Re: apt, aptitude: By default purge config of removed packages ?

2009-09-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,24.Sep.09, 02:47:22, Michael wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm not on this list -- please cc.

Ok

> I always wondered about the masses of packages with 'c' flag (config 
> files left) in my package database. I'm mostly using aptitude for 
> updates and maintenance, so this is on behalf of the way aptitude 
> calls apt.

Not really:

,[ /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00local ]
| // Aptitude should purge autoremoved packages
| Aptitude::Purge-Unused true;
`

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Car / Bike Maintenance Software

2009-09-28 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi there,

  I am looking for a software for logging my bikes maintenance. I found two:

Car Companion:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/car-companion

Versatile Maintenance Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmt

  But they both seems very old. Is anyone using something else ?

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mod_rewrite in apache

2009-09-28 Thread Jesus arteche
Hello,

i'm using squirrelmail for webmail  service, but in the web navigator
appears http://webmail.mydomain.es/src/login.php, id like that just appear
http://webmail.mydomain.es in all navigation, i mean, if squirrelmail
changes again the web address, for example,
http://webmail.mydomain.es/src/webmail.php i'd like that just appear
http://mydomian.es/. I read that it can be done by the mod_rewrite from
apache, but...I dont think that it'd be what im searching for...or maybe i
dont understand how to do it. Someone can help me?

Thanks


Re: mod_rewrite in apache

2009-09-28 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina

09/28/2009 01:36 PM, Jesus arteche::

I read that it can be done by the mod_rewrite from
apache, but...I dont think that it'd be what im searching for...or maybe
i dont understand how to do it. Someone can help me?


Yes, post to the right mailing list:
http://httpd.apache.org/lists.html

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Downgrade libxi6 -- HowTo? (Bug 515734)

2009-09-28 Thread Klistvud
Greetings, fellow Debianites!

I've recently installed Debian 5.0.3 on my other machine and am 
experiencing bug 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515734 
(keymaps messed up in X).

Now, the suggestion is to downgrade the libxi6 library. I have several 
"noob" questions about that:

1. How do you go about "downgrading" a package in Debian -- especially 
if it's a fresh system that's never been "upgraded" in the first place?
2. Won't the Debian maintainers fix the issue in a future official 
update 
anyway? Wouldn't "downgrading" the package on my own accord potentially 
interfere with such official update?
3. How come there still hasn't been such an update? The bug is marked 
as "grave" and it probably wouldn't be hard for the maintainer(s) to 
force the reccommended downgrade of the libxi6 library in a regular 
update?

Forgive my noobness, but I still haven't quite grasped the Debian 
procedures and mechanisms. But I'm doing a lot of reading, so I hope 
I'll catch up in time. I already know how to open a terminal and type 
"ls".

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Building a 2.6.30 kernel that does NOT require initrd

2009-09-28 Thread Andrew Perrin

Greetings-

Using a .config file based on past kernels that have worked fine (posted 
at http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/stuff/config), I am trying to compile 
kernel 2.6.30 for an amd64 machine and NOT using initrd. The essentials I 
know of - sata, ext3, e1000e - are built into the kernel, so I don't think 
it should need an initrd, but I'm consistently getting:


kernel panic: no init found. Unable to mount root fs on 
unknown-block(0,0).



Any advice welcome.
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Setting CPU fan seed

2009-09-28 Thread Hashimoto
Hi,

My processor is so warm yet. Sometimes it get 75C :(

hashim...@debian-lap:~$ sensors
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:  +61.0°C
Core0 Temp:  +55.0°C
Core1 Temp:  +63.0°C
Core1 Temp:  +63.0°C

How could I set/change the CPU fan speed?


Also, I tried some commands like this but apparently it's not working
properly:

hashim...@debian-lap:~$ acpitool -t
  Thermal info   : 



Thanks!

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fully open source ECM suite? yup.

2009-09-28 Thread Robert P. J. Day

http://candyandaspirin.blogspot.com/2009/09/next-adventure-in-ecm-begins.html

  DISCLAIMER:  i know the lady in question, but don't let that scare
you off. :-)  remember, it's all about the open source.

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Re: Building a 2.6.30 kernel that does NOT require initrd

2009-09-28 Thread Justin Piszcz



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Andrew Perrin wrote:


Greetings-

Using a .config file based on past kernels that have worked fine (posted at 
http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/stuff/config), I am trying to compile kernel 
2.6.30 for an amd64 machine and NOT using initrd. The essentials I know of - 
sata, ext3, e1000e - are built into the kernel, so I don't think it should 
need an initrd, but I'm consistently getting:


kernel panic: no init found. Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0).


Any advice welcome.
Thanks.

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Hi,

What does lshw show?
What does lspci show?

You need to make sure you have SATA support installed for your chipset.

I never use initrd myself either.

Justin.


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remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Frank Bonnet

Hello

I have installed a package called ldap-account-manager
taht I am unable de uninstall ...

d# dpkg -r ldap-account-manager
dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ldap-account-manager


the reinstallation fails too

any way to remove by hand this package ?

Thanks


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Re: remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Justin Piszcz



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Frank Bonnet wrote:


Hello

I have installed a package called ldap-account-manager
taht I am unable de uninstall ...

d# dpkg -r ldap-account-manager
dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
ldap-account-manager


the reinstallation fails too

any way to remove by hand this package ?

Thanks


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What state is it in?
dpkg -l | grep ldap-account-manager

man dpkg

There are a number of --force options.
Can you install it with dpkg -i (the deb) and then remove it afterwards?

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Re: remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Niu Kun

Frank Bonnet 写道:

Hello

I have installed a package called ldap-account-manager
taht I am unable de uninstall ...

d# dpkg -r ldap-account-manager
dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ldap-account-manager


the reinstallation fails too

any way to remove by hand this package ?

Thanks



Why not try "apt-get purge ldapp-account-manager"?


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fixed "durep" utility??

2009-09-28 Thread Robert P. J. Day

  i just now ran into this:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=482061

is there a fixed version of that?  "aptitude update" shows nothing,
and that seems like a fairly major error, given that it prevents the
program from working at all.

or i could just patch it as above and carry on.

rday

p.s.  i've got sources.list configured to use only lenny, so it's
possible that there's a fixed version in testing.

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Re: remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Frank Bonnet

Niu Kun wrote:

Frank Bonnet 写道:

Hello

I have installed a package called ldap-account-manager
taht I am unable de uninstall ...

d# dpkg -r ldap-account-manager
dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ldap-account-manager


the reinstallation fails too

any way to remove by hand this package ?

Thanks



Why not try "apt-get purge ldapp-account-manager"?




