Re: Web page management.

[Peter Easthope]

In-reply-to: <20230208191831.x6zp7ybzizmbq...@randomstring.org>
References: 
<20230208191831.x6zp7ybzizmbq...@randomstring.org>

From: Dan Ritter 
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 14:18:31 -0500
> The thing you're looking at is the uBlock Origin widget,
> and it shows things that your browser is being told to retrieve
> by the code of the website that it is looking at.

Thanks.  Ie. the claim by CRA tech support is false.  =8~/

Without studying the source of Firefox, how can you be sure it isn't
initiating the request to gstatic.com or omtrdc.net?

Thx,   ... P.

Swaks usage.

[Peter Easthope]

To my understanding the email host in this test is run by
hostgator.com. The service is purchased from a reseller and
hostgator doesn't make itself evident.

TLS starts OK.  Correct?

There is no problem for the Web interface to mail; userid and password
are correct.  Can the problem be anything other than authentication
protocol?

Any particular swaks parameters suggested?

Thanks,  ... P.

swaks -a PLAIN,LOGIN -au peter -ap  -tlsc --port 465 -s
mail.easthope.ca -t a...@mail.ubc.ca
=== Trying mail.easthope.ca:465...
=== Connected to mail.easthope.ca.
=== TLS started with cipher TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256
=== TLS no local certificate set
=== TLS peer DN="/OU=Domain Control Validated/OU=Hosted by HostGator.com,
LLC./OU=PositiveSSL Wildcard/CN=*.websitewelcome.com"
<~  220-ccx.websitewelcome.com ESMTP Exim 4.92 #2 Fri, 24 Jan 2020
16:02:23 -0600
<~  220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
<~  220 and/or bulk e-mail.
 ~> EHLO dalton.invalid
<~  250-ccx.websitewelcome.com Hello dalton.invalid [142.103.107.137]
<~  250-SIZE 52428800
<~  250-8BITMIME
<~  250-PIPELINING
<~  250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
<~  250 HELP
 ~> AUTH PLAIN 
<~* 535 Incorrect authentication data
 ~> AUTH LOGIN
<~  334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
 ~> ...
<~  334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
 ~> 
<~* 535 Incorrect authentication data
*** No authentication type succeeded
 ~> QUIT
<~  221 ccx.websitewelcome.com closing connection
=== Connection closed with remote host.


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Wiki software.

[Peter Easthope]

A friend asked about setting up a wiki for development of a relatively
simple document.  Mostly text.  Possibly a few illustrations.  Running
on a personal machine or a hosting service; not determined yet.
Authenticated access to a large group of people; not public.

MediaWiki is an obvious possibility.  Too complex?  MoinMoin as used
for wiki.debian.org isn't so visually appealing; just a configuration
choice?  Many others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software

Advice?

Thanks, ... Peter E.

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Jittery desktop mode.

[Peter Easthope]

In Debian 10, since an update a few weeks back, the display has
included a weird spontaneous jittery mode.  The browser can work
for several minutes with no problem.  Then with no warning
components in the desktop begin flashing. A desktop chooser or
indicator in the center of the screen rapidly cycles 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, ...

It seems to be triggered by a mouse click; haven't found anything
more specific.  If keyboard and mouse input are suspended for
several seconds the activity dies down.  When the episode is
finished, seemingly normal usage can continue.

A few seconds of the behavior is visible here.
http://easthope.ca/Debian10.2.2020.01.19.mp4

Wayland/westan is also installed.  In weston the mouse pointer
can jump erratically but other graphical components are stable.

At present I wouldn't know what to file a bug report against.

Ideas?

Thanks,... P.

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Persistent names for audio devices.

[Peter Easthope]

systemd provides a sane means to assign a human-chosen persistent name
to a network interface.
https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkInterfaceNames#CUSTOM_SCHEMES_USING_.LINK_FILES

Can an audio device be named similarly?  Eg. given two USB audio
adapters how would they be assigned the names "USBheadset" and
"USBspeakers"?

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Android emulator

[Peter Easthope]

https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools indiates 
that Android SDK is a rather complex beast.

Suppose a user needs one or a few Android apps 
but is not particularly interested in owning an 
Android device.  Is installation of Android SDK 
to a small laptop and app usage there feasible?  
Or not worth the distraction and better to buy 
a tablet or smartphone?

Thanks,        ... Peter E.

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Re: Mail reflector how to?

[Peter Easthope]

References: <8d21f1dacfbad111baf300805fbb1148f0c...@mathexch1.mobility.com>

This Web based mailer won't allow me to put the references
in the header.  Sorry.

From: "Smith, Brian N." , Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:04:13
-0400
> Does anybody know of a mail reflector how to for Debian and could recommend
> a mail package to use as such?

A similar or identical requirement here.  A MUA not supporting STARTTLS 
and a server requiring STARTTLS. Is there an arrangement by which the 
local MUA can have a POP3 connection to software on the local host 
which has a POP3 connection, with STARTTLS, to a remote server?  

Thanks,                         ... Peter E.

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Destination of a new window with multiple monitors available.

[Peter Easthope]

Given one screen on two monitors and an application, can the default
destination of a new window for the application be configured
permanently?  Make leafpad always prefer the left monitor for example.
leafpad doesn't have a pertinent option.  Also not within the
scope of X11.

The report from xrandr follows.

Thanks,... Peter E.

peter@dalton:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2432 x 960, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA-0 connected 1280x960+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
300mm x 225mm
  ...
DVI-0 connected 1152x864+1280+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
310mm x 232mm
  ...
S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

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editing ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga/contacts/%gconf.xml

[Peter Easthope]

Appears that the graphical contact list in ekiga is based upon
~/.gconf/apps/ekiga/contacts/%gconf.xml .

Does the first character of the file name, %, have a significance
beyond being very unusual?

Manipulation of the graphical contact list is too inconvenient.
Does anyone keep contacts as plain text and update %gconf.xml
by an automated means?

Thanks,... Peter E.

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installing debian on a CF card.

[Peter Easthope]

Hi,

Debian on a CF is an interesting possibility.
http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/75-debian/53-debian-server-compact-flash
My objective is to replace a failed hdd in an Armada laptop
with a CF.

I tried the base installation with jessie images running
under QEMU.  Tried current CD and netinst images.
The base installation fails with messages visible in /var/log/syslog.

debootstrap: /var/cache/apt/archives/dmidecode_2.12-3_i386.deb
debootstrap: /var/cache/apt/archives/traceroute_1%3a2.0.20-2+b1_i386.deb

Reference: http://easthope.ca/DebootstrapFailure.jpg

Has anyone tried this method of installation?
The problem here is with the *.deb repository?
QEMU configuration?

Thanks, ... Peter E.

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Installing debian on a CF card.

[Peter Easthope]

Hi,

Debian on a CF is an interesting
possibility.http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/75-debian/53-debian-server-compact-flash
My objective is to replace a failed hdd in an Armada laptop
with a CF.

I tried the base installation using the current jessie CD
image running under QEMU.  Also tried the netinst image.
The base installation fails with messages visible in
/var/log/syslog.

debootstrap: /var/cache/apt/archives/dmidecode_2.12-3_i386.deb
debootstrap: /var/cache/apt/archives/traceroute_1%3a2.0.20-2+b1_i386.deb

Reference: http://easthope.ca/DebootstrapFailure.jpg

Has anyone tried this method of installation?
The problem here involves the *.deb repository?
QEMU configuration?

Thanks, ... Peter E.

display problem from wheezy=>jessie upgrade.

[Peter Easthope]

Any ideas about this?
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796113

No such problem for wheezy.

Thanks, ... Peter E.

In the svn client, revising the URI for the svn server.

[Peter Easthope]

Suppose that a local repository is created.
svn checkout http://a.b.c/d

Various updates are completed.  Then the server moves to
x.y.z and continues to operate as usual.
Is there any way for the adminstrator of the local
repository to revise the URI recorded in the local client?

Must the local repository can be deleted and created
again?
cd path
rm -r d
svn checkout http://x.y.z/d

Thanks, ... Peter E.

A capability in the IMAP protocol.

[Peter Easthope]

Hi,

Does the IMAP protocol allow retrieving a message, body included, from
a server and then deleting from the server while keeping on the client?
This might be described as simulating a POP behavour in IMAP.

If the protocol allows this, is the capability implemented in most clients?

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Failure of X in Wheezy on Compaq Armada E500.

[Peter Easthope]

No problem with X in Squeeze on this machine.  In Wheezy there
is an error when attempting to set MTRR.  Details here.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=748017

Other cases have the complaint about MTRR but no solution
here yet.  Ideas welcome.

