait for it. I should probably get involved, since I am a programmer, but I don't know if I have the stamina. :-) Again thanks to all. Best of luck! I will post back my experiences. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f840a97.3020...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
On 04/07/2012 07:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:12:45 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > >> Having a bad track record of not taking care of "dead tree" books, I am >> looking to buy an electronic book reader. > > (...) > > I'm following very closely the ongoing movements of Kobo¹ and Vivaldi². > > While the former conforms a complete set of hardware/software/e-books the > later is a tablet (no "e-ink" based display) that runs KDE Plasma SC, but > both projects seem to share the same objective: let the user to decide. > > ¹http://www.kobo.com > ²http://makeplaylive.com Thanks! I am more oriented towards the Kobo, since it is an ebook reader specifically. The promise of an open platform seems alluring. Do you know if it runs GNU/Linux or whether I'll be able to install it? Seems perfect, reasonably priced too, thanks. Sorry I didn't mark my post OT, I wasn't sure if it was, since it kind of involves Debian. > Greetings, > -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f81bb02.1060...@gmail.com
Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
On 04/07/2012 01:07 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Just buy any tablet that suits your price and feature requirements > *and* that will support Debian[*1]. Then install Calibre - it's more > than just an reader, it is a library manager, can read every eBook > type I've heard of, and convert between types. By installing Debian > you will be able to install other software without a new learning > curve and, more importantly, be able to link easily. Probably best if > you buy a cheap tablet if you have trouble caring for paper books - > tablet are less sturdy (even the clay variety). :-) Haha ;-). Yup, I can replace the tablet and keep the books. Some of the books I ruined were higher priced than a tablet. :-) > Buy a know rootable Android pad (I don't know the Nook). I've had my experience with Android, and it's ok, but it feels like it was not intended to be tinkered with. Searching the internet for this hack and that, is less satisfying than using an OS that actually wants you to have control over it, like Debian. > Please post your experience when you do. [*1]eg. Motorola Xoom > Honeycomb, Archos gen-8/9 These are a bit over my price range. Also since I have an Android phone and a Debian netbook, I think it would be an excess to get another general purpose computer. I think I'll get a device specific for reading, and, perhaps childishly, I want to check out the eInk displays. :-) > Kind regards > > I'll post my experiences as requested, as soon as possible. Thank you very much, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f801fc4.8040...@gmail.com
Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
Thanks for the quick replies. Calibre is a software reader isn't it? I do use it on my computer, but I was looking for the hardware to install it on. I will keep it in mind. The OLPC seems to be a laptop right? I was looking for something like a tablet. The Nook is interesting, but I would prefer GNU/Linux to Android. Many thanks, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f7ffb9f.2010...@gmail.com
Free as in speech hardware ebook reader
Hiya, Having a bad track record of not taking care of "dead tree" books, I am looking to buy an electronic book reader. The Amazon's Kindle does look good and it boasts a Linux kernel, but I am very disappointed at the many restrictions they want to place on me: automatic installation of firmware, limitations to its use, access to my data, and ads! To mention a few. I know it's possible to circumvent these restrictions, but what I am looking for is a hardware reader that is designed to respect my freedoms. Preferably one that runs a GNU/Linux system, and which I am allowed to tinker with. It does not have to work out of the box, and I am prepared to invest time in it and deal with bugs, as I would with a regular computer, provided it has a community around it to support it, as Linux distros do. Any suggestions? Best regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f7f5c4d.7070...@gmail.com
Re: Question about make-kpkg and versions
Thanks! This seems to cover me. Not much of a terminology, haha, I just had to put the numbers in there because there are three version substrings in the .deb file of a kernel package! To the confusion adds the fact that the version of the source package (now starts with 2.6 even for 3.0+ kernels), the version in the name of the package and the debian package version are often different! Regards, Panayiotis On 03/27/2012 02:05 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:49:58 -0400 (EDT), Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> I am trying to understand how make-kpkg chooses the versions for the >> packages it creates. Each package has a name(a), which contains a >> version part(a1), as well as a version(b), which is further split in >> upstream version(b1) and Debian revision(b2), right? Assuming this, I'll >> ask my question in the form of a quiz: :-) > Hello, Panayiotis. I would start by reviewing "Step 9" in my kernel > building web page, http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm. > It doesn't use the same terminology as you do, but maybe it will help > explain things. The man page is out of date with respect to the > default value of --revision, if it is omitted. The default was changed > recently to conform with current Debian policy, but the man page is > out of date. I suggest that you use the latest version of kernel-package, > version 12.036+nmu2, plus the patch which I mention at the end of step 6. > I wouldn't omit --revision if I were you. I always specify it to match > the package version of the kernel source package. Read the web > page, especially step 9, to get my complete methodology for my kernel > version and kernel revision naming convention. You are, of course, > entitled to do it differently; but this method makes sense to me. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f71f8d3.4090...@gmail.com
Question about make-kpkg and versions
Hi, I am trying to understand how make-kpkg chooses the versions for the packages it creates. Each package has a name(a), which contains a version part(a1), as well as a version(b), which is further split in upstream version(b1) and Debian revision(b2), right? Assuming this, I'll ask my question in the form of a quiz: :-) 1) The Makefile contains the three components of the upstream version, as well as an EXTRA_VERSION string. Together these define the package name(a). The make-kpkg replaces or appends the value of --append-to-version to the EXTRA_VERSION string? 2) When I specify a --revision argument, this becomes the package's complete version(b). The man pages mention that the default value is 10.00.Custom. However if I omit the --revision argument the version is of the form 3.2.12-10.00.Custom, i.e. it includes the Makefile version, and not 10.00.Custom. Is this an error in the manual? 3) When I omit the --revision argument how is the upstream version(b1) calculated? In particular is the --append-to-version string included in the version(b1), or only the EXTRA_VERSION string in the Makefile? 4) Finally does dpkg-buildpackage invoke make-kpkg or does it use it's own mechanisms? Thanks and best regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f719b56.2090...@gmail.com
Re: window does not fit on screen
Thanks, it works. On 02/20/2012 03:58 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Thanks! I'll try it in the afternoon. On 20/02/2012 12:05 μμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 19 feb 12, 19:50:09, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: I would like to run this automatically at login, I tried .xinitrc and .bashrc but neither works. Use .xsessionrc Kind regards, Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f42b15d.3070...@gmail.com
Re: window does not fit on screen
Thanks! I'll try it in the afternoon. On 20/02/2012 12:05 μμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 feb 12, 19:50:09, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> I would like to run this automatically at login, I tried .xinitrc >> and .bashrc but neither works. > Use .xsessionrc > > Kind regards, > Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f42516f.2010...@gmail.com
Re: window does not fit on screen
Thanks. This is a queer window, when I try to grab and move it, its parent window gets moved instead. But thanks! On 20/02/2012 08:03 πμ, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 03:41:03PM +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >>> On Du, 19 feb 12, 14:02:43, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >>>> Hello! >>>> >>>> I am facing a very strange problem. On my netbook, when I open up >>>> Eclipse's install new software wizard, the window does not fit on >>>> screen and I cannot select the software to install. I am using Gnome >>>> 3 from Wheezy. >>>> >>>> Is there any workaround for this problem? >>> Increasing your (virtual) resolution should help. > hold the Mod1 (left Alt) key and click the window with the mouse. > You should then be able to drag the window to where you can grab a > corner and resize it. > I learned this when I had a cloudbook. > > ./tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f42513d.1000...@gmail.com
Re: window does not fit on screen
The command that works for me is: xrandr --fb 1024x768 --output LVDS1 --panning 1024x768 && gnome-shell --replace However there is a known bug [1] in xserver so I had to apply a patch and recompile. I would like to run this automatically at login, I tried .xinitrc and .bashrc but neither works. Anyway, my thanks. [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39949 On 02/19/2012 03:41 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Thanks. I can not increase the physical resolution but do you know how to increase the virtual resolution? I would like to do so on a per-user basis. Setting the line Virtual in Xorg.conf has the desired effect but it also increases the size for the login manager, which is undesired. Also the virtual resolution change does not integrate very well with Gnome Shell. Googling suggests I should use the xrandr extension but I do not understand it very well. Thanks. On 19/02/2012 02:11 μμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 19 feb 12, 14:02:43, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Hello! I am facing a very strange problem. On my netbook, when I open up Eclipse's install new software wizard, the window does not fit on screen and I cannot select the software to install. I am using Gnome 3 from Wheezy. Is there any workaround for this problem? Increasing your (virtual) resolution should help. Kind regards, Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f413651.2010...@gmail.com
Re: window does not fit on screen
Thanks. I can not increase the physical resolution but do you know how to increase the virtual resolution? I would like to do so on a per-user basis. Setting the line Virtual in Xorg.conf has the desired effect but it also increases the size for the login manager, which is undesired. Also the virtual resolution change does not integrate very well with Gnome Shell. Googling suggests I should use the xrandr extension but I do not understand it very well. Thanks. On 19/02/2012 02:11 μμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 feb 12, 14:02:43, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I am facing a very strange problem. On my netbook, when I open up >> Eclipse's install new software wizard, the window does not fit on >> screen and I cannot select the software to install. I am using Gnome >> 3 from Wheezy. >> >> Is there any workaround for this problem? > Increasing your (virtual) resolution should help. > > Kind regards, > Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f40fbef.2000...@gmail.com
window does not fit on screen
Hello! I am facing a very strange problem. On my netbook, when I open up Eclipse's install new software wizard, the window does not fit on screen and I cannot select the software to install. I am using Gnome 3 from Wheezy. Is there any workaround for this problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f40e4e3.7060...@gmail.com
Re: linux-sources
On 02/11/2012 02:14 PM, lina wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Scott Ferguson
> wrote:
>> On 11/02/12 22:53, lina wrote:
>>> Right now updating I notice the install of linux-source 3.2
>>>
>>> my question is that:
>>>
>>> 1] will it install on /
>>> my / has reached 83%
>>
>> Maybe, depends on your partitioning.
