Transplanting A Fresh Debian Etch to another Router

[Boer Kees]

I am fairly new to linux. I managed to install Debian (etch) on my computer, 
and when it all worked fine, installed one, for a friend of mine, from behind 
my router.

All works fine, when he puts his machine behind my router. Install went without 
a glitch.

'offcourse', when he takes his machine home, to his router, it does not work.

I think, it needs some tweeking. But, since I am new to linux, I fail to grasp 
WHAT exactly...

If only I could 'rerun' the autodetect-network-installer or something...

Any input would help... sorry if this is a totally newb question.. (shame shame)
I am trying to read the debian wiki, but you must imagine, that i should 
explain this to my friend on the phone :*(



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Re: fixing the time?

[Tim Edwards]

Todd A. Jacobs wrote:

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 07:40:59PM -0400, Zach Uram wrote:


My Debian box keeps showing the wrong time


Unlikely. It is showing you the time it thinks it has, adjusted for your
time zone. If the time is wrong, likely your hardware clock is wrong.

Reset your clock properly with hwclock. For ongoing clock issues, you
may need to use chrony, ntp, or similar to keep your clock synchronized.



Yeah another thing to check would be /etc/localtime, which controls 
which timezone the machine is in. So, for eg. to change the timezone I'd do:

cd /etc
mv localtime localtime.old
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime

Obviously look in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for your correct timezone


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Re: Debian Live Lenny Beta1

[Johann Spies]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 03:31:23AM +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> Daniel Baumann wrote:
>> Daniel Baumann wrote:
>>> Nevertheless, we do need your help to find more bugs and improve the
>>> live systems, so please try them out.
>>
>> particulary interesting would be to get reports from people with
>> Intel-based Apple hardware (both notebooks and desktops).
>

Do you want feedback on these lists?  I have tried the bugreport
system, but that seems to work with packages. How do I submit
bugreports on the debian-live-cd?

I have tried the amd64-version on a Lenovo R61 as well as on my
Macbook.  Maybe I should try the i386 on the Macbook because it did
not boot properly and I could not use the keyboard.

On the R61 I could not get my wifi working.  The Fn-F8 key also did
not work.  I did not test it fully.  Here is an some of the
output of dmesg:


[   64.897496] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection 
driver for Linux, 1.2.23ks
[   64.897597] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation
[   64.897807] ACPI: PCI Interrupt :03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 17
[   64.897992] PCI: Setting latency timer of device :03:00.0 to 64
[   64.898018] iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
[   64.961632] iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
[   64.962097] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
[   65.041211] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input11
[   65.250270] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :03:00.0 disabled
[   65.321756] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at :15:00.0 [17aa:20c6]
[   65.322266] ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:1b.0[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 17
[   65.322456] hda_intel: probe_mask set to 0x1 for device 17aa:20ac
[   65.322571] PCI: Setting latency timer of device :00:1b.0 to 64
[   65.450845] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0cb8, PCI irq 16
[   65.450923] Socket status: 3006
[   65.450990] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0x7000 - 0xafff
[   65.451057] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xf830 - 0xfbff
[   65.451129] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xf400 - 0xf7ff
[   70.233738] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[   70.519831] input: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint as /class/input/input12
[   75.455434] pnp: the driver 'parport_pc' has been registered
[   75.456498] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   75.545073] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   80.364096] input: /usr/sbin/thinkpad-keys as /class/input/input13
[   81.094322] warning: `avahi-daemon' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support 
in use)
[   81.440641] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[   81.441919] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[   85.766297] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
[   85.770788] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   85.770906] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   85.771051] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   85.839928] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.9
[   85.840035] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   85.841751] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   85.841891] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   85.842011] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
[   86.335351] ACPI: PCI Interrupt :03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 17
[   86.335757] PM: Writing back config space on device :03:00.0 at offset 1 
(was 100102, writing 100106)
[   86.357675] iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
[   86.357780] iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2
[   86.358016] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :03:00.0 disabled
[   88.563096] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[   88.993072] ACPI: PCI Interrupt :03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 17
[   88.993494] PM: Writing back config space on device :03:00.0 at offset 1 
(was 100102, writing 100106)
[   89.004735] iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
[   89.004858] iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2
[   89.005132] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :03:00.0 disabled
[   95.456369] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[   95.457564] ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 16
[   95.457579] PCI: Setting latency timer of device :00:02.0 to 64
[   95.457756] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
[   95.833227] mtrr: type mismatch for e000,1000 old: write-back new: 
write-combining
[  105.848995] ACPI: PCI Interrupt :03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 17
[  105.849176] PM: Writing back config space on device :03:00.0 at offset 1 
(was 100102, writing 100106)
[  105.862727] iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
[  105.862741] iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2
[  105.862921] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :03:00.0 disabled
[  122.779675] ACPI: PCI Interrupt :03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 17
[  122.779867] PM: Writing back config space on device :03:00.0 at offset 1 
(was 100102, wr

Re: security risk of having a long list of services in inetd

[Tim Edwards]

Paul Dufresne wrote:
> 2008/8/30 Thomas Weinbrenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Well, it is more than just a name. man inetd says:
>  "inetd should be run at boot time by /etc/rc (see rc(8)).  It then 
> listens
>  for connections on certain internet sockets.  When a connection is found
>  on one of its sockets, it decides what service the socket corresponds to,
>  and invokes a program to service the request.  After the program is fin‐
>  ished, it continues to listen on the socket (except in some cases which
>  will be described below).  Essentially, inetd allows running one daemon
>  to invoke several others, reducing load on the system."
> 

The man page also says:
"Upon execution, inetd reads its configuration information from a
configu‐ration file which, by default, is /etc/inetd.conf" :)

As pointed out by martin /etc/services is just an information file, used
by all sorts of programs (netstat, tcpdump etc.) so that they know that,
for eg., the string 'ssh' means TCP port 22.

/etc/inetd.conf is the file you should be looking at as this is inetd's
config file, and controls which ports it will listen on. The default in
Debian, and most other distros, nowadays is for it not to listen on any
ports - you have to configure what services you want.

>>> When there is so much, it become too hard to look at each door to see
>>> if there is a program behind, and if it does what it should.
>> "netstat -plunt" will show you exactly which programs are listening on
>> which port.
> Thanks, I tend to use 'lsof -i4' but I believe your command is better for 
> that.
> If I was to exploit a security vulnerability (never did, nor want to)
> and become root on your computer, I would prefer to abuse one of the
> service in /etc/services rather than have a program sitting there to
> listen to the Internet. That way, you would have to do the 'netstat
> -plunt' command, while I am sending commands to your computer to
> discover me.