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Mutt: SSL Certificate check ... SASL authentication failed

[Peter Easthope]

In accord to https://wiki.debian.org/Mutt, these four lines are in .muttrc.

set smtp_url = smtps://pe...@easthope.ca:465  # ESMTP with TLS
set smtp_pass=_
set from=pe...@easthope.ca
set realname=Pete

A test message yields the following output.
The problem is at COMODO CA Limited?  Any further ideas?

Thanks,   ... Peter E.


This certificate belongs to:
   *.websitewelcome.com

   Domain Control Validated


This certificate was issued by:
   PositiveSSL CA 2
   COMODO CA Limited

   Salford  Greater Manchester  GB

This certificate is valid
   from Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 UTC
 to Mon, 29 May 2017 23:59:59 UTC
SHA1 Fingerprint: 22F7 8697 96A8 3BDC 90D2 1DB0 3630 CD55 9B23 7E17
MD5 Fingerprint: 94F3 9FEC B7A1 DD10 9215 37F6 CC73 6334

WARNING: Server hostname does not match certificate


-- Mutt: SSL Certificate check (certificate 2 of 2 in chain)
SASL authentication failed


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Re^2: Mutt: SSL Certificate check ... SASL authentication failed

[Peter Easthope]

References: 2b8c71ec0272453c696df1a5d4ad9c87.squir...@easthope.ca
53115869.3090...@gmail.com

From: Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:47:53 +1100
 Shouldn't that certificate be for domain from which you are mailing?
 e.g. *.easthope.ca

Why?  The only configuration given to mutt was the four lines
mentioned.  The response from mutt was quoted without change;
except that I put the second === ... === ahead of the last
two lines rather than after.  The report ends with these lines.

WARNING: Server hostname does not match certificate

-- Mutt: SSL Certificate check (certificate 2 of 2 in chain)
SASL authentication failed


My interpretation is that mutt, or SASL on behalf of mutt, got
a certificate from websitewelcome.  That certificate is authenticated
by a root certificate from COMODO.  SASL found that the name in the
root certificate doesn't match the name of the server which sent it.
Is that wrong?

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netcat usage.

[Peter Easthope]

Can anyone offer a solution for this?

[user@computer ~]$ nc -l 25 -e /usr/sbin/ssmtp
Ncat: bind to :::25: Permission denied. QUITTING.

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Re(2): netcat usage.

[Peter Easthope]

References: 9802e1a04541ccc2a9d2c5d8b89c6c0f.squir...@easthope.ca
23022014193900.3e6e4cc30...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk

I'll be putting References in the header again soon.

From: Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:43:12 +
 Which netcat are you using?

[user@computer ~]$ nc  --version
Ncat: Version 6.40 ( http://nmap.org/ncat )

 Mine (which I will not reveal :) ) does does not offer -e as an option.

-e is a contentious option?  Does anyone have it in Debian?

Regards,  ... Peter

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Re: netcat usage.

[Peter Easthope]

References: a7f1e371d326618f1b4877e7b9e45483.squir...@easthope.ca
530a9882.4040...@gmail.com

From: Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:55:30 +1100
 NOTE: there four different netcats available in Wheezy.

I found three.
netcat-openbsd, netcat-traditional, netcat6.

netcat-openbsd pleads ignorance.
peter@dalton:~$ nc -l 25 -e ssmtp
nc: invalid option -- 'e'
  ...

netcat-traditional listens on the port; or appears to and does nothing.
peter@dalton:~$ nc -l 25 -e ssmtp
[gears humming]

netcat6 refuses.
peter@dalton:~$ nc -l -p 25 -e ssmtp
nc: bind to source :: 25 failed: Permission denied
nc: bind to source 0.0.0.0 25 failed: Permission denied
nc: failed to bind to any local addr/port

From: Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:17:04 +
 You start a thread. You then respond to it and break the thread.
 Do you do this by design?

The browser doesn't have a means to include References in the header.
Sorry.  References are at the top of the message and I can include
References in the header when mail is working again.  More explanation here.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Message_Threading_and_Replying

From: Pascal Hambourg pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:22:10 +0100
[Binding to a port below 1024] just requires that the process has the
CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE capability.

Thanks.  With that tip I might make nc in netcat6 work.

Regards,... Peter E.

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Re: POP3 softwares.

[Peter Easthope]

On Sun, January 19, 2014 2:53 am, Nemeth Gyorgy wrote:
 I use fetchmail for similar task.

OK; thanks.  In your application, where or how does fetchmail deliver
messages?
The documentation I've seen mentions acquisition by POP but doesn't mention
disposal.
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POP3 softwares.

[Peter Easthope]

Problem
Given a remote POP3 server which provides SSL.  Also a MUA on a
local host, which retrieves by POP3 when activated by the user and
lacks SSL.  Try to move messages from the server to the MUA.

Candidate Solution
Let getmail, in the POP3-over-SSL instance, retrieve messages from
the server and queue in an mbox file.  Run qpopper to allow the MUA
to retrieve from the mbox on demand.

Questions
1. Rather than getmail and qpopper, can one software do this task?
   If so, which is recommended?
2. The documentation for qpopper suggests that it can only acquire
   messages from a spool.  If the answer to 1 is no, is there
   some way to pipe messages directly from the retrieving POP3 to
   the delivering POP3?

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2.5 hdd _versus_ a PATA-SDHC adapter.

[Peter Easthope]

Hi,

There is a Sharp Mobius laptop here where I can install either a 
2.5 hdd or a PATA-SDHC adapter with a SDHC card, such as this.  
  http://www.ebay.ca/itm/360723057667
Then install Debian.  

I've used an OLPC XO-1.5 for about a year and am fairly convinced 
that SDHC can provide primary storage.  Conversely, the XO system 
is optimized for SDHC whereas Debian is not.  So I wonder which of 
the two stores will serve my requirement better.  Advice is welcome. 

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Re: Dying Iceweasel.

[Peter Easthope]

Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:19:38 +1000
Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com wrote,
 I can't duplicate your problem... why don't you bypass the monkey and 
go to:-

https://login.skype.com/account/signup-form

 no ffflash required there
 no long URL either.

That works; but other pages also crashed iceweasel and the Skype case 
was only a convenient example.  One way or another a working browser is 
needed.


On 25/05/12 06:36 AM, Camaleón wrote:

This one?
https://login.skype.com/intl/es/account/signup-form


It was a long ugly thing containing unpronounceable strings.
The Armada is about 40 km away and I can't reproduce the URI 
immediately.  OpenVPN has a tunnel open but VLC isn't working.


 The above URI loads fine here (Lenny+firefox 12).

Works fine on this Foxconn desktop, Dalton, also.

 Anyway, what are the key differences between your 2 systems?

Package listings are here.
http://142.103.107.138/ArmadaPackages;
http://142.103.107.138/DaltonPackages;

 Mmm, isn't that something related to the sound? :-?

Yes, disabling sound to fix a browser is weird.  I hate to say it but 
the phrase bad software engineering springs to mind.


 Yes, update your Iceweasel (and your flash player plugin) to the 
lastest version available, that will solve most of the browser 
unexpected closing issues.


After difficulties when I last installed testing, including the odyssey 
entailed in the switch from Grub to Grub 2, I vowed to never again stray 
from stable.


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Re: Dying Iceweasel.

[Peter Easthope]

On 25/05/12 09:49 AM, Camaleón wrote:

Running testing is not a guaratee for having the latest versions of the
programs, you have to check by your own, for instance, Wheezy has
Icewasel 10.0 while Firefox is now 12 (so you can still test with Firefox
12 -download and run- and see what happens) and the same can happen with
the flash player plugin, you can verify what version are you running from


OK, I should have compared the outputs from dpkg -l more thoroughly.
For example,
peter@dalton:~$ dpkg -l iceweasel | grep ice
ii  iceweasel  12.0-7~bpo60+1  Web browser based on Firefox

whereas,
peter@armada:~$ dpkg -l iceweasel | grep ice
rc  iceweasel  3.5.16-15  Web browser based on Firefox
.

Also I'd forgotten about,
peter@dalton:~$ grep back /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release

and there are no such entries in armada.  After these lines are added
to armada:/etc/apt/sources.list, aptitude declines to update iceweasel 
claiming that the source is untrusted.  Months back I must have fixed 
aptitude configuration in dalton to allow untrusted sources and 
forgotten about that little detail.  Is there a straightforward way to 
deal with this?


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Fwd: Switching between modes in mutt.

