Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Bob Proulx wrote: > It depends upon the motherboard but most won't draw battery power Lithium cells don't age just because you drain them, they will also degrade with time. The fact that they're *always* being drained due to the leakage current _inside_ the cell (which is rea

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-25 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:18:41PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I had an orange triangle show up where the upstate square usually > shows. I clicked on it and got the following messages. > > Error message: > > Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch > ftp://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/dist

Synaptic messed up

2014-06-25 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I had an orange triangle show up where the upstate square usually shows. I clicked on it and got the following messages. Error message: Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch ftp://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/dists/wheezy/updates/main/source/Sources Unable to fetch file, server said 'Faile

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-25 Thread Bzzzz
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:10:02 -0400 "Rodney D. Myers" wrote: > those 2 hard drives are new, which is the annoying part Yeah, but brand new HDz with problems exists :( As Pascal told you, check anything in /var/log/messages that could be connected to your problem; also check that all electrical/

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-25 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:00:31 +0200 B wrote: > You can stop right now 'cos 2 of your HDz have been kicked out > from your array (well, let's finish, it will at least tell you > if the remaining HD has a problem or not). > > Final diag: at least 2 of your HDz have unrecoverable > (RAID only?)

USB 3.0 support

2014-06-25 Thread Gary Dale
I'm running Jessie on a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P board with an AMD FX6100 processor. The board has USB 3.0 ports on the back that don't seem to work. I have an Eagle Consus external case with a WD Red drive in it. This is advertised as supporting USB 3.0, and comes with a cable that has a differen

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-25 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Rodney D. Myers a écrit : > > Did the above, 1.5 hours ago, was working diligently until a few > moments ago. > > now this is what I see; > > /sbin/mdadm --detail /dev/md0 > /dev/md0: > Version : 1.2 > Creation Time : Wed Jun 25 16:03:44 2014 > Raid Level : raid1 > Array Size

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-25 Thread Bzzzz
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:43:41 -0400 "Rodney D. Myers" wrote: > > # mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 \ > > /dev/sdX1 /dev/sdY1 This is boring: nobody's prying over your shoulder trying to hack your system, so why hiding devices real nam

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-25 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:22:02 +0200 François Patte wrote: > Le 23/06/2014 17:22, Rodney D. Myers a écrit : > > which should be still similar in Debian 7. If you are new to RAID, > > > So what HTH you says is the good way: create one partitions on each of > your storages devices (say sdX1 and sd

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > Anyway, the fact that this problem appeared just a few days ago on a > > machine running since about 5 years seems indicate a hardware > > problem (battery?) > > Yes, the lower "voltage" caused by a dying battery can increase the > sy

Re: Early access to a console (during runlevel 1)

2014-06-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Bannister wrote: > Curt wrote: > > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > >> A proactive admin should be aware of these things and schedule > > >> appropriate preventative maintenance. > > > > > > May I suggest Qualitative Maintenance as a better strategy. > > > > > > http://asset

Re: Please help me

2014-06-25 Thread Ric Moore
It's much better if your subject line reflects your problem. "Please help me" doesn't make the topic searchable for anyone else that may have your same problem. Then you are the sole recipient of the help others are investing their time in. I'm surprised anyone responded at all. :/ Ric -- T

Re: Please help me

2014-06-25 Thread Brian
On Wed 25 Jun 2014 at 20:55:02 +0600, monirul hasan wrote: > using utorrent. During installation a message says that "The missing > firmware files are :rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw . At what exact point? (It is not a cause of your main problem, however. Please read the manual), >I made my 16GB US

Re: chkrootkit message

2014-06-25 Thread Brian
On Wed 25 Jun 2014 at 10:41:24 -0400, Doug wrote: > On 06/25/2014 03:55 AM, Curt wrote: > >On 2014-06-24, Brian wrote: > >>Yes? > >No. > > Most interesting message on the list: If only such penetrating insight was applied to other posts this list would be transformed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: disk usage utility

2014-06-25 Thread Bzzzz
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:42:53 -0600 ChadDavis wrote: > I have a single partition mounted at '/'. When I run the disk > usage utility, it shows That I have 66 GB remaining. Which is > correct. But when I "scan home" it shows my home folder as 100% > full. What do you call "scan home"? > Why wo

disk usage utility

2014-06-25 Thread ChadDavis
I have a single partition mounted at '/'. When I run the disk usage utility, it shows That I have 66 GB remaining. Which is correct. But when I "scan home" it shows my home folder as 100% full. Why would my home folder be full, when my there is just one huge partition and it has plenty of empty

How do package wallpapers for GNOME in Wheezy?

