Re: GRUB "Error 18" booting lenny

2009-04-16 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Troubleshooting.html#Troubleshooting says: 18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS This error is returned when a read is attempted at a linear block address beyond the end of the BIOS translated ar

Re: dist-upgrade to linux-image-2.6.26-2(Lenny5.0.0 to 5.0.1).Disk space question.

2009-04-16 Thread Jeffrey Cao
On 2009-04-17, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > --tsOsTdHNUZQcU9Ye > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > >> > Still I wouldn't think it would take 70 mb, but maybe I'm wrong... :) >> It's not only about the kernel image. The whole modules for the new kernel >> will b

Re: PXE boot debian-installer

2009-04-16 Thread Steven Demetrius
Alok G. Singh wrote: What I want to do is to deploy a dhcp+tftp server in the network that people can boot into debian-installer via PXE. The idea is to have an easy way to install Debian/Ubuntu without having to cart DVDs around. The DHCP server running on the router assigns addresses in the

clamscan rar files

2009-04-16 Thread Mark Grieveson
Anyone know how to get clamscan to detect rar files? I've tried "clamscan --unrar" but this doesn't work (as proven by the test files). I do have unrar installed. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas..

Re: default web browser

2009-04-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 16 Apr 2009, Mark Grieveson wrote: > > m...@debian:~$ update-alternatives --list x-www-browser > bash: update-alternatives: command not found > m...@debian:~$ su > Password: > debian:/home/mark# update-alternatives --list x-www-browser > /usr/bin/iceweasel > debian:/home/mark# update-alternati

Re: script: test binary program vs shell script

2009-04-16 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Kevin Ponds wrote: >>> or something along those lines. Grepping fo "ELF" can also be useful. >>> > > Grepping for ELF is a dangerous way to do it! If you run the script on > itself, > it will think that it's a binary. I think he meant grep'ing for 'ELF' in the output of the file command, not th

Re: dist-upgrade to linux-image-2.6.26-2(Lenny5.0.0 to 5.0.1).Disk space question.

2009-04-16 Thread Daniel Dalton
> > Still I wouldn't think it would take 70 mb, but maybe I'm wrong... :) > It's not only about the kernel image. The whole modules for the new kernel > will be installed into your /lib/modules/2.6.26-2 directory. That will take > much space. Ah right, yes I know that, but still didn't think it wa

Re: etch to lenny upgrade - X apps no longer see keystrokes?

2009-04-16 Thread Graham Williams
Received Wed 15 Apr 2009 5:32am +1000 from Florian Kulzer: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 09:21:11 +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > > Received Fri 10 Apr 2009 6:31am +1000 from Florian Kulzer: > > > On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 18:10:41 +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > > > > Have just upgraded > > > > > > T

Re: script: test binary program vs shell script

2009-04-16 Thread Eric De Mund
All, Jerome BENOIT : > in side a bash script, I would like to test is a given program is > either a binary file or a script file: is there way to so ? "file -iL" might be what you're looking for. "-i" for mime type output, "-L" to follow symbolic links: % file -iL config.guess spamassassin u

Re: Watch other tty, give permission tty to be watched

2009-04-16 Thread Richard Hector
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 18:41 +0300, Angelin Lalev wrote: > I remember that BSD had a command (IIRC it was "watch") that allowed > the superuser to watch any tty. > I want to use this feature in Linux if available, and I want to use it > quite ex-centric way. ttysnoop seems to do something similar,

Re: script: test binary program vs shell script

2009-04-16 Thread Kevin Ponds
Jerome BENOIT mailsnare.net> writes: > > I came to this solution too ! > > Thanks, > Jerome > > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > or something along those lines. Grepping fo "ELF" can also be useful. > > > Grepping for ELF is a dangerous way to do it! If you run the script on itself, it will

Re: Kernel Memory corruption error messages

2009-04-16 Thread Jeffrey Cao
On 2009-04-16, Kushal Koolwal wrote: > > Has any lately seen the following memory error messages (from dmesg) after > resuming from Suspend to Ram (S3). I am using Debian Lenny with 2.6.28 kernel. > > > [ 179.822885] Corrup

Re: dist-upgrade to linux-image-2.6.26-2(Lenny5.0.0 to 5.0.1).Disk space question.

