Re: Horrible atheros wifi performance
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Thu 28 Jul 2011 at 21:40:20 +0200, Rob Gom wrote: Hi all, could you help me analyzing my wifi issue? I have atheros card and internet access is very flaky, slow, unreliable, ping to wifi router drops, things like that. When I connect my PC by external access point, located in the same place and connected by ethernet to PC, performance improves significantly. [Details of problem solving snipped] I am not an wifi expert, so have no idea what to do next. I would appreciate any suggestions. Neither am I. Assuming it is a driver issue I'd revert to using a kernel earlier than 2.6.39 permanently. You indicate you did go back to 2.6.38, but for how long? And did it work? Thank you for your answer. I've tried 2.6.38, but tests were too quick and unreliable to judge that. I would be much more eager to test that further, but on 2.6.38 I have older nvidia plugin which doesn't work with current nvidia glx. So without X I am not much into using that version ... I'm not good at with nvidia version switching, so that must wait ... Best regards, Robert -- 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/CANcH-hgnEdj5v5+QBWdW-ON=v4RM6fFF+S7psAxBMd_S=qt...@mail.gmail.com
Horrible atheros wifi performance
Hi all, could you help me analyzing my wifi issue? I have atheros card and internet access is very flaky, slow, unreliable, ping to wifi router drops, things like that. When I connect my PC by external access point, located in the same place and connected by ethernet to PC, performance improves significantly. Details: - problem started appearing about 2.6.39, persists on 3.0 - I've found network articles about wifi performance on atheros in 2.6.38, which is supposedly fixed now on 2.6.38+ - I've tries compat wireless, but to no avail (no difference) - I've tried disabling wifi card power management, but to no avail - I've tried to add nohwcrypt to ath9k kernel module, but to no avail - I've tried to switch to 2.6.38 for a while, but right after switch to 2.6.38 and reboot to 2.6.39 performance was ok. I mean - performance was ok for some minutes after reboot, then degraded after probably power off-on cycle. In effect I have no conclusions from that experiment. - my home router is Linksys WRT54GC, not the best one, but causing no problems for access point or some other machines (with broadcom wifi cards) I am not an wifi expert, so have no idea what to do next. I would appreciate any suggestions. [carramba@~]$ uname -a Linux dom 3.0.0-1-686-pae #1 SMP Sun Jul 24 14:27:32 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux [carramba@~]$ lspci | grep Network 04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) [carramba@~]$ sudo iwconfig wlan1 [sudo] password for carramba: wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=17 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off # currently using eth [carramba@~]$ lsmod | grep ath ath9k 67270 0 mac80211 165768 1 ath9k ath9k_common 12610 1 ath9k ath9k_hw 250420 2 ath9k,ath9k_common ath17181 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw cfg80211 112970 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath I've found no Debian bugs on that, only similar RedHat bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700973 (other bugs referred to 2.6.38 regression, mentioned above). Home network structure: PC with atheros card --- Linksys WRT54GC router -- internet or PC ethernet --- TP Linkx WA500 or similar -- Linksys WRT54GC router -- internet Best regards, Robert -- 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/canch-hh_uf-bo441f5zsx303v_95ceq275wrcwondnbpgfn...@mail.gmail.com
Annoying sound speakers clicks on laptop
Dear Lazyweb^wDebian users, I have specific sound problem, which I don't know how to address. The problem manifests itself by clicking sound from my laptop speakers, looking (hearing) as turning on old amplifier or just (re-/dis-) connecting the cables. It started a few months ago. I don't know - was it KDE upgrade, something with acpi, or something else. It looks like that: I start kdm, first clicks appear as well. After entering password they can be heard about 4 times. Then the most reproducible way of hearing them is to view some sites with embedded youtube clips. Logs contain no useful information, but the problem is starting to be more and more annoying. Where should I look further? Is it something known? Do you have any clues, or even better, solutions to that? Best regards, Robert -- 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/banlktin0a1h76anh2wgeoevwck2lzrx...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Annoying sound speakers clicks on laptop
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich hans.ullr...@loop.de wrote: Am Dienstag, 12. April 2011 schrieb Rob Gom: Dear Lazyweb^wDebian users, I have specific sound problem, which I don't know how to address. The problem manifests itself by clicking sound from my laptop speakers, looking (hearing) as turning on old amplifier or just (re-/dis-) connecting the cables. It started a few months ago. I don't know - was it KDE upgrade, something with acpi, or something else. It looks like that: I start kdm, first clicks appear as well. After entering password they can be heard about 4 times. Then the most reproducible way of hearing them is to view some sites with embedded youtube clips. Logs contain no useful information, but the problem is starting to be more and more annoying. Where should I look further? Is it something known? Do you have any clues, or even better, solutions to that? Best regards, Robert Hi Robert, a workaround is, just to silence the speaker. You can use alsamixer for it in console and adjust the speaker - or just shut it off. Maybe there is a better solution, so this is just a workaround. Another idea might be, to blacklist the kernel module pcspkr. Good luck! Hans Thank you for your reply, however: 1. I don't have pcspkr module loaded. 2. I'm quite sure that those clicks are audible even if I mute sound in kde mixer :( Thanks nevertheless, Robert -- 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/banlktinlcf8d6n28aadu+r4ta3eyu6m...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer
[cut] I'd be very interested in seeing a case where kompare displays a valid patch incorrectly. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. FYI, https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256355 Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlktinpkmivndhgp0hka=iryoxbfh16+rzoqvres...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Javier Barroso javibarr...@gmail.com wrote: [cut] Apply the patch in a tmp directory and then use meld, vimdiff, or what you like Why should I do such operation? Only to satisfy some tools? I don't need/want to apply huge patches to huge source trees. I want to preview them separately. It is possible with kompare, so is possible in general. I don't see the point of viewing a patch side-by-side, understanding the format should be enough It's a matter of personal preferences. I prefer viewing patches that way, I find it more convenient. Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlkti=u+okzojdznnxfrcko-nclz=kh6e4v4c-h7...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net wrote: In aanlktiky2svhgrazz1w1r4thmclo6493r5e7mwgo+...@mail.gmail.com, Rob Gom wrote: There is kompare for KDE, but it is unreliable - produces false results for specific patches. Odd. I use it all the time and haven't seen it be inconsistent. It fails indicate files have changed when git uses Binary files a and b differ. as the patch text, but it shows all the other changes. There are some Kompare options that you may want to set/clear though. I'd be very interested in seeing a case where kompare displays a valid patch incorrectly. Thanks for the answer. 1. There's an open bug against kompare about saying this patch is incorrect for perfectly fine patches (kde bugs). 2. My bug occurs for patches with several directories/files modified. Some example. For patch containing modifications for the following files: a/b/c/d.txt a/b/c/e.txt a/b/c/f.txt a/g/h/i.txt a/g/h/j.txt a/g/h/k.txt Kompare would create the following directory graph: a g c d.txt e.txt f.txt h i.txt j.txt k.txt instead of expected a b c d.txt e.txt f.txt g h i.txt j.txt k.txt Some parts of directory tree are put in invalid places. I will try to report a bug, but for that I must recreate working example, which may take a while. Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlktikccoaj63v1dl-qjcjÉ8_0qhg2kjjag4os...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Jochen Schulz m...@well-adjusted.de wrote: Rob Gom: do you know/is there any graphical patch/diff viewer in Debian (or for Linux in general)? Such a tool would produce side by side view of changes/deletions/inserts. Apart from vimdiff: have you tried Kdiff3? [cut] Can't preview a diff with kdiff3. Is there an option to do that? Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlktimso5r_x+whdqdvx22nrdswoq29j0zhvirb=...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer
[cut] You have to be comfortable in vim, but you can use the following: gvim +vert diffpatch patchfile originalfile If you aren't comfortable with vim, you *might* be able to use the following, but no guarantees (I don't have a patch file handy to determine whether this will work): gvim -y +vert diffpatch patchfile originalfile Regards, Robert --Greg Those are big patches, consisting of several files/directories. Would gvim handle that? But still I need an original file, which I perceive as downside. Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlkti=s_zd_irrguqenp9wk4jrnl5mywrkxzxz8t...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Gregory Seidman gsslist+deb...@anthropohedron.net wrote: [cut] Also, of course you need an original file. If you don't have an original file there is nothing to look at other than the patch file itself. What is there to visualize without an original? Regards, Robert --Greg The same story as when looking at patch/diff itself. Sometimes you want to focus on differences, context is given by diff (-u). That's enough for me to review a patch in most cases. Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlktiknrogm+q_vyxt-cpurpdrdewyqkcb9zt2hq...@mail.gmail.com
Locales/sort bug
Hi all, do you think it's a bug in either libc or coreutils (sort)? $ cat test.csv aph3,APP, aph3_devel,TXT, aph3,MiB, $ LC_ALL=C sort test.csv # expected aph3,APP, aph3,MiB, aph3_devel,TXT, $ LC_ALL=pl_PL sort test.csv # why is that? aph3,APP, aph3_devel,TXT, aph3,MiB, $ LC_ALL=pl_PL.UTF-8 sort test.csv # another unexpected output aph3,APP, aph3_devel,TXT, aph3,MiB, Could anyone give me a hint? I know that this is LC_COLLATE related (LC_ALL as shorter version), but don't know whether it is my fault or upstream bug. I'd appreciate any comments. Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlktimst_3jnpkwahyv81c4=a07udqo5unndm47h...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Locales/sort bug
[cut] I'm also getting that behaviour (locale set to es_ES.UTF-8) so I understand that my locale setting dictates underscore (_) comes first than comma (,) symbol. As per man sort page: *** WARNING *** The locale specified by the environment affects sort order. Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses native byte values. Do you think that is a bug? :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón If so, why do I get order comma, underscore, comma? Even better, comma+quote+A, underscore+d,comma+quote+M. I don't get it... Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlkti=vm8um=jxkzigysytyzd97f39ysynofbhhc...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Locales/sort bug
[cut] This is covered by the coreutils FAQ: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021 Sven Thanks for all the answers. How could I know that collate is defined correctly? I understand LC_COLLATE influence on sort operation, but I am not sure if this is ok. The simpliest example which causes weird behaviour is: $ cat test2.csv ,A _d ,M $ LC_ALL=pl_PL sort test2.csv # and many other LC_COLLATE variants, other than C/POSIX ,A _d ,M In order to achieve such behaviour, ',' should be defined as single entity in collate definition, equal in ordering to '_'. I don't have other explanation for that. Unfortunately, I am not good enough to understand/verify collate definition in /usr/share/i18n :) Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlktik3fubmr0oclochjcosyqwhcahgsjvohtfrj...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Locales/sort bug