But if there's no program sitting there listening on the port there's
nothing to connect to and nothing to abuse. You'll simply get a 'port
unreachable' (or something similar) ICMP message back from the kernel.
Unless the kernel itself has a security hole of course, which is why
running apt-get upgrade regularly is a good idea :)


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Re: Debian on Dell Inspiron 640m

[Sabarish Balagopal]

Nishita Desai wrote:

Hello,

I am looking to install Debian Etch on Dell Inspiron 640m laptop. The
following two pieces of hardware have been troublesome on most OSes
tried before. Has anyone installed Debian and gotten them to work?

1. Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
2. Ricoh R5C832 5-in-1 media card reader

Thanks,
Nishita


  

Try,

http://kryptoz.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/install-ipw3945-intel-prowireless-3945abg-on-debian/

ipw3945 is depricated and you should be trying iwlwifi drivers. 
Hopefully you will find your luch. I have a d620 and I have made 
ipw3945ABG working on it, though now I have updated it to lenny.


cheers!
Sabarish


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Re: Debian Live Lenny Beta1

[Paul Wise]

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On the R61 I could not get my wifi working.
>  Here is an some of the output of dmesg:
> [   64.897496] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection 
> driver for Linux, 1.2.23ks

You have wireless hardware that requires non-free firmware to be
installed on the wifi chip. You need to enable the non-free section
and install the non-free firmware-iwlwifi package. This isn't specific
to debian-live.

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Re: [Fwd: Re: Debian Live Lenny Beta1]

[Daniel Baumann]

Daniel Baumann wrote:
> Do you want feedback on these lists?  I have tried the bugreport
> system, but that seems to work with packages. How do I submit
> bugreports on the debian-live-cd?

either by filing it against live-helper; or by sending a mail to the
mailinglist ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).

> I have tried the amd64-version on a Lenovo R61 as well as on my
> Macbook.  Maybe I should try the i386 on the Macbook because it did
> not boot properly and I could not use the keyboard.

someone already reported this (it's a problem with syslinux), but i have
almost no to no hope that this will get fixed; don't have access to
macbook hardware.

> On the R61 I could not get my wifi working.  The Fn-F8 key also did
> not work.  I did not test it fully.  Here is an some of the
> output of dmesg:

in order to use wifi, you need the necessary firmware (firmware-iwlwifi
in your case). this firmware is not free, and it's not in debian, it's
in non-free.

since the official debian-live cds do not contain anything but packages
from main, wifi with that card doesn't work out of the box. yes, that is
disappointing, however, please read what i wrote here about the
situation (the paragraph starting with 'this is not a bug, this is debian'):

http://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2008/08/msg00259.html

Regards,
Daniel

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Re: website saver for linux?

[Sabarish Balagopal]

Ron Johnson wrote:

On 08/31/08 11:02, Philip wrote:

I'm looking for a tool which spiders a site, and downloads every page in
 the domain that it finds linked from a particular url and linked urls
in the domain, creating a local site that can be manipulated offline as
static html.

Is there such a tool for linux (better still debian)?


$ wget -m -k -L -np http://www.example.com

I run this every week on a certain site that I want to archive the 
contents of.  The first time you run it, the whole site gets 
mirrored.  Each subsequent run, only new and modified pages are fetched.




wget also has a spider (--spider) option where it just check for 
updates. wget has the complete solution that you are looking for,  I guess!


cheers!
Sabarish


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remove some soft from openoffice (Live-CD)

[abdelkader belahcene]

Hi,
This just to suggest, if the gnome version for the lenny onlive is to big
for 1 CD, I think  the simple solution is to remove the less used and big
software for example the  draw or calc of openoffice,   since the user can
complete it with the installer if necessary from the debian repository. The
important tool like synaptic must remain.
A good live CD, for me,  is not the one which contains a lot of soft, but
the one which has a good look & feel, and easy to install and complete. I
want to install it and complete it with other software.
In my case I never use openoffice , I use latex/lyx for  office typesetting,
I don't ask to it (it is big too), i just need procedure to install it, so
apt-get  is enough, synaptic is well, that 's all !!


Thanks for the live CD
good luck

best regards
bela

Re: website saver for linux?

[Daniel Dickinson]

On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:53:38 +0530
Sabarish Balagopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 08/31/08 11:02, Philip wrote:
> >> I'm looking for a tool which spiders a site, and downloads every
> >> page in the domain that it finds linked from a particular url and
> >> linked urls in the domain, creating a local site that can be
> >> manipulated offline as static html.
> >>
> >> Is there such a tool for linux (better still debian)?
> >
> > $ wget -m -k -L -np http://www.example.com
> >
> > I run this every week on a certain site that I want to archive the 
> > contents of.  The first time you run it, the whole site gets 
> > mirrored.  Each subsequent run, only new and modified pages are
> > fetched.
> >
> 
For interests sake you might also want to look at htttrack(sp?)

Regards,

Daniel
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Re: Debian on Dell Inspiron 640m

[Lubos Vrbka]

Sabarish Balagopal wrote:

1. Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Try,

http://kryptoz.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/install-ipw3945-intel-prowireless-3945abg-on-debian/ 



ipw3945 is depricated and you should be trying iwlwifi drivers. 
Hopefully you will find your luch. I have a d620 and I have made 
ipw3945ABG working on it, though now I have updated it to lenny.
isn't iwlwifi available only for testing/unstable? on my etch i can see 
only firmware-iwlwifi... the OP indicated he wanted to install etch...


best,

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Re: Debian on Dell Inspiron 640m

[Sabarish Balagopal]

Lubos Vrbka wrote:

Sabarish Balagopal wrote:

1. Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Try,

http://kryptoz.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/install-ipw3945-intel-prowireless-3945abg-on-debian/ 



ipw3945 is depricated and you should be trying iwlwifi drivers. 
Hopefully you will find your luch. I have a d620 and I have made 
ipw3945ABG working on it, though now I have updated it to lenny.
isn't iwlwifi available only for testing/unstable? on my etch i can 
see only firmware-iwlwifi... the OP indicated he wanted to install 
etch...


best,


Best bet would be "http://wiki.debian.org/StableProposedUpdates";.