2009-04-16 Thread Jeffrey Cao
On 2009-04-17, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 07:18:44PM -0700, Luis Maceira wrote: >>=20 >> apt-get tells me that to dist-upgrade to th

Re: which websites are running debian

2009-04-16 Thread Tim McDonough
The extent of the report seems to be site specific. I tried several other sites and some just simply say "Linux". Tim 明覺 wrote: If they can report the distribution of linux, that will be more interesting. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Tim McDonough wrote: I know http://uptime.netcraft.co

Can't find external drives

2009-04-16 Thread James Dyer
I'm having problems when attempting to locate directories on my USB drives, and 1 external drive.  When using Konquerer, a messageBox pops up saying error-KDE mediamanager not running.  I'm new to this, and the forums haven't answered my post yet.  I need to get to this usb drive so I can instal

Re: dist-upgrade to linux-image-2.6.26-2(Lenny5.0.0 to 5.0.1).Disk space question.

2009-04-16 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 07:18:44PM -0700, Luis Maceira wrote: > > apt-get tells me that to dist-upgrade to the new linux-image-2.6.26-2 > (lenny5.0.1) an additional of more then 70MB disk space will be used.Why is > that? > Doesn't the previous linux image be replaced by the new one,maintaining >

dist-upgrade to linux-image-2.6.26-2(Lenny5.0.0 to 5.0.1).Disk space question.

2009-04-16 Thread Luis Maceira
apt-get tells me that to dist-upgrade to the new linux-image-2.6.26-2 (lenny5.0.1) an additional of more then 70MB disk space will be used.Why is that? Doesn't the previous linux image be replaced by the new one,maintaining approximately the same disk space? Or can I get rid of the old one after

Re: script: test binary program vs shell script

2009-04-16 Thread Jerome BENOIT
I came to this solution too ! Thanks, Jerome Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: Jerome BENOIT wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Qui, 16 Abr 2009, "Jerome BENOIT" wrote: Hello List, in side a bash script, I would like to test is a given program is either a binary file or a script file:

Re: which websites are running debian

2009-04-16 Thread 明覺
If they can report the distribution of linux, that will be more interesting. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Tim McDonough wrote: >> I know http://uptime.netcraft.com keeps some statistics of which sites >> run which operating systems, but I'm not really sure if they also track >> different GNU/

key bindings

2009-04-16 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, I'm looking at doing some remaps on my system with the keymap. After reading man dumpkeys, man keymaps and man loadkeys, briefely, I was just wondering if someone could tell me where the default keymap is stored so I can back it up! And then edit it? Thx Daniel. signature.asc Description:

presentation programs on GNU/Linux

2009-04-16 Thread Girish Kulkarni
Hi all, Wondering after a recent seminar about what presentation program people prefer on Linux systems. I am really looking for suggestions to improve my own presentations. I use Beamer, which provides all the typographical beauty of LaTeX. But it is primitive when it comes to visual aids -- an

Re: script: test binary program vs shell script

2009-04-16 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > >> On Qui, 16 Abr 2009, "Jerome BENOIT" wrote: >> >>> Hello List, >>> >>> in side a bash script, I would like to test is a given program >>> is either a binary file or a script file: >>> is there way to so ? >>> >> file /path/to/pr

Re: which websites are running debian

2009-04-16 Thread Tim McDonough
I know http://uptime.netcraft.com keeps some statistics of which sites run which operating systems, but I'm not really sure if they also track different GNU/Linux Distributions, or even if it's feasible to detect their differences. They report the following for a site I'm involved with: Linux

