Re: Search for real debian Live -cd
4)live.debian.net is a nice project but it is not 100% pure as it use Casper from Ubuntu, but it is a clean project and the iso's are a good base to develop (I, for example, I am building my custom distro from here: http://live.debian.net/debian-cd/current/i386/ Almost nothing in Debian is 100% by that standard. The casper patch is in unstable and testing, so it's clearly "pure" enough. 5) dfsbuild will allow you to create a 100% Debian live cd, some pre made iso's are here: http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/ Though they are too big for my taste. Amen to that. That's the beauty of the live.debian.net project. Bootcd will also create bootable CDs and is supposed to be able to do zisofs compression but it didn't work for me when I tried it on etch yesterday. It said it needed mkzisofs which was supposed to come with mkisofs but didnt!? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pendrive corrupted filesystem
According to Rodolfo Medina, > Hi. > > When I try to remove a certain directory from my pendrive, > the following error message appears: > > $ rm -vr to-be-removed > rm: WARNING: Circular directory structure. > This almost certainly means that you have a corrupted file system. > NOTIFY YOUR SYSTEM MANAGER. > The following directory is part of the cycle: > `to-be-removed/News/to-be-removed/News' > > . Do I have to throw it away, or is there a way to repair it? > Thanks, > Rodolfo You can try formatting it, e.g. mkfs.vfat /dev/mypendrive A side note/tip: It can be good to mount these types of drives with -o sync. I've pulled out my usb flash drive by mistake before it was really done because without option sync cp and mv would return as soon as the operation was queued. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?
According to Mike McCarty, > Michelle Konzack wrote: > >Am 2006-04-19 10:50:06, schrieb Paul Johnson: > > > >>On Wednesday 19 April 2006 09:33, Mike McCarty wrote: > >> > >>>Pardon, but in this context the appropriate form is to expand > >>>the umlaut. It is inappropriate to put characters like that > >>>into a text-only message. > >> > >>There isn't anything non-ISO about "?", including it in a message doesn't > >>make it "not text only". The "ae" is a poorman form of "?". > > > > > >You forget, that the american brain is limited > >to 128 characters called US-ASCII. > > You forget what the "A" in "ASCII" means. If you Europeans > want to take over something we made for ourselves, then > you should at least have used the techniques for extending > it which were built in. ASCII is a 7 bit code. It is extensible > by using the SI and SO which were specifically intended for > that. Also it has ESC and DLE which are useful for extending > and transmitting such kinds of codes. > > But no, you have to screw it up. > > Mike Sadly you forget that most of the populations of the American continents do in fact use letters with accents and tildes which are sadly lacking in the supposedly "American Standard Code". Otherwise a very cogent comment. Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Color printers
According to Miles Bader, > Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ron, there's a really neat site called the Wikipedia > > (www.wikipedia.org). It's almost like an encyclopedia, but it has > > entries for a lot of fictional characters, TV shows, and such. > > Indeed, some say it contains _mostly_ entries for fictional characters, > TV shows, and such... > > [Disclaimer: I wouldn't say that though -- I find wikipedia an > invaluable resource, especially for researching technical subjects.] A recent study found that wikipedia's accuracy is almost as good as Encyclopedia Britannica. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: google_desktop_tool
According to Paul Johnson, > On Saturday 22 April 2006 09:08, Juraj Fedel wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 05:31:39PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Friday 21 April 2006 12:09, steef wrote: > > > The functionality that you're panicking about is disabled by default. > > > You have to go out of your way to turn it on. > > > > This is also very dangerous in my opinion. User will install it and get > > used to it. Then one day google will enable by default. Guess how > > many users will be aware of this? > > You give Google too little credit. Except for the whole China thing, when > has > Google done the wrong thing? They're number 1 and have a strong bottom line > because they put the users first, not their bottom line. Indeed. And even in the China case, when you hear the whole story, what Google did is not as bad as it might first appear. Their employees in China are of course subject to Chinese law and government prosecution so Google's only other option would be to pull out completely. It's better to index what they can and hope that smart people can talk about democracy without actually using the word etc. than index nothing at all. Contrast Google's behavior to Yahoo's, who actually helped the Chinese government identify a dissident blogger who was then imprisoned. Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I fix this?
According to Gene Heskett, > On Saturday 08 April 2006 12:04, M A wrote: > >Hi there Got this from my ISP the other day > > > >We have been forced to take your server off line, since your server is > >performing phishing from your secondary IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.224. > > > >that IP address was one my secondary IP's, using debian sarge, have > > iptables firewall, > >using qmail as the mail server .. > > > >How do i fix this, or detect that is happening .. > > > > > >Cheers > > You have been "rootkitted", To learn more, go get chkrootkit, and > rkhunter. chkrootkit is now a bit long, but its got most of them > covered. > > At the end of the day, your best recovery is to wipe and re-install, and > make sure the automatic software update facility is working so that > when security problems have been fixed, your machine will more or less > automaticly upgrade the software to keep your machine reasonably safe > from future such exploits. Or, if you want to do forensic analysis, take the drive offline and install with a new/clean/fresh drive. Then you can look at the problem at your leisure. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trouble Installing nvidia-graphics-driver on Etch
> ... X won't start when I finish the > installation and put > Driver "nvidia" > instead of > Driver "nv" > in the xorg.conf file. At the bottom of this mail is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf > file. > > What can I do to install the nVidia-driver properly? ... I haven't read the installation manual you referenced- you can do it with just the Debian docs. The nvidia driver requires a non-DSFG binary module that can't be distributed with Debian. You'll need to add contrib sources to your /etc/apt/sources.list and install the nvidia-* packages and read the /usr/share/doc/nvidia-*/README.Debian* files. Althernatively you can use the DFSG-free module "nv". I use the non-free one myself since it was the only way I could get full width out of my laptop's 1920x1280 display. Perhaps others can be more helpful. Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I recieve spam "Debian security."
... > I'm not sure when or why the messages go the original paster vs the > entire list, though. Because on this list (like many) the messages retain their original From: line, and they are using that. Don't you just hate those clueless halfwit ISPs? They've got to be losing business. Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i must install the gnome,if i install the xgl
According to blye eric, > I uses the window maker,but i saw a lot the document about xgl,said you > must install gnome-environment before install xgl, it's really? > :) There is as yet insufficient data for a meaningful answer. Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ssh and X forwarding
According to Florian Kulzer, > H S Rai wrote: > >Today at 7:37am - Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > > >> The sshd_config file (probably under /etc/ssh/sshd_config or somewhere > >> similar) has AllowX11Forwarding no > >> > >> Change that to yes and restart sshd > > > > > >It did not solve my problem. I made changes and restarted > >ssh (There is no sshd). > > > >The part of file now is as: > >= > ># Site-wide defaults for various options > > > ># Host * > ># ForwardAgent no > >ForwardX11 yes > ># ForwardX11Trusted yes > ># RhostsRSAAuthentication no > > > > > >What went wrong? > > I think you have to make the change to sshd_config on the remote host > and you also have to set AllowTcpForwarding to "yes". The Debian- > specific instructions can be found here: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tune.en.html#s-xssh ForwardX11 yes is the same as -X. You can put it in /etc/ssh/ssh_config for system-wide client defaults or in ~/.ssh/config for user-specific client default or per host. But this is a red herring- the real issue is that the server is not allowing it. AllowTcpForwarding is for -L and -R opts. Red herring. -Y is a red herring too- it's just a less-secure -X. What you want is described in 'man sshd_config' which shows you how to control the ssh server (sshd) settings: /etc/ssh/sshd_config . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ssh and X forwarding
According to H S Rai, > On stable Debian installed PC, it appers that X is not > allowed with ssh. As on issuing command: > > ssh -X ip.number1 gnome-terminal > > it open a window, but issuing any command of graphic > program, says: > > >Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display > > Same command for other PC (ip.number2 having RedHat9) opens > the gnome-terminal without problem. > > How I can allow ip.number1 to forward X? Hi. It's considered a security risk and has to be explicitly enabled. In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, change X11Forwarding from "no" to "yes", and then do a /etc/init.d/ssh restart. Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netlimiter liike tool
> That is EXCACTLY what I was looking for. Setting limits on the Looking for things in open source that work EXACTLY like commercial tools in Windows is a recipe for failure. People are trying to be helpful and you slap them down. Go troll somewhere else. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gnome menu update
According to Christopher Nelson, > On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 05:22:21PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > When/how do the gnome menus get updated? I just installed two programs > > via apt-get and neither shows in either the regular gnome menus nor the > > debian menu even though both have entries in /usr/share/menu. > > If I'm not mistaken, the debian menu system is updated via the > 'update-menus' command. I'm not sure about the gnome menus, I think it > has something to do with programs having .desktop files in some > directory somewhere. I think the Debian menu in gnome is updated by the Debian update-menus command, but the rest of the gnome menus are gnome-specific... you might get more answers asking on a gnome-specific list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: On Open Source Support of hardware (was: Re: Best Linux Laptop)
According to Rog?rio Brito, > On Mar 19 2006, Manaen Schlabach wrote: > > You might want to consider walking into the store with a Knoppix boot > > CD/DVD and booting the laptop with Knoppix. If it works you know the > > hardware will be supported by Linux. > > And if you are concerned with hardware that works with Free Software, be > careful to see if the CD/DVD hasn't loaded any non-free software, like > ndiswrapper or such other evil things. > > Please, since you are "voting with your wallet" and you are in a > position to choose what to use, don't support those that make the life > of Free Software developers harder. I am ashamed to admit that I voted for Dell the last time around, but they were (sadly) the only ones with the 1920x1280 screen. In my book, the only real feature that counts on a laptop is screen. Sadly, I am using nonfree video (nvidia driver) and network. But if you are satisfied with conventional displays, by all means, vote with your wallet for hardware vendors that are FOSS-friendly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hacked server
No not as a mirror. No not as raid. Just online/available but not in $PATH, not booted from. BIOS boots from typically CDROM first, IDE0 primary second. If your drive is on IDE1 (or SATA1), BIOS shouldn't load it's boot sector, and Linux shouldn't mount it or run anything off it unless you tell it to (DON'T). Heck, to feel safe, if and when you mount it, mount it with -o noexec, which keeps any binaries from being executed. Of course this may be a no-op right now- the manpage says "This trick fails since Linux 2.4.25 / 2.6.0". According to Jon Miller, > Wouldn't the same rootkits be on the secondary? In a mirror it writes to the > primary then writes to the secondary drive. I plan to keep the drive intact > since I may need files from the drive(s). > > >>> Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3:47:57 pm 18/03/2006 >>> > > If it was me, I'd move the drive to secondary and get a new > drive for primary. Then you can copy and diff and whatever. > If you forgot something, no worries, it's mounted over > there at /olddrive/home/ or /olddrive/etc > > According to Jon Miller, > > I have a hacked server that has a few rootkits installed. I'm going to > > rebuild this using the following procedure: > > 1) backup data files > > 2) copy /etc/*.conf > > 3) either make an image of the system and then blow it away or get new > > drives. > > > > Have I missed out on anything? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Jon L. Miller, ASE, CNS, CLS, MCNE, CCNA > > Director/Sr Systems Consultant > > MMT Networks Pty Ltd > > http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au > > Resellers for: Novell Gold Partner, Cisco Partner, Peopletelecom, Westnet, > > Sophos Anti-Virus, CA Products > > > > "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure > > is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby > > Content-Description: HTML > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a hacked server that has a few rootkits installed. I'm > > going > > to rebuild this using the following procedure: > > 1) backup data files > > 2) copy /etc/*.conf > > 3) either make an image of the system and then blow it away or get new > > drives. > > > > Have I missed out on anything? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Jon L. Miller, ASE, CNS, CLS, MCNE, CCNADirector/Sr Systems > > ConsultantMMT Networks Pty Ltd > href="http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au";>http://www.mmtnetworks.com.auResellers > > > > for: Novell Gold Partner, Cisco Partner, Peopletelecom, Westnet, Sophos > > Anti-Virus, CA Products > > > > "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is > > trying > > to please everybody." -Bill Cosby > > > > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Tony Content-Description: HTML > >Wouldn't the same rootkits be on the secondary? In a mirror it writes >to the primary then writes to the secondary drive. I plan to keep the >drive intact since I may need files from the drive(s). >>>> Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3:47:57 pm 18/03/2006 >>> >If it was me, I'd move the drive to secondary and get a new >drive for primary. Then you can copy and diff and whatever. >If you forgot something, no worries, it's mounted over >there at /olddrive/home/ or /olddrive/etc >According to Jon Miller, >> I have a hacked server that has a few rootkits installed. I'm going >to rebuild this using the following procedure: >> 1) backup data files >> 2) copy /etc/*.conf >> 3) either make an image of the system and then blow it away or get >new drives. >> >> Have I missed out on anything? >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Jon L. Miller, ASE, CNS, CLS, MCNE, CCNA >> Director/Sr Systems Consultant >> MMT Networks Pty Ltd >> [1]http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au >> Resellers for: Novell Gold Partner, Cisco Partner, Peopletelecom, >Westnet, Sophos Anti-Virus, CA Products >> >> "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure >> is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby >Content-Description: HTML >> >> >> >> >> >> I have a hacked server that has a few rootkits installed. >I'm going >> to rebuild this using the following procedure: >> 1) backup data files >> 2) copy /etc