One more thing. If I specify LC_COLLATE to C/POSIX, special characters sorting looks fine, but I lose Polish characters ordering. If I specify LC_COLLATE to pl_PL.UTF-8, Polish characters ordering is fine, but sorting goes crazy with special characters. Is it possible to retain both features then? carra...@laptop-rg:/tmp$ cat test2.csv ,A _d ,M a ą b ż ć z carra...@laptop-rg:/tmp$ LC_ALL=POSIX sort test2.csv ,A ,M _d a b z ą ć ż # above - correct special characters, Polish in wrong order carra...@laptop-rg:/tmp$ LC_ALL=pl_PL.UTF-8 sort test2.csv a ,A ą b ć _d ,M z ż # above - correct Polish characters order, incorrect special characters Feel free to replace 'correct' with 'expected' in my posts, I'm just trying to understand what's under the hood. Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlkti=pu2np+filsqx6vcjj32sqnyajqpopqw33v...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Locales/sort bug
I have some form of workaround. When I know sort field separator (which was the case in my original example), I can use that to overcome the limitations with: $ LC_ALL=pl_PL.UTF-8 sort -k1,1 -t',' test.csv aph3,APP, aph3,MiB, aph3_devel,TXT, # everything fine $ LC_ALL=pl_PL.UTF-8 sort test.csv aph3,APP, aph3_devel,TXT, aph3,MiB, # previous results, unexpected My conclusion for now would be: - if you don't know field separator -- if there are only ASCII characters - use POSIX collate -- if there are different characters (i18n) - don't have solution - if you know field separator -- specify it in sort command Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlktinloxdzj9hdafvbcq8++j5v0jecf5wkhksy4...@mail.gmail.com
Graphical diff/patch viewer
Hi all, do you know/is there any graphical patch/diff viewer in Debian (or for Linux in general)? Such a tool would produce side by side view of changes/deletions/inserts. There is kompare for KDE, but it is unreliable - produces false results for specific patches (bug not reported yet, as I have to reproduce it with something I can make public). To be honest, I have looked at meld, beyond compare, diffuse, xxdiff, tkdiff and found nothing appropriate. Do you know anything else? Have I missed anything? Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlktiky2svhgrazz1w1r4thmclo6493r5e7mwgo+...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Volkan YAZICI yazic...@ttmail.com wrote: On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Rob Gom rgom.deb...@gmail.com writes: do you know/is there any graphical patch/diff viewer in Debian (or for Linux in general)? Such a tool would produce side by side view of changes/deletions/inserts. There is kompare for KDE, but it is unreliable - produces false results for specific patches (bug not reported yet, as I have to reproduce it with something I can make public). To be honest, I have looked at meld, beyond compare, diffuse, xxdiff, tkdiff and found nothing appropriate. Not appropriate in what sense? I want to preview a patch, not compare directory/file contents. The tools above can't load a patch and display it, unless I missed something obvious. I'm afraid that Eclipse would be too big for such purpose, but taking into consideration its feature richness and flexibility, I would give it a chance. Thanks for the answer, Robert -- 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/aanlktiknocfs5l-qzziywtarasa=fv5lzr7fwycq7...@mail.gmail.com
Can't write dual layer DVD
Hi all, I use Debian system with KDE3, only partially updated to SID (originally SID based, two years ago), with kernel 2.6.32. I can write single layer DVDs with no problems (using k3b). When trying to record dual layer, my drive starts humming (disc rotating at high speed), then after few minutes k3b reports I/O problem (in record preparation stage). Then /var/log/dmesg contains some messages like HAL timed out waiting 120s and some kernel callstacks. I'm not currently at this computer, but I'm seeking for an advice where to look further. How to check if that's hw issue (drive, motherboard ...), kernel or userspace problem. Could you share any hints with me? Regards, Robert -- 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/aanlktikbftw-gmn-d_i6h9mo_d=zrj855ehb5b+fr...@mail.gmail.com
[Hint] Antialiasing fonts for tcl/tk applications
Hi there, posting in case not everybody knows. Previously fonts in Tk applications were ... let's say, ugly (not antialiased). It appears that it's changed - on tk8.5 they look much better (antialiasing is enabled). In order to take advantage of that, one has to: 1. change wish alternative (update-alternatives --config wish) to wish8.5 (install beforehand) 2. set appropriate (ttf? in my case verdana) font in your application config files 3. fix remaining issues Currently I use tkcvs, which is much better than before and gpsman, in which I had to change manually wish8.x invocations to wish (bug report filled, although no maintainer reaction). You can drop a comment if you wish, I just wanted to share my little tip. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: binary grep
Hello, thanks for your suggestions. I'm afraid grep was designed as text-oriented tool. I'm not sure how it will handle CR and/or LF characters when matching pattern. IIRC grep has no multiline patterns, so it could basically fail. I guess it would suit 95% of my needs, I'm just trying to anticipate potential caveats. What about matching bytes values? Will grep accept syntax like \x55\x3a\xff\x10? Regards, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
binary grep
Hello, are you aware of a tool, which would allow me to search for given pattern in a binary file, then at least output file position (so that I could pass the number to dd) or output next few bytes? For text files I use e.g .grep (grep -A 3 file pattern to output 3 lines after match). I would like to output e.g. 13 bytes after binary match. Dd is fine when I know the position, so I can use skip option. But how to know the position? The pattern could be either fixed bytes or even regular expression, if that's possible. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Can't write iso image to cd [2.6.30]
