Re: fsck fails with "partition in use" error after partition umount'ed

2014-11-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30 November 2014 at 17:47, Joel Roth wrote: > I notice that /dev/sdb1, an ext4 partition on a USB drive has remounted > read-only. > > I try > > umount /dev/sdb1 > > then > > fsck /dev/sdb1 > > fsck from util-linux 2.25.2 > e2fsck 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014) > /dev/sdb1 is in use. > e2fsck: Cannot co

fsck fails with "partition in use" error after partition umount'ed

2014-11-29 Thread Joel Roth
I notice that /dev/sdb1, an ext4 partition on a USB drive has remounted read-only. I try umount /dev/sdb1 then fsck /dev/sdb1 fsck from util-linux 2.25.2 e2fsck 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014) /dev/sdb1 is in use. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting. Is there a way that a volume can be in use without b

Re: Linux entropy pool / random number benchmark

2014-11-29 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I found some more information on Intel's Secure Key: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-digital-random-number-generator-drng-software-implementation-guide As shown in Figure 3, the DRNG can be thought of as three logical components forming an asynchronous prod

Re: Creating a peculiar Live-CD

2014-11-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30 November 2014 at 02:30, Richard Owlett wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> On 29 November 2014 at 08:17, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> >>> Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 11/28/14, Richard Owlett wrote: > > >> >>> >>> >>> I've just proved ( again ;/ ) that my writing lacks

Re: Image cloning software

2014-11-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30 November 2014 at 10:53, Catalin Soare wrote: > > On Nov 30, 2014 1:26 AM, "Scott Ferguson" > wrote: >> >> On 30 November 2014 at 04:39, Miroslav Skoric wrote: >> > Is there a good software for Debian 7.7 as well as for Debian 6.10 that... >> There is also Debian-based Live CD, it's name

Re: How to mount an iPod Touch

2014-11-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30 November 2014 at 09:37, Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 11/26/2014 01:05 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> 'Now' I regret not keeping the notes when I setup an iPhone rule for >> someone last year! :/ >> This time I will. > > I still get no device under /dev when I plug in the iPod, but ifuse does >

Re: clamav-daemon broken after latest upgrade

2014-11-29 Thread gmane
Hi (sorry about top post). When I tried "dist-upgrade" I only had security updates enabled. Since I allowed all repositories in my sources.list this has fixed it. Many thanks. Robert. "Scott Ferguson" wrote in message news:camt2cqn7zmcsgep0gxk_t4g3bd+k-hhn31grf61bisswqrj...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Image cloning software

2014-11-29 Thread Catalin Soare
On Nov 30, 2014 1:26 AM, "Scott Ferguson" < scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 30 November 2014 at 04:39, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > > Is there a good software for Debian 7.7 as well as for Debian 6.10 that is > > capable to produce a multi DVD/CD image of a working system, in a way

Re: clamav-daemon broken after latest upgrade

2014-11-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30 November 2014 at 08:59, Robert S wrote: > I'm running a stock-standard installation of debian (7.7). I do regular > security updates. > > # dpkg-reconfigure clamav-daemon > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: clamav-daemon is broken or not fully installed > > # apt-get upgrade gives me > The follo

Re: Image cloning software

2014-11-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30 November 2014 at 04:39, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > Is there a good software for Debian 7.7 as well as for Debian 6.10 that is > capable to produce a multi DVD/CD image of a working system, in a way that > such image can be used later as a DVD/CD installation media for 'cloning' on > the other

Re: Image cloning software

2014-11-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/11/14 12:39 PM, Miroslav Skoric wrote: Is there a good software for Debian 7.7 as well as for Debian 6.10 that is capable to produce a multi DVD/CD image of a working system, in a way that such image can be used later as a DVD/CD installation media for 'cloning' on the other comps (or on

Re: Problem with a RAID partitions

2014-11-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > Is there a way to tell the system to create md7 at the same time as > the others ? > > Where should I look ? Is it listed in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf file along with the rest? I expect that it is missing from that file and that is why it isn't being started. The mdadm.conf

Re: Problem with a RAID partitions

2014-11-29 Thread Mailer Daemon
On 29/11/14 03:46 PM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: My setup has eight RAID 1 partitions, md0 to md7, that should mount on /, sawp, /boot, /usr, /var, /clz, /home and /home/storage, the first seven on one pair of HDs, the last one on a second pair. The problem: At each boot time, /dev/md7 fails

Re: Creating a peculiar Live-CD

2014-11-29 Thread Richard Owlett
Curt wrote: On 2014-11-29, Richard Owlett wrote: The script would be of the form: run_foo eject /dev/cdrom shutdown -hP now I thought of the "kiosk" live cds when you asked your peculiar question. ME? Would *I* ask peculiar questions ;/ 2 of my 4 primary projects might have features i