Re: script: test binary program vs shell script

2009-04-16 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, thanks for the reply. Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Qui, 16 Abr 2009, "Jerome BENOIT" wrote: Hello List, in side a bash script, I would like to test is a given program is either a binary file or a script file: is there way to so ? file /path/to/program I know file: file /path/to/p

Kernel Memory corruption error messages

2009-04-16 Thread Kushal Koolwal
Has any lately seen the following memory error messages (from dmesg) after resuming from Suspend to Ram (S3). I am using Debian Lenny with 2.6.28 kernel. [ 179.822885] Corrupted low memory at c0007ffc (7ffc phys) = 82ea000

Re: which websites are running debian

2009-04-16 Thread Richard Hector
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 09:46 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > > http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=amazon.com > > Thanks for this, I can even check for what my server is running:) Useful form of intrusion detection system, you think? Though perhaps its unlikely that intruders will go to the

Re: problem gnome-control-center, debian unstable

2009-04-16 Thread javier
El jue, 16-04-2009 a las 22:27 +0200, Michael Ott escribió: > Hallo Javier! > > > I am using debian unstable. > > > > And I try to install gnome-core and this happen: > > > > > > debian:/home/javier# apt-get install gnome-core > > Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho > > Creando árbol de dependen

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-16 Thread John Hasler
Nuno writes: > From the man page, as far as i can tell, all at does is run commands at > specified times... kinda like cron... why does it need an MTA? >From the man page: The user will be mailed standard error and standard output from his commands, if any. Mail will be sent using

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-16 Thread Nuno Magalhães
> No. It needs an MTA. Install Esmtp, Nullmailer, or similar. Back to square one i guess. From the man page, as far as i can tell, all at does is run commands at specified times... kinda like cron... why does it need an MTA? > I continue to find it amazing, though, that people who cheerfully pu

Re: default web browser

2009-04-16 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:09:11 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > > Hello. I'm using Fluxbox. Whenever I download an extension, such > > as a new dictionary, for OpenOffice.org, it opens up uxterm, and > > runs lynx. > > How, then, can I > > change this for OpenOffi

Re: Stable kernel security support

2009-04-16 Thread Adrian Levi
2009/4/17 Paul van der Vlis : > > Thanks for your answers. > > When I understand right I really need a package like linux-image-2.6-686 > to get kernel security support. No, linux-image-2.6-686 is a meta package that serves to install the latest 2.6 version of the linux kernel for the 686 architec

Re: Advice on raid/lvm

2009-04-16 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Mark Allums wrote: > I also think that RAID 10 is pretty simple to understand. Take four > disks. Make two pairs. Mirror each pair (RAID 1), then stripe across > the pairs (RAID 0). It's just a combination. That's just the most basic layout for raid-10... It can get a

Re: Advice on raid/lvm

2009-04-16 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 09 Apr 2009, Mark Allums wrote: >> Is there an advantage of software raid10 over multiple raid1 arrays >> joined with LVM? Capacity can be dynamically added with pairs of disks. > > > Only one: simplicity. It would make it easier for someone to > understand, in the beginning. Well, md-

Re: Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server?

2009-04-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <49e791b8.02ab100a.0542.2...@mx.google.com>, Sthu Deus wrote: >Thank You, again, And what is Your opinion on volatile for clamav, for >example& - It always says to me, it is out dated. I have volatile enabled, and it says it is outdated to me, too. That's just a result of upstream desire confl

Re: I can't send email to yahoo with my postfix server

2009-04-16 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Thursday 16 April 2009 19:12:31 Maurice Guerrier, vous avez écrit : > Hello, > I configure my postfix server, I can send email to user on the same pc, but > When I try to send email to yahoo user. It doesn't work > > In the fiIe main.cf, i put in relay host [smt.neuf.fr] for my ISP, but my > dom

Re: problem gnome-control-center, debian unstable

2009-04-16 Thread Michael Ott
Hallo Javier! > I am using debian unstable. > > And I try to install gnome-core and this happen: > > > debian:/home/javier# apt-get install gnome-core > Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho > Creando árbol de dependencias > Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho > No se pudieron instala

Re: Informations about LVM2

2009-04-16 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Thursday 16 April 2009 17:03:20 Sylvain Dauthieux, vous avez écrit : > ok, but how i can compare 2 snapshots ? > > How access to snapshot's blocks (data modified) ? > > Can you help me please, i cannot any more what to do ! > > Thanks. > > Sylvain Dauthieux Tell us how you would have used lvmsa

Re: Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server?