Re: Recommended Firewalls
According to Chris Lale, > Clyde Wilson wrote: > > >I'm on Debian Sarge 3.1 r 1. Can anyone recommend an easy but fairly > >good firewall? > >Thanks for your time! > > If you are talking about a personal firewall for your PC, have alook at ... If you are talking about hardware firewall, most "broadband router" devices provide DHCP/NAT which is adequate for most home users. An unroutable IP address is provided to each internal machine, and incoming packets are blocked unless they are in response to a transaction initiated from inside. These devices don't prevent spyware/viruses coming into machines with stupid operating systems via stupid browsers accessing hostile websites or stupid operating systems with e-mail clients that auto-open hostile attachments, but that's a different matter entirely- firewalls don't generally fix these issues. I guess you should post more about what you are trying to acheive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: file transfer between two debian sarge machines in a lan
... > No matter what mechanism you use for copying, you will need to know the > IP of the box which you are not using to initiate the transfer. ... Actually, no. SMB works without IP addresses- it actually predates use of IP in PC LANs. Check out the Samba howto. Downsides are the usual one for Microsoft-originated technologies. I used to power up a bunch of Windows boxes every morning and if I didn't do it just the right way, many wouldn't see each other and each would assume it was a Network Of One. ;-) Easy ways to identify IP addrs exist- one way is to add a cron job to do something like... /sbin/ifconfig|grep 'inet addr' ...with [EMAIL PROTECTED] But you really are better off fixing your DHCP than fking around with any of these half-solutions. Generally it's as simple as popping though a couple menus in your router's menu. Or just leave your computers on- it's better for their electronics. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I disable USB?
> Anyway, is there any way to force Debian to ignore my USB hardware so > these things don't get loaded in the first place? Easiest way is to disable it in the BIOS. Then it won't show up in lspci or /proc and the various autoloading packages like discover and hotplug won't load the drivers for it. Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SSH ate my computer!
According to Edward Shornock, > On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 11:17:53PM -0800, Tyson Varosyan wrote: > > Per previous thread where I was asking about options for running an > > SSH server on my box, I ran apt-get install ssh. I was asked a few > > simple questions and chose support for SSH 1 & 2 and selected Yes for > > the use of some encryption key protocol. After the install, my box, > > which was working perfectly and took hours to set up is now totally > > hosed!! > > I can't see how it'd be SSH's fault...chalk it up to being a > coincidence. > > > My ppp0 connection connects and dials up without issue. However, for > > whatever reason, it is no longer pingable from the outside. I can ping > > out, but services behind the box can no longer be reached! > > There's no need to remove SSH as that's not the problem, it's just a > coincidence. > > Is this Sarge (stable) or Sid (unstable)? If Sid, see if a package > named "zeroconf" was pulled in as a dependency/recommended package and > if so, remove it with "dpkg -P zeroconf". > If this doesn't work, try to identify the actual package that caused the problem. That way you file a bug against it- which is a major step toward getting it fixed. 1. apt-get -s install ssh ...that tells you which packages would get installed if you installed. Next try to install each package separately and check your network connection after each one. 2. apt-get -s install (pkg)=(version) ...check to see if a particlar package can install simply (with no dependencies). find one that is a simple (one-package) install. 3. apt-get install (pkg)=(version) ... install one of the packages that ssh depends on 4. check to see if your problem has recurred. if not, continue with the next dependent package. if so- that last package was your culprit > Also, check the IP address(es) with "ifconfig" to make sure they're what > you expect them to be. If it starts with 169.x.x.x, I'm sure of it > being zeroconf rearing it's head... Also check with 'route' to see that your default connection is what you expect it to be. If you ifdown connections you aren't using if should be OK. Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Should I Abandon Mutt and Exim4?
> ... I have the instructions to do this in a > file but I have forgotten the vim command to attach it to this message. > I'll re-post it if anyone needs it. Generally one does not attach inside a text editor- that's a MUA function. One can include in vim/vi with... :r (filepath) (enter)Q r is for "read". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bloqueo extra?o de las X
According to Mike McCarty, > Tony Godshall wrote: > >... > > > >>... Creo incluso que alguna vez intent? > >> > >>>usar las X sin mouse. > >> > >>... With the intent of some day maybe running > >>X without a mouse. [Translator's note: that last sentence doesn't make > >>much sense to me.] > > > >... > > > >Perhaps it's "In addition I think I once tried to start X > >without mouse attached" ? > > > > > > Well, <> means "to attempt", not "with the intent". > It could be translated "I think one time I also tried to use X > without a mouse." But that doesn't make much sense, because > X *can't* reasonably be run without a mouse :-) But it's > a reasonable translation of the sentence. I assume the ? was an accented "e"- i.e. attempted. Actually I have run X successfully without a mouse- ion2 is a great window manager for that. Apps are another matter. Anyhow, we are hijacking the thread- can anyone help with the OP's question? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How many cd I need to install debian (kde)
> > I want to install debian stable/testing on my pc desktop. > > How many cd I need to install only using for desktop (home) with kde. > > I don't want download all cd iso. > well you can use just one, the net-install iso, but it requires a lot of > downloading during the install and if you have connection problems, it could > be difficult. > > For some reason I don't have internet connection all every hours. > if you have decent bandwidth, it shouldn't take very long. I also would recommend the net-install CD- it's a quicker shorter download (150M) than the full CD (600M) images so it should be easier for you to get a full image before your intermittent network connection breaks. And the net-install process also resumes on disconnect fairly well. Or you could even try the bizcard image- it's only 50MB. Regardless- you don't need to download more than one CD image- after packages selected (like KDE) will be happily download from the net. If you are having trouble getting a full image you might want to try wget -c: it can resume a failed download. T -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bloqueo extra?o de las X
... > ... Creo incluso que alguna vez intent? > >usar las X sin mouse. > > ... With the intent of some day maybe running > X without a mouse. [Translator's note: that last sentence doesn't make > much sense to me.] ... Perhaps it's "In addition I think I once tried to start X without mouse attached" ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get 1153x864 resolution with 865 video and i810 driver
... > What's more, now it's starting making a high pitched noise when I use > 1152x864 with my XFree86 system (though not with Windows which is using > a lower refresh rate). I may have damaged it. ... Ouch. I'd check your vsync and hsync frequency ranges and make sure you are driving the monitor within spec. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gpg error - testing ?
According to Mehmet Fatih AKBULUT, > hi all, > i am getting this when apt-get update : > > W: GPG error: http://secure-testing.debian.net testing/security-updates > Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public > key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 946AA6E18722E71E > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > > how can i fix this error ? look back a week or two- this is a frequently asked question. Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is my system compromised
I'm not familiar with chkrootkit. It sounds like the Microsoftian antivirus mindset of looking for known compromises, which is a mindset I avoid. My own methodology would be to examine the script in question, and poke around at other files. If the system looks compromised, I'd do a fresh clean install (on a new hard drive, for convenience), move my data files over, make sure the new system is working properly, and wipe the compromised drive. The thing is, once your machine has been compromised, it's hard to know if you've removed every trace. And then focus on prevention, an ounce of which is worth pounds of "cure". According to BTP, > I did as you mention by booting from a knoppix cd and try to check the hard > drive partitions with chkrootkit. Chkrootkit however did not run in the same > typical manner as it does when I invoke it from my Debian console: it > complained about not being able to do everything it's supposed to, I can't > remember the details. > > Also I gave a quick try to install some virus scanner from the Knoppix > software install menu, but I lost my interest into figuring all that out and > did not perform a virus scan. > > I did not find any specific instructions on google for dealing with > compromised systems using knoppix, other than what I tried to do. > > Does anyone have any links or specific hints regarding this?? > > Bart > > > > > > I'd not run anything else from a hard drive I suspect is > > compromised. Reboot with a liveCD and examine it from > > there. > > > > Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backing up Windows using rsync
According to Rodney Richison, > > > Lubos Vrbka wrote: > > > hi, > > > >> I was planing to use rsync with SSH on Windows and the Linux server > >> and schedule the script to copy the files/folders to a Debian based > >> Linux server in the following folder structure: > >> > >> /backup/Monday/server > >> /backup/Monday/ws01 > >> /backup/Monday/ws02 > >> /backup/Monday/ws03 > >> . > >> . > >> /backup/Tuesday/server > >> /backup/Tuesday/ws01 > >> /backup/Tuesday/ws02 > >> /backup/Tuesday/ws03 > >> . > >> . > >> > >> This would mean I'd need the Debian server storage capacity would > >> need to be at least 200 GB x 7 = 1.4 TB. > >> > >> Question: Is there a better way to do what I'm doing? And is there > >> already a piece of software that exists on the NET that does what I'm > >> doing better and I should trying to re-invent the wheel? :-) > > > > > rsnapshot should do it. That looks like an outstanding new app. It appears to implement the technique I use (which I got from Linux Journal I think), which is to make mirror-tree of hardlinks before running an 'rsync --delete' . That lets you save space by storing each unchanged file only once. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is my system compromised
According to Todd Weaver, > On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 06:24:02PM +0100, Ben Meijering wrote: > [snip] > > I was looking in my /etc/rc2.d directory to see what kind of services > > were installed on my server. > > > > The contents of my rc2.d directory is as follows > > > > S10distwatchd S20courier-authdaemon S20nfs-kernel-server S89cron > > S10sysklogdS20courier-pop S20pptpd S89watchd > > S11klogd S20courier-pop-ssl S20samba S91apache > > S14ppp S20eximS20ssh > > S91apache-ssl > > S15bind9 S20inetd S21nfs-common S99rmnologin > > S15lwresd S20lpd S23killd > > S99stop-bootlogd > > S18portmap S20makedev S50proftpd > > S19sshdS20mysql S89atd > > > > I couldn't find a man page for distwatchd and just tried to run it which > > gave the following result: > > You *probably* should have less'd the file and not just executed it. > > You also could send the contents of the file in question, for review. > > > benspagina:/etc/rc2.d# /etc/init.d/distwatchd > > > > > > FUCK: Got signal 11 while manipulating kernel! > > > > Searching for this last sentence I found all sorts of pages talking > > about compromised servers. > > > > Is there a chance my system is compromised? > > You can try tiger... > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install tiger > sudo tiger I'd not run anything else from a hard drive I suspect is compromised. Reboot with a liveCD and examine it from there. Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...