"http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi"; says it is there only with kernel => 
2.6.23.


In any way its possible to use ipw3945ABG drivers to get it up on etch 
(http://kryptoz.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/install-ipw3945-intel-prowireless-3945abg-on-debian/)


cheers!
S


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Re: website saver for linux?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

Ron Johnson wrote:

On 08/31/08 11:02, Philip wrote:

I'm looking for a tool which spiders a site, and downloads every page in
 the domain that it finds linked from a particular url and linked urls
in the domain, creating a local site that can be manipulated offline as
static html.

Is there such a tool for linux (better still debian)?


$ wget -m -k -L -np http://www.example.com

I run this every week on a certain site that I want to archive the 
contents of.  The first time you run it, the whole site gets mirrored.  
Each subsequent run, only new and modified pages are fetched.




Good information. Thanks.

Hugo


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Re: [Fwd: Re: Debian Live Lenny Beta1]

[Michal Suchanek]

On 01/09/2008, Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  > On the R61 I could not get my wifi working.  The Fn-F8 key also did
>  > not work.  I did not test it fully.  Here is an some of the
>  > output of dmesg:
>
>  in order to use wifi, you need the necessary firmware (firmware-iwlwifi
>  in your case). this firmware is not free, and it's not in debian, it's
>  in non-free.

However, on a PC with an atl2 NIC you need a seperate package with the
atl2 modules installed. I did not use the official d-l CDs so I cannot
tell if it would boot on the PC but my d-l netboot did not.

Are such networking modules included in the d-l CDs?

Would including these packages suffice to netboot on a PC with a NIC
that requires such package or do I need a custom initramfs hook to
include the module?

Thanks

Michal


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Re: [Fwd: Re: Debian Live Lenny Beta1]

[Daniel Baumann]

Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Are such networking modules included in the d-l CDs?

nope.

for the prebuild images, different flavours (iso, usb-hdd, net) do not
differ regarding the package selection (and can be easily checked by
comparing the *.packages files).

> Would including these packages suffice to netboot on a PC with a NIC
> that requires such package or do I need a custom initramfs hook to
> include the module?

it's enough to include the packages; you don't need to do anything else
(initramfs-tools/live-initramfs will autodetect and automatically load
the correct module).

Regards,
Daniel

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Re: Oddity In stty

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, David L. Craig wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 17:35 -0400, David L. Craig wrote:
> > I can't figure this out.  Why does the first pipeline suceed but the second 
> > fails?
> > I'm running an up-to-date Sid.
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fold -w `stty -a | head -1 | awk 
> > '{print $7}' | tr -d ';'` < /dev/null
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /dev/null | fold -w `stty -a | head -1 | awk 
> > '{print $7}' | tr -d ';'`
> > stty: standard input: Invalid argument
> > fold: option requires an argument -- w
> > Try `fold --help' for more information.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 
> 
> Well, I figured out a way around it:  stty -a  Solaris behaves similarly.  I'm surprised this isn't
> documented behavior.

You can file a wishlist bug against coreutils, asking for the documentation
update...

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Re(2): making a subscript in text in SVG

[peasthope]

Chris,

cb> Does this work?:
f1

Essentially, yes, except that the attribute 
appears to be dy rather than baseline-shift.  
With the stroke specified on a bigger scope, 
the code simplifies.

f1

Thanks, ... Peter E.

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Question about Raid/Boot

[Tom Allison]

From what I recall reading the logs at startup if I put my boot system 
on a software raid 1 it appears to boot from disk #1 then mount the RAID 
and finish from there.


Am I correct so far?

The ultimate question is this:
If I have a disk failure on a boot/raid1 system (/dev/hda), can I simply 
replace that dead disk with a new one (empty, formated, partition, 
doesn't matter?) and it will magically boot from the available disk 
(/dev/hdb) and fix itself?  Or is there more to this?



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Sound driver configuration issue?

[Jeff Soules]

Hello,

I've done a fair amount of legwork to try to get recording working on
my Etch machine.  I'm using Alsa-based sound, and have successfully
set up my microphone and recording with a locally-compiled Audacity
(and even Windows programs like Ventrilo through Wine).  I am using an
ATI SB600 Azalia motherboard-integrated sound card.

However, I think I've got something set wrong in the mixer.  When I am
recording, anything playing in another program will get picked up by
the audio capture (e.g. playing a background track in Audacious while
trying to record a solo track through Audacity, the background track
will show up in the recording).  I can tell I'm not just picking up
speaker sounds on the microphone, since this happens even with the
speakers off.  I tried disabling one of the two "capture" devices in
alsamixer, but one of them has no effect and the other just kills all
recording, both internal sounds and microphone.

I suspect this is a stupid configuration issue that should be obvious,
but I can't seem to find it.  Has anyone had any problem like this,
and have you resolved it?  If so, how?

Best,
Jeff

p.s.
While I have the ears of any recording folks on this list, I've
noticed a problem in my Audacity in that if I record, then play back,
a track, when I next hit the record button, the program will just
hang.  Unfortunately I had to compile this audacity from source,
because Alsa support isn't present in the packaged versions of
Audacity.  I suppose I should try recompiling, but if anyone has any
other workarounds that they use to get Alsa-supported Audacity in Etch
(or has alternative recording programs) I'm all ears.


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the Peripheral Device Identity Problem; was Re(2): Copied ... assigns eth2 to only Ethernet adapter

[peasthope]

Roy, Clifford & others, 

This is not meant to offend anyone.  Certainly 
not to offend any system architect, software 
author, package maintainer or other contributor.  
Just for sake of discussion, interest and 
understanding.

At Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:19:00 +0100 Roy wrote,
"The only oddity is that it assigns the name "eth2" to the only Ethernet 
adapter, ..."

At Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:24:52 +0200 Clifford wrote,
"... network card has a different mac address to the previous 
machine (albeit virtual) ...
% cat /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules
   ... delete all ethx lines ..."
   
In "http://alsa.opensrc.org/MultipleCards#Multiple_devices"; we find,
"... stop naming Alsa devices using numbers, and use the real name of devices."

These are instances of the Peripheral 
Device Identity Problem.  With 
contemporary busses, the real identity 
of a device is available to software.  
Ambiguity can be avoided by using real 
identity rather than a traditional name 
such as card0 or eth2.  An Ethernet device 
has an Ethernet address which is available 
to udev. 
 
