date:20050604

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:32:05PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> Hi Roberto,
> This informal HOWTO would be a really usefull thing to make into a
> wiki.debian.net page or something on your own site.
> Thanks for the cool HOWTO. People are alwaysing asking about
> customizing packages for their own needs and want to be able to install
> them as DEBs.
> Cheers,
> kev

OK.  I'll probably whip something up this weekend :-)

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How to print to file

2005-06-04 Thread Shidai Liu

Hi there,

Another question, how to get the 'print to file' like in abiword
working? I remember when I do a full install of gnome, it works
already. But I can't afford a full install at the moment. Could anyone
point out which package is needed for this function? Thank you.
-- Shidai

Re:PPPD exit code 2

2005-06-04 Thread xxx xxx


Success!!! Pon actually works!! Thank you all!

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Re: How to print to file

2005-06-04 Thread David Roguin

Maybe you should search for a postscript package or something like
that, or maybe the gnomeprint?

have luck,

On 6/4/05, Shidai Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>  
>  Another question, how to get the 'print to file' like in abiword working? I
> remember when I do a full install of gnome, it works already. But I can't
> afford a full install at the moment. Could anyone point out which package is
> needed for this function? Thank you.
>  
> -- Shidai

RE: How to create an iso BOOTABLE

2005-06-04 Thread xxx xxx

From: belahcene abdelkader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to create an iso BOOTABLE Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 02:49:26 -0700 
(PDT)

Hi every body,
I have the knoppix CD, NOT an  iso format,  I want to
create an iso BOOTABLE  from the expanded directory.
How to do it please.
The original CD is bootable this is the content of the
CD:
KNOPPIX (directory) ,autorun.bat,  autorun.inf,
autorun.pif, boot (directory), cdrom.ico ,index.html

thanks for help
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cdrecord -v dev-0,0,0 .iso

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Re: HP 3325 Inkjet on Sarge

2005-06-04 Thread Alban Browaeys

Le Sun, 29 May 2005 12:04:54 +, shatam bhattacharya a écrit :


> The problem is when I try to print a test page, the printer is unresponsive. 
> Using the web interface the error shown is -
> client-error-not-possible

clues :
- check permissions : ls -l /dev/usb/lp0  , i had a report of it being
root.root instead of root.lp (though i guess the user system was
experimental)

- do you have hpijs and foomatic-filters-ppds installed ?

- you should reconfigure your printer queue to use the "hp cups backend"
driver . using gnome-cups-manager or http://localhost:631 choose hp:/...
instead of usb:/... at the first stage of the configuration (you can have
muliple print queue for the same printer : keeping your usb:// configured
one and configure a new one to use hp://).
This give access to more verbose error reports.

Alos check /var/log/cups (and if needed up the log level in
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf)

Cheers
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Re: Testing fails on Asus A7N8X, Sil3112 and SATA

2005-06-04 Thread c5qb-3fe3

Laurent CARON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>If i search google groups for "debian ASUS a7n8x SATA" I find plenty of posts
>>by people who have experienced problems, though I can't find the related bug
>>under the cdimage package.
>>
>>Does anyone know of a fix for this?
>>
>>
>>
> install on a // Ata disk, and then migrate on S-ATA.

I was hoping for a way of avoiding doing this. Especially as it is nice to
have 'rescue' disc capability as a back up option.  I was assuming someone
might have created a custom set of debian boot images for testing ?

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Re: Will Sid go nuts?

2005-06-04 Thread Alban Browaeys

Le Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:57:48 +0300, Andres Järv a écrit :

> I think I'll still stick with unstable to be up to date.
> I think I'll still stick with unstable to be up to date.

I think i ll install sid to test bugs and fix them ... be etch released in
a few monthes :)



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Re: No 1028x786 resolution on HP M50 Monitor On Sarge


Angelina Carlton wrote:


On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:54:06PM +, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
 

Thanks to all for the very quick response and for copying me direct.  
Noticed you
didn't copy list so am taking the liberty and doing so.  I'm using this 
response to

reply to all for efficiency but all responses have a reply.  See below.
   



Opps, I should have sent a copy to both you and the list.

 


ChatagnierL-Home:/etc/devfs# modprobe r128.ko
FATAL: Module r128.ko not found.
ChatagnierL-Home:/etc/devfs# modprobe 
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-686/kernel/drivers/char/drm/r128.ko
FATAL: Module /lib/modules/2.6.8_2_686/kernel/drivers/char/drm/r128.ko 
not found.

ChatagnierL-Home:/etc/devfs#
PS-the above path is taken right out of the locate output after being 
updated.
   



Try: modprobe r128 


I don't think you need to add the .ko extension.
(I could be wrong in this case but I have never loaded a module using
its name+extenstion, maybe both methods work, someone on the list will
know this for sure) 
 

Actually, I used both.  modprobe r128 just returned the cursor but I 
couldn't find r128
with lsmod.  Today, lsmod shows its there.  I guess I could have 
overlooked it as
the list is long.  Also read the link you provided and came to 
conclusion r128 doesn't
apply to my video card.  Doesn't seem to hurt anything though and I know 
that is was

loaded before when all resolutions were working.

 

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Yes, I'm aware and at one time when all 
resolutions were working it showed up
in the config file.  Have been a little afraid to manually edit the file 
do to the warnings
at the beginning of the file.  I've always did a dpkg or wajig 
reconfigure selecting simple monitor
configuration and sellecting the 1028x786 resolution on the popup screen 
if it wasn't already selected.


   



Don't worry about the warning, the warning should serve to remind you
to first backup the file you are about to edit. 


If you are at a point in your learning where you cannot comfortably
backup a file with cp, restore it with mv, then no, do not attempt
editing the file. 


Learn the basic copy, and move procedures before
anything else as linux is all about text files, and the more
comfortable you are with manipulating text files, the easier things
like this will be for you.

Once you get this working, you will learn to hang onto these files,
keep a backup copy of the XF8config to use if you ever reinstall.
 

I'm ok here and have done it.  Actually I created a backup of it in past 
but, I think
something I did with wajig may have rm it.  Just started using wajig and 
may have

done something wrong.

 

To: All,  After modifying XF86Config-4 and rebooting, I still seem to 
have only 2 resolution using
cntrl-alt-++ but the screen looks to have a finer grain like the 
1024x786 resolution.  Is there a way to
explicitly tell what screen resolution is running?  I should know how, 
but not on Debian.
   



you can use xdpyinfo from a terminal.

xdpyinfo | grep dimensions

 dimensions:1920x1200 pixels (524x331 millimeters)
 

This helps as I thought I may have the 1028x786 resolution after 
rebooting but the

results still shows:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xdpyinfo | grep dimensions
 dimensions:800x600 pixels (282x212 millimeters)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
Now, I'm really at a lost.  I changed my XF86Config-4 as follows before 
rebooting:

SubSection "Display"
   Depth   24
   Modes   "1028x786" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
Hope there are more suggestions to follow and thanks for the command to read
screen resolutions.  I've looked for one but didn't know where to look.

Leonard Chatagnier


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Re: Two sound problems (debian: addressed to exclusive sender for this address)

2005-06-04 Thread Omari Norman

Hi Jonathan,

Currently I am using alsa. It works well for me in GNOME. However,
whether I use alsa or OSS makes no difference in KDE; MP3s don't work
either way.

