Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?
The answer to this appears to be a large part of the problem. Vardhan, if you get the memory you are going to have to open the laptop up to install it. So, since you are going to have to do it anyway to install anything, why not pluck up courage and open it up now, and count how many memory slots there are? yes, at last i did open the box and found 1 ram installed in bottom. the slots are exactly same as shown in the youtube video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3btjMzE3kA i have contacted toshiba i am stumped by their reply : 3.The RAM can be extended up to 8 GB in your laptop. Hence, you need to contact to the service center regarding the same. 4.The Ram details :- 204-Pin DDR3 SODIMM PC3-10600 (1333Mhz) with 1.5v thank u, war_dhan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cal-34vqg8dvvuwr3al-8kuokqoyroh2z8plb_f-ab+06juy...@mail.gmail.com
Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?
| Memory Device | Speed: 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) i have come across this page on toshiba website it's quite strange : http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.html toshiba india website shows : Memory Slot : 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 MHz. so, is the dmidecode info is correct ? thank u, war_dhan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cal-34vseoxsdn8aydsczxtgl5zvjxtf+wumj+fa3xgwh76p...@mail.gmail.com
Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?
This indicates that the RAM capacity of your laptop is already utilized. What lets you think it can use 8 gb of RAM? hi Jörg-Volker, the toshiba website link clearly states 8 gb ram : http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.html. now i am confused a lot. from the wordings of you, i am confused a lot worried a bit too. i will contact toshiba for further clarification. thank u for pointing out the info, war_dhan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAL-34vSq-3GaqkZB0sUp5=1vk=yyqafaov3l-90cn5bevpp...@mail.gmail.com
how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?
facts: i have recently purchased a laptop. it is shipped with 2gb ram. the maximum ram is 8gb. i want to replace 2gb ram with 2 4gb ram modules. i did ask once in chat about the ram, and a person has given me an idea about what type of ram i should purchase. the laptop manufacturer did not provided any cd or manual. so far so good. i want to buy only kingston [btw, you can also recommend or suggest to a novice like me other than kingston]. reality: there are no mdoules available in indian online shopping websites. i have also contacted my laptop manufacturer through email phone, and they have no idea ??!!? my memory modules details : # dmidecode -t 16 # dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.7 present. Handle 0x000D, DMI type 16, 23 bytes Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 2 GB Error Information Handle: 0x0011 Number Of Devices: 2 # dmidecode -t 17 # dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.7 present. Handle 0x000E, DMI type 17, 34 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x000D Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: Unknown Data Width: Unknown Size: No Module Installed Form Factor: OUT OF SPEC Set: None Locator: DIMM 0 Bank Locator: CHANNEL A Type: Unknown Type Detail: Unknown Speed: Unknown Manufacturer: Empty Serial Number: Empty Asset Tag: Asset Tag: Part Number: Empty Handle 0x000F, DMI type 17, 34 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x000D Error Information Handle: 0x0010 Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 2048 MB Form Factor: SODIMM Set: None Locator: DIMM 1 Bank Locator: CHANNEL A Type: OUT OF SPEC Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) Manufacturer: Kingston Serial Number: D52687B3 Asset Tag: Asset Tag: Part Number: TSB1600D3S11ELD/2G dilemma: i have found kingston blue. i am not sure whether to purchase it. the details of it can be found @ http://www.kingston.com/en/memory/hyperx/blu. almost all the memory modules details contain the following info: number of pins, synchronous, ecc or non-ecc, voltage, steps [ for eg. 2 gb = 2x1gb ]. questions: without opening the laptop where can i find info about number of pins voltage capacity of my memory module ? [ i am scared to open laptop ]. is Error Correction Type is also known as ECC ? is it safe to purchase kingston blue ? if my present ram type is sodimm, should i purchase only sodimm or dimm ? and is my pre-installed ram is ddr3 ? where can we find details about whether is memory ddr, ddr2 or ddr3 ? some memory modules contain SDRAM in item details, what is the realtionship of SDRAM with ram ? thank u for your patience i am looking forward for your guidance knowledge. war_dhan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAL-34vQU7_UA36MtkHhqf=kt8ul0v4fmnonxbuj7im+cw5r...@mail.gmail.com
Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?