2009-04-16 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Michael: > It really all depends how well you know Debian, and how > mission-critical the server is; or if it's a single-user or > multi-user system -- There are a lot of factors to take into account. I think any server admin. wants that his server/work will no

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-16 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > There is no package named gutenprint. Which package are you referring to? Nuno writes: > Not in the Debian repos apparently. Well, then. > However, to get back on topic, 'at' still depends on an MTA. Should i > file a "bug" against at? No. It needs an MTA. Install Esmtp, Nullmaile

Re: Versioning control

2009-04-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:45:03PM +0200, Jesús M. Navarro wrote: > Section 1.2 of the CVS manual is very enlighting: > > "1.2 What is CVS not? > CVS can do a lot of things for you, but it does not try to be everything for > everyone. SVN is a better CVS. It works at the project level rather t

problem gnome-control-center, debian unstable

2009-04-16 Thread javier
Hello: I am using debian unstable. And I try to install gnome-core and this happen: debian:/home/javier# apt-get install gnome-core Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho Creando árbol de dependencias Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho No se pudieron instalar algunos paquetes. Esto pu

Re: PXE boot debian-installer

2009-04-16 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi, Alok: On Thursday 16 April 2009 10:56:21 Alok G. Singh wrote: > What I want to do is to deploy a dhcp+tftp server in the network that > people can boot into debian-installer via PXE. The idea is to have an > easy way to install Debian/Ubuntu without having to cart DVDs > around. > > The DHCP s

Re: Versioning control

2009-04-16 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi, Adrian: On Wednesday 15 April 2009 10:22:00 Adrian Chapela wrote: > Hello, > > I am preparing a versioning control. In my environment some of the > clients are Windows PC. I have implemented the next Subversion + > TortoiseSVN (for windows clients) + Eventum (for bug control, etc.). All > work

Re: Update errors

2009-04-16 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:10:23 +0100 Robert Mills wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > Updating my testing system this morning. > > > > update-python-modules: > > error: /usr/share/python-support/python-elementtree.public is not > > a directory dpkg

Re: Synaptic or Python error?

2009-04-16 Thread Peter Beck
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:32 -0400, JoeHill wrote: > Getting this error after any installing any packages with Synaptic: > > E: python-elementtree: subprocess post-installation script returned > error exit status 2 > > I see this error occurs a lot when I search on it, but I can't tell if it's a

[Solved] Re: related to mail servers, mta and mda

2009-04-16 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > This is a beginner's (no experience with setting up mail servers) query > about MTA's and MUA's. I am trying to see if I can setup an mta or a > related application on my Debian machine which is being run as a router > for my home lan such that it can send email to an exte

Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping . ...

2009-04-16 Thread e s
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping . ... anyone have a clue? just installed a new kernel. with update-grub menu.lst is updated just fine with new kernel all is set default in menu.lst but splash image do not update? how do I link it? I have a double boot -windows on first par

Re: Update errors

2009-04-16 Thread Robert Mills
Frank McCormick wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Updating my testing system this morning. update-python-modules: error: /usr/share/python-support/python-elementtree.public is not a directory dpkg: error processing python-elementtree (--configure): subprocess post-installati

dpkg error

2009-04-16 Thread Faheem Mitha
Hi, I'm getting the following error on upgrade (debian Lenny). As suggested by the error message, there is some funny stuff in /var/lib/dpkg/available in the kdebase package section. Is this is a known issue? If not, can anyone suggest how to debug this? For the record, I've being using and

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-16 Thread Nuno Magalhães
> There is no package named gutenprint. Which package are you referring to? Not in the Debian repos apparently. I got it for my Epson; "converted from a rpm package by alien". You'll find some related packages[1] in the repos though. dpkg -l |grep gutenprint ii foomatic-db-gutenprint

Re: To check a copy of a file on its originality from its installed package.