According to Tyson Varosyan, > Given the fact that Katipo and Alvin were the only ones to reply to this > thread and nether proved to know anything about how to resolve my issue, I > thought that I should post the resolution here so that others looking for > the answer later would not have to bother the resident smart-asses on this > board. > > Again, I apologize for posting a Windows-based problem on this board, ... Just a word to the wise (and especially the wise who have not yet posted). You'd get more people to read your question if you gave a subject line that's more relevant. You'd get more people to read your solution if you gave a subject line starting with SOLVED: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Branded Servers that support Debian GNU/Linux
According to Paolo Alexis Falcone, > On 1/30/06, Rishi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Anyone knows of any Branded (HP/IBM/Dell etc.) Server that supports > > Debian GNU/Linux (Sarge) > > > > I need to order a server for a customer with the following specs or higher. > > > > CPU: P-IV > > RAM: 512 MB > > HDD: 160 GB > > > > I need the following to work. > > (a) 1024x768 Resolutin Display for X Windows > > (b) Network card for accessing the Network > > (c) Disk Controllers / Drives for accessing and partitioning the hard disk. > > Try asking HP. Perhaps even former the former Debian project leader who's more or less their Linux evangelist (Bdale) Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Hardware RAID, software RAID, 3ware 9550SX, level 1 vs. level 5
According to Joseph H. Fry, > I am partial to software raid for one important reason longevity. One > great thing about linux is that it rarely makes something entirely > obsolete... and even if it does, you can always download previous versions of > your favorite distro... an array created by mdadm today will likely be > readable by most linux distros for many years to come. > > this is unlike hardware which can become almost impossible to replace in a > few > months sometimes. I've heard stories about hardware controllers that > wouldn't read data from arrays created by previous versions of the same model > controller due to an updated bios, and it was almost impossible to get the > previous version from the manufacturer. > > As far as the best redundancy... I like raid 50. Raid 50 is essentially a > raid 5 array that is mirrored to another raid 5 array... this protects from > multi-drive failures as long as one of the raid 5 arrays only suffers a > single drive failure... if both have multiple failures you may be able to ... Personally, I prefer Google's approach (I was at an event on this very topic event at their Mountain View campus yesterday). They don't try to achieve fault-tolerance in a single system- They achieve their incredible reliability and performance by spreading load redundantly over many hosts. It's RAIH, not RAID. That's my 2 cents! Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to minimize /dev (using udev)?
According to Marty, > Magnus Therning wrote: > >I am somewhat surprised to find so many devices in /dev when using udev > >(on Sid): > > > > % ls /dev|wc -l > > 662 > > I use udev with Sarge, and I get: > $ ls /dev |wc -l > 155 > > > > >More than 600 entries in /dev is hardly the lean mean /dev promised by > >udev... > > > >Under other Linux distros I've ended up with _far_fewer_ devices. Are > >all devices in /dev created by udev under Debian, or is there some other > >tool that creates additional ones? > >How can I get rid of the ones I don't need? > > Did you delete the old /dev directory? Maybe udev keeps what's already > there. they get put in /dev/.static -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: system requirements for debian
According to Bob Hynes, > I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty > slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I > could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm > also considering tying another version of Linux, but maybe this box is > just too slow at 500Mhz? Debian runs on a tiny little ARM-based PDA with tiny little flash disks- see pocketworkstation.com. I'm guessing you have unspoken expectations well beyond Debian itself- I'm guessing KDE or Gnome plus some big apps? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using USB Memory-Stick with Debian
According to Felix Karpfen, > With the help of Google, I have located the following instructions > for configuring Debian to recognise the presence of a USB Memory-Stick: > > > ,[ memory_stick.txt ]- > | USB memory stick > | > | * plug in Memory-Stick > | * become root (su -) > | * modprobe usb-storage > | * in /etc/fstab: directly after the line with "proc /proc ..." > | add a line like this: > | usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto,user 0 0 > | * now root may mount the memory stick: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt > | and read/write on /mnt > | * in /etc/fstab enter a line as follows: > | /dev/sda1 /usbstick autouser,noauto0 0 > | * mkdir /usbstick > | * in /etc/modules add: > | # For USB memory stick > | usb-storage > | * Now every user may mount and umount /usbstick > `-- These instructions are quite brittle since depending on your system config the stick may not come in as sdb, sdc, etc. For a more robust approach, I recommend reading the udev HOWTO. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: saving xterm scrolling data to file
According to Oliver Lupton, > On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:14:55 -0500 (EST) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Haines Brown) wrote: > > > When I run a command with debug in xterm, a lot of info scrolls > > past. How can I save this to a file? All I get is how to debug > > the debug message, not the debuging information itself, which just > > scrolls quickly by in the terminal: > > > > For debugging messages, please use the --debug option. > > Debugging messages may help finding a solution to your problem. > > If you intend to send any error or debug messages to the gphoto > > developer mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, please run > > gphoto2 as follows: > > > > env LANG=C gphoto2 --debug --debug --debug -f "/opt/tmp/camera" -P > > > > Please make sure there is sufficient quoting around the arguments. > > > > I vaguely recall there is a utility to capture input to the terminal > > to file. > > > > If you're using bash as a shell (and probably others too) > > command > /file/to/direct/output.to > > or if you want stderr to go to the file as well: > > command 2>&1 > /file/to/direct/output.to Or if you want to see it *and* send it to a file, pipe it to tee. T -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TCP not working over ppp connection (WAS: 5th day using Linux...)
I wonder if your ISP has an MTU issue. That would explain small packets getting through but not bigger ones. I don't recall offhand how to troubleshoot that but a quick google search should give it to you. You can probably test it pretty quick by setting a lowish mtu with a paragraph in /etc/network/interfaces as described in man 5 interfaces. According to Tyson Varosyan, > Ok, I have made outputs of the files that Tony and Andrew asked for. For > some reason wget would not dump to a file, so I will copy the output into > here. > > Also note: because my laptop does not have a floppy drive, I reloaded same > version of Debian on my PC using a VIA motherboard with onboard PCMCIA > controller. I am still having the same issue (TCP traffic not going over > PPP). > > The output of the files is located at http://www.up-times.com/tcp/ > > Tyson Varosyan > Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.up-times.com > 206-715-TECH (8324) > > UpTime/OnTime/AnyTime > > -Original Message- > From: Tony Godshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Debian-User > Subject: Re: TCP not working over ppp connection (WAS: 5th day using > Linux...) > > According to Andrew Sackville-West, > > On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:12:21 -0800 > > "Tyson Varosyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yea, I am going to keep with it. This is just so damn frustrating! How > would > > > all TCP traffic just be blocked be default?! I do not know enough about > the > > > OS. I just got home and I am going to try some other flavors of Linux, > > > ubuntu, mandrake, whatever I can find. I tried to install Debian with > the > > > 2.4 kernel. The only thing that was different is that my NIC did not get > > > magically put to Eth1 - it remained at Eth0. But the PPP problem was > still > > > there. > > > > > > I have been administrating Corporate Windows Networks for 10+ years now > and > > > I have never seen anything like this with the core OS! Weird-ass driver > > > issues, PNP (plug and pray) not working, devices getting *lost* or > Windows > > > patches breaking device drivers - sure - seen it all. But nothing like > where > > > a working device can connect, send ICMP traffic, route TCP traffic but > not > > > use TCP for itself Plain weird! > > > > as I said before, I know naught of these things here, so help a bit and > maybe I can help more. What do you mean by use TCP for itself? if its > routing tcp traffic, you should be done? I know, I know, wget doesn't work > etc. ummm... > > > > just for shits and giggles, what's your /etc/resolv.conf say? > > > > cat /etc/resolv.conf > > > > and how about cat /etc/network/ifaces? > > > > shots in the dark. > > > > fwiw, once you get it done, it will "just work", really > > > Also, what about '/sbin/route -n'? Do you have more than > one interface? What's the output of '/sbin/ifconfig' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TCP not working over ppp connection (WAS: 5th day using Linux...)
According to Andrew Sackville-West, > On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:12:21 -0800 > "Tyson Varosyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yea, I am going to keep with it. This is just so damn frustrating! How would > > all TCP traffic just be blocked be default?! I do not know enough about the > > OS. I just got home and I am going to try some other flavors of Linux, > > ubuntu, mandrake, whatever I can find. I tried to install Debian with the > > 2.4 kernel. The only thing that was different is that my NIC did not get > > magically put to Eth1 - it remained at Eth0. But the PPP problem was still > > there. > > > > I have been administrating Corporate Windows Networks for 10+ years now and > > I have never seen anything like this with the core OS! Weird-ass driver > > issues, PNP (plug and pray) not working, devices getting *lost* or Windows > > patches breaking device drivers - sure - seen it all. But nothing like where > > a working device can connect, send ICMP traffic, route TCP traffic but not > > use TCP for itself Plain weird! > > as I said before, I know naught of these things here, so help a bit and maybe > I can help more. What do you mean by use TCP for itself? if its routing tcp > traffic, you should be done? I know, I know, wget doesn't work etc. ummm... > > just for shits and giggles, what's your /etc/resolv.conf say? > > cat /etc/resolv.conf > > and how about cat /etc/network/ifaces? > > shots in the dark. > > fwiw, once you get it done, it will "just work", really Also, what about '/sbin/route -n'? Do you have more than one interface? What's the output of '/sbin/ifconfig' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Moving a Debian install in to new hardware?