2014-06-25 Thread Joerg Desch
Hi. I've build a package with some of my favorite wallpapers. The package installs fine and I've created a XML file too. But the GNOME settings dialog of Wheezy doesn't show me my wallpapers. I've installed all files below /usr/share/backgrounds/joede-collection/1650x1050/ and installed the XML

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Bzzzz
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:30:34 -0300 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > I've never seen one that lasted for 10 years, and I've had to > replace several CR2032 lithium cells on motherboards that were ~5 > years old. And those were good quality cells, made in Japan. > > These cells do age (and di

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, B wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:13:12 +0200 (CEST) > Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > Anyway, the fact that this problem appeared just a few days ago on > > a machine running since about 5 years seems indicate a hardware > > problem (battery?) > > Very few chances, as this ki

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > Anyway, the fact that this problem appeared just a few days ago on a > machine running since about 5 years seems indicate a hardware > problem (battery?) Yes, the lower "voltage" caused by a dying battery can increase the systematic drift on the RTC, o

Re: Please help me

2014-06-25 Thread Erwan David
Le 25/06/2014 17:32, Erwan David a écrit : > Le 25/06/2014 16:55, monirul hasan a écrit : > > Humm your message is empty, with a text attachment... > > Strange... > >> Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3110M CPU @ 2.40GHz . >> >> Sir, I want to make the following partitions: >> >> Drive name

Re: Please help me

2014-06-25 Thread Erwan David
Le 25/06/2014 16:55, monirul hasan a écrit : Humm your message is empty, with a text attachment... Strange... > Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3110M CPU @ 2.40GHz . > > Sir, I want to make the following partitions: > > Drive name Size Type > > /(root)

Re: chkrootkit message

2014-06-25 Thread Curt
On 2014-06-25, Doug wrote: > Most interesting message on the list: > > On 06/25/2014 03:55 AM, Curt wrote: >> On 2014-06-24, Brian wrote: >>> Yes? >> No. >> This business is well ended. My liege and madam, to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and

Please help me

2014-06-25 Thread monirul hasan
Sir, I am a student.I want to install "Debian" in my laptop along with my installed "Windows 7".My laptop has the following configuration: RAM: 4GB Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3110M CPU @ 2.40GHz . Sir, I want to make the following partitions: Drive name Size

Re: chkrootkit message

2014-06-25 Thread Bzzzz
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:41:24 -0400 Doug wrote: > Most interesting message on the list: > > On 06/25/2014 03:55 AM, Curt wrote: > > On 2014-06-24, Brian wrote: > >> Yes? > > No. May be. -- He: "If I made love to you, would you yell?" She:"What do you want me to yell?" -- Benny Hill

Re: chkrootkit message

2014-06-25 Thread Doug
Most interesting message on the list: On 06/25/2014 03:55 AM, Curt wrote: On 2014-06-24, Brian wrote: Yes? No. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.or

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 25 June 2014 13:42:39 François Patte wrote: > >> Bonjour, > >> > >> I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an > >> unknown reason). So I asked: > > > > What do yo mean by "...became ugly for an unknown reason...), how > > do you know it is the gthumb package ca

Debian 7, xrdp and cyrillic clipboard

2014-06-25 Thread Сергей Савко
Hello. Installed xrdp using X11RDP-o-Matic, everything works except the Cyrillic copy from client to server and back. While on Ubuntu 12.04 with the same setting Cyrillic works. Maybe I had not installed any package? What could it be? Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 25 June 2014 14:11:29 Curt wrote: > On 2014-06-25, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 June 2014 08:13:12 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > >> seems indicate a hardware problem (battery?) > > > > I nearly said so, but grandmothers and eggs came to mind. > > Grandmothers will promptly replac

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Curt
On 2014-06-25, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 25 June 2014 08:13:12 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: >> seems indicate a hardware problem (battery?) > > I nearly said so, but grandmothers and eggs came to mind. Grandmothers will promptly replace a faulty egg? > CMOS batteries are cheap enough. Why no

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Bzzzz
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:13:12 +0200 (CEST) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > Anyway, the fact that this problem appeared just a few days ago on > a machine running since about 5 years seems indicate a hardware > problem (battery?) Very few chances, as this kinda battery can save its load for at least 10 y

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 25/06/2014 13:25, Chris Bannister a écrit : > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:32:22AM +0200, François Patte wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> >> Bonjour, >> >> I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an >> un

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-25 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:43:01 -0400 "Rodney D. Myers" wrote: > I've made sure the 500G drive is the first in the external box. And > excluded it in the array. > > I've started creating a new array using the following; > > /sbin/mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=5 > --raid-devices=3 /dev

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 25/06/2014 13:25, Chris Bannister a écrit : > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:32:22AM +0200, François Patte wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> >> Bonjour, >> >> I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an >> un

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread berenger . morel
Le 25.06.2014 11:51, François Patte a écrit : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 25/06/2014 11:01, Weaver a écrit : On Wed, June 25, 2014 1:57 am, François Patte wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 25/06/2014 10:49, Lisi Reisz a écrit : On Wednesday 25 Ju

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:51:17AM +0200, François Patte wrote: > > The problem is: why do I have to install, for instance, gcc-4.9-base > gcc-4.9-base:i386 (I don't want to compile anything...) These packages contain 'files common to all languages and libraries contained in the GNU Comp