Hi there, I can't write iso image to blank cd under Linux. Under windows xp the same works fine. I tried: a) k3b with wodim (Debian default) b) k3b with upstream cdrtools c) brasero (uses wodim by default) d) upstream cdrecord from command line I have the following dvd writer: ~# hdparm -i /dev/sr0 /dev/sr0: Model=HL-DT-ST DVD+/-RW GH50N , FwRev=B102, SerialNo=K3997G74144 (upgraded fw from B101 when it failed) End of the cdrecord log: Disk type:Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 69 Manufacturer: Moser Baer India Limited Manufacturer is guessed because of the orange forum embargo. The orange forum likes to get money for recent information. The information for this media may not be correct. Capacity Blklen/Sparesz. Format-type Type 0 2048 0x00 No Media Present or Unknown Capacity Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 334298 Starting to write CD/DVD/BD at speed 48 in real SAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. BURN-Free is OFF. Turning BURN-Free on Performing OPC... Sending CUE sheet... /opt/cdrtools-orig/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150 Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01:0 of 49 MB written./opt/cdrtools-orig/bin/cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 00 00 01 17 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 2A 00 00 80 30 05 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.003s timeout 200s write track data: error after 571392 bytes /opt/cdrtools-orig/bin/cdrecord: A write error occured. /opt/cdrtools-orig/bin/cdrecord: Please properly read the error message above. Writing time: 24.405s Average write speed 14.0x. Fixating... Fixating time:0.004s /opt/cdrtools-orig/bin/cdrecord: fifo had 73 puts and 10 gets. /opt/cdrtools-orig/bin/cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 3 times full, min fill was 93%. I have also tried disabling hal and had no luck. I have searched web extensively. Found magnitude of threads, concluding: - user error - wodim errors, suggesting using cdrtools instead - kernel regression (2.6.29-2.6.30, however reporter didn't say enough) What else can I do? I can wait for 2.6.31 and see if it helps. But I would like not to waste too much cds ... Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Can't write iso image to cd [2.6.30]
Those are brand CDs (TDK), not causing any problems elsewhere. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Resource management scheduling tool recomendation
Hi there, there is single PC. PC is used for testing. It tests external devices. Test requires: - external device to be tested - test to be executed - one or more PCI boards Currently it is done like that: #!/bin/bash test.sh test_01 device_01 test.sh test_02 device_01 test.sh test_03 device_01 test.sh test_01 device_02 test.sh test_02 device_02 [...] (Test itself knows how many boards does it need) It is suboptimal, as some tests utilize only one board and other tests, which could utilize another board(s) are simply waiting for test to finish. I would like to do it another way instead: - [BEGIN] insert tests into pool - [UNTIL END] choose from pool test, which can be run now (device and PCI boards required are not occupied) and run it, then release board and device I could automate it using some locking scheme (flock or something), but maybe there's something simplier. A tool, which would allow me to define resources and tasks, and then take care of executing them. I have just noticed gridengine, but it seems to be too heavy for that purpose. Would you recommend anything else? Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Fetchmail and Gmail
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Ron Johnsonron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 2009-08-23 14:09, Rob Gom wrote: Hi all, could anyone explain to me why fetchmail is needed in the first place? Now *this* is an excellent flame! Why do you consider my opinion as flamewar, whereas I only expect some simple answers? From user's point of view it is something additional. Instead of configuring mail setup in single place (MUA, mail program), one has to set it up both in MUA (retrieve mail from local mail box) and fetchmail configuration file. It's not that difficult. Really. In my (ordinary user) opinion configuring mail program from its gui and text file somewhere in the filesystem is more difficult than editing only one place. And, believe me or not, there are people who prefer graphical interfaces for some tasks, finding them more convenient than command line. The latter (IMHO) has very limited functionality of password encryption handling, Sure it doess, with POPS. Maybe I haven't been understood well. My mail provider gives me a password. In mail program I add it to some wallet or let mail program to encrypt it after setting up. If I want to use fetchmail, I have to write it there in plain text (correct me if I'm wrong), which is not what I like doing. no gui integration Boo fscking hoo. I beg your pardon? - it is needed to launch text editor to edit specific file... Again, boo fscking hoo. Does this setup have any advantages? Yes, it does, since it fetches your mail *for you* from your ISP's POP server, and can send it to an MTA, which passes it thru SpamAssassin and then an MDA, which then filters your email into separate folders depending on topic or sender. So? Where's the advantage? My mail program fetches mail *for me* from my ISP's POP server, passes it thru any filter (let it be spamassassin), then writes it to separate folders depending on basically anything. Fetchmail, MTA, MDA avoided, whereas the same purpose achieved. Easier. Another benefit: for the longest time, ISPs had very small mailbox sizes, and some still do. fetchmail/getmail running in daemon mode or through cron every X minutes will keep your ISP mailbox relatively empty, even if you go away on vacation. Only if my computer (desktop) stays powered on all the time which is not the case. And mailboxes are big enough. It is counterintuitive Remember, *ix is both a desktop and serve at the same time. Thus, break out of your Windows Mentality. It seems that you strongly believe in that. Please, don't underestimate others technical knowledge. I am able to set up fetchmail et al, but I don't find it necessary nor logical. Let the engine be complicated as hell (fetchmail, MUA, MTA, MDA, spamassassin, others), but also let user only touch the steering wheel and ignition button. and non ergonomic, isn't it? Ergonomics has nothing to with fetchmail. But it has something to do with setting up your working environment. Unless automatically fetching mail so that you don't have to is considered ergonomic. The above makes no sense to me, sorry. Are there any mail programs which allow seamless integration with fetchmail/getmail? All MTAs and MDAs, and Maildir, seamlessly integrate with fetchmail. Are there any mail programs, which allow all mail server settings (server, port, user, password, ..) to be passed to/handled by fetchmail? Like a checkbox don't download it by yourself, let fetchmail to do it for you. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Fetchmail and Gmail