None of the "force/purge" dpkg options had worked
I've tried before posting ... believe me !


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Re: Setting CPU fan seed

2009-09-28 Thread Pedro Insua
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 08:59:21AM -0300, Hashimoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My processor is so warm yet. Sometimes it get 75C :(
> 
> hashim...@debian-lap:~$ sensors
> k8temp-pci-00c3
> Adapter: PCI adapter
> Core0 Temp:  +61.0°C
> Core0 Temp:  +55.0°C
> Core1 Temp:  +63.0°C
> Core1 Temp:  +63.0°C
> 
> How could I set/change the CPU fan speed?
> 

  apt-cache show cpufreqd
  apt-cache show cpufrequtils


> 
> Also, I tried some commands like this but apparently it's not working
> properly:
> 
> hashim...@debian-lap:~$ acpitool -t
>   Thermal info   : 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -
> Rod

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Re: remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Frank Bonnet

Justin Piszcz wrote:



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Frank Bonnet wrote:


Hello

I have installed a package called ldap-account-manager
taht I am unable de uninstall ...

d# dpkg -r ldap-account-manager
dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
ldap-account-manager


the reinstallation fails too

any way to remove by hand this package ?

Thanks


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What state is it in?
dpkg -l | grep ldap-account-manager



ldap:/usr/local/openldap/var# dpkg -l | grep ldap-account
pH  ldap-account-manager   2.7.0-1 
webfrontend for managing accounts in an LDAP






man dpkg


read all
none of the forcing options worked



There are a number of --force options.
Can you install it with dpkg -i (the deb) and then remove it afterwards?




it fails too



Justin.





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Re: remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Justin Piszcz



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Frank Bonnet wrote:


Justin Piszcz wrote:



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Frank Bonnet wrote:


Hello

I have installed a package called ldap-account-manager
taht I am unable de uninstall ...

d# dpkg -r ldap-account-manager
dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
ldap-account-manager


the reinstallation fails too

any way to remove by hand this package ?

Thanks


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What state is it in?
dpkg -l | grep ldap-account-manager



ldap:/usr/local/openldap/var# dpkg -l | grep ldap-account
pH  ldap-account-manager   2.7.0-1 webfrontend for managing 
accounts in an LDAP






man dpkg


read all
none of the forcing options worked



There are a number of --force options.
Can you install it with dpkg -i (the deb) and then remove it afterwards?




it fails too



Justin.






What does the following say:

apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes remove ldap-account-manager

Justin.


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Re: remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Frank Bonnet

Justin Piszcz wrote:



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Frank Bonnet wrote:


Justin Piszcz wrote:



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Frank Bonnet wrote:


Hello

I have installed a package called ldap-account-manager
taht I am unable de uninstall ...

d# dpkg -r ldap-account-manager
dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
ldap-account-manager


the reinstallation fails too

any way to remove by hand this package ?

Thanks


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What state is it in?
dpkg -l | grep ldap-account-manager



ldap:/usr/local/openldap/var# dpkg -l | grep ldap-account
pH  ldap-account-manager   2.7.0-1 webfrontend for 
managing accounts in an LDAP






man dpkg


read all
none of the forcing options worked



There are a number of --force options.
Can you install it with dpkg -i (the deb) and then remove it afterwards?




it fails too



Justin.






What does the following say:



# apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes remove ldap-account-manager 

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Starting
Starting 2
Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ldap-account-manager
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 13.0MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 36967 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ldap-account-manager ...
dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ldap-account-manager
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes remove ldap-account-manager

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Re: apt, aptitude: By default purge config of removed packages ?

2009-09-28 Thread Michael

I'm not on this list -- please cc.

Andrei:

 ,[ /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00local ]
 | // Aptitude should purge autoremoved packages
 | Aptitude::Purge-Unused true;
 `

Many thanks !! 

Still i wonder, why is this not installation default ... ?


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Re: remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Osamu Aoki

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 03:33:05PM +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have installed a package called ldap-account-manager
> taht I am unable de uninstall ...
>
> d# dpkg -r ldap-account-manager
> dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
>  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  ldap-account-manager
>
> the reinstallation fails too
>
> any way to remove by hand this package ?

* use of force option comes as first possibility.
* editting prerm/postrm scripts are another possibilities.

Read:
 
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_recovery_from_a_broken_system
 
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_fixing_broken_package_script

Please remember, use of dpkg with --force-all either for install or
remove may yield broken system.

PS: This could be due to package bug.


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Re: apt, aptitude: By default purge config of removed packages ?

2009-09-28 Thread Michael
On the other hand, this is a continuous upgraded system at least since woody, 
no fresh install.
Maybe that's why there was no 00local file at all until now. 
And the line you told me is nowhere in the other files, too.

So i created the file, the folder lists now:

/ r: ls -1 /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
00local
00trustcdrom
01autoremove
70debconf
99-localepurge

Still, at some point in the past, after the apt.conf.d scheme was established, 
some upgrade of the atpitude package could have created that rule, no ? At 
least as option via debconf question.


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Re: fixed "durep" utility??

2009-09-28 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 09:47:22AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   i just now ran into this:
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=482061
> 
> is there a fixed version of that?  "aptitude update" shows nothing,
> and that seems like a fairly major error, given that it prevents the
> program from working at all.
> 
> or i could just patch it as above and carry on.
> 
> rday
> 
> p.s.  i've got sources.list configured to use only lenny, so it's
> possible that there's a fixed version in testing.

So far none in testing nor unstable.

That is not good enough reason not to click:
 http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/durep.html

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Re: remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Steve Kemp
On Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 16:16:58 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote:

> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> (Reading database ... 36967 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing ldap-account-manager ...
> dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
>  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 10

  So the post-removal script returned with a bad exit code.

  Edit the script: /var/lib/dpkg/info/ldap-account-manager.postrm
 to change it to read:

   #!/bin/sh
   exit 0
   ... previous content here ...

  That will almost certainly let you remove it - though it might be
 more useful to read the script and understand what it does, and
 which part is failing.  Then you can report a bug..

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Re: remove package by hand ?

2009-09-28 Thread Teemu Likonen
On 2009-09-28 16:16 (+0200), Frank Bonnet wrote:

> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Starting
> Starting 2
> Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   ldap-account-manager
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 13.0MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> (Reading database ... 36967 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing ldap-account-manager ...
> dpkg: error processing ldap-account-manager (--remove):
>  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 10
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  ldap-account-manager
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

It seems that script /var/lib/dpkg/info/ldap-account-manager.postrm is
failing and prevents fully removing the package. You could try to edit
the script and see if you can make it handle the error condition better.
One simple solution is to add "exit 0" as the very first command. Then
the script won't fail as it doesn't do anything at all.