2009-04-16 Thread Rob McBroom
On 2009-Apr-16, at 2:05 AM, Sthu Deus wrote: I get the error: # rehash bash: rehash: command not found Yes, I use tcsh, so that command is necessary for me. I knew it wouldn't work in bash or ksh, but it wouldn't hurt anything either. I didn't know what shell you use, so I included it just

Re: default web browser

2009-04-16 Thread Pedro Insua
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 02:05:32PM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. I'm using Fluxbox. Whenever I download an extension, such as a > new dictionary, for OpenOffice.org, it opens up uxterm, and runs lynx. > I checked OpenOffice.org's options and customize choices, but there is > no option tha

Re: script: test binary program vs shell script

2009-04-16 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Qui, 16 Abr 2009, "Jerome BENOIT" wrote: Hello List, in side a bash script, I would like to test is a given program is either a binary file or a script file: is there way to so ? file /path/to/program should give the information you need. -- Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br

script: test binary program vs shell script

2009-04-16 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, in side a bash script, I would like to test is a given program is either a binary file or a script file: is there way to so ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

default web browser

2009-04-16 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hello. I'm using Fluxbox. Whenever I download an extension, such as a new dictionary, for OpenOffice.org, it opens up uxterm, and runs lynx. I checked OpenOffice.org's options and customize choices, but there is no option that I could find to set the browser that it uses. So, I'm assuming it rel

Re: Synaptic or Python error?

2009-04-16 Thread JoeHill
Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-04-16 19:32 +0200, JoeHill wrote: > > > Getting this error after any installing any packages with Synaptic: > > > > E: python-elementtree: subprocess post-installation script returned > > error exit status 2 > > > > I see this error occurs a lot when I search on i

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-16 Thread John Hasler
Nuno writes: > Well.. i do need gutenprint if i'm going to use some printers. I'd assume > 'at' and 'lsb' are required by the system; at least i've seen 'at' > mentioned a lot. 'at' is priority standard. While it would be surprising to find it missing from a Unix system it is not required. 'lsb'

Re: Bug in aptitude?

2009-04-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-04-16 18:56 +0200, Ben wrote: > installation of package sendmail => http://rafb.net/p/CyyCc011.html > purge of package sendmail => http://rafb.net/p/L9QeCU60.html Please include such output in your mail, so that people don't have to jump through hoops to read (and possibly cite) it. > wh

Re: Synaptic or Python error?

2009-04-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-04-16 19:32 +0200, JoeHill wrote: > Getting this error after any installing any packages with Synaptic: > > E: python-elementtree: subprocess post-installation script returned > error exit status 2 > > I see this error occurs a lot when I search on it, but I can't tell if it's a > Python

Re: Synaptic or Python error?

2009-04-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:32:06 -0400 JoeHill wrote: Hello JoeHill, > I see this error occurs a lot when I search on it, but I can't tell if > it's a Python error or something with Synaptic. Frank McCormick reported the same issue earlier today. He uses aptitude not Synaptic, IIRC. I too saw the

Re: I can't send email to yahoo with my postfix server

2009-04-16 Thread mouss
Maurice Guerrier a écrit : > Hello, > I configure my postfix server, I can send email to user on the same pc, > but When I try to send email to yahoo user. It doesn't work > what does "doesn't work" mean exactly? postfix logs will help. if you feel more confortable in french, you can switch to

Synaptic or Python error?