In Sound System -> Hardware, these settings make no difference for
MP3s. I set it up to Advanced Linux Sound Architecture, and any KDE
app I try to use to play an MP3 still crashes. This happens regardless
of whether I toggle "Enable the sound system" ON or OFF. However, if I
do enable the sound system and set it to alsa, the "test sound" button
works fine. (The test MIDI button does not play anything.)

On 6/4/05, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> En/La Omari Norman ha escrit, a 04/06/05 05:17:
> | I have been having two problems getting sound to work on my system.
> |
> | The first problem involves only KDE apps. I can get sound in KDE,
> | because I can get sounds from user actions such as maximizing windows,
> | clicking on things, etc. However, I cannot play MP3s. Whenever I try
> | to play an MP3 using a KDE application in KDE, I get a SIGABRT crash,
> | with the crash text that is at the bottom of this message.
> |
> | This problem playing MP3s is limited to KDE apps. I can play MP3s fine
> | inside GNOME using GNOME apps. I can also play MP3s fine if I am using
> | X apps in KDE, or even if I am using a GNOME app inside KDE. But I
> | cannot play MP3s on a KDE app in GNOME--the application won't even
> | launch.
> |
> | KDE's problem with MP3s extends beyond trying to play MP3s. If I even
> | click on an MP3 on my desktop, my whole screen turns black for a
> | second, and then is restored to normal. If I open a Konqueror folder
> | full of MP3s, I get a SIGABRT. This happens even if I do not attempt
> | to open any of the files in the Konqueror window.
> |
> | My other problem extends to both KDE and GNOME: my master volume
> | slider has no effect on my volume. If I open the mixer and adjust the
> | individual components, that works fine. But the master volume has no
> | effect whatsoever.
> |
> | So far, here is what I have tried:
> | * using OSS drivers and Alsa drivers
> | * using sound servers, such as jackd and esd
> | * turning the built-in sound system in the KDE control panel off and on
> |
> | None of these changes have had any effect.
> |
> | My setup: Debian 3.1 (testing Sarge); KDE 3.3.2; Intel AC97 i810
> | integrated PCI sound.
> |
> | Thanks for any help.
> | Omari
> 
> Hi Omari,
> 1. Are you using alsa? If not you might want to install it.
> 2. In KDE go to Kcontrol -> Sound & Multimedia -> Sound System ->
> Hardware. What is your audio device set to?
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
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Re: No 1028x786 resolution on HP M50 Monitor On Sarge

2005-06-04 Thread Angelina Carlton

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 07:59:04AM +, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
>  Also read the link you provided and came to 
> conclusion r128 doesn't
> apply to my video card.  Doesn't seem to hurt anything though and I know 
> that is was
> loaded before when all resolutions were working.

Well you need to find the correct module to load, google for the exact
model of your card. At this point I would also look at the logs.

/var/log/XFree86.0.log will contain lots of information about what
fails to load, what will load but with warnings and hopefully
something about why it wont do 1024x786.

You also don't need to reboot the computer each time,
ctrl+alt+backspace will kill the xserver for you and you can make some
changes and try again.

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test me my dspam please

2005-06-04 Thread Brent Clark


Hi list

Im just testing me new dspam setup

Would some guys on the list please send a test email
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Much appreciated

Kind Regards
Brent Clark


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Re: How to create an iso BOOTABLE

2005-06-04 Thread Alban Browaeys

Le Sat, 04 Jun 2005 02:49:26 -0700, belahcene abdelkader a écrit :

> I have the knoppix CD, NOT an  iso format,  I want to
> create an iso BOOTABLE  from the expanded directory.
> How to do it please.  
> The original CD is bootable this is the content of the
> CD:
> KNOPPIX (directory) ,autorun.bat,  autorun.inf,
> autorun.pif, boot (directory), cdrom.ico ,index.html
> 


Building Your Own Live CD
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7246

it also explains how to tweak which programs you want in your knoppix.

Cheers
Alban


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Re: bash error handling help

2005-06-04 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson

On 2005-06-04, theal wrote:
> I am have a script that uses a for loop to copy files to about 100 servers.
> I know how to get it to exit the entire script on an error, but I only want
> to stop what it is doing for the current $i and move to the next. here is
> the basics of the script. there may be some syntax errors in this script as
> I have edited it for public viewing.
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> hostlist=`less /usr/local/src/client_hosts.txt|grep -v "#"|cut -d "," -f1`

   Why are you using less? That's for interactive use; it's even worse
   than cat. Just use the filename as an argument to grep:

hostlist=`grep -v "#" /usr/local/src/client_hosts.txt | cut -d "," -f1`

   Or:

hostlist=`awk '!/#/ {print $1}' /usr/local/src/client_hosts.txt`

> if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/myfile_client.sh ] ; then
> echo "/usr/local/bin/myfile_client.sh does not exist"
> exit 1
> fi
>
> function log()
> {
> echo [`date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"`] $1
> echo [`date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"`] $1 >> /usr/local/bin/myfile.log
> echo [`date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"`] $1 >> /tmp/myfile.log
> }
>
> function run()
> {
> CMD=$1
>
> # Don't abort on errors
> set +e
> # Capture STDERR to ERR
> ERR=$($CMD 2>&1)
> # Capture return value from command
> RETVAL=$?
> # re-enable abort-on-err
> # set -e
>
> if [ "$ERR" ] ; then
> log "Error processing: $ERR"
> fi
>
> return $RETVAL
> }

Why did you include this function? You don't use it in your
example, but you use cleanup, and didn't include that.

> function errhandler()
> {
> log "Aborting abnormally..."
> cleanup
> }
>
> trap errhandler ERR

   Why?

   Why not just check that each command completes successfully?

   If you don't want to exit on all errors, why install a trap that
   does?

> for i in $hostlist
> do
> echo "determine if temp exits"
> if [ -f /tmp/temp ] ; then
> rm /tmp/temp
> elif [ -d /tmp/temp ] ; then
> rm -rf /tmp/temp
> fi
>
> echo "Creating client /tmp/temp directory"
> log "Creating client /tmp/temp directory"
> ssh -i ~/.ssh/$i [EMAIL PROTECTED] "mkdir -p /tmp/temp/"
>
> echo "Transfering files to $i:/tmp/temp"
> log "Transfering files to $i:/tmp/temp"
> scp -i ~/.ssh/$i /usr/local/bin/myfile.sh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/temp
>
> echo "Executing myfile.sh"
> log "Executing myfile.sh"
> ssh -i ~/.ssh/$i [EMAIL PROTECTED] "/tmp/temp/myfile.sh"
>
> echo "Removing client /tmp/temp"
> log "Removing client /tmp/temp"
> ssh -i ~/.ssh/$i [EMAIL PROTECTED] "rm -rf /tmp/temp"
>
> echo "Finished $i myfile.sh "
> log "Finished $i myfile.sh "
> echo " "
> done


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Re: How to print to file

2005-06-04 Thread Shidai Liu

Thanks.On 6/4/05, David Roguin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Maybe you should search for a postscript package or something likethat, or maybe the gnomeprint?have luck,On 6/4/05, Shidai Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,>>  Another question, how to get the 'print to file' like in abiword working? I> remember when I do a full install of gnome, it works already. But I can't> afford a full install at the moment. Could anyone point out which package is
> needed for this function? Thank you.>> -- Shidai-- -- Shidai

Alsa not working after reboot

2005-06-04 Thread cothrige

Having been a fairly long-time Slackware user, since 8.1, and being
somewhat unhappy with some compatibility problems with Gnome apps and
that distro, I decided to see if Debian would work for me.  I don't
have high-speed internet access and so used a work computer which I
have access to periodically to download and burn the first two discs
of Testing.  This seemed a solid place to start and I was confident
that two discs would get a working system up.