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[OT] Debian + Virtualization > Sharing Experiences

2009-09-28 Thread Leandro Quibem Magnabosco

Hello,

Maybe this isn't OffTopic, but I added [OT] tag just in case.

I am in charge of installing 5 VMs - Linux[2] + FreeBSD + Windows + PFSense.
I figured it would be better to have ESXi installed, but the server 
machine is not compatible with it.
That said, I am searching for the best way to implement this without 
using ESXi.


I am not really experienced when it comes to virtualization, so I know I 
could learn a lot from your advices.


What would YOU do?

Obviously, I will run Debian "under the hood", but what would you run on 
top of it to support 5 VMs?


Thank you for your time.
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Re: [OT] Debian + Virtualization > Sharing Experiences

2009-09-28 Thread Niu Kun

Leandro Quibem Magnabosco 写道:

Hello,

Maybe this isn't OffTopic, but I added [OT] tag just in case.

I am in charge of installing 5 VMs - Linux[2] + FreeBSD + Windows + 
PFSense.
I figured it would be better to have ESXi installed, but the server 
machine is not compatible with it.
That said, I am searching for the best way to implement this without 
using ESXi.


I am not really experienced when it comes to virtualization, so I know 
I could learn a lot from your advices.


What would YOU do?

Obviously, I will run Debian "under the hood", but what would you run 
on top of it to support 5 VMs?


Thank you for your time.
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VirtualBox may be one of your choice. It's totally free. And I'm using it.
Win and Freebsd both work for me.
Just pay attention the network card configuration to meet your requirement.
But if you want it for commercial use, I don't know if it's stable enough.


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Re: John the Ripper

2009-09-28 Thread Mike McClain
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 09:53:54AM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 22:45, Mike McClain  wrote:
> > Admittedly the password is non-trivial being 13 characters, mixed
> > upper and lower case, numbers and punctuation
> 
> With a password like that, I don't think there is much chance
> of it finishing in your lifetime (unless you upgrade to a quantum
> processor at some point).
> 
> Kelly Clowers

Thanks, Kelly.
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Re: [OT] Debian + Virtualization > Sharing Experiences

2009-09-28 Thread Michael Zoet

> Hello,
>
> Maybe this isn't OffTopic, but I added [OT] tag just in case.
>
> I am in charge of installing 5 VMs - Linux[2] + FreeBSD + Windows +
> PFSense.
> I figured it would be better to have ESXi installed, but the server
> machine is not compatible with it.
> That said, I am searching for the best way to implement this without
> using ESXi.
>
> I am not really experienced when it comes to virtualization, so I know I
> could learn a lot from your advices.
>
> What would YOU do?
>
> Obviously, I will run Debian "under the hood", but what would you run on
> top of it to support 5 VMs?
>

You can achieve your goals with a lot of virtualisation technologies. On
questions like this you will get several answers from different people
that they are fully satisfied with their solutions. (Xen, KVM, Virtualbox
and and and)

For myself I use Xen, KVM and VMWare Server. All three have disadvantages
but they work great for me and my servers. For me Xen is the most reliable
and feature rich technology but the Linux kernel folks do not like the
code. KVM might be the shooting star in the Linux Kernel world, but I
think it is a bit new and misses some feature Xen already has. VMWare
Server has a higher demand on hardware but easier to setup. (But has an
awfully bad JAVA Webapp for administration (IMHO) ).


Michael






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Re^4: configuring xserver [Solved]

2009-09-28 Thread peasthope
Paul,

Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:19:04 -0600
> Many people reading this know a lot more about 
> X11 than I do, and some will jump on what I say ...

At present, your tutorial appears to be the 
best information available.

> But here's an attempt ...

Thanks!... Peter E.

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Re: lenny 503 amd64 w/ Intel DP55WB NIC not detected

2009-09-28 Thread VR

VR wrote:

This (Intel DP55WB) onboard network card is not being detected during 
installation.

Intel's Windows driver download page lists this NIC in the same download 
as the DX38BT. I've been using a DX38BT without issue for about a year.


Is it likely the DP55WB NIC is different?

Or does anyone have a suggestion to help discover the card?




Would it be accurate to submit this as an installer bug report?


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Re: Building a 2.6.30 kernel that does NOT require initrd

2009-09-28 Thread Andrew Perrin



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Andrew Perrin wrote:


Greetings-

Using a .config file based on past kernels that have worked fine (posted at 
http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/stuff/config), I am trying to compile kernel 
2.6.30 for an amd64 machine and NOT using initrd. The essentials I know of 
- sata, ext3, e1000e - are built into the kernel, so I don't think it 
should need an initrd, but I'm consistently getting:


kernel panic: no init found. Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0).


Any advice welcome.
Thanks.

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Hi,

What does lshw show?


che
description: Desktop Computer
product: 7479UN3
vendor: LENOVO
version: ThinkCentre M58p
serial: MJ06338
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 vsyscall64 vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=desktop 
keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled 
uuid=80D5D21B-DB3C-DE11-8292-E49C88417984
  *-core
   description: Motherboard
   product: LENOVO
   vendor: LENOVO
   physical id: 0
   version: NONE
   serial: NONE
   slot: INSIDE
 *-firmware
  description: BIOS
  vendor: LENOVO
  physical id: 0
  version: 5CKT46AUS (03/20/2009)
  size: 125KiB
  capacity: 4032KiB
  capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot edd acpi usb 
ls120boot smartbattery biosbootspecification
 *-cpu
  description: CPU
  product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400  @ 3.00GHz
  vendor: Intel Corp.
  physical id: 4
  bus info: c...@0
  version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400  @ 3.00GHz
  slot: LGA 775
  size: 2GHz
  capacity: 3600MHz
  width: 64 bits
  clock: 333MHz
  capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 
apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht 
tm pbe syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 
monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm 
tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority cpufreq
*-cache:0
 description: L1 cache
 physical id: 5
 slot: L1 Cache
 size: 16KiB
 capacity: 256KiB
 capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
 description: L2 cache
 physical id: 6
 slot: L2 Cache
 size: 6MiB
 capacity: 12MiB
 capabilities: burst internal write-back
 *-memory
  description: System Memory
  physical id: 1e
  slot: System board or motherboard
  size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)
 product: 
 vendor: Unknown
 physical id: 0
 serial: 
 slot: J6G1
 size: 2GiB
 width: 40960 bits
 clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns)
*-bank:1
 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns) [empty]
 product: 012345678901234567890123456789012345
 vendor: 48spaces
 physical id: 1
 serial: 01234567
 slot: J6G2
 clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns)
*-bank:2
 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns) [empty]
 product: 012345678901234567890123456789012345
 vendor: 48spaces
 physical id: 2
 serial: 01234567
 slot: J6H1
 clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns)
*-bank:3
 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns) [empty]
 product: 012345678901234567890123456789012345
 vendor: 48spaces
 physical id: 3
 serial: 01234567
 slot: J6H2
 clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns)
 *-pci
  description: Host bridge
  product: 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
  vendor: Intel Corporation
  physical id: 100
  bus info: p...@:00:00.0
  version: 03
  width: 32 bits
  clock: 33MHz
  configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
  resources: irq:0
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
 description: VGA compatible controller
 product: 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
 vendor: Intel Corporation
 physical id: 2
 bus info: p...@:00:02.0
   