2009-04-16 Thread JoeHill
Getting this error after any installing any packages with Synaptic: E: python-elementtree: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 I see this error occurs a lot when I search on it, but I can't tell if it's a Python error or something with Synaptic. I'm running a mixe

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-16 Thread Nuno Magalhães
> Which of those do you need? > Report a bug against them. Well.. i do need gutenprint if i'm going to use some printers. I'd assume 'at' and 'lsb' are required by the system; at least i've seen 'at' mentioned a lot. It seems as though gutenprint depends on lsb and lsb-core depends on a mail-tran

I can't send email to yahoo with my postfix server

2009-04-16 Thread Maurice Guerrier
Hello, I configure my postfix server, I can send email to user on the same pc, but When I try to send email to yahoo user. It doesn't work In the fiIe main.cf, i put in relay host [smt.neuf.fr] for my ISP, but my domain is paris.fr, I put in myhostname="server.paris.fr" the name of my server is

Bug in aptitude?

2009-04-16 Thread Ben
installation of package sendmail => http://rafb.net/p/CyyCc011.html purge of package sendmail => http://rafb.net/p/L9QeCU60.html why does aptitude not remove all packages installed? The packages sendmail-base, sendmail-bin, sendmail-cf aren't depencies for any other package installed. Immediately

Re: Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server?

2009-04-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20090416152722.ga23...@greedo>, Michael Pobega wrote: >On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:50:46PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: >> Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server? >Realistically, the most 'secure' choice would be to use stable with >backports, No, it would be stable plus se

Re: Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server?

2009-04-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:50:46PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good day. > > Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server? Generally: on. However you wouldn't be asking this question if there wasn't some important feature you needed from Testing. So the third option to consider

Re: Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server?

2009-04-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <49e7460c.25e2660a.2ffc.2...@mx.google.com>, Sthu Deus wrote: >Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server? IIRC, the Debian security team does not currently provide support for testing or backports. They will provide support for testing in the future, but it was tempora

Re: Problem with working of open ATI driver driver for X1100: impossible to switch from X to comsole.

2009-04-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <49e7477f.07a5660a.2080.2...@mx.google.com>, Sthu Deus wrote: >1. Where I can report the bug for the driver developers and not debian >team - as the same I've seen in Fedora and kUbuntu? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ I don't have an account, but when you start filing the bug it will probably

Re: GRUB "Error 18" booting lenny

2009-04-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Vwaju wrote: I have a Dell Dimension 4100 and brand spanking new 250 GB 1" ATA/100 8MB 16MB 7200RP HDD. The 4100 is from 2001, and the BIOS version listed in setup is A06. I installed lenny. At "Software Selection" I chose "Mail Server". When the installation was completed, and I rebooted. Th

Watch other tty, give permission tty to be watched

2009-04-16 Thread Angelin Lalev
I remember that BSD had a command (IIRC it was "watch") that allowed the superuser to watch any tty. I want to use this feature in Linux if available, and I want to use it quite ex-centric way. I have machine on which I will install OpenBSD and during installation I will use serial console attache

Re: GRUB "Error 18" booting lenny

2009-04-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Vwaju wrote: I have a Dell Dimension 4100 and brand spanking new 250 GB 1" ATA/100 8MB 16MB 7200RP HDD. The 4100 is from 2001, and the BIOS version listed in setup is A06. I installed lenny. At "Software Selection" I chose "Mail Server". When the installation was completed, and I rebooted. Th

Re: PXE boot debian-installer

2009-04-16 Thread Alok G. Singh
Eric Gerlach wrote: >> I don't think there is, strictly speaking, a difference. But, a DHCP >> client on a booted system will just ignore all the netboot >> information in the response. So, generally you just run one DHCP >> server that gives everyone the netboot information and there's little >

Re: Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server?

