apt-pinning gnucash 1.8.2-1 in testing errors
Hi,
I am running Testing and have managed to install the above package using
apt pinning:
apt-get -t unstable install gnucash
This worked with no errors. When I tried to run it from the menu,
nothing happened, so I tried from the commandline to see if there was
any output and I get:
ERROR: Could not find slib/require.scm in ("/usr/share/guile"
"/usr/share/gnucash/guile-modules" "/usr/share/gnucash/scm" ""
"/usr/share/guile/site" "/usr/share/guile/1.6" "/usr/share/guile" ".")
I have tried to use the same command on various guile packages and slib
but it says the most current version is installed, would anyone be able
to help please.
Thanks in advance.
Wayne.
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fdformat?
Hello, I'm trying to excute fdformat. No matter what I enter I get the following error message: floppy drive state now=13142098 last interrupt=13142098 last called handler=c0182f4c timeout_message=floppy starts: 881369470 f80369470 090369470 ""' """ last results at 13101664 last redo_fd_request at 13101664 status=10 fdc_busy=1 DEVICE_INTR=c0181f50 fd_timer.function=c0181ebf cont=c0227970 CURRENT= command_status=-1 floppy: floppy timeout called ioctl(FDFMTTRK) I/O error ___ end of error message the command I entered was: fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 I should point out that I'm using REDHAT. The system I'm going to is Debian. I'm trying to copy some files off of my old system. TIA. Wayne-
Attention: Steve Hunger
Hi, I like to apologize to the rest of the group for this noise! I recentlly purchase your book "Debian DNU/Linux" Bible and had asummed that the publisher had a "talk to the author" section on thier web site. When I enter the web page, "www. hungryminds.com", I recieved the following web page, "Directory Listing Denied - This virtual directory does not allow contents to be listed". Could you please tell me how to ask question on your book? Thanks. Wayne
A mouse Q..
Hi, To install Debian , for the first time, I used the CD from the book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" When I assign my mouse protocol PS/2 and selected the /dev/psaux with Emulate3Button my systems hangs. I have to reboot. If I use Microsoft and /dev/ttyS01 it works. When I boot my system, I see that my port PS/2 is recognize. Does anyone have an idea why I cn't use PS/2? Thanks. Wayne
Gnome - How to install?
Hi again, When I installed Debian from the CD I got with the book I purchase, I selected to install all the GNOME stuff on the CD. When I "startx" I get WMAKER. I would like to have GNOME start. The book doesn't explain how to change this. Could some kind soul point me to some documentation? Wayne.
Re: Gnome - How to install?
Hi. First let me make an apology to Nick for clicking my send button to soon. Well, I don't have an .xinitrc file. So I looked at the man page for "startx". Apparently I'm using the file (xinitrc) in /etc/X11/init. I could see no referrence to wmaker in this file. So I tried this "startx gnome-session". Sure enough it started gnome. It doesn't look good, but it started. I got out of this session ok, but I now have xdm running. Could someone tell me how to stop xdm from starting? Wayne P.S. I'm going to try building my own .xinirc file. Nick Jennings wrote: > edit your .xinitrc (in your home directory) > there should be one line containing wmaker or something like that, replace > it with: > > gnome-session > > then try running X again > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:16:57PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > > Hi again, > > When I installed Debian from the CD I got with > > the book I purchase, I selected to install all the > > GNOME stuff on the CD. When I "startx" I get > > WMAKER. I would like to have GNOME start. > > The book doesn't explain how to change > > this. Could some kind soul point me to some documentation? > > Wayne. > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > Nick Jennings
Not Debian related. wvdial
Hi, I'm having a-heck-of-time trying to get my modem to work on a new install of redhat 7.1. I did write to redhat with my problem, but I have not received any answers yet. I also tried to sign-on to wvdial sig. Again ,I have not gotten any responds. Can anyone tell me how to get a message to the wvdial sig group? Thanks. Wayne P.S. I will be going to Debian soon!!
Re: Not Debian related. wvdial
Kent West wrote: > If you don't know if you have a winmodem or not, let us know the > make/model, or at least the chipset (look for the numbers on the bigger > chips on the, presumably internal, modem). If you have the box/paperwork > that came with the modem, does it state that it requires some sort of > Windows? (It's okay if it says the included communication software > requires Windows, but we're concerned about the modem itself, not the > included software). My modem is a V.90 56K external from Creative called Blaster. > If it's not a winmodem, you might try minicom (assuming you can get it > installed on Redhat; on Debian it's as simple as typing "apt-get install > minicom"). Although minicom won't let you "get on the net" so-to-speak, > it'll let you make sure the modem is working and you're getting past the > login routine of your ISP. > > Give us more details and we'll go from there. The output from "wvdialconf /dev/null 2>1 | tee wvdialconf.out" Scanning your serial ports for a modem. Port Scan<*1>: Ignoring ttyS0 because /dev/mouse is a link to it. ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 -- OK ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 -- OK ttyS1<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- 56K ttyS1<*1>: Speed 2400: AT -- OK ttyS1<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK ttyS1<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK ttyS1<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK ttyS1<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK ttyS1<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK ttyS1<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK ttyS1<*1>: Max speed is 115200; that should be safe. ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 -- OK Port Scan<*1>: S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 Port Scan<*1>: S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 S18 Port Scan<*1>: S19 S20 S21 S22 S23 S24 S25 S26 Port Scan<*1>: S27 S28 S29 S30 S31 SA0 SA1 SA2 Port Scan<*1>: SC0 SC1 SC2 SC3 SI0 SI1 SI2 SI3 Port Scan<*1>: SI4 SI5 SI6 SI7 SI8 SI9 SI10 SI11 Port Scan<*1>: SI12 SI13 SI14 SI15 SR0 SR1 SR2 SR3 <<<< removed some lines here >>>>>>>> Found a modem on /dev/ttyS1. ttyS1: Speed 115200; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0" This is my wvdial.conf file [Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyS1 Baud = 115200 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 Phone = 999- Username = myuser Password = mypassword The output from wvdial 2>&1 | tee wvdial.out --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41 --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATDT 999- --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT 999- CONNECT 50667 PROTOCOL:LAPM --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. Welcome to 3Com Total Control HiPer ARC (TM) Networks That Go The Distance (TM) login: --> Looks like a login prompt. --> Sending: myuser myuser Password: --> Looks like a password prompt. --> Sending: (password) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [1f][01][04][05]\[02][06][7f][7f][7f][7f][05][06]B_bO[07][02][08][02][11][04][05]\[13][03] [EMAIL PROTECTED]"} }?}!}$}%\}"}&[7f][7f][7f][7f]}%}&B_bO}'}"}(}"}1}$}%\}3}#} w[1c]~ --> PPP negotiation detected. --> Starting pppd at Sun Jul 8 07:31:14 2001 The output from ifconfig --- loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:230 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:230 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:216.204.114.201 P-t-P:216.204.109.6 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 The output from route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 216.204.109.6 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 216.204.109.6 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0 After I do all this I then start Netscape and try to go to some web page. The responds I get it that Netscape is unable to locate the web page. I tried to telnet into my isp, but I get host name undefind. I don't know which file telnet is looking into for the host name. Wayne P.S. Does wvdial use /etc/ppp/pap-secret or /etc/pp/chap-sceret?
Cannot play Audio Cds but Data cds fine...
Hi, Can anyone help me with this problem: I have an IDE cdwriter (Ricoh mp7080a) and have succesfully recompiled the kernel with scsi emulation etc and can now burn cds. (great) BTW I am running Potato 2.2.19pre21. Before doing the above audio cds worked fine, now when I put one in to play, start up say GCD nothing happens at all. I seem to remember deleting /dev/cdrom and have tried recreating it as a symlink to scd0 but I have a feeling this is incorrect. The line looks like this: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root4 may 21 20:25 scd0 -> scd0 I have added a line to my /etc/lilo.conf like this: append="hdc=ide-scsi" which is below the Linux Stanza. I altered the /etc/fstab file like this: hashed out existing /dev/cdrom line then added a line: /dev/scd0 /cdrom auto defaults,ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 TIA -- Best Regards Wayne.
Cannot play Audio Cds but Data Cds are fine (used to work)
Hi, Can anyone help me with this problem: I have an IDE cdwriter (Ricoh mp7080a) and have succesfully recompiled the kernel with scsi emulation etc and can now burn cds. (great) BTW I am running Potato 2.2.19pre21. Before doing the above audio cds worked fine, now when I put one in to play, start up say GCD nothing happens at all. I seem to remember deleting /dev/cdrom and have tried recreating it as a symlink to scd0 but I have a feeling this is incorrect. The line looks like this: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root4 may 21 20:25 scd0 -> scd0 I have added a line to my /etc/lilo.conf like this: append="hdc=ide-scsi" which is below the Linux Stanza. I altered the /etc/fstab file like this: hashed out existing /dev/cdrom line then added a line: /dev/scd0 /cdrom auto defaults,ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 TIA -- Best Regards Wayne.
Re: Cannot play Audio Cds but Data cds fine...
Hi, Thanks very much for the help, it works fine now :) Regards Wayne. > It points to itself? Humm > OK, I think (?) what you have done is removed the old link you had > pointing to your 'old' cdrom and put in a flakely one. > > > I have added a line to my /etc/lilo.conf like this: > > append="hdc=ide-scsi" which is below the Linux Stanza. I altered > > the /etc/fstab file like this: hashed out existing /dev/cdrom line > > then added a line: > > /dev/scd0 /cdrom auto > defaults,ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 > What does ls -l /dev/cdrom show you? Not what you want, I would > guess. That fstab line isn'tc correct either. > > Do this. Assumeing you only have 1 CD now, the Ricoh, and it is at > /dev/scd0 ( cdrecord dev 1,0,0), get rig of the scd0 -> scd0 link and > do > ls -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom (symlink cdron to point to scd0) > then a > ls -l /dev/cdrom should show you this > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 8 Jun 14 13:17 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0 > > Now your link is right. > > I just added a cdrw drive but kept the cdrom in the box as well. I > decided to use them both under scsi emulation. The cdrom is sdc0 and > the reader is sdc1. My links are > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 8 Jun 14 13:17 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0 > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 8 Jun 14 13:17 /dev/cdrw -> /dev/scd1 > > In fstab they are > /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/scd1 /cdrw iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 > > :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-) > > Wayne > The name is Baud.., James Baud. > ___
Re: Cannot play Audio Cds but Data Cds are fine (used to work)
> > Hi Wayne, > > Are you able to listen to audio CDs as root? I had that problem, and > what I ened up doing was changing the group for my device (/dev/hdb) > to the cdrom group. I then added myself to the cdrom group and was > able to play (and hear!) audio CDs as a normal user. > > I don't think the fstab entries have much to do with it. I think they > just set you up so you can mount the drive easily, and I don't think > you need to mount audio CDs to play them. > > I'm going to follow this thread closely, because I too have an IDE > burner that I haven't gotten around to setting up yet. What's said > here may help me dodge a bullet when I get ready to try. It's been too > easy to reboot into Windows, are burn a disc when I need to. However, > last weekend I reached the limit of my tolerance for the crashes and > yanked the Windows drive. ;^) Good man, you know it makes sense <*gg*> I rarely boot into Windoze these days now I have Quake III running smoothly under Linux I don't have any reason too :-) > > Good luck! > -- > Mark Wagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks for the response, see other post (accidentally posted this twice, just managed to get my mailserver working :-) ) In my case it was the symlink for /dev/cdrom that was wrong. once I corrected this it worked fine. If you are going to set up your burner under Linux, I would just like to point out a caveat I fell for. I compiled ide-scsi emulation into the kernel and couldn't get it to work (someone reading this I expect could tell you how as I am still a newbie *gg*). So I recompiled the kernel with it as a loadable module, and compiled into the kernel scsi-support and generic-scsi. This works fine. HTH Regards Wayne.