I was not surprised to find that basically I was right, though
surprised at some of what was left off of these two discs, eg. alsa, X
headers and libraries, emacs, etc.  But, overall, things went well and
after tinkering about with the installation I soon got a working
system with the basics in place.

After downloading and installing the alsa-1.0.8 packages I ran
alsaconf and had the sound up and running.  However, I discovered
later that if I rebooted the sound never reloaded and I had to run
alsaconf again.  This had happened to me some time back with Slack 9.1
and I managed after some work to get it going, but I cannot really
recall how.  I fear that with Debian I am unsure of where to start.
The modules.conf file is a bit of a shocker for me as it is nothing
like that of Slackware, and has a great deal more going on.  I cannot
really tell if it has what I need in it at all.  The
/etc/modprobe.d/sound file, which I am not familiar with at all, is
there and has a reference to my card, es1688.  Other than that I
haven't a clue what it does and cannot be sure what it should have in
it.

I have noticed that at the end of the boot process a brief reference
to alsa is seen, and something along the lines of "no modules loaded."
And in fact nothing is.  An lsmod shows nothing related to snd at all,
and there is no mixer to adjust.  So my situation is not a muted card
or pcm but in fact a total absence of sound.  Only running alsaconf
again with each boot will make sound usable.  I have tried a number of
google searches only to find numerous muted cards and loaded modules
without sound, but can't seem to locate any with no modules being
loaded at all.  Is there a step or action after alsaconf which will
make this permament and reload the modules with each boot?  Am I
forgetting or overlooking something stupidly obvious?

patrick


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Re: Re: No 1028x786 resolution on HP M50 Monitor On Sarge

2005-06-04 Thread Wayne Topa

Leonard Chatagnier([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> 
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> >Only the 800x600 and 640x480 are available while previously 1028x786 was 
> >functional and I could switch
> >to it with cntrl ++.  The higher resolution had been available on both 
> >woody and sarge kernels(stock).
> <-- snip -->
> 
> Yes, all but the 1280x1024 resolution which my monitor doesn't support.  
> Actually, after adding the 1024x786 entry and rebooting the resolution 
> looks finer but using cntrl-alt-++ only
> cycles through 2 resolutions.  I need a bash command that explicitly shows 
> the screen resolution
> to be sure.  Kmow of one?
> Thanks for the reply,
> Leonard
> 

xvidtune (1x)- video mode tuner for XFree86
You can view, and adjust resolutions, with xvidtune.

xdpyinfo (1x)- display information utility for X

I would also suggest you try a lower color depth, such as 16, to see
if that works better.  I forgot to mention that in the last post.
I default to 16 here.

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Re: Two sound problems (debian: addressed to exclusive sender for this address)

2005-06-04 Thread Jonathan Kaye


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En/La Omari Norman ha escrit, a 04/06/05 14:57:
| Hi Jonathan,
|
| Currently I am using alsa. It works well for me in GNOME. However,
| whether I use alsa or OSS makes no difference in KDE; MP3s don't work
| either way.
|
| In Sound System -> Hardware, these settings make no difference for
| MP3s. I set it up to Advanced Linux Sound Architecture, and any KDE
| app I try to use to play an MP3 still crashes. This happens regardless
| of whether I toggle "Enable the sound system" ON or OFF. However, if I
| do enable the sound system and set it to alsa, the "test sound" button
| works fine. (The test MIDI button does not play anything.)
|
| On 6/4/05, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Do you use XMMS to play MP3's? If so look in the options > preferences >
Audio i/o plugins
Is the output plugin Alsa 1.2.10 [libALSA.so]?
Cheers,
Jonathan




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Re: Are /var/cache/apt/archive files essential?

2005-06-04 Thread Marc Shapiro


Maurits van Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

From the apt-get manual page:


   clean 





   autoclean





So call 'apt-get autoclean' to remove most of your packages or
'apt-get clean' to remove them all. It doesn't hurt. You just need to
fetch those files again when you have to reinstall for some reason.

Note though that having an older version of a package lying around in
the apt cache can be useful when you discover a bug in the new version
and want to revert to the old.

To have more control, cobble together some shell commands. For example
see this posting by me:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/10/msg01671.html



I have never been happy with the 'clean' and 'autoclean' options for 
apt-get.  I don't want to remove the files for packages that I currently 
have installed.  I just want to remove the old stuff.  I have yet to 
find anything that will do this for me.  That is why my /var partition 
also fills up until something stops working and I manually go through 
the directory and start deleting big files.  Well, I recently got tired 
of that (it is tedius and inefficient) so I wrote a python script to 
automate a lot of it.  (If I had had Maurits' scripts I probably would 
have been hapy with that, but now I have my own.)


The scripts looks through /var/cache/apt/archives and the output of 
'dpkg -l'.  It then displays some statistics about the archive, i.e.


Total installed packages
Total uninstalled packages in archive
Total packages in archive
Total files in archive
Packages in archive w/dups
Files in archive in dup pkgs

The following prompts will then be presented (taken from the program's 
help screen):


Delete uninstalled packages from archive (y/N/p/q)?
   y = Delete all uninstalled package files from the archives
   without prompting.
   N = Do not delete any package files based on installation status.
   p = Prompt to keep each uninstalled package file in the archive.
   q = Quit program without deleting anything.

If prompting was requested:

Keep: filename.deb (Y/n/q) ?
   Y = Keep the package file in the archives (do not delete).
   n = Delete the package file from the archives.
   q = Quit program without deleting the package file.


For each package with multiple files in the archive a list of each file
will be presented.  The list is presented in the system sort order and
an asterisk (*) is displayed before the file with the most recent date.

For the last package shown the following prompt will be presented.

Keep only filename.deb (y/N/d/q) ?
   y = Keep the listed package file (deleting all others for
   the specified package).
   N = Prompt to keep each package file.
   d = Keep only the most recent file (as indicated with an asterisk).
   q = Quit program without deleting the package file.

If prompting for package deletion was requested:

Keep: filename.deb (Y/n/q) ?
   Y = Keep the package in the archives (do not delete).
   n = Delete the package from the archives.
   q = Quit program without deleting the package.

NOTE: All responses are case insensitive and require only
  a single character.  Defaults are shown in uppercase.

  Taking all defaults WILL NOT DELETE ANYTHING!

---

So far, everything seems to work as expected.  I have used this on both 
of my boxes, one is running Sarge (w/ Python 2.3) and the other is 
running Woody (w/ Python 2.1).  There is extra code in the script to 
handle the older 'ls' from Woody which does not have an option to 
display the date in a sortable fashion, so this should work on older 
systems, as well as newer ones.  Just the option to remove packages not 
listed as installed by dpkg removed 117 files on my Sarge box.  All in 
all I have used it to free up nearly 300MB of space (the archives now 
take up about 492MB.  Since I have 1GB in /var that is almost a third of 
my available space freed up.


If anyone is interested in trying this out, drop me an e-mail and I will 
send it out to you.  I would appreciate any comments, or feedback.