[Peter Easthope]

This morning I skimmed through
http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-2.html#ss2.3 .  Section 2.3
describes index mode and pager mode.  In index mode, typing a message
number opens the message in the pager.  That's the switch from index to
pager.  How is a switch from pager to index invoked?  Ie.,
when finished reading a message, how can I see the index again?

Thanks, ... P.

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Dying Iceweasel.

[Peter Easthope]

Two systems here with current Squeeze.  One is a Compaq Armada E500; the 
other a generic desktop machine with a Foxconn board.  Try this in each. 
 In iceweasel, google site:skype.com create account and attempt to 
open the account creation page.  The URI is too long to mention.


In the Foxconn machine, the page opens with no problem.  In the Armada, 
the spinning animation appears for a few milliseconds and iceweasel dies 
abruptly.  In 2005 there was a thread about removing ~/.mozilla to fix 
a dying browser.  More recently, there was a thread including a 
suggestion to try this.


ICEWEASEL_DSP=none iceweasel

Anyone care to offer ideas about my current problem?

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Re: ..when to scrap old junk, was: old machine wheezy vs apt

[Peter Easthope]

On Wed, April 18, 2012 10:35 am, Dom wrote:
 These little machines take about 30W max, are only used for an average
 of an hour a day. As for running costs? Peanuts. Heat output? Barely
 noticable.

 My main laptop is slightly newer and about 10x the power. I have other
 systems, but nothing modern - I don't have the funds to get anything
 newer.

 Besides, it's a fun challenge to keep the old ones running. I enjoy it :)

I can relate to those points and wonder what fraction of CPU cycles
in the world, execute application code.  Could easily believe a
number less than 1%.  Great improvements of efficiency should be
possible in many aspects computing.

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Re: Flashbench

[Peter Easthope]

On Sat, April 14, 2012 11:38 pm, Bob wrote:
 ...
 # to help you spot where you are in the output 134217728 = 128MB 
 524288 = 512k; so as the difference halves from ~100µs or more to 55µs
 at 4194304 = 4MB if I'm reading the README correctly this would imply
 that the erase block size on this card is 8MB

 One thing I don't understand is, if that is the case, how come the
 original partition started at 4MB
 8192 * 512 = 4194304

Certainly odd.  No insights to offer.

 Irrespective I now start the partition for this SD card at 16384 that
 way, it's allied on a 4MB  an 8MB boundary, ...

I'm using that idea as a temporary arrangement on a CF.

 ... I haven't yet figured out
 what open AUs are and what to do with them, I got slightly disheartened
 when on my OCZ SSD drive it didn't seem to make any difference to speed
 where I started the partition, I need to try again with a CF or SD card,
 maybe it was a buffering thing.

How about AU = allocation unit?  No clear idea of
how this relates to the HDD sector or the Flash page.

 That's where I've got so far, not sure I've helped you but my note are
 now a little more ordered.

 Let us know how you get on

This also helped.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device

Will aim to work on it again in late May or in June.

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Re: Flashbench

[Peter Easthope]

On 12/04/12 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

You assume debian-user subscribers know what Flashbench is (you could
have included a link) :)


From Camaleon.
http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=people/arnd/flashbench.git;a=summary


In what way would you want the Debian community to be interested of
Flashbench?


I'm not advocating it.  In fact I wonder what Debian people favor for 
investigating flash storage.  Googling site:packages.debian.org flash 
storage hasn't helped.


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Re: Flashbench

[Peter Easthope]

On 12/04/12 07:28 AM, Camaleón wrote:

Tool for benchmarking and classifying flash memory drives
http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=people/arnd/flashbench.git;a=summary


Yes.


I even was unaware of its existence.


So what is your favorite software to find the erase block size of a 
flash storage device?  Manufacturers are notoriously silent about specs.


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Flashbench

[Peter Easthope]

Any tips about Flashbench?  Googling site:debian.org flashbench 
suggests it finds little interest in the Debian community.


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Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

[Peter Easthope]

On 06/04/12 02:12 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:

... 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.


That could be a description of the OLPC XO.  The factory installed 
system is Fedora Remix with Gnome and Sugar.  DebXO can be installed. 
In ordinary ambient light the display works with back lighting.  In 
bright ambient, the back light is turned down and you will see a 
monochrome reflective display.  Users are involved in development and 
there are bugs to report and fix.  Mostly it works well.


I found a XO-1.5 on eBay for about $110 + postage.

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Re: Exim4 and SMTP relaying.

[Peter Easthope]

Joe,

On 05/04/12 12:39 AM, Joe wrote:

... should contain network specifications separated by colons and
enclosed in single quotes. My guess for a first try is:

dc_relay_nets='172.24.1.0/24'

on the basis you're using a /24 netmask there.


This configuration had been created with dpkg-reconfigure exim4.config. 
 No need to edit directly.


peter@dalton:~$ egrep -v '(^ *#)|(^ *$)' /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
dc_other_hostnames='dalton.pathology.ubc.ca'
dc_local_interfaces='::1 ; 172.24.1.1'
dc_readhost='dalton.invalid'
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets='172.24.1.0/24'
dc_smarthost='secure369.websitewelcome.com'
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='false'
dc_hide_mailname='false'
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'


After the change, run update-exim4.conf and restart exim4.


It didn't work and there were no error messages on Dalton.
Then I realized that consequent to one of my inane blunders, Cantor was 
calling his own address 172.24.1.2,.  Fixed that to 172.24.1.1, Dalton, 
and it works just as intended.  Thanks!


Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:07:20 + (UTC)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Camale=F3n?= noela...@gmail.com
 Speaking from a Postfixized mind, I can see two different approaches:
 1/ Enforce the use of TSL to certain hosts
 2/ Allow local hosts to do not use TLS

Appears that in the default configuration, Exim4 copes with TLS, present 
or not.  And accepts a local connection with or without a password.


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Re: Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

[Peter Easthope]

On 05/04/12 04:33 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:

On 06/04/12 04:27, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
snipped

Hello. Are you from the past?


Not sure we are on the same wavelength here but the first copy of the 
message didn't appear in the archive for so long that I assumed

a configuration error remained.  I made some minor adjustment to
exim and tried again.  Eventually both copies appeared in the archive.
Should have sent the first copy and then left it for later in the day.

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Exim4 and SMTP relaying.

[Peter Easthope]

Referring to my http://142.103.107.138/NetworkExtant.jpg diagram, mutt 
and exim4 running on Dalton can send a message, through port 465 with 
TLS, to *.webwelcome.com and then to a destination.


Next I want to have Cantor send a message through exim4 on Dalton.  The 
connection from Cantor to Dalton should be plain old SMTP with no 
authentication and no TLS.  Which configuration options will allow this? 
 I've spent a few hours searching and reading in the manuals and not 
found anything helpful; or perhaps just missed relevant options.


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Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

[Peter Easthope]

Two elementary questions about Icedove usage.  Answers are not obvious 
in Account Settings or in Preferences or with Google.


Can the length at which a line is wrapped automatically be adjusted?
I'm inclined to set the auto-wrap length to infinity.  Auto-wrapping is 
particularly troublesome when it breaks a URI.


For almost every message, there is a notice that the header was 
retrieved and not the body.  A click on a link is required to see the 
message body.  Can the criteria for direct retrieval and display of the 
message body be adjusted?  Say for example, show every message up to 5 
kB in size.


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Re: video on the ibm 3650 7979

[Peter Easthope]

On 22/03/12 03:08 PM, Joey L wrote:

I have disabled the gd3 from loading on boot up and now i can not get
the black login screen on the server console.
I have installed the firmware-linux-nonfree debian package.
Running Debian squeeze.
...
anyone has any ideas ?


Reminiscent of my difficulty with a ThinkPad A22m, concluded here.
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/02/msg01352.html
Probably not directly relevant but might give an idea or two.

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Re: Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

[Peter Easthope]

On 22/03/12 06:33 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:

On 23/03/12 04:57, Peter Easthope wrote:
NOTE: Icedove and Thunderbird are not identical, you don't say which
version you have installed,


A photo here.
http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/AboutIcedove.jpg

peter@dalton:~$ dpkg -l icedove | grep ice
ii  icedove  3.0.11-1+squeeze7 
 mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support


[There it goes breaking another line!   =8~:| ]


... how you have it configured,


peter@dalton:~/.config$ man icedove | grep conf
peter@dalton:~/.config$

No *.conf mentioned.


... or what
extensions you have installed (it makes a difference).


None that I've installed deliberately.