So Roy, you can take consolation in the 
likelihood that the problem will be solved 
in the not-too-distant future.

Regards,   ... Peter E.



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Re: LiloCan't Boot vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64

[Thomas H. George]

Andrei Popescu wrote:

On Sun,31.Aug.08, 15:12:14, Thomas H. George wrote:
   
[...]


  
The attached listing of initrd.img file sizes shows only a slight increase 
from kernel to kernel.


Tom



  

Script started on Sun 31 Aug 2008 11:20:06 AM EDT
Phoenix:/var/state# ls -l /boot/initrd.*
-rw--- 1 root root 7657200 2008-08-29 09:36 
[00m/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-amd64
-rw--- 1 root root 7804926 2008-08-29 09:36 
[00m/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64
-rw--- 1 root root 7872304 2008-08-29 09:37 
[00m/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64

Script done on Sun 31 Aug 2008 11:20:47 AM EDT



Yes, but the bug has been triggered by even smaller images. Did you try 
my suggestion with "MODULES=dep"?


Regards,
Andrei
  

Yes with the same result.   The new initrd.img is much smaller, 5067418.

This image was created with the command update-initramfs -c -k 
2.6.26-1-amd64.


I first tried the command mkinitrd -o initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64 
vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64 which failed with a message cp: cannot stat 
'(0x0007fff853fe000)' : No such file or directory.  I tried 
unsuccessfully to determine what was to be copied with strace.   Then, 
using the man pages I learned  update-initramfs  with -c will create a 
new initrd.img with the result given above.


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Re: Does anyone know where to find mod_auth_form

[Alan Chandler]

On Monday 01 Sep 2008, gary turner wrote:
> Alan Chandler wrote:
> > I quite like the idea of making my web site use the facilities
> > described for mod_auth_form (see apache2 manual).
> >
> > But I can't find where to get this module from.  There doesn't
> > appear to be a debian package.  Why?
>
> These appear to be (at least session module) in Apache 2.3.  Current
> Lenny version is 2.2.9-7
>
> Would that be the difference?
>
> cheers,
>
> gary

Strange - I thought I had found the information when I was reading the 
Apache2.2 docs installed locally.  But obviously I didn't. I must be 
going nuts.

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ssh and X display forwarding

[Alan Chandler]

My desktop at home runs KDE.

I ssh into my server, but when I get there the DISPLAY variable is not 
set up, meaning I can't run graphical programs.

On my desktop

/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc has the ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten TCP commented out
/etc/ssh/ssh_config specifies X11Forwarding as yes
/etc/ssh/sshd_config on the server also allows X11Forwarding

I have run xhost during start up, so the server is an allowed connector 
to my display.

What else to make it work - and how do I find out (ie which logs should 
I look at) why it isn't



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Re: Question about Raid/Boot

[Claudius Hubig]

Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From what I recall reading the logs at startup if I put my boot system 
>on a software raid 1 it appears to boot from disk #1 then mount the RAID 
>and finish from there.
>
>Am I correct so far?
>
>The ultimate question is this:
>If I have a disk failure on a boot/raid1 system (/dev/hda), can I simply 
>replace that dead disk with a new one (empty, formated, partition, 
>doesn't matter?) and it will magically boot from the available disk 
>(/dev/hdb) and fix itself?  Or is there more to this?

I got something very similiar to your setup and have to say - no, it
won't. You'll have to make your BIOS boot from the second disk (and
have to install grub in the MBR before) or use a rescue disk to boot
the system. Then, adjust the partitions on the new drive and add them
to your raid.

You can, however, configure your BIOS that it tries to boot from
every available hard disk and switches to your second disk when the
first one fails. Nonetheless, this disk needs a valid MBR as well.

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Re: ssh and X display forwarding

[Andrei Popescu]

On Mon,01.Sep.08, 17:45:51, Alan Chandler wrote:
> 
> My desktop at home runs KDE.
> 
> I ssh into my server, but when I get there the DISPLAY variable is not 
> set up, meaning I can't run graphical programs.
> 
> On my desktop
> 
> /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc has the ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten TCP commented out
> /etc/ssh/ssh_config specifies X11Forwarding as yes
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the server also allows X11Forwarding
> 
> I have run xhost during start up, so the server is an allowed connector 
> to my display.
> 
> What else to make it work - and how do I find out (ie which logs should 
> I look at) why it isn't
 
You shouldn't need to use xhost. Just ssh -X is enough for me.

Regards,
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Re: ssh and X display forwarding

[Jochen Schulz]

Alan Chandler:
> 
> I ssh into my server, but when I get there the DISPLAY variable is not 
> set up, meaning I can't run graphical programs.

What command line are you using?

$ ssh -Y server

should suffice.

> On my desktop
> 
> /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc has the ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten TCP commented out

Not necessary.

> /etc/ssh/ssh_config specifies X11Forwarding as yes
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the server also allows X11Forwarding

Good.

> I have run xhost during start up, so the server is an allowed connector 
> to my display.

Not necessary.

> What else to make it work - and how do I find out (ie which logs should 
> I look at) why it isn't

You can try ssh -v.

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Re: mail missing between exim and mutt

[Mark Copper]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 07:39:32PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Fri,29.Aug.08, 15:44:14, Mark Copper wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I would like to request help understanding how some email went missing.
> > 
> > exim's log shows the missing pieces going into maildir:
> >2008-08-26 18:23:08 1KY7sS-0003mR-Be => me  R=local_us er 
> > T=maildir_home
> > 
> > fetchmail should have retrieved the mail:
> >poll myserver proto imap 
> >user "me", with password "secret", is "me" here, ssl
> > 
> > The mail log shows emails being retrieved and flushed one by one:
> >Aug 28 00:17:38 algol fetchmail[2677]: reading message [EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED]:1
> >205 of 1231 (804 header octets) (853 body octets) flushed
> > 
> > Only I ended up missing a number of emails.
> > 
> > Where could the weak link be?
>  
> Maybe fetchmail? Try getmail (the config is very easy to write), it 
> would rather get the same mail twice than loose it.

That's my best guess, too, at this point.  Maybe I was begging for
trouble for a line hit by failing to include a reasonable fetchlimit
(which I have now attempted).

I did see additional recommendations for getmail as I searched around.
Yes, this is something I will do.

Thank you.