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread Floris
Op Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:06:25 +0200 schreef Floris : Op Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:51:17 +0200 schreef François Patte : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 25/06/2014 11:01, Weaver a écrit : On Wed, June 25, 2014 1:57 am, François Patte wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread Floris
Op Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:51:17 +0200 schreef François Patte : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 25/06/2014 11:01, Weaver a écrit : On Wed, June 25, 2014 1:57 am, François Patte wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 25/06/2014 10:49, Lisi Reisz a écrit : On

Re: Getting rights right

2014-06-25 Thread Diogene Laerce
>>> chmod -R u+rwX,go-rwx /home/user/Documents >> >> I ran this command to restart the process : >> find /home/user/Documents -type f -exec chmod u+rw,go-rwx -R {} \; >> and will make executable all following files according the needs. > > More comments from me about the above. It is pret

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:32:22AM +0200, François Patte wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bonjour, > > I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an unknown > reason). So I asked: What do yo mean by "...became ugly for an unknown reason...), how do

Re: Early access to a console (during runlevel 1)

2014-06-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:48:26AM +, Curt wrote: > On 2014-06-25, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 11:52:46PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > >> > >> A proactive admin should be aware of these things and schedule > >> appropriate preventative maintenance. > > > > May I suggest Q

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-25 Thread Rodney D. Myers
I've made sure the 500G drive is the first in the external box. And excluded it in the array. I've started creating a new array using the following; /sbin/mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=5 --raid-devices=3 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1 mdadm: layout defaults to left-symmetric mdadm: la

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread Rob
On 25 June 2014 10:51:17 BST, "François Patte" wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Le 25/06/2014 11:01, Weaver a écrit : >> >> On Wed, June 25, 2014 1:57 am, François Patte wrote: >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Le 25/06/2014 10:49, Lisi Reisz a

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-25 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:47:18 -0600 Bob Proulx wrote: > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > it's been 3 hours since I attempted to create the raid array, and > > it's stopped. This is what I see; > > > > /sbin/mdadm --detail /dev/md0 > > That was good information. Additionally can you post the mdstat

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 25/06/2014 11:01, Weaver a écrit : > > On Wed, June 25, 2014 1:57 am, François Patte wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> >> Le 25/06/2014 10:49, Lisi Reisz a écrit : >>> On Wednesday 25 June 2014 09:32:22 François Patte wrot

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-25 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 04:22:24AM +0200, B wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:03:54 -0400 > "Rodney D. Myers" wrote: > > > Yes, see reply from Francois Patte > > Then kick off the 500GB HD and stay with 3 HDz; of course, > you won't have no spare, but in this case it's almost > useless (if yo

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 25 June 2014 08:13:12 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: seems indicate a hardware problem (battery?) I nearly said so, but grandmothers and eggs came to mind. CMOS batteries are cheap enough. Why not just change it and see? It does not sound unreaso

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 25 June 2014 09:57:04 François Patte wrote: > Le 25/06/2014 10:49, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > > On Wednesday 25 June 2014 09:32:22 François Patte wrote: > >> I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an > >> unknown reason). So I asked: > >> > >> apt-get install gthumb

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread Weaver
On Wed, June 25, 2014 1:57 am, François Patte wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Le 25/06/2014 10:49, Lisi Reisz a écrit : >> On Wednesday 25 June 2014 09:32:22 François Patte wrote: >>> I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an >>> unknown reason)

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 25/06/2014 10:49, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > On Wednesday 25 June 2014 09:32:22 François Patte wrote: >> I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an >> unknown reason). So I asked: >> >> apt-get install gthumb > > If you just wan

Re: is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 25 June 2014 09:32:22 François Patte wrote: > I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an unknown > reason). So I asked: > > apt-get install gthumb If you just want to update, why are you installing? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: Early access to a console (during runlevel 1)

2014-06-25 Thread Curt
On 2014-06-25, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 11:52:46PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: >> >> A proactive admin should be aware of these things and schedule >> appropriate preventative maintenance. > > May I suggest Qualitative Maintenance as a better strategy. > > http://assetinsight

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 25 June 2014 08:13:12 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > seems indicate a hardware problem (battery?) I nearly said so, but grandmothers and eggs came to mind. CMOS batteries are cheap enough. Why not just change it and see? It does not sound unreasonable that a battery should be running do

is this sensible?

2014-06-25 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bonjour, I wanted to update my gthumb package (wich became ugly for an unknown reason). So I asked: apt-get install gthumb Here is the answer: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The followin

Re: chkrootkit message

2014-06-25 Thread Curt
On 2014-06-24, Brian wrote: > > Yes? No. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnlql03m.2cv.cu...@einstein.electron.org

Re: ntp problem

2014-06-25 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: start ntpd with the '-g' option to fix that (add it to /etc/default/ntp). That doesn't work, as this option was already in use. We used to apply drift correction (stored in /etc/adjtime) when we still ran hctosys / systohc during syst