Fwd: NIS woes.. Ubuntu nis client doesn't ping Debian nis Server

[raman narasimhan]

*Sorry for my confusing English. I should have been more specific and clear.
*
*
*
*Corresponding to each user, there is a home directory in the Server. So
when the user gives his login and password credentials at the client, this
home directory from the server is mounted onto a directory in the client.
(We use the network file system and just add a line in fstab to mount the
directory from the server onto a directory at the client)**
*
*Concerning firewall, i really don't know how to check it or configure it
although i read something about it. I will try out ssh login.*



-- Forwarded message --
From: Jesús M. Navarro 
Date: 2009/8/18
Subject: Re: NIS woes.. Ubuntu nis client doesn't ping Debian nis Server
To: raman narasimhan 


Hi again, raman:

On Tuesday 18 August 2009 04:06:27 you wrote:
> *by login i mean that we can login to the Server from a client. Just like
> in Windows. Each client has his own home directory. From the client
system,
> when it provides that, it can logon to the SERVER.**

Sorry but I must say it doesn't make too much sense to me.  You can log into
Windows by means of the local graphic console (I know that's not the case),
opening a VNC/RDP session, by telnet...  you can even access protected
resources from a server without login (i.e.: mounting a protected shared
resource)...

Each client has his own home directory... you mean each user, don't you?

"From the client system, when it provides that"  What? the client system
provides the user's home directory?

"...it can logon to the server"  What?  The client system can logon to the
server, or is it the user from the client system?

Can you try something simpler like opening an ssh session from an Ubuntu
client system to the server using some user's credentials?

Open a console and type:
ssh u...@server (where "user" is some user you know that can login from a
Debian client -whatever "login" means to you, and "server" is the name or,
better yet the IP address, of the server).  If everything goes OK you will
be
propmted for the user's password and will start a session on that user's
home
path.

> *
> *diabling ipv6*
> *http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/409*<
http://www.debian-admin
>istration.org/articles/409>

You see on the comments to that article that such procedure doesn't always
work.  How did you test that IPv6 was in fact disabled?

Did you have a look at the Ubuntu clients' firewall?



-- 
RAMAN N

NIS woes.. Ubuntu nis client doesn't ping Debian nis Server

[raman narasimhan]

We have a networks lab at our college that has a fully configured windows
network. Now we are completely changing to linux. All systems in the lab
have been installed with Debian/Ubuntu. We have configured NIS server in one
of the Debian machines. And NIS client in the remaining machines. But the
problem is that though all Debian clients can login into the NIS server,
login into the Debian Server from Ubuntu clients is not possible.
Surprisingly we found out that we couldn't ping the Ubuntu machines from the
Debian Server and vice versa. Since the network is working well in Windows,
it cannot be an external problem. And we have thoroughly checked whether the
NIS server and client have been configured correctly. We found no mistakes.

So what could be the problem?? We have no problems in logging into Debian
Server from Debian clients.

We are new to networking in LINUX. We searched on the Internet and found a
few pages that advice to disable IPV6. Even that didn't work.

-- 
RAMAN N

cANT login to kde...

[raman narasimhan]

i recently installed ktorrent. it'd lots of dependencies. Now when i login
i'm shown a window that says

---
| kstartupconfig4 does not exist or failed. the error code is 3. Please
check your installation|


1. what is the problem??
2. How do i rectify it??



  i'd old kde earlier.. installed kde4 base system. recently added ktorrent,
so could it be a conflict between kde3 and kde4 settings??


thanks in advance
RAMAN N

need a browser that can stream video well

[raman narasimhan]

I'm a big fan of youtube. I use Chrome in windows to watch videos online.
but in debian I've tried Iceweasel and Epiphany and was not satisfied. both
took a lot of time to stream videos. please suggest a good browser

problem with downloaded debian 5.0

[raman narasimhan]

i used azureus (also known as vuze) a bittorrent client to download debian
5.0  binary 1 dvd from the site
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0/i386/bt-dvd/
after downloading i also performed a data integrity check to see if all the
chunks have been properly downloaded or not.. i found no problems and vuze
began to seed the torrent.

but when i burned the image to a dvd and booted the system from it, debian
installer said that some installer component was missing on the dvd.