Re: Building a 2.6.30 kernel that does NOT require initrd

2009-09-28 Thread Justin Piszcz



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Andrew Perrin wrote:




On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Andrew Perrin wrote:


Greetings-

Using a .config file based on past kernels that have worked fine (posted 
at http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/stuff/config), I am trying to compile 
kernel 2.6.30 for an amd64 machine and NOT using initrd. The essentials I 
know of - sata, ext3, e1000e - are built into the kernel, so I don't think 
it should need an initrd, but I'm consistently getting:


kernel panic: no init found. Unable to mount root fs on 
unknown-block(0,0).



Any advice welcome.
Thanks.

--
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http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu

Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA



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Hi,

What does lshw show?


Ok,


product: 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller


CONFIG_ATA=y
# CONFIG_ATA_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_ATA_ACPI=y
CONFIG_SATA_PMP=y
CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y
# CONFIG_SATA_SIL24 is not set
CONFIG_ATA_SFF=y
# CONFIG_SATA_SVW is not set
CONFIG_ATA_PIIX=y

Your configuration appears to contain the necessary drivers.

Did you install your kernel correctly?
Are you using grub1? grub2?
There was some discussion on this e-mail list recently about some grub2 issues.

Please also post your grub.conf & show ls -lR of /boot.

You can see my old page here:

http://installkernel.tripod.com/ik/index.html

cd /usr/src/linux ; make dep ; make clean ; make bzImage ; make modules ; make 
modules_install ; mv /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.4.17 
; mv /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.17 ; ln -sf 
/boot/System.map-2.4.17 /boot/System.map ; vi /etc/lilo.conf || vi 
/boot/grub/grub.conf

Is this what you followed (or similar)?

Justin.


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Lenny. Boxed numbers instead of characters.

2009-09-28 Thread Mark Goldshtein
Hello, list!

Would you, please, help me to fix something in Lenny, that cause
improper displaying of non-English characters? As you may see in the
attachments, there is a big difference in characters on Ubuntu 9.04
screen and on Lenny's screen.

'locale' output is exactly the same in both systems:

$ locale

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_ALL=


How to bring Lenny to the same correct result as shown by Ubuntu?

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Car / Bike Maintenance Software

2009-09-28 Thread Mark
Maybe this is just me showing my ghetto side, but I took the Haynes manual
and my car's owners manual for scheduled maintenance and made a spreadsheet
that I print on 11x17 paper to log date and miles at time of maintenance.  I
know every spring and fall it's maintenance time, so I don't have a need for
a reminder function but if I did I'd just add an event to my calendar that
repeats every 6 months.

As a bonus, the stains on the paper log from various automotive chemicals
are like badges of honor.  :)

Mark

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <
mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
>  I am looking for a software for logging my bikes maintenance. I found two:
>
> Car Companion:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/car-companion
>
> Versatile Maintenance Tracker
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmt
>
>  But they both seems very old. Is anyone using something else ?
>
> Thanks,
> --
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Re: lenny 503 amd64 w/ Intel DP55WB NIC not detected

2009-09-28 Thread Justin Piszcz



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, VR wrote:


VR wrote:
This (Intel DP55WB) onboard network card is not being detected during 
installation.


Intel's Windows driver download page lists this NIC in the same download as 
the DX38BT. I've been using a DX38BT without issue for about a year.


Is it likely the DP55WB NIC is different?

Or does anyone have a suggestion to help discover the card?




Would it be accurate to submit this as an installer bug report?


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The P55WB NIC may have only been recently added to a new kernel, I have 
just ordered a P55KG recently and was also looking at this.  It looks like
the best way to go now is to take my existing system w/ latest 
kernel and run a restore to the host via USB key.


P55 Chipset: "Support for the Intel 82578DC Gigabit Network Connection"

I need to look into this more myself.

Justin.


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Re: Lenny. Boxed numbers instead of characters.

2009-09-28 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI

On Seg, 28 Set 2009, Mark Goldshtein wrote:

Hello, list!

Would you, please, help me to fix something in Lenny, that cause
improper displaying of non-English characters? As you may see in the
attachments, there is a big difference in characters on Ubuntu 9.04
screen and on Lenny's screen.

'locale' output is exactly the same in both systems:


It's not a problem with the locales. You simply do not have japanese  
fonts in your Debian box.


'aptitude search ttf' or 'aptitude search font' give a lot of font  
packages. Look for one with the characters you need.




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Re: Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650

2009-09-28 Thread Dominik Smatana
Kelly Clowers wrote:
> I don't really know what to do, but have you tried the vesa driver?

I'm not sure what do you mean. What's vesa driver?

> How about switching which dvi port you are using?

I've tried to switch ports... still the same problem :(



Quick recap of my problem:

Linux 2.6.30.6-dsa-ia32 i686 Debian
X.Org X Server 1.6.3.901 (1.6.4 RC 1)

my ATI Radeon x1650 have 2x DVI-I (Dual link),
my LCD monitor LG L1752S got an "old" 15-pin D-SUB VGA connector
so I have to use convertor...

I'm getting following error when trying to start X:

"...
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
..."

I can send full Xorg.0.log if needed...

I was checking wiki.x.org as well:

http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQErrorMessages#head-83b2f9b8c18db15e641ed9e0be8f9a8364001e5b

but I wasn't able to solve this problem anyway.

Any ideas please?

Thanks a lot.

Regards
Dominik Smatana




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Re: Lenny. Boxed numbers instead of characters.