Re: clamav-daemon broken after latest upgrade

2014-11-29 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:59:36 +1100 Robert S sent: > I'm running a stock-standard installation of debian (7.7). I do > regular security updates. Now when I try to run clamav-milter I get > hundreds of these in my log: > > Nov 30 08:55:25 debian clamav-milter[2561]: No clamd server appears > to b

Re: How to mount an iPod Touch

2014-11-29 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 11/26/2014 01:05 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: 'Now' I regret not keeping the notes when I setup an iPhone rule for someone last year! :/ This time I will. I still get no device under /dev when I plug in the iPod, but ifuse does seem to be successfully mounting the device. I can traverse the fs

clamav-daemon broken after latest upgrade

2014-11-29 Thread Robert S
I'm running a stock-standard installation of debian (7.7). I do regular security updates. Now when I try to run clamav-milter I get hundreds of these in my log: Nov 30 08:55:25 debian clamav-milter[2561]: No clamd server appears to be available Nov 30 08:55:37 debian clamav-milter[2561]: Fai

Problem with a RAID partitions

2014-11-29 Thread Ron
My setup has eight RAID 1 partitions, md0 to md7, that should mount on /, sawp, /boot, /usr, /var, /clz, /home and /home/storage, the first seven on one pair of HDs, the last one on a second pair. The problem: At each boot time, /dev/md7 fails to start, I have to give the root passwd, comment o

Re: automation of xrandr

2014-11-29 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Nov 2014 at 06:58:41 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > https://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 > helped to establish a usable multi-screen configuration. > > Now what is the recommendation to automate? Put the > xrandr command in .profile? .profile is a non-X thing. > O

Image cloning software

2014-11-29 Thread Miroslav Skoric
Is there a good software for Debian 7.7 as well as for Debian 6.10 that is capable to produce a multi DVD/CD image of a working system, in a way that such image can be used later as a DVD/CD installation media for 'cloning' on the other comps (or on itself, in case of an irreparable failure of

Re: Creating a peculiar Live-CD

2014-11-29 Thread Curt
On 2014-11-29, Richard Owlett wrote: > > The script would be of the form: > > run_foo > eject /dev/cdrom > shutdown -hP now > >> I thought of the "kiosk" live cds when you asked your peculiar question. Instead of starting a browser, it would run "run_foo." It might be pertinent to know what run_

Re: Creating a peculiar Live-CD

2014-11-29 Thread Richard Owlett
Scott Ferguson wrote: On 29 November 2014 at 08:17, Richard Owlett wrote: Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 11/28/14, Richard Owlett wrote: I've just proved ( again ;/ ) that my writing lacks clarity. It's hard to describe a custom live CD in a single, small post. Not really. I did it in

automation of xrandr

2014-11-29 Thread peter
https://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 helped to establish a usable multi-screen configuration. Now what is the recommendation to automate? Put the xrandr command in .profile? Odd that the wiki page has no mention of this question. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789

Re: Help understanding error: skb rides the rocket

2014-11-29 Thread lee
SL writes: > On one of our quite busy (virtual) Debian 6 servers we are seeing a lot of > messages in the syslog like this: > > kernel: xen_netfront: xennet: skb rides the rocket: 19 slots I've had some of these messages with the backports kernels. Since the backports kernels don't boot when th

missing dependency of "lprng"?

2014-11-29 Thread Matej Kosik
Hi, Today I have noticed this (on Wheezy). When I do lp some.pdf I see the following error message: p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: cannot open shared object file: No such f

Re: SOLVED Fetchmail; continually losing authentication with gmx.net

2014-11-29 Thread Ron Leach
On 26/11/2014 07:50, Frédéric Marchal wrote: Fetchmail certainly uses the system ssl library and SSLv3 was recently disabled system wide for security reasons (see the poodle attack). [snip] You'll have to investigate a bit but my theory is that fetchmail is requesting SSLv3. As it is disabled

Devuan

2014-11-29 Thread Weaver
Hello, No moves planned myself, but as I have seen any number of posts regarding systemd and associated contention, I thought I'd draw attention to this: https://devuan.org/ Perhaps it might answer to the requirements of some? Cheers! Weaver -- "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his

Re: How to override fuse args to ntfs-3g to set permissions?

2014-11-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29 November 2014 at 17:06, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On 28/11/14 05:21 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 28 November 2014 at 16:08, Rick Macdonald wrote: On 25/11/14 08:46 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> > > Hey, thanks for all this! No worries. Thanks for the feedback. > > I created a