i even shifted the download to another torrent client called Deluge and
performed another data check to see if i'd got all the chunks correctly..
there was no error..
how do i check if the image is valid or not??

reg:problems wth kde installation

[raman narasimhan]

apt-get and aptitude keep looking for *4:4.2.0-2 *packages whereas
only* **4:4.2.0-1
*packages are available for* i386
*is the new version* 4:4.2.0-2 being built???
*

kde4 installation problems

[raman narasimhan]

i tried to install kde4 as per the instructions given in *
http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/experimental.html
didnt succeed, please see part 2, and guide me
---
1. my sources.list is:

*deb http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ lenny main

deb http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian lenny main non-free


deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
contrib

deb http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb-src http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/ sid main

deb http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main

# Google software repository

deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free

-

*2. got many broken dependencies:
*
debian:~# *apt-get -t experimental install kde4*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
*  kde4: Depends: kde4-minimal (>= 1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdeartwork (>= 4:4.2.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdepim (>= 4:4.2.0) but it is not going to be installed*
E: Broken packages

debian:~# *apt-get -t experimental install kde4-minimal*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
*  kde4-minimal: Depends: kdebase-workspace (>= 4:4.2.0) but it is not going
to be installed
E: Broken packages

*debian:~# *apt-get -t experimental install kdebase-workspace*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 * kdebase-workspace: Depends: kdebase-workspace-bin (>= 4:4.2.0-2) but it
is not going to be installed
 Depends: klipper (>= 4:4.2.0-2) but 4:4.2.0-1 is to be
installed
 Depends: ksysguard (>= 4:4.2.0-2) but 4:4.2.0-1 is to
be installed
 Depends: kde-window-manager (>= 4:4.2.0-2) but
4:4.2.0-1 is to be installed
 Depends: systemsettings (>= 4:4.2.0-2) but it is not
going to be installed
 Recommends: kdm (>= 4:4.2.0-2) but it is not going to
be installed
E: Broken packages*
debian:~#

problems with update/remove/install 'NO SPACE ON DEVICE"

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
whenever i try to install/remove/update a package, i get the message 'no
space left on device'
what am i supposed to do??
for example:

debian:~#  update-initramfs -u -t -k `uname -r`
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB//usr/share/splashy/themes/default/error.png': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB//usr/share/splashy/themes/default/theme.xml': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB//usr/share/splashy/themes/default/suspend.png': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB//usr/share/splashy/themes/default/background.png':
No space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB//usr/share/splashy/themes/default/error.png': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB//usr/share/splashy/themes/default/theme.xml': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB//usr/share/splashy/themes/default/suspend.png': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB//usr/share/splashy/themes/default/background.png':
No space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/links.conf': No space left on
device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/libnjb.rules': No space left
on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/logitechmouse.rules': No space
left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/udev.conf': No space left on
device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/alsa-utils.rules': No space
left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/libmtp7.rules': No space left
on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/hdparm.rules': No space left
on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/libgphoto2.rules': No space
left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules':
No space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/024_hpmud.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/75-cd-aliases-generator.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libsane.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules':
No space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libpisock9.rules':
No space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/z60_xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules':
No space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/60-vzctl.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-input.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules': No space
left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/45-hplip.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libsane-extras.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/95-late.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/90-hal.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing `/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/55-hpmud.rules': No
space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-v4l.rules': No space
left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage-tape.rules':
No space left on device
cp: writing
`/tmp/mkinitramfs_LnkiaB/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules': No space
left on device
debian:~#

NAT unreachability problem in VUZE(Azureus)

[raman narasimhan]

Sir
i use vuze a lot for downloading. my problem is that it always shows *NAT
reachability Problem, No Incoming Connections* (icon corresponding to NAT in
the bottom right section of the screen is always red) With  bit of
'googling' i found that if i can solve this problem, i can download faster
with torrents.


there is a page
http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/NAT_problem


*solution given there is *

The commands below can be entered in a root terminal session to open the
ports (TCP and UDP)

*iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport  -j ACCEPT
**iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport  -j ACCEPT*

** is the port number you have used for port forwarding
(Avoid 6881-6999, any from 49125-65535 is fine)

Once you've established the port is open you need to make the change persist
through a reboot

  *create a file* /etc/init.d/iptables_azureus *and add the lines below*
(sleep 220
 /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport  -j ACCEPT
 /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport  -j ACCEPT ) &