>> If you have only the one partition - yes.
>>
>> (mount will tell you)
>>
>> 7% of free space "could" be sufficient... how big is your drive?
>> (the package is about 73MB, it'll take up more again when installed)
>>
>>>
>>> 2] I have installed kernel 3.2.5
>>> is it necessary to have 3.2?
>>
>> Yes - if you plan on building your own 3.2x kernel.
>
> Thanks, it stays quietly under /usr/src as linux-source-3.2.tar.bz2, I
> worried it might be installed in /boots.
>
> what's the kernel-image and kernel-head relationship?
The kernel image is the compiled kernel we run. The kernel headers are
part of the kernel source and are needed, for example, to compile kernel
modules.
For example we could have the C function:
void hello_world()
{
printf("Hello world!\n");
}
In order to use that function in a program or library, we need to tell
the compiler what hello_world is (e.g. its return type and arguments:
void). For this purpose we use a header file, which would contain:
void hello_world();
We can then call hello_world in any program that includes the header. Of
course we also need to link the program with the compiled hello_world
code, but that's a different story.
>>
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
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Xen dom0 virtual terminals
Hi! This may be a naive question, but does anyone know how to enable the virtual terminals (Ctrl-Alt-Fx) on a Wheezy dom0? -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f362b40.2000...@gmail.com
Re: DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)
On 02/10/2012 10:27 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Ma, 07 feb 12, 21:09:21, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: The DHCP server runs on my desktop so I have complete access to it. The X3000 is configured as a DHCP relay. I would try to completely disable anything like a DHCP server in the AP. Thanks. That was the original setup and it didn't work. As per my other message, this problem is solved for me. The other option that I read about is installing a GNU/Linux system on the AP, such as DebianWRT. If I can get it working at all, I am very hopeful I will do just about anything I want it to. But I think I'll let it wait until I get a new AP (wireless N) because I don't want to risk a bricked device. Also the DebianWRT project will have matured by then, I hope. Kind regards, Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f350819.1020...@gmail.com
Re: DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)
Ok, the last message probably isn't true. But... Setting up the DHCP server on the AP (with a separate address pool) seems to have solved the problem for now. As I said I know very little about networking, and I had assumed that when the AP was setup as a repeater, it worked transparently and automagically, as a signal amplifier. It seems this is not the case, at least with this particular AP. I think that configuring the AP as a DHCP Relay would also have worked except that this model does not support it. Hope this helps someone, and thanks! On 09/02/2012 11:02 πμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Update: I've narrowed this down. At the times of the problem, the server can connect to the laptop (e.g. ssh or ping) but the laptop has no connectivity to the laptop. I have no idea why this is happening. On 08/02/2012 09:51 μμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: On 08/02/2012 06:09 μμ, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:09:21 +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: (...) Well, the laptop hasn't disconnected yet, but my smartphone doesn't connect at all. It's stuck at the "receiving IP address" stage. The DHCP server runs on my desktop so I have complete access to it. The X3000 is configured as a DHCP relay. Syslog shows the DHCPDISCOVER request received from the desktop, and answered with a DHCPOFFER (both via the router). But the packet (or whatever it is, sorry) never arrives, or if it arrives, is ignored by the smartphone. I don't know much about Android (which the cellphone is running) and I would prefer to leave it alone if possible. Do you have any ideas about the cause of this problem? Mmm, I would start by discarding something wrong between your device and DHCP server. The less players in the game, the better to start finding the culprit :-) How to do that? By configuring the smartphone with static network data (manual IP, gateway, netmask, dns...). If that solves the issue it means your AP is interferring/filtering between the DHCP server and your device and this will require additional debugging. Thanks. Actually the problem happens on the laptop as well, which is fortunate because it means: a) The smartphone is good. b) I have access to a full GNU/Linux system to troubleshoot. I tried with the access point removed from the way (the signal strength is lower but non-zero) and it doesn't solve the problem. I tried with static IP and it works. What does this mean? My guess is that: a) The AP is not the culprit. b) This is DHCP specific. Also around the time of the DHCP "dialogues" I see in the server's logs some "network unreachable" errors from other services (named). I had written a cron script to reconnect the server on the event of connectivity loss, which runs every minute. Perhaps it isn't doing its job. I know very little about networking, I have been reading on the DHCP protocol, and one point of interest is that DHCPOFFER packets are broadcast. So I tried changing the broadcast address of the DHCP server from 192.168.1.255 to 255.255.255.255. I am waiting to see if the problem will reappear. Many thanks. If that still does not solve the issue and you lose connection very quickly or can't still connect to the AP at all, then the problem is located elsewhere, either on the smartphone or/and the AP (low signal strength, filters, an unexpected incompatibility with specific auth system...). Greetings, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f33a2e9.3030...@gmail.com
Re: DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)
Update: I've narrowed this down. At the times of the problem, the server can connect to the laptop (e.g. ssh or ping) but the laptop has no connectivity to the laptop. I have no idea why this is happening. On 08/02/2012 09:51 μμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: On 08/02/2012 06:09 μμ, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:09:21 +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: (...) Well, the laptop hasn't disconnected yet, but my smartphone doesn't connect at all. It's stuck at the "receiving IP address" stage. The DHCP server runs on my desktop so I have complete access to it. The X3000 is configured as a DHCP relay. Syslog shows the DHCPDISCOVER request received from the desktop, and answered with a DHCPOFFER (both via the router). But the packet (or whatever it is, sorry) never arrives, or if it arrives, is ignored by the smartphone. I don't know much about Android (which the cellphone is running) and I would prefer to leave it alone if possible. Do you have any ideas about the cause of this problem? Mmm, I would start by discarding something wrong between your device and DHCP server. The less players in the game, the better to start finding the culprit :-) How to do that? By configuring the smartphone with static network data (manual IP, gateway, netmask, dns...). If that solves the issue it means your AP is interferring/filtering between the DHCP server and your device and this will require additional debugging. Thanks. Actually the problem happens on the laptop as well, which is fortunate because it means: a) The smartphone is good. b) I have access to a full GNU/Linux system to troubleshoot. I tried with the access point removed from the way (the signal strength is lower but non-zero) and it doesn't solve the problem. I tried with static IP and it works. What does this mean? My guess is that: a) The AP is not the culprit. b) This is DHCP specific. Also around the time of the DHCP "dialogues" I see in the server's logs some "network unreachable" errors from other services (named). I had written a cron script to reconnect the server on the event of connectivity loss, which runs every minute. Perhaps it isn't doing its job. I know very little about networking, I have been reading on the DHCP protocol, and one point of interest is that DHCPOFFER packets are broadcast. So I tried changing the broadcast address of the DHCP server from 192.168.1.255 to 255.255.255.255. I am waiting to see if the problem will reappear. Many thanks. If that still does not solve the issue and you lose connection very quickly or can't still connect to the AP at all, then the problem is located elsewhere, either on the smartphone or/and the AP (low signal strength, filters, an unexpected incompatibility with specific auth system...). Greetings, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f338b8f.6050...@gmail.com
Re: DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)
On 08/02/2012 06:09 μμ, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:09:21 +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: (...) Well, the laptop hasn't disconnected yet, but my smartphone doesn't connect at all. It's stuck at the "receiving IP address" stage. The DHCP server runs on my desktop so I have complete access to it. The X3000 is configured as a DHCP relay. Syslog shows the DHCPDISCOVER request received from the desktop, and answered with a DHCPOFFER (both via the router). But the packet (or whatever it is, sorry) never arrives, or if it arrives, is ignored by the smartphone. I don't know much about Android (which the cellphone is running) and I would prefer to leave it alone if possible. Do you have any ideas about the cause of this problem? Mmm, I would start by discarding something wrong between your device and DHCP server. The less players in the game, the better to start finding the culprit :-) How to do that? By configuring the smartphone with static network data (manual IP, gateway, netmask, dns...). If that solves the issue it means your AP is interferring/filtering between the DHCP server and your device and this will require additional debugging. Thanks. Actually the problem happens on the laptop as well, which is fortunate because it means: a) The smartphone is good. b) I have access to a full GNU/Linux system to troubleshoot. I tried with the access point removed from the way (the signal strength is lower but non-zero) and it doesn't solve the problem. I tried with static IP and it works. What does this mean? My guess is that: a) The AP is not the culprit. b) This is DHCP specific. Also around the time of the DHCP "dialogues" I see in the server's logs some "network unreachable" errors from other services (named). I had written a cron script to reconnect the server on the event of connectivity loss, which runs every minute. Perhaps it isn't doing its job. I know very little about networking, I have been reading on the DHCP protocol, and one point of interest is that DHCPOFFER packets are broadcast. So I tried changing the broadcast address of the DHCP server from 192.168.1.255 to 255.255.255.255. I am waiting to see if the problem will reappear. Many thanks. If that still does not solve the issue and you lose connection very quickly or can't still connect to the AP at all, then the problem is located elsewhere, either on the smartphone or/and the AP (low signal strength, filters, an unexpected incompatibility with specific auth system...). Greetings, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f32d243.4050...@gmail.com
DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)
Hi everyone! I have been facing some problems with my home network. All computers are networked wirelessly and I am using a wi-fi repeater to strengthen the signal upstairs (it's two floors). The desktop PC (server) has been running mainly without problems, but the laptop upstairs was often disconnected. My cellphone (which supports wifi) mainly couldn't connect at all. Problems used to cease when I rebooted the router and/or repeater but only for a couple of hours. I was suspecting the router (Planet), so today I got a new router from Linksys (X3000) which I consider respectable because it's a subsidiary of Cisco. Well, the laptop hasn't disconnected yet, but my smartphone doesn't connect at all. It's stuck at the "receiving IP address" stage. The DHCP server runs on my desktop so I have complete access to it. The X3000 is configured as a DHCP relay. Syslog shows the DHCPDISCOVER request received from the desktop, and answered with a DHCPOFFER (both via the router). But the packet (or whatever it is, sorry) never arrives, or if it arrives, is ignored by the smartphone. I don't know much about Android (which the cellphone is running) and I would prefer to leave it alone if possible. Do you have any ideas about the cause of this problem? Sorry for the long post. Good evening, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f3176e1.6010...@gmail.com
Re: No locks available.