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Re: Alsa not working after reboot

2005-06-04 Thread Wayne Topa

cothrige([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> Having been a fairly long-time Slackware user, since 8.1, and being
> somewhat unhappy with some compatibility problems with Gnome apps and
> that distro, I decided to see if Debian would work for me.  I don't
> have high-speed internet access and so used a work computer which I
> have access to periodically to download and burn the first two discs
> of Testing.  This seemed a solid place to start and I was confident
> that two discs would get a working system up.
> 
> I was not surprised to find that basically I was right, though
> surprised at some of what was left off of these two discs, eg. alsa, X
> headers and libraries, emacs, etc.  But, overall, things went well and
> after tinkering about with the installation I soon got a working
> system with the basics in place.
> 
> After downloading and installing the alsa-1.0.8 packages I ran
> alsaconf and had the sound up and running.  However, I discovered
> later that if I rebooted the sound never reloaded and I had to run
> alsaconf again.  
man alsactl - [options] [store|restore] 

That bit me too.

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Re: Quad-port Fast Ethernet on Debian

2005-06-04 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Simon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am after some general advice or info on people's experiences with quad
>port ethernet cards.  Any assistance would be much appreciated.
>
>For this, I am specifically looking to use *quad* port ethernet cards, 
>due to the number of ports and physical size of the hardware required for my 
>configuration.  I will probably need two per box (+ onboard port = 9 ports 
>total).

I don't think GigE quad port ethernet cards exist, so you're
talking about 9 100 mbit ports, right ? Why not use a single
GigE port ? If you need multiple interfaces, use VLANs.

Mike.


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New Debian Package Customization HOWTO

Greeting lists,

Today Kevin Mark poitned out[0] that I should turn a brief outline I
gave[1] on how to customize Debian pacakges into a full blown HOWTO.  I
have done that and the result [2] is now available to the public.  I
would like to announce it in the hopes that new and experienced Debian
developers and users will review it and provide some feedback.  After a
week or so, I will probably submit it to some Debian-related wikis and
websites.  But, I first want to make sure that it is in reasonable
shape before I *really* present it to the world :-)

-Roberto

[0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/06/msg00362.html
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/06/msg00175.html
[2] http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr/?page=debcustomize
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2005-06-04 Thread Dorthy

Your meds source:
http://mdsdcxzukvi80c6cuarajq6rb8.cismontaneef.com/


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Re: HP 3325 Inkjet on Sarge

2005-06-04 Thread Marc Shapiro


Alban Browaeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Le Sun, 29 May 2005 12:04:54 +, shatam bhattacharya a écrit :




The problem is when I try to print a test page, the printer is unresponsive. 
Using the web interface the error shown is -
client-error-not-possible





Alos check /var/log/cups (and if needed up the log level in
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf)


Make sure that your /var partition is not full.  That same error is what 
let me know that mine had filled up last time (due to a large number of 
old files ion /var/cache/apt/archives).


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Re: Re: Woody-No Mouse, Sarge-OK

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:01:38PM +, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
This problem started after removing devfsd on Sarge to overcome a
conflict between udev and devfs. It just
took a while to realize it as woody is not booted very often. So, I
reinstalled devfsd and recreated the symlink
ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/psaux. Although this hasn't changed anything when

That's backward, it should be ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse.
Now you probably have two symlinks pointing at each other.
ls -l /dev/psaux /dev/mouse

If psaux is a symlink:
rm /dev/psaux
mknod /dev/psaux c 10 1

I'm doing this under woody without mouse working so it wont get mixed up with
sarge.
Thanks very much for the info about the backward symlink and mknod which I've
never used.
I asked a friend to send me his copy of the above psaux link, because I've got
them backward
before but he has been out of the pocket so I tried it myself and naturall got it wrong.
However, mouse still not working under woody. Here's what I did following your instruction

as I understood them:

# rm /dev/psaux
Rm: cannot remove `/dev/psaux/: no such file or directory(note:done after
already rm when
kbd screwed up doing mknod)
# mknod /dev/psaux c 10 1
# ls -l /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
lwrxwrxwrx 1 root root 10 June 4 08:20 /dev/mouse -> /dev/psaux
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 1 June 4 10:03 /dev/psaux
#
The above copied by hand as I don't know how to copy and paste without mouse and gpm working.
However, its basically what the terminal results were, but still no working mouse.

At least the symlink is there now and I've rebooted but no mouse. Hope you
have more things to
try and thanks for your help. I thought surely the mouse would come back after
getting the symlink
down correctly.
Leonard C

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Re: Re: root is unable to change file permissions!

2005-06-04 Thread s. keeling

Incoming from Andreas Hatz:
> 
> Thanks for the tip re the chkrootkit. There are a couple of warnings:
> 
> Searching for t0rn's v8 defaults... Possible t0rn v8 (or variation) rootkit 
> installed
> Checking `lkm'... You have 3 process hidden for ps command
> Warning: Possible LKM Trojan installed
> 
> This is great info, but now I need to find a way to get rid of them.

Actually, you need a resource to explain what it found.  See the
chkrootkit mailing list archives at:

   http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=chkrootkit-users


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Re: New Debian Package Customization HOWTO

2005-06-04 Thread Christoph Wegscheider

Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> would like to announce it in the hopes that new and experienced Debian
> developers and users will review it and provide some feedback.  After a
> [2] http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr/?page=debcustomize

"The official Debian packages are built by a buildd, also called build
daemon, which makes use of pbuilder to ensure that every package is
built in a clean environment."

IIRC I read 2 or 3 weeks ago on d-d, that this is not the case. As the
buildds keeps installed dependencies for performance reason and can't be
"used" to check for build-dependencies. Sorry I didn't have the link at
hands, but maybe someone competent can confirm/correct this.

Christoph

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Re: Quad-port Fast Ethernet on Debian

2005-06-04 Thread Michelle Konzack

Am 2005-06-04 15:27:04, schrieb Miquel van Smoorenburg:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Simon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am after some general advice or info on people's experiences with quad
> >port ethernet cards.  Any assistance would be much appreciated.
> >
> >For this, I am specifically looking to use *quad* port ethernet cards, 
> >due to the number of ports and physical size of the hardware required for my 
> >configuration.  I will probably need two per box (+ onboard port = 9 ports 
> >total).
> 
> I don't think GigE quad port ethernet cards exist, so you're

Ehm, Intel Pro 1000MT Quad-Port Server ?

> talking about 9 100 mbit ports, right ? Why not use a single
> GigE port ? If you need multiple interfaces, use VLANs.

Because some people do not want to install the hell ?
Or for security reason ?

If the GBit NIC is broken, all attached subnest are down.

> Mike.

Greetings
Michelle

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Re: fsck on /dev/hde1 during boot,

On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:34:19PM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
> fsck.ext3: No such device or address while trying to open /dev/hde1
> Possibly non-existent or swap device?

Maybe your raid device isn't supported by your initrd image. It's worth
investigating.

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Re: Panic, I can't mount '/var'

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 08:25:05PM +0200, gusti halperin wrote:

> Yesterday my debian sarge crash. The '/dev/hda8' was seriously
> corrupted. Now  it can  be mounted and there are the  '/var'

Running a journaling filesystem does *not* guarantee that data won't get
corrupted. If /var is well and truly hosed, you either need to reformat
the partition and restore from backup, or reinstall. Good luck!

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Re: root is unable to change file permissions!