| Hi war_dhan | What brand and type is your laptop? Hi Ramon, my laptop model : toshiba satellite c850d-m5010. motherboard info [ from sysinfo ] : MOTHERBOARD Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1510 PCI bridge(s) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson PCI Bridge (rev 40) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 43a0 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 43a1 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson PCI Bridge (rev 40) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 43a0 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 43a1 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) USB controller(s) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) ISA bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson LPC Bridge (rev 11) Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff1e thank u, war_dhan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cal-34vrcxsuspxfc7zsxev9vh70admrpjccq-xqf3djmlyb...@mail.gmail.com
Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Jordan Metzmeier titan8...@gmail.comwrote: On 10/22/2010 01:19 AM, vishnu vardhan wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:44 AM, vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com wrote: i have read the readme. however, there is no .xsession or .xinitrc file on my system. right now i am using debian 5.0.4 and fluxbox on an encrypted lvm. i could not figure out about how to create xsession or xinitc file. i will do some research and let you know the result. perhaps the site of gsynaptics will shed some light about how to configure and add gysnaptic-init. i have added the line for shmconfig and directly run /usr/bin/gysnaptics-init, it shows the error of gysnaptics couldn't initialize. At this point, I am not really sure. Sounds like a bug. What is the *exact* error? if its graphical, can you attach a screenshot? Regards, -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cc25403.9030...@gmail.com the gysnaptics is running only from command line : $ /usr/bin/gysnaptics however, it is using synclient and is this normal ? i thought i can activate features with a click. i am attaching an image. i have added the following lines in /etc/X11/xorg.conf : -- Section InputDevice IdentifierSynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad Driversynaptics OptionSendCoreEventstrue OptionDevice/dev/psaux OptionProtocol OptionHorizEdgeScroll0 OptionSHMConfigtrue EndSection SectionServerLayout IdentifierDefault Server Layout ScreenDefault Screen InputDeviceGeneric Keyboard Core Keyboard InputDeviceSynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad Core Pointer EndSection SectionModule Loadsynaptics EndSection --- the following contains about the error if i run gsynaptics from menu in .xsession-error file : /bin/bash: /usr/bin/gysnaptics: No such file or directory $ synclient -l : Parameter settings: LeftEdge= 1872 RightEdge = 5072 TopEdge = 1712 BottomEdge = 4144 FingerLow = 25 FingerHigh = 30 FingerPress = 256 MaxTapTime = 180 MaxTapMove = 220 MaxDoubleTapTime= 180 SingleTapTimeout= 180 ClickTime = 100 FastTaps= 0 EmulateMidButtonTime= 75 EmulateTwoFingerMinZ= 257 VertScrollDelta = 60 HorizScrollDelta= 80 VertEdgeScroll = 1 HorizEdgeScroll = 0 CornerCoasting = 0 VertTwoFingerScroll = 0 HorizTwoFingerScroll= 0 MinSpeed= 0.0822368 MaxSpeed= 0.197368 AccelFactor = 0.00164474 TrackstickSpeed = 40 EdgeMotionMinZ = 30 EdgeMotionMaxZ = 160 EdgeMotionMinSpeed = 1 EdgeMotionMaxSpeed = 304 EdgeMotionUseAlways = 0 UpDownScrolling = 1 LeftRightScrolling = 1 UpDownScrollRepeat = 1 LeftRightScrollRepeat = 1 ScrollButtonRepeat = 100 TouchpadOff = 0 GuestMouseOff = 0 LockedDrags = 0 LockedDragTimeout = 5000 RTCornerButton = 2 RBCornerButton = 3 LTCornerButton = 0 LBCornerButton = 0 TapButton1 = 1 TapButton2 = 2 TapButton3 = 3 CircularScrolling = 0 CircScrollDelta = 0.1 CircScrollTrigger = 0 CircularPad = 0 PalmDetect = 1 PalmMinWidth= 10 PalmMinZ= 200 CoastingSpeed = 0 PressureMotionMinZ = 30 PressureMotionMaxZ = 160 PressureMotionMinFactor = 1 PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1 GrabEventDevice = 1 $ synclient -h : Hardware properties: Can't detect hardware properties. This is normal if you are running linux kernel 2.6. Check the kernel log for touchpad hardware information. Driver version: 1406 thank you. attachment: touchpad.png
Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:44 AM, vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com wrote: i have read the readme. however, there is no .xsession or .xinitrc file on my system. right now i am using debian 5.0.4 and fluxbox on an encrypted lvm. i could not figure out about how to create xsession or xinitc file. i will do some research and let you know the result. perhaps the site of gsynaptics will shed some light about how to configure and add gysnaptic-init. i have added the line for shmconfig and directly run /usr/bin/gysnaptics-init, it shows the error of gysnaptics couldn't initialize. *excuse, i have hit reply button instead of reply all. excuse for sending mail directly to Jordan.* On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Jordan Metzmeier titan8...@gmail.comwrote: On 10/04/2010 01:06 AM, vishnu vardhan wrote: i have followed your advice and still i am unable to run gysnaptics. herewith i am providing link to xorg.o.log : http://pastebin.com/HXCZrMMn please look into the error. No errors in the xorg.conf. However, I see that your initial error was reported as a bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=586025 The maintainer indicated that the required steps are described in /usr/share/doc/gsynaptics/README.Debian. If you find that your answer is not there, I would provide feedback to the bug report. Regards, Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cb3b1f7.8050...@gmail.com
how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user
i have installed debian 5.0.5 on virtualbox. i am learning about how to live without a desktop environment. i have installed fluxbox and trying to familiarise with it. i use usb flash drive almost on daily basis, plugging in and out atleast four times. i did not installed any GUI file manager. i am using mc and so far it is damn excellent. i have installed pmount to minimise use of root account. upon reading the man page of pmount, i have installed ntfs-3g. to mount the usb flash drive : [a] start mc and search for jet under /dev/disk/by-id folder and note down the name, for e.g. sdb1 [b] $ pmount /dev/sdb1 the above command is mounting the usb flash drive properly. to umount the flash drive : # umount /dev/sdb1 i hope the above command is correct. but there is an issue. in /media/ folder there are folders of my previous mounts, today i have mounted flash drive 2 times. there are two folders /sdb1 and /sdc1. even after rebooting the system they are present. so i have basically the following inquiries : [1] how to umount a usb flash drive without leaving any trace ? [2] how can i automatically mount a usb flash drive ? [3] how do i umount a flash drive as a normal user ? thank you.
Re: how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Jason Heeris jason.hee...@gmail.comwrote: On 11 October 2010 23:52, vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com wrote: to mount the usb flash drive : [a] start mc and search for jet under /dev/disk/by-id folder and note down the name, for e.g. sdb1 This is a bit tangential, but do you know about the pmount-hal command? It basically uses HAL to work out a name for the mount point (eg. /media/My USB Drive instead of /media/usb0), and automatically works out some other mount flags for you. Keep in mind I use Squeeze, not Lenny, so if it's not there, that's why. Cheers, Jason strangely, there is no usb entry in /media/. there are only entries of cdrom, cdrom0, sdb1 sdc1. both sdb1 sdc1 are directories and they have a file created by pmount. if i try with only sdb it is showing error of wrong fs type. today only i re-read your reply. it seems i have missed pmount-hal command. i will let you know my experience with command in another 24 hours.
creation of encrypted lvm, suggestions please
for long time, i want to encrypt partitions on my disk. recently i have found an artic...@1] with screenshots and actually made some sense to my stupid mind. i have successfully, created encrypted lvm using the [...@1]. however, i have some issues : [1] i will set aside atleast a gb for future, should i create it as a primary partition and set as do not use. [2] the swap partition is starting with priority : -1, i assume it is correct because the writes are immediately effected in encrypted partitions. is there any issue with swap partition starting with -1 priority ? [3] volume group volume group name not found. eventhough i am able to access the partitions, at the boot time it is showing the above message. can i assume the partition scheme is correct ? [...@1] : http://backports.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/how-create-encrypted-lvm-logical-volume-manager-manual-partition-disk-debian-gnu-linux/ thank you
Re: debian lenny installation issues
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:31:46 +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: almost six months ago, i have installed debian lenny on my machine. at the time of installation i have faced three issues : issue 1 : after configuration of dhcp server, it will ask for domain name. is this normal ? AFAIK, yes. issue 2 : during clock setup, it tries to connect to network time server, how can i avoid this ? issue 3 : during installation of base system, it takes a long time to configure apt. i did check console [ alt+f4 ] and found out that it tries to connect to security.debian.org. how to restrict this behaviour ? Did you perform an expert install? IIRC, points 2) and 3) can be bypassed :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.09.30.06.43...@gmail.com excuse for replying so late. i am using install option with dvd installation medium. it is not only connecting to security but to also testing, i have tested in virtualbox.
Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Jordan Metzmeier titan8...@gmail.comwrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/29/2010 12:54 AM, vishnu vardhan wrote: but, when i try to run # dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, i am receiving the following error : xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20100928233119 how should i overcome the above error. You should not need to run dpkg-reconfigure, and it will overwrite the changes you just made as it says. Simply don't run it. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMo0MVAAoJEKj/C3qNthmT2SAP/RBvv6Tgww8RcbVyVEhIFgIr UFsdgwt9PU1oE//grsrAnmLyyPR8e/pDZldSeL5oa+ib7U4p1JPFQLZumkuDG43l GiZrMHV/x3nhh3nrZJXgle8ajGI5ybbnf4k+FglhPAEcSnhhFgzkPw9AvH/mCckQ +7eIGPODctUVNaYYh9LTmWI3KukNQsEej2+sPo4jwQhq0IYRY4NaABVqYezJq6vo vOMnnKepQf05AggW+ROe47YYxOW/1Qpqc5vQdJ47FXGxj43jtacgCwEJ+TIt0AM4 koj+8RPlKxzSVymRZ0ZqYCM0AU6W87pgEzg25n1OK07ryOKdpbmdFOGHYuMMgoDu yC+8RWFT2EpUyud/FZqaKuHD7WumnOsgHJxOafWDpxibiivpYCum+7hLIqUIIsJg NptJvVAhtzyLUzaeTZgAI+HOnK2eowHRDZmB8sIdoR/86Ob5DAsLDwrAS1T9r9Xl ENOwQbde3062UPnqIE8rdtPct5LbB6SUhUdmOH0n/x0PlGOoqhBxJncoAtfOJPbz 69j5ljm5bQISHjFi9P0smBTCZHOFU6ESJsvmKcccnXXLMiZlr9A3bd1a6TAsWu06 CJxY4Kt3qZhHuxu98DwDBxzXV+KSTDCTxSqwhfXHdb7JgHc5V9hHl0BzhlSJd6Qv 3LUEhlPHhUTvKTXYfzBz =HW8Q -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ca34315.3050...@gmail.com i have followed your advice and still i am unable to run gysnaptics. herewith i am providing link to xorg.o.log : http://pastebin.com/HXCZrMMn please look into the error.
debian lenny installation issues
almost six months ago, i have installed debian lenny on my machine. at the time of installation i have faced three issues : issue 1 : after configuration of dhcp server, it will ask for domain name. is this normal ? issue 2 : during clock setup, it tries to connect to network time server, how can i avoid this ? issue 3 : during installation of base system, it takes a long time to configure apt. i did check console [ alt+f4 ] and found out that it tries to connect to security.debian.org. how to restrict this behaviour ? i am planning to do installation again manually. thank you.
unable to run gsynaptics on lenny
os : lenny 5.0.4 i have run gsynaptics from command line : $ gsynaptics and it has shown the following error : GSynaptics couldn't initialize. You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use GSynaptics i have edited the file of /etc/X11/xorg.conf and added support for synaptics. SectionInputClass Identifierenable synaptics SHMConfig MatchIsTouchpadon MatchDevicePath/dev/input/event* Driversynaptics OptionSHMConfigon EndSection but, when i try to run # dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, i am receiving the following error : xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20100928233119 how should i overcome the above error.
no desktop directory for newly created user and some other issues.
no desktop directory for newly created user and some other issues.
OS : Debian Lenny 5.0.4
Desktop Environment : LXDE
I have the following issues and provide some suggestions for the below
numbered list :
issue 1 : no Desktop directory for newly created user :
I have this issue earlier also while installing Debian on my machine.
These are the following steps I took at the time of installation :
[a] install base system
[b] boot into the system and installed lxde.
[c] boot into the system with lxde and unable to find directory folder.
[d] installed GNOME desktop environment and the issue is solved.
[e] purged almost every package related to GNOME.
[f] at present using the system with LXDE desktop environment.
if i open PCMan File Manager and in side pane the defaults are : usr home
folder, Desktop and hard drive volume info. But the Desktop is missing in
the new user and i am also not able to create any files in desktop folder.