An idea: Can you see if this command returns any PIDs? $ fuser -m a.log On 01/21/2012 05:12 PM, lina wrote: > On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:36:30 +0800, lina wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >>>> Can you please tell where is located that "a.log" file and what >>>> software generates it? >> >>> The a.log is in the working directory. In other servers, it works fine. >>> so it only has problem on this server. gromacs. >> >> What's the working directory and what's the involved software? >> >> Your posts are too cryptic. > > might be too straightforwards in the last post? the involved software > is gromacs. > > It has no problem to restart the whole process again, but can't > resume. it can be resumed on other servers. > resume can save lots of time, but restart will do all those former things > again. > > (sorry about the cryptic suspicious, I am very lazy in talking > sometimes. not very talkative style person) > >> >>>> Are all those "nones" right? >> >>> No idea. I contacted the system administrator days ago, He will consider >>> re-build it?! >> >> Rebuild what? The full system? >:-? > seems. it's a bit older. 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELlargesmp #1 SMP Tue Feb 27 > 09:59:08 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > so I wonder there might some ways to avoid it, something relevant to > "lock"? time schedule? > >> >>>> Google suggests the problem can be related to the NFS mounted home but >>>> I have no direct experience with that kind of networking filesystem. >>>> Maybe you can start digging from that :-? >>> >>> I tried. some information get me lost so easily. >> >> If the "a.log" file is indeed located inside a NFS share I would start >> from there. > > Thanks, will dig further. > >> >> Greetings, >> >> -- >> Camaleón >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org >> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jfejgm$8j9$1...@dough.gmane.org >> > > -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f21c0e2.5070...@gmail.com
Re: Grub cannot fit into boot record
On 01/14/2012 03:46 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:06:33 -0500 (EST), Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> >> On my desktop, which is running Squeeze, I tried to upgrade some >> packages to their Wheezy version. I have now reverted the upgrade, but I >> am alarmed. >> >> One of the packages was grub2 which was at version >> 1.98+20100804-14+squeeze1 and was upgraded to 1.99-14. >> >> To cut a long story short, I ended with an unbootable system. Grub >> refused to install on the MBR. I do not remember the message exactly, >> but it mentioned that the record was unusually short, and core.img could >> not fit into it. Then it told me that the only option was to use >> blocklists but that was discouraged as unreliable. >> >> What am I going to do when Wheezy becomes stable. This is a new computer. > > Yet another grub2 problem! This is yet another example of why I gave > up on grub2 long ago and switched to lilo! And I've been glad I did > many, many times! Here is my lilo web page, in case you're interested: > >http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/lilo.htm > > Even if you decide not to switch to lilo, the above web page contains > a lot of background information about the boot process itself, which > you may find educational. And it also contains a link to a useful > diagnostic utility that will tell you a lot about the capabilities of > your computer's BIOS. So even if you're determined to stick with grub-pc, > taking a look at the above web page may not be a complete waste of time. Thanks. I'll exhaust the possibilities with grub first. Nice page, very thorough. -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f11901f.30...@gmail.com
Re: Grub cannot fit into boot record
Thanks to all. On 01/14/2012 03:06 PM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > 14/01/2012 13:18, Tom H: >> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Panayiotis >> Karabassis wrote: >>> >>> On my desktop, which is running Squeeze, I tried to upgrade some >>> packages to their Wheezy version. I have now reverted the upgrade, but I >>> am alarmed. >>> >>> One of the packages was grub2 which was at version >>> 1.98+20100804-14+squeeze1 and was upgraded to 1.99-14. >>> >>> To cut a long story short, I ended with an unbootable system. Grub >>> refused to install on the MBR. I do not remember the message exactly, >>> but it mentioned that the record was unusually short, and core.img could >>> not fit into it. Then it told me that the only option was to use >>> blocklists but that was discouraged as unreliable. >>> >>> What am I going to do when Wheezy becomes stable. This is a new >>> computer. >> >> I've both upgraded to and installed wheezy without a hitch so you've >> either hit some local hitch or stumbled into a bug. >> >> It'd be nice to see the actual error message... >> >> This must be ab msdos disk. How large is the post-MBR gap? How large >> is "core.img"? >> >> > > Hint for the above: > > ls -lh /boot/grub | grep core.img It's 29K. But this is for Squeeze's grub, which works! I don't know how to find out the size of the gap... > ;-) > > But this is likely not the problem. The disk is under 2TB, so Debian > installer wouldn't have used gpt automatically, and since you don't know > what gpt [1] is you probably didn't do it yourself. > > The disk belongs to a raid, right ? Did you try to install grub on all > raid members ? How did you setup the raid, from the Debian installer or > otherwise ? Yes, it's two identical 1TB disks (raid1), and on top of them LVM. The boot partition is contained in the LVM (I use an initrd). grub-install works for both disks on Squeeze, and fails for both disks on Wheezy. The partitions were created by the Squeeze's Debian installer. > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table Thanks. I won't upgrade to Wheezy until it is stable, but what should I do then if it isn't fixed? Should I go with the blocklists method? Can Lilo boot from an LVM partition sitting on top of mdadm? Thanks again. -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f118f5b.4070...@gmail.com
Re: Grub cannot fit into boot record
On 01/14/2012 12:31 PM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > 14/01/2012 11:06, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On my desktop, which is running Squeeze, I tried to upgrade some >> packages to their Wheezy version. I have now reverted the upgrade, but I >> am alarmed. >> >> One of the packages was grub2 which was at version >> 1.98+20100804-14+squeeze1 and was upgraded to 1.99-14. >> >> To cut a long story short, I ended with an unbootable system. Grub >> refused to install on the MBR. I do not remember the message exactly, >> but it mentioned that the record was unusually short, and core.img could >> not fit into it. Then it told me that the only option was to use >> blocklists but that was discouraged as unreliable. >> >> What am I going to do when Wheezy becomes stable. This is a new computer. >> > > Hi, can you provide a "fdisk -lu" output from the disk you are > installing grub to ? Is this a gpt or standard msdos disklabel ? Hi, thanks. I do not now what is gpt or standard msdos disklabel! Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0004e418 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 1953520064 976760001 fd Linux raid autodetect -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f11648f.8060...@gmail.com
Grub cannot fit into boot record
Hi, On my desktop, which is running Squeeze, I tried to upgrade some packages to their Wheezy version. I have now reverted the upgrade, but I am alarmed. One of the packages was grub2 which was at version 1.98+20100804-14+squeeze1 and was upgraded to 1.99-14. To cut a long story short, I ended with an unbootable system. Grub refused to install on the MBR. I do not remember the message exactly, but it mentioned that the record was unusually short, and core.img could not fit into it. Then it told me that the only option was to use blocklists but that was discouraged as unreliable. What am I going to do when Wheezy becomes stable. This is a new computer. -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f1153a9.6080...@gmail.com
Re: Gnome Shell battery indicator missing
On 01/11/2012 10:41 PM, Johan Grönqvist wrote: 2012-01-11 20:26, Panayiotis Karabassis skrev: The title is self-explanatory. This is a new installation of Wheezy. Has anyone else observed this? Yes, i see it too in a wheezy installation I installed this year. The only related message I can find in the logs, is a complaint about gnome-power-manager missing. Indeed the package with the same name contains only a gnome-power-statistics binary. I think that such functionality is being moved around (between libraries) in the transition to gnome 3.0 to gnome 3.2, and since wheezy currently contains a mixture of the two releases (gnome-shell is not yet updated to 3.2), I have just assumed that it would return when gnome-shell 3.2 transitions to wheezy. I am neither certain, nor do I have a solution, but if I had considered this a major problem, I would have updated gnome-shell to 3.2 from unstable (and some other gnome-related packages would also have to be upgraded). (Assuming you use linux) Thanks, I'll wait for 3.2. Meanwhile I read the battery status with the "acpi" command. Linux as opposed to GNU Hurd, you mean? Regards Johan Best regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f0e9c7f.2040...@gmail.com
Re: Keyboard layout detection
Thanks to all. Yes I've followed the Debian Eee Pc pages. The repository is not needed for Wheezy, from what I understand. I guess I have a non standard layout, for example when I press the key that has '#' typed on it I get '|'. Funny thing is that I actually have no trouble using the keyboard with this (wrong) layout because I find the correct keys intuitively. BTW, the xsetkbmap is not available on my system, and I can't find it with apt-file either... Anyway, I'll either google for the correct layout, or look into the manual which I've been too lazy to read... :-P Thanks again, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f0e9c05.60...@gmail.com
Gnome Shell battery indicator missing
The title is self-explanatory. This is a new installation of Wheezy. Has anyone else observed this? The only related message I can find in the logs, is a complaint about gnome-power-manager missing. Indeed the package with the same name contains only a gnome-power-statistics binary. Many thanks in advance, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f0de264.2020...@gmail.com
Keyboard layout detection
Hi, I installed Debian on my new Asus Eee PC and even though it works almost flawlessly, I am having trouble finding the correct keyboard layout. The obvious ones (Generic and Asus laptop) have some characters wrong. I remember from some installation (either Debian or Ubuntu) being asked to type keys to have the installer detect my layout. I wonder, does anyone know the name of this program, and the package that provides it? Best regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f0de167.5040...@gmail.com
Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem
On 01/08/2012 12:48 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: [...] Yes. :-/ I'm saving fr charity. :-) That ^ usually means you're parsing data from the incorrect device [...] Could you please paste a small sample of the output from:- # cat /dev/ttyUSB1 Both ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1 show the errors. Here is the output from cat /dev/ttyUSB1: ^DSFLOWRPT:0008,,,,,2000,C000 ^DSFLOWRPT:000A,,,,,2000,C000 ^DSFLOWRPT:000C,,,,,2000,C000 ^DSFLOWRPT:000E,,,,,2000,C000 ^DSFLOWRPT:0010,,002C,,0059,2000,C000 [...] The problem might not be the modem:- http://vodafail.com/ [...] Thanks - I'll check that against the usb-modeswitch db entry when I've had dinner. I've come across different things with modems in Greece in the past (the ZTE MF627 from 3 was unlockable in the Greek model, ditto with a Cosmote modem) Then work out a simple way to test your connection (ppp with debug) so we can work out where the problem is. (if Andrei hasn't sorted it for you before then). That's a K3770 modem (they're an OK modem). It should be 12d1:14d1 before it flips. I don't know what the Z sub-model means. Some else mentioned the Sagis utility - you could try that - I've used it in the past and it works very well. Squeeze's NetworkManager is, um, a fine idea - but far from perfect at handling USB 3G modems. My personal preference is pon - but kppp and wvdial are good too. Is this a prepaid modem? Do you have a PIN set? It's a contract, I pay a fixed amount each month and have 1Gb data volume. The modem came with the contract. Cheers I really appreciate you taking the time to help me, thanks! -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f098c58.7000...@gmail.com
Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem
Many many thanks! On 01/08/2012 01:59 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 08/01/12 08:06, Panayiotis wrote: Thanks! Well, sometimes the modem won't get recognized at all (nothing in dmesg or lsusb), sometimes it will be connected for a while then suddenly disconnect. Signal strength is weaker than in Windoze (generally no 3G in Linux). That makes no sense unless you have it configured so that it is *not* forced to only use 3G. If you set it up using the Vodaphone software on Windoof - that's what will have happened. Yes, sorry, I am allergic to Windows, I could not stay long enough to find out... :-) Install cmgt # apt-get install cmgt That should be comgt, right? Find out what devices your modem uses.. eg.:- $ dmesg | grep GSM | more [ 10.976642] USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port) [ 10.978427] option 1-2.4:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 10.985660] usb 1-2.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 10.985877] option 1-2.4:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 10.991062] usb 1-2.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1 [ 10.991325] option 1-2.4:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 10.997840] usb 1-2.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2 [ 10.998051] option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems [ 1977.595465] option 1-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 1977.595934] usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 1977.601047] option 1-2:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 1977.601430] usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1 In this case /dev/USBtty0 - 2 are created. Now find out which one it gets network data from:- $ cat /dev/USBtty0 (nothing there so kill with Ctrl+C) ^C $ cat /dev/USBtty1 (bingo!) +ZPASR: "HSDPA" +ZPASR: "3G" Self explanatory. Edit /usr/bin/sigmon to use that device. There's a backup in /etc/comgt # nano /usr/bin/sigmon find the line:- comgt -d /dev/ttyUSBx sig and change x to reflect the network port of your device For this example it's USBtty1 comgt -d /dev/ttyUSB1 sig Thanks, I followed your instructions, it's /dev/ttyUSB1. save it, then, run sigmon # sigmon Use Ctrl/C to terminate monitoring Signal Quality: 24,99 Signal Quality:R: "3G" Signal Quality: 24,99 Signal Quality: 24,99 ^C "24" is the value of the relative signal strength. Give us the information on your modem and I'll tell you how to boost that signal, and force your modem to *only* use 3G. I get some strange output (contains errors): Signal Quality:: 1, 0, 0 comgt 11:05:44 -> -- Error Report -- comgt 11:05:44 -> > ^ comgt 11:05:44 -> Error @224, line 13, String is shorter than second argument. (7) Signal Quality:OWRPT:003E,,,,,1FFC2000,0001 Is the command you want to tell me about "comgt -d /dev/ttyUSB1 3G"? :-) The worst is that when the disconnects happen (which is often) I have to plug it out and back in, as NetworkManager can't reconnect otherwise. I have also tried wvdial, but it's annoying to have to use a different program, and the signal weakness still applies. And I have had quite a lot of trouble to get it work at all, including having to pull in usbmodeswitch from Wheezy. That should not be necessary. dmesg will tell us. I want a modem that will "just work"... :-) The problem is often/usually NetworkManager. On Σαβ, 2012-01-07 at 21:09 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sb, 07 ian 12, 20:07:29, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: To access the internet I have paid for a Vodafone Mobile Internet Contract. However the provided Huawei usb modem has been nothing but trouble. Can you provide some more details? I've used two different Huawei modems on squeeze without problems. Kind regards, Andrei I've had the same experience as Andrei. With many USB modems. The relevant lsusb would be nice. :-) My kernel is 3.0.4-libre-lemote. The output of lsusb follows: Bus 001 Device 007: ID 12d1:14c9 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Device Descriptor: bLength18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize064 idVendor 0x12d1 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. idProduct 0x14c9 bcdDevice1.02 iManufacturer 3 HUAWEI iProduct2 Vodafone Mobile Broadband (Huawei) iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 177 bNumInterfaces 5 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 (Bus Powered) MaxPower
Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem
Thanks, it's good to know... On 01/08/2012 10:31 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 08 ian 12, 10:06:46, Panayiotis wrote: On Σαβ, 2012-01-07 at 22:45 +, Walter Hurry wrote: Please don't top post, or reply to my email address. Reply to the list. Thanks. Sorry, what is top posting? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting I replied to the list as CC. Is this bad? http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct It's the default, when I press Group Reply in Evolution. As far as I know Evolution supports reply-to-list, but I have no ideea which button you should press. Kind regards, Andrei -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f095aa8.1010...@gmail.com
Vodafone Mobile Internet modem
Hi! I am running a mix of GNewSense (which is based on Squeeze) and Squeeze on a Lemote YeeLoong netbook. To access the internet I have paid for a Vodafone Mobile Internet Contract. However the provided Huawei usb modem has been nothing but trouble. Can you suggest a GNU\Linux compatible modem (usb I assume) that will work without hassle? -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f0889e...@gmail.com
Re: Understanding aptitude search patterns
On 10/04/2011 05:45 PM, Javier Barroso wrote: > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis > wrote: >> I still have much to learn about aptitude, but in case anyone is >> interested, I made some sense from the source code, which seem to be >> ingenious at times: >> >> There are indeed two modes, but not what I thought. There is a "match >> all versions" mode, which seems to be used by ?all-versions() and a >> "match any version" which seems to be used by everything else. What the >> latter returns (all versions or just the versions that matched), I do >> not know. >> >> The really clever part is how ?any-version() works. Matches happen >> against a pool of package versions. So ?any-version creates a *new pool* >> for each package version in the original pool. Then it concatenates the >> matches together. That way it forces a package search to become a >> version search. Think about it. Amazing. I am a better programmer for >> finding this gem. >> >> The documentation could be more detailed though. > I propose you sending a patch with that detailed documentation to > aptitude-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org (or like a wishlist in PTS) > > Regards, I'd have to write it first, haha. -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ea14f45.40...@gmail.com
Re: Understanding aptitude search patterns
I still have much to learn about aptitude, but in case anyone is interested, I made some sense from the source code, which seem to be ingenious at times: There are indeed two modes, but not what I thought. There is a "match all versions" mode, which seems to be used by ?all-versions() and a "match any version" which seems to be used by everything else. What the latter returns (all versions or just the versions that matched), I do not know. The really clever part is how ?any-version() works. Matches happen against a pool of package versions. So ?any-version creates a *new pool* for each package version in the original pool. Then it concatenates the matches together. That way it forces a package search to become a version search. Think about it. Amazing. I am a better programmer for finding this gem. The documentation could be more detailed though. -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e8af904.4050...@gmail.com
Re: Understanding aptitude search patterns
I do not understand the source code. Would it be correct to assume that aptitude has two searching modes: package searching mode and version searching mode, and that the latter is activated by ?any-version()? -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e893380.1090...@gmail.com
Understanding aptitude search patterns
Hi! I am having some trouble understanding aptitude search patterns. In particular I am confused about what it is that some patterns match: all versions of a package or a particular version? ?and(A, B) pattern matches a package if A matches some version and B matches some version of the package. Does it return all versions of the package regardless of whether they matched? ?narrow(A, B) pattern matches a package if one version matches A and B. It returns the version(s) that matched A and B simultaneously, correct? ?any-version(?and(A B)) pattern matches a package if one version matches A and B, like narrow. But I don't understand how this works. ?and(A B) is a list of package versions. What does ?any-version do with it? What about ?any-version(?or(A B)). What does this match? Etc. I am currently browsing the source code, but I find the terminology too difficult. -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e892639@gmail.com
Re: Locale set to "C"
Thank you all! The problem was with the default GDM settings. They were set to ANSI_something. Switching to English solved my problem. I am pretty sure, however, that I did not touch the GDM settings. So if this is a bug, it is minor. Sorry for making so much noise about this. Again thanks to all of you! On 10/02/2011 08:15 PM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 01:47:30PM BST, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> Panayiotis Karabassis wrote, on 10/02/11 13:59: >> >>> I will check in a minute. Also I am pretty sure I didn't set the locale >>> to "C". I copied .profile, .bashrc from another computer, where locales >>> work. >>> >> Could there have been a .bash_profile on the problematic computer which takes >> precedence over the .profile you copied from the working environment? > > Panayiotis, > > What if you try to set locale to "el_GR.utf8" instead of "en_US.UTF-8"? > Could you include the content of /etc/default/locale? > Also, what does "locale" say? -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e8921ff.4000...@gmail.com
Re: Locale set to "C"
On 10/02/2011 12:54 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:15:32 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 19:06:49 + (UTC) Camaleón
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:21:23 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, on a new Wheezy installation locale reports all the LC_* options
>>>> set to "C". As a result I can't see greek, they display as question
>>>> marks in gnome-terminal.