2009-09-28 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
 wrote:
> On Seg, 28 Set 2009, Mark Goldshtein wrote:
>>
>> Hello, list!
>>
>> Would you, please, help me to fix something in Lenny, that cause
>> improper displaying of non-English characters? As you may see in the
>> attachments, there is a big difference in characters on Ubuntu 9.04
>> screen and on Lenny's screen.
>>
>> 'locale' output is exactly the same in both systems:
>
> It's not a problem with the locales. You simply do not have japanese fonts
> in your Debian box.
>
> 'aptitude search ttf' or 'aptitude search font' give a lot of font packages.
> Look for one with the characters you need.

Maybe there is a sort of 'universal' font does exist? A font which
cover most of characters?

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Re: Building a 2.6.30 kernel that does NOT require initrd

2009-09-28 Thread Andrew Perrin

Thanks for your continued interest. Answers below.

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Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Justin Piszcz wrote:


product: 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller


CONFIG_ATA=y
# CONFIG_ATA_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_ATA_ACPI=y
CONFIG_SATA_PMP=y
CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y
# CONFIG_SATA_SIL24 is not set
CONFIG_ATA_SFF=y
# CONFIG_SATA_SVW is not set
CONFIG_ATA_PIIX=y

Your configuration appears to contain the necessary drivers.

Did you install your kernel correctly?


Well, I think I did - I did it the same way I've been doing it for years:

cd /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.30

make-kpkg clean ; make-kpkg --revision che10.1 linux-image ; make-kpkg 
--revision che10.1 modules-image


cd ..

dpkg -i ./linux-image-2.6.30_che10.1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i ./openafs-modules-2.6.30_1.4.11+dfsg-2+che10.1_amd64.deb

reboot


Are you using grub1? grub2?


grub2, but the same behavior seemed to happen with grub1 I think.

There was some discussion on this e-mail list recently about some grub2 
issues.


Please also post your grub.conf & show ls -lR of /boot.



grub.cfg is at http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/stuff/grub.cfg

che:/boot# ls -lR

.:
total 23256
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   48256 2009-09-25 10:19 config-2.6.30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   98241 2009-08-15 14:17 config-2.6.30-1-amd64
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root4096 2009-09-25 10:38 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7746880 2009-09-23 14:18 initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7720403 2009-09-23 13:16 initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1566985 2009-09-25 10:20 System.map-2.6.30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507018 2009-08-15 14:17 System.map-2.6.30-1-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2845152 2009-09-25 10:20 vmlinuz-2.6.30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2223360 2009-08-15 14:16 vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64

./grub:
total 2860
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root8224 2009-09-25 09:21 915resolution.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   10508 2009-09-25 09:21 acpi.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4596 2009-09-25 09:21 affs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root5056 2009-09-25 09:21 afs_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4832 2009-09-25 09:21 afs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1048 2009-09-25 09:21 aout.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root7868 2009-09-25 09:21 ata.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2256 2009-09-25 09:21 ata_pthru.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2228 2009-09-25 09:21 at_keyboard.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4948 2009-09-25 09:21 befs_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4724 2009-09-25 09:21 befs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4172 2009-09-25 09:21 biosdisk.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2440 2009-09-25 09:21 bitmap.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2024 2009-09-25 09:21 blocklist.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2009-09-25 09:21 boot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2568 2009-09-25 09:21 boot.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   19296 2009-09-25 09:21 bsd.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1960 2009-09-25 09:21 bufio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1952 2009-09-25 09:21 cat.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2009-09-25 09:21 cdboot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2332 2009-09-25 09:21 chain.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2128 2009-09-25 09:21 cmp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1558 2009-09-25 09:21 command.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1812 2009-09-25 09:21 configfile.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   25012 2009-09-25 09:21 core.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2788 2009-09-25 09:21 cpio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1572 2009-09-25 09:21 cpuid.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1740 2009-09-25 09:21 crc.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1820 2009-09-25 09:21 datehook.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2272 2009-09-25 09:21 date.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1241 2009-09-25 09:21 datetime.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  15 2009-09-23 13:46 device.map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2009-09-25 09:21 diskboot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1844 2009-09-25 09:21 dm_nv.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root5524 2009-09-25 09:21 drivemap.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1924 2009-09-25 09:21 echo.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root6428 2009-09-25 09:21 efiemu32.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   10995 2009-09-25 09:21 efiemu64.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   24912 2009-09-25 09:21 efiemu.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4388 2009-09-25 09:21 elf.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root5460 2009-09-25 09:21 ext2.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root3828 2009-09-25 09:21 extcmd.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root5728 2009-09-25 09:21 fat.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root7208 2009-09-25 09:21 font.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2196 2009-09-25 09:21 fs_file.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2764 2009-09-25 09:21 fshelp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 121 2009-09-25 09:21 fs.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2132 2009-09-25 09:21 fs_uuid.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root8536 2009-09-25 09:21 gfxterm.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root3728 2009-09-25 09:21 gptsync.mo

xorg still locking up for me on testing

2009-09-28 Thread Frank
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I had high hopes this morning when xorg-xserver-video-intel got updated
but no such luck. Since then my machine has locked up tight (alt-sysreq tight)
about 5 times.
I suspected for a while it was Firefox that was the culprit, but lately it's 
been
locking up in chromium-browser, even in Sylpheed my mail program.
It's getting so bad I can't get anything done.
Does anyone know whether there's a work around ? Perhaps downgrading X ?


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Re: Building a 2.6.30 kernel that does NOT require initrd

2009-09-28 Thread Justin Piszcz

Hi,

I have not used grub2, however- I will ask others on the list--

If you are compiling (most) everything into the image itself, you probably 
don't need the insmod line below and I am not sure you want the search

line either.

menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30 (recovery mode)" {
  insmod ext2 <- Remove
  set root=(hd0,1)
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 19ee8fc7-d4b5-4ea3-86d9-eba7bf3b857e
  linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda1 ro single 
}


Please try the following instead:

menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30" {
  set root=(hd0,1)
  linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda1 ro
}

Also make note when the text is scrolling by, does it show your devices
(hdds/partitions, etc)?

Justin.

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Andrew Perrin wrote:


Thanks for your continued interest. Answers below.

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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Justin Piszcz wrote:


product: 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller


CONFIG_ATA=y
# CONFIG_ATA_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_ATA_ACPI=y
CONFIG_SATA_PMP=y
CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y
# CONFIG_SATA_SIL24 is not set
CONFIG_ATA_SFF=y
# CONFIG_SATA_SVW is not set
CONFIG_ATA_PIIX=y

Your configuration appears to contain the necessary drivers.

Did you install your kernel correctly?