Re: Motherboards
Infoltel is offering a Soyo motherboard with a Athlon 900 MHz processor and and a PCI sound card for $169. plus shipping. Wayne D-Man wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 04:34:23PM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: > | Hi, > | > | I want a new machine, and for fun and education I am going to build it > | from scratch. I have pretty much decided on an Athlon 1.2GHz. I will run > | a small partition with Windows Me on it, but it will predominantly be up > | in Debian. > | > | I thought I would consult here as to the motherboard that will give the > | least compatibility problems with the various chip sets available and > | for on-board sound. > > I have a Gigabyte motherboard for my Duron 750 processor (it should be > able to handle Athlons as well). It is based on the AMD 750 chipset > and I have had no problems with it (yet anyways ;-)). The Tyan > Thunder K7 board looks cool (its a SMP board for the AthlonMP > processors and has a lot of stuff on-board) but has a price tag to > match its feature list (~$600). > > On this list I have heard a lot of issues with the VIA KT133 chipset, > but I have no experience or documents to back that up. > > HTH, > -D > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LPRng vs. CUPS?
Hi, Can someone explain the pros and cons of each print system. Judging from e-mail that's been passing thru this SIG most people seem to be using CUPS. TIA. Wayne
Re: GUI/Wmaker system shutdown app?
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 10:19:53AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I've set up a GNU/Linux system for my folks to use and am dissatisfied > with one aspect of it: there's no good, simple way I'm aware of to shut > down the system from the window manager of choice (WindowMaker). > > I've granted access w/o password, via sudo, to 'shutdown -h now'. It > would be possible to create a menu item with this command, but it would > not have a confirmation, which IMO should exist. > > Requirements/preferences: > > - GUI-accessed method. Preferably something I can place on the WMaker > Dock or Clip. > > - Confirmation screen. I'd like a "Yes/No" confirmation dialog to > appear. > > ...that's pretty much it. GNOME has a log-out option to shut down, > which would be appropriate, but IMO GNOME isn't suitably user-friendly. > > KDE _would_ be a great desktop, but it isn't currently available in > Debian/Stable. I'm likely headed in this direction though long-term. I > do think that WMaker plus GMC (for desktop icons for storage & a file > browser) is a pretty good, simple, desktop. > > -- > Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org >Are these opinions my employer's? Hah! I don't believe them myself! Hi, I use Wmaker as my prefered desktop. What I use to get a graphical login and exit screen is 'wdm'. Highly configurable, initially the screen is just grey but you can set any pixmap you like as the background for login, along with a whole host of other settings. >From this login panel, you can select shutdown but first you will have to make >the necessary changes to the config file if you want non root users to be able >to shutdown the system. With this setup, you will get the option under >windowmanagers to Exit or Exit session. The documentation with it explains it >well. HTH -- Best Regards Wayne.
ppp not working after upgrade to testing(solved)
Hi, Re my earlier post when I said I could not connect to the internet even though a PPP session had started, I have managed to solve the problem. (Of my own making I might add) so I will share this for future Users. Whilst doing a dist-upgrade you are asked a question regarding what network devices you have. The first time I answered this I correctly entered ppp only, but this is not the default. the script seemed to hang after this so on re-attempting I foolishly accepted the defaults. Somewhere in doing this, I managed to configure a slip device (sl0) which had taken an IP address from who knows where. After much reading about networks, I tried the 'ifconfig' command. 2 devices were listed. the loopback device, correct I believe, and the sl0 device. I took this out with 'ifconfig sl0 down' and hey presto, my ppp connection works again. I would also like to thank all those who responded to my initial email with help and advice, cheers guys! -- Best Regards Wayne.
[RE: NVidia GeForce MX2 XFree86 v4]
Hi, I have the Geforce 2 MX ddr card succesfully working with xfree v4.0.3 running Testing on a pretty much standard 2.2 kernel. I assume you have installed the nvidia packages, kernel and glx along with xfree4.0.3 all available Debs in Testing. I would strongly recommend not using the binarys at Xfree.org or the nvidia bins from them as at a later date, you will run into depency problems (been there already!) run 'xf86config' to get a basic xfree86config-4 file, you can select geforce as your card as you are going to change it anyway. then make the following edits: Uncomment the line # load "GLX" change the line Driver "whatever" to Driver "nvidia" remove these lines load "dri" if they exist load "GLcore" Then make sure you have the following symbolic link /etc/X11/X >/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 create this with :: ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 /etc/X11/X HTH Wayne. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 August 2001 07:48 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: NVidia GeForce MX2 XFree86 v4 I am having problems setting up XFree86 v4 with my NVidia GeForce2 MX. I am using kernel 2.4.5 on Woody. Has anyone gotten this card to work? Any tips on what I can try? If I type XFree86 -configure I get an -Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices Any suggestions? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] - End forwarded message - --
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Soory for the noise.
PCI modem. Not related to Debian.
Hi, I'm trying to get a PCI modem working on a Redhat 7.1 distribution. I excuted the following command to see where the system saw the card. cat /proc/pci > pci.txt Looking at the file I see that the system see the card on IRQ 5 but, I don't see any port address. can someone tell me how to get the port address? I wish to excute this command. setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 5 port autoconfig Thanks. Wayne
Re: PCI modem. Not related to Debian.
I don't think I have a winmodem. The whole entry from the cat command looks like this- Bus 0, device 8, function 0: Communication controller: PCI device 11d4:1805 (Anolog Device) (rev 0). IRQ 5. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=1.Max Lat=255. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x002000 [0xde0020ff]. followed by the next entry Thanks for the help. Wayne Slaven Peles wrote: > On Tuesday 14 August 2001 10:03, dman wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 07:45:16AM -0400, Wayne wrote: > > | Hi, > > | I'm trying to get a PCI modem working on a Redhat 7.1 distribution. > > | I excuted the following command to see where the system saw the card. > > | cat /proc/pci > pci.txt > > | Looking at the file I see that the system see the card on IRQ 5 but, > > | I don't see any port address. can someone tell me how to get the port > > | address? > > | > > | I wish to excute this command. > > | setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 5 port autoconfig > > > > > > This is what cat /proc/pci gives me for my PCI modem. > > Communication controller: PCI device 151f: (TOPIC SEMICONDUCTOR Corp) > (rev 0). > IRQ 5. > I/O at 0xec00 [0xec07]. > Bus 1, device 0, function 0: > > If you are not getting I/O address there, maybe your modem is so called > Winmodem? > > Slaven > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Digital camera and mount command
Hi, I'm trying to get my FujiFilm FinePix 1300 camera working on my pc. I went to www.linuxdoc.com where I found some info on how to read the SmartMedia. I have to have my kernel compiled with USB mass storage and scsi. The document also says that if these parameters are compiled in, I should beable to do a mount on the scsi. I beleave I have the USB compiled in my kernel. I'm using kernel 2.4.2 and my dmesg command shows this- usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xd0856000, IRQ 10 usb-ohci.c: usb-00:07.4, Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] USB usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 4 ports detected hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x781/0x200) is not claimed by any active driver. I'm not sure if I have scsi compiled into the kernel tho. Could someone give me an example on how the mount command would look. What would you give the command for file type? Thanks. Wayne
Re: ipmasq problem
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 02:29:05PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I'm running a 2.4.16 kernel and the default ipmasq from woody. The > primary machine 192.168.0.1 (with 2 nics) talks to the internet just > fine. The secondary machine 192.168.0.5 (running windows 98) can access > the primary machine but cannot access the internet. I have samba set up > and the Network Neighborhood on the windows box works. My limited > understanding of iptables tells me that ipmasq *should* be allowing me > to access the internet from the windows box. > > The FORWARD chain from iptables -L is: > > Chain FORWARD (policy DROP) > target prot opt source destination > ACCEPT all -- localnet/24 anywhere > ACCEPT all -- anywhere localnet/24 > LOGall -- anywhere localnet/24LOG level warning > DROP all -- anywhere localnet/24 > LOGall -- anywhere anywhere LOG level warning > DROP all -- anywhere anywhere > > What could I have set up wrong? > Do you have 192.168.0.1 as the windows box's gateway? How about DNS servers?
Probs with install to SCSI
When running the install from the CD (Unofficial Woody), the SCSI disks (that I am trying to install to) are not recognized. The installer asks to preload modules from a floppy, but when I tried the driver.bin images, the installer could not mount the floppies I created using rawrite. It says that the modules need to be on the boot subdirectory of the floppy. I'm not sure how to do that. It's a Symbios Logic C810 PCI adapter with two drives connected. I believe it needs the sym538xx modules. It has ncr 53c9x chipset. I would be grateful for any help.
Re: FW: ¸ÞÀÏ Àü¼Û ½Ç ÆÐ ¾Ë¸²
Hmm... Yes I noticed that too. Actually, this reply is to test whether my .procmailrc will filter it properly. Regards, Wayne
configuring cups and lpd
Hi there, Could anyone please tell me if this is wrong: (BTW I am running Woody with a 2.4.16 kernel fwiw) I have installed all the cups software server and client but the lpd daemon is still running. Further I have slpd running too. My printer is well supported (Epson stylus color 440) and although I did manage to get it working once, this was direct to the parallel port. I used the web interface so: name = espson location = //localhost device = parallel port 1 make = epson model= stylus 440 CUPS+GIMP-print Now if I send a job say in Abiword to 'LP' it prints, if I accept the default 'LPR' I get pages of gibberish. also if I try and print a postscript file in ghostview (cd cover produced by cdlabelgen) I get gibberish too. I think I am bypassing the lpd spooler queue. So should I be sending the job to device = LPD/LPR Host or printer and then entering a device URI such as lpd://localhost ? Or should I not have the lpd and slpd daemons installed/running? Any help appreciated. Regards Wayne.
