Re: lvm and multiboot

2009-04-03 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 04:20:43PM +0300, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:36:27PM -0500, zhang zhengquan > (zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > If I use lvm for the rest of the drive except /boot, can I possibly > > reduce the size of the lvm volume group and get some fre

Re: gpg

2009-04-03 Thread Daniel Dalton
Thanks to everyone that replied! I'll do some research and see how I go. I guess I can just get friends to sign it as well, but will do some research first. I've uploaded my key to a key server as well... Thanks very much Daniel. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape

2009-04-03 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > A friend has asked me about this weird problem he is having. He is using > tdcanadatrust.ca bank website on a Debian machine. When he wants to add > a payee, he does a search in the search field and click on "search" > button, but this brings him to the bank's welcome/logi

Re: gpg

2009-04-03 Thread Spiro Harvey
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:41:16 +1100 Daniel Dalton wrote: > One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to > sign my signature if so, how does this work? and don't forget to upload your public key to a keyserver so people can verify your signatures. :) -- section .data

Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system - update

2009-04-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
Update: Well, back on the air, sort of. Thanks for the pointers to tools - systemrescuecd was very helpful. What was really helpful was realizing that not only did I have a hardware problem with my server's motherboard, but one (of 4) drives was so badly corrupted that when I stuck it in by

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Re: Another solution

2009-04-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
> After the netinstall, install a 64-bit kernel. With a 32bit userland, this mostly works, but you may find a few quirks. E.g. uswsusp won't work (at least s2disk won't, don't know about s2ram). So it's usually fine, but you may want to keep an eye open. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: lvm and multiboot

2009-04-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
> So if I understand it correctly it is not multiboot situation. Indeed. For multiboot, you can use the same setup if all your alternative boots understand LVM (e.g. various versions of GNU/Linux), or if your other OSes are run from within GNU/Linux (e.g. with VirtualBox). That's usually the pre

Re: Grub2 question

2009-04-03 Thread Dave Patterson
* Curt Howland [2009-04-03 16:03:12 -0400]: > I gladly admit that it wasn't until his RTFM screed that I found out > about /usr/share/doc. I think /usr/share/doc should get a LOT more > mention than it does. (and a lot more data, such as on grub2) > GRUB2 looks pretty, and has lots of switch

Re: Printer Setup Problem

2009-04-03 Thread John W Foster
On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 09:04 +0900, 김정환 wrote: > Hi, everyone > > I'm trying to setup a printer in network environment. > My printer is HP Laserjet 3015 PCL6. > > In MS Windows, the printer is set up as follows : > Port : DOT4_001 > Generic IEEE 1284.4 Printing Support > HP Laserjet 3015 PCL6 > >

Iceweasel doesn't save passwd

2009-04-03 Thread Francisco Antônio da Silva Souza
Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with the Iceweasel on Debian Lenny: it doesn't save any password. I've some saved passwords and manage them with the XMarks Addon. Somebody can help me? Best regards, Francisco Antônio da Silva Souza http://franciscossouza.blogspot.com

Printer Setup Problem

2009-04-03 Thread 김정환
Hi, everyone I'm trying to setup a printer in network environment. My printer is HP Laserjet 3015 PCL6. In MS Windows, the printer is set up as follows : Port : DOT4_001 Generic IEEE 1284.4 Printing Support HP Laserjet 3015 PCL6 In debian, when I try to install network printer, it requires URL,

Re: Iceweasel doesn't "restore session"

2009-04-03 Thread Bibek Paudel
Ron Johnson wrote: Bug in FF, not properly handling all of the different kinds of kill methods? Very probable. But has somebody else experienced this too? Bibek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: Iceweasel doesn't "restore session"

2009-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-03 16:13, Bibek Paudel wrote: Hi all, In a freshly installed copy of Iceweasel (without any addons), the Error console shows: Error: [Exception... "Component is not available" nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///usr/lib/iceweasel/compon

Re: gpg

2009-04-03 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 09:41:16PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the gpg help, it's working well now. > > One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to > sign my signature if so, how does this work? As you use mutt: When composing a message, press '

