Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-08-29 11:42, Tim Edwards wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> On 2008-08-28 10:00, Tim Edwards wrote: >> That's new to me. Were did you get this information? IIRC it's a unique >> feature of debian (and/or debian based systems) to get security fixes >> backported. As an example, see suse'

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Edwards
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: On 2008-08-28 10:00, Tim Edwards wrote: The way Debian does it this is the same as virtually every other major Linux distro - Suse/OpenSuse, Redhat, Fedora, Mandriva, Ubuntu etc. That is they release a new distro version every X months, in Debian-speak these are call

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-29 Thread Sam Kuper
dening suite. The problem with rkhunter in Etch is that it relies on a script called hashupd.sh that isn't included in the package, and is not easy to find online. If rkhunter in Etch was a complete version of rkhunter 1.2.9, I wouldn't be asking these questions, but it's not. Thanks for the advice, though, Sam

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-29 Thread Sam Kuper
ther distros I usually take the more updated package from the > next in-development version of the distro. I haven't had many problems with > this, but as always YMMV, good luck. Cheers for this explanation too. If I find any other packages for which I need newer versions than are

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-08-28 10:00, Tim Edwards wrote: > The way Debian does it this is the same as virtually every other major > Linux distro - Suse/OpenSuse, Redhat, Fedora, Mandriva, Ubuntu etc. That > is they release a new distro version every X months, in Debian-speak > these are called 'stable' releases, an

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Edwards
Sam Kuper wrote: Okay, so if I understand you correctly, a backport is a kind of refactoring: the overt functionality doesn't change, but the underlying functionality does (the refactored code is more secure, or less memory intensive, or what-have-you depending on the nature of the fix).

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-28 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/8/28 Tim Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The way Debian does it this is [...] release a new distro version every X > months, in Debian-speak these are called 'stable' releases, and then provide > *backported* security and bug fix updates for however long that version is > in support. These fixe

Need an Etch compatible eSATA PCI card

2008-08-28 Thread JW
Does anyone know of a brand/model of eSATA card (PCI-Express, or at least PCI) that works with Etch? I'm having trouble finding documentation since almost everything focuses on internal SATA and RAID. I don't need RAID - just an eSATA connector for external drives.

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-28 Thread Tim Edwards
Sam Kuper wrote: 2008/8/27 Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 03:30:37AM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: >> (4) Request the Debian Etch rkhunter maintainers to upgrade rkhunter >> in Etch to version 1.3.2. <http

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-27 Thread Tom Furie
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 04:01:40AM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: > 2008/8/27 Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 03:30:37AM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: > >> (4) Request the Debian Etch rkhunter maintainers to upgrade rkhunter > >> in Etch to v

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-27 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/8/27 Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 03:30:37AM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: >> (4) Request the Debian Etch rkhunter maintainers to upgrade rkhunter >> in Etch to version 1.3.2. If successful, this would undoubtedly be the >> best solution.

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 03:30:37AM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: > (4) Request the Debian Etch rkhunter maintainers to upgrade rkhunter > in Etch to version 1.3.2. If successful, this would undoubtedly be the > best solution. Dear Micah and Julien, how about it? Sysadmins will > love you ev

Re: Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-26 Thread Nigel Henry
5:*.ogg=01;35:*.wav=01;35: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-ulJocC3096/agent.3096 SESSION_MANAGER=local/debian:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3184 KONSOLE_DCOP=DCOPRef(konsole-3238,konsole) MAIL=/var/mail/root PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11 DESKTOP_SESSION=default PWD=/home/d

Re: Copied debian etch system assigns eth2 to only Ethernet adapter

2008-08-26 Thread roy hills
> Have a look in the following file: > % cat /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules Thanks. That was what was causing the issue, and removing the unwanted lines solved the problem. I can see the rationale behind this new scheme, but I wonder if it doesn't cause more problems than it solve