Well, I think I did - I did it the same way I've been doing it for years:

cd /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.30

make-kpkg clean ; make-kpkg --revision che10.1 linux-image ; make-kpkg 
--revision che10.1 modules-image


cd ..

dpkg -i ./linux-image-2.6.30_che10.1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i ./openafs-modules-2.6.30_1.4.11+dfsg-2+che10.1_amd64.deb

reboot


Are you using grub1? grub2?


grub2, but the same behavior seemed to happen with grub1 I think.

There was some discussion on this e-mail list recently about some grub2 
issues.


Please also post your grub.conf & show ls -lR of /boot.



grub.cfg is at http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/stuff/grub.cfg

che:/boot# ls -lR

.:
total 23256
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   48256 2009-09-25 10:19 config-2.6.30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   98241 2009-08-15 14:17 config-2.6.30-1-amd64
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root4096 2009-09-25 10:38 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7746880 2009-09-23 14:18 initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7720403 2009-09-23 13:16 initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1566985 2009-09-25 10:20 System.map-2.6.30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507018 2009-08-15 14:17 System.map-2.6.30-1-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2845152 2009-09-25 10:20 vmlinuz-2.6.30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2223360 2009-08-15 14:16 vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64

./grub:
total 2860
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root8224 2009-09-25 09:21 915resolution.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   10508 2009-09-25 09:21 acpi.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4596 2009-09-25 09:21 affs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root5056 2009-09-25 09:21 afs_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4832 2009-09-25 09:21 afs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1048 2009-09-25 09:21 aout.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root7868 2009-09-25 09:21 ata.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2256 2009-09-25 09:21 ata_pthru.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2228 2009-09-25 09:21 at_keyboard.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4948 2009-09-25 09:21 befs_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4724 2009-09-25 09:21 befs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root4172 2009-09-25 09:21 biosdisk.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2440 2009-09-25 09:21 bitmap.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2024 2009-09-25 09:21 blocklist.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2009-09-25 09:21 boot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2568 2009-09-25 09:21 boot.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   19296 2009-09-25 09:21 bsd.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1960 2009-09-25 09:21 bufio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1952 2009-09-25 09:21 cat.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2009-09-25 09:21 cdboot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2332 2009-09-25 09:21 chain.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2128 2009-09-25 09:21 cmp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1558 2009-09-25 09:21 command.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1812 2009-09-25 09:21 configfile.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   25012 2009-09-25 09:21 core.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2788 2009-09-25 09:21 cpio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1572 2009-09-25 09:21 cpuid.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1740 2009-09-25 09:21 crc.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1820 2009-09-25 09:21 datehook.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root2272 2009-09-25 09:21 date.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1241 2009-09-25 09:21 datetime.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  15 2009-09-23 13:46 device.map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2009-09-25 09:21 diskboot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1844 2009-09-25 09:21 dm_nv.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root5524 2009-09-25 09:21 drivemap.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root1924 2009-09-25 09:21 echo.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root6428 2009-09-25 09:2

Re: Linux debian lenny 64bit installing ORACLE 64 11g

2009-09-28 Thread Michał Bożek
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:46:34 +0500
Daniel Suleyman  wrote:

> but noü i have interesting error, as i understood oracle use own
> shiped java regardles of the system java maybe this is be problem?

Sorry for a delayed answer - I had some network problems in the
meantime.

Oracle has its own built-in virtual machine, but as far as I
know it does not use it during installation - its only used by the DBMS
later on for some internal operations and execution of Java stored
procedures.

> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError ...

This seems very similar to the one described here:
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=1830497

Could you please try to check if any of the solutions proposed
in this thread helps?

Did you verify that the packages downloaded correctly?
Checksums should be available at the Oracle download site.

> *here is my env*

I just did a quick search, and Tim Hall provides a nice
installation tutorial specifically for 11g2:
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/OracleDB11gR2InstallationOnEnterpriseLinux5.php

What is interesting to note is that the exception you get is
most often associated with missing paths on the Java classpath, what
seems to be confirmed by your environment setup... Could you please try
to set up the CLASSPATH variable as advised by Tim? And if that fails
work the newer tutorial step by step?

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Re: lenny 503 amd64 w/ Intel DP55WB NIC not detected

2009-09-28 Thread Justin Piszcz



On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Justin Piszcz wrote:




On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, VR wrote:


VR wrote:
This (Intel DP55WB) onboard network card is not being detected during 
installation.


Intel's Windows driver download page lists this NIC in the same download 
as the DX38BT. I've been using a DX38BT without issue for about a year.


Is it likely the DP55WB NIC is different?

Or does anyone have a suggestion to help discover the card?




Would it be accurate to submit this as an installer bug report?


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The P55WB NIC may have only been recently added to a new kernel, I have just 
ordered a P55KG recently and was also looking at this.  It looks like
the best way to go now is to take my existing system w/ latest kernel and run 
a restore to the host via USB key.


P55 Chipset: "Support for the Intel 82578DC Gigabit Network Connection"

I need to look into this more myself.

Justin.


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http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2009/6/2/5855413


From June:

[net-next PATCH 5/7] e1000e: add support for 82577/82578 GbE LOM parts

So the Debian installer/etc needs a newer kernel or pop in a PCI/-(e) nic 
for the install, upgrade the kernel from there then flip back to on-board 
nic.


Justin.


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Re: linux debian lenny 64bit installing ORACLE 64 errors

2009-09-28 Thread Michał Bożek
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:07:02 +0500
Daniel Suleyman  wrote:

> oracle@:/home/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.1/db1/bin$ ./relink all >
> test cp: cannot stat `/DISCARD/': No such file or directory

I haven't got a 10.2 install at hand at the moment - does any
of the *.mk files reference the /DISCARD/ directory? Executing

cd $ORACLE_BASE
for FILE in `find -name *mk*`; do grep DISCARD $FILE; done

should give you a list of such makefiles. If any of them does, please

> /usr/bin/ld: i386 architecture of input file
> `/home/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.1/db1/sysman/lib/snmccolm.o' is
> incompatible with i386:x86-64 output

This set of errors is more worrying - looks like you're trying
to link 32 and 64 bit binaries. It seems, that at least part of the
package is 32 bit. It's guaranteed to conflict with a 64 bit system.

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Wayward Console Messages

2009-09-28 Thread David Baron
For the last few weeks (after some upgrade on Sid), I get the syslogd messages 
(i.e. stopped packets by firewall) also in kde konsole or yakuake windows 
(virtual consoles) as well as in "real" ones. This happens in both kde3 and 
kde4 so is not a kde4 upgrade issue.

Changing /proc/sys/kernel/printk to suppress/reduce these messages has NO 
effect at all.

Bug? Which package? Workaround?


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Re: apt, aptitude: By default purge config of removed packages ?