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passwords in my iceweasel

[mess-mate]

Hi,

i've changed from etch to lenny, so iceweasel become version 3.01.

I'd like import my passwords from iceweasel/etch to iceweasel/lenny.

Can't find a way to do it and copy .mozilla/etch to ./mozilla/lenny
isn't a solution.

A new .mozilla dir ha sto be created to that version as it must do.

Any help would be very appreciated.



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Re: creating IMAP Trash folder

[Mark Copper]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:00:42PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 08/30/08 22:53, Mark Copper wrote:
> >Ah, there it is.  From Philip Hazel on exim-users:
> >   The Trash folder on the file system begins with a period. ie,
> >   "Maildir/.Trash"
> 
> Ah, well, yes.  Creating folders in a canonical method (from within 
> your MUA, or using maildirmake(1), the leading dot would be created 
> for you.

Yes, that would have done it.  And like the hidden directory, I would
have found it had I known to look.  Can you recommend a good root for a
tree of Maildir documentation?

Thanks.

Mark


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Unable to xm console into a virtualized server with Xen and Etch

[Thomas]

Hi list,

I am having a hard time trying to get into the console of my domU.

My setup is as following:

dom0 uses Debian Etch with a custom made 2.6.21 kernel provided by my
webhosting company Ovh. I cannot make any changes to dom0.

My domU is installed using debootstrap and runs Etch on a
2.6.18-6-xen-amd64 kernel.

My domU boots successfully and I can "xm console" into it only during
boot and shutdown sequences, outside of these 2 timeframes, nothing
happens when I issue the "xm console" command. My domU is fully
functional, it's just the console that refuses to work as expected. I
can ssh into it though, but I would like to have a 100% functional
domU.

Has anyone experienced the same kind of problem with the same kind setup?

I have posted messages on the Xen mailing-list, but as people don't
use the same distros and the same kernel versions, their tips don't
always apply to me.


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Re: Unable to xm console into a virtualized server with Xen and Etch

[Steve Kemp]

On Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 20:40:10 +0200, Thomas wrote:

> Has anyone experienced the same kind of problem with the same kind setup?

  Most likely you have no getty running from /etc/inittab - so when
 you run "xm console" you get no response.

  If that is the case you can halt your machine, and run:

xm create  -c

  That should show you the console bootup, and basically the output
 will stop after all the services have stopped.

  To fix it update /etc/inittab appropriately, perhaps something
 like this:

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 console

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Re: ssh and X display forwarding

[Håkon Alstadheim]

Jochen Schulz wrote:

Alan Chandler:
  
I ssh into my server, but when I get there the DISPLAY variable is not 
set up, meaning I can't run graphical programs.



What command line are you using?

$ ssh -Y server

should suffice.

  

On my desktop

/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc has the ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten TCP commented out



Not necessary.

  

/etc/ssh/ssh_config specifies X11Forwarding as yes
/etc/ssh/sshd_config on the server also allows X11Forwarding



Good.

  
I have run xhost during start up, so the server is an allowed connector 
to my display.



Not necessary.
  
In fact the point of using ssh is to not have to open up your X-server 
other than to localhost. Check the setup of your ssh server. The ssh 
server needs to create a "virtual" X display on the box you ar ssh-ing 
into, and forward that through to your real display. Then the name of 
that virtual display (e.g. localhost:10.0) needs to be allowed into the 
environment on the box you are ssh-ing into. Check the manual 
sshd_config(5).



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Re: Unable to xm console into a virtualized server with Xen and Etch

[Thomas]

Hi Steve,

Now I have removed any extra='...' line in my domU config file.

I have tried the following inittab lines:

---
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 console
---
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
---
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 xvc0
---

The first two give me the same result: I can only "xm console" into
the domU when it is booting or shutting down.

With xvc0 in the inittab, the console never shows up and I get the
following error message after a few minutes:
---
INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel
---


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Re: Unable to xm console into a virtualized server with Xen and Etch

[Steve Kemp]

On Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:09:56 +0200, Thomas wrote:

> I have tried the following inittab lines:
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 console
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 xvc0
> ---
> 
> The first two give me the same result: I can only "xm console" into
> the domU when it is booting or shutting down.

  OK.

  I'd try tty0, or ttyS0, as a last attempt.  More than that I can't
 suggest anything useful.  I guess a bit of trial and error via
 running a getty command manually via ssh and observing the response
 would narrow it down.

> With xvc0 in the inittab, the console never shows up and I get the
> following error message after a few minutes:
> ---
> INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel

  I guess that just means you have no /dev/xvc0 - which means you're
 running an old-style Xen system.

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Re: Unable to xm console into a virtualized server with Xen and Etch

[Thomas]

> I guess a bit of trial and error via
>  running a getty command manually via ssh and observing the response
>  would narrow it down.
I tried through ssh:
---
sudo getty 38400 xvc0
sudo getty 38400 tty1
sudo getty 38400 console
---
And each time it yielded: nothing. What am I expected to see? A
console with login prompt?


>> With xvc0 in the inittab, the console never shows up and I get the
>> following error message after a few minutes:
>> ---
>> INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>> INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel
>
>  I guess that just means you have no /dev/xvc0 - which means you're
>  running an old-style Xen system.
You are right, I have no /dev/xvc0


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OT: SecurDisc Technology on DVD Drives

[KS]

Hi all,

This is a bit off-topic but I thought this might be a good place to ask.

I am looking to purchase an internal DVD writer (SATA) and have noticed
that some of these drives come with what they call SecurDisc technology.
Their website www.securdisc.net says that it "protects" your data from
unauthorized copying and even allows you to recover data from damaged discs.

What I understand from their website is that one needs Nero 7 or 8 for
that technology to work. I was wondering if (and how) their technology
can affect a Linux user. I rather not choose the drive with that feature
if it hinders anything in Linux. Does anyone know about this technology?

Thanks in advance,
KS.


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Re: Unable to xm console into a virtualized server with Xen and Etch

[Steve Kemp]

On Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 21:29:08 +0200, Thomas wrote:

> I tried through ssh:
> ---
> sudo getty 38400 xvc0
> sudo getty 38400 tty1
> sudo getty 38400 console
> ---
> And each time it yielded: nothing. What am I expected to see? A
> console with login prompt?

  Yes, if you ssh in to the system and get it right you should be
 able to see a login prompt appear.

  Since I seem to be not helping I will bow out now and suggest
 you ask the administrator of the dom0 what you should be doing..