Re: joining Windows domain (Active Directory)

2009-04-03 Thread Francisco Antônio da Silva Souza
Hello, I've found a tutorial: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/340 It teaches how to configure Samba on Debian. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:33 AM, orange wrote: > What is the easiest way to join ActiveDirectory, windows domain from > Debian? (link?) > I have found several tutorials on

Re: gpg

2009-04-03 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri April 3 2009, Thorny wrote: > > One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to > > sign my signature if so, how does this work? > > > > Daniel. > > To give you a simple answer, use a search engine with gpg, key, signing, > party as keywords, maybe even use web of trus

how to purge unused softwares on servers

2009-04-03 Thread zhang zhengquan
Dear debian users, I have now got several servers for different applications under debian, some are very old and previous admin have installed lots of packages on them. like Xorg... gnome... kde related. I really want to purge them and get some space. I would like to find out a way to make some st

Iceweasel doesn't "restore session"

2009-04-03 Thread Bibek Paudel
Hi all, In a freshly installed copy of Iceweasel (without any addons), the Error console shows: Error: [Exception... "Component is not available" nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///usr/lib/iceweasel/components/nsSessionStore.js :: sss_saveState :

Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape

2009-04-03 Thread H.S.
Frank wrote: > On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 14:13 -0400, H.S. wrote: > > >I'm not sure either...but on Debian testing I **never** use anything > but FIREFOX. Matter of fact I don't think I've ever run..what is it?? > Iceweasel ? > > The noscript extension might definitely affect operation on the ba

Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system

2009-04-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
thveillon.debian wrote: since your configuration is based on Grub "legacy", "Super Grub Disk" should enable you to restore the grub configuration. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ Then SysrescueCD comes with all fanciness regarding system recuperation, including of course raid and lvm tools. You c

Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system

2009-04-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
Allan Wind wrote: On 2009-04-03T15:21:27, Miles Fidelman wrote: Here it is, Friday, and my birthday to boot, with one fire on my desk already, when I discover that a critical server has crashed Happy birthday :-) Thanks! So any suggestions would be very much appreciated a

Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system

2009-04-03 Thread Allan Wind
On 2009-04-03T15:21:27, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Here it is, Friday, and my birthday to boot, with one fire on my desk > already, when I discover that a critical server has crashed Happy birthday :-) > So any suggestions would be very much appreciated as to: Did you replace or otherwise

Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update

2009-04-03 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
beatrice wrote: > I think I'll write a couple lines to Brother's customer service > anyway, now that I know I am not the only one with this > problem. I don't know if the error is with Brother or with ghostscript. In the meantime I filed a bug against ghostscript: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin

Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape

2009-04-03 Thread Frank
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 14:13 -0400, H.S. wrote: > tyler wrote: > > "H.S." writes: > > > >> H.S. wrote: > >> > >> I tried the same web page on a Debian Sid machine and tried to add a > >> payee. Here it works, when I type a string in payee search field, the > >> field drops down and shows a list of

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,04.Apr.09, 01:50:16, Bibek Paudel wrote: > Why do some people are so excited about sending replies to mailing > list queries? It makes no sense if the reply is irrelevant. Then please explain what you mean by "like a root user", because I didn't get it. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't e

Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape

2009-04-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
H.S. wrote: > Also, he also had the bank's website whitelisted in noscript. He has > also tried it in Iceweasel with noscript and adblock addons disabled (in > Iceape, I don't think one can disable a plugin by choice), but the same > problem persists. > > Not sure what really is going on here. Me

Re: Grub2 question

2009-04-03 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 03 April 2009, Dave Patterson was heard to say: > Yup, and that's about all I know about it.  Documentation? We don't > need no steenking documentation... Back in the dark ages of the mid '90s, I could not find any mention of where boa lo

Re: HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system

2009-04-03 Thread thveillon.debian
Miles Fidelman a écrit : > Hi Folks, > > Here it is, Friday, and my birthday to boot, with one fire on my desk > already, when I discover that a critical server has crashed > > The server is running Sarge (I know, I was just about to upgrade, but if > it ain't broke, why fix it), that just cr

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Bibek Paudel
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Please don't take my advice the wrong way, no offence intended. It's > just that some users do login into X as root routinely, which is a Bad > Thing. No offense taken. > Sorry, that would have worked for removable drives. For other partiti

Another solution (was Re: Debian RAM supporting.)