I have used the following command to create a new user :
# adduser tmp
provided passwd and details as requested by the command.
shutdown the system with the command : # shutdown 0
booted and directly logged into new user tmp and the desktop folder is
missing.
i have observed at the time of creating new user and read the man page of
adduser : adduser command depends on skel directory.
*The skel directory permissions and contents :
*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 675 2008-05-13 00:32 .profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3116 2008-05-13 00:32 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 220 2008-05-13 00:32 .bash_logout
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-06-06 17:50 .
drwxr-xr-x 110 root root 4096 2010-08-05 12:10 ..
*the ouput of .profile in skel folder :*
Script started on Thursday 05 August 2010 12:53:52 PM IST
]0;vis...@vishnuvardhan: ~ vis...@vishnuvardhan:~$ cat /etc/skel/.profile
# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
# exists.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
#umask 022
# if running bash
if [ -n $BASH_VERSION ]; then
# include .bashrc if it exists
if [ -f $HOME/.bashrc ]; then
. $HOME/.bashrc
fi
fi
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d $HOME/bin ] ; then
PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
fi
]0;vis...@vishnuvardhan: ~ vis...@vishnuvardhan:~$ exit
Script done on Thursday 05 August 2010 12:54:00 PM IST
*the output of .bashrc in skel directory :
*
Script started on Thursday 05 August 2010 12:54:31 PM IST
]0;vis...@vishnuvardhan: ~ vis...@vishnuvardhan:~$ cat /etc/skel/.profile
[K[K[K[K[K[K[K[Kbash rc
# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
# for examples
# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z $PS1 ] return
# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options
# don't overwrite GNU Midnight Commander's setting of `ignorespace'.
export HISTCONTROL=$HISTCONTROL${HISTCONTROL+,}ignoredups
# ... or force ignoredups and ignorespace
export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histappend
# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
shopt -s checkwinsize
# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
#[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] eval $(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)
# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
if [ -z $debian_chroot ] [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
fi
# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we want color)
case $TERM in
xterm-color) color_prompt=yes;;
esac
# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
#force_color_prompt=yes
if [ -n $force_color_prompt ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] tput setaf 1 /dev/null; then
# We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
# (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
# a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
color_prompt=yes
else
color_prompt=
fi
fi
if [ $color_prompt = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\...@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$
'
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}...@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
# If this is an xterm set the title to u...@host:dir
case $TERM in
xterm*|rxvt*)
PS1=\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}...@\h: \w\a\]$PS1
unable to install mysql server
OS : Debian Lenny 5.0.4 mysql server and client versions : packages from stable. I have previously installed mysql-server and mysql-client. I have tried to delete the files left in the system except of /var/ folder. I have deleted the /etc/mysql/ folder using the command rm -r /etc/mysql/. After a couple of days, I am unable to install mysql server and client. It is showing the following error's : /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 144: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up mysql-client (5.0.51a-24+lenny3) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however: Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny3) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 144: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however: Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server What is the best way to install mysql server and client in my system ? Previously I have deleted the files and folders in /etc/ folder and I have to reinstall the OS from scratch. Is there any way to again install package even if we delete the folder in /etc/ ? I am looking forward for your guidance or assistance. thank you, sid.
Re: unable to install mysql server
This is what I have done : i have installed the mysql server and client. Then I have issued the following commands : # aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client # updatedb # rm -r /etc/mysql/ After a couple of days, I have tried to install the packages again. It has shown an error as i have mentioned in my first e-mail. sid.