2009-04-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:50:46PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good day. > > Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server? > > Thank You for Your time. > It's really your choice. Backports is probably a lot safer than testing, but personally I haven't had a real problem in my

Re: Re: Informations about LVM2

2009-04-16 Thread Sylvain Dauthieux
ok, but how i can compare 2 snapshots ? How access to snapshot's blocks (data modified) ? Can you help me please, i cannot any more what to do ! Thanks. Sylvain Dauthieux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listm

Re: Stable kernel security support

2009-04-16 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Sven Joachim schreef: > On 2009-04-16 15:31 +0200, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> In <49e6e2e3.5040...@vandervlis.nl>, Paul van der Vlis wrote: >>> Is there still security-support on e.g. the 2.6.26-1 kernel after the >>> release of a 2.6.26-2 kernel? >> No. 2.6.26-2 the the current version o

Problem with working of open ATI driver driver for X1100: impossible to switch from X to comsole.

2009-04-16 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. I have problem with working of open ATI driver driver for X1100 on laptop - when I switch to termial (console), I see white screen with multiple vertical lines on it - until I switch back to X. - It is not so with the closed ATI driver, or VESA. But I would use the open one. So, my ques

Update errors

2009-04-16 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Updating my testing system this morning. update-python-modules: error: /usr/share/python-support/python-elementtree.public is not a directory dpkg: error processing python-elementtree (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error

GRUB "Error 18" booting lenny

2009-04-16 Thread Vwaju
I have a Dell Dimension 4100 and brand spanking new 250 GB 1" ATA/100 8MB 16MB 7200RP HDD. The 4100 is from 2001, and the BIOS version listed in setup is A06. I installed lenny. At "Software Selection" I chose "Mail Server". When the installation was completed, and I rebooted. Then I decided to

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-16 Thread CaT
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 04:26:57PM +0200, Dirk wrote: >> Install nullmailer, I'm pretty sure that's what you're looking for. > > i thought so too.. but it doesn't seem to do what it name implies... > it's config kept asking where to redirect the mails too... and > "/dev/null" wasn't an option :

Re: Informations about LVM2

2009-04-16 Thread Cowley Harris
Hi, After looking at the code, it turns out lvmsar and lvmsadc are just stubs with no functionality that I can see. so, still not implemented yet. :( Uninstalling and re-installing will _not_ help. My bad. 2009/4/16 Cowley Harris : > Hi > > > 2009/4/16 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. : >> In <464aa698

Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server?

2009-04-16 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server? Thank You for Your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: PXE boot debian-installer

2009-04-16 Thread Eric Gerlach
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 08:39:01AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <871vrtasei@klein.localdomain>, Alok G. Singh wrote: > >The DHCP server running on the router assigns addresses in the > >192.168.1.0/24 subnet. I have setup another DHCP server to respond to > >PXE in the same subnet.

Re: which websites are running debian

2009-04-16 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
> http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=amazon.com Thanks for this, I can even check for what my server is running:) -- Zhengquan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
> # apt-get -s remove exim4-daemon-light > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > at bsd-mailx exim4 exim4-daemon-light gutenprint lsb lsb-core lsb-cxx > lsb-desktop lsb-graphics mailx Which of th

gdkpixbuf

2009-04-16 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm running testing and trying to get IceMe, an editor for menues on IceWm working. Seems I'm missing a python module, gdkpixbuf which apparently is (was?) supplied in the pygtk package. But it seems neither is available. Must be looking in the wrong

Re: about postfix

2009-04-16 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Maurice Guerrier schreef: > How can I test that my postfix server is correct without sending a mail > > I'm using debian > I have a domain "paris.fr" my pc is at the same time the dns server > My host's name is "server" > I have this line in the DNS server : > @INMX10 server.paris.f

Re: Informations about LVM2

2009-04-16 Thread Cowley Harris
Hi 2009/4/16 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. : > In <464aa698-33b4-464a-b5be-85e3db338...@gmail.com>, Sylvain Dauthieux wrote: >>My problem is : "lvmsar" and "lvmsadc" are not implemented. > > Yeah, they never have been in Linux LVM2.  They probably never will be because > the standard methods of monitori

gdkpixbuf

2009-04-16 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm running testing and trying to get IceMe, an editor for menues on IceWm working. Seems I'm missing a python module, gdkpixbuf which apparently is (was?) supplied in the pygtk package. But it seems n