I use Icedove from Mozilla-backports, but even so it's Version 5 whereas
Thunderbird is at 11. So lots of differences. Additionally you have
plug-ins/extensions to allow for. I have Enigmail installed which
changes a lot of formatting options.


peter@dalton:~/.config$ dpkg -l enigmail
No packages found matching enigmail.


Can the length at which a line is wrapped automatically be adjusted?



AFAIK not automatically, but I'm unsure of what rules you expect
automatic to follow.


You are reading this as automatically adjusted?  To be more clear
I might have typed,
Can the length at which a line is automatically wrapped be adjusted?


That's not an easy one to find just digging through Icedove. You'll
probably find the Mozilla online documentation no help there. :-(


I'm inclined to set the auto-wrap length to infinity.  Auto-wrapping
is particularly troublesome when it breaks a URI.


The link should still work, perhaps you're copying and pasting a link
instead of clicking on it?


Yes, when composing a message I use the clipboard to insert a URI and 
Icedove immediately breaks it.   =8~:|



Toolbar =  Edit =  Preferences
In the Preferences dialog select the Advanced tab
In the Advanced tab select General.
Click on the config editor button (and promise to be careful)

flow:-
mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support [*1]
mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed [*1]

default is false for both


Will have to read about that.


wrap:-
extensions.enigmail.wrapHtmlBeforeSend[*2] - default is true
mail.compose.wrap_to_window_width - default is false
mail.wrap_long_lines - default is true
mailnews.wraplength - default is 72 characters (news)
view_source.wrap_long_lines - default is false

width:-
mail.fixed_width_messages - default is true


Auto-wrapping of received messages isn't troublesome.  It's the
auto-wrapping during composition of an outgoing message I want to stop.
Appears that I should set mail.wrap_long_lines or 
mail.fixed_width_messages or both to false.  Or perhaps just set 
mailnews.wraplength to 140 or so.



[*1]http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mail_content_types#Disabling_paragraph_flow


Will read thanks.


[*2]you won't see this if you don't have enigmail


No enigmail here.  [But a coder must be possessed to make an HTML text 
which spews on for miles without a line break.]



Toolbar =  Edit =  Account Settings
In the left-pane locate the name of the mail account you wish to set
preferences for. You may have only one mail account.
Beneath the name of the account is an entry called Server Settings.
Select it.
In the right-pane untick the box marked Header Only


Fixed, thanks.


Toolbar =  Edit =  Account Settings
In the left-pane locate the name of the mail account you wish to set
preferences for. You may have only one mail account.
Beneath the name of the account is an entry called Disk Space. Select it.
In the right-pane tick the box marked Messages Larger than and ajust
the size to 5 KB


Thanks.


You may find this useful:-
http://en.flossmanuals.net/thunderbird/ch026_keyboard-shortcuts/


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Re: vsftp problems

[Peter Easthope]

On 15/03/12 07:43 AM, Camaleón wrote:

Icedove will use the default sending format setting
defined for your account, which by default is html.


Where can the default be changed to text?


You need to
manually toggle text format at message composing when you want to get
text based e-mails


I've not found such a switch in Account Settings or in Preferences.
Where is it?

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Re: Setting Icedove defaults to text format

[Peter Easthope]

On 15/03/12 08:52 AM, Camaleón wrote:

This is done from menu Edit → Account Settings → [you account] →
Composition and Addressing and unckecking [ ] Compose messages in HTML
format. This will default the postings for that account to text based
format.


Thanks.  I should have reviewed
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists


Regardless your default format setting (explained above) you can switch
on-the-fly between text or html from the composition window using an
option with is accessible under menu Options → Format.


Yes, if the default is HTML.  If the default is Text this option is 
absent.


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Re: h.264 WebM

[Peter Easthope]

On 13/03/12 10:42 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote:

However, WebM support is in as of FF/IW 4. Most YouTube content is
available as WebM now, certainly more than is h.264. You could get the
current version (10) from Mozilla, or you could get Iceweasel backports:

http://mozilla.debian.net/
   

The backport is installed and it qualifies for the YouTube HTML5 trial.

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h.264 WebM

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According to http://www.youtube.com/html5 this Iceweasel in current 
Squeeze lacks h.264 and WebM capabilities.  Can this be rectified by 
user action?  Thanks, ... Peter E.


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Re(3): TOP {LEFT,RIGHT} HALF BRACKETs

[Peter Easthope]

I don't see any way to give Icedove the References and In-reply-to 
fields for the

header but they are here.

Bcc: pe...@easthope.ca
References: jifusr$288$4...@dough.gmane.org 
171057435.35607.27295@cantor.invalid jigd87$288$1...@dough.gmane.org

In-reply-to: jigd87$288$1...@dough.gmane.org

*From: Camale#xF3;n noela...@gmail.com
*Message-id: jigd87$288$1...@dough.gmane.org
 Note there's a slightly difference between the URL you send:

I typed carelessly.

 See the above link. There's a list of fonts that seem to have support 
for

 the said unicode characters.

That's helpful thanks.

All fonts in the system where Iceweasel displays the upper half
brackets are listed here.
  http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/SqueezeFonts

All fonts in the system where Firefox lacks the upper half
brackets are listed here.
  http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/XoFonts

The difference between the two lists is here.
  http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/diffFonts

With present understanding I have two cases.

(1) If there is a way to identify the font which Iceweasel uses
to display an upper half bracket, then I need only install that
font on the Xo system.

(2) Otherwise, I can consider fonts which are in the list given
by the URI from your previous message and are in the Squeeze system.
Install these one by one until the upper half brackets appear.

Given that most of the fonts in the SqueezeFonts list are variants
of DejaVu, DejaVu Serif seems a good first bet.

If anyone can answer (1), good!  Any other ideas are certainly
welcome.

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CUPS network printing

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Folk,

A printer is connected to a Squeeze system here with a parallel cable.  
CUPS is installed and there is no problem printing directly from the 
host.

I'm interested to have this printer work for other machines on the LAN.  
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.5/network.html contains,
Verifying the Printer Connection
  ...
ping myprinter
PING myprinter (192.0.2.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.0.2.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=15 time=5 ms.

Whereas here, this is the result.
root@dalton:/# ping HPLaserJet1100
ping: unknown host HPLaserJet1100

Seems that for network access, the printer must be assigned an 
IP address.  Can anyone find documentation?  Can the address be
assigned in /etc/network/interfaces ?  Otherwise, where?

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Re (5): OpenVPN server mode usage.

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Mike,

From:   Mike Bird mgb-deb...@yosemite.net
Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:53:13 -0800
 What happens on /etc/init.d/openvpn start?

r...@dalton:~# /etc/init.d/openvpn start
Starting virtual private network daemon: myvpn failed!

Same result with both dev tun and dev tun0 in 
/etc/openvpn/myvpn.conf.

The failure of netcat, port 1194 to be detected on the 
external interface is more fundamental.  If someone 
with a working tunnel can confirm that the netcat test 
of Bob Proulx works, then I'll know that it should work 
here before the tunnel can be expected to work.

One other suspicious detail: /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf 
exists although resolvconf is purged.

[The in-reply-to parameter of SMTP isn't available as 
long as mail can only be sent via the Web mail interface.]

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Re (6): OpenVPN server mode usage.

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From:   PETER EASTHOPE peasth...@shaw.ca
Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:23:50 -0800
 Incidentally, telnet and daytime haven't worked in dalton since last Spring.  
  

Thanks to a comment discovered via current emails from Simon McVittie 
about bug reports, I replaced inetutils-inetd and inetutils-telnetd 
with openbsd-inetd and telnetd.  Presto, telnet and daytime work again.  
Magic!

Perhaps I'll stumble on an analogous solution for openvpn one day.  
For today my hobby time is consumed.

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Re (5): OpenVPN server mode usage.

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From:   Bob Proulx b...@proulx.co.
Date:   Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:13:10 -0700
 Yes.  I can see the udp packets both leaving one and arriving at the
 other using tcpdump on the interfaces.  I tried it on two of my
 systems before sending that message.

Good!  Thanks!  Now I'm convinced that it should work.  (And hoping that 
I find a solution more efficiently than the telnet solution was found.)

Off line until tomorrow at earliest.

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Re (3): OpenVPN server mode usage.

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From:   Bob Proulx b...@proulx.co.
Date:   Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:55:10 -0700
 They don't reach the external interface?  That is an excellent clue.
 But I think it might be a problem trying to have traceroute do it.
  ... try netcat instead.

At work now and this happens on Dalton.  142.103.107.138 is 
carnot.yi.org on the LAN here.  ssh dalton to carnot 
and carnot to dalton work as expected.  Appears that 
dalton is unable to send a test datagram out its 
external interface, port 1194.