>>>
>>> Hum... and what returns "locale -a"?
>>
>> panayk@singapore:~$ locale -a
>> C
>> C.UTF-8
>> POSIX
>> el_GR.utf8
>> en_US.utf8
>
> So Greek and US English are both installed. Good.
>
>>>> /etc/default/locale appropriately sets the default locale to
>>>> "en_US.UTF-8". I also tried /etc/profile and /etc/environment but the
>>>> locale remains set to "C".
>>>>
>>>> What am I missing? Any help appreciated!
>>>
>>> You may want to try to reconfigure the package ("dpkg-reconfigure
>>> locales").
>>
>> I've tried this many times, but thanks!
>
> I thought the wanted locale could be missing (not installed) but no, is
> there.
>
>> I read the article on debian-administration about locales, and there
>> seems to be nothing I've missed. So I am considering this a bug. I
>> reported it against package "locales", even thought it's probably caused
>> by something else.
>>
>> Bug number is 644047.
>
> Yes, it seems a bit strange that choosen locale does not stick :-?
>
> If you are using a DE, did you also check for the correct locale at the
> login screen?
I will check in a minute. Also I am pretty sure I didn't set the locale
to "C". I copied .profile, .bashrc from another computer, where locales
work.
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Re: Locale set to "C"
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 19:06:49 + (UTC)
Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:21:23 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
>
> > Hi, on a new Wheezy installation locale reports all the LC_* options set
> > to "C". As a result I can't see greek, they display as question marks in
> > gnome-terminal.
>
> Hum... and what returns "locale -a"?
panayk@singapore:~$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
POSIX
el_GR.utf8
en_US.utf8
> > /etc/default/locale appropriately sets the default locale to
> > "en_US.UTF-8". I also tried /etc/profile and /etc/environment but the
> > locale remains set to "C".
> >
> > What am I missing? Any help appreciated!
>
> You may want to try to reconfigure the package ("dpkg-reconfigure
> locales").
I've tried this many times, but thanks!
> Greetings,
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I read the article on debian-administration about locales, and there seems to
be nothing I've missed. So I am considering this a bug. I reported it against
package "locales", even thought it's probably caused by something else.
Bug number is 644047.
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Locale set to "C"
Hi, on a new Wheezy installation locale reports all the LC_* options set to "C". As a result I can't see greek, they display as question marks in gnome-terminal. /etc/default/locale appropriately sets the default locale to "en_US.UTF-8". I also tried /etc/profile and /etc/environment but the locale remains set to "C". What am I missing? Any help appreciated! -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e875a23.8010...@gmail.com
Re: Re (2): Device node for external camera
On 09/28/2011 08:06 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Hello Panayiotis, > > Ideally udev should detect each camera and assign it a device name which > will then appear in a file in /etc/udev/rules.d/. Unfortunately only a few > of > the scripts to make the devices are working. Network adapters, for example, > are handled quite well. Ref. /etc/udev/rules.d/*net* > > If you can work on a script for cameras, the developers will probably > appreciate > the help. > > Regards, ... Peter E. > Thanks! I am not sure if network cameras appear in udev, I don't think so. -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e835404.9090...@gmail.com
Re: Device node for external camera
Thank you! So how do I specify multiple cameras in the same conf file? Never mind, with what you told me I can look it up in the docs. On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:41:14 +1000 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 23/09/11 01:14, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have an external IP camera which serves video at > > http://192.168.1.20/mjpeg.cgi. Actually I have 5 of them with different > > IPs, but that's beside the point... :-) > > > > I want to use the program "motion" for motion detection. However it > > requires input from a device node such as /dev/video0. > > > > How can I create such a device node so that it corresponds to my IP camera? > > > > Just uncomment netcam_url string and assign it a value in ~/motion.conf > It's a great program - though masking can be a little fiddly. Enable the > web interface and you'll find the documentation is more accessible > through it. > You can also edit through the browser interface - default is > http://localhost:8080 - there's a thread for each camera (I run several) > NOTE: you can change the http options in motion.conf so that http is > available externally (don't forget uncomment the password option). > You'll also need to be in the motion group. > > Cheers > > -- > "As if growing wasn't hard enough - I had a genius for an older brother. > I'd say "I don't have to do anything!" and he'd say > "Yeah you do - take up space, displace matter" > I'd go "Oh yeah?" > even as a kid I was king of the comebacks" > — Bill Hicks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e7bd5aa.9080...@gmail.com > -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110923084215.88cfa62b4c8ce76327364...@gmail.com
Re: Device node for external camera
Thank you. I think this is exactly what I was looking for. On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:44:56 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:14:18 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > > > I have an external IP camera which serves video at > > http://192.168.1.20/mjpeg.cgi. Actually I have 5 of them with different > > IPs, but that's beside the point... :-) > > > > I want to use the program "motion" for motion detection. However it > > requires input from a device node such as /dev/video0. > > > > How can I create such a device node so that it corresponds to my IP > > camera? > > I would first check if yoru device is supported by "motion" and given that > your are using a network camera, this may help: > > How do I use my Network Camera with motion? > http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#How_do_I_use_my_Network_Camera_with_motion_63 > > Motion Guide - Basic Features > http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionGuideBasicFeatures#Network_Cameras > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.09.22.16.44...@gmail.com > -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110922211018.052af5f84e9547db1333b...@gmail.com
Device node for external camera
Hi! I have an external IP camera which serves video at http://192.168.1.20/mjpeg.cgi. Actually I have 5 of them with different IPs, but that's beside the point... :-) I want to use the program "motion" for motion detection. However it requires input from a device node such as /dev/video0. How can I create such a device node so that it corresponds to my IP camera? -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e7b50ca.5090...@gmail.com
Re: Hardware failure: power-off
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thank you very much, Camaleón! On 08/19/2011 09:10 PM, Camaleón wrote: > Also check the hardware monitor section of the BIOS, if possible, they > will give you an accurate measure. You can also check the output of "acpi > -V" to find out additional data for trip points (is available). > > Is it a laptop or a desktop computer? It's a laptop. I couldn't find a hardware monitor in the BIOS. Also I can't find the 'acpi' command, not even with apt-file. > By your explanation, yep, looks like the micro is reaching a high > temperature and it shutdowns to avoid damage. Keep the system running > with the BIOS screen opened and watch fans speed rotation and system > temps... and keep it so for a while to see if it also powers-off. I opened the laptop and cleaned the fan's airduct. Then the laptop was stable for many hours. But. Before going to sleep, I activated a 3D screensaver. When I woke-up the laptop had powered-off again. When using glxgears, the CPU cores' temperature skyrockets very fast, and the fan becomes very noisy. I missed something, something I didn't clean. Do you think I can resolve this on my own (I am abroad), or should I pay a technician when I get home? - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOT0kNAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiM7IH/RcO+987pEPKlsPUu0RAbImt 4J+JYZTrYXe0sfCZp2h+S4Gkarg2AA1l2gEtavTISC/W6lyEVjSCVxCGzm0Ckuv8 NfyNkJIQki3dYcOxTtH3EcJ+hecMFKukZqbYsSxDBkNLrWTPlJq9vrdkRRhC/sEn gsWWpodDPvMNzLJgf7XUKbERB3jMzQwSYX8qJYdw1Rq8Ze0YkoxlhCFVy4K5o5st b2fxTqeDNwLWJ8PhWyBIjByB6kDdL3k97QFVgA+lu3leBzyAu2g65PCTJ6teFKO+ M/XQqV9CtdHFueoPwwQbH2NYTIKiMbdWjy4cDvX1f80nVug43NMHyHNKGsoeRXE= =7GtV -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e4f4910.7030...@gmail.com
Hardware failure: power-off