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:04:17PM +1200, Andreas Hatz wrote:

> We have an interesting phenomenon occuring on one of our servers. We
> have noticed that two files in the /bin directory have had their
> executable permissions removed and we are unable to chmod the files as
> root.

Check the output of mount; is the filesystem read-only? Check lsattr for
append and immutable flags. Chech getfacl, if your filesystem supports
ACLs.

If none of the obvious things turn up, I'd suspect a compromise.

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Re: dumb choice on partitioning

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 12:21:10AM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:

> Shall I create a /home/share or is it really easy to partition off
> some of the space from /home into a new partition without
> reinstalling?

You could put it in /home/java, and then symlink it to /usr/share/java,
if you feel that's necessary. If you run ext2/3 on your home partition,
you *could* resize it, I suppose, but I don't know that I'd really
recommend it.

Remember, in the *nix world, you can put *almost* anything pretty much
anywhere. In particular, your PATH statement and the occasional symlink
are your friends.

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Re: secure download/upgrade debian packages

On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 08:22:40PM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote:

> Is there a method of verifying Debian package checksums/sigs during
> download, either new packages or during upgrade?

I haven't used it myself, but you can take a look at debsigs, and see if
it does what you want. Of course, not all packages in the repository
have signatures, which is why I think it may of limited value.

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Re: ion2 + x2vnc + multiple workspaces = possible?

On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:08:45PM -0500, Stefhen Hovland wrote:

> I just started using ion2 on my home laptop. I would also like to be
> able to use it at work while using x2vnc to connect to my windows box

You're going about this backwards, I think. Run ion inside a vncserver,
and all your workspaces will be accessible, provided that ALT-[1-9]
isn't already bound to something on your local display.

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Re: xvnc4viewer and other vnc questions?

On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 08:51:44PM -0400, J F wrote:
> What is the difference between these two:
> xvnc4viewer (1)  - VNC viewer for X
> xvncviewer (1)   - VNC viewer for X

xvnc4viewer supports the version 4.x protocols, including ZRLE encoding
which is supposedly on-par with tight encoding, although the tight
encoder supports more tweakable options such as JPG compression levels.

Stick with ZRLE and xvnc4viewer unless you rely heavily on tightvnc for
some reason. Both do a good job, but the RealVNC stuff can reasonably be
considered more mainline than tightvnc, ultravnc, tridiavnc, et. al.

All of them, of course, support the 3.x encodings of the xvncviewer in
Sarge, so aside from performance issues, it's a matter of religious
conviction.

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Re: External modem

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 08:55:37AM -0700, Muhammad Ali wrote:

> the command pon but not able to connect internet. What could be the
> problem. Please help me out. Regards Ali

What is pon? What package does it belong to? Most people use wvdial,
with a nice front-end such as gnome-ppp.

Assuming that "pon" is a legitimate app for doing what you want, you'll
need to provide your pppd logs to someone knowledgeable for debugging.

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debian rsync mirror denied

2005-06-04 Thread roach

Hi,

Can someone help me please.

I would very much like to mirror www.debian.org on my private PC for 
reference purposes. Unfortunately [EMAIL PROTECTED] didn't reply to my email 
dated 4 May 2005.

I also find the explanation for restricting mirrors at 
http://www.debian.org/mirror/webmirror.html#whynot slightly faulty. Here in 
S.A. we're still mostly on dial-up, being able to get a large site on CD or 
DVD or downloading it at a friends place is a big help.

I would also like to know if it is possible to get the site, or part there of, 
on CD or DVD.

Thats how I started mirroring http://tldp.org and have found it to be a big 
help. It also cheaper than dialling up to read it.

Thanks.
All the best.

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South Africa


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Re: No 1028x786 resolution on HP M50 Monitor On Sarge


Wayne Topa wrote:


Leonard Chatagnier([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
 




Leonard Chatagnier([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
   

Only the 800x600 and 640x480 are available while previously 1028x786 was 
functional and I could switch
to it with cntrl ++.  The higher resolution had been available on both 
woody and sarge kernels(stock).
 


<-- snip -->

Yes, all but the 1280x1024 resolution which my monitor doesn't support.  
Actually, after adding the 1024x786 entry and rebooting the resolution 
looks finer but using cntrl-alt-++ only
cycles through 2 resolutions.  I need a bash command that explicitly shows 
the screen resolution

to be sure.  Kmow of one?
Thanks for the reply,
Leonard

   



xvidtune (1x)- video mode tuner for XFree86
You can view, and adjust resolutions, with xvidtune.

xdpyinfo (1x)- display information utility for X

I would also suggest you try a lower color depth, such as 16, to see
if that works better.  I forgot to mention that in the last post.
I default to 16 here.

HTH

WT
 


Thanks, I've used xdpyinfo | grep dimensions per Angelina's post and get :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xdpyinfo | grep dimensions
 dimensions:800x600 pixels (282x212 millimeters)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
When i run xvidtune:
Vendor: , Model:
Num hsync: 1, Num vsync: 1
hsync range 0:  28.00 -  50.00
vsync range 0:  43.00 -  75.00
Video are not settable on this chip
had to hit cntrl c to get prompt back
did a --help and read manual to see if I was missing something.  Doesn't 
seem to be.
I'm really at a lost here as in the past I could switch between all 
resolutions.

I'll try a lower color depth and get back.

Leonard


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Re: Alsa not working after reboot

2005-06-04 Thread Thomas Hood

See the "loading modules" section of
/usr/share/doc/alsa-base/README.Debian.gz.

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How can I share a mailbox between multiple OSes

2005-06-04 Thread David Witbrodt

This is a newbie question.  I just installed Debian and several other OSes onto my old machine.  As I have been reading the docs, and have started configuring things to my liking, I found myself wondering whether an email application exists that would allow me to store my mailbox files on a common data partition, which could be then used by whatever OS was currently running.
 
I get my email via POP3 from my ISP, so I was thinking that there might be a single program that has been ported to all of the OSes, making it possible to use a common mailbox from each platform.
 
Anyone out there doing this?  Is is even possible?  Seems to me like it should be, but I've never faced this scenario before, so I'm facing a steep learning curve...
 
Thank,
Dave W.

Re: External modem

2005-06-04 Thread Mr Mike

On 06/03/2005 07:03:38 PM, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 08:55:37AM -0700, Muhammad Ali wrote:

> the command pon but not able to connect internet. What could be the
> problem. Please help me out. Regards Ali

Well, it could be a lot of things...  what error msgs do you get and if  
none, then what msgs are in your syslog right after the pon fails?  you  
could try this..

open terminal and issue (as root) tail -f /var/log/syslog
open another terminal and issue you pon command
watch the output in the syslog screen to see what is happening

good luck..

What is pon? What package does it belong to? Most people use wvdial,
with a nice front-end such as gnome-ppp.

I'm guessing you are relatively new to linux?? pon and poff are part  
and parcial and should be on all linux if ppp is installed..

pon  to make connection
poff to end it..

Assuming that "pon" is a legitimate app for doing what you want,
you'll
need to provide your pppd logs to someone knowledgeable for  
debugging.

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Re: How can I share a mailbox between multiple OSes

2005-06-04 Thread s. keeling

Incoming from David Witbrodt:
> This is a newbie question.  I just installed Debian and several other OSes 
> onto my old machine.  As I have been reading the docs, and have started 
> configuring things to my liking, I found myself wondering whether an email 
> application exists that would allow me to store my mailbox files on a common 
> data partition, which could be then used by whatever OS was currently running.