According to Jimmy Liang, > Hi All, > > I'm in need of some hints here. I have a P4 box running Debian 3.1, with > things like Postfix, spamassassin, MySQL, Apache, and other misc > softwares. > What I want to do is to move all that to a new box I have, with dual Xeon. > Can you suggest the best way to do this? I'd like to move it to a larger > drive, if possible, but its not critical. ... Look at dpkg-repackage- a handy way to migrate apps complete with your customized configs to your new box (or to a fleet of new boxes). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No comments
> > > In the last two weeks I stopped receiving answers to the questions > > I > > > post in this mailing list , till now it was very help full. > > > What happened ? something that I did ...? This list has so much traffic that many just skim the subject lines for topics that we can answer or learn from. The best advice I could give would be to write a subject line that is clear and specific. And don't take it personally if you don't get an answer- just rephrase and try again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Neal Stephenson on Debian
According to Alex Malinovich, > On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 17:26 -0800, Tony Godshall wrote: > > "As far as I know, Debian is the only distribution with its > > own constitution... but what really sold me on it was its > > phenomenal bug database... which is a sort of interactive > > Doomsday Book of error, fallability, and redemption..." > > > > -- Neal Stephenson > > In The Beginning Was The Command Line, 1999, p.106 > > Thanks for the quote. I'm assuming you've just now read In the > Beginning? Better late than never I guess. :) Re-reading, in fact. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Neal Stephenson on Debian
"As far as I know, Debian is the only distribution with its own constitution... but what really sold me on it was its phenomenal bug database... which is a sort of interactive Doomsday Book of error, fallability, and redemption..." -- Neal Stephenson In The Beginning Was The Command Line, 1999, p.106 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB DVD/CD burners
According to Nate Bargmann, > * Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Dec 09 11:05 -0600]: > > According to Andreas Rippl, > > > On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:07:20AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I'm contemplating adding a USB DVD burner to my system. Does anyone > > > > have any good or bad experiences with these? > > > > > > > > In theory it should be simple, but I thought I'd check on the practice > > > > first...:-) > > > > > > > just make sure you've got USB2... I am speaking out of experience. > > > > on both ends... I am speaking out of experience. > > I bought a refurbished Iomega USB CD-R/RW DVD drive and it supports > USB 2.0. This computer, did not. So, I bought a USB 2.0 capable PCI > card and it works like a champ under both k3b and XCDRoast. > > With the built-in USB 1.1 ports I had to force the write speed to 4x or > I'd get a coaster. Now it does 48x effortlessly. For laptops, the cardbus USB2 cards work nicely too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB DVD/CD burners
According to Andreas Rippl, > On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:07:20AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm contemplating adding a USB DVD burner to my system. Does anyone > > have any good or bad experiences with these? > > > > In theory it should be simple, but I thought I'd check on the practice > > first...:-) > > > just make sure you've got USB2... I am speaking out of experience. on both ends... I am speaking out of experience. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: *nix cert
> > > > What cert would people recomend to do at home ? (This my own money here > > > > so cant afford corporate rates) > LPI - then, potentially, RHCE if you can find someone to stump up for > you once you've a proven track record. nice tip, for a Debian list ;-/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Power button not shuting down debian
According to Alex Malinovich, > On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 16:35 +1100, Neil Dugan wrote: > > Hi I have an old compaq computer, when it had Fedora on it I could do a > > short press of the power button, and the computer would shut-down nicely. > > > > I have since upgraded to Debian, the problem is that pressing the power > > button no longer shuts the computer down. > > > > Any help in this would be appreciated. > > The PC is probably using a "modern" (ATX) architecture (modern is a > relative term here... :) ), meaning that the power button just sends a > signal to the motherboard. How the motherboard interprets this signal is > dependent on what you've told it. By default, the signal tells the > motherboard to shut down the power supply, thereby shutting the computer > off. > > But if you load APM or ACPI modules, the motherboard is told to ignore > the power button signal and just pass it on to the OS. The OS then > chooses what to do with the signal. (Usually put the computer i... Are you running apmd or acpid (whichever is appropriate for your machine)? They can be set to do the equivalent of 'shutdown -r now' when you hit power- which is better than direct power off, of course, since it unmounts first. It might even work automagically (acpid came configured to do power button when I installed it on my laptop). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: grokking exim4 and slowing spammers with iptables -m recent
...
> > So my question is... Can you tell me or point me toward where I
> > would put my "echo to the penalty box" in the Exim4 configs?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Tony
>
> Just a guess: Use fail2ban, point it to exim4/mainlog, set
> /etc/fail2ban.conf to trigger 'Unrouteable' to ban the offending IP
> (uses iptables).
Thanks for the idea. Actually, though, I'd like to do it
immediately, not when it hits the logfile, since the delay
is enough to let a few messages through before penalty kicks
in. But it would certainly save me from restarting my
little scripty bit when logrotate kicks in. These are two
I'm experimenting with now: Any comments welcome.
Penalty box (short timeout) for bad dest addresses:
#reject for 40 seconds each time we get a smtp_penalty_box hit
iptables -A INPUT \
-m recent --name smtp_penalty_box --rcheck --seconds 40 \
-j REJECT
#put ip addrs into smtp_penalty_box list when we get a bad addr
tail -f /var/log/exim4/mainlog\
|perl -e '
use strict;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
while (<>)
{
if(m{\[([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\].*Unrouteable address})
{
open(OUTPUT, ">/proc/net/ipt_recent/smtp_penalty_box");
print OUTPUT "$1\n";
close(OUTPUT);
my $disptime=strftime("%m-%d %H:%M:%S",localtime time);
print "$disptime: penalty $1\n";
}
}'
Blacklist any ip who is coming in in parallel multiple identities...
# block any IP on this list till it's quiet for five minutes
iptables -A INPUT \
-m recent --name smtp_multiple_idents --update --seconds 600 \
-j DROP
# detect IPs that are claiming to be multiple domains and
# put them in the smtp_multiple_idents list
while /bin/true
do
exiwhat \
|tee ~/exiwhat.out && \
for ip in $( \
cat ~/exiwhat.out\
| tee ~/exiwhat.out\
| perl -e '
use strict;
while(<>)
{
if(m{\(([^()]+)\) \[([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\]})
{
print "$2 $1\n"
}
}' \
| sort | uniq | cut -d' ' -f1 | uniq -c \
| perl -ne 'if(m{^[ \t]+([0-9]+)[ \t]+([^ \t].*)}&&$1>1){print "$2\n"}'
)
do
echo $ip > /proc/net/ipt_recent/smtp_multiple_idents
echo "multiple identities- $ip"
done
date
sleep 15
done
Best regards,
Tony
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grokking exim4 and slowing spammers with iptables -m recent
Hi folks. I've been using Exim since I started doing e-mail on my Debian box many years ago. But I never was able to really get into its configs- the docs are kind of hard to grok for me. And the exim4 configs really make my brain hurt... I can't tell where the settings are without doing a 'grep ptn /etc/default/exim* /etc/exim4.config $(find /etc/exim4/. -type f)' and event then I have trouble. Thank goodness the dpkg reconfigure does a good job. Anyhow, I've had a domain for a decade where my hosting svc used to forward *all* e-mail to me, and spammers made up usernames and passed them around. Ultimately the load became too heavy for his servers and he wasn't inclined to fix the config, so I pointed the MX to my DSL line and took it inhouse- Exim handles it very well. Getting to the point, I now have tons of "Unroutable address" logs like this in my /var/log/exim4/mainlog... 2005-11-22 12:34:53 H=adsl-63-195-120-242.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (thesitefights.com) [63.195.120.242] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> rejected RCPT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Unrouteable address What I'd love to do is trigger an action in those cases- something like .. echo 63.195.120.242 \ > /proc/net/ipt_recent/smtp_penalty_box ...which would trigger something like... iptables -A INPUT \ -m recent --name smtp_penalty_box --rcheck --seconds 60 \ -j DROP ...and effectively block that sender for a minute. Yes, I know about tarpit, and it's cool, but I don't really want to do a complete tarpit in these circumstances (it could trigger in legit cases too)- I want to slow down senders who are using logs of made-up addresses. So my question is... Can you tell me or point me toward where I would put my "echo to the penalty box" in the Exim4 configs? Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synchronize file on HD and USB stick
> >-u will make sure that newer overwrites older, not vice > >versa (warning- make sure clocks are right!- I don't do this > >till I'm sure ntpd is running on the machines). > > > >and by source-address and destination-address you of course > >mean path-to-file-or-directory in this context (though of > >course one of the other can also be prefixed [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >which implies ssh transport). > > > >rsync won't sync deletions though- unison's probably better > >if you want that. > rsync does sync deletions. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rsync --help|grep delete > --del an alias for --delete-during > --delete delete files that don't exist on the sending side > --delete-before receiver deletes before transfer (default) > --delete-during receiver deletes during transfer, not before > --delete-after receiver deletes after transfer, not before > --delete-excluded also delete excluded files on the receiving side > --ignore-errors delete even if there are I/O errors > --max-delete=NUM don't delete more than NUM files Indeed, but it's not automatic. I.e. you have to know that what you are copying *from* is more authoritative than what you're copying *to*. Unison actually tracks deletions on both sides. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Examining Swap
According to Thomas, > Hello there. > > > My debian server uses max 50% of its 1 GB ram while im looking at it, > also under stress conditions. Still, if it is running for a few days, > there are about 100 MB swapspace used. > > I dont know what is written into the swapfile. > Now i ask myself, how i can find out whats inside of the swapfile, and > most important, why. > > Is there a way to examine that? > Is there a way to move the contents of the swapfile back into the (free) > mem manually? Sounds to me you have a memory leak. top has option to sort by memory used (capital M), and ps can give you memory used, both physical and total (see man ps). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synchronize file on HD and USB stick
According to kamaraju kusumanchi, > Vincent Smeets wrote: > > >Hallo, > > > >is there some tool to synchronize files or directories between a hard > >disk and a USB stick? I have some files on the hard disk of my home > >computer. I have a copy of them on a USB stick so that I can use the > >files at other places (at work) too. I need to keep those two copies > >in sync, sometimes the USB file are changed, sometimes the HD files. > > > >On Windows I used a "Workmap" directory on the USB stick. It showed a > >button in the explorer to synchronize the files and Windows checked > >which one was the newest version. Now I have left Windows and switched > >over to Debian, but I still have the files on the stick and HD that > >need to be synchronized. Is there some tool in Debian for that? > > > >Thanks, > >Vincent Smeets > > > > > rsync -avzp source-address destination-address > will make sure that the files in source are also there on destination. > It is not exactly what you want but it does half the job. -u will make sure that newer overwrites older, not vice versa (warning- make sure clocks are right!- I don't do this till I'm sure ntpd is running on the machines). and by source-address and destination-address you of course mean path-to-file-or-directory in this context (though of course one of the other can also be prefixed [EMAIL PROTECTED]: which implies ssh transport). rsync won't sync deletions though- unison's probably better if you want that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Does increasing RAM 512 MB -> 1 GB lead to better performance?