Re: Green blinking 'D' in console
Hi Aaron, I run RedHat and I get the same thing. I don't have a solution for you. Wayne Aaron Maxwell wrote: > Hi. I'm running yesterday's sid. In the console, occasionally a green > blinking 'D' will appear at a certain position on the screen. When and where > it appears seems to be random. It will scroll and can be 'overwritten', just > like normal text. > > I've seen this about 8 times in the past six days (I apt-get update every > day or three).. It's always a green blinking 'D', never another > letter|color|state. > > Anyone experienced this? Anyone know what might be causing it? > > TIA, > Aaron > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"mount" command question.
Hi, Yesterday morning I was able to look at pictures on my digital camera by the afternoon I couldn't. My camera has a USB connection. The command I use to get access to my camera is- mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera When I issue the command now I get this responds mount: /dev/sda1: unknown device Can someone tell me why it worked in the morning and now it doesn't? Thanks. Wayne
Re: "mount" command question.
Timeboy wrote: > On 2001.09.06 11:49 Wayne wrote: > > Hi, > > Yesterday morning I was able to look at pictures on my > > digital camera by the afternoon I couldn't. > > My camera has a USB connection. The command I use > > to get access to my camera is- > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera > > > > When I issue the command now I get this responds > > Are you shure thet vfat is the right filesystem? > > > mount: /dev/sda1: unknown device > > Unknown device. H Cause yestarday you could use > your camera with this: Do you have your camera connected > on the same USB port now, then yesterday morning? Hi Timeboy, Yes, I use the same port. I leave the cord to the camera plug into the USB port and unconnect the end to the camera. Wayne
Unrelated to Debian. Telnet
Hi All, I search the web for an answer, but came up short. Occasionally I get some junk mail that will hang my system and won't let me get my mail. So I telnet into my isp an look for the culprit. The command I use is "retr #" <---"#" is the message number. What command do I use to delete the said message. When I do "?" or type "help" I get command unknown. I called my isp to find out what command they use, they did'nt know. Also, can anyone recommend a good book on the subject? Thanks. Wayne
Re: Unrelated to Debian. Telnet
Hi again, I want to thank everyone for the pointer. I found a gold mine!!! Wayne Martin Feeney wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2001 12:38:06 Wayne wrote: > > > I search the web for an answer, but came up short. > > Search for RFC 1939. It'll tell you all about POP. > > The command you're looking for is DELE (e.g. "dele 12"). > > mbf. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Book opinions?
Hi, Well, I'm getting ready to install Debian for the first time and would like to get the groups opinion on a book I'm going to purchase. The book's title is "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" and was published this year. I plan on using the CD to do my install. Thanks. Wayne
rc.d
i am a debian beginer,i want to add some program into systemstart,just like ipchains policy,adsl auto start.in redhat the file is /rc.d/rc.local,but in debian i can't find it,pleale tell me what can i do.thanks a lot
adsl
i setup a debian server,i used rp-pppoe to connect internet through adsl,when i finished rp-pppoe's setup,i use "adsl-start",it conected successful,but when i ping the internet ip address,nothing reply.what is the problem?i found debian has pppoe.deb. what is the deffrent with rp-ppoe,pppoe,does rp-pppoe work perfect in debian?thanks a lot
help me about adsl
i have setup two linux servers,one is used debian 2.2 r2,the other is redhat 7.1,but both of two servers display a same problem,when i use rp-pppoe,it display connected,but i can not get reply from any internet ip address,also i have no dns,but when i use adsl-setup,i type the dns server.the server is compaq Ml350,i use 3com 3c905b for pppoe connection.please help me resolve this problem.thanks a lot.
Install KDE Language Package Problam
Dear Debian Group My English is so bad, so i want to install kde-i18n-zhtw language package but, i use "apt-get install kde-i18n-zhtw" command, that say "No found" i also use the command "apt-get search kde-i18n-zhtw", that say "E:Invaild operation search" I'm using Debian 4.0-KDE Pls help Thanks Wayne
Grub2 not setting the vga= on one of 3 partitions
I finally have grub 2 installed. Whew. It works for testing but, does not set the vga=31B on the stable entry. Generating grub.cfg ... Found Debian background: moreblue-orbit-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 Warning: update-grub_lib is deprecated, use grub-mkconfig_lib instead Found memtest86 image: /boot/memtest86.bin Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Debian GNU/Linux (sid) on /dev/sda8 Found Debian GNU/Linux (4.0) on /dev/sda9 done The grub2 docs are, to say the least, sparce, and do not seem to have a solution to this problem. I have looked for a file that I could edit to fix this but come up empty. Anyone know where I can find it? Anyone have a pointer it a fix? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Grub2 not setting the vga= on one of 3 partitions
Tom H wrote: On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Wayne wrote: I finally have grub 2 installed. Whew. It works for testing but, does not set the vga=31B on the stable entry. Generating grub.cfg ... Found Debian background: moreblue-orbit-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 Warning: update-grub_lib is deprecated, use grub-mkconfig_lib instead Found memtest86 image: /boot/memtest86.bin Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Debian GNU/Linux (sid) on /dev/sda8 Found Debian GNU/Linux (4.0) on /dev/sda9 done The grub2 docs are, to say the least, sparce, and do not seem to have a solution to this problem. I have looked for a file that I could edit to fix this but come up empty. Anyone know where I can find it? Anyone have a pointer it a fix? /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=... Which I believe would make that partition, the stable dist, the default. Right? Which is not how I run. I am running testing 99.9% of the time. I only want stable, when I need it. Thanks for the reply! Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Grub2 not setting the vga= on one of 3 partitions SOLVED
Tom H wrote: On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Wayne wrote: I finally have grub 2 installed. Whew. It works for testing but, does not set the vga=31B on the stable entry. Generating grub.cfg ... Found Debian background: moreblue-orbit-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 Warning: update-grub_lib is deprecated, use grub-mkconfig_lib instead Found memtest86 image: /boot/memtest86.bin Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Debian GNU/Linux (sid) on /dev/sda8 Found Debian GNU/Linux (4.0) on /dev/sda9 done The grub2 docs are, to say the least, sparce, and do not seem to have a solution to this problem. I have looked for a file that I could edit to fix this but come up empty. Anyone know where I can find it? Anyone have a pointer it a fix? /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=... I run testing primarily. Fixed it. This may be of interest to others using the old grub and upgrading to grub2. As I was using grub-legacy (0.97) I did not require grub on the sid and stable partitions. The one one testing worked for all 3 dists. I had installed grub-legacy on sid and kept a backup menu.list in /boot/grub. I realized that and the fact that I had not done the same on the stable partition. I made a /boot/grub on stable and copied over the menu.list. Ran os-prober ; update-grub ; grub-install /dev/sda and the new/improved/better-then-grub grub2 finally got it right. Stable does not have grub installed because all that was needed was a menu.list file in /boot/grub for os-prober/grub2 to read from. Hope this helps someone. Wayne -- give a man a fish, feed him for a day teach a man to fish, feed him for life -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: wicd fails to start after upgrade
Sebastian wrote: Hi all! After the last upgrade wicd fails to start. It also stopped writing it's logs and when I call it directly by just entering 'wicd' I get following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py", line 61, in from wicd.logfile import ManagedStdio ImportError: No module named logfile I tried purging and re-installing it but to no avail... Should I file this as a bug or is it just me not seeing something obvious? Can't really say as you forgot to tell us what you are running on and which version of wicd isn't working. I am running wicd 1.6.2.2-4 on testing AMD64 and it is working fine. I did notice that an update, of testing, today did have a problem with loading python-wicd because it conflicts with wicd. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: wicd fails to start after upgrade
Sebastian wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:27PM -0500, Wayne wrote: Sebastian wrote: After the last upgrade wicd fails to start. It also stopped writing it's logs and when I call it directly by just entering 'wicd' I get following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py", line 61, in from wicd.logfile import ManagedStdio ImportError: No module named logfile I tried purging and re-installing it but to no avail... Should I file this as a bug or is it just me not seeing something obvious? Can't really say as you forgot to tell us what you are running on and which version of wicd isn't working. Ah yeah, sorry... I'm running squeeze/sid (apt prefers testing) mainly testing yet I am a bit confused as I can only seem to find version 1.7.0-2 of wicd on my system but packages.debian.org states that the current testing version is 1.6.2.2-4 and testing is 1.7.0-2 (my version). I tried removing it and re-installing with 'apt-get install wicd=1.6.2.2-4' with the reply: E: Version '1.6.2.2-4' for 'wicd' was not found?!? I also run testing/sid and my wicd is from testing. You might(?) want to try 'aptitude -t testing install wicd' after you remove your current wicd sid package (not purge). That will bull in a Just did an update and 'apt-cache show wicd'. Note: I have squeeze and unstable in my sources.list. Your 1.7.0-2 version does not use the python packages that 1.6.2.2-4 does. Strange, I see that there is a python-wicd 1.7.0-2 package in unstable but it is not shown as Depends in wicd 1.7.0-2 package. Wonder what that is about??? Even if I remove the unstable and stable entries from sources.list and apt/preferences no other versions show up I would not put all 3 dists in sources.list. That could/would cause quite some mess. testing/unstable is bad enough but you should be careful using it. If I even 'think' about pulling in an unstable package, and it's dependices, I first run apt-listbugs on all of those packages before I download any of them Is there a good way of checking from which repository an installed package is, by the way? Yes 'apt-cache policy wicd' will show the packages in every dist you have in the sources.list, I believe. Here it shows both testing/unstable. Hope this helps Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: wicd fails to start after upgrade
Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2010-01-29 14:36:03 -0500, Wayne wrote: Strange, I see that there is a python-wicd 1.7.0-2 package in unstable but it is not shown as Depends in wicd 1.7.0-2 package. Wonder what that is about??? wicd 1.7.0-2 depends on wicd-daemon 1.7.0-2, which depends on python-wicd 1.7.0-2. There's nothing wrong with that. Your right. I didn't check all of the various depend's. I just pointed it out to Sabastian. If your running wicd in Sid maybe you have an idea 'why' it isn't running then. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: wicd fails to start after upgrade
Sebastian wrote:
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 02:36PM -0500, Wayne wrote:
Sebastian wrote:
After the last upgrade wicd fails to start. It also stopped writing it's logs
and when I call it directly by just entering 'wicd' I get following error:
<---Snip--->
[...snip...]