Hit a carriage return from time to time, 'kay?

> I get my email via POP3 from my ISP, so I was thinking that there might be a 
> single program that has been ported to all of the OSes, making it possible to 
> use a common mailbox from each platform.

How about a common /home partition they would all mount?  You'll have
to pick a filesystem they can all read+write, and you'll have to synch
UIDs and GIDs.


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Re: How can I share a mailbox between multiple OSes

2005-06-04 Thread Gregory Seidman

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 02:08:22PM -0700, David Witbrodt wrote:
} This is a newbie question.  I just installed Debian and several other
} OSes onto my old machine.  As I have been reading the docs, and have
} started configuring things to my liking, I found myself wondering whether
} an email application exists that would allow me to store my mailbox files
} on a common data partition, which could be then used by whatever OS was
} currently running.
}  
} I get my email via POP3 from my ISP, so I was thinking that there might
} be a single program that has been ported to all of the OSes, making it
} possible to use a common mailbox from each platform.
}  
} Anyone out there doing this?  Is is even possible?  Seems to me like it
} should be, but I've never faced this scenario before, so I'm facing a
} steep learning curve...

In general, the right way to do this is to run an IMAP server on some other
machine and use that. The email resides on the IMAP server but is
accessible from any email client that can speak IMAP, which is nearly
everything out there.

} Thank,
} Dave W.
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Re: External modem

2005-06-04 Thread John Hasler

Todd A. Jacobs writes:
> What is pon?

The standard Debian command-line tool for starting PPP.  'poff' stops PPP.
Pppconfig, which is part of the base system and is run during installation,
configures PPP for use with pon and poff [1].

> What package does it belong to?

PPP.

> Most people use wvdial, with a nice front-end such as gnome-ppp.

gpppon provides a GUI for pon and poff.

[1] Actually pppconfig configures PPP in the way recommended by the
upstream PPP maintainers.  Any program that follows those recommendations
will work with its configurations.
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Webmin-firewall produces perl error after apt-get upgrade

2005-06-04 Thread ponga



All the chains display properly, but if I go to edit a rule, I get this
error:
HTTP/1.0 500 Perl execution failed Server: MiniServ/0.01 Date: Sat, 4
Jun 2005 09:29:01 GMT Content-type: text/html Connection: close
Error - Perl execution failed
Undefined subroutine &net::interface_choice called at ./firewall-lib.pl
line 246.

Can someone please help how to remedy this? I love this module but it's
totaly useless now, please help!


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Re: How can I share a mailbox between multiple OSes

2005-06-04 Thread Jochen Schulz

David Witbrodt:
>
> This is a newbie question.  I just installed Debian and several other
> OSes onto my old machine.  As I have been reading the docs, and have
> started configuring things to my liking, I found myself wondering
> whether an email application exists that would allow me to store my
> mailbox files on a common data partition, which could be then used by
> whatever OS was currently running.

You could use mutt with a common Maildir, but I wouldn't recommend that.
What you *really* want is to set up an IMAP server on the host where
your mails are stored. IMAP is similar to POP, but all the mails are
stored on the server and mailclients handle them as if they were stored
locally. Almost all current mailclients know IMAP and your problem is
solved.

For easy setup and maintenance I recommend dovecot. Just install it,
edit a few lines in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and point your mail
clients to it.  Finished. It is really easy.

If several people have access to this mailbox, I suggest creating a
special user for these shared mails since in its default configuration,
dovecot uses standard user credentials which probably also give shell
access to the system running dovecot. Alternatively, you can also use a
MySQL or PostgreSQL database for user authentication.

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Re: No 1028x786 resolution on HP M50 Monitor On Sarge


Angelina Carlton wrote:


On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 07:59:04AM +, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
 

Also read the link you provided and came to 
conclusion r128 doesn't
apply to my video card.  Doesn't seem to hurt anything though and I know 
that is was

loaded before when all resolutions were working.
   



Well you need to find the correct module to load, google for the exact
model of your card. At this point I would also look at the logs.

/var/log/XFree86.0.log will contain lots of information about what
fails to load, what will load but with warnings and hopefully
something about why it wont do 1024x786.
 


I find this related to 1028x786:
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device   ???
(--) Chipset vesa found
(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1028x786" (no mode of this name)   ???
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (width too large for 
virtual size)   ???

(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: MACH64GT  (my card driver, I believe)
(WW) VESA(0): Option "UseFBDev" is not used

lspci -vv give for my card:
:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 
AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) (prog-if 00 [VGA])

   Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2X
   Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- 
ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
   Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
SERR- 
   Latency: 66 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
   Region 0: Memory at f500 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
   Region 1: I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
   Region 2: Memory at f410 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
   Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0
   Status: RQ=256 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- 
HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2
   Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- 
Rate=

ChatagnierL-Home:~#
Also, googling for linux drivers for my card gave lots of hits, no 
solutions that I could implement, mention of bugs
in Debian and strong indication that Mach64 is the proper driver for my 
card.  Perhaps the above date means something to you.  I don't know what 
to make of it.  I had this same problem with X when I first installed woody
but can't remember the solution.  If you want to continue, I'll try any 
suggestions you or any body else has and thanks for everybody's help.  I 
did pick up on a few new commands for me to use.



You also don't need to reboot the computer each time,
ctrl+alt+backspace will kill the xserver for you and you can make some
changes and try again.
 


Thanks for this, too.

Leonard Chatagnier



 




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Re: How can I share a mailbox between multiple OSes

2005-06-04 Thread Marty


David Witbrodt wrote:

This is a newbie question.  I just installed Debian and several other OSes onto 
my old machine.  As I have been reading the docs, and have started configuring 
things to my liking, I found myself wondering whether an email application 
exists that would allow me to store my mailbox files on a common data 
partition, which could be then used by whatever OS was currently running.
 
I get my email via POP3 from my ISP, so I was thinking that there might be a single program that has been ported to all of the OSes, making it possible to use a common mailbox from each platform.
 
Anyone out there doing this?  Is is even possible?  Seems to me like it should be, but I've never faced this scenario before, so I'm facing a steep learning curve...


Mozilla or any other email client that uses the RFC-822, i.e. "standard"
email format is usable by any other client regardless of OS (but
obviously only if you use a common filesystem).


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Re: debian rsync mirror denied

2005-06-04 Thread Greg Madden

On Saturday 04 June 2005 11:47 am, roach wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can someone help me please.
>
> I would very much like to mirror www.debian.org on my private PC for
> reference purposes. Unfortunately [EMAIL PROTECTED] didn't reply to
> my email dated 4 May 2005.
>
> I also find the explanation for restricting mirrors at
> http://www.debian.org/mirror/webmirror.html#whynot slightly faulty.
> Here in S.A. we're still mostly on dial-up, being able to get a large
> site on CD or DVD or downloading it at a friends place is a big help.
>
> I would also like to know if it is possible to get the site, or part
> there of, on CD or DVD.
>
> Thats how I started mirroring http://tldp.org and have found it to be
> a big help. It also cheaper than dialling up to read it.