2009-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-03 13:08, Stackpole, Chris wrote: [snip] The long... So I mentioned this to my coworker. He too thought the net-install picked up the bigmem kernel. We have a dev box (Pentium D, 8GB memory, 64bit install) that isn't being used at the moment so we yanked the harddrive and dropped in a

Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update

2009-04-03 Thread beatrice
On Friday 03 April 2009, at 16:13 +0200, You wrote: Hi! > With any luck, the 8.63 versions of these packages are still in > your /var/cache/apt/archives, and you can install them with dpkg > -i. Otherwise you must go to packages.debian.org and get the 8.62 > versions from "stable"; it seems that

HELP!!! trying to recover crashed system

2009-04-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
Hi Folks, Here it is, Friday, and my birthday to boot, with one fire on my desk already, when I discover that a critical server has crashed The server is running Sarge (I know, I was just about to upgrade, but if it ain't broke, why fix it), that just crashed this morning, and I'm having

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,04.Apr.09, 00:21:31, Bibek Paudel wrote: > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > You shouldn't login as root. Use 'su' or 'sudo' or 'gksu' instead. > > This is not a question of I should or shouldn't. Of course, since I'm > asking a solution for non-root user, you sh

Re: video not smooth anymore after recent updates in Testing

2009-04-03 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > I updated my Debian Testing machine on a few weeks ago after the Lenny > release. Since then, mplayer doesn't play the videos as smoothly as it > did earlier. When I stip forward in a video (avi video file), the video > sometime pauses as the next step and resume in jerks.

video not smooth anymore after recent updates in Testing

2009-04-03 Thread H.S.
Hello, I updated my Debian Testing machine on a few weeks ago after the Lenny release. Since then, mplayer doesn't play the videos as smoothly as it did earlier. When I stip forward in a video (avi video file), the video sometime pauses as the next step and resume in jerks. Sometimes the video jus

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Bibek Paudel
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > You shouldn't login as root. Use 'su' or 'sudo' or 'gksu' instead. This is not a question of I should or shouldn't. Of course, since I'm asking a solution for non-root user, you should be understanding that I know how to use su, sudo or gks

Re: upgrading the kernel in debian etch from 2.6.18 to 2.6.29

2009-04-03 Thread thveillon.debian
Joey L wrote : > I think i did everything and this is a standard configuration - I did > not do anything too crazy ! > Again - all this is software raid --- the /boot is raid1 and the other > volumes are software raid5 The Raid5 has LVM filesystems. > > here is fdisk -l : > > thor:/home/mjh# fd

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,03.Apr.09, 23:44:07, Bibek Paudel wrote: > Hi all, > I use Debian Lenny (GNOME) on my i386 machine. > While logging in as root, the other disk partitions are shown in the > desktop as well as "Places" menu. They can then be browsed without > problem. You shouldn't login as root. Use 'su' or

Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape

2009-04-03 Thread H.S.
tyler wrote: > "H.S." writes: > >> H.S. wrote: >> >> I tried the same web page on a Debian Sid machine and tried to add a >> payee. Here it works, when I type a string in payee search field, the >> field drops down and shows a list of possible matches. >> >> Difference in systems? This was on Deb

RE: Debian RAM supporting.