The *(sleep 220* is there to make the script wait a few minutes to allow
subsequent firewall configuration scripts to run. 220 seconds is a large
value and you may choose to configure a lower value. The key is that the
opening of the azureus port is not countermanded by the firewall
initialisation which runs later. At the end is a *) &* which allows the
script to let the rest of the boot continue, while the script waits.

   chmod +x /etc/init.d/iptables_azureus *make the file executable*
   update-rc.d iptables_azureus start 51 S . *links the file into the
startup sequence*




So i created a file iptables_azureus in /etc/init.d as


*#! /bin/sh
(sleep 220
 /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 63549 -j ACCEPT
 /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport 63549 -j ACCEPT ) &

chmod +x /etc/init.d/iptables_azureus
update-rc.d iptables_azureus start 51 S *



then on *execution of iptables_azureus*, i got the following error:
*debian:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/iptables_azureus
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/iptables_azureus missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see 
Use of uninitialized value $level in string ne at
/usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 199.
Use of uninitialized value $level in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 200.
update-rc.d: error: expected runlevel [0-9S] (did you forget "." ?)
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f]  remove
   update-rc.d [-n]  defaults [NN | SS KK]
   update-rc.d [-n]  start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...]
.
-n: not really
-f: force*

*i'm new to scripts and have no idea what all this means please help me*

need help with net configuration

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my
Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL
broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net
settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the Internet??
does it need any specific packages??

problems with kde4.2

[raman narasimhan]

i'm a lenny/sid user, i upgraded kde4.1 to 4.2 just for its eye candy.. but
the windows seem to be the same as in kde4.1
how do i enable the effects???

creating a bootable cd in k3b

[raman narasimhan]

i dont know how to create a bootable cd using K3b. Pls help

Re: cant update to kde4.2

[raman narasimhan]

hey i think sid and experimental are the same

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Wolodja Wentland <
wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 11:17 -0500, raman narasimhan wrote:
> [ ... snip ... ]
>
> > whats wrong?? how can i get kde4.2??
>
> KDE4 is available in Debian *experimental*, which is not enabled in your
> sources.list. If you want to install KDE4 i suggest you follow the
> procedure given at:
>
> http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde4.html
>
> Be advised that packages in experimental really honour their name and
> are not intended to be installed on a production system.
>
> so long
>
>Wolodja
>
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Re: cant update to kde4.2

[raman narasimhan]

hey but experimental is same as 'sid'

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Wolodja Wentland <
wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 11:17 -0500, raman narasimhan wrote:
> [ ... snip ... ]
>
> > whats wrong?? how can i get kde4.2??
>
> KDE4 is available in Debian *experimental*, which is not enabled in your
> sources.list. If you want to install KDE4 i suggest you follow the
> procedure given at:
>
> http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde4.html
>
> Be advised that packages in experimental really honour their name and
> are not intended to be installed on a production system.
>
> so long
>
>Wolodja
>
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cant update to kde4.2

[raman narasimhan]

'm a lenny/sid user and have currently got kde4.1
i wanted to get kde4.2, googling 'kde4.2', i learnt that it was there in
sid. so i decided to update kde, funny that *both aptitude and apt-get said
i've the latest kde*.

debian:~# aptitude -t experimental install kde4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done

*my sources.list is:*
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main

deb http://kde4.debian.net/ lenny main


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
-> isn't this enough to get kde4.2
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
# deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

whats wrong?? how can i get kde4.2??

unable to get kde4.2

[raman narasimhan]

i'm having lenny/sid system, with kde4.1, i'd like to upgrade to kde4,2, but
both aptitude and apt-get say, my kde is already the latest one available...
pls go throught the following and tell me whats wrong..



debian:~# aptitude -t experimental install kde4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
*No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.*
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done




*
my sources.list is:*

#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main

deb http://kde4.debian.net/ lenny main


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
# deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

unable to get kde4.2

[raman narasimhan]

i'm having lenny/sid system, with kde4.1, i'd like to upgrade to kde4,2, but
both aptitude and apt-get say, my kde is already the latest one available...
pls go throught the following and tell me whats wrong..


debian:~# aptitude -t experimental install kde4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
*No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.*
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done