I first run apt-listbugs on all of
those packages before I download any of them
Yes, I have apt-listbugs installed and working here as well, yet I
can't remember any bugs for wicd coming up before the upgrade - of
course it was late in the night and who knows what I was seeing ;-)
Anyway, I removed unstable from the sources.list and tried removing
and re-installing wicd but I can still only get 1.7.0-2
Yes 'apt-cache policy wicd' will show the packages in every dist you
have in the sources.list, I believe. Here it shows both
testing/unstable.
thanks, 'apt-cache policy wicd' shows
wicd:
Installed: 1.7.0-2
Candidate: 1.7.0-2
Version table:
*** 1.7.0-2 0
700 http://ftp.ie.debian.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
hmmm... 1.7.0-2 is testing??? And no 1.6...?
Getting more and more confused here... - Any hints?
]
Humm After removing unstable from sources.list did you do another
aptitude update?
I just did another update, here it is:
VT/dev/pts/0 wt...@dj-squeeze]
~$ policy wicd
wicd:
Installed: 1.6.2.2-4
Candidate: 1.7.0-2
Version table:
1.7.0-2 0
990 http://mirrors.geeks.org squeeze/main Packages
600 http://mirror.rit.edu unstable/main Packages
*** 1.6.2.2-4 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Note that I have aliased apt-cache policy in my .bashrc
as policy.
It seems that wicd has migrated to squeeze/testing since we started this
discussion. One thing I have noticed in the last 4-6 months though is
that there seems to be more packages entering testing that fail
apt-listbugs then there used to be.
So to test that, I tried apt-listbugs, which I recall had it's own bugs
after my last upgrade. ;_( I had to upgrade it, again now, to test my
theory so... Note my alias for apt-listbugs used here:
[VT/dev/pts/0 wt...@dj-squeeze]
~$ bugs list wicd=1.6.2.2-4 wicd=1.7.0-2
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
That says that both versions should work. To see which one will be
installed I did
aptitude -s install wicd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
python-wicd{a} wicd-daemon{a} wicd-gtk{a}
The following packages will be REMOVED:
python-urwid{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
wicd
1 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 1 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
That is version 1.7.0-2.
As I am not having a problem with my current version, I won't upgrade
wicd for a while. You, on the other hand, can do an aptitude update and
then safe-upgrade and, it might have been fixed. I say might because it
just migrated and I am leery of packages coming into testing, as I
mentioned above.
Thanx a mil Wayne
No problem Sabestian, just hope it goes well for you, this time.
Wayne
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Re: Sid Sound Problem
Ogya Chief wrote: Hi All, I am running sid on my laptop. I cannot get any sound output at all. When the computer is booting up, the following error message shows: Starting Open Sound System: Failed (No Modules detected). What kernel module needs to be installed to fix this problem. It depends on your laptop. We can't figure that out for you. You could do an lspci -v and find out though. You might also do a dmesg |less and search for audio and it might just tell you why id isn't working. Wayne -- Give an man to fish, feed him for a day Teach a man to fish, feed him for life -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sid Sound Problem
Ogya Chief wrote: Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:58:15 -0500 From: linux...@gmail.com To: ogyach...@hotmail.com CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Sid Sound Problem Ogya Chief wrote: Hi All, I am running sid on my laptop. I cannot get any sound output at all. When the computer is booting up, the following error message shows: Starting Open Sound System: Failed (No Modules detected). What kernel module needs to be installed to fix this problem. It depends on your laptop. We can't figure that out for you. You could do an lspci -v and find out though. You might also do a dmesg |less and search for audio and it might just tell you why id isn't working. <--- snip ---> The audio device is ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) but dmesg does not report any error. Check the past 2-3 days of the list. ISTR that someone had a problem with the Intel HDA after an upgrade. I don't have that problem, thankfully. HTH Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Solution to Connecting to Verizon MiFi
Stan Hoeppner wrote: Wayne put forth on 1/22/2010 12:15 PM: Note: If not able to connect to the internet, disable your firewall. If you can then connect, fix your firewall. I use firehol. Thanks Again Stan for all of your help. That's so kind of you Wayne. I didn't do all that much, just helped you climb over that one little hill that was standing in your way. I'm so glad you got it working! Just giving credit where credit is due Stan. Did not think about putting this on the wiki. Google, and others, picked up that thread within a day or so. That's why I keep reminding new users to Google before asking on the list. The answers for more & more problems are out there for those that look. Or in my case, find someone who could ask the right questions. :-) Verizon was glad I posted it though. Cheers all! Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: wicd fails to start after upgrade
Sebastian wrote: On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 02:36PM -0500, Wayne wrote: Sebastian wrote: After the last upgrade wicd fails to start. It also stopped writing it's logs and when I call it directly by just entering 'wicd' I get following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py", line 61, in from wicd.logfile import ManagedStdio ImportError: No module named logfile <--- snip ---> Yes, I have apt-listbugs installed and working here as well, yet I can't remember any bugs for wicd coming up before the upgrade - of course it was late in the night and who knows what I was seeing ;-) Anyway, I removed unstable from the sources.list and tried removing and re-installing wicd but I can still only get 1.7.0-2 Yes 'apt-cache policy wicd' will show the packages in every dist you have in the sources.list, I believe. Here it shows both testing/unstable. thanks, 'apt-cache policy wicd' shows wicd: Installed: 1.7.0-2 Candidate: 1.7.0-2 Version table: *** 1.7.0-2 0 700 http://ftp.ie.debian.org testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status hmmm... 1.7.0-2 is testing??? And no 1.6...? Getting more and more confused here... - Any hints Sebastian I just finished setting up another testing box with wireless, an old Netgear WPN311 pci card. Using the madwifi ath5k modules. I installed wicd 1.7.0-2 and, after fixing some of my usual typo's, it is running as good ad the old 1.6 version. HTH Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: wicd fails to start after upgrade
Vincent Lefevre wrote:
On 2010-01-29 20:46:48 -0500, Wayne wrote:
Your right. I didn't check all of the various depend's. I just
pointed it out to Sabastian. If your running wicd in Sid maybe you
have an idea 'why' it isn't running then.
Sorry, I have no idea. Check that your installed packages are
consistent ("apt-get install -f" signals no errors) and that
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/logfile.py exists.
I was not having problems with wicd. I was helping the other fellow
that had problems when he tried installing wicd from sid.
FYI, on my machine:
Interesting. Of course if we knew which dist and version you were
running, it might have helped him, as it is I think the new 1.7.2
version is working for both of us now.
Thanks anyway.
xvii:~> dlocate logfile.py
python-wicd: /usr/share/pyshared/wicd/logfile.py
xvii:~> locate logfile.py
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/wicd/logfile.py
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/wicd/logfile.pyc
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/wicd/logfile.pyo
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/wicd/logfile.py
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/wicd/logfile.pyc
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/logfile.py
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.*/wicd/logfile.py* are probably needed
and built by a postinstall script. If you don't have such a file
corresponding to the installed python versions, that may be a bug
in some python-related package.
Wicd verion 1.7.2 just migrated to testing. It no longer uses
python-wicd. I was not using it, python-wicd, when I ran 1.6, either.
Wayne
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Re: wicd fails to start after upgrade **Correction**
Wayne wrote: Sebastian Glad you got it going!!! I just finished setting up another testing box with wireless, an old Netgear WPN311 pci card. Using the madwifi ath5k modules. I installed wicd 1.7.0-2 and, after fixing some of my usual typo's, it is running as good as the old 1.6 version. On testing and sid on a 32 bit 686 system wicd 1.7.0-2 is working with the 2.6.30 and 2.6.32 trunk kernels. It does not work, for me anyway, on the 64 bit testing & sid box. I had to revert to wicd 1.6 and the 2.6.30 kernel to get it back on the 64bit box. It seems that I can not compile the madwifi drivers when using the 2-6-32 trunk kernels on the 64 bit testing partition. The kernel seems to be lacking something. That is in testing. Grub2 has messed up the booting so I can't check it out in 64bit stable or sid partitions until I can de-grub that system. Rather then switch to lilo, I think I will set up kubunto on a spare 200 Gig partition ans see why they don't have as many problems as I have had lately. Regards Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: apt-listbugs question
Paul E Condon wrote: The recent flurry of discussion under "don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! ...", prompted me to install apt-listbugs, since I am running squeeze and pretty doing upgrades fairly frequently without any real protection against bugs getting into squeeze from sid. What is claimed for apt-listbugs sounded good, but ... I can't figure out how to get apt-listbugs to work. Can someone post an example of the use of apt-listbugs? I mean the actual text of what one types to get something other than error messages from it. Is a user supposed to run it from an xterm window? I don't have any tweeking of the squeeze install, it is pretty much what one gets using the business-card CD from December time frame. I do have a local proxy using approx that has been working for many months. <-- SNIP ---> while connected to the net.. apt-listbugs list grub-pc Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done grave bugs of grub-pc (-> ) #565160 - Linux console garbled after experimental grub-pc boot (Fixed: grub2/1.98~experimental.20100120-1) #567219 - corrupt read of files from CDROM (Fixed: grub2/1.98~20100128-1) critical bugs of grub-pc (-> ) #568001 - grub-pc: grub locks up the machine grave bugs of grub-pc (-> ) #554790 - use /dev/disk/by-uuid (or similiar) for grub-pc/install_devices Merged with: 558312 558748 561766 564928 565210 567230 567582 #564844 - grub-pc: Fonts don't show in the new graphical boot menu #566538 - errors may cause menuentry to abort #550632 - grub-pc: chainload from legacy fails with bios disk error #557425 - lenny->squeeze upgrade, debconf defaults -> system unbootable Merged with: 558747 #550704 - grub-pc - Needs to handle symlinks in /dev/mapper Merged with: 552056 #547944 - grub-pc: upgrade-from-grub-legacy option to install in a given hard disk is tricky #548648 - grub-pc misdetects md RAID layout and fails to initialize #567618 - /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem. Merged with: 567637 #565706 - grub-pc: grub2 enters rescue mode with "fd0 cannot get C/H/S values" #550477 - grub-pc: after update-from-grub-legacy the system stopped booting #551319 - [grub] grub: crashes frequently on boot serious bugs of grub-pc (-> ) #546822 - apt-get update of grub-pc daisychained from -legacy boots into -pc Summary: grub-pc(16 bugs) Now you know why the 'grub don't install' thread got going. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Glitch-y wicd-curses Install
eve...@worldwidehtml.com wrote: Upgrading wicd-curses 1.7.0-2 to 1.7.0-3 with aptitude on squeeze. First I noticed that wicd was installed, which is supposed to conflict with wicd-curses and which I remember purposefully not installing. apt-cache show wicd shows you that version 1.7.0-3 does not conflict with wicd-client. But the upgrade asked to remove wicd so I just took that. Yes, remove the 1.7.0-2 version. The install succeeded but threw errors attached below. Have I gotten myself into something here? (Some script-heavy packages can be hard to back out of.) I also have python errors in apt-listchanges. I ran into the same problem going from a working 1.6.2.2-4 wicd on amd64 bit testing. As I do not do an aptitude autoclean, I simply removed the, none working, 1.7.0-3 and then used dpkg to install the 1.6.2.2-4 from the archives directory. With the current problems in squeeze/Sid I think autoclean is not an good option to use. On amd64 the 1.7.0-2 package did not work either. I falsely assumed that wicd 1.7.0-3 package worked on AMD62 as it was now wicd_1.7.0-3_all.deb. I was wrong. David has some more work to do, it seems. I think you mean the apt-listbugs package has ruby errors. apt-cache version 0.1.1 seems to be working here. HTH Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: e2defrag
Stan Hoeppner wrote: I'm unable to identify which package contains e2defrag. Please advise. Stan It looks like there 'was' such a package but I have not heard that phrase in a few years. <http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2004/05/msg00299.html> Sorry Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Search engine for documentation indexing?