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Re: passwords in my iceweasel

[Florian Kulzer]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 20:17:38 +0200, mess-mate wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i've changed from etch to lenny, so iceweasel become version 3.01.
> 
> I'd like import my passwords from iceweasel/etch to iceweasel/lenny.
> 
> Can't find a way to do it and copy .mozilla/etch to ./mozilla/lenny
> isn't a solution.
> 
> A new .mozilla dir ha sto be created to that version as it must do.
> 
> Any help would be very appreciated.

The passwords seem to be stored in

~/.mozilla/firefox/.default/signons2.txt

for iceweasel 2.*, and in signons3.txt in the same directory for
iceweasel 3.*. ("" is a random string that is different for each
profile as a security measure.) I use a master password, so the
sensitive data in these files is encrypted; I would assume - but I don't
know for sure - that the same filenames are used if you opt for
unencrypted storage.

When I upgraded to the new iceweasel version my old stored passwords
were taken over; as far as I can tell signons2.txt was simply copied to
signons3.txt. New website credentials have been added to signons3.txt
ever since, while the old file has remained unchanged. The format of the
two files appears to be identical. Based on these observations I would
guess that it might be possible to copy signons2.txt to signons3.txt
manually if the automatic upgrade process fails. If you already have an
existing signons3.txt in your profile directory then you should
definitely make a backup copy first, so that the file can be restored if
the experiment goes wrong.

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Re: ssh and X display forwarding

[Alan Chandler]

On Monday 01 Sep 2008, Håkon Alstadheim wrote:
> Jochen Schulz wrote:
> > Alan Chandler:
> >> I ssh into my server, but when I get there the DISPLAY variable is
> >> not set up, meaning I can't run graphical programs.
> >
> > What command line are you using?
> >
> > $ ssh -Y server
> >
> > should suffice.
> >
> >> On my desktop
> >>
> >> /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc has the ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten TCP
> >> commented out
> >
> > Not necessary.
> >
> >> /etc/ssh/ssh_config specifies X11Forwarding as yes
> >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the server also allows X11Forwarding
> >
> > Good.
> >
> >> I have run xhost during start up, so the server is an allowed
> >> connector to my display.
> >
> > Not necessary.
>
> In fact the point of using ssh is to not have to open up your
> X-server other than to localhost. Check the setup of your ssh server.
> The ssh server needs to create a "virtual" X display on the box you
> ar ssh-ing into, and forward that through to your real display. Then
> the name of that virtual display (e.g. localhost:10.0) needs to be
> allowed into the environment on the box you are ssh-ing into. Check
> the manual sshd_config(5).

Thanks that has helped me both understand something and to fix the 
problem.

According to aptitude, my x-base-client package on the server was in the 
c state (it think it got there in a muck up with the config some time 
ago).  As a result xauth was not installed.

Changed the state to i and xauth installs and now it all works. Thanks.



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Re: Exim4 SMTP direct send, blocked incoming port 25

[Alex Samad]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 10:06:26PM -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote:
> Is it possible to use exim4 to send mail if port 25 is blocked by the
> ISP (incoming)?  I can receive mail by using easyDNS and getting them
> to forward my mail to another port, but I'm not sure outgoing
> will work. 
> 
> I tried doing that a while back and I had issues, but there was
> also list trouble at the time, so I don't know if it was a
> misconfiguration, the blocked port, or external misconfiguration that
> was the problem.  Rather than mess around with my settings before
> having answers, I want to find some things out in advance this time.
> 
> Oh yes, I'm using dynamic DNS, and at that time I had and SPF TXT
> record on the name server.


should work if they are only blocking incoming 25, try it and find out !

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Daniel
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Re: Transplanting A Fresh Debian Etch to another Router

[Alex Samad]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 07:35:22AM +, Boer Kees wrote:
> 
> I am fairly new to linux. I managed to install Debian (etch) on my computer, 
> and when it all worked fine, installed one, for a friend of mine, from behind 
> my router.
> 
> All works fine, when he puts his machine behind my router. Install went 
> without a glitch.
> 
> 'offcourse', when he takes his machine home, to his router, it does not work.
> 
> I think, it needs some tweeking. But, since I am new to linux, I fail to 
> grasp WHAT exactly...
> 
> If only I could 'rerun' the autodetect-network-installer or something...
> 
> Any input would help... sorry if this is a totally newb question.. (shame 
> shame)
> I am trying to read the debian wiki, but you must imagine, that i should 
> explain this to my friend on the phone :*(

check the network settings, did you use static or dhcp ?

> 
> 
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Re: OT: SecurDisc Technology on DVD Drives

[Sven Joachim]

Disclaimer: my comments are based on 15 minutes of searching the web,
I'm not familiar with securdisc at all.

On 2008-09-01 21:29 +0200, KS wrote:

> I am looking to purchase an internal DVD writer (SATA) and have noticed
> that some of these drives come with what they call SecurDisc technology.
> Their website www.securdisc.net says that it "protects" your data from
> unauthorized copying and even allows you to recover data from damaged discs.

At least the latter isn't exactly new, there is free software that does
the same thing (dvdisaster).

> What I understand from their website is that one needs Nero 7 or 8 for
> that technology to work. I was wondering if (and how) their technology
> can affect a Linux user. I rather not choose the drive with that feature
> if it hinders anything in Linux. Does anyone know about this technology?

If you use the securdisc feature, the discs will not be readable under
non-Windows operating systems.  It is probably not dangerous to use such
a drive as long as you don't use Nero for burning your data.  But I
suppose that these drives will come with an OEM version of Nero (what is
their "extra value" without one?), and I'd rather choose not to pay a
single cent for useless proprietary customer-lock-in software.  That's
up to you, though.

Sven


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disks... (is it broken or is it something else?)

[michael]

On 14 Aug I reported (update at end!)

