Every time `tracker` has a memory leak....

2013-07-29 Thread Tyler MacDonald
This has happened at least a dozen times in the past few years. I've removed tracker a few times, but it's been re-added due to dependencies/recommends. A product that is this immature should not be allowed to be part of the default installation. Again, tonight, I had to SSH in to my PC from anothe

RAID broken after kernel upgrade.

2013-07-29 Thread doug
After upgrading to kernel 3.9-1 from 3.2, my system will no longer boot. My OS is located on a RAID array, but when the system boots it says something along the lines of "mdadm: no arrays in the configuration file were found" and "root not found". Then it enters busy box. Once in busy box I fin

Re: no xorg

2013-07-29 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 08:19:49AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2013, sp113438 wrote: > > > Anyway, it's too late to check out myself since I installed Sid ;) > > > > Just remember when updating to use dist-upgrade instead of regula

Re: Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!!

2013-07-29 Thread Joel Rees
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:42 PM, J B wrote: > Dear list, > > I'm suffering with a very serious issue and seek guidance. > > I have a debian server functional at my place which is attached with a > leased line connection. > Iand I use this box as a gateway. > Any other firewall or gateway that yo

Installing Mate

2013-07-29 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Dear List - I am sorry I have to revisit this, but for starters I am running squeeze. Here is what happened: apt-get install mate-core The following packages have unmet dependencies: mate-core : Depends: mate-control-center (>= 1.6.0) but it is not going to be installed Depe

Re: Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!! (OT question)

2013-07-29 Thread Joel Rees
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Chris Bannister < cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:26:17PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > > > > Do you mean actually recycled? Or are you thinking of one-time pads? > > Not really. > > Umm, what about: > http://www.logicalsecurity.com/res

Re: Gaining ownership of an inode in own directory using vim :w!

2013-07-29 Thread Joel Rees
(The subject still isn't quite right, but it's closer.) On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Beco wrote: > > Dear users, > > I'm astonished by this (maybe I'm naive and I'm missing something). > > Yesterday as root I saved a file skel.bashrc in my /home/beco user, owned > by root, group root. > > To

Re: rkhunter on Wheezy hangs

2013-07-29 Thread Brian
On Mon 29 Jul 2013 at 22:42:02 +0200, sp113438 wrote: > > > rkhunter on Wheezy hangs halfway. > > > > > > It stops at "Performing malware checks" (for at least 10 hours) > > > > > > How can solve this problem? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > The rkhunter.log shows: > > > > *

Re: unable to mount a vfat filesystem.

2013-07-29 Thread Pascal Hambourg
atar a écrit : > OK, so if this doesn't answer on your question, how can I check that the > active kernel and initramfs are the intended one > and not an older version ? $ uname -a should print the active kernel build date. If not, try : $ cat /proc/version You can compare it to the date of t

Re: rkhunter on Wheezy hangs

2013-07-29 Thread sp113438
> > rkhunter on Wheezy hangs halfway. > > > > It stops at "Performing malware checks" (for at least 10 hours) > > > > How can solve this problem? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > The rkhunter.log shows: > > * > > Performing malware checks > > Info: Test 'deleted_files' disabled at users

Re: rkhunter on Wheezy hangs

2013-07-29 Thread sp113438
On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:34:31 +0200 sp113438 wrote: > Hi all, > > rkhunter on Wheezy hangs halfway. > > It stops at "Performing malware checks" (for at least 10 hours) > > How can solve this problem? > > Thanks! > > The rkhunter.log shows: * Performing malware checks Info: Test '

Re: Difficulty configuring kdump

2013-07-29 Thread Andrew Walsh
Thanks for the reply. However, I believe that's an expected behavior when simulating a crash. See the following doc, which states "'c' - Will perform a system crash by a NULL pointer dereference. A crashdump will be taken if configured." https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysrq.txt *Andre

Re: Problems with installing HP LaserJet M1005 usb printer on debian clients on a network

2013-07-29 Thread Brian
On Mon 29 Jul 2013 at 16:15:13 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Check that there is a tick for > >Show printers shared by other systems > > IIUC this doesn't exist in the cups version of Debian testing. Quoting the OP: . . . . on a network of machines running debian wheezy. > Instead yo

Re: Problems with installing HP LaserJet M1005 usb printer on debian clients on a network

2013-07-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Check that there is a tick for >Show printers shared by other systems IIUC this doesn't exist in the cups version of Debian testing. Instead you need to install cups-browsed to get this functionality. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: Difficulty configuring kdump

2013-07-29 Thread emmanuel segura
Hello as you see in the kernel trace, maybe it's kernel BUG, i don't know if there is an open bug for this, but it can be useful if you try to do the same thing with an other kernel. 2013/7/29 Andrew Walsh > Here is the output once I trigger the crash: > > > > [3518.067263] SysRq : Trigger a c

rkhunter on Wheezy hangs

2013-07-29 Thread sp113438
Hi all, rkhunter on Wheezy hangs halfway. It stops at "Performing malware checks" (for at least 10 hours) How can solve this problem? Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archiv