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Andrei Popescuandreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon,24.Aug.09, 11:37:53, Rob Gom wrote: [cut] Ok, so now I see the reasons to move: 1. Power flexibility: (if one needs something more than what mail application can offer) Yes, in many cases it is, but the separate tools approach is more flexible and more powerful. [cut] 2. Mail program limitations: Initially moved my mail retrieval+sorting outside the GUI client because it couldn't download mail in a separate thread. Then I also moved the (this is also my case - KMail famous bug) As for: Storing the password encrypted in some file has no benefit over storing the password in plain text, because anyone who gets the hash will be able to access your mail. And if you don't use SSL for connecting to the mail server you can encrypt the password as much as you like on your system, because it will be transmitted in clear over the wire. A potential attacker doesn't even have to break in your system. To clarify: I don't send passwords in plain text over the net (mainly SSL/TLS). And I believe that storing passwords encrypted is always safer than storing them unencrypted. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Fetchmail and Gmail
Hi all, could anyone explain to me why fetchmail is needed in the first place? From user's point of view it is something additional. Instead of configuring mail setup in single place (MUA, mail program), one has to set it up both in MUA (retrieve mail from local mail box) and fetchmail configuration file. The latter (IMHO) has very limited functionality of password encryption handling, no gui integration - it is needed to launch text editor to edit specific file... Does this setup have any advantages? It is counterintuitive and non ergonomic, isn't it? Are there any mail programs which allow seamless integration with fetchmail/getmail? Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
Hello, I have updated my PC from i686 to Intel Quad. Therefore I switched to 64 bit kernel. In the meantime I upgraded my libc from 2.7-something to 2.9-23. After that smb:// protocol no longer works in KDE3 (yes, I have decided to stay with that version - it's fine for my purposes). Log message is: Could not open library '/usr/lib/kde3/kio_smb.la'. /lib/i686/cmov/libnsl.so.1: symbol __libc_clntudp_bufcreate, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference What can I do with that? Does it seem to be a KDE3 bug or libc6 bug? I searched google but with no useful results. System: mainly SID (mixed with stable others) Kernel: 2.6.30-amd64 Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Sven Joachimsvenj...@gmx.de wrote: [cut] That does not seem to happen for me: , | % objdump -T /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 | grep __libc_clntudp_bufcreate | 0010ad30 g DF .text 0399 GLIBC_PRIVATE __libc_clntudp_bufcreate ` What can I do with that? Does it seem to be a KDE3 bug or libc6 bug? Possibly you have a private copy of libc.so.6 somewhere. What does ldd /lib/i686/cmov/libnsl.so.1 print? Sven Thank you very much for your answer. It seems that objdump reveals the same information as yours: ~/scripts/linux$ objdump -T /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 | grep __libc_clntudp_bufcreate 0010ad30 gDF .text 0399 GLIBC_PRIVATE __libc_clntudp_bufcreate ldd: ~/scripts/linux$ ldd /lib/i686/cmov/libnsl.so.1 linux-gate.so.1 = (0xf7f72000) libc.so.6 = /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xf7de) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7f73000) Maybe the error message is misleading? I can't think of any private copy of libc.so.6... I tried to uninstall libc6-i686 - didn't help. Any suggestions will be appreciated, as the only solution for accessing smb is currently smbc, which is much less convenient than kde tools. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
I workarounded that by copying old libnsl-2.7.so to /lib (and second version to /lib/i686/cmov/) and modified symbolic links libnsl.so.1. And smb access started working again ... Shall I report a bug against libc6? Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Rob Gomrgom.deb...@gmail.com wrote: I workarounded that by copying old libnsl-2.7.so to /lib (and second version to /lib/i686/cmov/) and modified symbolic links libnsl.so.1. And smb access started working again ... Shall I report a bug against libc6? Regards, Robert I did further research using nm. That's the beginning of the differences (2.7 vs 2.9). 8c8 b350 T __create_ib_request --- b330 T __create_ib_request 12c12 a930 T __do_niscall3 --- a920 T __do_niscall3 14c14 b1c0 T __follow_path --- b1a0 T __follow_path 18,24c18,25 fe70 T __nis_default_access 00010250 T __nis_default_group 00010320 T __nis_default_owner 000100c0 T __nis_default_ttl e680 T __nis_finddirectory e550 T __nis_hash a470 T __nisbind_connect --- U __libc_clntudp_bufcreate fdf0 T __nis_default_access 000101c0 T __nis_default_group 00010290 T __nis_default_owner 00010030 T __nis_default_ttl e620 T __nis_finddirectory e510 T __nis_hash a460 T __nisbind_connect 29c30 aa80 T __prepare_niscall --- aa60 T __prepare_niscall As one can see, __libc_clntudp_bufcreate is new in 2.9 and is undefined. As I'm not familiar with the nm tool, I don't know how to proceed. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
[cut] I compared libnsl versions, not libc. I _guess_ that some lib is linked against libnsl, but not libc6 (is that possible?). Then on older versions, it would work fine. On new, it would try to load libnsl and fail because on new referred symbol present in libc6. What else may that be? I restarted whole system, so it doesn't appear to be a question of restarting a service. It is somehow tied to krusader starting (well, I forgot to check smb:/ in konqueror). If I change libs and restart krusader, it is fine. On the other hand I searched libs in /lib, /usr/lib, /usr/lib/kde3 and those got from stracing krusader. Some of them were linked against libnsl, but all of them were also linked against libc6... But I don't know a way of recursive linkage checking (when a is linked against b, which is linked against c) Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: PSI hangs when I try typing.