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is almost certainly a hardware problem, but I think readers of this list are knowledgeable enough to help me. My laptop shuts down at unexpected times. There are no messages in the logs at the time of shutdown, but there are some ACPI failures at boot time. When the power-off occurs, if I reboot the computer, another power-off occurs very shortly, and so on. It seems I have to let the computer "cool down" for a while, so I suspect this may be temperature related. I have started monitoring the laptop temperatures through the sensors-applet package, and they seem to be within ranges. Also the power-off are less likely, if gdm3 has managed to start. I appreciate any advice. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOTfjMAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiDZkIAJPN2C7Ia/C9trVsir8XXjQC eYDvuRQ6L7QLywJM5r+8It5RiIw6gJqvmvFCUsfJBLdyvnCzUfAZvwGB9+GrzzXq v5dOCx6g5zsUaPLzkLhumUpFDpzqWNuGc10lt1SRQvBMoKKj81FQgcJcRsC/zW3U BY2IZx+pLl4EJPlRiX8GEpBmbAspO6q0UBSTk3AezmOVTO3635a9qTjGBPc6KkP3 qDVSiTuzJ3H9EMtoSlr8rYbIJwiumvwviv8PW4LVMgMAgBS+Np5diHsDKnLQdtWp kRvShawvxHlSVI4M0Jto6F5Fp/LGXRFVbGLSb5E0h+aKvk5cfOnofYOkuru9tAE= =gu94 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e4df8cf.8030...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well let's try. $ cd ~/fglrx-driver-debian-package/fglrx-driver-11-5 $ debuild This will take some time, but it will produce the .debs in ~/fglrx-driver-debian-package. Please post any errors you may encounter. If there are none, my congratulations are in order: you have just built your first Debian package!!! When 11-6 comes out, we will have to repeat some of the steps. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN+1zJAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJivjYH/iZq13bvLFuJcYYxyGu2/GDW jr9i1OJNIenV2uE3f6RWESeXyEOW+rqtlzoSVr1S9J6dWLO5hA6l2n6+jPTuniyT UuXbx0izagnpWz8plFLN6jGYnM0ujIdAWvJAe8c0zGaPzIgJBmBf/4hzw0HmnUnH TcV7lTLGfWm9x+aBwQhWpyQqXimjYnIgsycg5okY4zBkQNrE88uGIKEyYJJKmf3J rVM78ZGjZh6NGzlAdRFd/veoe95DjWJNn5KG0Rr1g08hb3SgBNhAv4UsUdWx3m7N Gz1K0cF5cYjr09SSRTgv8iboG4ZMk+rt7Hd5AC2I6uv+yCrteAQU4pHhR+m78Mk= =4jCv -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dfb5cce.9010...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! dch is basically an editor for debian/changelog. Can you edit this file by hand and remove the '*' line? - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN+MDhAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiiMwH/Ratoe42O/Jbs96+BXG0L2Ix sm/a98n/IvWWPmB7hEe0xh0IqZZWyoQ9flCtanKp/KGbfcT6k1n+jAC9jvVEPjDv BXxi4CGTeAd17ZEaECeiKnNVRUppttDzwnIw7VojvFl3kzJhQM2rVZLnfwFboTyA Qjx2RjboTItJ09ZyKaaM+cbjCuPSUQ20b+Vt1/Ddzb/hvvSFhHgoxl3alR3Io4AT uiC80qWfADYJyAnKI3W0ZTb98n7UUIb2N4nEGq8A1NaDmqFEDeKIRMzKzsBM47Pq 7icRexiF37zAp5KrWMsjMsOBrInQZVHZhrORIFLrzwwCqvVhBHC2lnfdoYB8YFc= =pKgH -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df8c0e4.7000...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You don't need root priviliges to build a debian package. Use chown to change the owner of fglrx-driver-debian-package and contents. If your username is lina: $ sudo chown -R lina:lina ~/fglrx-driver-debian-package Please use dch to remove the 1:11-4-2.1 entry. 'Modify' rather than 'add' is the correct word. Sorry for my mistake. We only need the custom entry: 1:11-5-0lina1 plus the entries from the Debian team. The relevant part in 'man dpkg' is '--compare-versions' Only 3 steps left, but they are the most critical... - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN+KodAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJi0zcH/iXX5VTrOHInCRHIpIf8GTse wSuneu4a58jiNok5sQ2RN6cT0tzL51aqgbrir3SsEqlPaVIaN8oAYEokRIwBkMdW ADBA5nbXEU2m0QC8iNaJQLjnxGCkQe7q2ZLEvgdf052M8oKPZK8vI4bgoOncPEkl hCAFgoeEY3Gx7In59ZnL5f5HKHCDwwdbNbYgBUfJg9sx+ZH7U+KHm4IeahumJ+wN 55XdP0PCnLSpDzhFo16m5GXoccmh1G4m9dYACAOc/Znssw8Ao7xse1Tdz5qIqNmJ rzdLrjwD5Vs/w3mAHbz9g2GLoeFQnvsuW7Sg4Idhd4NmbeLzxs9zQLVeQxCj+L0= =5zCp -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df8aa24.5090...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
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Step 4: Update the changelog
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a) Install the package devscripts.
$ sudo apt-get install devscripts
b) Tell devscripts who you are:
$ export DEBEMAIL="${YOUR_EMAIL}"
$ export DEBFULLNAME="${YOUR_FULL_NAME}"
You can put the above lines in ~/.profile
c) Update the changelog to set the new version and revision.
$ cd ~/fglrx-driver-debian-package/fglrx-driver-11-5
$ dch
An editor window opens and you add a new entry to the changelog. Here is
mine:
***
fglrx-driver (1:11-5-0panayk1) squeeze-testing; urgency=low
* Non-maintainer upload.
* New upstream release.
-- Panayiotis Karabassis Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:41:10
+0300
***
c1) squeeze-testing is the distribution. I maintain an apt-repo. You
could try lina-testing.
c2) 1:11-5-0panayk1 is the revision. Let's dissect it.
1 = this is the epoch
:
11-5 = this is the upstream (ATI) version
- -
0panayk1 = The Debian revision
Let's analyze the Debian revision.
0 = because this is not part of Debian yet.
panayk1 = the first revision by panayk.
So you could put something like: 1:11-5-0lina1
d) You can use dpkg --compare-versions to compare versions:
$ man dpkg
dpkg is in package... well dpkg!
$ sudo apt-get install dpkg
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Re: ATI driver
m fglrx-control.install man fglrx-control.lintian-overrides NEWS fglrx-control.manpages patches fglrx-control.menu po fglrx-driver.config README.Debian fglrx-driver.defaultREADME.hacking fglrx-driver.doc-base reportbug fglrx-driver.docs rules fglrx-driver.installshlibs.local fglrx-driver.links source fglrx-driver.lintian-overrides source.lintian-overrides fglrx-driver.manpages watch We have now updated the package and are ready to begin porting it to Squeeze. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN95XsAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJitCwIAK7tuqBO7n3lFsV0jpsqDUL6 M/GNUvE/ZtbaE3fqFP3OFPUzQ+FXFC8u1rj+7BrtU6wyqFkYpQSb34wTNlwBMWX4 w0cSAZR06hTH8+QuKZlRyG1JkUiqDA6dM3SlEbjR4tUITVgcWBrfrRKAHUvsCgUU bcUjWmci3ne3ROe+zGC6M11zf4esTEC/YvDieOwR/OiENrmhbqKJKeU8irj/hcDN V16oqb/2SiWssaCgDa+K9UXbTG3nLs7x8ub0qOpjVsCXpnWH7Of0b6aBp4DvDS65 hsif8EA9M3GsrxfNWUMg+ajxH/BbtHTL83t4fncXDf06+MK8A9ck99yRqGc3ETM= =cAB/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df795ef.9080...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/14/2011 05:11 PM, lina wrote: > I am not sure in which directory, Not important. > :/var/local/cache/apt-build/buildATI/fglrx-driver-11-4/debian# apt-get > build-dep fglrx-driver > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > root@dove:/var/local/cache/apt-build/buildATI# apt-get build-dep fglrx-driver > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Then we are good to go, we have all packages installed. > There is an episode here, before I modified the source.list in another > desktop to reduce the risk, and then scp the apt-getted ones to my > present laptop. There is no risk anymore, thanks to apt-pinning (see first message). I will follow-up with step 3. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN927WAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJir0wH/jnY+UXJr4ITeYLEPAGpAoFp bSO0LrethUrGnBKVYeixfuLVKuNT0a/vT3Fjzd4nvEvdvS6USy9wb9qW9zmcrc8H YPRWfL0mADw2hgK4dLri2nYRlxMg85pyBJi8jfvhKGGrl90lKxZePeHQCUIVb7aw dj56giFwp/F9ogGtdcxrElPvo+/UmfA5H2eI3m1Ite8oKo1KN+UbaLNt5Yc0Y2sE +SZHdBkw+abafDDqShqVUujnjLVQI2AEcJiFhwnDYQR/xlzJO8OX2s+AxjxDfPTx bCPWHbKj4sZXxagPjRgiJtj5Om2AuxZpjpbSdHlMtbM1B1NcsCBCpC72h+C8KBY= =oeYc -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df76ed9.2070...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Haha, you almost got it. The short version: apt-get -t unstable source fglrx-driver But you need the deb-src line in your sources.list. See my previous message. Also please forget about dch for now, we need to do something else first. My mistake! We are going to do this in parallel, ok? First I do a step, then I write a message and you do it. That way you'll learn the process, and we'll make sure there are no mistakes in my instructions. The long version: - - a) First we tell apt about sid: $ sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list ... deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free ... [ESC]:wq (This tells vim to save and exit) b) Next we run apt-get update: $ sudo apt-get update c) Now we forbid normal installation from sid, using a mechanism called apt-pinning: $ sudo vim /etc/apt/preferences.d/90-sid.pref Explanation: Forbid sid. Package: * Pin: release n=sid Pin-Priority: -1 [ESC]:wq ( = save and exit ) d) Now we install the sources from sid. $ cd && \ mkdir fglrx-driver-debian-package && \ cd fglrx-driver-debian-package $ pwd /home/lina/fglrx-driver-debian-package $ apt-get -t unstable source fglrx-driver [... long wait ...] dpkg-source: info: extracting fglrx-driver in fglrx-driver-11-4 dpkg-source: info: unpacking fglrx-driver_11-4.orig.tar.bz2 dpkg-source: info: unpacking fglrx-driver_11-4-2.debian.tar.gz dpkg-source: info: applying 01-CONFIG_X86_XEN.diff dpkg-source: info: applying 02-dkms-arch_compat.diff dpkg-source: info: applying 03-authatieventsd.sh.diff dpkg-source: info: applying 05-fix-global-kernel-lock.diff dpkg-source: info: applying 06-no-smp-lock.diff dpkg-source: info: applying 07-2.6.39-support.diff $ ls fglrx-driver-11-4 fglrx-driver_11-4-2.dsc fglrx-driver_11-4-2.debian.tar.gz fglrx-driver_11-4.orig.tar.bz2 $ ls fglrx-driver-11-4/debian/ acpifglrx-driver.postinst amdcccle.1 fglrx-driver.postrm amdcccle.desktopfglrx-driver.preinst amdcccle.xpmfglrx-driver.templates changelog fglrx-glx-ia32.install compat fglrx-glx-ia32.lintian-overrides configuration fglrx-glx-ia32.postinst control fglrx-glx-ia32.postrm copyright fglrx-glx-ia32.preinst dkmsfglrx-glx.install fglrx-atieventsd.defaultfglrx-glx.lintian-overrides fglrx-atieventsd.docs fglrx-glx.postinst fglrx-atieventsd.init fglrx-glx.postrm fglrx-atieventsd.installfglrx-glx.preinst fglrx-atieventsd.lintian-overrides fglrx-modules-dkms.install fglrx-atieventsd.manpages fglrx-modules-dkms.lintian-overrides fglrx-atieventsd.preinstfglrx-modules-dkms.postinst fglrx-atieventsd.README.selinux fglrx-modules-dkms.prerm fglrx-control.install man fglrx-control.lintian-overrides NEWS fglrx-control.manpages patches fglrx-control.menu po fglrx-driver.config README.Debian fglrx-driver.defaultREADME.hacking fglrx-driver.doc-base reportbug fglrx-driver.docs rules fglrx-driver.installshlibs.local fglrx-driver.links source fglrx-driver.lintian-overrides source.lintian-overrides fglrx-driver.manpages watch - - That's it!!! Now we are ready for the next step. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN91z4AAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiTFsIAKia6ERiNMIaCjHZk0Yt5ovv 9f3r9i5vnWT2mdsCAzPqYBMz0QI+KWQ1Eaa7LaV7cpRyVJUAGnKlb7hCA9I8UUhg uhbT/6r+/Ci55LtU99Yd+R/7MgBPb1RSwr5oYKQ/MEwdoVhk18aNFhKA3tR+8xMP NGzj3rnaJqzss/6v7gE+j/tTH4PK3A7zOV1slONSIgsU+iF/mRcMBOgJnHcTgHM5 46e9u8ZuQtO+lg03m0iDRGBcV/C58O9AR9bovyj691um2kK1sIKD0gQEvQaO92hL bdjDyT1jA1WfF0/xHI39YZZCfJglctJsutrkRSKkKquMLuD0aBSQzaiO0xx9KsI= =bOFO -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df75cfb.2010...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
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On 06/14/2011 01:25 PM, lina wrote:
> # ls fglrx-driver_11-4
> fglrx-driver_11-4-2.debian.tar.gz fglrx-driver_11-4.orig.tar.bz2
> fglrx-driver_11-4-2.dsc
>
> and then?
