Re: modprobe vboxdrv failed (virtualbox-ose 3.1.2-dfsg-1+b1)

2010-01-20 Thread Florian Kriener
On Wednesday 20 January 2010 20:35:15 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >> # dmesg |tail > >> vboxdrv: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout > > > > Greetings, > > > > This means that your vboxdrv module is not compiled for your > > current kernel version, so you will have to use module-assist

Re: copying files from home directory on one machine to directory on another machine

2009-11-29 Thread Florian Kriener
On Sunday 29 November 2009 12:23:47 Dave Witbrodt wrote: > > That's right. I've never used either tool before. Thanks a lot for > > the tip! > > Sure. If you're in the mood to learn about every possibility... > > You might also consider NFS: [...] Okay, if every possibility is what you want to

Re: Grep on dictionary words

2009-11-28 Thread Florian Kriener
On Saturday 28 November 2009 16:13:55 Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have a long binary file (about 12 MB) that I need to extract the > text from via "strings". Naturally, there are a lot of junk lines > such as these: > pDuf > #k0H}g) > GoV5 > rLeY1 > TMlq,* > > Is there a way to grep the output of stri

Re: Installing Debian using USB Key

2009-11-27 Thread Florian Kriener
On Friday 27 November 2009 18:31:18 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > wget > http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz > zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX Did you unmount your USB stick first and did you substitute sdX with the right device file? If not zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX

Re: grub2 default menu entry name

2009-09-23 Thread Florian Kriener
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 12:56:48 Brad Rogers wrote: > > GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` > > in /etc/default/grub to something like > > Here, it's in /etc/default/grub.ucf-lst I don't know what that file does, on my system it is not present. However, ucf

Re: grub2 default menu entry name

2009-09-23 Thread Florian Kriener
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 11:28:25 ein gedanke wrote: > how can I configure the name of the default grub2 menu entry, when I > invoke update-grub it makes me an entry like 'Debian GNU/Linux, Linux > 2.6.30-1-686' in grub.cfg. > I want a custom name like 'debian workarea', how can I obtain this

Re: EIP: [] do_exit+0x40c/

2009-09-22 Thread Florian Kriener
On Tuesday 22 September 2009 10:57:50 Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Tue September 22 2009, Florian Kriener wrote: > > That's a kernel bug and it is already reported in the debian bts as > > bug #542115 [1]. Can you reproduce it without the nvidia driver > > loaded? > >

Re: EIP: [] do_exit+0x40c/

2009-09-22 Thread Florian Kriener
On Tuesday 22 September 2009 01:34:27 Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Mon September 21 2009, Florian Kriener wrote: > > Sounds like a kernel bug. Can you reproduce the bug? Please send > > the output of dmesg. > [165347.859562] [ cut here ] > [165347.

Re: EIP: [] do_exit+0x40c/

2009-09-21 Thread Florian Kriener
On Sunday 20 September 2009 14:04:33 Paul Cartwright wrote: > I started getting this error recently, and I'm not sure why. I found > this reference to a kernel error, but it says unstable/testing, and > it is rather OLD..: > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bugme-new/2004-December/ >

Re: Fwd: kdump/kexec support

2009-09-21 Thread Florian Kriener
On Monday 21 September 2009 15:02:05 Celejar wrote: > surreal wrote: > > Does debian lenny kernel support kdump/kexec support like RHEL 5 EE > > server? > > According to this page, Lenny has 2.6.26: > > http://wiki.debian.org/NewInLenny#Kernelandutilities > > and kexec is supported. According

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

2009-09-21 Thread Florian Kriener
On Monday 21 September 2009 10:06:25 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,21.Sep.09, 00:48:29, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > >Besides (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) cron doesn't need > > >an MTA listening on port 25, it uses /sbin/sendmail. > > > > Ok, first response was t