Re: unable to install mysql server
*the output of the apt-cache mysql-server* : auth2db - Powerful and eye-candy IDS logger, log viewer and alert generator cacti - Frontend to rrdtool for monitoring systems and services mysql-server - MySQL database server (metapackage depending on the latest version) mysql-server-5.0 - MySQL database server binaries torrentflux - web based, feature-rich BitTorrent download manager *the output of the apt-get install mysql-server* : Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl libterm-readkey-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server-5.0 Suggested packages: dbishell libipc-sharedcache-perl libcompress-zlib-perl tinyca The following NEW packages will be installed: libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl libterm-readkey-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server mysql-server-5.0 0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/35.6MB of archives. After this operation, 105MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package libnet-daemon-perl. (Reading database ... 68377 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libnet-daemon-perl (from .../libnet-daemon-perl_0.38-1.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libplrpc-perl. Unpacking libplrpc-perl (from .../libplrpc-perl_0.2017-1.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libdbi-perl. Unpacking libdbi-perl (from .../libdbi-perl_1.605-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libdbd-mysql-perl. Unpacking libdbd-mysql-perl (from .../libdbd-mysql-perl_4.007-1+lenny1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.0. Unpacking mysql-client-5.0 (from .../mysql-client-5.0_5.0.51a-24+lenny3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0. Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-24+lenny3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-template-perl. Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.9-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libterm-readkey-perl. Unpacking libterm-readkey-perl (from .../libterm-readkey-perl_2.30-4_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server. Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.51a-24+lenny3_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libnet-daemon-perl (0.38-1.1) ... Setting up libplrpc-perl (0.2017-1.1) ... Setting up libdbi-perl (1.605-1) ... Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.007-1+lenny1) ... Setting up mysql-client-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny3) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny3) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 144: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.9-1) ... Setting up libterm-readkey-perl (2.30-4) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however: Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Krishna Chandra Prajapati prajapat...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Vishnu, try apt-cache search mysql-server (list mysql server) apt-get install mysql-server (install mysql server) it will install mysql-server with all the required dependencies. _Krishna On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:41 PM, vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com wrote: This is what I have done : i have installed the mysql server and client. Then I have issued the following commands : # aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client # updatedb # rm -r /etc/mysql/ After a couple of days, I have tried to install the packages again. It has shown an error as i have mentioned in my first e-mail. sid.
Re: unable to install mysql server
I have followed the steps given by Stephen Powell and tried to install again. It is showing same error. Out of curiousity I have run *# dpkg -s mysql-server-5.0* **and the output of the above command is : *# dpkg -s mysql-server-5.0* Package: mysql-server-5.0 Status: install ok half-configured Priority: optional Section: misc Installed-Size: 81708 Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers pkg-mysql-ma...@lists.alioth.debian.org Architecture: i386 Source: mysql-dfsg-5.0 Version: 5.0.51a-24+lenny3 Replaces: mysql-enterprise-server-5.0, mysql-server ( 5.0.51a-24+lenny3) Provides: mysql-community-server-5.0, mysql-server, virtual-mysql-server Depends: mysql-client-5.0 (= 5.0.51a-24+lenny3), libdbi-perl, perl (= 5.6), libc6 (= 2.7-1), libgcc1 (= 1:4.1.1), libmysqlclient15off (= 5.0.27-1), libncurses5 (= 5.6+20071006-3), libreadline5 (= 5.2), libstdc++6 (= 4.1.1), libwrap0 (= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg), debconf (= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, psmisc, passwd, lsb-base (= 3.0-10) Pre-Depends: mysql-common (= 5.0.51a-24+lenny3), adduser (= 3.40), debconf Recommends: mailx, libhtml-template-perl Suggests: tinyca Conflicts: mysql-server ( 5.0.51a-24+lenny3) Conffiles: /etc/mysql/debian-start 4272e4d740c8ae651ac35bbf4d2ed6dc /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server 64e209fe34f73fbf10c9479bf30947c4 /etc/init.d/mysql 246ab7d69e00af14f03d12c54465b59c /etc/init.d/mysql-ndb-mgm becae0693dae627e6960249ae17bae19 /etc/init.d/mysql-ndb 25ad87aee00cf24aea5daf7ad4ed899f /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/mysql-server-5_0 20ccf274886d8f2897a10d9288579410 /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.workstation/mysql-server-5_0 20ccf274886d8f2897a10d9288579410 /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.paranoid/mysql-server-5_0 e8dbe35695437354553e61fd65b702ba Description: MySQL database server binaries MySQL is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular database query language in the world. The main goals of MySQL are speed, robustness and ease of use. . This package includes the server and ndb-cluster binaries. Homepage: http://dev.mysql.com/ The above output might make some sense to resolve the issue. thank u :)
Re: unable to install mysql server
I have purged mysql-server mysql-client using the following command :
*# aptitude purge --purge-unused mysql-server mysql-client *
and then i issued command :
*# updatedb*
I have again tried to install both of the packages, instead of downloading
packages, i has took me directly to provide password for mysql and mysql is
not configured properly.