You should have (if you ran apt-get source) or must create - by
extracting the .tars - the following structure:
fglrx-driver-11-4
fglrx-driver-11-4/debian
First step: run dch from package devscripts in dir fglrx-driver-11-4.
Customize the entry as follows:
fglrx-driver (11-4-2${YOUR_REVISION}) ${SOME_DIST}; urgency=${URGENCY}
For example:
fglrx-driver (11-4-2lina1) lina-testing; urgency=low
Add comments as you like.
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Re: ATI driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/14/2011 07:07 AM, lina wrote: > :/etc/apt# more sources.list > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free > deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free You can get a list of mirrors at: http://www.debian.org/mirror/list Make sure to revert sources.list when you are done! - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN9vcIAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiuEMIAJ0iVdflhNcmt5bN0jfKDoR0 YKOR80ueGecJDq0VJ5soYSwGT65hlq7ENCcnxr6kKbGRe0WKh/u5VxRz3872X2w3 VGhQ0sexo2fdVMF5Kk+Sfaw9KGTyi5d4YKnTLzPCWNv/4lysQFlAFGyDuW6y1aBC 2T2SpComQi4bF9/WvjCwkl6cP/5mNMFTA3aLPdrAc05ZqNxR3M55r3YrbNnPJK1v gk4l4Wa+u2oAZ44KB+QP6tGdyex467lXNwXMQjAQemJ39zfN4fF0EDuqaUljPcd9 syb+2KUgvVo3biFI5phMzvn0aQxmcgntgLY9aesYzC2u0L8RNXzNX+EaXEBljE0= =ZnV8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df6f70c.4040...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/13/2011 08:12 PM, lina wrote: > I am not a smart person at all. Don't say that!!! Rather I suck at explaining! :-) > I failed to catch the meaning of > "modify it to reflect Stable's requirements", can you tell me a bit > slowly. Basically modify debian/control. We'll get back on that. > Do I need download all the .dsc and .original.tar.gz of each of them > from below link? > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=fglrx&searchon=names&suite=testing§ion=all The .dsc no. You just need .orig.tar.gz and .debian.tar.gz. An easy way is to add sid to your /etc/apt/sources.list (Just duplicate and change the line for squeeze) and run: apt-get -t=sid source fglrx-driver MAKE SURE TO REVERT sources.list AFTERWARDS. Otherwise you'll have a SERIOUS PROBLEM next time you install a package or safe-upgrade!!! > In the next two days I will be pretty "free", so I wanna try. But if > you are busy, so please just forget it. cause once start, I gotta lots > of questions. Sure, works for me. It won't take *that* much time. > I don't have the ability yet. possibly a mess-er rather a maintainer. It was just as difficult for me when I was new to the Debian packaging process (I still am). You'll have much more confidence when you are done with this package, you'll see. I'll walk you through it. - -- Cheers, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN9lCXAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiLlwIAK4/2OBk7ymOzacMQ+55PW// QpGLIHh4A5SeliCVOvsEl8/W99FvnUsoj8dOhHQm+xqFA2PdRiIMrt+zDFOw5UOd p8xVUKdyV0SJzkUdwzaPgnxSjsHVE9KzLhxBXuyYdOeNBQICwN+h0kXnqrGbCX0f C9o7TQonOSJO+CAXwwd90o1VkHIebv+ceyhVHtE+fwX29OXD80y+H7FUETHeIu0h +DUsCgu3Wc7kpz/Xp7r7Rllu8HMxpfi7orKDy2uscKHyyt6Jn/ODlPCfMaaWC1Rh KevWeT9YQ25GuarmQVUqs0OdJhyqqpycERS9E75LdQkrrKdbSD0TO+zp4CTwm8c= =vSf0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df6509a.9090...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/13/2011 07:46 PM, lina wrote: > That's very nice of you. If you'd like I wish you can tell me how to > package it next time when it come out. I mean, the step. 1. You basically download the latest package source from Debian, say Testing. You modify it to reflect Stable's requirements. This step only needs to be done once, and I've done it. 2. Then you run debian/rules with arguments telling it to download a specific version from ATI and "debianize" it. 3. After that you just issue a debuild, optionally with the '-sa' parameter to include sources in the presumed upload to a Debian archive. Of course there are incompatibilities occasionally with new versions. The easy way is to wait for the Debian team to resolve them, and use their work. Hehe. I've forgotten the particulars myself so I'll post again when the package comes out and you can take it from there. Hey, if you are going to be doing this regularly others should benefit from your work. I suggest making your work available at Debian Backports, so that all Stable users can use it! I'm sure they'll accept you as a maintainer! - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN9kErAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiUfIH/1kkx75muAbGsDEAp687yuN0 FnpDLzzG+UtAhtugW75Ml2s3NEyrq/qGk2iAhd8D8rWNwSK3esLfNF7XHUvguF4K UsajOdwt6+ealtDBMm2mSnw0S1/auTdgLMJnr7Xi+861I/Pe/UFzMzw+KimWaHq7 cDgRgxUrFe6tRhLXaN3wD7K4BYYnkIy/a4jHpDPVIWhy+kX5XYqKcBH7FtBn6SMC PTwvoPzD+RqPbq31RZ0W/dEowcffz9nZMvgxvUbtjjF36BXhi1vCIQkHqB+Wfq/H 31zTxOniEsnj5T+X6ac1G+zvi13CRAHQAES2zbzKkAfVWEzDIf9jyQg5cfKjtZY= =2mKF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df6412e.10...@gmail.com
Re: ATI driver
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On 06/13/2011 07:35 PM, lina wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do you still remember that one month ago you suggested me to post
> again in the middle of Jun about whether there is new version of ATI
> driver come out?
>
> in case you forget about the topic we talked, I attached the link:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/05/msg00016.html
>
> Do I need to post again?
>
> Thanks,
Hi Lina! How have you been? :-)
No I haven't forgotten, as a matter of fact I've been checking the ATI
website, but 11-6 hasn't come out yet. It should be straightforward to
package it, when it does come out.
The link is:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx
And we are waiting for version 11-6. The versions are named after their
release date: ${LAST_TWO_DIGITS_OF_YEAR}-${MONTH_NUMBER}.
If I miss it, feel free to email me and I'll be happy to package it.