Re: X server hangs in Debian squeeze after upgrade

2009-09-17 Thread Florian Kriener
On Thursday 17 September 2009 16:07:39 aux wrote: > On Jueves 17 Septiembre 2009 13:49:12 Florian Kriener escribió: > > On Thursday 17 September 2009 13:36:24 aux wrote: > > > > > Backtrace: > > > > > 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x81314bb] >

Re: X server hangs in Debian squeeze after upgrade

2009-09-17 Thread Florian Kriener
On Thursday 17 September 2009 13:36:24 aux wrote: > > > Backtrace: > > > 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x81314bb] > > > 1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x80c1c61] > > > 2: [0xe420] > > > 3: [0xe420] > > > 4: /usr/bin/X(WriteToClient+0x128) [0x8133b58] > > > 5: /usr/bin/X(ProcGetIm

Re: aptitude still running after terminal crash

2009-09-17 Thread Florian Kriener
On Thursday 17 September 2009 11:37:03 Guy Marcenac wrote: > > chance then to kill aptitude. I wouldn't worry to much about > > inconsistencies, since you already have them now. Just kill it and > > try > > I'll be waiting for any other idea, but It seems I will have no other > choice left. Just

Re: aptitude still running after terminal crash

2009-09-17 Thread Florian Kriener
On Thursday 17 September 2009 10:40:11 Guy Marcenac wrote: > While doing a safe-upgrade, my remote term crashed. > When I relog into the system, the files are locked and I can see a > running safe-upgrade in the background, likely waiting for an input. > I am afraid of consistency problems if I k

Re: Inconsistency with Debian 5 and adding printers

2009-09-17 Thread Florian Kriener
On Thursday 17 September 2009 06:31:36 Bret Busby wrote: > I have a Samsung CLP300 colour laser printer. > > When I connected it to my laptop, in each of both Ubuntu 8.04 and > Debian 5, which was installed as a clean install, the printer was > automatically installed and set up (I didn't have to

Re: Internet interface problem

2009-09-09 Thread Florian Kriener
Let me ask this first, as it is quite important: Do you have internet by chance? My guess is that you do, seeing that you use Thunderbird under X11. On Wednesday 09 September 2009 20:28:00 LM--- wrote: > > Situation # 1 > > KNetworkConf (in KDE ConfigCentre – Network parameters) does show > > e

Re: Internet interface problem

2009-09-09 Thread Florian Kriener
On Wednesday 09 September 2009 15:03:04 LM--- wrote: > [...] > > _The_ _problem_ : > > The selection of the eth0 interface, into which the DSL cable coming > from the router is plugged does not take place. The system > “automatically” chooses usb0, which is not wired – unless I interfere > manuall

Re: Mail server recommendation

2009-09-04 Thread Florian Kriener
On Friday 04 September 2009 11:02:57 Jesus arteche wrote: > I have to build a mail server in my enterprise, what the solutions do > you recomend zimbra, Qmail, Postfix... I had good experiences with Postfix and bad experiences with Qmail and I don't like Sendmail. But it boils down to this: What

Re: eth2_rename_ren ???

2009-09-03 Thread Florian Kriener
On Thursday 03 September 2009 19:31:52 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Thursday 03 September 2009 11:57:40 Márcio Luciano Donada wrote: > > Hi, People, > > I installed a network card on my debian server (3com) and the same > > appeared as eth2_rename_ren that crap is that? > > Sounds like a bug

Re: package names

2009-09-03 Thread Florian Kriener
On Thursday 03 September 2009 11:19:11 michael wrote: > On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 03:55 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 2009-09-03 03:11, michael wrote: > > > had a quick looks about but can't see what {a} means in package > > > names (I've just upgraded from etch to lenny) > > > > > > would somebody

Re: Encrypted SWAP with keyfile

2009-09-02 Thread Florian Kriener
On Wednesday 02 September 2009 19:20:47 Ariel Laganá wrote: > I have lenny installed on a PC in which I'm trying to use an > encrypted swap partition with LUKS, but I want to use a keyfile > instead of a passphrase to unlock it. > > I've created a 256bits random key: > > dd if=/dev/urando