I have changed the debian mirrors, *my mirror list is* :
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20090214-16:54]/ lenny contrib main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20090214-16:54]/ lenny contrib main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-2
20090214-16:54]/ lenny contrib main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-3
20090214-16:54]/ lenny contrib main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-4
20090214-16:54]/ lenny contrib main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-5
20090214-16:54]/ lenny contrib main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.4 Update DVD 20100202: i386 DVD 1]/ lenny
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deb-src ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib
non-free
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
contrib non-free.
The output of the *# aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client*
Script started on Friday 19 March 2010 09:13:19 AM IST
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Reading package lists... 0% Reading package lists... 100% Reading package
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Building dependency tree... 0% Building dependency tree... 0% Building
dependency tree... 50% Building dependency tree... 50% Building dependency
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Reading state information... 0% Reading state information... 0% Reading
state information... Done
Reading extended state information... 0% Reading extended state
information... 77% Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... 0% Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... 0% Reading task descriptions... 0%
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libhtml-template-perl{a} mysql-server mysql-server-5.0{a}
0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/26.8MB of archives. After unpacking 84.0MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Writing extended state information... 0% Writing extended state
information... 1% Writing extended state information... Done
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Re: Installation of packages from backports, unstable and stable.
After installing Openoffice, I commented out lines of backports. When I have installed transmission, I did not commented out lines of backports. Normally, I install the packages with the following command : aptitude install package. Freeman | there is no apt.conf file at /etc/apt/. However the following files are located at /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ : 00trustcdrom 15update-stamp 70debconf 01autoremove 20archive 99update-notifier 10periodic 50unattended-upgrades I tried to install amarok, but it is showing various conflicts. I have decided not to install unstable or any other packages for that matter. I am satisfied with the Debian as it is. Thank u for all of your replies. vishnuvardhan. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net wrote: In 20100127131300.ge6...@osamu.debian.net, Osamu Aoki wrote: Do I need to create a prefernce file ?... These are tricks to fool APT. Not fool. Apt, by default, treats all remote repositories in one of two manners get every package from there (priority 500) or get only the packages I request from there (priority 1 -- backports and experimental). Using pinning, you can communicate to apt your actual preferences of repositories. In my case, try to get all packages from stable+security+volatile, but if you need them to satisfy dependencies or I request a specific version you can pull from backports, testing+volatile+security, unstable, and experimental in that order. These do not solve the package version dependency issue. If it happen to be running, you are just lucky. Apt/aptitude will try as much as possible to make sure the various dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied. If they fail, you could be in trouble. If they succeed but something still breaks, you are unlucky (please file a bug). Preferences don't solve package dependency issues in isolation, but aptitude can use the priorities when ranking it's solutions and deciding which packages to upgrade. Once you start pulling in packages from testing/unstable/experimental, you will have to execute a full-upgrade more often, and provide a bit a manual guidance to aptitude, but that's to be expected. If you can locally backport package, you should try it to be safe. I don't like doing this because I don't like having to provide my own security support. If not, it is best not to do this kind of mixed system to avoid problem. Having run a mixed desktop and 2 mixed servers since before Lenny was released, I disagree with this statement. It allows the packages whose development I'm not currently following is remain dependable (pulled from stable or at least testing) while letting me pull packages with new, shiny features that I must try from unstable or experimental. I really do find it to be a best-of-both-worlds situation. My configuration is documented at http://iguanasuicide.net/node/4. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/
Installation of packages from backports, unstable and stable.
OS : Lenny 5.0.3 I have installed openoffice from backports and transmission-gtk from unstable. I have read a couple of articles about installing packages from stable, unstable, etc.. and pinning of packages. My sources.list entries are as follows : deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free #deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free #deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib After I have installed transmission-gtk, I commented out the line of unstable. I did not created /etc/spt/preference file. I am still averse to pinning of packages. Do I need to create a prefernce file ? and is it compulsory ? Are there any more lines need to be added to sources.list file ? If I did not create the preference file, and if I update the system [ apt-get update, apt-get upgrade ] will any issues crop up ? If I pin my packages, what word should I use for backports. e.g. Pin: release a=testing. Please guide me. thank u, vishnuvardhan.