A couple of weeks ago, 'smart' sent me:

The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon:
Device: /dev/hdb, not capable of SMART self-check

and in /var/log/messages for that time I see (exc iptables info):

Jul 30 05:13:10 ratty kernel: hda: lost interrupt
Jul 30 05:14:10 ratty kernel: ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
Jul 30 05:14:10 ratty kernel: hda: lost interrupt
Jul 30 05:15:10 ratty kernel: ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
Jul 30 05:15:10 ratty kernel: hda: lost interrupt
Jul 30 05:15:10 ratty kernel: hdb: status error: status=0x00 { }
Jul 30 05:15:10 ratty kernel: ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
Jul 30 05:15:17 ratty kernel: hda: lost interrupt
{etc}

I also note that on 23 & on 25 Jul (ie a week earlier) the machine had
frozen over night so I had to do a hard reboot (pull the kettle lead
out)

I didn't reboot on 30 Jul but did earlier tonight and the machine failed
to boot - /dev/hdb not being 'found' by the BIOS (I think). I rebooted
went into BIOS & all disks were present so continued to reboot but just
now got another SMART warning (same as above "Device: /dev/hdb, not
capable of SMART self-check") and if I try and cd/ls a partition on the
device it just hangs.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/hdb
smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce
Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: [No Information Found]
Serial Number:[No Information Found]
Firmware Version: [No Information Found]
Device is:Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   1
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:Thu Aug 14 19:49:28 2008 BST
SMART is only available in ATA Version 3 Revision 3 or greater.
We will try to proceed in spite of this.
SMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 82-83 don't show
if SMART supported.
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more
'-T permissive' options.

and I'm not sure what that means.

I'll welcome advice on whether it's the HDD about to die or whether the
interrupt/timed out messages indicate something else?

This is on box with
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a
Linux ratty.x.ac.uk 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Tue Jun 17 21:31:27 UTC 2008
i686 GNU/Linux

UPDATE: I've, as suggested, put this disk into another machine and so
far (about 5 hrs) 'smart' hasn't reported any errors and I have
successfully done 'ls -R' and 'find . -type f' on the (only) partition a
few times...

So my question is whether the hard drive is actually okay? And if so why
was I getting numerous errors before??

All help at solving this most welcome!

Michael


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some progress Re: mail missing between exim and mutt

[Mark Copper]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 01:07:45PM -0500, Mark Copper wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 07:39:32PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Fri,29.Aug.08, 15:44:14, Mark Copper wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I would like to request help understanding how some email went missing.
> > > 
> > > exim's log shows the missing pieces going into maildir:
> > >2008-08-26 18:23:08 1KY7sS-0003mR-Be => me  R=local_us er 
> > > T=maildir_home
> > > 
> > > fetchmail should have retrieved the mail:
> > >poll myserver proto imap 
> > >user "me", with password "secret", is "me" here, ssl
> > > 
> > > The mail log shows emails being retrieved and flushed one by one:
> > >Aug 28 00:17:38 algol fetchmail[2677]: reading message [EMAIL 
> > > PROTECTED]:1
> > >205 of 1231 (804 header octets) (853 body octets) flushed
> > > 
> > > Only I ended up missing a number of emails.
> > > 
> > > Where could the weak link be?
> >  
> > Maybe fetchmail? Try getmail (the config is very easy to write), it 
> > would rather get the same mail twice than loose it.

Here is a partial history of one of hundreds of lost emails:

Part of the header of the lost email:

Received: from localhost
([127.0.0.1] helo=algol.milkyway ident=fetchmail)
by algol.milkyway with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian))
id 1KYZoW-00013U-00
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:12:56 -0500
Received: from .com []
by algol.milkyway with IMAP (fetchmail-6.3.6)
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (single-drop); Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:12:56 -0500 
(CDT)

so fetchmail has handed the mail to exim, right?

But I never received it:

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  pipe delivery process timed out

(this is from the body of a frozen bounce--my ISP blocked it as a
"relay")


So can anyone say what might be going on here?  Why would a delivery
process time out on the local machine?  Or better, how to avoid this?
Upgrade Exim?  Avoid Exim?  Clean up the mail spool?  Anything?

Thanks.

Mark


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Re: OT: SecurDisc Technology on DVD Drives

[KS]

Sven Joachim wrote:
> 
> If you use the securdisc feature, the discs will not be readable under
> non-Windows operating systems.  It is probably not dangerous to use such
> a drive as long as you don't use Nero for burning your data.  But I
> suppose that these drives will come with an OEM version of Nero (what is
> their "extra value" without one?), and I'd rather choose not to pay a
> single cent for useless proprietary customer-lock-in software.  That's
> up to you, though.
> 
> Sven
> 
> 

I have bought DVD burners earlier and they did come with one of those
"free software CDs". They were tossed out and I have never used them
because 1)no software for Linux, and 2) I already have the software I
need in my Debian installation.

>From their website it looks like it doesn't matter on Linux as the
functionality does not work on Linux.


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Re: Debian Live Lenny Beta1

[Martin Smith]

Johann Spies wrote:

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 03:31:23AM +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote:

Hello List,

Daniel Baumann wrote:

Daniel Baumann wrote:

Nevertheless, we do need your help to find more bugs and improve the
live systems, so please try them out.

particulary interesting would be to get reports from people with
Intel-based Apple hardware (both notebooks and desktops).


Do you want feedback on these lists?  I have tried the bugreport
system, but that seems to work with packages. How do I submit
bugreports on the debian-live-cd?

I have tried the amd64-version on a Lenovo R61 as well as on my
Macbook.  Maybe I should try the i386 on the Macbook because it did
not boot properly and I could not use the keyboard.


Just tried the i386 on my intel mini, no dice, keyboard not functioning
but, in startup disc in system preferences it is shown as foreign os and
allows booting, it gets to the splash screen no problem, if you could
get the keyboard to work it would probably go fine.
I have testing running fine in virtualbox.




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Dns bind9 not foward

[Enrico Farabollini]

I'm trying to install a Dns with bind9, whenever you do:
dig www.microsoft.com returns:

deb-dns:~# dig www.microsoft.com

; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>> www.microsoft.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 7936
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.microsoft.com. IN  A

;; Query time: 284 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.4#53(192.168.1.4)
;; WHEN: Tue Sep  2 00:13:31 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 35


instead doing

deb-dns:~# dig microsoft.com

; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>> microsoft.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44813
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 5

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;microsoft.com. IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
microsoft.com.  2600IN  A   207.46.197.32
microsoft.com.  2600IN  A   207.46.232.182