Re: fsck on boot...revisited

2013-07-29 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:09:00AM -0500, Tim Nelson wrote: > - Original Message - > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 09:28:56AM -0500, Tim Nelson wrote: > > > I have an interesting use case where a Debian Lenny server runs > > > headless, and is at the mercy of poor power conditions > > > (enviro

Re: Problems with installing HP LaserJet M1005 usb printer on debian clients on a network

2013-07-29 Thread Brian
On Mon 29 Jul 2013 at 20:59:39 +0530, Arvind wrote: > I am saddled with a job of installing a HP laserjet M1005 > multifunction printer on a network of machines running debian wheezy. > This is a usb printer, NOT a network printer. Unfortunately, it also > requires a proprietary plugin from HP. I

Re: Hardware support

2013-07-29 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 08:31:52PM +0400, sean Griffiths wrote: > > Hello and Good Day, > > Please can you tell me if Debian squeeze 64 bit accepts more than 4GB ram, ie > 8GB? I have a Dell Latitude D6200 and am in the process of upgrading to a > D6300 which will accept 8GB maximum RAM and Del

Re: no xorg

2013-07-29 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:18:15AM +0200, sp113438 wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:36:37 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Sun, 28 Jul 2013, sp113438 wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I did a fresh minimal install of wheezy > > > I could not add xorg afterwards. > > > I am not going to install

Re: Hardware support

2013-07-29 Thread Erwan David
Le 29/07/2013 20:55, Erwan David a écrit : > Le 29/07/2013 20:48, Stefan Monnier a écrit : >>> Please can you tell me if Debian squeeze 64 bit accepts more than 4GB ram, >>> ie 8GB? >> Yes. And Debian 32bit also supports 8GB. > With the PAE kernel > > Sorry, I hit send too early. And in PAE, each

Re: Hardware support

2013-07-29 Thread Erwan David
Le 29/07/2013 20:48, Stefan Monnier a écrit : >> Please can you tell me if Debian squeeze 64 bit accepts more than 4GB ram, >> ie 8GB? > Yes. And Debian 32bit also supports 8GB. With the PAE kernel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Hardware support

2013-07-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Please can you tell me if Debian squeeze 64 bit accepts more than 4GB ram, > ie 8GB? Yes. And Debian 32bit also supports 8GB. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archi

Re: SOLVED: export vs. save menu in gimp2.8 - simple and lasting solution

2013-07-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-07-29 at 22:28 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > The problem are e.g. Windows that are transparent, but > > can't moved away, so that they cover the artwork we want to work on. > > WTF? If you want to add text, than a transparent window is opened that does cover parts of the ar

Re: avahi-daemon: Is it *really* needed?

2013-07-29 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> Yeah, and the best and most correct way to do that is to use the > aforementioned: > > update-rc.d avahi-daemon disable > > avahi no longer uses a ENABLE flag in /etc/default/avahi-daemon. Those > flags are a hack and the above menthod is much better. Personally I disagree in that I believe

Re: Hardware support

2013-07-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/07/13 12:31 PM, sean Griffiths wrote: Hello and Good Day, Please can you tell me if Debian squeeze 64 bit accepts more than 4GB ram, ie 8GB? I have a Dell Latitude D6200 and am in the process of upgrading to a D6300 which will accept 8GB maximum RAM and Dell actually sell these 8gb Memory

Re: Gain owner of a file using vim :w!

2013-07-29 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> I'm not sure how this works. What were the permissions on the file before you > edited it? Yeah, you sure your not accessing an sftp with suid dir permissions. I get permission denied. Also setting chattr +ias on a file as root prevents the folder shenanigans On OpenBSD setting chflags schg

RE: Difficulty configuring kdump

2013-07-29 Thread Andrew Walsh
Here is the output once I trigger the crash: [3518.067263] SysRq : Trigger a crash [3518.070526] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) [3518.071338] IP: [] sysrq_handle_crash+0xd/0x16 [3518.072163] PGD 7c781067 PUD 7c780067 PMD 0 [3518.072973] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP [

Hardware support

2013-07-29 Thread sean Griffiths
Hello and Good Day, Please can you tell me if Debian squeeze 64 bit accepts more than 4GB ram, ie 8GB? I have a Dell Latitude D6200 and am in the process of upgrading to a D6300 which will accept 8GB maximum RAM and Dell actually sell these 8gb Memory modules (2x4gb), even though in the beginn

Change Lightdm background

2013-07-29 Thread Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras
I want to change the background of lightdm with a custom image . Do you know how to do that ? Thanks very much -- .''`. Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras : :' : webiste → http://jemadux.info `. `'email→ k...@riseup.net `- xmpp/jabber → k...@jabbim.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Difficulty configuring kdump

2013-07-29 Thread emmanuel segura
Can you show us the screen when crash happen? after you give echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger 2013/7/29 Andrew Walsh > Yes, it appears that it was loaded as expected: > > # grep -i crash /proc/iomem > > 3300-36ff : Crash kernel > > > > Thanks for the response. > > *Andrew Walsh* > --