*   From: Mike Bird mgb-deb...@yosemite.net
*   Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:26:28 -0800
 FWIW, we have not encountered any problems in what is now a mixed
 Lenny/Squeeze OpenVPN network.

OK.  Seems that somehow I've managed to disable port 
1194 or tcpdump.  

Thanks,... Peter E.

In ssh viewer 0 on dalton.
r...@dalton:~# shorewall stop
Stopping Shorewall
Running /sbin/iptables-restore...
done.
r...@dalton:~# tcpdump -lni any port 1194
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on any, link-type LINUX_SLL (Linux cooked), capture size 65535 bytes

In ssh viewer 1 on dalton.
r...@dalton:~# echo foo | netcat -u 142.103.107.138 1149

In ssh viewer 0 on dalton.
^C
0 packets captured
0 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel
r...@dalton:~# shorewall start
Compiling...

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Re (4): OpenVPN server mode usage.

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From:   Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com
Date:   Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:55:10 -0700
 x: echo foo | nc -u y 1149
 
 You should see that show up in your tcpdump traces.

You've tried this on your system?  Or least can detect the datagram  
leaving the orginating system?

From:   Mike Bird mgb-deb...@yosemite.net
Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:39:13 -0800
 Anything interesting in the /etc/openvpn/*, or in the output
 of iptables-save or of route -n or of ifconfig?

Incidentally, telnet and daytime haven't worked in dalton since last Spring.   

r...@dalton:/etc/openvpn# cat /etc/openvpn/myvpn.conf
# dalton:/etc/openvpn/myvpn.conf 
# 
# Default protocol is udp. 
# Default port is 1194. 
# Joule has a dynamic address. 
mode server
dev tun 
ifconfig 10.4.0.2 10.4.0.1 
verb 5 
secret /root/key 1 
# Machines in the local home zone reached _via_ the tunnel. 
# Curie 
route 172.23.4.2 
# Heaviside 
route 172.23.5.2 
# Shaw mail servers _via_ the tunnel. 
# route shawmail.gv.shawcable.net 
route 64.59.128.135 
route 24.71.223.43 
# Shaw ftp server _via_ the tunnel. 
# route ftp.shaw.ca 
route 64.59.128.134

I haven't touched /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf.  It remains 
exactly as installed.

r...@dalton:/etc/openvpn# ip route show
142.103.107.128/25 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 142.103.107.137 
172.24.1.0/24 dev LocLCS106703196  proto kernel  scope link  src 172.24.1.1 
default via 142.103.107.254 dev eth0 

r...@dalton:/etc/openvpn# ip addr show
1: lo: LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
   valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP 
qlen 1000
link/ether 00:02:55:d9:a7:ef brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 142.103.107.137/25 brd 142.103.107.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::202:55ff:fed9:a7ef/64 scope link 
   valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: LocLCS106703196: BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 
state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 00:16:b6:ef:1d:6c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.24.1.1/24 brd 172.24.1.255 scope global LocLCS106703196
inet6 fe80::216:b6ff:feef:1d6c/64 scope link 
   valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

r...@dalton:/etc/openvpn# iptables-save
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.8 on Tue Jan 11 17:46:23 2011
*raw
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [64233:10270729]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [54270:6788049]
COMMIT
# Completed on Tue Jan 11 17:46:23 2011
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.8 on Tue Jan 11 17:46:23 2011
*nat
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [9450:1202948]
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [18164:1299072]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [18164:1299072]
:eth0_masq - [0:0]
-A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j eth0_masq 
-A eth0_masq -s 172.24.0.0/16 -j MASQUERADE 
COMMIT
# Completed on Tue Jan 11 17:46:23 2011
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.8 on Tue Jan 11 17:46:23 2011
*mangle
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [64234:10270769]
:INPUT ACCEPT [62019:9683981]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [1905:577508]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [54271:6788557]
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [56176:7366065]
:tcfor - [0:0]
:tcout - [0:0]
:tcpost - [0:0]
:tcpre - [0:0]
-A PREROUTING -j tcpre 
-A FORWARD -j MARK --set-xmark 0x0/0xff 
-A FORWARD -j tcfor 
-A OUTPUT -j tcout 
-A POSTROUTING -j tcpost 
COMMIT
# Completed on Tue Jan 11 17:46:23 2011
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.8 on Tue Jan 11 17:46:23 2011
*filter
:INPUT DROP [0:0]
:FORWARD DROP [0:0]
:OUTPUT DROP [0:0]
:Drop - [0:0]
:Loc+_fwd - [0:0]
:Loc+_in - [0:0]
:Reject - [0:0]
:dropBcast - [0:0]
:dropInvalid - [0:0]
:dropNotSyn - [0:0]
:dynamic - [0:0]
:fw2loc - [0:0]
:fw2net - [0:0]
:fw2vpn - [0:0]
:loc2fw - [0:0]
:loc2net - [0:0]
:loc2vpn - [0:0]
:loc_frwd - [0:0]
:logdrop - [0:0]
:logflags - [0:0]
:logreject - [0:0]
:net2fw - [0:0]
:net2loc - [0:0]
:net2vpn - [0:0]
:net_frwd - [0:0]
:ppp+_fwd - [0:0]
:ppp+_in - [0:0]
:reject - [0:0]
:shorewall - [0:0]
:smurflog - [0:0]
:smurfs - [0:0]
:tcpflags - [0:0]
:vpn2fw - [0:0]
:vpn2loc - [0:0]
:vpn2net - [0:0]
:vpn_frwd - [0:0]
-A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate INVALID,NEW -j dynamic 
-A INPUT -i eth0 -j net2fw 
-A INPUT -i Loc+ -j Loc+_in 
-A INPUT -i ppp+ -j ppp+_in 
-A INPUT -i tun0 -j vpn2fw 
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT 
-A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A INPUT -j Reject 
-A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix Shorewall:INPUT:REJECT: --log-level 6 
-A INPUT -g reject 
-A FORWARD -m conntrack --ctstate INVALID,NEW -j dynamic 
-A FORWARD -i eth0 -j net_frwd 
-A FORWARD -i Loc+ -j Loc+_fwd 
-A FORWARD -i ppp+ -j ppp+_fwd 
-A FORWARD -i tun0 -j vpn_frwd 
-A FORWARD -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A FORWARD -j Reject 
-A FORWARD -j LOG --log-prefix Shorewall:FORWARD:REJECT: --log-level 6 
-A FORWARD -g reject 
-A OUTPUT -o eth0 -j fw2net 
-A OUTPUT -o Loc+ -j fw2loc 
-A OUTPUT -o ppp+ -j fw2loc 
-A OUTPUT -o tun0 -j fw2vpn 
-A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT 
-A OUTPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT 

Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Folk,

A friend has data on a diskette written in MacOS around 1995.
According to this page hfs and hfs+ are supported.  
  http://wiki.debian.org/FileSystem

How reliable is this capability?

Should I try to identify the filesystem as hfs vs. hfs+ before 
trying to mount it?  

Will mount -t hfs damage hfs+ and conversely?

Thanks for any tips,  ... Peter E.

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Re(2): Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

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Bob,

 !!WARNING WARNING!!  I made a mistake in the above.  That should have 
 been:
   dd if=/dev/fd0 of=fd.image.raw bs=8k

Right oh.  I probably won't have the diskettes until next 
week and will mount -o ro and will be careful about if and of.

[And if the OpenVPN tunnel is working will be able to put 
the in-reply-to line in a reply.]

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OpenVPN server mode usage?

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Folk,

For several years OpenVPN has provided a reliable tunnel 
between two machines, Dalton and Joule.  Ref.
http://142.103.107.138:80/NetworksPage.html
Dalton has a static address.  Joule has a dynamic address, 
usually available by reference to joule.yi.org.  This 
depended upon a DDNS server at yi.org.  

Recently the DDNS server hasn't been updating and I've 
wondered about other configurations.  One possibility appears  
to be for Dalton to run in server mode and for Joule to be an 
OpenVPN client.  So I'm thinking to remove option remote joule.yi.org 
and add mode server in the configuration file on Dalton.
No such thing as mode client.  Is a client connection 
profile necessary on Joule when there is only one server?

Any comments or criticisms or suggestions before I blunder 
further?

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Re (2): Seeking advice and documentation on non-standard software RAID1 setup

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Rob,

 Also recently my own
 laptop wouldn't start because of fan troubles (I had to assist with 
 the vacuum cleaner ...