Re: Bash Script for Mail sending Check

2009-04-16 Thread Tapani Tarvainen
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 03:38:23PM +0200, Brent Clark (brentgclarkl...@gmail.com) wrote: > what Im really trying to say is that your > code may look a lot neater and easier, as opposed to > > case "$( (sleep 5; echo quit; ps |awk '/telnet/{print "kill "$1}' |sh) | > telnet > 192.168.0.20 25 2

Re: Matroska tag editor

2009-04-16 Thread Magnus Pedersen
Alex Samad wrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:43:53AM +0200, Magnus Pedersen wrote: Greetings. I have a series of .mkv files with wrong tags, are there a simple tool in debian that can re-tag them without remuxing them? maybe have a look at mmg Will do, thanks. /Magnus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Stable kernel security support

2009-04-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-04-16 15:31 +0200, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <49e6e2e3.5040...@vandervlis.nl>, Paul van der Vlis wrote: >>Is there still security-support on e.g. the 2.6.26-1 kernel after the >>release of a 2.6.26-2 kernel? > > No. 2.6.26-2 the the current version of the kernel in stable. If yo

Re: Informations about LVM2

2009-04-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <464aa698-33b4-464a-b5be-85e3db338...@gmail.com>, Sylvain Dauthieux wrote: >My problem is : "lvmsar" and "lvmsadc" are not implemented. Yeah, they never have been in Linux LVM2. They probably never will be because the standard methods of monitoring block devices work perfectly well against t

Re: PXE boot debian-installer

2009-04-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <871vrtasei@klein.localdomain>, Alok G. Singh wrote: >The DHCP server running on the router assigns addresses in the >192.168.1.0/24 subnet. I have setup another DHCP server to respond to >PXE in the same subnet. Now, how do I make sure the two DHCP servers >play nice together ? That is, the

Re: Bash Script for Mail sending Check

2009-04-16 Thread Brent Clark
Alex Samad wrote: how is that different from nmap ? They essentially will both do the job. But im of the opinion that nmap is the wrong tool for the job. Especially considering its for a bash script (You can use swaks too). The beauty about nc is that you can pipe it commands from a file,

Re: Stable kernel security support

2009-04-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <49e6e2e3.5040...@vandervlis.nl>, Paul van der Vlis wrote: >Is there still security-support on e.g. the 2.6.26-1 kernel after the >release of a 2.6.26-2 kernel? No. 2.6.26-2 the the current version of the kernel in stable. If you have *any* issues on 2.6.26-1 you will be asked to upgrade and

Re: Informations about LVM2

2009-04-16 Thread Cowley Harris
First time replying so please forgive any first time mistakes. If you "apt-cache show lvm2" what do you see? if you run "apt-file list lvm2 | egrep 'lvmsar|lvmsadc' " Does it show lvmsar and lvmsadc as being present? >From the documentation I've read there is a conflict between lvm-common an

Re: Bash Script for Mail sending Check

2009-04-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 01:01:22PM +0200, Brent Clark wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: >> can you use nmap > Hiya > > Why on earth would you wan to use nmap. i thought there might have been a test to see what smtp server is running there ! > > bcl...@zion:~$ dig mx google.com +short > 10 smtp2.google.

Re: rename many files together

2009-04-16 Thread Magnus Therning
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Maurice Guerrier wrote: > Hi, > > I have 17 files that I want to rename at the same times. I would like to > give to the new name, the original name.old > > For exemple : document, presentation and reading.txt  I want to rename then > like this : document.old, pre

Re: about postfix

2009-04-16 Thread Shams Fantar
Maurice Guerrier wrote: > How can I test that my postfix server is correct without sending a mail > > I'm using debian > I have a domain "paris.fr" my pc is at the same time the dns server > My host's name is "server" > I have this line in the DNS server : > @INMX10 server.paris.fr. > >

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