2009-09-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,28.Sep.09, 16:31:20, Michael wrote:
> On the other hand, this is a continuous upgraded system at least since woody, 
> no fresh install.
> Maybe that's why there was no 00local file at all until now. 

No, this file was created by me, to hold my own additions to the config.

> And the line you told me is nowhere in the other files, too.
> 
> So i created the file, the folder lists now:
> 
> / r: ls -1 /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
> 00local
> 00trustcdrom
> 01autoremove
> 70debconf
> 99-localepurge
> 
> Still, at some point in the past, after the apt.conf.d scheme was 
> established, some upgrade of the atpitude package could have created 
> that rule, no ? At least as option via debconf question.

No, the default is to only remove not purge packages (as you already 
noticed) and this is unlikely to change.

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Re: Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650

2009-09-28 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:56, Dominik Smatana  wrote:
> Kelly Clowers wrote:
>> I don't really know what to do, but have you tried the vesa driver?
>
> I'm not sure what do you mean. What's vesa driver?

A generic driver that is unaccelerated, and limited in resolution, etc.
(Vesa is the Video Electronics Standards Association, they have
created many standards, including one that defines a basic
graphical mode of operation that all video cards implement)

In xorg.conf section "Device", put:
Driver  "vesa"
and comment out any other Driver line.

>> How about switching which dvi port you are using?
>
> I've tried to switch ports... still the same problem :(
>
>
>
> Quick recap of my problem:
>
> Linux 2.6.30.6-dsa-ia32 i686 Debian
> X.Org X Server 1.6.3.901 (1.6.4 RC 1)
>
> my ATI Radeon x1650 have 2x DVI-I (Dual link),
> my LCD monitor LG L1752S got an "old" 15-pin D-SUB VGA connector
> so I have to use convertor...
>
> I'm getting following error when trying to start X:
>
> "...
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found

Wait, you are getting an EE now? That wasn't in the first log you sent.

Please post your full xorg.conf, and log with EE error.


Cheers,
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Re: Wayward Console Messages

2009-09-28 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:05, David Baron  wrote:
> For the last few weeks (after some upgrade on Sid), I get the syslogd messages
> (i.e. stopped packets by firewall) also in kde konsole or yakuake windows
> (virtual consoles) as well as in "real" ones. This happens in both kde3 and
> kde4 so is not a kde4 upgrade issue.
>
> Changing /proc/sys/kernel/printk to suppress/reduce these messages has NO
> effect at all.
>
> Bug? Which package? Workaround?

I had this problem with shorewall. I ended up telling rsyslog to send those
messages to another file, and made a logrotate rule for it.


Cheers,
Kelly Clowers


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Re: Lenny. Boxed numbers instead of characters.

2009-09-28 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:59, Mark Goldshtein
 wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
>  wrote:
>> On Seg, 28 Set 2009, Mark Goldshtein wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello, list!
>>>
>>> Would you, please, help me to fix something in Lenny, that cause
>>> improper displaying of non-English characters? As you may see in the
>>> attachments, there is a big difference in characters on Ubuntu 9.04
>>> screen and on Lenny's screen.
>>>
>>> 'locale' output is exactly the same in both systems:
>>
>> It's not a problem with the locales. You simply do not have japanese fonts
>> in your Debian box.
>>
>> 'aptitude search ttf' or 'aptitude search font' give a lot of font packages.
>> Look for one with the characters you need.
>
> Maybe there is a sort of 'universal' font does exist? A font which
> cover most of characters?

Well, unifont has "a glyph for each visible Unicode 5.1 Plane 0 character"
It isn't great, but it is better than boxes.


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Re: xorg still locking up for me on testing

2009-09-28 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:05, Frank  wrote:
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>
>
> I had high hopes this morning when xorg-xserver-video-intel got updated
> but no such luck. Since then my machine has locked up tight (alt-sysreq tight)
> about 5 times.
> I suspected for a while it was Firefox that was the culprit, but lately it's 
> been
> locking up in chromium-browser, even in Sylpheed my mail program.
> It's getting so bad I can't get anything done.
> Does anyone know whether there's a work around ? Perhaps downgrading X ?

Are you on Sid?


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Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Wayne Topa :
> 
>  I mentioned I was running Squeeze.   I was not asking for help.  I was 
>  relaying my attempts to get it to do what it says it can do. A CLI -> X
>  clipboard APP that works is what I wanted.  After reading all the docs 
>  supplied, as well as Googleing for other methods, I am left still wanting.

Forgive me if I've misunderstood your need, but I suggest this; CLI
perl script you can use in either X or CLI, wraps your paste in html
and datestamps it, concatenates to an existing web page:

   
#!/usr/bin/perl
#
#  ~/devl/perl/things.pl  replaces ~/sh/things.sh; datestamps,
# separates, and pretty-prints entries.
#
#  13Apr2002   s. keeling   0001   replace things.sh
#  10Oct2004   s. keeling   0002   writes html
#  12Jun2005   s. keeling   0003   reformatting, < >
#   1Jul2005   s. keeling   0004   move to ~/dox
# ---
#

use strict;
use warnings;

my $outfile = qq($ENV{HOME}/dox/things_to_remember.html);
my $now;
chomp( $now = qx(date) );

open( THINGS, ">> $outfile" ) ||
  die qq($0: could not open $outfile for append: $!);

print THINGS q( ) . $now . q() . "\n";
print THINGS q(  ) . "\n";

while(  ) {
s/\/>/g;
print THINGS;
}

print THINGS q(  ) . "\n\n";
close( THINGS );


__END__
   


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Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-28 Thread Wayne Topa

s. keeling wrote:

Wayne Topa :
 I mentioned I was running Squeeze.   I was not asking for help.  I was 
 relaying my attempts to get it to do what it says it can do. A CLI -> X
 clipboard APP that works is what I wanted.  After reading all the docs 
 supplied, as well as Googleing for other methods, I am left still wanting.


Forgive me if I've misunderstood your need, but I suggest this; CLI
perl script you can use in either X or CLI, wraps your paste in html
and datestamps it, concatenates to an existing web page:



Thanks!  I'll give this a try.


