can I restore a mysql databse with just a backup of /var/lib/mysql?

2008-09-29 Thread Joseph Neal
Hi All My host managed to kill my virtual server while migrating it from one machine to another. They were able to give me the up to date contents of /var /etc and /home and a new server with a fresh etch install on it.Will it work if I just copy over the contents of /var/lib/mySQL? I've

Re: Wiki

2008-08-03 Thread Joseph Neal
sadeq zabihi wrote: I am tring to install a wiki software on Debian (server) on my network. But I dont know which wiki software is better for my project (it is not a big project) and how i can install it on debian server. It it is possible for you please help me about both (wiki software and

login problem (password corruption? pam?)

2008-07-06 Thread Joseph Neal
Hello all. Logins keep going bad on me. Repeatedly. I first noticed the problem yesterday after updating sid. First sudo failed to accept my password. I logged out of KDE and was not able to log back in. Let's call my normal login that I've been using the past couple years login1. After

Re: Lenny

2008-07-06 Thread Joseph Neal
Neil Gunton wrote: to see what driver version supports your card. The names have changed since Etch. For example, the 1.0-8776 driver was the one which supported the MX400 graphics card, but it is now the 96.43.xx driver which supports it - but is not yet in testing. Thanks - but this is

Re: bits/news from the users of Debian?

2008-05-28 Thread Joseph Neal
If you are using Debian on your phone, embedded computer, laptop, desktop, server, network, telecommunications equipment or other part of your information infrastructure, I'd love to hear from you. What are you using Debian for? I'm presently running sid on two desktops and etch on a small

[Etch] ADSL speed problems after 8-17 update

2006-08-18 Thread Joseph Neal
Hello. Since the last etch package update my 1.5/384 ADSL has decided it wants to go at the same speed both up and down, downloading at no more than 350 kbps as well. Is there a likely culprit for this? All configuration settings seem to be unchanged. I'm turning off ipv6 everywhere I can