RE: Difficulty configuring kdump

2013-07-29 Thread Andrew Walsh
Yes, it appears that it was loaded as expected: # grep -i crash /proc/iomem 3300-36ff : Crash kernel Thanks for the response. *Andrew Walsh*

Re: Difficulty configuring kdump

2013-07-29 Thread emmanuel segura
Hello After you reboot and configure your kdump, before you do the test crash dump, check if your crash kernel was loaded corretly with grep -i crash /proc/iomem 2013/7/29 Andrew Walsh > Hi all, > > > > I’ve got an issue trying to configure kdump on my debian systems, and I > was hoping some

Difficulty configuring kdump

2013-07-29 Thread Andrew Walsh
Hi all, I’ve got an issue trying to configure kdump on my debian systems, and I was hoping someone could help shine some light on the issue for me that might help me get it working. I’ve done some extensive reading about how to configure it, but nothing has been fruitful in pointing me in the r

Re: no xorg

2013-07-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 08:19:49AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jul 2013, sp113438 wrote: > > Anyway, it's too late to check out myself since I installed Sid ;) > > Just remember when updating to use dist-upgrade instead of regular > upgrade to have the most current files installed in

Problems with installing HP LaserJet M1005 usb printer on debian clients on a network

2013-07-29 Thread Arvind
Dear All, I am saddled with a job of installing a HP laserjet M1005 multifunction printer on a network of machines running debian wheezy. This is a usb printer, NOT a network printer. Unfortunately, it also requires a proprietary plugin from HP. I could get it running on the machine to which it is

Re: Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!! (OT question)

2013-07-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:26:17PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > > Do you mean actually recycled? Or are you thinking of one-time pads? Not really. Umm, what about: http://www.logicalsecurity.com/resources/whitepapers/Cryptography.pdf "... We'll cite two kinds of rotation ciphering machines: the Je

Re: no xorg

2013-07-29 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 29 Jul 2013, sp113438 wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:36:37 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Sun, 28 Jul 2013, sp113438 wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I did a fresh minimal install of wheezy > > > I could not add xorg afterwards. > > > I am not going to install bla bla bla > > > >

Re: Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!! (OT question)

2013-07-29 Thread John Hasler
Chris Bannister writes: > My guess is that they were actually rotated at some point but when > that changed, the name was not. People wrote about rotating passwords decades ago but they didn't really mean it then either. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!! (OT question)

2013-07-29 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Chris Bannister < cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 09:16:50PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh < > > > Switching to a new one and disposing of the older one is, for whatever > > >

Re: home/end keys over ssh

2013-07-29 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 29/07/13 13:08, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 7/29/13, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> I have a remote server running squeezy, which I access from a KDE >> terminal via ssh from my squeeze/wheezy hosts. >> All works well, except that the home and end keys don't work as >> expected; they only echo a t

Re: Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!! (OT question)

2013-07-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 09:16:50PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh < > > Switching to a new one and disposing of the older one is, for whatever > > reason, usually called "rotating the keys". > > Probably because of perceived similarities to

Re: PXE, automatic installation and reboot

2013-07-29 Thread Iain M Conochie
> > You also have a default file in your pxelinux.cfg file with the > following in it: This should read pxelinux.cfg Directory not file. And the default file is called default Ta Iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: PXE, automatic installation and reboot

2013-07-29 Thread Iain M Conochie
On Thu, 2013-07-25 at 17:30 +0200, Jimmy Thrasibule wrote: > Hi, > > I've setup and environment to automatically install some Debian boxes > via the network using PXE, TFTP and Preseed. If this part is working > fine, I'm facing a little issue when the installation is done. > > I'm trying to make

Re: Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!! (OT question)

2013-07-29 Thread Joel Rees
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh < h...@debian.org> wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jul 2013, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I intended the question to be answered in the context of the post by > > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh, where 'across security domains' is > > considered less desir

Re: home/end keys over ssh

2013-07-29 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 7/29/13, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > I have a remote server running squeezy, which I access from a KDE > terminal via ssh from my squeeze/wheezy hosts. > All works well, except that the home and end keys don't work as > expected; they only echo a tilde(~). google: ssh home end keys top result h

Re: Sid google-earth-stable dependency problems

2013-07-29 Thread Darac Marjal
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:14:45PM +0200, sp113438 wrote: > On my Sid system it is not possible to install google-earth. > > I tried to install the downloaded program from Googles site: > > Selecting previously unselected package google-earth-stable. > (Reading database ... 165240 files and direc

home/end keys over ssh

2013-07-29 Thread Tony van der Hoff
Hi all, I have a remote server running squeezy, which I access from a KDE terminal via ssh from my squeeze/wheezy hosts. All works well, except that the home and end keys don't work as expected; they only echo a tilde(~). Has anyone any suggestions as to how I may fix this, please? Cheers, Tony

Re: package recommendation for grammar checker

2013-07-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:50:28PM +0800, lina wrote: > I tried two online, both are not correct at all. > > I am very clumsy about grammar, so difficulty for me. ^^ difficult :) English is not an easy language. Th