Advisable to replace the fan before other components have heat 
damage.  Repair is an option too.  If the fan has ball bearings, 
they can be replaced.  Bearing vendors can be found on the Web 
and on eBay.  If the fan has bushings, they can be reconditioned.
Take them out.  Poach them in non-detergent oil for at least 12 
hours to release the wear particles.  Reassemble.  Certainly worth 
the effort.

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UVC cameras

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Somewhere I've read that a camera must be UVC conformant to qualify to use 
the Vista label on the package.  It wasn't an authoritative source.

Recently I put an inexpensive camera on Squeeze and got a local image in 
Skype.  Oddly the remote image was OK without the camera but garbled with 
the camera connected.

Can anyone explain this observation or cite pertinent documentation?

Thanks,  ... Peter E.

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frozen mouse pointer in Lxde in Squeeze

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Yesterday afternoon I updated Squeeze on the home machine.
Consequently, the Lxde screen appears OK except that the 
mouse pointer is immobile.  Has anyone solved this?

Thanks,  ... Peter E.

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Installing lilo in Squeeze after booting from the Lenny installer CD.

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Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:33:25 -0500 (EST) wrote,
 ... install lilo ...

How does this sound?
* Boot from the Lenny installer CD and go into rescue mode.
* In the page entitled Rescue operations do Execute a shell in /dev/hda1.
  (The system on /dev/hda1 is Squeeze as described previously.)
* apt-get install lilo
  I've never installed it.  With any luck installation to the MBR 
   configuration will be automated processes.
* Reboot.

Can the grub packages be left installed?  Any corrections or tips?

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Grub2 in current Squeeze

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Squeeze on an IBM NetVista here, was updated about 2010-01-27 via a remote 
connection.  Nothing remarkable about the update.  Sunday morning I arrived to 
find the machine rebooting repeatedly.  The console shows
  BIOS Installed Successfully!

  Grub loading.
  Welcome to GRUB!
Then the screen goes black and the machine proceeds to restart.

When booted to rescue mode from the Lenny installer CD update-grub, appears to 
run OK.
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Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

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My usual email isn't available until Grub works again.

Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable.

Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system 
gives this message.
Error opening terminal: bterm

How might this damage be repaired.

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Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

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Sorry for the absence of thread connection.  This mailer doesn't 
provide In-reply-to.

FromView message header detail Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com 
DateMonday, February 1, 2010 12:08
 The OP said that his error was BIOS Installed Successfully, which
 must mean that his box had a hardware upgrade/change and that could
 easily make any boot loader, linux/unix/windows/apple, lose its
 bearings.

From: Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com
Date: Monday, February 1, 2010 12:30
 Well, if the OP really was performing a BIOS upgrade, then yes,
 you're right of course.  

Sorry everyone.  The BIOS report is from the SCSI adapter.  
I should have refrained from mention of it in the original message.
Reference  http://carnot.yi.org/Console.jpg

FromView message header detail Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com 
DateMonday, February 1, 2010 11:43
 You have to chroot your squeeze install and (1) run grub-install for
 /boot/grub to be populated afresh from /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc and stage
1 and stage 2 to be created and set up and (2) run update-grub.

The Lenny installer CD comes to this screen.
Rescue operations

Execute a shell in /dev/hda1
chroot isn't mentioned but I assumed it's there.

In any case, grub-install and update-grub appeared to run 
properly.  Yet rebooting led to the same black screen and 
repeated reboots!  Bad drive?

FromView message header detail Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com 
DateMonday, February 1, 2010 12:30
 I just think [grub]'s too unstable for production use at this time.

I'm not a software engineer but would have expected that, 
by now, criteria are available to assess release readiness.
For example, the ISO 9000 family, might be relevant.

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Re: recommendations for CD burning.

[PETER EASTHOPE]

In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ron  others,

02 Sep 2008 10:50:02 -0500
Music CDs, ISOs, what?

A Debian installer CD.

... scripting genisoimage and wodim isn't that hard.

wodin.man reads as though SCSI is the only 
hardware to consider.  Is there any likelihood of an 
HP DVD Writer 420, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, IDE interface
working?

What about this as root?
wodim -v speed=1 dev=/dev/cdrom image.iso

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SMTP to an ISP _via_ an OpenVPN tunnel.

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Folk,

Thanks for the info about ssh.  I'm working on it.

My tunnel  etc. are described here.
http://carnot.yi.org/DebianPage.html#Network;

shawmail.gv.shawcable.net accepts a message 
by SMTP from Heaviside.  shawmail does not 
accept a message through the tunnel from Dalton.  
I want to adjust the configuration so that both 
cases work.

From Joule, a telnet connection to shawmail 
seems OK.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet shawmail.gv.shawcable.net 25
Trying 64.59.128.135...
Connected to shawmail.cg.shawcable.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 pd7ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca ESMTP
quit
221 pd7ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca
Connection closed by foreign host.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$

On Dalton, /etc/openvpn.conf specifies that 
the route to shawmail is via the tunnel.  Ie.
route shawmail.gv.shawcable.net

I guess that the Shaw server recognizes that 
Dalton is outside the WAN.  

Can anyone suggest an adjustment?  
Is bridging the home and work networks 
through the tunnel, for example, likely to 
solve it?

Server info is here.
http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/CustomerCare/InternetSupport/Residential/Email/ServiceDetails.htm#ServerAddresses

Thanks,   ... Peter E.

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transitivity of login

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Folk,

I have three systems, A, B and C.
A terminal login is made on A.
From there a ssh session to B.
From there we attempt ssh to C.
This is the appearance of the A terminal.

Connection established
Linux B ...
   ...
Last login: Wed Sep 17 08:16:01 2008 from A
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ssh C
[EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password:

When I enter the password for C, the session freezes.

How can this be permitted?  It must be 
configurable, but where?  Is it in sshd; is 
there a system variable; is it something else?

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DirectFB and X.

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Folk,

Thanks for the advice about CD burning.

According to the Wikipedia,
The [DirectFB] library allows developers to bypass 
 the X Window System, ... .

In Lenny, can DirectFB replace the X infrastructure?

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sending data from masqueraded system

[PETER EASTHOPE]

The Web interface doesn't  provide for the 
In-reply-to parameter of SMTP.  This is it 
for anyone interested.
In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A few days back,
pe Subsequent to the update, a masqueraded 
system is unable to send a non-trivial stream 
by FTP or by SMTP.

Now that the conjugate system at work is 
updated, there are also problems when 
Cantor attempts to retrieve a message 
from Joule by POP3 through the openvpn 
tunnel.  POP3 directly through the 'Net 
works better but still fails on some 
messages.

Nobody else has seen a communication 
problem after a recent update of Lenny?

Thanks,... Peter E.

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sending data from masqueraded system

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Folk,

My home network is described here.
http://carnot.yi.org/DebianPage.html#Network

Joule has Shorewall which masquerades the 
other two systems in the LAN.  All was fine 
until the August 31 weekend when I updated 
Lenny on Joule.  

Subsequent to the update, a masqueraded 
system is unable to send a non-trivial stream 
by FTP or by SMTP.  Large files can still be 
retrieved by FTP and large messages can be 
retrieved by POP3.  I've seen no problems for 
FTP from Joule.

CLAMPMMS=Yes in shorewall.conf yields no 
change and shorewall is unlikely to be the culprit.

Has anyone seen any similar communications 
problems in Lenny recently?  

Any suggestions for investigating with tcpdump 
for example?

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failure of openvpn to start

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Folk,

Since my update of lenny last Saturday these lines appear in the syslog.

Aug 27 10:37:04 joule kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Aug 27 10:37:04 joule ovpn-myvpn[5179]: echo up tun0 1500 1544 10.4.0.1 
10.4.0.2 init
Aug 27 10:37:04 joule ovpn-myvpn[5179]: openvpn_execve: external program may 
not be called due to setting of --script-security level
Aug 27 10:37:04 joule ovpn-myvpn[5179]: script failed: external program fork 
failed
Aug 27 10:37:04 joule ovpn-myvpn[5179]: Exiting

myvpn.conf follows. 

What external program and what script-security level 
would this refer to?  Any insights?  

Thanks,... Peter E.

# joule:/etc/openvpn/myvpn.conf
#
# Default protocol is udp.
# Default port is 1194.
# This is the static address of Dalton.
remote 142.103.107.137
dev tun
# These are the local and remote endpoints of the tunnel.
ifconfig 10.4.0.1 10.4.0.2
verb 5
secret /root/key
# This is the route to cantor.
route 172.24.1.2 255.255.255.255
up 'echo up'
down 'echo down'

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Unibrain 2036 IEEE 1394 camera.