... > How do I know if I'm regularly filling up my RAM? free If you want a record over time, put it in cron. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What to do with all the doc files in /usr/share/doc?
> > I've been thinking about unzipping them all, but I figured it wasn't > > worth the disk space. > > Depends on howmuch disk space you have, and how much you read the > documentation in /usr/share/doc. I just read with zless instead of less, and zgrep instead of grep, zcat instead of cat... there's no real benefit in having them unzipped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A simple MTA?
According to mikepolniak, > On 11:56 Mon 24 Oct , mikepolniak wrote: > > On 17:41 Mon 24 Oct , Teemu Ikonen wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm looking for a mail transfer agent for a typical workstation, > > > laptop or simple server configuration, but so far I haven't found a > > > suitable one either in Debian or elsewhere. The ones I've checked are > > > either too simple (nullmailer, ssmtp) or too complex (exim and > > > everything else). > > > > > You can use fetchmail with -m to force the mail it retrieves directly to > > procmail rather than forwarding to port 25 (so no MTA needed). > > > > fetchmail -a -m "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" Or you can put it right in fetchmail's rc like I do: poll mypophost with protocol pop3 interval 600; user 'myusername' options fetchall; password 'mypasswd' mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: help: udev rule for usb stick
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sys$ cd /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-2/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-2$ cat idProduct > 1100 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-2$ cat idVendor > 10d6 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-2$ cat serial > USB 2.0(FS) FLASH DISK > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-2$ cat product > USB 2.0(FS) FLASH DISK > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-2$ cat version > 1.10 Looks to me like you could use the idProduct and idVendor. Failing that you could use the capacity, if you are careful. I'd recommend you read the udev howto. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: backup compress on the fly
According to Mike McCarty, > Joe Mc Cool wrote: ... > > > >But, (now that I have installed all those lovely debian goodies), the > >wretched tape is filling up and asking for another. (I erase the > >tape beforehand.) > > > >I really want to fit all my current data, or certainly selected dirs > >unto one tape. Surely I should be able to compress the files before > >they are sent to the tape. I suspect it can be done with gzip, but I am > >not sure of the syntax. Obviously I need to get it right. > > Whether compression is advisable depends on what your goal is. > > If you are making archives, or you are backing up a system which, > if it failed and you lost everything it would be a terrible > disaster, then I recommend you *not* to compress your backups. > > Compressed file formats are notoriously intolerant of medium > errors. It might be better to do subset backups each of which > fits onto a single tape. ... > > # tar cvz [list of places to back up] > > The "c" means "create", the "v" is "verbose" (optional) and the "z" > means "compress as with gzip the entire tar image". Replace z with j if you want a .bz2 instead of a .gz (slower but better compression) For belt and suspenders, look at par... it's sort of a file-level raid. i.e. it makes a set of files with ecc that can heal some corruption (at the cost of taking more space). so if you .bz2 compress and then carefully choose your par settings, you can still get a net compression. that is, assuming the contents of the drive being backed up are highly compressible (i.e. no .avi .mpeg .jpeg .mp3 .gz .bz2 ...) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What is the different between kernel-image and linux-image
Debian is moving toward equality among kernels- hurd, bsd, and even windows (gah!). IIRC, Debian Gnu/HURD and Debian GNU/BSD work already, and Windows isn't being seriously worked on. If interested, there's a mailing list to join at debian.org (and archives to read). So it doesn't make sense to name linux kernel kernel-image, linux kernel becomes linux-kernel-image or linux-image, and the latter is more concise. At least I think that's the reason. Haven't been privy to the actual discussions, but I bet you can find them in the developer list archives. According to rosetta, > Hi all > > I have seen some packages named kernel-image-xxx and > linux-image-xxx. And the description of them is similar. > what is the different? > > good luck > Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can not edit XF86Config-4
According to Robert Kopp, > > > --- Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > dale schleyer wrote: > > > for some reason i am unable to edit the XF86Config > > file even though i am logged in as "root" > > > > > > any help greatly appericated > > > > You need to give us more information - the above is > > far too vague. > > > I find this surprising--I didn't have any trouble > doing it. At some point you must have been warned that > you were about to do something that was forbidden, > unless you simply didn't save the changes. please provide the output of ... ls -l /etc/X11/XF86Config* ... and ... mount ... so people have enough information to help you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
udev + linux-image-2.6.12-1-686 solved: needs a newer e2fsprogs to build its initrd.
Hi, all. I had some trouble installing linux-image-2.6.12-1-686... it said I needed a newer udev. So I installed a newer udev, and linux-image-2.6.12-1-686 wouldn't install. Then udev wouldn't start, because it said my 2.6.11 wasn't good enough, so I lost access to my USB drive. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=324550 Anyhow, I eventually discovered that linux-image-2.6.12-1-686 needs a newer e2fsprogs to build its initrd. So I upgraded to the latest e2fsprogs (1.38-1.1), and linux-image was happy and I rebooted and got my USB drive back. So this is solved, at least for me. I did update the bug report with my workaround and hopefully all the maintainer will have to do is update the 'Depends:' Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: why upgrade kernel?
According to Matt Zagrabelny, > On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 22:50 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Will newer > > versions of some packages eventually need a newer kernel? > > yes. for instance some desktop stuff is starting to use udev/hotplug. > this requires a 2.6 kernel. Can you indicate which ones? I'd like to try them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Editing the menu
/etc/menu/README ... : In this directory, the system administrator can install menufiles to : override the menu files provided by Debian in /usr/lib/menu and : /usr/share/menu/default. : : The filename should be the name of the package that it is overwriting, : and may contain as many lines and menu entries as necessary. : : Please run 'update-menus' after changing or adding files. : : For more info, please read /usr/share/doc/menu/html. IIRC, the same menu structure then applies to all compliant window managers, not just gnome. According to Inhabitant of Zion, > Hi > > I am running sarge and using the Gnome that ships with it. > > I have some stuff that I want to move around on the menu. For instance I > would like to create a folder and move all the burner program launchers > (like K3b) into it. Also there are a couple of things like Tellico that > just don't seem to find their way onto the menu that i would like to > add. > > In mandrake there was a thing called menu-drake IIRC but can't seem to > find anything similar for Debian, so far, that suggests it does this > sort of thing. > > Anybody able to point me in the right direction. > > Cheers > > -- > John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 > ICQ: 92791912 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti > catapultas habebunt > 00:02:14 up 4 days, 3:34, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.11, 0.07 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get more than 1024x768 even with the on-board card properly detected (XFree86+KDE 3.3)
... > I only get at most 1024x768 in KDE 3.3 (and I think in gdm too) (in fact, > the pulldown menu shows just up to this resolution) > > How can I fix this? > > Related note: I see I have both XF86Config and XF86Config-4.. which one is > my system using? How can I tell? Why are there both? IIRC, X 4.x uses XF86Config-4 first, and if it can't find it uses XF86Config. What version of X do you have? I've had pretty good luck on newish chipsets and lcd displays by ... 1. have only one of XF86Config-4 and XF86Config (I use -4) 2. comment out the Modes line in XF86Config-4 and add one that has *only* the native res. 3. Upgrade X to the one from testing or unstable (i.e. one that's likely to recognize and understand the ideosyncracies of more chipsets) #1 might fix it, or you may have to go to #2 or #3. If #3 doesn't work, try a Modes line that has one of the more conventional resolutions (example: my Dell has a native rez of 1920x1200 but I had to run it at 1600x1200 [black on sides] till I got the special nvidia module). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: network notification
According to ? v, > hey guys, i have a small problem with my network cable becomeing unplugged > on my laptop, is there any program that will notify me with a popup or > something when it does become unplugged? it doesnt come out of the jack but > just enough to drop the connection, it gets quite annoying when i am > chatting only to find out half of the messeges havent made to the > destination because of the cable. can anyone help me? In /etc/network/interfaces you can add 'up ' and 'down ' stanzas to the paragraph of the interface in question. Clearly there's no xauth in that environment, so lazy me uses 'wall' (I always have an xterm up). Having it pop up a GUI notification is an exercise I'll leave to others. (Hint: you'll probably have to set DISPLAY and do an xauth merge) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ugly X fonts on laptop [Re: OK, a second try: New Debian User needs help!]