Please try to upgrade to 0.12.1-2, as changelog specifies: $ zcat /usr/share/doc/psi/changelog.Debian.gz | head -n 10 psi (0.12.1-2) unstable; urgency=low * Build-depend on qt = 4.5.1 This should fix an incompatibility between binaries compiled with older qt versions and newer shared library versions. (Closes: Bug#526335) * Conflict with libqca2 2.0.2, as older qca versions cause problems with qt 4.5. * Update Standards-Version Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: PSI hangs when I try typing.
Which version? May be related to QT libs usage, try upgrading those. That's the way I fixed similar problem in sid few days ago. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Number of working days in given month
Hi there, do you know any command line tool which would be able to display number of working days in given month in given country? I have found gcal, which suits my needs, but is barely maintained (last release in 2000) and I'm afraid about its possible removal (currently maintained in Debian by QA group). Besides, its options syntax is scary and it's not present in other Linux distributions (thinking about Fedora). For now I can stick with gcal, just asking for other tools. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Fwd: Number of working days in given month
[CC to list] -- Forwarded message -- From: Rob Gom rgom.deb...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:45 PM Subject: Re: Number of working days in given month To: Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net I'd write a little $SCRIPTING_LANGUAGE program to count the number of weekend days in the month, and subtract that from the number of days in the month. To take holidays into account, I'd add an associative array with the year's holidays, and use that to further reduce the number of work days. -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer That's fine unless I'd like to take moving holidays into account. In case of my country there are at least two of them - Easter and Holy Cross. I can implement something on my own, but I'm looking for something ready. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Number of working days in given month
The shell is your friend. If your needs are simple, this will do:
cal |
FIELDWIDTHS=2 awk 'NR = 2 {next}; {print $2, $3, $4, $5, $6}' |
wc -w
Just replace the arguments to print with the days of the week you care
about.
Thanks,
that would do it, unless I'm looking for holidays exclusion :)
Regards,
Robert
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Re: USB stick two devices into one
[cut] Once the stick is attached, could you send us the output of 'fdisk -l'? I'm just guessing, but maybe it is possible to simply remove the 2MB second partition. Cheers, Johannes Unfortunately that's not partition ... That's second device (sdb + sdc in my case). Afaik there's no way to remove whole device from this physical device... Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: USB stick two devices into one
Maybe it will stop showing that second device and its pop-up window, if there is no partition on it. I guess you wouldn't lose much by just deleting that 9MB partition, ie. you'd have a device without any second partition. (I have not tried it myself, though.) HTH, Johannes As simple as that ... Yes, it worked :D At least one of my system doesn't display second pop-up anymore. I think I'll be quite satisfied with the result (and don't care much about 2MB data loss). Thanks. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
USB stick two devices into one
Hi Debian Users, I own an USB 2 GB stick. Unfortunately it is reported to system as two separate devices: [ 3151.418037] usb-storage: device found at 2 [ 3151.418041] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 3156.416261] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 3156.417734] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access PENTADRIVE PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [ 3156.418216] scsi 2:0:0:1: Direct-Access PENTADRIVE PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [ 3158.146100] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 4026368 512-byte hardware sectors: (2.06 GB/1.91 GiB) [ 3158.147583] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 3158.147587] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 [ 3158.147590] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 3158.149573] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 4026368 512-byte hardware sectors: (2.06 GB/1.91 GiB) [ 3158.150569] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 3158.150572] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 [ 3158.150575] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 3158.150578] sdb: sdb1 [ 3158.151413] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 3158.153209] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] 4096 512-byte hardware sectors: (2.09 MB/2.00 MiB) [ 3158.154598] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 3158.154605] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 [ 3158.154607] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 3158.156455] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] 4096 512-byte hardware sectors: (2.09 MB/2.00 MiB) [ 3158.157567] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 3158.157570] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 [ 3158.157572] sd 2:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through Is it possible to convert stick to be single device? I don't need second one... And two windows about new device connected can be a bit irritating... Any hint would be appreciated :) Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: USB stick two devices into one
Thanks for both suggestions. Unfortunately it's not U3 drive, but USB disk pro something. I haven't been able to find a way to remove it from my pendrive. I will try to write an udev rule, however it will work only on my system ... Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Colored less
Hi, do you know any colored less version? I often browse logs (not Linux system logs). I use less for that and it works fine. However it is single colored. I know that less has ANSI sequences support, but for that I would have to change program output (which is not possible). The only solution which I see is run sed producing ANSI sequences as LESSPIPE. Do you know any other solution? In other words: I have text file. It can be big (few GB). I want to browse it. I would like to color every line, for example containing ERROR as RED, containing WARNING as YELLOW, containing \[RG\].*debug as GRAY ... I would like to define coloring rules. The viewer can be text-based (like less) or for any XWindow system. I would appreciate any comments on that. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Colored less
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Raj Kiran Grandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob Gom wrote: Hi, do you know any colored less version? I often browse logs (not Linux system logs). I use less for that and it works fine. However it is single colored. I know that less has ANSI sequences support, but for that I would have to change program output (which is not possible). The only solution which I see is run sed producing ANSI sequences as LESSPIPE. Do you know any other solution? Did you try `ccze'? It is in the repos. [cut] How can I use that? As LESSPIPE? Is it easily configurable? Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Colored less
Switch to using view (basically a read-only vim) :) /M Thanks for the suggestion. Invoking vim would trigger reading whole file to memory. I expected the same for view, but for 1,5GB it started very fast. However I don't see two things: 1. Automatic file update (when it's changed). 2. Easy way to colorify lines based on regexp. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is this bug in aptitude?
