Re: checking if my system is compromised

Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for tip on iptables. iptables look a bit heavy for me (lot of > reading to do). So currently I am using /etc/hosts.allow, > /etc/hosts.deny for controlling the IPs which can ssh into this > machine. If I find them inadequate, I will use ip

Re: Disabling Write-Caching

Jonathan Kaye: > > Not being one to argue, I dutifully did #hdparm -W 0 /dev/hda and now > write-caching is no longer enabled. For my own reassurance, was this the > sensible thing to do? You lose some write performance, but apart from that it doesn't hurt and a lot of people think it is a good i

Re: SSH port 22 is invisible from the internet!! :(

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 07:48:11PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote: > Sorry if I missed it, but has anyone mentioned netstat? > > sudo netstat -lnp | grep ssh > > That should show if you have any running ssh processes listening on > your server and which IP addresses/port numbers it is listening on. >

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not every one has threads. In a thread before yours this > > statement was made: > > > > AFAIK Thunderbird can thread even if the subject is changed. (It > > uses the 'In-Reply-To:' header)" > > > This person seems to imply that normally the sub

Re: etch upgrade problem

"Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Fatal server error: > > > failed to initialize core devices > > ^^^ > > X cannot find your mouse. Try another device instead of /dev/psaux. > > I have /dev/input/mice > > Same result. Have a look for errors in dmesg.

Console Login of kdm disappeared after upgrade to Etch

I did the upgrade, with some minor problems on X. In order to debug it, I need a console login. Alas, kdm has lost the 'Console Login' option here. Also, X cannot be killed with a series of Ctrl-Alt-Backspace any longer, it came back here for surely 30 times. I tried 'init 3', 'kdm stop' but n

Re: Problems upgrading libc6

On 10-Apr-2007 01:17.00 (BST), Luis Hidalgo wrote: > I think I have a serious problem. I tried to upgrade my packages using > apt-get upgrade but instead of being successful > the following message appeared: > > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package nspluginwrapper Uff.

Re: Problems upgrading libc6

On 10-Apr-2007 01:17.00 (BST), Luis Hidalgo wrote: > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-22sarge6_amd64.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package nspluginwrapper It has also occurred to me that you are installing the sarge package

"less" or "man" clear-screen issue

Hello, when viewing man pages (or any kind of file, really) with "less", what bugs me is that less restores the screen content before its execution on exit. Which means that I always need to switch between two terminals (or use screen) when I need to keep an eye on the manpage while trying to comp

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:10:42PM -0700, David E. Fox wrote: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:01:37 -0600 > Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but > > simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automatically added

Re: Replacing a HD

Joe Hart wrote: > [snip] > > I will add to your confusion and tell you another way. You can use > partimage to take a snapshot of a whole partition and then restore that > snapshot to a new drive. > > As for booting the new drive, you need to write a MBR on the new drive > so that it knows whic

Re: "less" or "man" clear-screen issue

Daniel Haude: > > when viewing man pages (or any kind of file, really) with "less", what > bugs me is that less restores the screen content before its execution on > exit. Which means that I always need to switch between two terminals (or > use screen) when I need to keep an eye on the manpage whi

Linux kernel for external hard drive

1. In an external hard drive which is used on multiple computers, what Linux kernel is appropriate? I work on Pentium 4 / Sempron / Athlon 64, and similar computers. I am currently considering "linux-image-686". 2. Can I install "linux-image-amd64", and use the I386 Debian with it, on an AMD64 com

[Fwd: nvidiafb]

FORGET THIS. GOT IT GOING AFTER SOME TROUBLE. STEEF Original Message Subject:nvidiafb Resent-Date:Mon, 9 Apr 2007 09:33:23 -0500 (CDT) Resent-From:debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:41:40 +0200 From: steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To:

Re: Problems with sarge to etch upgrade

Patrick Cummings wrote: > Hello list, I just upgraded from sarge to etch using apt-get dist-upgrade. I > have a few problems. The OS won't completely start. What is incomplete about the start? Can you login? Can you run applications? > > [...] > > I can get the computer to start perfectly if I

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

Ted Hilts wrote: > [...] > > Not every one has threads. You say that you are using Thunderbird (Icedove). You can use the "View" menu to view your mail in threaded format: View -> Sort by -> Threaded > > [...] > -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Problems upgrading libc6

Am Dienstag, 10. April 2007 02:23 schrieb Andrew J. Barr: > Luis Hidalgo wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I think I have a serious problem. I tried to upgrade my packages using > > apt-get upgrade but instead of being successful > > the following message appeared: > > > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cach

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

David E. Fox wrote: > [...] > Normally, one should just reply-to list, and it's considered bad form > to mail the poster directly, unless asked to do so. In Thunderbird (Icedove), either click on "Reply All", change "debian-user@lists.debian.org" from "Cc:" to "To:" and delete any other "Cc:" or

Re: Problems upgrading libc6

[sorry for the third reply to this message] On 10-Apr-2007 09:48.10 (BST), Rob Andrews wrote: > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-22sarge6_amd64.deb (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package nspluginwrapper > It has also occur

Re: Loading kernel modules for usb stick

Am Donnerstag, 15. März 2007 02:56 schrieb Kevin Mark: > I think the issue with the modules not loading would be related to the > pciids database and manybe a needed udev rule. If you want to document > it, wiki.debian.org would be one place. The solution for the issue was that rt2x00-sources in e

Re: Linux kernel for external hard drive

On 4/10/07, Masatran, R. Deepak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. In an external hard drive which is used on multiple computers, what Linux kernel is appropriate? I work on Pentium 4 / Sempron / Athlon 64, and similar computers. I am currently considering "linux-image-686". good choice for compatib

how to configure the proxy for client

Hi, I have to traverse a proxy with password, sometimes I need to bypass or to configure, for bittorent, skype and other applications. Some applications don't have configure for proxy ( or I couldn't configure them) is there a procedure to do it for all the applications? If not: how to do it for b

postgresql upgrade

I have a "munged" database path that i put together so that my database could run on a software raid array (linear, and don't tell me about how "bad" this is). I never got it working 100% because I kept getting an error about invalid pidfile/pid value or something. Now the upgrade fusses. Any

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 20:13 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: >but free drivers have no openGL so that's not going to help me, as > far as I know they are not similar at all so if I figure out that free > drivers work it won't shed any more light on proprietary drivers. Not true, quite a few cards h

Re: Off Topic - Open source flash support not looking too hopeless?