Hi. This list has a lot of traffic, so most people just read subject lines and read if pertinent. So you're more likely to get help if your subject line is specific enough for someone to be able to tell if they have any expertise in your issue. Generally, for X issues, you'll probably want to provide your XF86Config-4 file and the output of lspci and the output of X -probeonly. According to Hans-Peter Sulzer, > Hi! > > I'm Peter. Sound works now again (I don't know why, but > it works :-)). > > I know a little bit about Unix (e. g. ls, cp, cat, even: > > ~# cat < ~/append_to_myfile > I am appending to "append_to_myfile" > A second line > EOF > ~# cat ~/append_to_myfile > I am appending to "append_to_myfile" > A second line > ~# > > (This is pure Martin F. Krafft syntax ? sorry for that - > but it's cool.) > > Okay, now my problem: > > First: Sound works now again (I don't know why). I have > adjusted my Debian installation to work with the native > resolution of my notebook (1280x800), but the fonts look > horrible :-( They are nearly unreadable :-( It seems, > that antialising corrupts them - DUNNO. > > What must I supply, so that you can help me? > > Peter > -- > peter_sulzer doesn't like spam and this is my domain: > t-online.de > -- Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ubunto vs. Debian
According to Thomas Hood, > On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:51:57 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: > > My point was simple: If you are going to get a derivative of Debian > > or Red Hat or whatever, you will never have the perfect > > compatibility that is often promised but cannot be delivered. You > > will have it only with the original distro. > > Good point. > > Sometimes, though, compatibility with the original distribution > ceases to be important because the original distribution has > been superseded by something else. > > Debian has fundamental organizational problems which lead me to > think that it won't be able to keep up with improvements in > Ubuntu. If that is so then there is a good chance that Ubuntu > will replace Debian as the standard dpkg-based distribution. Oh, please share. I would think a collaboration of people around the world is more likely to survive than a corporation. After all, a corporation has a payroll to meet. It dies if it doesn't make money. It dies if it's corporate culture causes developers to stagnate. It dies if it seems to be a poor citizen and unpaid developers stop contributing out of anger. It dies if the nation it is chartered in decides to pass a law against it. It dies if principled developers will contribute only to a nonprofit. There are a lot more ways for a commercial distribution to fail than for a distributed fog of an entity to fail. Debian. It's everywhere. And nowhere. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: take your fucking shit out of my computer
According to Tom Allison, > Kenward Vaughan wrote: > >On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:45:15PM +0800, rodger wrote: > > > >>Well Well Well: > >>I thought I was the only one.No os is safe not even linux. > >>They Slow down my band width drop trojans in my pc.Turn of my security > >>tools > >>and hide themselves and are Being smart arese in general. > >>Big brother is watching us all. > > > > > >Yet another example of why those grammar and writing classes are really > >important. Imagine a human resource person reading something like this > >on an application ... If you're still in school, pay heed! > > > > > >Kenward > > I thought he was just pissed off because he installed KDE on a Pentium > 75 with 64MB of RAM on it and thought it was all our fault! Funny, I don't think I even saw the original. Perhaps all the misspellings added up to a bayesian spam hit. Somehow I can't bring myself to go check. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Program Execution: output does not appear
According to Tony Godshall, > According to Angelo R. Rossi, > > Hello: > > > > I am using a large molecular dynamics program in the following manner: > > > > charmm output.file > > > > The problem is that the file output.file is created, but remains empty. > > After a while, the file fills with some output but still holds back > > much of it. > > > > What is happening here? This is the first time anything like this has > > happened. Usually, output appears immediately. It seems as if it is > > going into a buffer and not being put to the hard drive. > > Please help with this. > > > > I am using debian unstable and uname -a gives: > > > > Linux thebox 2.6.11 #2 SMP Thu May 26 20:53:11 CEST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > > > > Please help if you can. > > Does doing "sync;sync;sync" help? > > Does the file size show growth? I think the app needs to to call Unix function fflush(NULL) to flush its buffers to disk. I don't know charmm but I assume it's open source and you can insert such a call. man 3 fflush -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Program Execution: output does not appear
According to Angelo R. Rossi, > Hello: > > I am using a large molecular dynamics program in the following manner: > > charmm output.file > > The problem is that the file output.file is created, but remains empty. > After a while, the file fills with some output but still holds back > much of it. > > What is happening here? This is the first time anything like this has > happened. Usually, output appears immediately. It seems as if it is > going into a buffer and not being put to the hard drive. > Please help with this. > > I am using debian unstable and uname -a gives: > > Linux thebox 2.6.11 #2 SMP Thu May 26 20:53:11 CEST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > > Please help if you can. Does doing "sync;sync;sync" help? Does the file size show growth? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: is there a software like Bandwidth
According to , > > mrtg??bandwidth??debian > > > is bandwidth in Debian's package?? > > -- > please see http://packages.debian.org Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Atheros support in Ubuntu, but not Debian?
IIRC the drivers require non-free stuff, or there was some other reason they weren't accepted into the mainstream kernel. See recent Linux Journal for a card that's supportable by Linux w/o proprietary drivers or go with a distrib (e.g. Ubuntu or Xandros or Knoppix) that doesn't mind distributing non-free modules. It should not surprise you that corporate distrutions might have drivers included that DFSG-free distribs would not. According to Jim Crossley, > I recently installed Ubuntu 5.0.4, and my wireless card (D-Link > DWL-G650) just worked. > > I then installed Debian 3.1, and found that it ignored my wireless > card. Googling a bit left me with the impression that getting Debian > to recognize my card is relatively complicated, e.g. > > http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi > http://www.ituprising.com/howto/dlink_dwlg650.html > > Do I really have to do this or is there an easier way? > > TIA, > Jim > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CPU fans shut off by Debian?
According to Stephen Lokitz, > On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, michael wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 12:46 -0400, Stephen Lokitz wrote: > > > Thanks again for your response. Any other suggestions? Our only current > > > option remaining is to attempt to return the server and find another with > > > different components that hopefully will not have the same problem. > > > Thanks, > > > Stephen Lokitz > > > > pls don't top post > > > > but, can you firstly ensure it's not a hardware prob - eg does it fall > > over when you run another op-sys? > > > > Sorry about the top post. We are going to run a test with a live Knoppix > distro tonight. I think that should answer whether the problem is OS > related? Both use linux kernel, but different patches and compiler options. So a useful test, but if fan still shuts off you should perhaps test with a BSD or QNX or microsoft boot disk (just boot, not install) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: isp service
According to TedNick, > How and where can I find a Linux friendly ISP. > > I need the DNS or IP address number. > > All of the ISP's that I have contacted do not want to provide me with that > number. > > They say sorry. You cannot use Linux. I find it easier to say I want a service that doesn't require me to install any of their software on my computer. Or to say I want a service that'll let my use my Linksys broadband router. That's a good way to put it since lots of people have them. It's not really helpful to tell them I'm running Linux. What you really want is a fairly standard configuration and not some weirdo crap like AOL or MSN or Prodigy, right? Here's a question: why do you need DNS and IP address? Isn't it easier to put eth0 inet dhcp in your /etc/network/interfaces? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help loading Debian
According to roach, > On Saturday 02 July 2005 22:24, Jim Kern wrote: > > This is my second attempt in a year to get Debian on my machine. Why is it > > so dificult. I have downloaded the ISO image of the net install and burned > > it to a CD. Is this CD supposed to be bootable? > > Yes. > > > Anyway when I insert the > > CD in an i386 based machine it looks at the CD and returns not boot record > > found. > > That sounds like a hardware problem to me. Or a misburned image. The image is intended to be burned as an image, but a common mistake is to burn a data disk containing the image as a file. > > I have tried to look at your site to find a simple proceedure to > > get this on my machine. > > You should have looked on the CD. The instructions should be there. Yes ... > > I hope not but I feel I am helping you if I am > > honest about it. Anyway I hope you can point me in the right direction. > > I'm sorry your having problems. > > Here's a debugging list to get started: > > 1. Are you downloading the netinstall iso from a reliable site? > A lot of mirrors are unfortunately broken. > 2. Have you verified the md5sum of the CD? > 3. Has the iso image been properly burnt? > Check to see if there is a single file or multiple files on the CD. It > should be the latter. > 4. Is it in fact a CD? Some PC will not boot from a DVD. Stupid, but true. > 5. Have you been able to boot any other linux distro with that drive, on that > PC? > 5. Is it definitely a i386 netinstall iso? > If it's the wrong arch. it won't work. > > If all else fails you can always try http://www.debian.org/distrib/floppyinst That's a good list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SSH and X11 Forwrding query
Did you check your sshd config? I think if it prohibits X11 forwarding, your local config won't override. If that doesn't fix it, please post to the list the output of ssh -X -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] According to Dean Allen Provins, > Hello: > > I have used SSH and X Forwarding successfully in the past, but since > moving to Sarge, it refuses to co-operate. Either I can't > read/understand the documentation or there's something new. > > >From work, I can ssh or scp to home using a host.domain address. At > home I've added 3 lines to my .ssh/config file: > > Host my_work.dyndns.org > User my_user > ForwardX11 yes > > where the host address is another host.domain address that I registered > with dyndns.org (great service). My user name and hostname at "my_work" > are not the same as at home. Both IP addresses are correctly deduced by > DNS from the host.domain's that I registered. Both hosts are behind > firewalls and have private addresses (192.168.x.x). > > When I connect from work, the DISPLAY variable is NOT set. I've tried > the command line option as well as the "config" file above. > > Anyone have any ideas on what I'm doing incorrectly or have knowledge > of why this setup will consistently fail? > > Regards, > > Dean > > -- >Dean Provins > 50.95033N, 114.03791E > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > KeyID at at pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371: 0x9643AE65 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Harvard + Re: unsubscribe
Pedro Antonio Reche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > unsubscribe > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ahem. Hey, it must be easier to get into Harvard than I had thought! Maybe it's time to go back to school... -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sarge and software patents
... > I guess there is some european debian users here : you're concerned more > than ever. Your favorite system, your favorite apps, your skills and > future jobs are in danger. > > Why spend time getting more skills on a system which might die? Debian and other free software will survive by routing around threats. What's your alternative? Proprietary software? "Becoming an expert in a proprietary technology is like becoming a sharecropper in your own mind" -- unknown Hey, be my guest. Lots of people have sold their souls to Microsoft. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Copy protected CD's
According to Andrew Schulman, > > Of course, it might well be combine with some actual copy protection > > scheme that involves damaging the CD in some way. > > My guess is yes, since the attacks that Tony and Shaun mentioned are > well-known. I'm interested in the mechanism that > > - allows audio CD players to play the disk > - allows Winblows audio players to play the tracks > - prevents Winblows ripping programs from copying the tracks. I think you're asking the wrong list. We're interested in freedom here, not copy-protection. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Copy protected CD's
According to Bj??rn Lindstr??m, > Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Does anyone know the details? Some Windows-specific driver that's > > required to read the tracks? And how does it know how many times > > you've ripped a song-- stashing counts in the registry some place, or > > in a hidden part of the hard drive? > > Presumably it uses a data track and Windows' nasty > auto-run-executable-on-CD feature to create the actual annoying > messages. I guess that in itself would prevent ripping by some > particularly naive Windows users. > > Of course, it might well be combine with some actual copy protection > scheme that involves damaging the CD in some way. I recall a story about the first CD that had this... people were defeating it by running a magic marker around the outside. Do a slashdot search and you'll find it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel upgrade from 2.4.18-bf2.4 to 2.6.x
> > I'm running kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 on my computers. Filesystem is RaiserFS > > 3.6.25. What I need to do for upgrading kernel to 2.6.x > If you are going to build the kernel from source, don't forget to > also build Reiserfs into the kernel. ... Or not. initrd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sarge Disks
According to Roberto C. Sanchez, > On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 11:48:26PM +0100, Chris Robinson wrote: > > Hi > > > > I think Sarge is super, but can anyone tell me where to find out whats on > > disks > > 1-14? > > > > I have been using Debian for about 2 years, but have not been able to > > figure > > out what is on the disks. > > > > Stuff. > > You more than likely will use packages mostly from the first couple of > CDs. The packages are ordered based on popcon results, so the most > frequently installed packages are on the first CD, with packages on > subsequent CDs being less popular. If you have disk 1 and a good internet connection, that's all you need. Or even less :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Top posting
... > reading it, then I find it quicker to read just the top section of each > post rather than having to scroll down past everything I've already > read. ... I think you are reacting to cases where the responder is too lazy to trim. > There isn't a problem with context because I can remember that > from one post to the next. ... Which is fine if you are reading a thread fresh, but if you are reading a number of lists, and leave and come back, you need a bit of context. > If the author wants to quote a section of the > previous post they can in the extreme they end up inlining their post. Which is right, the context and the response. > I'm not saying I'm right and I often bottom post to not annoy people but > I have to try and convince you to switch. You are a very kind person. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it
According to Marty, > Tony Godshall wrote: > >According to Marty, > >>Basajaun wrote: > >> > >>>For understanding what version you are running, and what packages will > >>>get updated (or not), take a look at "man apt_preferences". > >> > >>Good point. Specifically, the apt conffile /etc/apt/apt.conf must > >>indicate the debian version. e.g. mine contains: > >> > >>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true"; > >>APT::Default-Release "sarge"; > >>APT::Cache-Limit 25165824; > > > >Oddly, I have no such file. None of my machines do. > > > >What does that mean? > > > > > > Maybe you accidentally removed it. Here is my result from > running "dlocate apt.conf": > debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d > debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf > apt: /usr/share/man/fr/man5/apt.conf.5.gz > apt: /usr/share/man/ja/man5/apt.conf.5.gz > apt: /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz > apt: /usr/share/man/es/man5/apt.conf.5.gz > apt: /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf > > This means it's an conffile of the package "apt". > > Running "dpkg --no-act -P apt" gives me this: > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of apt: > wajig depends on apt. > apt-utils depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > gnome-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > python-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > libapt-pkg-dev depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > aptitude depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > synaptic depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > libapt-pkg-perl depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > > So it looks like unless you have apt-related packages your systems > should be fine. apt is just a dpkg front end, so theoretically you > could manage fine without it, but it's a lot more work, and upgrades > become problematic. Uh, your dlocate seems to show no /etc/apt/apt.conf file either. I do have a directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d I'll shut up now and let this thread return to the original question. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it
According to Marty, > Basajaun wrote: > > >For understanding what version you are running, and what packages will > >get updated (or not), take a look at "man apt_preferences". > > Good point. Specifically, the apt conffile /etc/apt/apt.conf must > indicate the debian version. e.g. mine contains: > > APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true"; > APT::Default-Release "sarge"; > APT::Cache-Limit 25165824; Oddly, I have no such file. None of my machines do. What does that mean? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Once Sarge becomes stable...