Re: [semi-OT] How to echo \\ in dash

2009-08-28 Thread Florian Kriener
On Friday 28 August 2009 15:54:50 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > In an effort to write my scripts in a posix conform way, I try to use > dash instead of bash. One issue I don't understand: > > Why does 'echo ' behave different for bash and dash? > > It's a bit confusing that one cannot echo two \

Re: Need some explanations regarding connections

2009-08-27 Thread Florian Kriener
On Thursday 27 August 2009 15:41:46 Amar Cosic wrote: > Can anyone tell me what exacly this connections means (example of > netstat -nt): > > tcp6 0 0 ::1:60834 ::1:443 TIME_WAIT > tcp6 0 0 ::1:60845 ::1:443 TIME_WAIT > ... That just means that y

Re: kde4 and show desktop button

2009-08-24 Thread Florian Kriener
On Monday 24 August 2009 15:37:05 Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > Florian Kriener wrote: > > On Monday 24 August 2009 13:13:53 Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > >> Is there any progress with that? I miss so much this simple > >> feature, and as I see googling, I am not the only one...

Re: kde4 and show desktop button

2009-08-24 Thread Florian Kriener
On Monday 24 August 2009 13:13:53 Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > Is there any progress with that? I miss so much this simple feature, > and as I see googling, I am not the only one... There is a Plasmoid for that purpose that you can put in your panel. Furthermore, if you only want to see your widgets,

Re: what does this udev message mean?

2009-08-02 Thread Florian Kriener
On Sunday 02 August 2009 11:15:17 Jude DaShiell wrote: > udev: deprecated sysfs layout; update the kernel or disable > CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED; some udev features will not work correctly . > The interesting thing about this message on boot up on my system is > that it isn't being caught by dmesg.

Re: Set non-English font in Yakuake?

2009-07-29 Thread Florian Kriener
On Michael Yang wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone knows how to set non-English fonts in Yakuake? (I'm using > debian/lenny + xfce4). > > By right-click options -> Setting -> Fonts -> Select.., only monospace > fonts are available to choose, I wonder how to set fonts for > non-English characters? Try DejaVu

Re: Error loading operating system

2009-07-28 Thread Florian Kriener
On Mark Neidorff wrote: > I just installed Lenny on a new SATA disk in my AMD64 system (4 Gig of > ram). > > I manually partitioned the SATA disk: > > sda1 /10Gb > sda2 /usr 10Gb > sda3 /var 10 Gb > sda5 swap 1 Gb > sda6 /tmp 1 Gb > sda7 /home the rest of the driveabout 456 Gb >

Re: choice of a Network mapping tool

2009-07-27 Thread Florian Kriener
On Gilles Guiot wrote: > I am currently looking for a good network mapping software. I do not > need an overly complex and exhaustive mapping tool. I've experimented > with a few on the windows side, but to no avail. > Would any nice souls outhere come up with a few recommendations ? :) Did you c

Re: bug report advise needed

2009-07-27 Thread Florian Kriener
On Akira Sano wrote: > I want to file a bug report about segfault of several applications at > boot (unstable, after recent upgrade of several packages). The main > segfault is about gdm, but it seems from the output that > /lib/lsb/init-functions as well as ld-2.9 (libc6?) cause the segfault. >

Re: liable NIC for kernel 2.6.18

2009-07-22 Thread Florian Kriener
On m...@nurfuerspam.de wrote: > I'm looking for a PCI NIC with one or two RJ45 connectors that is known > to be supported 100% from the Linux Kernel 2.6.18. The system is > intended to run 24/7, but the data rates are not too high, so 100MBit > should do it. At the moment, a Marvell/Yukon based on-

Re: : Grub2 made my systeum unbootable

2009-07-21 Thread Florian Kriener
On Tuesday 21 July 2009 19:16:34 Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Don't remember now about the boot message from grub, need to look, but if > > it says grub instead of grub 2 in may be that the files installed are > > from grub2 but the boot sector itself is grub ... > > I think this may be what happene