2009-04-03 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Stackpole, Chris [mailto:cstackp...@barbnet.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:30 PM > Subject: RE: Debian RAM supporting. > > > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:11 PM > > Subject: Re: Debian RAM supporting. > > > > On 2009-04-03 07:1

Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Bibek Paudel
Hi all, I use Debian Lenny (GNOME) on my i386 machine. While logging in as root, the other disk partitions are shown in the desktop as well as "Places" menu. They can then be browsed without problem. However, when I login as a normal user, they aren't listed. And when I try to mount them from Nauti

Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape

2009-04-03 Thread tyler
"H.S." writes: > H.S. wrote: > > I tried the same web page on a Debian Sid machine and tried to add a > payee. Here it works, when I type a string in payee search field, the > field drops down and shows a list of possible matches. > > Difference in systems? This was on Debian Sid, Iceweasel, adbl

Re: bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape

2009-04-03 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > A friend has asked me about this weird problem he is having. He is using > tdcanadatrust.ca bank website on a Debian machine. When he wants to add > a payee, he does a search in the search field and click on "search" > button, but this brings him to the bank's welcome/logi

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-03 08:54, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Fri,03.Apr.09, 04:22:11, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV How so?

RE: Debian RAM supporting.

2009-04-03 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:11 PM > Subject: Re: Debian RAM supporting. > > On 2009-04-03 07:14, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > >> From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > [snip] > > > > I could be wrong, but I am pretty certain that th

Re: Can you recommend a game in etch?

2009-04-03 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 09:38:55AM +0800, Long Wind wrote: > I like simple action games > Below are the kind of games I like: > lbreakout2 > tetris > wolf3d for DOS from 3drealms > raptor for DOS from 3drealms > > top-down shooters: rrotage torus-trooper gunroar (my favorite) tumiki-fighters fi

Re: Debian RAM supporting.

2009-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-03 07:14, Stackpole, Chris wrote: From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] [snip] I could be wrong, but I am pretty certain that the netinstall does this. At least on the 32bit systems with more then 4GB that I have access to, I don't remember having to do anything extra spe

Installing on a Compact Flash card. Solved??

2009-04-03 Thread Stackpole, Chris
Well, after doing the GRUB MBR reinstall a dozen different ways I decided that it wasn't the software. I took the laptop apart and pulled the CF out, plugged it into my desktop through a USB-to-IDE connector, and it booted! I can successfully boot and use the CF drive on the desktop but putting it

bank web page problem in iceweasel/iceape

2009-04-03 Thread H.S.
Hello, A friend has asked me about this weird problem he is having. He is using tdcanadatrust.ca bank website on a Debian machine. When he wants to add a payee, he does a search in the search field and click on "search" button, but this brings him to the bank's welcome/login page! This happens in

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Norbert Zeh
> > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > > the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. > > Can getmail do this? > > Yes it can. Have a look at: > > http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/faq.html#faq-integrating-procmail > > It basica

Re: Grub2 question

2009-04-03 Thread Dave Patterson
* Curt Howland [2009-04-03 11:08:03 -0400]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Is GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= in /etc/default/grub where I put vga=791 to get > the same function in grub2 that I had putting vga=791 > into /boot/grub/menu.lst in grub1? > > Just want confirmation b

Re: Grub2 question

2009-04-03 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
Curt Howland writes: > Is GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= in /etc/default/grub where I put vga=791 to get > the same function in grub2 that I had putting vga=791 > into /boot/grub/menu.lst in grub1? > > Just want confirmation before I try it, just in case. Yes. > Curt- Tom -- They look at me funny; they

RE: Installing on a Compact Flash card.

2009-04-03 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Daryl Styrk [mailto:darylst...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: Installing on a Compact Flash card. > > I'd have a look at Debian's guide to the eee. Your approach seems > similar enough. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC > [snip] > > http://wiki.debian.o

Grub2 question

2009-04-03 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= in /etc/default/grub where I put vga=791 to get the same function in grub2 that I had putting vga=791 into /boot/grub/menu.lst in grub1? Just want confirmation before I try it, just in case. Curt- - -- The Magistrate, enr

RE: Installing on a Compact Flash card.

2009-04-03 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Daryl Styrk [mailto:darylst...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: Installing on a Compact Flash card. > > Thorny wrote: > > [...] > >> So now I am a bit confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can > any > >> one advice me on what to try next? Should I t

Re: Installing on a Compact Flash card.