*
my sources.list is:*

#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main

deb http://kde4.debian.net/ lenny main


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
# deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

unable to get kde4.2

[raman narasimhan]

i'm a lenny/sid user and have currently got kde4.1
i wanted to get kde4.2, googling 'kde4.2', i learnt that it was there in
sid. so i decided to update kde, funny that *both aptitude and apt-get said
i've the latest kde*.

debian:~# aptitude -t experimental install kde4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done

*my sources.list is:*
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main

deb http://kde4.debian.net/ lenny main


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
-> isn't this enough to get kde4.2
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
# deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

whats wrong?? how can i get kde4.2??

need help with net configuration

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my
Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL
broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net
settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the Internet??
does it need any specific packages??

problem with Internet configuration

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my
Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL
broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net
settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the Internet??
does it need any specific packages??

need help with net configuration

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my
Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL
broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net
settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the Internet??
does it need any specific packages??

need help with net configuration

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my
Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL
broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net
settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the Internet??
does it need any specific packages??

need help with net configuration

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my
Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL
broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net
settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the Internet??
does it need any specific packages??

need help with net configuration

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my
Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL
broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net
settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the Internet??
does it need any specific packages??

need help with net configuration

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my
Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL
broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net
settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the Internet??
does it need any specific packages??

need help with net configuration

[raman narasimhan]

sir,
me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my
Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL
broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net
settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the Internet??
does it need any specific packages??

X-server doesn't start after boot-up

[raman narasimhan]

i've a debian etch system.. i'm using the grub loader.. immediately after
the boot process when the login screen is to take over, instead of the login
screen, i get this

...
| Hz  ?  |
...

this box keeps moving up and down on the screen..  i'm new to linux so dont
know how to configure x by myself.. pls help

New to lenny/sid need advice

[raman narasimhan]

i've newly switched from etch to lenny/sid.. i did a smart upgrade of my
system.. how do i ensure that no configuration conflicts occur when i
install or remove a package??? i cant install packages like Kinfo contol
center which i used a lot in etch..

also when i install a lenny/sid package, what happens to the old etch
package?? is it removed or still there???

problem with grub loader and screen resolution in gnome

[raman narasimhan]

during  debian installation from a new r4 cd that i downloaded from
debian.org, i got the following error

grub fatal error

during installation and then i installed the lilo loader instead of debian.

now i can access debian though i still dont know how to configure lilo to
access windows. this is the first time i got grub fatal error during debian
installation

A. How do i revert back to grub loader??
B. Or how can i configure lilo to get access to my Windows??

Another problem i'm having is that i'm not being able to change the screen
resolution.. all icons appear very large in size...  I tried changing the
resolution but i found only one resolution is supported 640*480..


C. how do i make my display normal??

dpkg error!! says no space left in device

[raman narasimhan]

i was installing new packages into my lenny system via synaptic.. when it
was applying the changes, i got the following error message:

*E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to
correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
*
so i tried dpkg --configure -a

i got this message
*dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
failed to write status record about `libmng-dev' to `/var/lib/dpkg/status':
No space left on device
*
what should i do??

installing kpackage manager in lenny

[raman narasimhan]