According to Steve Block, > On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 06:22:38PM -0400, Rick Friedman wrote: > >For me, also being rather new to Debian, this raises another question. > >Currently, I am running an "unstable" machine (I have unstable in > >sources.list). I will probably keep that. I'm just curious: If someone > >has "sid" in sources.list, does sid become the new testing? If so, what > >will be the distro name of unstable? > > Sid will still be unstable. The release name of the next testing > version will be etch. In the movies, sid is the kid next door that breaks all the toys. Sid is always unstable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems Mounting Digital Camera
According to Romulo Sousa, > On 6/2/05, Adam Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 02/06/05, Romulo Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > any clues? > > > > what shows up in your syslog, I get the following when I plug my camera in > > Jun 2 11:26:19 localhost kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time > 12:08:47 Mar 25 2005 > Jun 2 11:26:19 localhost kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled > Jun 2 11:26:19 localhostkernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host > Controller Interface driver > Jun 2 11:26:19 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbkbd > Jun 2 11:26:19 localhost kernel: usbkbd.c: :USB HID Boot Protocol > keyboard driver > Jun 2 11:26:19 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... > Jun 2 11:26:19 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage > Jun 2 11:26:19 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. > Jun 2 11:26:19 localhost kernel: MIDI Loopback device driver > Jun 2 11:29:10 localhost kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:04.2-2, > assigned address 3 > Jun 2 11:29:10 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod > 0x54c/0x10) is not claimed by any active driver. > > > > > Jun 2 07:51:12 localhost kernel: ohci_hcd :00:02.1: wakeup > > Jun 2 07:51:12 localhost kernel: usb 2-3: new full speed USB device > > using ohci_hcd and address 3 > > Jun 2 07:51:13 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... > > Jun 2 07:51:13 localhost kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass > > Storage devices > > Jun 2 07:51:13 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage > > Jun 2 07:51:13 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. > > Jun 2 07:51:13 localhost kernel: usb-storage: device found at 3 > > Jun 2 07:51:13 localhost kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to > > settle before scanning > > Jun 2 07:51:13 localhost usb.agent[27261]: usb-storage: loaded > > successfully > > Jun 2 07:51:13 localhost usb.agent[27261]: libgphoto2: loaded > > successfully > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: Vendor: OLYMPUS Model: > > C4100Z/C4000Z Rev: 1.00 > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access > > ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 256000 512-byte > > hdwr sectors (131 MB) > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled > > That is the message I'm missing. I don't know why it didn't show in my screen. > I restarted modutils and the following error message has come up my > screen (hope it helps somehow): > > # /etc/init.d/modutils restart > Calculating module dependencies...done. > Loading modules: usb-uhci > /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o: > init_module: No such device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. > You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg > /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o: insmod > usb-uhci failed > input usbkbd keybdev ntfs 3c59x usb-storage agpgart parport v_midi > > Moreover, I "modprobed" the sd_mod (though I'm not sure how it works). > > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 256000 512-byte > > hdwr sectors (131 MB) > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at > > scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > > Jun 2 07:51:18 localhost scsi.agent[27430]: sd_mod: loaded > > sucessfully (for disk) > > Jun 2 07:51:19 localhost udev[27460]: creating device node '/dev/sda' > > Jun 2 07:51:19 localhost udev[27471]: creating device node '/dev/sda1' > > > > telling me that the camera is at /dev/sda1 > > No it's notactually i think it is not at anywhere here. :( > > Thanks you all, > > Romulo > > > Chers > > > > Adam > > > > What does cat /proc/partitions show? If it assigned the drive to e.g. sdb and found a valid partition table, you would see e.g. sdb1 -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Display/resolution problems
Indeed. As says 'man XF86Config-4' says, "The first valid mode in this list will be the default display mode for startup". Personally, with laptops, I give it no choice- just the native rez, since anything else looks crappy / is a waste. According to Trevor Pankonien, > Got it working after the reinstall and amazing how easy it was! just > had to add the 1024x768 BEFORE the other two options. I had tried a > similar approach but put it after the otehr two...lesson learned! > thanks for the help everyone! > > On 6/1/05, Trevor Pankonien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for all the help so far. I will give these ideas a try as soon > > as sarge is done reinstalling :) Otherwise, could it be that ubuntu > > uses Xorg and debian is not? if this is the case, what steps would i > > have to take to get xorg into debian > > Thanks > > Trevor > > > > On 6/1/05, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > According to Trevor Pankonien, > > > > I just switched over from Ubuntu since debian has no problem working > > > > with my MP3 player, but now i have a new problem. The display on my > > > > laptop is sitting inside a black box/border, makeing approx half of my > > > > screen just black. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26 notebook, which comes > > > > with the ATI mobility 345 video card. anyone run into a similar > > > > problem or anyone have any ideas that they think i might want to try? > > > > My monitor usually runs at 1024x768, with a refresh of 60Hz, at least > > > > thats what it was in Windoze. I set that during the initial install, > > > > but now on boot it only has options for 800x600 and whatever the one > > > > below that is (which makes my screen totally unreadable, with lines > > > > blasting back and forth across the screen) Ubuntu by default came up > > > > with the right settings, so i have never had this problem in the past. > > > > If i remember correctly suse didnt have a problem either..i would like > > > > to stay with debian if possible. But the monitor issue will have to be > > > > resolved. I did a slight amout of tinkering with > > > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, but from fear of doin too much damage without > > > > knowing what i was doing i stopped. THanks for NE help in advance. > > > > > > There are a number of ways to get your XF86Config-4 to be > > > set to your preferred resolution (which on a laptop will > > > typically be the actual resolution of your screen). > > > > > > Do you know what that is? > > > > > > If it's 1024x768, you'd probably want your Modes lines to be > > > something like... > > > > > > Modes "1024x768" > > > > > > If you want to be able to backtrack, you can easily keep the > > > old line around with a hash mark to make it into a comment, > > > like so... > > > > > > #Modes "800x600" "640x480" > > > > > > You can see what resolution your monitor is in by typing > > > 'xwininfo -root'. I think xwininfo is in packages xutils. > > > > > > -- Tony Godshall > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Display/resolution problems
According to Trevor Pankonien, > I just switched over from Ubuntu since debian has no problem working > with my MP3 player, but now i have a new problem. The display on my > laptop is sitting inside a black box/border, makeing approx half of my > screen just black. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26 notebook, which comes > with the ATI mobility 345 video card. anyone run into a similar > problem or anyone have any ideas that they think i might want to try? > My monitor usually runs at 1024x768, with a refresh of 60Hz, at least > thats what it was in Windoze. I set that during the initial install, > but now on boot it only has options for 800x600 and whatever the one > below that is (which makes my screen totally unreadable, with lines > blasting back and forth across the screen) Ubuntu by default came up > with the right settings, so i have never had this problem in the past. > If i remember correctly suse didnt have a problem either..i would like > to stay with debian if possible. But the monitor issue will have to be > resolved. I did a slight amout of tinkering with > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, but from fear of doin too much damage without > knowing what i was doing i stopped. THanks for NE help in advance. There are a number of ways to get your XF86Config-4 to be set to your preferred resolution (which on a laptop will typically be the actual resolution of your screen). Do you know what that is? If it's 1024x768, you'd probably want your Modes lines to be something like... Modes "1024x768" If you want to be able to backtrack, you can easily keep the old line around with a hash mark to make it into a comment, like so... #Modes "800x600" "640x480" You can see what resolution your monitor is in by typing 'xwininfo -root'. I think xwininfo is in packages xutils. -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TX ok but no RX packets at all!
According to Joseph H. Fry, > I have two identical Debian Sarge boxes... I can say identical because I > used dd to copy the HDD from the first one I set up (#1) and placed it in > the other (#2). I have changed the hostname, mailname, and IP address in the > second machine and both seem to work ok except the second machine will not > receive any packets whatsoever! > > ifconfig looks similar between the two machines, except the IP and MAC of > course > > route -n looks correct > > iptables -L shows all policies ACCEPT > > so they both look like they should work... however if I ping from #2 (the > clone) to #1 the packets get received and responded to (as shown by tcpdump) > but #2 still shows RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0... 0 ...0 ..0 > > I just don't get it! The cable is good; the port is good, hell the NIC in #2 > was good in XP a couple of days ago. Any help would be appreciated! You *know* the cable is good? Twisted pair cables use separate pairs for send and receive. So being able to send doesn't mean the cable is good. You *know* the port on the switch is good? Same issue there. T -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Network scan
According to Mark Roach, > Alexandar Angelov wrote: > >Mark Roach wrote: > > > >>On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 00:39 +0300, Alexandar Angelov wrote: > >>>Do you know any command(script) to scan range from 192.168.35.1 to > >>>92.168.35.255 and return if port :80 , :21 and MAC Addr. > >>nmap > >> > >>-Mark > >> > >MAC? > > If you just want the MAC address of a host (not sure why you would), run > 'arp hostname' 'arp' only works if you've already had contact with the host. Ping it first, perhaps, or use 'arping' do ping at arp level and get mac addr at the same time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: An EXCELLENT Microsoft ... MS is in trouble from OpenSource OSes like Linux
According to Stephen Patterson, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I hope you're writing about an excellent Microsoft heavy duty Shop Vac, > > because otherwise excellent and Microsoft never get that close in > > reality otherwise. > > ... and I thought MS products would stop sucking as soon as they started > making vacuums. F***kin' vacuum locked up. Gotta reboot it! Then it didn't like the replacement pulley. It wants a driver upgrade! So I plug a cable into the ethernet port I didn't know it had and... Now it has a virus! It wants me to go buy McAfee! OK, did that, and it ran better for a week. But now it won't even start. And I paid $25 to have a Microsoft support employee tell me I have to reinstall its operating system from scratch. I didn't even know it had an operating system! -- I was a user who'd been used a few too many times. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!