Ian Zimmerman wrote: I'd like to build an index of the documentation in /usr/share/doc, but I am quite unhappy with the options I have tried so far: 1. dwww has a built in cgi for searching an index built by swish++. Unfortunately swish++ indexing seems to take forever (it's described as "lighting fast" on the upstream website, but I can't find the pictures of flying pigs). Also, using the built in dwww integration has the disadvantage that only documents registered in doc-base are indexed, which misses a lot of them. On top of this swish++ shares the main problem of 2. swish-e. This looked very promising for a while, and I even wrote a python module to wrap the API: http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=pyswish&submit=search ... but it can't handle documents encoded other than ASCII and Latin-1 (in particular, it breaks on UTF-8 XHTML documents). This is a show-stopper. 3. xapian-omega. This seems to be the one modern apps are migrating to, I heard of the Gnus mail/newsreader acquiring a xapian based search function. But, out of the box it cannot index gzipped files (and most documents in /usr/share/doc other that HTML pages are gzipped), and there doesn't seem to be a way to add a user-defined filter either to compensate for this (swish-e has user filters). I can't be the only one looking for this, so what do other debianists do? I use recoll and dwww but rely on recoll more and more. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: font substitution by acroread
Klaus Jantzen wrote: Steve Kleene wrote: I often come across PDFs containing Arial font (as reported by pdffonts from poppler-utils). For example, this one: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/10prmrpiira_pa.pdf When I view these in acroread (8.1.7-0.1, lenny), I get some font that's really horrible to read. The upper-case letters are about 4x taller than the lower-case letters. I don't have Arial on my Lenny system, so I assume that another font is being substituted. I don't know how this works. By checking file-access times, I found that a very large number of font files are touched when I open the PDF. Files touched are, among other places, under /etc/fonts /usr/lib/Adobe/Reader8/Resource/Font /usr/share/fonts /usr/share/texmf/fonts <--- SNIP ---> Where did you find acroread? I have been searching for it, but could not locate it. I have this in my sources.list for adobe acroread. deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Read command field seperators in Bash
John Salmon wrote: Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command (Debian Lenny)? I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk isn't installed in the Lenny distribution, I'de rather use something that is. John Salmon salmo...@comcast.net Sure is. It's in the bash man page. Look for IFS. When in doubt, always try the man page. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b78238a.10...@gmail.com
Re: Read command field seperators in Bash
John Salmon wrote: On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 11:23 -0500, Wayne wrote: John Salmon wrote: Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command (Debian Lenny)? I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk isn't installed in the Lenny distribution, I'de rather use something that is. John Salmon salmo...@comcast.net Sure is. It's in the bash man page. Look for IFS. When in doubt, always try the man page. Wayne Putting back on the list where it belongs. Please "always" reply to the list so others can learn as well as yourself. On my system, if I try 'man read' I get "No manual entry for read.' Am I missing something? Yes you are. Most programs come with a Manual (man ) page. so ,bash, being a program comes with a manual page. To read the bash manual page you enter the following command. man bash that brings up the bash man page and you can search through it for whatever you need to. As read is a bash command, it should be mentioned in the bash man page. To learn how to use the man progran see the man manual(man) page. Might be a good idea to install the debian-reference package to get even more information how to do things in Debian. Wayne -- Give a man a fish, feed him for a day Teach a man to fish, feed him for life -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b784a21.9080...@gmail.com
Re: an old problem is back.
Frank McCormick wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My syslog is filling up with these messages again. It seems to have happened before. Can anyone help? Feb 18 18:26:06 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Feb 18 18:26:16 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Feb 18 18:26:25 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Feb 18 18:26:45 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Feb 18 18:27:02 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Feb 18 18:27:20 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Feb 18 18:27:30 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Feb 18 18:27:40 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Feb 18 18:27:55 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Feb 18 18:28:07 squeeze dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Try turning off your firewall. As I don't have any idea what the "old Problem" was, that's my only thought from the info you provided. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b7dd847.7000...@gmail.com
Re: Debian-Multimedia
Stuckey wrote: Quoting Chris Bannister : On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:15:38PM +0100, Stuckey wrote: Is it still necessary for me to set a target release? How do I do this? Please!. Don't top post on this list. <<< SNIP >>> Thanks. I'll remember not to top post. And also remember to trim your posts. Delete all that does not apply to your reply. Thanks from those of us who have download limits and those who pay for the bytes received. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b83c652.10...@gmail.com
Re: Upgrade to Lenny?
Hadi Motamedi wrote: From: motamed...@hotmail.com To: cele...@gmail.com; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Upgrade to Lenny? Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:23:32 + Thank you very much you kind guys . At now , I have the tshark installed on my Lenny . But I want to analyze my previously captured 'output.pcap' file , by the following : #tshark output.pcap Previously , when I was on my Sarge , I modified my /etc/fstab to be eble to copy files from cdrom : /dev/cdrm /mnt/cdrm iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 And I always had the ability to deal with my cdrom . But on my new Lenny , it cannot get through and it returned as : 'wrong fs type, bad options, bad superblocks on /dev/hdc' Can you please let me know how to modify it ? I just went through the tcpdump/wireshark setup myself. I wonder if you have heard of google? I found every answer to your lengthy posts within 10 minutes using google. I never had to use DU. This is a list that helps people but we do expect that you try help yourself first before you post here! Another thing TRIM YOUR POSTS to only include what you are replying to. We don't need ALL of the previous posts in each of your replies! Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b8a8815.8040...@gmail.com
Re: OpenOffice and Fluxbox, window sizing problem
Tyler Smith wrote: Hi, I'm trying to use openoffice on Debian testing, with Fluxbox as my window manager. I use the styles and formatting dropdown, and the undocked window it provides when you click on the "more" option quite a lot. Styles & formatting in what, fluxbox or OO? However, no matter how many times I manually resize the undocked window, or set my preferences for this window to be relatively small and placed off to one side of the screen, it is constantly resized to maximize, obscuring everything on the screen. This happens whenever I use alt-tab to bounce between windows. I just brought up OO writer. Yes it takes up the whole screen. I then sized it to the size I wanted, right clicked on the titlle bar at the top, slected Remember, then clicked on the top 5 items and the Save on Close. Quit Writer and then selected it again. The OO writer window is as I had previously set. That works for most of the apps. Typical example: Open oowriter Click on the apply-styles drop-down in the menubar Click on the "more" style option The entire screen is taken up by the "Styles and Formatting" window Resize the "Styles and Formatting" window with the mouse or keyboard shortcuts Open a second document alt-tab between the two documents the "Styles and Formatting" window is now maximized again! I don't know if this is a fluxbox issue, or an OOO issue, but I've tried setting appropriate options in .fluxbox/apps, and I can't override this very annoying behaviour. Any help would be appreciated. If I'm mistaken the styles/formatting are for the document, not the OO writer window. Maybe I am not understanding you correctly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b8ab073.8040...@gmail.com
Re: what about acroread in squeeze i386?
Francesco Pietra wrote: What about acroread in squeeze i386? The only reason here to maintain a computer with squeeze is to provide a needed tool to scientists. Why acroread acroread-mozilla acroread-plugins can't be found on debian-multimedia i386 squeeze/testing? We have to run more expensive and more energy demanding 64-bit machines with lenny to have such packages. Curious about the reason why squeeze has no efficient pdf reader. I am running 386 acroread on a 686 squeeze box with the only problem being the print option for Odd an Even pages works backwards. I have not been able to use acroread on my 64bit box for months now. Same goes for cups, OK on 386, none on 64 bit. Both running squeeze. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b8ac8bd.1010...@gmail.com
Re: need help with xorg.conf
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 01:11:14PM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: [...] OK, we learn a lot from the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file. Your Integrated graphics card is (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 5333:8d04:1462:3908 S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] rev 0, Mem @ 0xe100/524288, 0xd800/134217728, BIOS @ 0x/65536 I thought at first that the stuff within parentheses might be the chipset. But I found out later that I was wrong. We'll see why in a minute. X chose the "savage" driver. It lists the chipsets which it supports. (II) SAVAGE: driver (version 2.3.1) for S3 Savage chipsets: Savage4, Savage3D, Savage3D-MV, Savage2000, Savage/MX-MV, Savage/MX, Savage/IX-MV, Savage/IX, ProSavage PM133, ProSavage KM133, [... snip a lot of great stuff...] After tossing out all the modes that aren't supported by the video BIOS, or that won't work for some other reason, it decides to reduce the virtual screen size. (--) SAVAGE(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024) And things are all downhill from there. The bottom line: the problem is not with your monitor. The problem is that the savage driver wants to use the video BIOS to set the video mode. The single most important thing you must have in any xorg.conf file is Option "UseBIOS" "off" This goes in the "Device" section. If you need more help, let me know, and I'll try to come up with a specific xorg.conf file for you. I just wanted to say this is just a fantastic explanation of the log file. nice job. A +1 X 10 Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9aa054.10...@gmail.com
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb
Mitchell Laks wrote: On 16:36 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: Dumb question: what does the error_log file say? !!! That is from the error_log :) ls /var/log/cups/ access_log access_log.5.gz error_log.1.gz error_log.6.gz page_log.3.gz access_log.1.gz access_log.6.gz error_log.2.gz error_log.7.gz page_log.4.gz access_log.2.gz access_log.7.gz error_log.3.gz page_log page_log.5.gz access_log.3.gz access_log.O error_log.4.gz page_log.1.gz page_log.6.gz access_log.4.gz error_logerror_log.5.gz page_log.2.gz page_log.7.gz the info i quoted was the info content in the error_log Having the same problem here with an HP 6P. This has been going on since December. Error log show what you get and then some. Getting 500 Internal Server Error from all but the admin pages so can't ever see the printer/classes, etc. E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt"! E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm"! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_600C_Photo_Series.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_900C_Series.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_990C.ppd! -- W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_350C.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_600C_Series.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_630C.ppd! E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:43 -0400] PID 19209 (/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/jobs.cgi) crashed on signal 6! E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:50 -0400] PID 19352 (/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi) crashed on signal 6! Upgraded cups for the last time today. It great when it works but a real pain when it doesn't. Going back to lpr/magicfilter which always worked. Good luck - you are not alone anyway, if that matters. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9d9f4a.5030...@gmail.com
Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?