You will be able to buy dvd's (or cd's) of Sarge very soon now. A dvd or 
two will be available for each architecture, to find a vendor visit: 
http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/

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Re: Webmin-firewall produces perl error after apt-get upgrade

2005-06-04 Thread Martin Mewes

Hello,

"ponga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :

> Can someone please help how to remedy this? I love this module but
> it's totaly useless now, please help!

Please tell us which version of Webmin do you use.


bis dahin/kind regards

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Re: How can I share a mailbox between multiple OSes

2005-06-04 Thread Steve Block


On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 02:08:22PM -0700, David Witbrodt wrote:

This is a newbie question.  I just installed Debian and several other OSes onto 
my old machine.  As I have been reading the docs, and have started configuring 
things to my liking, I found myself wondering whether an email application 
exists that would allow me to store my mailbox files on a common data 
partition, which could be then used by whatever OS was currently running.

I get my email via POP3 from my ISP, so I was thinking that there might be a 
single program that has been ported to all of the OSes, making it possible to 
use a common mailbox from each platform.

Anyone out there doing this?  Is is even possible?  Seems to me like it should 
be, but I've never faced this scenario before, so I'm facing a steep learning 
curve...



I doubt this is really as helpful as I want it to be, but I highly
recommend using IMAP mailboxes rather than local mail for just this
reason. With IMAP you can check and sort your mail using any number
of computers, mail clients, or a web interface, and since the mail is
actually on the server, a change in any client is reflected in any other
client.

Does your ISP support IMAP at all? If so maybe look into using
that rather than POP3, or if not maybe look into an email provider that
does.

If IMAP won't work at all, you might be able to use Mozilla Thunderbird
with a common profile directory shared between all the OSs. I believe
there are command line options to set the profile directory, though I am
not familiar with them. The common directory would have to be on a
filesystem that all the OSs can read and write. If you're using Windows
that would pretty much limit you to using FAT32 or trying one of the
methods to read/write ext2/3 in Windows.

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iptables problem

2005-06-04 Thread Luis R Finotti


Dear all,

I am running Sarge and recently the kernel was updated by "apt-get 
update/upgrade".  (Although it still shows the same version:


debian[~]% uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.8-2-k7 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:29:52 EST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

And that's what I had before.  It's always been a stock debian kernel 
installed via apt-get.  The installation process told me that I needed 
to reboot ASAP for the correct modules to be loaded, which I did as soon 
as installation was over.)


After that iptables is not working anymore.  Here is a the errors that I 
get:


root[~]$ iptables.sh
WARNING: Error inserting ip_conntrack 
(/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-k7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack.ko): 
Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting ip_conntrack_ftp 
(/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-k7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_ftp.ko): 
Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
Iptables firewall is up Sat Jun  4 16:56:07 EDT 2005.


In dmesg, I get:

(...)
ip_conntrack: Unknown symbol ipfrag_flush
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_expect_related
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_helper_register
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_expect_put
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_expect_alloc
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_helper_unregister
ip_conntrack: Unknown symbol ipfrag_flush
ipt_state: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_untracked
ipt_state: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_get
ipt_state: Unknown symbol need_ip_conntrack
ip_conntrack: Unknown symbol ipfrag_flush
ipt_state: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_untracked
ipt_state: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_get
ipt_state: Unknown symbol need_ip_conntrack

I also tried

root[~]$ modprobe ip_conntrack
FATAL: Error inserting ip_conntrack 
(/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-k7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack.ko): 
Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)


Dmesg again:

(...)
INPUT packet died: IN=eth0 OUT= 
MAC=00:0d:61:0f:fe:7e:00:0f:66:bd:1b:6f:08:00 SRC=66.193.88.3 
DST=192.168.1.120 LEN=190 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=125 ID=4484 PROTO=UDP 
SPT=53 DPT=32810 LEN=170

ip_conntrack: Unknown symbol ipfrag_flush
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_expect_related
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_helper_register
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_expect_put
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_expect_alloc
ip_conntrack_ftp: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_helper_unregister
ip_conntrack: Unknown symbol ipfrag_flush
ipt_state: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_untracked
ipt_state: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_get
ipt_state: Unknown symbol need_ip_conntrack
ip_conntrack: Unknown symbol ipfrag_flush
ipt_state: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_untracked
ipt_state: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_get
ipt_state: Unknown symbol need_ip_conntrack
ip_conntrack: Unknown symbol ipfrag_flush


And I cannot connect to the iternet until I "/etc/init.d/iptables clear".

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  (Google did not help...)

Best to all,

Luis


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Re: Two sound problems (debian: addressed to exclusive sender for this address)

2005-06-04 Thread Omari Norman

> My other problem extends to both KDE and GNOME: my master volume
> slider has no effect on my volume. If I open the mixer and adjust the
> individual components, that works fine. But the master volume has no
> effect whatsoever.

I have found a solution to this problem: 

http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0211.1/0994.html

It says "in some implementations the codec control labeled PCM2 is
actually main volume." So it is with my system. The GNOME master
volume slider lets you assign that slider to whatever sound output you
want, so I will change that to PCM2...

I love crappy hardware...I can't find a solution to my other problem
with the inability to play MP3s in KDE (a problem which has also
existed for me with other distros--KNOPPIX and Mandriva, which isn't
even Debian based) but maybe my hardware is just screwed up.

Re: New Debian Package Customization HOWTO

2005-06-04 Thread Kevin Mark

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 12:56:33PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Greeting lists,
> 
> Today Kevin Mark poitned out[0] that I should turn a brief outline I
> gave[1] on how to customize Debian pacakges into a full blown HOWTO.  I
> have done that and the result [2] is now available to the public.  I
> would like to announce it in the hopes that new and experienced Debian
> developers and users will review it and provide some feedback.  After a
> week or so, I will probably submit it to some Debian-related wikis and
> websites.  But, I first want to make sure that it is in reasonable
> shape before I *really* present it to the world :-)
> 
> -Roberto
Hi Roberto,
I read it and it seems great! Haven't had a change to build anything yet
but I'm sure it will help me when I do. a minor typo, search for
'since'. As someone commented, I believe pbuilder does not clean the
chroot. for slow archs like arm and m68k, it would be inefficient to
rebuild all the dependencies for building KDE on arm after every change,
as an example.  And I dont think someone making a personal packages
would want to waste the time to clean it.  Keep up the great work,
you'll be a DD before Etch (at least I hope so) is released!  
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Re: New Debian Package Customization HOWTO

2005-06-04 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 05:58:18PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Roberto C Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Today Kevin Mark poitned out[0] that I should turn a brief outline I
> > gave[1] on how to customize Debian pacakges into a full blown HOWTO.  I
> > have done that and the result [2] is now available to the public.  I
> > would like to announce it in the hopes that new and experienced Debian
> > developers and users will review it and provide some feedback.  After a
> > week or so, I will probably submit it to some Debian-related wikis and
> > websites.  But, I first want to make sure that it is in reasonable shape
> > before I *really* present it to the world :-)
> 
> > [2] http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr/?page=debcustomize
> 
> Eep, please don't tell people to give themselves full privileges with sudo
> unless they know what they're doing.  The sudo configuration here is just
> to run pbuilder, right?  If so, just recommend something like:
> 
> bob ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/pbuilder
> bob ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends
> 
> This is sufficient in my experience.

It won't provide you with any additional security though, so it will
only give a false sense of security. If you can run pbuilder with any
argument, you can specify an arbitrary configfile, and that way have any
arbitrary command run as root. Even if it's only in the chroot, which I
didn't check right now, as root in a chroot you can break out and be
root on the host system.