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Re: login as root to GUI
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/20/2011 09:04 AM, Charlie wrote: > On Thu, 19 May 2011 12:17:54 -0400 > Dick Bayerl wrote: > >> I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with >> the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't make changes >> to various files. Not the owner. I am just now installing DEBIAN on >> a second machine and keeping careful notes about the password to see >> if that will work. I really like the idea of working with DEBIAN and >> hope I can get past this issue. >> Dick Bayerl > > So when your Debian installation asks you if you want to "allow" root to > log in you say "no"? > > Be well, > Charlie It is possible to login as root (I think you have to configure pam and gnome/X) but it is not recommended. Instead it is recommended that you use 'su' and 'sudo'. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN1g+eAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiTJwIAKgb/6O7n2Dwj5+e69U19+zz u3s3pw746Dne7nTBPeVjDIwSMc+gLvIE04rFQerX9ImjHEDJJ8B3UK54ByPoSxCo hYRK3ylm+m+/ao5KTyeN6P87hPKsSihJVi6nzA2d8Ypdsj8rBBwqf7yC6tYUQEoB buLqloeMQ5dIr9GNZ9ruFMm0FHHeWed9jmx/tsKbf+pPRCwR/gGnMk7jisji6zv7 CbKrxstwj0245FSIYLTggNtkdLfPLdxOcRK2Tf66BPAg4mAFj9ExsMYZduGEIcR+ N8xNQpmWOzqMl56ybqRqqpH3Li0SHzEtqIEd7ZQdNEuhxKPwFjiQw87NnjHf9M0= =4xxg -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dd60fa1.8080...@gmail.com
reorganize reprepro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I am maintaining a reprepro apt repository. As the packages grow, I need to change its structure. Currently I have three distributions: stable, testing, unstable and a single component main. First, are there any suggestions about the structure of my repository? Packages will be targeted to combinations of Debian Squeeze, Debian Wheezy, Ubuntu "X", Debian Mentors, Debian Backports etc. Also the repo must be separated according to stability of packages. Tried packages belong in a "stable" subdivision, new packages in a "testing" or "unstable" subdivision etc. Another possible partition is by "free-ness" as in Debian. Second, my main question: How to achieve this restructuring with reprepro? Do I need to recreate the repo from scratch? Or can I achieve, for example, the renaming of distributions with a command? The man page did not yield any results. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN0/y/AAoJEN7RcJcJCZJi480H/1tMJYx8RLPCogGdRTeh7HhY THSCGkHICogGEqV6JXjI9Hmkj0lclP06AsOJnQLyQMxKH1ei2MMbLKUL96EbkgaM C/6jKFUm/4mFGNMq4TjiYT1nzMLcY3OWZuJqFQo5L7bMd4EwkixvbWHdesPCEd3E EljNF3JJL8FlkjgQ7cddMP2eGOD7NP6xoyIyyn3JZz2ufEyDUODv1mziNeLf7grf VFtMqxwBmIt2LagplZZL+pInhZ/32ZN1PpSTlwuJIRZ/h6AeJ0KSegWeNUkhDpMn rUk67FXG6/LtFo+ByY9jHoRZjQclkkwV3MbFCvM65hFdSJYJP0NPeq4HtPWyFFo= =Arb4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dd3fcc2.4000...@gmail.com
Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver
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On 05/16/2011 03:30 PM, lina wrote:
> No. it's still at the right bottom. showing the same
> AMD
> Unsupported hardware.
Hi! Googling suggests that we need to find a suitable /etc/ati/control file.
a) Can you confirm that the "problem" with your card is that it is too
new, not too old?
b) Can you make sure that /etc/ati/control is the same as the one
shipped in the 11-5 package? To do this, first extract the fglrx-driver
package in a dir of your choosing. Then copy the
${dirname}/etc/ati/control file to /etc/ati/control. Reboot the xserver.
If the card is too old we have to use an /etc/ati/control from an old
driver instead.
If the card is too new, and if the above does not work, we will probably
have to wait for a more recent driver to be released.
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Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/16/2011 03:30 PM, lina wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis > wrote: > No. it's still at the right bottom. showing the same > AMD > Unsupported hardware. Ok, so we are almost done. We just have to figure out how to get rid of the icon. Will look into it. > I just have installed. the direct rendering is yes. Great! > If you have some suggestions about xorg.conf please feel free to let > me know. Mine is so simple. I don't know much about xorg.conf, but minimal is best, because xserver autodetects most settings. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN0R86AAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiyCgH/0UcuvNtxwULrZ7q6GPN7Gcz 1kPqn/FbzPDvVdUozPdPdtD91+UmxuNP3fmVBBZIJYbs09eXg8R6kPo9Rzz951D3 xrEjh3RnvTqjRj2E7FDVPfwP4nR91x7IKWV+p3Dwf37XjTgOAIVJcYwIWK9iqEg3 oDJzCp9TgVzYDeLCulLASYjmcJqvp1G3KDv11wzuJBOVZgQrXAid1CsDdAELdUrw CbSH0vnrXV7rA4yUW58uabau+P+8pK9ooucghqDlAecpXrhyA4CwCrAHxvo73gFz mx9gkInB7TEvsZFupKiYY/OXeYd7aJzy7q0+3QlMn/r6T06dmIgCwLyrk1po/PQ= =D2ir -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dd11f3d.10...@gmail.com
Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver
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On 05/16/2011 10:31 AM, lina wrote:
> Thanks for the new packages. I installed.
>
> How do I examine the differences between 11-5 and 11-3, seems there is
> none obvious differences (checked by eyes only).
I suppose they are too small to be noticed on trivial inspection. Maybe
performance?
Some questions:
a) I understand the 11-5 works now, correct?
b) Is the icon gone?
c) Have you installed mesa-utils? Is direct rendering enabled?
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Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! This should fix the module issue: http://code.google.com/p/fglrx-squeeze/downloads/detail?name=11-5-0panayk2_amd64.tar.bz2&can=2&q=#makechanges glxinfo is in package mesa-utils. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN0MxiAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJieaUH/1YdzVbn6nWDzNOfrThhlMxk F/em1XThtVzYQ+RrhqR7laxPy8didxqXVoNvXirOrUu8X+l8A2JI4FlKq2WT/455 i2gXa9UqcSSFgGVmjVAEDcrVSwUHZ6OWfne/5R89782HN9D4MIDvpRhhfsh8QFgY f8Itx6MYGqckG2dRWhtk8/4+1H3T/FGCqhuJOP9OV2Xap9RnkK2+XTMufVOQdBU7 o3rtCZspy259db2Vy70durTnMo6cyXJhlPZTE1wVENKwh8UJS+fwF2tHajHy0QJ6 LNr8Fhl5++FDrPqhkLkR+0YczKvNCpr3fKh/dFVWV87g5JWwJRdLMKF5RbCG33g= =O4Kv -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dd0cc65.2010...@gmail.com
Re: Getting ralink driver working?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/14/2011 11:16 PM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Is there any way i can just downgrade the kernel and leave the rest of the > system? Im running wheezy because in the past Ive never > had a problem running testing versions, and i might as well stay up to date. > There's nothing specific i need in the testing kernel. > > But it would be a pain to wipe everything and reinstall. > > Thanks! > > Jen Of course, it is possible, no reinstall is required. Please consult apt_preferences on "pinning" the kernel to a specified version. Post back if you need guidance. If the downgrade solves your problem, I would also suggest opening a bug report. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNzudUAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiAVoH/06DBWBL+VH2V2SfAQu84xB+ 9i2RTlIJ+B7TpWn5S0x+z/Hmb9d/23sahzGDfriYtAITpC5oxBoMmxmNAt4nkqRK 2MYQbl2mbXJ1rIhsyYoz7PN4C7y3fHI9ybgbnhcGsIvf3e5FZkpto3URzkQqZ3c2 Dv9K2chkplhlgPJo3JGKdvFwc0qn6coBXnV3QaNeo2NkMsMO7/OqU6hBS5K4uguC NEE5qX1e5Y4UeJ3qof0NMLaN39aAv4u4WiE5lXe7li/aWYV7Ht6fY0Qz0uR0fjFB tS/oYCyuYL0W57n0VC4Np/By1nFM3dXpOiTpquE4WVMGcc4u6wafRXBWbP6U5mc= =tD55 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dcee758.6090...@gmail.com
Re: Getting ralink driver working?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/14/2011 10:26 PM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > $ sudo modprobe rt2860sta > FATAL: Module rt2860sta not found. $ apt-file find rt2860sta linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860/rt2860sta.ko [...] I guess I downgrade is in order? - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNzt0HAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJiEzwH/A+YXv+i++LdMNgfy+SgX9uN sMaF2Or+km4eoueXrrEpGqHFuqHbpATRNkM2Xsp8kcip5l0dY7sxOlCqXuAwvBh6 4F2dzLpnyFWId6kfBJQIIGGM0FxU2K5pPE6oFpIC0SNr0bEPKUAT7t82I9opfFvN UPCi7zEpFGfbGgKGjkt+dGLN+Ph695Pj4Dr69g5ruqi8VVEhoXHmneB1iDlmmiEG qe/aFjhYkeeVfz+NehmXvUC0h2QEiAjFj/dP5DstK7RcQowGBL8dAvuLjLWpv0BQ DRsvrewfAd9Z/hXsYPHSXvFj9vI3FOiowTVSiutQcwu03SGvpVO7QliHihsULOQ= =Y/OM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dcedd07.8020...@gmail.com
Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/14/2011 09:04 PM, lina wrote: > Hi, Hi! > You may check another email I sent to u about the icon. I got the email, I'll try to find out how to get rid of the icon. > That's very nice of you. I wish you can tell me how to build a working .deb > to install. But it might be so trouble. You are welcome! It takes some investment of time and mental effort, but the Debian packaging process is well-structured, well-documented and powerful. Start here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ I recommend this, particularly if your work/studies is computer related. You can even become a Debian Developer! For fglrx backports, you'll just need to be familiar with debian/control and debian/changelog. > Have a nice weekend, > > Lina You too! You can tell if acceleration is enabled by running: $ glxinfo | grep "direct rendering" - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNztwpAAoJEN7RcJcJCZJicJAH/0kPpbKhMNWVK3yqDVs2xZmB eJx16554nVlUKJvM5D+Go+HdozF6a5Gn0a8CsFbg1OTJ98/xfIMS63kz/0dpxwTx HCqvTpS7zciQrzszKBYA/88ja51X1/k5WWn2vzYNsNfQXWMUovrc+ldrIbaG9M8P HD7IhWqozpu2qSHcw/YoXoLZVeDTCKDyEEJjp5GY0ICMaM2tCsby4ZRyY53pBc0j DFpNQTxksIotB+viPFcchVxHDl0sggabN3SGmlsruYOFnOW1np03GYPakekQdSSE WRlppZgbTZZ3OvBagILNAdGsix/S0S4715tfmCW05AjJyZ6s3wlJFzT9zNtqB7k= =CCxK -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dcedc2c.1020...@gmail.com