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-26 Thread Sam Kuper
Dear Julien, Thanks for your prompt reply (below). I suppose that as long as I'm sticking with Etch, I'll have to decide between: option 1; option 3; or using integrit or suchlike, and not bothering to update rkhunter's hashes (I wasn't previously aware of integrit, so th

Re: rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-26 Thread Julien Valroff
Hi Sam, Thanks for your e-mail. Le mardi 26 août 2008 à 03:30 +0100, Sam Kuper a écrit : > Dear Debian users and rkhunter maintainers for Etch, > > I've been trying to set up rkhunter on my Debian Etch VPS, and I've > run into a few problems. (In case it'

rkhunter on Etch

2008-08-25 Thread Sam Kuper
Dear Debian users and rkhunter maintainers for Etch, I've been trying to set up rkhunter on my Debian Etch VPS, and I've run into a few problems. (In case it's significant, this VPS is virtualised via OpenVZ; I have root access to the VPS but not the underlying system.) The first

Re: Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-25 Thread debian
> On Sunday 24 August 2008 23:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:16:46 +0200 >> >> Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Sunday 24 August 2008 22:45, Shachar Or wrote: >> > > On Sunday 24 August 2008 23:36, Nigel Henry w

Re: Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-25 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 24 August 2008 23:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:16:46 +0200 > > Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 24 August 2008 22:45, Shachar Or wrote: > > > On Sunday 24 August 2008 23:36, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > >

Re: Etch -> Lenny: Problem list on Thinkpad T60p

2008-08-25 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-08-25 21:06 +0200, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 08:01:05PM +0200, Claus Fischer wrote: >> 3. Emacs >> >> >> a) Colors >>Emacs now apparently also uses colors when running in an xterm. >>However, it doesn't set the background color. That makes for >>s

Re: Etch -> Lenny: Problem list on Thinkpad T60p

2008-08-25 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 08:01:05PM +0200, Claus Fischer wrote: > I have just upgraded my Thinkpad T60p from Etch to Lenny > with apt-get dist-upgrade. > > Here is a laundry list of problems: [snip] > 3. Emacs > > > a) Colors >Emacs now apparently also use

Re: Etch -> Lenny: Problem list on Thinkpad T60p

2008-08-25 Thread Claus Fischer
I have just upgraded my Thinkpad T60p from Etch to Lenny with apt-get dist-upgrade. Here is a laundry list of problems: 1. XDM ** a) Logging XDM does not log to /var/log/xdm.log any more. b) Login font XDM seems not to find the correct font; it uses a tiny font. I checked the

Re: Copied debian etch system assigns eth2 to only Ethernet adapter - thanks

2008-08-25 Thread Dexter Filmore
> just delete all ethx lines and then on reboot eth0 should be eth0 again... > > HTH > > PS. I had a similar issue recently also with VMWare and this solved it ;) Had this here, too, boggling my mind - thanks :) -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a C UL++ P+>

Re: Copied debian etch system assigns eth2 to only Ethernet adapter

2008-08-25 Thread Clifford W. Hansen
On Monday 25 August 2008 17:19:00 roy hills wrote: > I have a Debian Etch system running on VMware workstation 6. The system > has been copied from another system using dump/restore in single user mode > followed by re-installing grub in the MBR. > > The system boots and runs

Copied debian etch system assigns eth2 to only Ethernet adapter

2008-08-25 Thread roy hills
I have a Debian Etch system running on VMware workstation 6. The system has been copied from another system using dump/restore in single user mode followed by re-installing grub in the MBR. The system boots and runs fine. The only oddity is that it assigns the name "eth2" t

Re: Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-24 Thread debian
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:16:46 +0200 Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 24 August 2008 22:45, Shachar Or wrote: > > On Sunday 24 August 2008 23:36, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > Having installed the Etch netinst. I was next looking to install > > > KDE,