According to Lee Braiden, > On Friday 13 May 2005 18:32, Deboo ^ wrote: > > Since it's not yet formatted, I would think there must be a way to > > recover all the data still. I could install this knoppix on the small > > 3 GB hdd and connecting the big hdd, try to recover. Is there a > > program I can use to recover the data? > > Yes, there is a program around for recovering partition tables. I just don't > recall the name. But wait for someone to point you to it. In other words, > don't get impatient and break stuff before you get a good answer ;) I used gpart once. Your milage may vary. Suggest you dd the whole drive to a backup file before you try anything. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: laptop and different networks
I ended up writing my own little script using iputils-arping. It can tell you if an IP address and MAC address are nearby prior to bringing up an IP address on the port. Then I used the mapping paragraph as described in 'man interfaces' According to H. S., > Hi, > > I am supposed to configure a laptop so that is can be connected to a > CAT5 cable on either a home LAN or a university LAN. Currently, the > laptop is configured as a dhcp client in the home network and has a > fixed IP address in the university network. > > I played with ifplugd and guessnet a few months ago but couldn't get it > to work. Someone here was even nice enough to give me his interfaces > file to see how to do the configuration. For some unknown reason, it > just did not work. > > I am trying to solve the problem by starting from the beginning. What > options do I have to solve this problem (ifplugd, guessnet, etc)? Of > those options, assuming I am only dealing with a wired network, which > one is easy to configure? A webpage giving detailed documentation on how > to configure this would be actually nice. I have gone through the > ifplugd man page and also went through guessnet man page but iirc both > appeared to be lacking information on how to actually configure them and > if something doesn't work where to look for solutions. It is quite > possible that things have improved since 6 months or so ago. So I am > willing to give this another shot. > > regards, > ->HS > -- > Please remove the underscores ( the '_' symbols) from my email address > to obtain the correct one. Apologies, but the fudging is to remove spam. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox: Selected profile is already in use
According to Monique Y. Mudama, > On 2005-05-10, Bill Marcum penned: > > > > I sometimes wonder, does anybody really use profiles in Firefox? > > I've had situations where I wanted to be able to run using two > different proxy configurations. The only way I found to do this was > using multiple profiles. A way I found handy was to run squid locally and give it different configs to contact the upstream depending on the location (as determined by arpinging to see which machines were nearby). Then I set all my browsers' proxies to localhost:3128. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Regex expert needed
According to Alan Chandler, > On Wednesday 04 May 2005 08:41, Mr Mike wrote: > > On Saturday 30 April 2005 03:42 pm, Alan Chandler wrote: > > > I am using PHP and I am trying to parse a string into substrings > ... > > > > You know... if I ask this sorta question all I get is RTFM and in reality > > that's the correct answer... When I had regex questions I bought a couple > > books and spent hours and hours reading and experimenting till I figured > > out what I needed... My personal thoughts here is, this guys' gettin a > > free pass... while I ask for help on a legitimate topic like my apt CDROM > > method fuckin up and nobody gives it a second look... > > I get plenty of questions that I ask here ignored, but I don't fret - I read > some more, figure a way of asking the question differently and try again. > > In this particular case, I read the manual thoroughly - but got confused > because I was asking a "not" match question. So I googled around to try and > find the answer, but no luck. > > I then came here to ask the question - and I tried to ask it in such a way > that it would be an interesting puzzle for someone who thought they really > understood regex's. (should that be regex\'s :-)) There's enough traffic here that I doubt if anyone reads all the messages. Your best bet is to ask a clear and careful question. I tend to help when I can but I skip questions that are vague or lazy require research time or are over my head (well, sometimes I put my 2c in there too ;-) ). Oh, and if the subject line is vague or on a topic I have no interest, I never even get to the body. I read a message mostly when I think I may learn something. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rediscovering hardware
According to Tom Allison, > > >> I should expect discover to rebuild the modules.conf file? > >> (sounds like "Yes"). > >> I take it discover is not able (ever or yet) to modify the modules.conf > >Modules.conf is there for those modules which are NOT detected automatically, > >discover dynamically loads all those that ARE detected automatically. > > > > Oh MY! We have come along ways since I started using Debian. I wonder > were my head was. Auto detect? Cool! I guess I sort of took some time > off between versions. Of course starting with Slackware as my first > distro tends to keep someone on a more hands on manual way of thinking > about things. I think discover came about from Progeny's (Bruce & Ian's) work on their graphical installer. And as they promised, they folded their packages back into Debian. Knoppix still does autodetect better but they have no compunctions about distributing binary-only modules and the like and Debian is ultra-clean in that respect. No slam intended- just wanted to clarify that Debian is Free in the sense of source code and copyright, while Knoppix is Free in the sense of royalties. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rediscovering hardware
According to Tom Allison, > Tony Godshall wrote: > >According to Tom Allison, > > > >>Tony Godshall wrote: > >> > >>>According to Kent West, > >>> > >>> > >>>>Tom Allison wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Hello, > >>>>> > >>>>>I replaced my motherboard after an accident. > >>>>> > >>>>>Everything mostly works, but a lot of the on board hardware (sound in > >>>>>particular) isn't the same as the old board. > >>>>> > >>>>>I know the installation process (sarge installer) does a great job > >>>>>finding out what I have and setting it up. > >>>>> > >>>>>How can I "re-discover" the hardware on this machine and remove/add > >>>>>modules accordingly? > > > > > > >>While systems may do some kind of auto-detect of the hardware when they > >>start, I find it difficult to believe that they would actually go > >>through and rebuild the modules conf files at every boot (auto config > >>rather then auto-detect). > > > > > >1. comment out everything in /etc/modules (those entries > >have nothing to do with this system) > > > > I already have discover installed. IFAIK it came with the initial > installation (sarge installer RC2 based) and has been there ever since. > > I should expect discover to rebuild the modules.conf file? > (sounds like "Yes"). That is not its function. Its function is to match pci self-identification ids to kernel modules and load them. At the top of my modules.conf, I have this line... ### This file is automatically generated by update-modules" modules.conf is rebuild by update-modules, which is run automagically when you install kernel modules from a debian package. If you install kernel modules manually, you need to run update-modules manually. > I take it discover is not able (ever or yet) to modify the modules.conf > file based on new/different hardware detected? This is a bit of a > stretch and won't apply to 99% of the userbase, but I just thought I > would ask. discover is not intended to update modules.conf. It doesn't AFAIK change any config files at all. Discover runs typ. after /etc/modules is processed and so whatever you customize is not affected. But I'm no expert here: I've not had much need to customize because I've had good luck by updating kernels and discover anytime some new card doesn't work... if the kernel supports it discover has generally been able to load the right module. -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pdf printing
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > Using xpdf when you tell it to print, it displays a dialog, in a textbox is > lpr > remove the r to obtain lp which is the cups command to print and it works > Have a good day I use 'lpr filename.pdf' and it just works. I'm not sure the mechanism, but I do have these installed... ii apsfilter 7.2.6-1Magic print filter with automatic file type recognition ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20050114-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - filters ii foomatic-filters-ppds 20050121-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - prebuilt PPD files ii foomatic-gui 0.7.4.8GNOME interface for configuring the Foomatic printer filter ii cupsys 1.1.23-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cupsys-bsd 1.1.23-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands ii cupsys-client 1.1.23-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV) ii cupsys-driver-gimpprint4.2.7-5 Gimp-Print printer drivers for CUPS ii cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data 4.2.7-5 Gimp-Print printer drivers for CUPS ii cupsys-pt 1.2.4-3Tool for viewing/managing print jobs under CUPS I don't know what the magical minimal combo is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian and Dell?
According to Vincent Lefevre, > On 2004-12-15 22:30:34 -0500, Ed Sutherland wrote: > > I just purchased a Dell for my home office and am interested in using > > Debian on a partition. As my only Linux experience comes from a Mac, I > > have some questions: > [...] > > First, you should have asked if Debian was supported. With recent > Dell machines, like the GX280, you need to recompile a kernel so > that Ethernet is supported, and concerning XFree86, the official > Debian package doesn't support the new chipset (i915). I had to use nVidia's proprietary driver to get video up to full width on mine. And the ethernet was quirky too (I forget what I had to do). I'd have gone with HP if only they had a competitive display (1920x1200) since HP is way more Debian-friendly than Dell. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AMD 64 with woody or sarge
According to Tim Kelley, > On Thursday 16 December 2004 10:38, Nick Miller wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I am wondering what experiences, positive or negative, you all have had > > running woody or sarge with AMD's line of 754 & 939 64bit processors. I > > would really like to push my company to replace some of our lower end > > servers with systems built around these chips. > > Well, I think they're great systems, and it's about time, but ... > > unless you're running into the limits of 32 bits sytems (like 1GB memory > max), > there isn't a truly compelling argument to running the 64 bit system. > > On the other hand, it will be faster than almost any other "pc" processor, > and > they aren't terribly expensive, so ... Well, the I/O is supposed to be much much better. Except that the low-end motherboards apparently don't implement it right. I think specific motherboard experience reports would be welcome here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rescue disk
According to Hugo Vanwoerkom,
> George Iordanou wrote:
> >I want to create a rescue disk. I went to debian's official webpage
> >and i downloaded the unstable version which consists of the following
> >files:
> >
> >boot.img
> >cd-drivers.img
> >net-drivers.img
> >root.img
> >
> >How can i create a bootable rescue disk? I want to get into my system
> >using the floppy's kernel.
> >
>
> Is a bootable rescue CD OK? mkrescue is part of Lilo and creates either
> floppies or CD with "mkrescue --iso", which iso your burn with cdrecord.
>
> I modified mkrescue --iso, which is a script, to come up with a menu
> that actually says which partition is going to boot, rather than "Linux".
>
> Booting that CD gives you the option of using the partition you ran
> mkrescue from or what is on the MBR ("harddisk").
Sounds handy.
Can you post a patch?
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Re: Re: All mozilla-based browsers crash on some sites
According to Allan Wind, > On 2004-11-30T11:25:38+0100, Juergen Neumann wrote: > > Have you ore anyone else found a solution for this problem yet? > > Do you have flash installed? It seems you have choice between one that > cause 100% cpu utilization (swf-player) or crashing > (libflash-mozplugin.so). Installing Flash Click-To-Run can help troubleshoot this. Plus it blocks Flash which is a good thing at least 95% of the time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