2009-04-03 Thread Daryl Styrk
Thorny wrote: [...] So now I am a bit confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can any one advice me on what to try next? Should I try to reinstall with a /boot partition and a / partition? Is there something I need to do for the CF card? Did you write a GRUB MBR to the drive, Chris?

ovh dealer

2009-04-03 Thread mkr
Hello, know whether a dealer has ovh.co.uk, through which it would be possible to buy their services outside the UK and the States where they directly cover? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Re: Installing on a Compact Flash card.

2009-04-03 Thread Thorny
[...] > So now I am a bit confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can any > one advice me on what to try next? Should I try to reinstall with a /boot > partition and a / partition? Is there something I need to do for the CF > card? > Did you write a GRUB MBR to the drive, Chris? -- To U

Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update

2009-04-03 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
The problem is, as you suspected, caused by ghostscript. I downgraded to version 8.63 and it started to work again. You have to downgrade 3 packages: libgs8, ghostscript, and ghostscript-x. With any luck, the 8.63 versions of these packages are still in your /var/cache/apt/archives, and you can ins

Installing on a Compact Flash card.

2009-04-03 Thread Stackpole, Chris
Hello, I have an older laptop that has been working rather well, until the hard drive started making horrible noises that is. So I backed up the hard drive and was going to replace it with something much newer. I only found drives way bigger and more expensive then I actually need in this little la

RE: full backup/

2009-04-03 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Daniel Suleyman [mailto:danik...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:46 AM > Subject: full backup/ > > Dear all, I have HP DL380 G4 with installed debian sarge. I want to > make full back up of system? before reinstalling to debian lenny. > But server using hardware raid. and my qu

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,03.Apr.09, 07:30:32, Norbert Zeh wrote: > > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SMTP ser

Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update

2009-04-03 Thread H.S.
Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > beatrice wrote: >> I have a Brother HL2040 printer that worked perfectly well on >> my Debian testing with the .deb driver package Brother >> provides. I don't have CUPS installed, I use lpr. My printer >> stopped working without me changing any system configuration >> o

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,03.Apr.09, 04:22:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [snip] >> >> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, >> YMMV > > How so? It (fetchmail->Postfix/Spa

full backup/

2009-04-03 Thread Daniel Suleyman
Dear all, I have HP DL380 G4 with installed debian sarge. I want to make full back up of system? before reinstalling to debian lenny. But server using hardware raid. and my question is. how can i take full backup, that in case of any failure i will be able to restore system and it was just before f

Re: lvm and multiboot

2009-04-03 Thread Tapani Tarvainen
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:36:27PM -0500, zhang zhengquan (zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com) wrote: > If I use lvm for the rest of the drive except /boot, can I possibly > reduce the size of the lvm volume group and get some free space > unformatted not controlled by lvm? You can, but that'll be a lot

Re: lvm and multiboot

2009-04-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>> I read something that it is not good for /boot and / to reside on lvm >>> partitions. >> >> Only /boot needs to be on a non-LVM volume.  I always partition my root >> drives with a 100-200MB /boot partition and the rest as a single >> partition devoted to LVM.  Actually, I also do that for >>

joining Windows domain (Active Directory)

2009-04-03 Thread orange
What is the easiest way to join ActiveDirectory, windows domain from Debian? (link?) I have found several tutorials on net but they are old and have different ways. Samba is installed (and working nicely with workgroups), the Debian version is 'testing', updated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-03 Thread Rob Gom
> > Maybe it will stop showing that second device and its pop-up window, if > there is no partition on it. I guess you wouldn't lose much by just > deleting that 9MB partition, ie. you'd have a device without any second > partition. (I have not tried it myself, though.) > > HTH, > Johannes > As sim

RE: Debian RAM supporting.

2009-04-03 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:25 AM > Subject: Re: Debian RAM supporting. > > On 2009-04-02 23:54, Bret Busby wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > [snip] > > > > In that case, as installation disks (I think) automatically se

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 Apr 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu April 2 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Probably not an answer to the OP, but when I was having trouble with > > fetchmail a year ago I changed to getmail and the problems went away > > immediately. It's easier to configure and  more reliable. > >

Re: gpg

2009-04-03 Thread Thorny
On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:41:16 +1100, Daniel Dalton posted: > Hi, > > Thanks for the gpg help, it's working well now. > > One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to > sign my signature if so, how does this work? > > Daniel. To give you a simple answer, use a search en

Figuring out how to use badram/memmap

2009-04-03 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, I'm using an old pc which has bad ram. After running memtest86+ through a bunch of configurations i got it to spurt out these badRAM parameters: badram=0x05780a00,0xfffc. So i installed kernel-patch-badram and was hoping dpkg would popup some menu for me to put this info... didn't happen.