Re: Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-24 Thread Nigel Henry
x package. Thanks. That has resolved the problem. That said though, I still don't understand why a plain old su is not working, as it does on other distros, including my other Debian installs. Never mind. So now I have Sarge, Etch, and Lenny, where I can just use su + password to use GUI ap

Re: Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-24 Thread debian
> Having installed the Etch netinst. I was next looking to install KDE, and > X. > > I ran apt-get install kde, and a whole bunch of packages were installed, > including some X packages. After these had been installed, I also did an > apt-get install kdm, as I wasn't sure i

Re: Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-24 Thread Shachar Or
On Monday 25 August 2008 00:16, Nigel Henry wrote: > > You need sux instead of su. > > > > > Nigel. > > > > -- > > Shachar Or | שחר אור > > http://ox.freeallweb.org/ > > When I try the command sux, I just get a "command not found". > > Thanks for the reply though. I'm game for trying anything at th

Re: Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-24 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 24 August 2008 22:45, Shachar Or wrote: > On Sunday 24 August 2008 23:36, Nigel Henry wrote: > > Having installed the Etch netinst. I was next looking to install KDE, and > > X. > > > > I ran apt-get install kde, and a whole bunch of packages were installed, &g

Re: Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-24 Thread Shachar Or
On Sunday 24 August 2008 23:36, Nigel Henry wrote: > Having installed the Etch netinst. I was next looking to install KDE, and > X. > > I ran apt-get install kde, and a whole bunch of packages were installed, > including some X packages. After these had been installed, I also d

Etch netinstl. problem starting kwrite, synaptic, gedit.etc

2008-08-24 Thread Nigel Henry
Having installed the Etch netinst. I was next looking to install KDE, and X. I ran apt-get install kde, and a whole bunch of packages were installed, including some X packages. After these had been installed, I also did an apt-get install kdm, as I wasn't sure if it had been installed, a

Re: Problem scrolling back in runlevel 2. Etch netinst

2008-08-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 04:56:10PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > When working in runlevel 2, as with my Etch netinst, I'm unable to scroll > back. for example I run lsmod, but only see what's on the screen, which is > the tail end of lsmod. You can only scroll back if you

Re: Problem scrolling back in runlevel 2. Etch netinst

2008-08-23 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
t it would be nice to get ypan working! Hugo Am 23.08.2008 um 16:56 schrieb Nigel Henry: When working in runlevel 2, as with my Etch netinst, I'm unable to scroll back. for example I run lsmod, but only see what's on the screen, which is the tail end of lsmod. Now there must be s

Re: Problem scrolling back in runlevel 2. Etch netinst

2008-08-23 Thread Michael Mohn
have you tried to scoll back using shift-page up and so on? bye, Michael. Am 23.08.2008 um 16:56 schrieb Nigel Henry: When working in runlevel 2, as with my Etch netinst, I'm unable to scroll back. for example I run lsmod, but only see what's on the screen, which is the tail en

Problem scrolling back in runlevel 2. Etch netinst

2008-08-23 Thread Nigel Henry
When working in runlevel 2, as with my Etch netinst, I'm unable to scroll back. for example I run lsmod, but only see what's on the screen, which is the tail end of lsmod. Now there must be some sort of basic window drawing ability, because nano works ok. Is there some similar app

Re: Unannounced kernel update today? (etch)

2008-08-22 Thread nate
Sven Hoexter wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 08:26:30AM -0700, nate wrote: >> My systems informed me of a kernel update today, but >> I can't find any indication either on the security web site >> or the security-announce list that there has been one recently. > > On the website it seems to be sti

Re: Unannounced kernel update today? (etch)

2008-08-22 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 08:26:30AM -0700, nate wrote: > My systems informed me of a kernel update today, but > I can't find any indication either on the security web site > or the security-announce list that there has been one recently. On the website it seems to be still missing but the mailingli

Re: Unannounced kernel update today? (etch)