Hello,
is this bug in aptitude when I try:
$ aptitude install a
[...]
b will be removed
$ aptitude install a b
[...]
b will be removed
[OK]
$ aptitude install b
[b is installed fine, the same with a]
So why does aptitude want to remove package b in the first place?
Real example:
# aptitude -t unstable install dpatch dpkg dpkg-dev dput dselect dash
iptables irb1.8 iso-codes kalarm kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdict
kghostview kipi-plugins kmix knewsticker kolourpaint kpdf krdc
krusader ksnapshot dvd+rw-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
cdparanoia{u} dvd+rw-tools{u} genisoimage{u} k3b{u} k3b-data{u}
kooka{u} libk3b3{u} libk3b3-extracodecs{u} libkscan1{u}
libmusicbrainz4c2a{u} libtag1c2a{u} ocrad{u}
vcdimager{u} wodim{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
dash dpatch dpkg dpkg-dev dput dselect iptables irb1.8 iso-codes
kalarm kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdict kghostview kipi-plugins kmix
knewsticker kolourpaint kpdf krdc krusader
ksnapshot libkipi0 libreadline-ruby1.8
23 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 14 to remove and 586 not upgraded.
Need to get 19,0MB of archives. After unpacking 18,1MB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main dpkg 1.14.21 [2292kB]
Get:2 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main dash 0.5.4-12 [93,0kB]
Get:3 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main iptables 1.4.1.1-3 [530kB]
Get:4 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main dpatch 2.0.30 [88,2kB]
Get:5 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main dpkg-dev 1.14.21 [757kB]
Get:6 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main dput 0.9.2.33 [43,4kB]
Get:7 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main dselect 1.14.21 [783kB]
Get:8 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main libreadline-ruby1.8
1.8.7.22-3 [260kB]
Get:9 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main irb1.8 1.8.7.22-3 [300kB]
Get:10 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main iso-codes 3.2-1 [1582kB]
Get:11 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main kalarm 4:3.5.9-5 [685kB]
Get:12 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main kdegraphics-kfile-plugins
4:3.5.9-3 [260kB]
Get:13 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main kdict 4:3.5.9-4 [308kB]
Get:14 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main kghostview 4:3.5.9-3 [236kB]
Get:15 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main libkipi0 0.1.6-2 [146kB]
Get:16 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main kipi-plugins 0.1.5-2 [3892kB]
Get:17 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main kmix 4:3.5.9-3 [394kB]
Get:18 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main knewsticker 4:3.5.9-4 [453kB]
Get:19 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main kolourpaint 4:3.5.9-3 [1071kB]
Get:20 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main kpdf 4:3.5.9-3 [843kB]
Get:21 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main krdc 4:3.5.9-4 [509kB]
Get:22 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main krusader 1.90.0-3 [3314kB]
Get:23 ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org testing/main ksnapshot 4:3.5.9-3 [168kB]
Fetched 19,0MB in 3min22s (93,7kB/s)
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 168854 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing k3b ...
Removing cdparanoia ...
Removing dvd+rw-tools ...
Removing genisoimage ...
Removing k3b-data ...
Removing kooka ...
Removing libk3b3-extracodecs ...
Removing libk3b3 ...
Removing libkscan1 ...
Removing libmusicbrainz4c2a ...
Removing libtag1c2a ...
Removing ocrad ...
Removing vcdimager ...
Removing wodim ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
(Reading database ... 168356 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.14.20 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.14.21_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up dpkg (1.14.21) ...
(Reading database ... 168360 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dash 0.5.4-11 (using .../dash_0.5.4-12_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dash ...
Preparing to replace iptables 1.4.1.1-2 (using
.../iptables_1.4.1.1-3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement iptables ...
Preparing to replace dpatch 2.0.29 (using
.../archives/dpatch_2.0.30_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dpatch ...