Frank McCormick wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100 Wolodja Wentland wrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote: Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I noticed that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is listed by aptitude as being obsolete. Check your /var/log/aptitude, i'm sure that a new kernel version got installed and the old one (i.e. *-trunk-*) is therefore obsolete. That's what happened on Squeeze here...but linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 is still sitting in the boot directory ? dpkg -l linux-image |grep ^i will show you that the version, -3, changed. The name did not. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9e94ef.9090...@gmail.com
Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?
Snood wrote: dpkg -l linux-image |grep ^i will show you that the version, -3, changed. The name did not. Wayne That command results in nothing at all on my system. Is that significant? No, because, stupid me, forgot to type it correctly. Try this dpkg -l linux-image* |grep ^i The wildcard * tells it to check for all the linux-image files The |grep ^i means -- only show packages that have 'i' in the first column, which means show only the installed packages. This list code of conduct discourages sending personal mail. I am including the list in the cc so other users may benefit from your question. Please ask questions on the list and not directly to members. Thank you Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9ead7c.3070...@gmail.com
Re: More Xorg
Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:07:37 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: Hello Sven, Why not use nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel-source from non-free which _are_ available as regular Debian packages? They do not suffer from the problems that you describe here. I actually looked into installing them, but the list of packages that would have to be removed/replaced looked as though I might end up with a system where X is totally borked again. So I chickened out. Just tried to install the source package. listbugs reports that it has 2 bugs. 1. It won't compile and 2. bad attempt to nest fakeroot sessions. Testing on a 686. Just one more package, of many, that got to testing too fast. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9ff120.2050...@gmail.com
Re: Aptitude wish list item
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 14:15:53 +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote: On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 13:44 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:47:55 +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote: Nobody will manually verify each package that is going to be installed. apt-listbugs list $(aptitude -F%p search '~U') Thanks for the aptitude-fu, but I don't think that I'll do that every time before I'll upgrade some packages. It also seems as if it is not possible to put these packages on hold *from within apt-listbugs*. Side note: I would use "forbid-version" rather than "hold" to only block upgrades to the specific buggy versions. As you point out yourself below, it is trivial to automate something like this if one wants to do so. I know that this is easily solved with a little more aptitude-fu, but still ... what's wrong with execting apt-listbugs *before* any package is downloaded? I do not think anything is wrong with that and I did not mean to argue against this proposed change. I think that the proposed change in apt-listbugs is valid and would endorse it as the effect will be the same, with the important difference that it saves time, bandwith, money and results in less downloads from the mirrors. My only intention was to point out (what I think is) a reasonably convenient workaround for the present bandwidth-wasting behavior. Thanks Florian. That apt-listbugs list $(aptitude -F%p search '~U') is useful as will as the "forbid-version". The change to apt-listbugs had not occurred to me but aptitude would still have to call apt-listbugs *before* the downloads start ,to be useful. Thanks to all that replied. Sorry I did not explain well myself enough for all to understand the proposal. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba0f461.8090...@gmail.com
Re: Aptitude wish list item
Bob Cox wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 17:09:05 -0400, Wayne (linux...@gmail.com) wrote: After downloading the buggy openoffice suite for the 3rd time in the past month. I would like to propose a new feature for aptitude. How about apt-listbugs? apt-listbugs -s all list openoffice.org Sorry Bob, how does that prevent aptitude safe-upgrade from downloading packages that have bugs? I know, and use, apt-listbugs very often now that testing is being deluged with buggy packages from sid, I use it very often, but that was not the question. I could do aptitude -s safe-upgrade. Then run apt-listbugs with all of the proposed downloads. Then use aptitude to put all the buggy packages on hold. Then run aptitude-safe-upgrade again. then... Well you get the idea. I was trying to suggest a 'better way'. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba0f6da.9010...@gmail.com
Re: Apache2 chroot /dev/null permission denied
Knowledge Seeker wrote: Hi, I have an old Debian Etch box, running Apache2 on chroot jail. Yesterday, (it sounds like joke) I turned off the machine and when I started it again the web server did not come to life again. The problem was a Permission Denied on the /dev/null. I created my device with the command: mknod -m 0666 /chroot/dev/null c 1 3 listing the permissions: crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2010-03-16 18:37 null crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 2010-03-16 18:39 random crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 9 2010-03-16 18:39 urandom (When I change the group to sys, don't solve the problem) Even outside of the chroot when I try to echo something and redirect to this device I get the same message: -su: null: Permission Denied My kernel is the default: 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Everything worked fine 2 days ago. I really wish to understand and solve this issue. When I mount all /dev with a bind option, it works fine again, but I I ran into that after an upgrade on squeeze a few months ago. As a result a few programs would not run. The atd daemon was the only one I cared about. Don't know, yet, what caused it but the fix was to put the following into /root/.bash_profile. chmod 666 /dev/null chgrp root /dev/null /etc/init.d/atd restart HTH Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba16444.4010...@gmail.com
Re: Apache2 chroot /dev/null permission denied
Knowledge Seeker wrote: That is the problem. The permission is set to 666 and the group is root. But it still don't work. I don't know know what else to suggest. Maybe it is time to upgrade to lenny? Sorry I could not be of more help. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba2429e.9060...@gmail.com
Re: Report bug in migration-assistant
Krasimir Chonov wrote: Hello. I found a bug in migration-assistant. The bug is in Ubuntu, but to report bug about this package I was redirected to Debian. So the bug is the fowolling: Do you mean the module-assistant package? Debian does not have a migration-assistant package AFAIK. When installing Ubuntu and selected to migrate documents and setting from previous version of Ubuntu, the settings and bookmarks wasn`t migrated. The version of Firefox from which I want to migrate the setting and bookmarks is 3.5.8 and the version to which they should go is Firefox 3.6. The old version of Ubuntu is 9.10 and the new one is Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1. They both are i386. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba26661.6000...@gmail.com
Problem with libXrender
Guys I having a problem getting acroread and now eagle to run it claims that libXrander is bad. From the following I can see a problem. [VT/dev/pts/1 wt...@dj-squeeze] ~$ ls -l /usr/lib/libXrender* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58K 2009-11-25 13:54 /usr/lib/libXrender.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-12-10 06:48 /usr/lib/libXrender.so -> libXrender.so.1.3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-12-10 06:48 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 -> libXrender.so.1.3.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38K 2009-11-25 13:54 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0 [VT/dev/pts/1 wt...@dj-squeeze] ~$ eagle /home/wtopa/.eagle/bin/eagle: error while loading shared libraries: libXrender.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory This is an an amd64 box. No problems on the X86 squeeze box with either program. No bugs listed either. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba2b99e.3000...@gmail.com
Re: Problem with libXrender
Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote:
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 07:39:10PM -0400, Wayne wrote:
Guys
I having a problem getting acroread and now eagle to run it claims
that libXrander is bad. From the following I can see a problem.
[VT/dev/pts/1 wt...@dj-squeeze]
~$ ls -l /usr/lib/libXrender*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58K 2009-11-25 13:54 /usr/lib/libXrender.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-12-10 06:48 /usr/lib/libXrender.so
-> libXrender.so.1.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-12-10 06:48 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1
-> libXrender.so.1.3.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38K 2009-11-25 13:54 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0
[VT/dev/pts/1 wt...@dj-squeeze]
~$ eagle
/home/wtopa/.eagle/bin/eagle: error while loading shared libraries:
libXrender.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
Ok, I see you have compiled your own there since its in your home
directory. This could lead it to search for libs in the wrong places.
No, I did not compile my own lib. I was trying to run eagle from my
home dir to get the failures messages.
Oh, I see what you mean the .eagle/bin.eagle. I tried to start eagle
from the fluxbox menu and it didn't work so if tried from an xterm.
/usr/bin/eagle produces the same error list.
Try the following:
strace eagle 2> strace.txt
grep libXrender strace.txt
strace eagle --including only failures "I did not edit this"
weird - looks like someone didn't compile something for 64 bits??
stat64("/usr/lib/i486-linux-gnu", 0xff8c4e44) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
writev(2, [{"/home/wtopa/.eagle/bin/eagle", 28}, {": ", 2}, {"error
while loading shared libra"..., 36}, {": ", 2}, {"libXrender.so.1", 15},
{": ", 2}, {"cannot open shared object file", 30}, {": ", 2}, {"No such
file or directory", 25}, {"\n", 1}], 10/home/wtopa/.eagle/bin/eagle:
error while loading shared libraries: libXrender.so.1: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
) = 143
exit_group(127) = ?
grep strace.txt
fails to find llibXrender
in the following places
/lib32/tls/i686/sse2/cmov/libXrender.so.1
/usr/lib32/tls/i686/sse2/cmov/libXrender.so.1
/lib/i486-linux-gnu/tls/i686/sse2/cmov/libXrender.so.1
There are 8 -12 different places in the 3 base dirs I list above that
are there but it's so long I show only the main dirs that were searched.
None of which is a 64 bit lib. By the install dates of the libs this
got messed up in December.
and see if the location for the lib this grep should give you is
/usr/lib or perhaps it is /opt or something else, you might be able to
solve it then by making a symlink from the result of strace to
/usr/lib and then eagle should find the lib.
I did make the symlinks but it seems that, for some reason, the libs in
/usr/lib/ are not even called. Check this
~$ sudo ldconfig -v |grep libXrender
[sudo] password for wtopa:
ldconfig: Can't stat /lib/i486-linux-gnu: No such file or directory
ldconfig: Can't stat /usr/lib/i486-linux-gnu: No such file or directory
ldconfig: Can't stat /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu: No such file or directory
ldconfig: Can't stat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu: No such file or directory
ldconfig: Cannot stat /usr/lib/libfakeroot-0.so: No such file or directory
ldconfig: Cannot stat /usr/lib/libgthumb-2.6.9.so: No such file or directory
libXrender.so.1 -> libXrender.so.1.3.0
Something looks fishy here..
Thanks for the Help!!