2008-08-22 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
nate escreveu: My systems informed me of a kernel update today, but I can't find any indication either on the security web site or the security-announce list that there has been one recently. It was announced: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00216.html . -- To UN

Unannounced kernel update today? (etch)

2008-08-22 Thread nate
ROTECTED]> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:43:55 -0600 The last security kernel I see announced is from June 9th. I run my own local repositories, mirrored using rsync(sync once a day) - debmirror -v --nosource --method=rsync -r :debian -h mirrors.kernel.org --dist=etch /storage/debian/mirror/base d

Race Conditions between initramfs interface scripts and network file mounts in Debian Etch?

2008-08-21 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Hi all, I'm working on a system with multiple network cards configured as follows: eth0 - WAN connection eth1 ---\ |-- Bonded (bond0) Lan connection eth2 ---/ Currently, my /etc/network/interfaces file lists the interfaces in the following order: auto eth0 eth0 configuration data...

nvidia 173 or 177 for etch?

2008-08-19 Thread Dexter Filmore
Does anyone know of precompiled debs of nvidia-glx 173 or 177beta for etch? The installer just won't work, and I have the impression that 1.0-wxyz is terribly old. Pointers for running the installer appreciated as well. exported IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=true, ran it, threw errors

Re: Problem with chrooted Etch

2008-08-18 Thread andy baxter
I installed this chrooted version of Etch as described in Debian Reference - Debian tips, sections 8.6.35.1-4. From the console (Ctl-Alt-F8) I can enter commands and edit files with no problems. From X-Window (CTL-ATL-F9) I can launch programs - example: Gimp2.2 - and access the internet - Gnom

Re: Problem with chrooted Etch

2008-08-18 Thread andy baxter
andy baxter wrote: #!/bin/bash # # testing-shell - start a root shell chrooted to the testing release. # must be run as root JAIL_ROOT=/jail # modify this to point to your chrooted directory. PROGRAM=$0 if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ] ; then echo "Must be run as root" exit fi if [

Re: Problem with chrooted Etch

2008-08-18 Thread andy baxter
Roger Leigh wrote: "Thomas H. George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I installed this chrooted version of Etch as described in Debian Reference - Debian tips, sections 8.6.35.1-4. From the console (Ctl-Alt-F8) I can enter commands and edit files with no problems. From X-Windo

Re: Problem with chrooted Etch

2008-08-16 Thread Roger Leigh
usr/local. > I installed this chrooted version of Etch as described in Debian > Reference - Debian tips, sections 8.6.35.1-4. From the console > (Ctl-Alt-F8) I can enter commands and edit files with no problems. > From X-Window (CTL-ATL-F9) I can launch programs - example: Gimp2.2 - >

Re: Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-16 Thread Csanyi Pal
Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Richard Hector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 23:11 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>> Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> I did everything like I red here: >>> http://www.rdegraaf.nl/index.asp?sND_ID=848152 >>> >>> After commad

Re: Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-15 Thread Csanyi Pal
Richard Hector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 23:11 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I did everything like I red here: >> http://www.rdegraaf.nl/index.asp?sND_ID=848152 >> >> After commad: >> fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version "-real

Re: Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-14 Thread Richard Hector
On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 23:11 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I did everything like I red here: > http://www.rdegraaf.nl/index.asp?sND_ID=848152 > > After commad: > fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version "-realtime" \ > --revision "20080814" --us --uc --initrd k

Re: Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-14 Thread Csanyi Pal
Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> > On Wed,13.Aug.08, 21:26:24, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> As long as you are compiling the kernel, get Ingo Mulnar's rt patch. > > Ingo Molnar's kernels can one download from here: > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern

Re: Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-14 Thread Csanyi Pal
David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thursday 14 August 2008 00:15:55 debian-user-digest- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > On Wed,13.Aug.08, 21:26:24, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> >   >> > [...] >> > >> >> When I want to >> >> >> >> sudo aptitude install realtime-lsm >> >> >> >> I get the message:

Re: Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-13 Thread David Baron
On Thursday 14 August 2008 00:15:55 debian-user-digest- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed,13.Aug.08, 21:26:24, Csanyi Pal wrote: > >   > > [...] > > > >> When I want to > >> > >> sudo aptitude install realtime-lsm > >> > >> I get the message: > >> > >> Loading Realtime Linux Security Module: not

Re: Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-13 Thread Robin
2008/8/13 Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Wed,13.Aug.08, 21:26:24, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> When I want to >>> >>> sudo aptitude install realtime-lsm >>> >>> I get the message: >>> >>> Loading Realtime Linux Security Module: not found

Re: Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-13 Thread Csanyi Pal
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed,13.Aug.08, 21:26:24, Csanyi Pal wrote: > > [...] > >> When I want to >> >> sudo aptitude install realtime-lsm >> >> I get the message: >> >> Loading Realtime Linux Security Module: not found >> >> I try to build and install realtime-lsm wit

Re: Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,13.Aug.08, 21:26:24, Csanyi Pal wrote: [...] > When I want to > > sudo aptitude install realtime-lsm > > I get the message: > > Loading Realtime Linux Security Module: not found > > I try to build and install realtime-lsm with module-assistant too but > with no success. > > I need th

Installing realtime-lsm on Etch an a Half failed

2008-08-13 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, My system is Debian GNU/Linux Etch an a Half with kernel 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 #1 SMP When I want to sudo aptitude install realtime-lsm I get the message: Loading Realtime Linux Security Module: not found I try to build and install realtime-lsm with module-assistant too but with no

Re: weird find error on fresh etch system

2008-08-13 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/13/2008 12:16 AM, Zach Uram wrote: I just installed Debian 4.0 and whenever I use find on / I see: find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for ./proc/sys/net: this may be a bug in your filesystem driver. Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option. Earli er results may have failed t

weird find error on fresh etch system

2008-08-12 Thread Zach Uram
I just installed Debian 4.0 and whenever I use find on / I see: find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for ./proc/sys/net: this may be a bug in your filesystem driver. Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option. Earli er results may have failed to include directories that should have been

Re: nVidia G70 with 32 bit Etch Problem

2008-08-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 09:40 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Thomas H. George wrote: > > Objective: 32 bit chroot Etch on a system with an AMD 64 bit processor. > > Problem: Incorrect video driver for nVidia G70 card. > > > > To start I copied xorg.conf from the prim

Re: nVidia G70 with 32 bit Etch Problem

2008-08-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 10:36 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > Where can I find and download a binary nvidia driver? m-a a-i nvidia-kernel -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

etch/lenny and iPod Classic 80g?

2008-08-08 Thread Mikko Rapeli
Has anyone managed to use an iPod Classic 80 gig version with etch? My friend bought one and uses etch. Some searching shows that gtkpod and libgpod3 from backports.org would suffice, but there's no way to get amarok to work with the backported libgpod3 (without re-building that is).

Re: Moving RAID1 From Sarge to Etch -- Confirmation

2008-08-07 Thread s. keeling
Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I had a system drive go bad and it'll be just as easy to install Etch on > it rather than rebuild it (currently it's Sarge). I have read the > issues in UPGRADING from Sarge to Etch. I just want some clarification Hey Hal. S

Moving RAID1 From Sarge to Etch -- Confirmation

2008-08-06 Thread Hal Vaughan
I had a system drive go bad and it'll be just as easy to install Etch on it rather than rebuild it (currently it's Sarge). I have read the issues in UPGRADING from Sarge to Etch. I just want some clarification so I don't do something messy. If I wipe Sarge and install Etc