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Re: New Debian Package Customization HOWTO

2005-06-04 Thread Russ Allbery

Roberto C Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Today Kevin Mark poitned out[0] that I should turn a brief outline I
> gave[1] on how to customize Debian pacakges into a full blown HOWTO.  I
> have done that and the result [2] is now available to the public.  I
> would like to announce it in the hopes that new and experienced Debian
> developers and users will review it and provide some feedback.  After a
> week or so, I will probably submit it to some Debian-related wikis and
> websites.  But, I first want to make sure that it is in reasonable shape
> before I *really* present it to the world :-)

> [2] http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr/?page=debcustomize

Eep, please don't tell people to give themselves full privileges with sudo
unless they know what they're doing.  The sudo configuration here is just
to run pbuilder, right?  If so, just recommend something like:

bob ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/pbuilder
bob ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends

This is sufficient in my experience.

Also, note that your sample pbuilder script looks like it was miswrapped;
the script is showing up on the same line as the #!/bin/sh line.

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Re: New Debian Package Customization HOWTO

2005-06-04 Thread Russ Allbery

Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I read it and it seems great! Haven't had a change to build anything yet
> but I'm sure it will help me when I do. a minor typo, search for
> 'since'. As someone commented, I believe pbuilder does not clean the
> chroot.

pbuilder does always clean the chroot.  buildd doesn't always, but it does
try to do so (it just doesn't care if it fails).

> for slow archs like arm and m68k, it would be inefficient to rebuild all
> the dependencies for building KDE on arm after every change, as an
> example.

The build logs seem to indicate that buildd is generally being that
inefficient, unless I'm misreading something.

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Re: Compag Proliant 370

2005-06-04 Thread Daniel Thoroughgood


Brent Clark wrote:


Hi list

I just have become in possession of an old Compag Proliant 370 (still
need to figure out what im going to do with it -maybe a nice mailserver).

The machine obviously came with Winblows 2000 Server on and I have now
just installed debian.

The problem I am having is, when windows was installed the machine would
slow the fans down etc
but now that I have debian installed (kernel 2.6.11) the fan are just
blowing continuously (sound like an aeroplane getting ready to take off
- LOL)

I thought it was a acpi issue, but I cant seem to get this right.

If anyone has and tips / solution etc it would be great fully
appreciated

Kind Regards
Brent Clark




Brent,
Compaq Proliant servers fans are generally controlled by the Compaq 
Management Agents in the older servers (G1 and G2 ranges).   These are 
part of the "Proliant Support Pack".  Available from 
http://www.compaq.com/support/files


Unfortunately, unless it's changed since I left Compaq/HP they only 
provide the appropriate software for Redhat and Suse.  Looking at their 
website this still appears to be the case.  I don't know if anybody has 
had success at installing these packages on Debian.


Regards,
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Re: Woody-No Mouse, Sarge-OK

2005-06-04 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless



On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:01:38PM +, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:

This problem started after removing devfsd on Sarge to overcome a 
conflict between udev and devfs. It just
took a while to realize it as woody is not booted very often.  So, I 
reinstalled devfsd and recreated the symlink
ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/psaux.  Although this hasn't changed anything 
when 


That's backward, it should be ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse.
Now you probably have two symlinks pointing at each other.
ls -l /dev/psaux /dev/mouse




If psaux is a symlink:
rm /dev/psaux
mknod /dev/psaux c 10 1



I'm doing this under woody without mouse working so it wont get mixed 
up with sarge.
Thanks very much for the info about the backward symlink and mknod 
which I've never used.
I asked a friend to send me his copy of the above psaux link, because 
I've got them backward
before but he has been out of the pocket so I tried it myself and 
naturall got it wrong.  However, mouse still not working under woody.  
Here's what I did following your instruction

as I understood them:

# rm /dev/psaux
Rm: cannot remove `/dev/psaux/: no such file or directory(note:done 
after already rm when

kbd screwed up doing mknod)
# mknod /dev/psaux c 10 1
# ls -l /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
lwrxwrxwrx  1 root  root 10 June 4 08:20 /dev/mouse -> /dev/psaux
crw-r--r--  1 root  root  10, 1 June 4 10:03 /dev/psaux
#
The above copied by hand as I don't know how to copy and paste without 
mouse and gpm working. However, its basically what the terminal 
results were, but still no working mouse.
At least the symlink is there now and I've rebooted but no mouse.  
Hope you have more things to
try and thanks for your help.  I thought surely the mouse would come 
back after getting the symlink

down correctly.
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lrwxrwxrwx1 root root5 May 17  2004 mouse -> psaux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev$ ll psaux
crw---1 root root  10,   1 Jun  4 20:28 psaux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev$

I got the same results as [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Now I'm still running just 
woody and will probably upgrade the week of 13 June 2005.  I guess I had 
better save a bunch of stuff.


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Re: New Debian Package Customization HOWTO

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 08:53:06PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> Hi Roberto,
> I read it and it seems great! Haven't had a change to build anything yet
> but I'm sure it will help me when I do. a minor typo, search for
> 'since'. As someone commented, I believe pbuilder does not clean the
> chroot. for slow archs like arm and m68k, it would be inefficient to
> rebuild all the dependencies for building KDE on arm after every change,
> as an example.  And I dont think someone making a personal packages
> would want to waste the time to clean it.  Keep up the great work,
> you'll be a DD before Etch (at least I hope so) is released!  
> Cheers,
> Kev

Thanks for the feedback. Someone cleared it up for me in IRC in
#debian-devel.  I have updated the HOWTO.

As far as for building personal packages, you are right.  But, as the
default pbuilder behavior is to wipe out the temporary chroot after
every session, that should work for most people.  I haven't read far
enough into the docs to find out how to get it preserve the installed
packages, but that is because I like being able to build in a clean
environment every time and don't have an inclination to change it.  But,
your point is taken.

-Roberto

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Re: New Debian Package Customization HOWTO

2005-06-04 Thread Adeodato =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sim=F3?=

* Christoph Wegscheider [Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:37:46 +0200]:

> "The official Debian packages are built by a buildd, also called build
> daemon, which makes use of pbuilder to ensure that every package is
  ^^^
  That bit is wrong, buildd/buildds use 'sbuild'.
> built in a clean environment."


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On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 05:58:18PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Roberto C Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Today Kevin Mark poitned out[0] that I should turn a brief outline I
> > gave[1] on how to customize Debian pacakges into a full blown HOWTO.  I
> > have done that and the result [2] is now available to the public.  I
> > would like to announce it in the hopes that new and experienced Debian
> > developers and users will review it and provide some feedback.  After a
> > week or so, I will probably submit it to some Debian-related wikis and
> > websites.  But, I first want to make sure that it is in reasonable shape
> > before I *really* present it to the world :-)
> 
> > [2] http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr/?page=debcustomize
> 
> Eep, please don't tell people to give themselves full privileges with sudo
> unless they know what they're doing.  The sudo configuration here is just
> to run pbuilder, right?  If so, just recommend something like:
> 
> bob ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/pbuilder
> bob ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends
> 
> This is sufficient in my experience.
OK.  Done.

> 
> Also, note that your sample pbuilder script looks like it was miswrapped;
> the script is showing up on the same line as the #!/bin/sh line.
> 
Good call.  I missed a  at the end of the line.

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr


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