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Folk,

Has anyone installed one of these in Debian?

http://www.unibrain.com/Products/VisionImg/Fire_i_DC.htm

Any comments on functionality?

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kernels for Lenny; was Re: Alsaconf halting a frozen laptop.

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Nigel  others,

At Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:39:40 +0200 N.H. wrote,
... Lenny install, I have the following kernels available.
2.6.8
2.6.11

With /etc/apt/sources.list set to lenny, 
dselect offers only 2.6.16 and 2.6.25.
Can dselect install 2.6.11?

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Re: packet forwarding.

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Mike, Alex  others,

Sorry for the broken thread.

mb  2) That joule knows the route to cantor (via dalton) 

Just what I was missing; thanks!

Now, where to specify this route?

(1) up route add ... can not go in the eth0 
stanza in /etc/network/interfaces because 
tun0 is configured after eth0.
I wonder about adding a tun0 stanza to 
/etc/network/interfaces.

(2) Perhaps a better candidate is the up 
command in /etc/openvpn/myvpn.conf.  Is 
the following plausible?

joule:/etc/openvpn# cat myvpn.conf
# openvpn configuration for joule.
# Default protocol is udp.
# Default port is 1194.
# The following is dalton.pathology.ubc.ca.
remote 142.103.107.137
dev tun
ifconfig 10.4.0.1 10.4.0.2
verb 5
secret /root/key
up 'route add -host 172.24.1.2 gw 10.4.0.1; echo up'
down 'route del -host 172.24.1.2 gw 10.4.0.1; echo down'

If another route is added, I should find how 
to continue the parameter over multiple lines.

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Alsaconf halting a frozen laptop.

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Folk,

To get the on-board sound device of an IBM NetVista 
working I must run alsaconf almost every time Lenny 
starts.

The first viewer of alsaconf mentions
... testing/sid ... *udev* is predestined to load 
your driver.

Well, seeing that udev fails to load the driver in 
Lenny, I installed sid on an old Toshiba 4000CDS.  
hwinfo  --sound reports nothing and there is no 
sound.  I started alsaconf.  When almost finished, 
it reports Loading driver  There the system 
freezes solid.  The power button has no effect.  

Is there any way to stop the beast other than by 
unplugging external power and removing the battery?

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re: VGA modes for the supported resolutions

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Folk,

[As soon as I have a tunnel working, thread continuity will be possible.]

Andrei Popescu wrote,
,[ hwinfo --framebuffer ]
| 02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer
|   [Created at bios.450]
   ...

hwinfo gives no output on this system.
dalton:~# hwinfo --framebuffer
dalton:~# 

What is needed to have a framebuffer?

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packet forwarding

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Folk,

In Lenny, man openvpn states,
First, ensure that IP forwarding is enabled on both peers.   On  Linux,
   enable routing:

  echo 1  /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

That is an interactive approach whereas in /etc/sysctl.conf I set 
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
.

man openvpn continues,
 ... enable TUN packet forwarding through the firewall:

iptables -A FORWARD -i tun+ -j ACCEPT

From this I infer that permission for TUN packet forwarding 
is distinct from general packet forwarding.  Correct?
What would be the conventional way to turn this on 
permanently in Lenny?

Thanks for any help,   ... Peter E.

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fbdev requirement of qemu

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Folk,

I've installed qemu, xserver-xorg-video-fbdev and libggi-target-fbdev 
and tried to boot an image.

qemu -m 40 -boot d -cdrom /home/peter/Desk*/AosCD.iso

This error report ensues.
 ===|  DirectFB 1.0.1  |===
  (c) 2001-2007  The DirectFB Organization (directfb.org)
  (c) 2000-2004  Convergence (integrated media) GmbH


(*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2008-05-15 14:24) 
(!) Direct/Util: opening '/dev/fb0' and '/dev/fb/0' failed
-- No such file or directory
(!) DirectFB/FBDev: Error opening framebuffer device!
(!) DirectFB/FBDev: Use 'fbdev' option or set FRAMEBUFFER environment variable.
(!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system' core!
-- Initialization error!
Could not initialize SDL - exiting


qemu has no 'fbdev' option that I can see.
Is another package needed to make fbdev work?

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answer button in Skype client

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Folk,

In Skype 2.0.0.68 in Xfce4 in Lenny with kernel 
2.6.24-1-686 a click on the answer button fails to 
open an incoming call.  This happens on an IBM 
NetVista 6578-RAU and not on another generic 
machine.  Usually I am able to call back but the 
problem certainly wastes time and aggravation.

Has anyone an explanation or solution?

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Linksys USB200M in Lenny with kernel 2.6.24.

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Folk,

Can anyone tell me whether the Linksys USB200M adapter 
can work in Lenny with kernel 2.6.24 without patching?
Here it isn't working.

Is there any command such as, hypothetically, lseth 
or ethtool --list which will list all extant Ethernet 
devices?

Thanks,  ... Peter E.
  

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usb camera for skype etc.

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Folk,

Video in Skype works well for friends using Imacs 
and MS-Win.  I'm thinking of buying a camera.

USB webcams must use USB 2 by now.  So does 
a Firewire camera retain any advantage over 
current USB cameras.  

Can a digital still camera with a USB cable be 
used for this purpose?

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failure of xfsm-shutdown-helper

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Folk,

Until an about two weeks ago, the shutdown helper has allowed 
me to shut this system down from the xfce GUI.  Now I can only 
logout to the CLUI.  This message is left by X.

xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:134: Failed to contact HAL: A security policy ...

hal is installed.  sudo is installed.  What security policy?  I haven't 
changed any policy deliberately.  Has another obscure package 
weaseled its way in to cause trouble?  Has anyone else seen this?  

Any ideas?

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configuration file for mousepad

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There is a configuration file for Mousepad but the man page 
contains only the name of the author.  Can anyone tell whether 
the default starting directory can be recorded; if so, how.

Sorry for the meaningless subject line in my previous message.
Will send it again with the correct subject in a week or so.

Thanks,... Peter E.

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Ownership of a hot-pluggable volume or part.

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Folk,

Filesystem permissions are for filesystems and 
not for volumes or parts.

So what is the usual way to assign ownership of  
any USB flash store and any CD so that any 
user has full access?  Are these lines in 
/etc/fstab sufficient?

/dev/sda  /flash  ext3  rw,users,auto
/dev/hdc  /cd ext3  rw,users,auto

Should this work when udev is present?

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the document Sound in Debian GNU/Linux

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Folk,

This document,
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Sound_in_Debian_GNU/Linux#Some_applications_.28OSS_applications.29_produce_no_sound_in_AL;
  
in revision 1.2, 27th November 2007 states,
... Rename the file instead: # mv /etc/modprobe.conf 
/etc/modprobe.conf.obsolete

Now run alsaconf again and everything should work.

Well the system here is the latest lenny with kernel 2.6.24-1-686.
Neither /etc/modprobe.conf nor /etc/modprobe.conf.obsolete
exist in this system.  Still, alsaconf must run each time 
the system is started.  Otherwise the on-board Intel sound 
hardware is not useable.

Run udevtrigger as user root: # udevtrigger --verbose

Sorry but udevtrigger is no help!

This should reload the modules you need. On next reboot, your system will find 
your soundcard.

No such luck.

... If this does not work for you, please send a message to the [Debian-User 
list] with the details. 

Also, the C-Media based Altec Lansing USB audio adapter has 
not worked for at least a month.  Sound is a disaster area.

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sound devices

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Folk,

One of my Debian Lenny machines has on-board Intel 
sound and an Altec Lansing USB headset.  Skype lists 
these devices.

Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (hw:I82801BAICH2,0) 
Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (plughw:I82801BAICH2,0) 
Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (hw:I82801BAICH2,1) 
Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (plughw:I82801BAICH2,1) 
C-Media USB Headphone Set (hw:default,0)
C-Media USB Headphone Set (plughw:default,0)

What is hw and plughw?

What is the distinction between devices 0 and 1?

About two months ago, around the time I upgraded 
from etch to lenny, the headset stopped sending 
sound from the microphone.  Then about a week 
ago, around the time of a kernel update, the 
headset stopped bringing sound in also.  The headset 
has no problems on a lenny machine at home.
Here I am forced to use the Intel sound hardware 
for Skype.

Any ideas about problems with USB sound in lenny 
or in kernel 2.6.24?

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HP ScanJet C6270A and sane.

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Folk,

There is an HP ScanJet C6270A here.  lsusb fails to detect 
it and I've found no evidence in Lenny that the scanner 
is connected via USB.  I'll guess that this scanner has USB 1.