Re: nVidia G70 with 32 bit Etch Problem

2008-08-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Thomas H. George wrote: Objective: 32 bit chroot Etch on a system with an AMD 64 bit processor. Problem: Incorrect video driver for nVidia G70 card. To start I copied xorg.conf from the primary system - Lenny with an x86_64 linux kernel image. The display works fine on the primary

nVidia G70 with 32 bit Etch Problem

2008-08-05 Thread Thomas H. George
Objective: 32 bit chroot Etch on a system with an AMD 64 bit processor. Problem: Incorrect video driver for nVidia G70 card. To start I copied xorg.conf from the primary system - Lenny with an x86_64 linux kernel image. The display works fine on the primary system using the nv driver

Re: HPC Cluster with Debian Etch

2008-08-02 Thread s. keeling
Michael Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Is anyone aware of a project similar to Rocks Clusters > (http://www.rocksclusters.org/) that uses Debian as it's base? Rocks is xCAT can do multiple versions of Redhat, so it shouldn't be all that difficult to slot in Debian. There's a good IBM TechW

Re: installing a package from lenny on an etch machine...

2008-08-02 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mumia W.. wrote: > On 08/01/2008 12:17 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: >> [...] >> As you can see, the "doc" package installed OK, but the "server" >> package needs a later version of some basic C libraries. >>

Re: installing a package from lenny on an etch machine...

2008-08-01 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/01/2008 12:17 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: [...] As you can see, the "doc" package installed OK, but the "server" package needs a later version of some basic C libraries. I'd rather not upgrade the Etch machine to Lenny right now. And I really don't want to ge

Re: [Dibbler] installing a package from lenny on an etch machine...

2008-08-01 Thread Tomasz Mrugalski
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 somebody known as Rick Thomas wrote: As you can see, the "doc" package installed OK, but the "server" package needs a later version of some basic C libraries. I'd rather not upgrade the Etch machine to Lenny right now. And I really don't wa

Re: installing a package from lenny on an etch machine...

2008-08-01 Thread Luca Bruno
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:17:00 -0400 Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As you can see, the "doc" package installed OK, but the "server" > package needs a later version of some basic C libraries. > > I&#x

installing a package from lenny on an etch machine...

2008-08-01 Thread Rick Thomas
I want to try running "dibbler" (a DHCPv6 service) on my little home network. It has a couple of Lenny machines and an Etch machine. The Etch machine will be the server and the Lenny machines will be clients. Unfortunately, Dibbler is only available from the Lenny archives. I tri

Re: HPC Cluster with Debian Etch

2008-07-31 Thread Michael Madden
Stackpole, Chris wrote: I love Rocks. They have done an amazing job with that Distro. I won't call myself an expert or anything like that, but I /really/ enjoy the clustering world and have been involved with it for a few years now (both for fun and work). I have worked with clusters across a w

RE: HPC Cluster with Debian Etch

2008-07-31 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Madden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:55 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: HPC Cluster with Debian Etch > > Hello: > > Is anyone aware of a project similar to Rocks Clusters >

HPC Cluster with Debian Etch

2008-07-31 Thread Michael Madden
er to use something based on Debian Etch. I've came across a few projects (ClusterKnoppix, PelicanHPC, ParallelKnoppix, Quantian), but these projects are based live CD projects like Knoppix and Debian Live. I'd really like to have a cluster with a persistent setup similar to that provided

Re: Upgrading from Etch and a half to Lenny

2008-07-31 Thread Robert Walter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Csanyi Pal schrieb: > Hello! > Hello, > I need awesome window manager but this package is only in the Lenny so > I decided to upgrade from Etch and a Half to Lenny. > This is not necessary, though awesome is available as backpo

Re: Upgrading from Etch and a half to Lenny

2008-07-31 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
Le jeudi 31 juillet 2008, Csanyi Pal a écrit : > Hello! > > I need awesome window manager but this package is only in the Lenny > so I decided to upgrade from Etch and a Half to Lenny. > > uname -a > Linux systemname 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 #1 SMP > Mon Jul 21 11:17:43