Wayne
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Re: bash scripting question
Mike McClain wrote:
I've written a function to print elapsed time similar to /usr/bin/time
but can be called at the beginning and end of a script from within
the script. Occasionally I get an error: '8-08: value too great for base'
It's caused by the difference in these 2 command strings but I can't for
the life of me see what's going on.
now='09:07:16'; startHr=${now%%:*}; startHR=${startHr#*0}; echo $startHr;
09
str=09; str=${str#*0}; echo $str;
I do it like this
# Set date format
ISO_8601='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z'
aptitude safe-upgrade
date "+System Upgrade Completed at: $ISO_8601">>/root/Admin/last-upgrade
the result is
Update started at : 2010-03-19 08:50:53-0400
Update completed at: 2010-03-19 08:52:19-0400
Upgrade Download started at : 2010-03-19 08:52:19-0400
Download Completed at : 2010-03-19 09:01:52-0400
System Upgrade Completed at: 2010-03-19 09:05:39-0400
HTH
Wayne
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Re: Still Unable To Restart Networking
Carlos Mennens wrote: I asked the list last week why I am unable to restart my networking service on Debian... /etc/init.d/networking restart That command no longer seems to work in Debian Linux. I was then told to try some kind of "invoke-rc.d/networking restart and that fails to. Can someone please explain how an Administrator is expected to restart the networking services on Debian? In the same thread you got the, wrong answer, was the correct answer. service networking restart Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba3c160.6010...@gmail.com
Re: Problem with libXrender
Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 09:55:30PM -0400, Wayne wrote: ~$ sudo ldconfig -v |grep libXrender [sudo] password for wtopa: ldconfig: Can't stat /lib/i486-linux-gnu: No such file or directory ldconfig: Can't stat /usr/lib/i486-linux-gnu: No such file or directory ldconfig: Can't stat /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu: No such file or directory ldconfig: Can't stat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu: No such file or directory ldconfig: Cannot stat /usr/lib/libfakeroot-0.so: No such file or directory ldconfig: Cannot stat /usr/lib/libgthumb-2.6.9.so: No such file or directory libXrender.so.1 -> libXrender.so.1.3.0 Something looks fishy here.. Hmm ... Im not sure if this is so fishy. When ldconfig returns Can't stat, that means the dir/file is mentioned in the config for ldconfig (that is in one of the files in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/) but is not in the system. When it returnes Cannot stat then the file is usually a symlink to a file that no longer exists. But that these dirs are not there (specially /usr/lib/i486-linux-gnu and /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu) could be a problem, not familiar with the 64 bit architecture to know if they should be there or not. Here is why I think something is fishy r...@dj:/home/wtopa# ls -al /usr/lib/libXrender* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58K 2009-11-25 13:54 /usr/lib/libXrender.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-12-10 06:48 /usr/lib/libXrender.so -> libXrender.so.1.3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-12-10 06:48 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 -> libXrender.so.1.3.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38K 2009-11-25 13:54 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0 The libs are here in /usr/lib but the eagle program is not looking there. Thanks for the help anyway. will see if the DD knows what's up. Acroread on amd64 is failing with the same errors as eagle, yet they both work on my 686 box. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba40782.1050...@gmail.com
Re: Wireless - RTL 8187b + wicd + wpa_supplicant - naughty behaviour
Rogerio Luz Coelho wrote: <---SNIP---> Here are some outputs # uname -a Linux casa 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 22:40:40 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux That is not the current kernel. Many problems have been reported with it. Upgrade the kernel to 2.6.32-3 and report back if yoy still have problems. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba77f81.9060...@gmail.com
Re: Any incompatibility with Ethernet adapters?
Jason Filippou wrote: On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Aioanei Rares wrote: On 03/22/2010 07:42 PM, Jason Filippou wrote: Hi, My mobo's network card's crashed and I was wondering if I'd have to be weary on which would be the next one I'd have to purchase as far as Debian compatibility is concerned. Are there ethernet adapters out there that have incompatibility problems with Debian or Linux in general? I know that some drivers are not yet available for wireless interfaces, but I don't know what the case is with ethernet adapters. Thanks 1. What card is it exactly? 2. What do you mean by 'the network card crashed'? 3. A google search like '$card linux' will likely show you if the card has drivers and works well with linux. Hi, 1. My motherboard is an MSI P965 Neo F and, as I didn't feel like opening my computer case and looking to find the exact model of the network adapter, I googled a bit and found the following here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130052 "and the RTL8110SC LAN card offers unparalleled 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet connectivity." So I'm guessing that's my network card. Rather then guessing or opening up the computer you could use the tools provided by your Linux installation. Like lspci -v |grep -i ethernet Wayne -- Give a man a fish, feed him for a day Teach a man to fish, feed him for life -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba7d0d0.9080...@gmail.com
Re: squeeze - dvd drive not seen
Aioanei Rares wrote: Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Tuesday 30 March 2010 14:59:31 Aioanei Rares wrote: Thierry Chatelet wrote: Hi, I did a fraich install of squeeze. All OK "except" two things: The dvd drive is not seen. Fstab seems OK: /dev/hdb/media/cdrom0udf,iso9660 user,noauto00 Inserting a cd in it then dmesg does not show anything. K3b says there isn' t a optical drive, kinfocenter does not show it either. Note that it was OK with lenny. I need tips to go further. The second thing is the sound under iceweasel, but, one thing at a time... Thierry Insert a cd/dvd media known to work in the drive and mount it manually, see if that works. Well, then I get a: 'special device /dev/hdb does not exist' Looking at lshw, my CD/DVD drive does not show up. Thierry What does uname -a and lshw -v say? I think you meant lshw -short Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb213b1.9020...@gmail.com
Re: How to read log files
Dotan Cohen wrote: My 2 cents: read and understand log messages when you are in trouble, if system is working well, you don't need understand these logs. But in that case I would not be able to identify the faulty lines in the log. I need to know what a healthy log looks like, to diagnose a sick one. If you are not having a problem right now, look at the logs now. If you are having a problem, look at the logs. It does not take a Rocket Scientist to spot a problem. google and source code are your friend if you want to understand a message which you don't understand At this point I would be googling all the messages, so if there is a fine manual which documents the messages in /var/log/messages then that would be great. You spend more time giving excuses then necessary. Look in the log of interest until you see something that looks like it might be different then the other entries, then Google it. If, and only if, google doesn't give you an answer you can't understand, use this list. As a last resort buy a book on linux that covers the subject you want answered. Ok, ready for more excuses.. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb26294.3050...@gmail.com
Re: How to read log files
Dotan Cohen wrote: As a last resort buy a book on linux that covers the subject you want answered. That was quite what I asked: where could I read more on the subject? Dead trees are fine! Based on your previous posts, I take that to mean Tell me what book I should get to teach me how to fix errors I may encounter on my linux system. My answer is Google is your friend. I am not about to do your research for you. This is a Help List but it is expected that the person asking for help has already tried other sources before asking for help here. Microsoft help costs $, unless you search the net for answers. Linux answers, be they good or bad, abound on the net. Ask the right question and you will get answers. You should have learned some of the questions to ask, Google, by all of the answers you have received in this thread. Happy researching Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb3a7e1.3010...@gmail.com
Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.
Dotan Cohen wrote: Is there actually a "lo"? Â Presumably that non-Debian machine is running Network Mangler. Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. You are a genius! Well now we know at what level we have to start at when Dotan has a problem. Google didn't help with that problem??? Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb4c90b.4000...@gmail.com
Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.
Dotan Cohen wrote: Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. You are a genius! Well now we know at what level we have to start at when Dotan has a problem. I never claimed not to be slow! Actually, I don't know if that was meant to offend, but I am not offended. It was not meant to offend. It was a statement of fact. Your question showed that you are not used to setting up networks. As you do not use Debian, which requires some network setup in the raw. You use Ubuntu which does this for you, or is supposed to. Therefore when you ask networking questions we now know you have little knowledge of the basics so that will require us to start asking very basic questions. I would you suggest that the Ubuntu ML/Forum would be better suited to your queries anyway being that you re using it and they are, probably, use to questions from users of your level. > Google didn't help with that problem??? No, but I didn't know which keywords to google. I'm wiser now. Ok Grasshopper. Here is a subject you could have used for google can't ping 127.0.0.1 "linux" returns Results 1 - 10 of about 604,000 for can't ping 127.0.0.1 "linux". Look familiar to you? Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb4d850.1010...@gmail.com
Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.