Preparing to replace dpkg-dev 1.14.20 (using .../dpkg-dev_1.14.21_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dpkg-dev ...
Preparing to replace dput 0.9.2.32 (using
.../archives/dput_0.9.2.33_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dput ...
Preparing to replace dselect 1.14.20 (using .../dselect_1.14.21_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dselect ...
Preparing to replace libreadline-ruby1.8 1.8.6.114-2 (using
.../libreadline-ruby1.8_1.8.7.22-3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libreadline-ruby1.8 ...
Preparing to replace irb1.8 1.8.6.114-2 (using
.../irb1.8_1.8.7.22-3_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement irb1.8 ...
Preparing to replace iso-codes 2.1-1 (using
Re: Is this bug in aptitude?
[cut] Aptitude tries to remove automatically installed packages. If you manually install them, aptitude won't try to do this. It's not a bug. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF Thank you very much. However I don't understand the answer. Why does aptitude want to uninstall them? Are they in conflict with something else? If so, why removed packages can be installed without problem later? In other words - _why does aptitude want to remove automatically installed packages_? Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is this bug in aptitude?
Noone want to accumulate junk in their system. In other words - _why does aptitude want to remove automatically installed packages_? If there is no other package using it, auto-installed packages are removed. Simple. You can change auto installed status with m/M. Osamu Understood, acknowledged. Thx, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ugly java applet fonts
Thank you very much for your answer. I have checked debconf-utils output and it was indeed bitmap fonts set to true. However, after unsetting it, look didn't change. I have proceed further and tried to decompile java classes, but they were so obfuscated, that I had to give up (I wanted to check which fonts the applet tries to use). I have also checked /usr/lib/jvm for font string, but there were too many of them. I only noticed that there is latin-1 in many strings, whereas I use latin-2 primarily ... I will check further ... Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ugly java applet fonts
Hi, I have filed a bugreport against this issue - 495988. If you have any comments, feel free to include them to that report. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ugly java applet fonts
Hello dear list users, as the problem with nvidia is gone, it's time to fight another issue. From time to time I play java games on various sites, mainly http://www.kurnik.pl. For a long time there was no 64 bit java plugin, so I used chrooted sun java plugin. But now I don't have to use it anymore: ii icedtea-gcjwebplugin1.0-2 Java plugin based on IcedTea and gcjwebplugin ii openjdk-6-jre 6b11-6 OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT ii openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b11-6 OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless) ii openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b11-6 OpenJDK Java runtime (architecture independent libraries) And it basically works. Basically, with one exception - fonts in java applets look ugly. They don't seem to be antialiased, their shapes are distorted. Readable, though, but very ugly. What can I do to improve their look? Should I install anything? What should I do to debug the reason? In my KDE Debian GNU/Linux system all other fonts look fine. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NVidia - blanking problems
Hello, I have: - Debian SID (updated month ago or so) - 2.6.25 x86_64 kernel on my laptop with NVidia card - NVidia proprietary drivers, most probably 173.14.09-3 (I'm writing this from another computer) Kernel and nvidia are official Debian packages. The problem: when my screen goes blank, it can't be restored easily. I have to go through alt-ctrl-f1, alt-ctrl-f7 sequence to restore it, which is very irritating. How can I avoid this? Steps to reproduce: 1. Start X (in my case with KDE) 2. Wait reasonable amount of time for the screen to go blank. I guess it is the time displayed by: $ xset q | grep -A3 ^DPMS DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 1200Suspend: 1800Off: 2400 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On (standby?) 3. Press any key. At that time, I would expect display to be restored. Instead, I get either black screen with different color of black, or random horizontal/vertical lines jumping on the screen. I have to press ctrl-alt-f1 (I can't see text console), then ctrl-alt-f7. It restores my display. I have searched the web, but can't find the answer (forming a question is even tricky). I have only tried to switch sync to vblank sync to hblank in nvidia-settings, with no particular effect. What can I do to improve my work? Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NVidia - blanking problems
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [cut] Maybe there's a bug in kscreensaver? Unfortunately not ... When I lock my screen manually and press a key in a few seconds, unlock message appears correctly. On the other hand, when my screen goes blank and I do ctrl-alt- sequence, my screen is not locked. Any other suggestions will be appreciated. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NVidia - blanking problems
[cut] I would suggest you try with just one of these set to a value other than zero. Something like: Standby: 0Suspend: 0Off: 1200 and see if that works. That way you can eliminate which setting(s) is causing the problem. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately ... it didn't help me, however I have other things to think of. I performed some tests: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset dpms force standby [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset dpms force suspend [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset dpms force suspend [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset dpms force off [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset dpms force off And in every case result was the same as in my original problem ... Will search further. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NVidia - blanking problems
Thank you all. I have finally identified the problem and found others reporting it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/181114 (and other links mentioned there). Thanks for the advice with drivers, I think I have earned nvidia linux installer skill during past few years of my Linux adventure :) Just now I have executed m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source, which to my surprise went just fine. Then I have installed matching (173.14.09) nvidia-glx package. According to other reports (including yours), it should fix my issues. I haven't rebooted my system yet, but I have big expectations. I will report the results for sure. Thanks a lot for your help. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NVidia - blanking problems
Yes, 173.14 works! Such a comfort... The hardest part was to identify the issue and search for it. Another was waiting for any solution ;-) Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