Upgrading from Etch and a half to Lenny

2008-07-31 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hello! I need awesome window manager but this package is only in the Lenny so I decided to upgrade from Etch and a Half to Lenny. uname -a Linux systemname 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 #1 SMP Mon Jul 21 11:17:43 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Can I just: sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude upgrade sudo

video output problem with xorg intel and etch

2008-07-30 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi guys, i am experiencing a 'funny' thing with the new etch intel xorg driver (the i810 works without problems when 915resolution is used). the machine i am using is a notebook with internal lcd and external lcd connected via dvi. the computer is set up so, that the external moni

Re: xrandr1.2 in etch

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
The Wednesday 30 July 2008 13:26:09 Lubos Vrbka, you wrote : > > Did you try backports? > > actually, the backports xbase-clients > xbase-clients_6.9.0.dfsg.1-6~bpo.4_i386.deb > contains the old version of xrandr (1.1) as well... so the upgrade seems > to be the only way to go... > > best, >

Re: xrandr1.2 in etch

2008-07-30 Thread Lubos Vrbka
Did you try backports? actually, the backports xbase-clients xbase-clients_6.9.0.dfsg.1-6~bpo.4_i386.deb contains the old version of xrandr (1.1) as well... so the upgrade seems to be the only way to go... best, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED]" http://www.lubos.vrbka.net -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: xrandr1.2 in etch

2008-07-30 Thread Lubos Vrbka
is there any possibility to get xrandr1.2 in etch, ... Did you try backports? hm, that would probably be a possibility. actually, do you suggest installing the whole xbase-clients from backports, or just downloading the package, unpacking, and using the new xrandr 1.2 binary? best, -- Lubos

Re: xrandr1.2 in etch

2008-07-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,30.Jul.08, 10:16:49, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > hi guys, > > is there any possibility to get xrandr1.2 in etch, other than upgrading to > lenny? i am a bit afraid of 'selectively' upgrading only xorg, since in my > opinion, it might break too many things (due to xorg

xrandr1.2 in etch

2008-07-30 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi guys, is there any possibility to get xrandr1.2 in etch, other than upgrading to lenny? i am a bit afraid of 'selectively' upgrading only xorg, since in my opinion, it might break too many things (due to xorg/libraries dependencies) - or would you recommend taking this route? t

Re: etch upgrade breaks daemontools

2008-07-29 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Mark Neidorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is an errno patch for the djb stuff. There are different patches for > different djb things. I think that is what you need. Had I been smart enough to google the problem before posting here I would have learned th

Re: etch upgrade breaks daemontools

2008-07-29 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Tuesday 29 July 2008 05:14 pm, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > As noted, a recent upgrade of etch to grab security updates breaks my > djb stuff. Attempting to rebuild against the new libs gives: > > envdir.o: In function `main': > envdir.c:(.text+0x127): undefined reference t

etch upgrade breaks daemontools

2008-07-29 Thread Eric d'Alibut
As noted, a recent upgrade of etch to grab security updates breaks my djb stuff. Attempting to rebuild against the new libs gives: envdir.o: In function `main': envdir.c:(.text+0x127): undefined reference to `errno' Anyone else hit by this? -- No no no, my fish's name is Eric

Problem with chrooted Etch

2008-07-27 Thread Thomas H. George
soft link from x-terminal-emulator in /usr/bin to /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator which is in turn a soft link to /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper. PATH includes bin and sbin in /, /usr and /usr/local. I installed this chrooted version of Etch as described in Debian Reference - D

Problems with consolechars on debian etch dom0

2008-07-25 Thread Peter Jordan
Hello, I'm running a debian etch xen dom0 host with kernel 2.6.18-6-xen-amd64. With xen 3.0.3 all is fine, but when I boot in xen 3.2 (from backports) the script /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh, exactly the command "/usr/bin/consolechars --tty=/dev/tty[1-6] lat0-sun6", makes the c