tried using kpackage manager in my newly upgraded lenny system.. got the
following error when i tried installing smartpm by using package search:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  smartpm
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python-pexpect{a} python-pycurl{a} python-rpm{a}
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  bug-buddy{u} cupsys-common{u} esound{u} gcc-3.4-base{u}
  gnome-keyring-manager{u} gs-common{u} gtk2-engines-spherecrystal{u}
  gtkhtml3.8{u} guile-1.6-libs{u} industrial-cursor-theme{u}
  iputils-arping{u} lapack3{u} libavahi-core4{u} libcamel1.2-8{u}
  libdirectfb-0.9-25{u} libdjvulibre15{u} libebook1.2-5{u} libecal1.2-6{u}
  libedata-cal1.2-5{u} libedataserver1.2-7{u} libedataserverui1.2-6{u}
  libeel2-2.14{u} libegroupwise1.2-10{u} libexchange-storage1.2-1{u}
  libg2c0{u} libgail17{u} libgda2-3{u} libgda2-common{u} libggi-target-x{u}
  libggi2{u} libgii1{u} libgii1-target-x{u} libgksu1.2-0{u}
  libgksuui1.0-1{u} libgpod0{u} libgtkhtml3.8-15{u} libgtkspell0{u}
  libgucharmap4{u} libguile-ltdl-1{u} libgutenprintui2-1{u} libicu36{u}
  libimlib2{u} libiw28{u} liblzo2-2{u} libmdbtools{u} libmyspell3c2{u}
  libnautilus-burn3{u} libneon25{u} libparted1.7-1{u} libpisync0{u}
  libpoppler0c2-glib{u} libportaudio0{u} libpostproc0d{u} libpt-1.10.0{u}
  libqthreads-12{u} libservlet2.3-java{u} libsnmp9{u} libsoup2.2-8{u}
  libtotem-plparser1{u} libufsparse{u} libwnck18{u} libx264-54{u}
  libxklavier10{u} libxp6{u} libxt-java{u} liferea-xulrunner{u} mkisofs{u}
  mplayer-skin-blue{u} python-gnome2-extras{u} python-qt3{u} python-uno{u}
  python-xdg{u} refblas3{u} type-handling{u} xulrunner-gnome-support{u}
0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 75 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 1113kB of archives. After unpacking 84.8MB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  smartpm: Depends: python (< 2.5) but 2.5.2-3 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
deskbar-applet
gnome-desktop-environment
hplip
reportbug

Keep the following packages at their current version:
libsnmp9 [5.2.3-7etch4 (stable, now)]

Downgrade the following packages:
hpijs [2.8.6.b-1 (testing, now) -> 2.6.10+1.6.10-3 ()]
hpijs-ppds [2.8.6.b-1 (testing, now) -> 2.6.10+1.6.10-3 ()]
policycoreutils [2.0.49-6 (testing, now) -> 1.32-3 (, stable)]
python [2.5.2-3 (testing, now) -> 2.4.4-2 (, stable)]
python-minimal [2.5.2-3 (testing, now) -> 2.4.4-2 (, stable)]

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
gnome-applets recommends deskbar-applet
hplip-data recommends hplip
installation-report recommends reportbug
Score is -115

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]

cant install kpackage manager in lenny

[raman narasimhan]

i'd upgraded my etch system to lenny. and when i tried opening Kpackage, a
message telling me to install SMART package manager was shown, when i tried
to install it got the following error. what do i do??

debian:~# apt-get install smartpm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  smartpm: Depends: python (< 2.5) but 2.5.2-3 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
debian:~#

unable to upgrade to lenny

[raman narasimhan]

added deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main to apt and tried
upgrade... got this error:

debian:~# apt-get -u dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing rosegarden (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
debian:~#

how do i change to lenny?

[raman narasimhan]

i have installed debian from etch dvds. now i'd like to change to lenny or
sid how do i do it???
i tried adding the following line to sources.list


deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main



then in terminal i typed apt-get update; but i got error.. (pls see below)


gn cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40] etch Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40] etch Release
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40] etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070407-11:40] etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch Release.gpg [386B]
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org etch Release
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release
Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny Release [74.5kB]
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
Get:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages [5358kB]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main Packages
Fetched 5432kB in 37s (144kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing roundcube-pgsql (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

problems during debian installation

[raman narasimhan]

i study in an engg. college student and recently our department (computer
science and engineering) decided to switch from WINDOWS to LINUX.. A few of
us formed linux awareness group and since i was already a linux user i
volunteered to help... we chose DEBIAN as our OS.. we downloaded the debian
binary dvds from the debian.org website.. made copies and distributed it
amongst our friends who needed it..
we encountered a few problems while installation:

1. installation was successful on a system but on re-boot after installation
it showed *gdm failed. X-server errror. Screen not found*. cant access gnome
desktop.

2. installation was successful on a system. but on re-start it showed "*GRUB
LOADER ERROR*". unable to access both windows and debian on it

3. this happened to a friend of mine.. he installed debian.. but on boot-up
his screen showed  the following box
..
| Hz?   |


this box was moving to and fro on the screen...(i think it's due to some
resolution mismatch)

also files from his *system32 got corrupt* how come??? poor guy couldn't
accesss windows or linux
he got fed up and reinstalled xp!!!