Wayne


   
#!/usr/bin/perl
#
#  ~/devl/perl/things.pl  replaces ~/sh/things.sh; datestamps,
# separates, and pretty-prints entries.
#
#  13Apr2002   s. keeling   0001   replace things.sh
#  10Oct2004   s. keeling   0002   writes html
#  12Jun2005   s. keeling   0003   reformatting, < >
#   1Jul2005   s. keeling   0004   move to ~/dox
# ---
#

use strict;
use warnings;

my $outfile = qq($ENV{HOME}/dox/things_to_remember.html);
my $now;
chomp( $now = qx(date) );

open( THINGS, ">> $outfile" ) ||
  die qq($0: could not open $outfile for append: $!);

print THINGS q( ) . $now . q() . "\n";
print THINGS q(  ) . "\n";

while(  ) {
s/\/>/g;
print THINGS;
}

print THINGS q(  ) . "\n\n";
close( THINGS );


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Re: xorg still locking up for me on testing

2009-09-28 Thread Frank
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:52:29 -0700
Kelly Clowers  wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:05, Frank  wrote:
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> > I had high hopes this morning when xorg-xserver-video-intel got updated
> > but no such luck. Since then my machine has locked up tight (alt-sysreq
> > tight) about 5 times.
> > I suspected for a while it was Firefox that was the culprit, but lately
> > it's been locking up in chromium-browser, even in Sylpheed my mail program.
> > It's getting so bad I can't get anything done.
> > Does anyone know whether there's a work around ? Perhaps downgrading X ?
> 
> Are you on Sid?


  Uhhh..like the subject says "testing" :)



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Re: How do you install flash player?

2009-09-28 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I was wondering if someone could explain how to install flash player
> on debian? Thank you.

I did "aptitude install gnash mozilla-plugin-gnash" way back then.


Stefan


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Re: Clone a bootable USB key

2009-09-28 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Indeed this is working. ( Test it with 2 identical USB-keys)
> But I think this is not a solution because the target usb is not the same
> size and make.

It will work as long as the destination is as large or larger than
the source.
If the new key is larger, the added space will stay unused after the
cloning, but you can recover it either by creating a new partition in
this empty space, or by resizing the last partition.


Stefan


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Re: USB Install will temporarily freeze

2009-09-28 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I have debian installed onto a 4gb usb stick (my laptops HD crashed
> and i'm using this as a temporary solution till i get it fixed). All
> works great.  The only issue is that periodically, the whole system
> will freeze for 1-3 seconds and then come back. It doesn't matter if
> I'm just doing some CLI stuff or using opera for web browsing. Happens
> sporadically and seemingly at random.

> What/where would I need to look on my system to possibly diagnose this
> issue?

It's a problem with the flash key (most/all flash keys suffer from this
problem).  It is also seen in many SSDs (it's a phenomenon referred to
as "stutter").  There's not much you can do about it, IIUC.


Stefan


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dhclient DHCPREQUEST loop

2009-09-28 Thread Jerome BENOIT

Hello List,

on my Lenny box, the message 


dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to n.n.n.n port 67

is printed continuously on the syslog file.

Using tcpdump, it appears that dhclient sends something,
but apparently gets no feed back.

I guess that something is wrong with my dhclient, but
so far I can not figure out what: any idea ?

Thanks in advance,
Jerome

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Re: USB Install will temporarily freeze

2009-09-28 Thread Rick Thomas


On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:42 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:


I have debian installed onto a 4gb usb stick (my laptops HD crashed
and i'm using this as a temporary solution till i get it fixed). All
works great.  The only issue is that periodically, the whole system
will freeze for 1-3 seconds and then come back. It doesn't matter if
I'm just doing some CLI stuff or using opera for web browsing.  
Happens

sporadically and seemingly at random.


What/where would I need to look on my system to possibly diagnose  
this

issue?


It's a problem with the flash key (most/all flash keys suffer from  
this

problem).  It is also seen in many SSDs (it's a phenomenon referred to
as "stutter").  There's not much you can do about it, IIUC.


   Stefan


The problem is essentially  (it's actually a bit more complicated, but  
essentially)  that the flash RAM fills up with un-erased pages and has  
to be garbage-collected.  Because the flash controller doesn't know  
the details of the host's file system, it uses a naive brute-force  
garbage collection algorithm.  Hence "stutter".


There's a protocol standards revision in the works, called TRIM, that  
will allow the host to tell the flash what parts of the file system   
can be erased and what it needs to keep.  This will allow smarter  
garbage collecting, which can  happen in the background.


Flash SSDs with the TRIM feature are planned to be available in  
2010.   It may take a while after that for Linux to be able to use it  
effectively.


I don't know what (or even "if") the time-frame will be for getting  
TRIM into USB sticks.


Rick

Reference:  http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631
"Understanding and Choosing the Best SSD"



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problem with downloadhelper

2009-09-28 Thread Long Wind
I use etch
I use Iceweasel to browse image files in my home directory
I install downloadhelper today
I find directory listing (image browsing) in Iceweasel become very slow
What's the problem?
Thanks!


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(solved)Re: problem with downloadhelper

2009-09-28 Thread Long Wind
I disable the downloadhelper
and restart Iceweasel
directory listing in Iceweasel become normal

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Long Wind  wrote:
> I use etch
> I use Iceweasel to browse image files in my home directory
> I install downloadhelper today
> I find directory listing (image browsing) in Iceweasel become very slow
> What's the problem?
> Thanks!
>


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gnome - all windows dont move and cant change size or max or min windows

2009-09-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
hi,

I am running sid and I decided to try using gnome instead of kde. I did 
update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
and picked gnome (there were two auto and manual mode). I tried both and I 
tried them with multiple window-managers including kwin and xfce and others.

The weird thing is that the windows dont move. They only have one decoration in 
the right upper corner, and no max or min buttons. Moreover I could not move 
the darn windows,
i tried grabbing them with control left button, meta left button and start left 
button.

every window was stuck and i could only open new windows which covered the 
windows already there.

very very odd

any ideas. 

i moved to icewm, but what is wrong with my gnome installation?

mitchell


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sid upgrade: could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl

2009-09-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
hi,

I am doing a sid upgrade and I got this message

E: Internal error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl.

Any ideas on how to procede... :)

Mitchell


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Re: sid upgrade: could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl

2009-09-28 Thread Kelly Harding
2009/9/29 Mitchell Laks :
> hi,
>
> I am doing a sid upgrade and I got this message
>
> E: Internal error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl.
>
> Any ideas on how to procede... :)
>

I just got this too. Not sure what cause/solution is.

Kelly


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Re: sid upgrade: could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl

2009-09-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-09-29 08:33 +0200, Mitchell Laks wrote:

> I am doing a sid upgrade and I got this message
>
> E: Internal error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl.

This has just been reported as bug #548848¹.

> Any ideas on how to procede... :)

In my amd64 sid chroot, I installed cupt and ran "cupt safe-upgrade"
which worked fine.  Probably you can also use dpkg directly to install
the packages: 

# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*perl*5.10.1-3*.deb

Sven


¹ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548848


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