Re: Problems getting Etch in France

2008-07-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-07-21 22:17:39, schrieb Nigel Henry: > The only place I can find in France that has Etch DVD's available, wants > payment via paypal, and Visa. I have neither, only my local banks Carte > Bleue. Do you want pressed DVD's or burned? I have the three DVD's here

Re: Problems getting Etch in France

2008-07-23 Thread Nigel Henry
On Wednesday 23 July 2008 16:49, elijah r. wrote: > > I don't know if the netinstall cd would do. Does it use the same > > installer, as on the 1st i386 cd for Etch? > > I am pretty sure it is exactly the same, but it grabs installation > packages from the internet in

Re: Debian Etch cdrom is not showing all mp3's

2008-07-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/23/08 16:04, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Ron Johnson: >> Have you tried Sound Juicer, or ripping it with abcde? > > If it contains MP3s, it's obviously not an audio disc and there's no > point in trying to rip it. Duh, you're right. But Sound Juice

Re: Debian Etch cdrom is not showing all mp3's

2008-07-23 Thread Jochen Schulz
Ron Johnson: > > Have you tried Sound Juicer, or ripping it with abcde? If it contains MP3s, it's obviously not an audio disc and there's no point in trying to rip it. J. -- I am getting worse rather than better. [Agree] [Disagree]

Re: Debian Etch cdrom is not showing all mp3's

2008-07-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/23/08 14:02, Johnny wrote: > Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: >> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:57:02 -0500 >> Johnny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> Hi >>> >>> Debian etch did all updates >

Re: apt upgrade sarge -> etch udev error can't get past it. Ideas?

2008-07-23 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 19:43 Tue 22 Jul , Mumia W.. wrote: > On 07/22/2008 04:26 PM, Mitchell Laks wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am upgrading an old server to etch to be able to use new sata drives. I >> followed >> the release notes. >> > > You only need a kernel upgrade

Re: Debian Etch cdrom is not showing all mp3's

2008-07-23 Thread Johnny
Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:57:02 -0500 Johnny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Debian etch did all updates When I view the cd disc I am not seeing all the mp3's on the cd disc some are missing when I view on Debian computer But when I view cd disc on a

Re: Debian Etch cdrom is not showing all mp3's

2008-07-23 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:57:02 -0500 Johnny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Debian etch did all updates > > When I view the cd disc I am not seeing all the mp3's on the cd disc > some are missing when I view on Debian computer > But when I view cd disc on a W

Re: Kernel not changed after Etch -> Lenny upgrading! (was: Umts pendrive modem installation)

2008-07-23 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
The Wednesday 23 July 2008 16:37:24 Andrei Popescu, you wrote : > On Wed,23.Jul.08, 16:23:32, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib > > > > > > See http://www.debian.org/mirror for a complete list of mirrors and > > > choose one close to you. > > > > I

Re: Problems getting Etch in France

2008-07-23 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
The Wednesday 23 July 2008 16:41:38 Damon L. Chesser, you wrote : > On Wednesday 23 July 2008 10:09:34 am Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 July 2008 21:52, elijah r. wrote: > > > Debian Etch ISO images are available for download, completely free, > > > via the inter

Re: Problems getting Etch in France

2008-07-23 Thread elijah r.
> I don't know if the netinstall cd would do. Does it use the same installer, as > on the 1st i386 cd for Etch? I am pretty sure it is exactly the same, but it grabs installation packages from the internet instead of from the local CD/DVDs. Also, I wasn't sure whether you had t

Re: Problems getting Etch in France

2008-07-23 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Wednesday 23 July 2008 10:09:34 am Nigel Henry wrote: > On Tuesday 22 July 2008 21:52, elijah r. wrote: > > Debian Etch ISO images are available for download, completely free, > > via the internet, just like those Fedora ISO's you are downloading. > > > > I hig

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