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 07:30 -0300, Norbert Zeh wrote: >> > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV >> I don't know getmail, but

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 07:30 -0300, Norbert Zeh wrote: > > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SM

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
Norbert Zeh writes: >> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SMTP server is that I can use procma

Re: Brother HL2040 printer/lpr stopped working after update

2009-04-03 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
beatrice wrote: > I have a Brother HL2040 printer that worked perfectly well on > my Debian testing with the .deb driver package Brother > provides. I don't have CUPS installed, I use lpr. My printer > stopped working without me changing any system configuration > other than my usual package updati

gpg

2009-04-03 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, Thanks for the gpg help, it's working well now. One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to sign my signature if so, how does this work? Daniel. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Norbert Zeh
> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. Can

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Rob Gom wrote: > Is it possible to convert stick to be single device? I don't need > second one... And two windows about new device connected can be a bit > irritating... [cut] >> Once the stick is attached, could you send us the output of 'fdisk -l'? >> I'm just guessing, but maybe it is possibl

Re: public key

2009-04-03 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 01:06:22PM +0530, Sudev Barar wrote: > 2009/3/28 Daniel Dalton : > > How do I set up public key on linux? And then how do I sign files and > > emails? I have read up on this, so understand the basics I think, but > > just wondering what tools I use for: decrypting files, enc

Re: How to build clusters

2009-04-03 Thread franck
abdelkader belahcene wrote: Hi, I want to creat clusters using 4 PC (pentium 4). I want guide or manual explaining the procedure in deep. thanks for help. best regards bela hi, heartbeat perhaps can help you ? http://www.linux-ha.org/ Best regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: How to build clusters

2009-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-03 04:07, abdelkader belahcene wrote: Hi, I want to creat clusters using 4 PC (pentium 4). I want guide or manual explaining the procedure in deep. thanks for help. Have you Googled for "Beowulf cluster howto"? -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: Debian RAM supporting.

2009-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-02 23:54, Bret Busby wrote: On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Stefan Monnier wrote: 2. the response above indicates that yes, 4G (and maybe more) RAM can be used with 32 bit CPU's and 32 bit OS, with (what I understand to be, basically) a software patch to allow access to the memory that lies o

How to build clusters

2009-04-03 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, I want to creat clusters using 4 PC (pentium 4). I want guide or manual explaining the procedure in deep. thanks for help. best regards bela

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV How so? It (fetchmail->Postfix/SpamAssassin->maildrop->~/Maildir) has been working perfectly on

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-03 Thread Rob Gom
[cut] > > Once the stick is attached, could you send us the output of 'fdisk -l'? > I'm just guessing, but maybe it is possible to simply remove the 2MB > second partition. > > Cheers, > > Johannes Unfortunately that's not partition ... That's second device (sdb + sdc in my case). Afaik there's no

Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Rob Gom wrote: > Hi Debian Users, > I own an USB 2 GB stick. Unfortunately it is reported to system as two > separate devices: > [ 3151.418037] usb-storage: device found at 2 > [ 3151.418041] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > [ 3156.416261] usb-storage: device scan complet

Re: side-by-side display of two files with latex

2009-04-03 Thread Johann Spies
Hallo Russel, > I need to typeset a document in which a pair of files are displayed > side-by-side, each in its own column, so that the reader easily may > compare the two files. > > The problem is that each file spans several pages; so the left column of > each page must be a continuation

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,02.Apr.09, 06:05:42, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu April 2 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Probably not an answer to the OP, but when I was having trouble with > > fetchmail a year ago I changed to getmail and the problems went away > > immediately. It's easier to configure and  more rel