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
microsoft.com.  163137  IN  NS  ns3.msft.net.
microsoft.com.  163137  IN  NS  ns1.msft.net.
microsoft.com.  163137  IN  NS  ns5.msft.net.
microsoft.com.  163137  IN  NS  ns4.msft.net.
microsoft.com.  163137  IN  NS  ns2.msft.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.msft.net.   146875  IN  A   207.68.160.190
ns2.msft.net.   146875  IN  A   65.54.240.126
ns3.msft.net.   146875  IN  A   213.199.161.77
ns4.msft.net.   146875  IN  A   207.46.66.126
ns5.msft.net.   146875  IN  A   65.55.238.126

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.4#53(192.168.1.4)
;; WHEN: Tue Sep  2 00:18:14 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 241


the only thing set when the server for the foward to external dns

options {
   directory "/var/cache/bind";

   // If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
   // to talk to, you may need to fix the firewall to allow multiple
   // ports to talk.  See http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113

   // If your ISP provided one or more IP addresses for stable
   // nameservers, you probably want to use them as forwarders. 
   // Uncomment the following block, and insert the addresses replacing

   // the all-0's placeholder.

   forward first;
   forwarders {
   208.67.222.222;
   208.67.220.220;
};


   auth-nxdomain no;# conform to RFC1035
   listen-on-v6 { any; };
};


Best regards

ps
I attach the configuration files
$ttl 38400
168.192.in-addr.arpa.   IN  SOA deb-dns. enrico\.farabollini.libero.it. 
(
1220306568
10800
3600
604800
38400 )
168.192.in-addr.arpa.   IN  NS  deb-dns.
4.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.   IN  PTR deb-dns.
;
; BIND reverse data file for broadcast zone
;
$TTL604800
@   IN  SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
  1 ; Serial
 604800 ; Refresh
  86400 ; Retry
2419200 ; Expire
 604800 )   ; Negative Cache TTL
;
@   IN  NS  localhost.
;
; BIND reverse data file for local loopback interface
;
$TTL604800
@   IN  SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
  1 ; Serial
 604800 ; Refresh
  86400 ; Retry
2419200 ; Expire
 604800 )   ; Negative Cache TTL
;
@   IN  NS  localhost.
1.0.0   IN  PTR localhost.
;
; BIND reverse data file for broadcast zone
;
$TTL604800
@   IN  SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
  1 ; Serial
 604800 ; Refresh
  86400 ; Retry
2419200 ; Expire
 604800 )   ; Negative Cache TTL
;
@   IN  NS  localhost.
; BIND reverse data file for empty rfc1918 zone
;
; DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - it is used for multiple zones.
; Instead, copy it, edit named.conf, and use that copy.
;
$TTL86400
@   IN  SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
  1 ; Serial
 604800 ; Refresh
  86400 ; Retry
2419200 ; Expire
  86400 )   ; Negative Cache TTL
;
@   IN  NS  localhost.
;
; BIND data file for local loopback interface
;
$TTL604800
@   IN  SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
  2 ; Serial
 604800 ; Refresh
  86400 ; Retry
2419200 

Re: [Fwd: Re: Debian Live Lenny Beta1]

[Daniel Baumann]

Martin Smith wrote:
> Just tried the i386 on my intel mini, no dice, keyboard not functioning
> but, in startup disc in system preferences it is shown as foreign os and
> allows booting, it gets to the splash screen no problem, if you could
> get the keyboard to work it would probably go fine.

thank you for testing the images also on a mini mac (up to now, we had
reports from macbooks only).

however, it appears to be the same issue as with the macbooks, that
syslinux doesn't work on them. this is already reported, both in the
debian bts for the syslinux package, as well as to the upstream authors.

as written in some other message, i have no access to an intel based
mac, so can't do anything. let's hope upstream or someone else can fix it.

Regards,
Daniel

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possible solution Re: mail missing between exim and mutt

[Mark Copper]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 04:08:25PM -0500, Mark Copper wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 01:07:45PM -0500, Mark Copper wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 07:39:32PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > > On Fri,29.Aug.08, 15:44:14, Mark Copper wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I would like to request help understanding how some email went missing.
> > > > 
> > > > exim's log shows the missing pieces going into maildir:
> > > >2008-08-26 18:23:08 1KY7sS-0003mR-Be => me  R=local_us er 
> > > > T=maildir_home
> > > > 
> > > > fetchmail should have retrieved the mail:
> > > >poll myserver proto imap 
> > > >user "me", with password "secret", is "me" here, ssl
> > > > 
> > > > The mail log shows emails being retrieved and flushed one by one:
> > > >Aug 28 00:17:38 algol fetchmail[2677]: reading message [EMAIL 
> > > > PROTECTED]:1
> > > >205 of 1231 (804 header octets) (853 body octets) flushed
> > > > 
> > > > Only I ended up missing a number of emails.
> > > > 
> > > > Where could the weak link be?
> > >  

Here's my theory: having fetched 1200 emails, the system sent each
through spamassassin. Then suddenly the nameservers stop responding.
(Would an ISP do this intentionally?  I *know* the network was up since
we were using VOIP at the same time.)  So each message is held back until
the SA network requests time out.  After this happens an undetermined
number of times, the backlog becomes so long that exim starts timing
messages out and attempts to bounce them (only my correspondents never 
knew because my ISP blocked those messages, too).

On this theory, I've installed a local DNS server as advised by SA under
"FasterPerformance" and I've throttled back the rate at which fetchmail
will feed emails into the queue with "set daemon" and fetchlimit.

But that's still just not right is it?  A couple thousand email backlog
to a home computer, 80-90% spam, channeled through a spam filter,
should be common enough that default settings on basic packages should
provide a sufficiently robust system...

Mark


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Re: [Fwd: Re: Debian Live Lenny Beta1]

[Jerome BENOIT]

Hello,

note that the keyboard issue is a generic issue for (only first ?) Intel Mac 
computer:
some informations can be grabbed on refit site.
A simple workaround would be to continue after a small lapse of time.

Jerome

Daniel Baumann wrote:

Martin Smith wrote:

Just tried the i386 on my intel mini, no dice, keyboard not functioning
but, in startup disc in system preferences it is shown as foreign os and
allows booting, it gets to the splash screen no problem, if you could
get the keyboard to work it would probably go fine.


thank you for testing the images also on a mini mac (up to now, we had
reports from macbooks only).

however, it appears to be the same issue as with the macbooks, that
syslinux doesn't work on them. this is already reported, both in the
debian bts for the syslinux package, as well as to the upstream authors.

as written in some other message, i have no access to an intel based
mac, so can't do anything. let's hope upstream or someone else can fix it.

Regards,
Daniel



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