SCSI works a little better.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsscsi
[0:0:0:0]diskFUJITSU  M2624F-512   0405  /dev/sda
[0:0:2:0]process HP   C6270A   3828  -   
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ quiteinsane
Xlib:  extension XInputExtension missing on display :1.0.

The quiteinsane viewer reports that no device is found.

Any ideas to get USB working?  Is there any provision to 
over-ride default USB settings, analogous to ethtool for 
ethernet?

Any ideas to get quiteinsane to work with the SCSI 
connection?

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creating a ProDOS boot diskette

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Folk,

I have a copy of ProDOS-System.zip which unzips 
to Apple II System Disk 3.2.dc.

Can a Debian make a ProDOS boot diskette?  
Should dd work?

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Flash

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Folk,

flashplugin-nonfree, libflash-swfplayer, libflash0c2 and libflash-mozplugin 
are all installed.  You-tube movies are work.  Yet if this page is opened 
there is a notice suggesting that an additional plugin is needed.

http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/

What additional plugin does iceweasel need?

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resume: ... problem solved.

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Andrew  others,

asw Im betting its uswsusp that is the culprit. 

Correct!  Removed uswsusp with dselect and the 
resume: ... complaint disappeared.  The extant 
initrd seems to work.

The message would be more helpful if it mentioned 
uswsusp.  I suppose this can be a bug report.

Probably I accepted the recommendation for uswsusp 
consequent to selecting pm-utils.

Now I can return to incorporating the In-reply-to 
parameter in the message header so that I'm not 
always breaking threads.

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message at startup, resume: Could not stat the resume device file.

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Folk,

resume: still eludes.

My package listing is now visible.
http://carnot.yi.org/PackageList

By diffing this against their list, can anyone and spot something 
which might hint at the origin of this resume problem?

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disassembling machine code

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Folk,

I have these 5 bytes of machine code to 
disassemble.

b8 12 00 cd 10

I've looked at gdb and objdump.  Appears they 
need a complete object file.  Someone please 
give a clue.

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continuity of a topic in debian-user

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Folk,

Once or twice the list server has connected 
the thread after I've copied the subject line 
verbatim.  Usually the thread gets broken and 
complaints follow.  Does anyone see why this 
happens? ... With the server, not the humans.  

Is there a way to ensure that the thread is maintained, 
given that I compose the reply in a Web based MUA?

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Re: Failure of Ethernet link with Belkin adapter Netgear hub.

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Douglas, Brian and anyone else interested,

dt Can other boxes/NICs get 100 Mb/s across the AT hub?  Perhaps the AT hub
is only 10 Mb/s.

The AT-3612TR is one of earliest 12 port 
hubs on the market.  It is 10base-T, half
duplex; 100 Mb/s across it is out of the 
question.

Clarification
The question is not why is communication 
across the AT-3612TR limited to 10 Mb/s? 
but rather why does communication fail 
without the the AT-3612TR acting as filter?

The Netgear hub supports 100 Mb/s on the 
upstream LAN connection and with a NetVista 
6578-RAU using the original IBM NIC.

As explained in a message to Brian, I've 
checked the cables.  The problem is not a 
broken cable or use of a cross-over where 
a patch belongs.

I have the original Belkin documentation.
There is no mention of the significance of 
the three states of the light, red, amber, 
green.

Considering the messages which spew to the 
console at times and the observation that 
the connection works when filtered by the 
AT-3612TR, my first guess is that the Belkin 
is not negotiating the link properly.  I 
suppose that either the Belkin hardware or 
the Pegasus driver is at fault.

A sample of the console messages is visible.

http://carnot.yi.org/PegasusMessages.jpg

The only meaning for me is that a bug report against 
the Pegasus driver might be in order.  

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Resume ... Resume ... Resume ...

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Folk,

At startup of Lenny this message appears.

resume: libcrypt version: 1.2.3
resume: Could not stat the resume device file.

Would seem logical that in absence of a resume 
device file, startup would simply continue.
Nevertheless, it waits for Enter or the name 
of a file.

Is there a recommended solution to this small 
annoyance ... big annoyance for my unattended 
machine?

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Re : rotating a rectangular image in Gimp

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Ken, Artur, Kumar, Dusan, Jeff, Mihira, Crank,

 ... you're using layer rotate. use normal rotate ...

And I selected the image first in at least one attempt.

  ... Image - transform - rotate ...

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Failure of Ethernet link with Belkin adapter Netgear hub.

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Folk, 

If an Etch system is connected to the 'net _via_ a 
Belkin Model F5D5050 USB 10/100 Ethernet Adapter, 
an old AT-3612TR hub and a Netgear DS104 hub, 
communication works at 10 Mb/s, half duplex.  The 
light on the Belkin adapter is green.

If the AT hub is removed and the Belkin adapter is 
connected directly to the Netgear hub, its 100 Mb/s 
link light goes on while the Belkin light goes amber. 
ethtool reports 100 Mb/s, half on the adapter but 
communication fails. 

Can anyone say whether this more likely a problem 
with hardware or a problem with the Pegasus driver 
which runs the Belkin adapter.  In the second case, 
I suppose a bug report is warranted.

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rotating a rectangular image in Gimp

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Folk,

To rotate a rectangular image by 90 degrees 
in Gimp, I followed these steps.
* Expand the canvas to a square containing the image, centered.
* Rotate 90 degrees.
* Contract the canvas to the boundary of the image.
If I just rotate without changing the canvas, the 
image is cropped.

Does anyone have a way to achieve the rotation 
in one step?  As trivial a problem as this is, 
I didn't see it mentioned in the Web based manual.

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miniscule text on icons in Xfce

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Folk,

Since a recent update of a Lenny system here,
the text on the icons in Xfce4 appears to be 
about 4 point.  Barely legible with effort.

The setting in the User interface panel is 
12 point and the desktop menu appears to be 
consistent.  The labels on the icons are 
miniaturized when X runs on the display 
of the machine.  If Xfce is viewed on 
another machine through tightvnc, the text 
of the icon labels matches the text of the 
desktop menue.

Apologies for the terrible quality of this photo, 
but the size distinction between icon text 
and menu text is visible.

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Re: locks and shutdown policy; was Re: stale lockfile on fetchmail.

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Andrew, Ron, Tzafrir and others,

Thanks for the clarifications.

At Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:14:58 -0800
as-w ... fetchmail being killed in a nasty way ...

We're still not exactly certain how the stale lock 
comes to exist but ... 

At Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:11:39 +
tc fetchmail is a daemon, ...
tc fetchmail cleans that stale lock on (its) startup.

System startup or my login invoking a fork of fetchmail?

The user can remove the stale lock but a daemon 
should be able to run without intervention.  

Seems that the maintainer should be examining design 
of the locking mechanism.  Reimplementation may be 
necessary.

Unless we've overlooked something, this justifies a 
bug report.

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Re: vanishing desktop menu and background pattern.

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Andrew,

At Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:23:37 -0800
as-w ... taskbars available with a menu on them ...

Right oh.  I'd overlooked that.

as-w ... taskbars, you can right click ...

I'd never used Add new item.

This should let me restore the desktop.  Will 
try this weekend.

as-w ... do you have both xfce4-panel and xfdesktop running?

Yes.  Is that normal?

Thanks,  ... Peter E.


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choice of Debian server; was Re: Flash with Iceweasel in Lenny

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Nuno,

nm Try the rest of the world, ... 

oregonstate.edu is the closest server which 
has the files.  Going to another server will 
only increase the cost of communication.

Regards,  ... Peter E.

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Re: Flash with Iceweasel in Lenny

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Doug,

dmt try flash-plugin non-free.

Thanks for the tip.

Googling site:packages.debian.org flash finds 
that flashplugin-nonfree is available for sarge, 
etch, sid and experimental but not for lenny!  

dmt ... non-free repository in your sources.list.

Only 5 servers in North America have it.
I added this line.
deb http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian/  etch main non-free contrib

After that dselect works as expected.

Odd that that the package is absent for lenny and 
that it is on only five servers.  Hopefully an 
oversight which is fixed eventually.

Regards, ... Peter E.


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computer case; was Re: Accessing a TV adapter via my network

[PETER EASTHOPE]

Barry,

At Feb 5, 2008, at 2:26 AM you wrote,
... buying a case until I know that the whole setup works.

So many computers are discarded these days; few 
people really need to buy a computer let alone 
a case.  If friends haven't offered you several, 
there should be a steady supply on various loading 
docks and back corridors, waiting for disposal.

If postage weren't so costly, I'd mail you one.

Regards,  ... Peter E.
 

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