Dotan Cohen wrote: Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. I'd wonder why there wasn't a lo in the first place... I broke it trying to force the computer to take a specific IP address. One of those issues that I decided to learn by doing, rather than bugging the list about. Only when I got seriously stuck did I waste the list bandwidth, and even then only with a very specific question. Sorry forgot to add this in my last reply. When the servers are back up install the 'debian-reference' package. Read it. It has a section on networking - read it. You would not have started this if you had done this. Most if not all problems can be solved by reading through that manual. As to one of your previous questions. Don't try to read the logs. Google for 'Linux Books". Read through the Table of Contents of the offered books and select those that you think would be helpful. Another place to check is the archives of this list. Look there for post relating to you current problem. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb4daa2.8020...@gmail.com
Re: Re (2): 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: Wayne, From: Wayne Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:40:50 -0400 install the 'debian-reference' package. Read it. Can't the instructions be read on a Web page? Don't know, I never looked on the web for it. Just install the package along with the dwww package and you can view it, in HTML or text. I still use it for reference and I have been running Debian since 1993. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb4eb27.6050...@gmail.com
Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 1 April 2010 20:40, Wayne wrote: When the servers are back up install the 'debian-reference' package. Read it. Â It has a section on networking - read it. Â You would not have started this if you had done this. Most if not all problems can be solved by reading through that manual. Thank you! I will spend some time reading that this weekend. It is a valuable source of information. You won't be sorry. As to one of your previous questions. Â Don't try to read the logs. Google for 'Linux Books". Â Read through the Table of Contents of the offered books and select those that you think would be helpful. There really is nothing on log files! I really think that I might be the fool who compiles all the messages online with a quick explanation, as was suggested. It would be a great learning experience. That's why I said don't try reading them. Look at them long enough and you *might* be able to spot something but trying to understand them is a long process. Another place to check is the archives of this list. Â Look there for post relating to you current problem. Of course! I usually either grep the archive that I've acquired in Gmail or search these: http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/topics http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.laptop/topics That means you have to sort through all the non DU mail as well. Go to the mailing page at debian and you *only* have the DU mail to look at. Much faster IMHO. Thanks for the patience and the tips. You are Welcome. Good Luck in your studies. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb5305e.4010...@gmail.com
Some Mirrors are up
Just tried my US mirrors and am able to upgrade! Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb5f99c.1060...@gmail.com
Re: Some Mirrors are up
Kumar Appaiah wrote: On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 10:05:16AM -0400, Wayne wrote: Just tried my US mirrors and am able to upgrade! This just means that the packages on your machines are older than the ones which were available on that mirror. ftp-master.debian.org is still down, though it should be up sometime soonish. Kumar I don't think so. I have been trying 2-3 times a day since the mirrors went down to get an update done. On the second try today, the update completed. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb607dc.1000...@gmail.com
Re: Some Mirrors are up
Kumar Appaiah wrote: On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 11:06:04AM -0400, Wayne wrote: Kumar Appaiah wrote: On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 10:05:16AM -0400, Wayne wrote: Just tried my US mirrors and am able to upgrade! This just means that the packages on your machines are older than the ones which were available on that mirror. ftp-master.debian.org is still down, though it should be up sometime soonish. Kumar I don't think so. I have been trying 2-3 times a day since the mirrors went down to get an update done. On the second try today, the update completed. Whatever the case may be, I am certain that no uploads are happening, since ftp-master is yet to be resurrected. For instance, the last update date for files here is 25th March: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/ Kumar Sorry, you must be correct. I see that the master *is* down. Now to figure out why I was able to complete that update. Regards Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb610b5.6030...@gmail.com
Re: 'looking up xxxx' forever
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I have a dialup modem. Pppconfig configured the connection with 'nameservers dynamic'. /etc/ppp/resolv.conf always contains: nameserver 148.240.118.40 nameserver 189.209.208.181 Don't know. Have you contacted your ISP to see of they are correct? DNS servers are usually under the ISP's address range. They look strange to me as the first one is in Montevideo UY and the next is in Mexico. But I do not know how they do DNS in SA although the timestamp on the file changes with each connection: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 2010-04-03 11:00 resolv.conf Now the problem: Several times a day internet communication stops and all that appears on the status bar of iceweasel is 'Looking up ' where is the site that was being displayed. When I was on dialup if I connected and did nothing for some period of time, the ISP would drop the connection. I set a cron job to ping a web address every 10 minutes and stopped that nonsense. If I stayed connect for more then 5 hours they would drop the connect as well. Ask your ISP what their policy is on this. This is only resolved when you take down the ppp0 interface and bring it back up, redialling the ISP. Understandable if the ISP timed you out. And the same nameservers appear in resolv.conf. They always use the same DNS Servers, which is normal, here anyway. Can anyone explain this behavior? And what to do about it? Try the cron suggestion above. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb7907d.7040...@gmail.com
Re: 'looking up xxxx' forever
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Wayne wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I have a dialup modem. O <--- SNIP ---> They work now because I can 'dig www.google.com' and get 216.239.32.10 and then 'host 216.239.32.10' and get Name: ns1.google.com Address: 216.239.32.10 How did you get Montevideo UY and Mexico for the nameservers? >>> Pppconfig configured the connection with 'nameservers dynamic'. /etc/ppp/resolv.conf always contains: nameserver 148.240.118.40 nameserver 189.209.208.181 Don't know. Have you contacted your ISP to see of they are correct? DNS servers are usually under the ISP's address range. They look strange to me as the first one is in Montevideo UY and the next is in Mexico. But I do not know how they do DNS in SA whois 148.240.118.40 whois 189.209.208.181 Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb8b64d.3020...@gmail.com
Re: lots of unneeded filesystem modules?
Eric Cooper wrote: I've noticed that after booting, my kernel has loaded almost every possible filesystem module (minix, qnx4, hfsplus, ...), even though I don't need anything but ext3 to boot. Right now I'm going to blacklist all the others, but it would be nice to know why it's happening. I do have a USB-attached printer with an empty card reader that shows up as a non-existent SCSI disk -- perhaps something is attempting to auto mount that? If so, any suggestions on how to disable that behavior? Please CC me on any responses since I'm not subscribed. Thanks. Maybe because the you compiled them in into the kernel? ie: in the config you put 'y' instead of 'm'. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb90141.9050...@gmail.com
Re: How to read log files
Dotan Cohen wrote: Mar 28 09:14:19 sfd kernel: [ Â Â 0.00] Linux version 2.6.31-20-generic (bui...@palmer) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) ) #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:09 UTC 2010 (Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic) Doesn't look like Debian to me... Ubuntu is a Debian derivative, Jordan. I think that the name is an ancient African word for "Debian for noobies". Dotan I just came across a page that might help you with the subject. <http://wiki.debian.org/TroubleShooting> I was looking for something else and stumbled across this. HTH Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb91a27.5020...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] Ubuntu vs Debian forums (was recompiling the kernel with a different version name)
Stephen Powell wrote: On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 23:00:39 -0400 (EDT), Dotan Cohen wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: For some reason, this well-known proverb is going through my head: Â Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Â Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. I'd rather learn to fish. In this case it's: Take a rope off their necks and you save him today. (get him off Windows) Try to teach him what to do with a better rope and he will call you twice a day for the next four years (install Debian for him) Give him a rope made for babies and you'll both be happy (install Ubuntu) (1) No need to CC me; I am subscribed to the list. (2) I see that you (and a number of others) have had fun with parodies of the "give a fish / teach to fish" parable, but its point is still valid. (3) If you are unwilling to teach, then there is no reason why your technological dependents would not be just as happy with an appropriately installed and configured Debian system as they would be with an Ubuntu system. (4) If you are unwilling to teach, then don't come here for support, because that's what you're asking us to do. Why should we do for you what you are not willing to do for others? Stephen This is one of your *best* posts ever! Years ago. this was how this list operated. Sadly it has changed over the years. Newcomers rush to this list for answers no matter how simple the problem is with no thought given to doing *any* research on the own. I guess it may be a sign of the times. The world has changed over the past 16+ years since I first joined this list. Sadly, for this list, not for the better. Maybe if we stressed your points 2,3,4, it might change for the better. One can only hope. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bbf4a9c.3040...@gmail.com
Re: Going wireless
T o n g wrote: Hi, I always use wired network for my laptop because I don't know how to properly get wireless going. I've been to web sites like the following but they all look rather complicated. The basics of wireless LAN interface http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ ch05.en.html#_the_basics_of_wireless_lan_interface Wireless network setup http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Wireless-HOWTO-5.html wireless utilities http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation Now I want to try just again. So, what packages do I need to install in order to get my wire-networked laptop going wireless? What are the configuration (and troubleshooting) steps? You have received good answers to your *broad* question. One thing that was not mentioned was that you have to be sure that your wireless (card, usb dongle, pcmcia card) actually works with Linux or does it require ndiswrapper. A web search will show you that some adapters have been made to work on Ubuntu but for some reason they don't work on Debian (yet). Are you going to be using a WPA or WEP access point? Sore adapters don't do WPA. Just a heads up before you take the plunge. Research, Research, Research. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bbf5548.2030...@gmail.com
Re: Realtek ethernet (was Re: recent mobo recommendation)
Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-04-14 21:58, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Ron Johnson put forth on 4/14/2010 8:28 AM: On 2010-04-13 22:50, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 4/13/2010 3:53 PM: [snip] Either way, avoid onboard RealTek ethernet as it's not currently supported well by Debian. One might be able to make it work, but the process requires some serious hoop jumping. <-- SNIP --> AFAIK, for those who roll their own kernels from kernel.org source, there's no problem with RTL chips if you compile all blobs into the kernel. For those using stock Debian kernels, RTL chips have been a problem, and may yet be again. Maybe if I ever get .32 or .33 I'll squeal in anger. Until then... ~$ lspci |grep Real 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03) [1]+ Doneplay /usr/local/sounds/identification.wav > /dev/null 2>&1 Running fine here since 2.6.26 and currently on 2.6.32-4-amd64. Stock kernel images on testing. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bc7134a@gmail.com
Re: acroread not seeing printers
John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 07:25 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-04-15 04:56, John A. Sullivan III wrote: Hello, all. We've installed acroread 8.1.7-0.1 from debian-multimedia. It is not seeing any of the printers on our cups print server. It just shows the custom lpr printer. How do we get it to see our printers like all the other applications in our KDE setup do? We are running Lenny + backports. Thanks - John Semi-OT from your question, but v8.1.7 is *really* old. Make that really *REALLY* old. If you're running Stable and that's what's in the Stable repos, then remove it an go directly to adobe to get the latest version. I thought about doing that but it looks like the only deb is a 32 bit one and we are running 64 bit :( Acroread has not worked on my amd64 box in over 4 months. You might want to try the epdfview package. Othen then not being able to reverse print, it is as good as acroread *was*. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bc71dea.6040...@gmail.com
Re: acroread not seeing printers
Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:08:42 -0400 Wayne wrote: Hello Wayne, Acroread has not worked on my amd64 box in over 4 months. Stable, testing or Sid? I ask since it works here (amd64) in testing. Version of acroread is 9.3.1 Testing. I dropped it in January after completely purging/installing it 5-6 times. It would not load and kept throwing an error that it could not find the libXrender lib, IIRC, which was not in the depends. The eagle package was failing with the same error so I purged all of the 32 bit libs and both aptitude & eagle and kept getting that error whenever I reinstalled them. Installed kicad and epdfview and moved on. Both are installed on a 686 box and other then a little error in acroread, they are working well. The Acroread error is it prints the odd pages when you ask for even and vise versa. Not really an error, just a PITA. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bc72a28.2080...@gmail.com
Re: acroread not seeing printers
Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:08:42 -0400 Wayne wrote: Hello Wayne, Acroread has not worked on my amd64 box in over 4 months. Stable, testing or Sid? I ask since it works here (amd64) in testing. Version of acroread is 9.3.1 Brad Just tried to install acroread again. Won't install due to a bug in the ia32 libs. The saga continues..... Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bc734c5.9060...@gmail.com
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Re: Grub2 not setting the vga= on one of 3 partitions
Tom H wrote: > Wayne wrote: >> Tom H wrote: >>> Wayne wrote: > >>>> I finally have grub 2 installed. Whew. It works for testing but, does >>>> not >>>> set the vga=31B on the stable entry. >>>> The grub2 docs are, to say the least, sparce, and do not seem to have a >>>> solution to this problem. >>>> I have looked for a file that I could edit to fix this but come up empty. >>>> Anyone know where I can find it? >>>> Anyone have a pointer it a fix? > >>> /etc/default/grub >>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=... > >> Which I believe would make that partition, the stable dist, the default. > > "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX" appends entries to the end of the "linux" line > for normal and recovery modes. > > "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT" appends entries to the end of the "linux" > line for normal mode only. > > Nothing to do with setting default kernel. > > Right! The examples I found confirm that. They don't set the vga= either. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" The is the most common setting. Others have a theme in addition to the above. Thanks Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