4.  two of my friends have wipro laptops that are supposed to be linux
compatible.. the installer couldn't identify the hard disk itself... they
told me it was SATA so i tried all the SATA options in VGUI mode..(normal
mode was not supported dont know Y!! ) but was of no use!!! cant create
partitions if hard disk is not detected...

problem installing debian on wipro 7B1630

[raman narasimhan]

i tried to install debian from binary 1 dvd. i set the dvd as the primary
boot device. the installation started as usual. i was not able to install
normally so i selected gui mode. the installation proceeded till DISK
DETECTION.. the installer could'nt detect any disks.. i was then asked to
enter the name of the disk driver.. i knew my disk was SATA so i tried all
available SATA options but still it was of no use.. how do i create a
partition when the installer doesn't detect any drives..

i checked in windows and found WDC WD1600BEVS-22USTO.
what am i supposed to do?? please help me out..

problem with flex; pls reply urgent

[raman narasimhan]

i was doing a lex program for token identification
CODE:
%{
#include
#include
%}
DIGIT [0-9]
ID [A-Za-z]+
WS [\n\t" "]
%%
{DIGIT}+ {printf("Integer:%d\n",atoi(yytext));}
{DIGIT}+"."{DIGIT}+ {printf("Float:%g\n",atof(yytext));}
[a-z]+"."h {printf("Header File:%s\n",yytext);}
#include|printf|if|else|else"
"if|do|while|for|case|scanf|void|int|float|char
{printf("Keyword:%s\n",yytext);}
{ID} {printf("Identifier:%s",yytext);}
"/*"{WS}*{ID}{WS}*"*/" {printf("\nComment:%s",yytext);}
"++" {printf("Increment:%s\n",yytext);}
"--" {printf("Decrement:%s\n",yytext);}
"%" ("d"|"s"|"f"|"c"|"u"|"g") {printf("Format Specifier:%s",yytext);}
">"|"<"|"<="|">="|"<>"|"==" {printf("Relational Operator:%s",yytext);}
[\t]+ {printf("\nUnrecognised Character:%s",yytext);}
%%
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
   if(argc>1)
yyin=fopen(argv[0],"r");
else
yyin=stdin;
yylex();
}
Executing this code gives the result:
*debian:~# lex idtoken.l -ll
lex: can't open -ll
/usr/bin/m4:stdin:2550: ERROR: end of file in string
debian:~#
*
what do i do to solve this problem???

problem with flex

[raman narasimhan]

i was doing a lex program for token identification
CODE:
%{
#include
#include
%}
DIGIT [0-9]
ID [A-Za-z]+
WS [\n\t" "]
%%
{DIGIT}+ {printf("Integer:%d\n",atoi(yytext));}
{DIGIT}+"."{DIGIT}+ {printf("Float:%g\n",atof(yytext));}
[a-z]+"."h {printf("Header File:%s\n",yytext);}
#include|printf|if|else|else"
"if|do|while|for|case|scanf|void|int|float|char
{printf("Keyword:%s\n",yytext);}
{ID} {printf("Identifier:%s",yytext);}
"/*"{WS}*{ID}{WS}*"*/" {printf("\nComment:%s",yytext);}
"++" {printf("Increment:%s\n",yytext);}
"--" {printf("Decrement:%s\n",yytext);}
"%" ("d"|"s"|"f"|"c"|"u"|"g") {printf("Format Specifier:%s",yytext);}
">"|"<"|"<="|">="|"<>"|"==" {printf("Relational Operator:%s",yytext);}
[\t]+ {printf("\nUnrecognised Character:%s",yytext);}
%%
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
   if(argc>1)
yyin=fopen(argv[0],"r");
else
yyin=stdin;
yylex();
}
Executing this code gives the result:
*debian:~# lex idtoken.l -ll
lex: can't open -ll
/usr/bin/m4:stdin:2550: ERROR: end of file in string
debian:~#
*
what do i do to solve this problem???

need help with cc

[raman narasimhan]

i'm new to debian.. after compilation whenever i type ./a.out, bash says
permission denied or says segmentation fault...
how do i resolve the problem ?

MY DVD DRIVE DOES'NT DETECT BINARY1 DVD.. WHY??

[raman narasimhan]

MY COMBO DRIVE DETECTS ALL CDS AND DVDS EXCEPT FOR THE DEBIAN BINARY DVDS.
HOW DO I SOLVE THE PROBLEM??