On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 04:17 +0100, Ananda Samaddar wrote: > After one of my usual bored web browsing sessions I came across these items: > > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tamarin/ > http://applications.linux.com/comments.pl?sid=38263&cid=97469 > > Adobe have opened the source code to their Acti

Re: New package for ktorrent

On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 01:06 -0300, J. Pablo Fernández wrote: > I've just finished upgrading the ktorrent package to the latest mainstream > version, 2.1.3. I am running it and it seems ok. > Is there some way in which I can *contribute* this package back to Debian? The best way would probably be

Re: Disabling Write-Caching

Jonathan Kaye wrote: > I see that Lenny came to town yesterday. I've been tracking Testing and > yesterday doing an update+upgrade gave me about 230 packages to upgrade. > All went normally and my system is still purring along happily :-) I did > get a warning about hdparm. It said that /dev/hda h

GPG error: http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release: Unknown error executing gpgv

Hi, I have been getting the following error on my Etch on amd64. running apt-get update agai as said does not solve the problem Could some one please tell me how to fix this? Thankyou so much Kind Regards Siju === testsrv:~# apt-get upda

Re: "less" or "man" clear-screen issue

Jochen Schulz wrote: > Actually, this is a feature of your terminal that less is using (and > most people like it). But you should be able to turn it off completely > (independent of the program), see > . Thanks, that fixed it. --D. signature.a

Re: Debian sarge installer kernel panic

Hello cousin this is jandre,how are you are you coming this summer. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/696 - Release Date: 21.2.2007 15:19

Re: Using Etch to resize NTFS partitions??

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:35:29PM -0500, Randy Patterson wrote: > I am wanting to install Etch on a home PC with one NTFS partition. I have > read > alot about using Partition Magic and parted but was wondering now with the > latest installer if that was needed. Can the new Debian installer be

Re: SSH port 22 is invisible from the internet!! :(

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 07:48:11PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote: > > Sorry if I missed it, but has anyone mentioned netstat? > > sudo netstat -lnp | grep ssh > > That should show if you have any running ssh processes listening on > your server and which IP addresses/port numbers it is listening on.

Re: sarge to etch upgrade failed with unmet dependencies

try running apt-get -f install for it to suggest a solution. Sometimes it is smarter than you are (and sometimes not) The force option simply allows apt-get to function if your package cache is broken. At least try it before reinstalling etch clean (although that might be fun) On 4/9/07, Tom B

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

Greg Folkert wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 20:13 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 01:28 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: When I start X DPMS is working (monitor is turned off), however after some time it stops working (i.e. monitor is always on). [...] fglr

Re: Problems with sarge to etch upgrade

> Hello list, > I just upgraded from sarge to etch using apt-get dist-upgrade. I have > a few problems. The OS won't completely start. Well, just a couple of guesses below: I had problems getting x to run after upgrading. Issues with the xfree86 to xorg transition. Try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-

xcache make compile error on Etch amd64

Hi, I was trying to compile http://210.51.190.228/pub/XCache/Releases/xcache-1.0.3.tar.bz2 on my Etch/amd64 It Gave the Following Errors AUTOCHECK ERROR: store zend_brk_cont_element = AUTOCHECK ERROR

Re: permission of shadow file and upgrade the kernel

Hi Doug Thank you But I saw most of linux are using 600 why is debian using 640? for the upgrade, could you give me more information? eg: steps to upgrade thank you --- Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:47:23PM -0700, ann kok > wrote: > > Hi all >

Booting an iso file

Hello, Does any one know if it is possible to convince lilo (or grub) to boot from a .iso file that I have on a partition. This would allow me to test live CD's without wasting a CD each time. Olive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Booting an iso file

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 02:55:25PM +0200, Olive wrote: > Hello, > > Does any one know if it is possible to convince lilo (or grub) to boot > from a .iso file that I have on a partition. This would allow me to test > live CD's without wasting a CD each time. I don't know about that, but you coul

Re: Problems upgrading libc6

Try ´apt-get remove --purge nspluginwrapper´ Install that package again after the upgrade completes. On 4/10/07, Luis Hidalgo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I think I have a serious problem. I tried to upgrade my packages using apt-get upgrade but instead of being successful the following messa

Re: SSH port 22 is invisible from the internet!! :(

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 08:06:36AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > sudo netstat -lnp | grep ssh > > > > That should show if you have any running ssh processes listening on > > your server and which IP addresses/port numbers it is listening on. > > If you haven't already done such a thing, co

Re: checking if my system is compromised

Kamaraju S Kusumanchi writes: > iptables look a bit heavy for me "Heavy"? It's already in your kernel. You just aren't using it. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Console Login of kdm disappeared after upgrade to Etch

On 4/10/07, Uwe Dippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did the upgrade, with some minor problems on X. In order to debug it, I need a console login. Alas, kdm has lost the 'Console Login' option here. Also, X cannot be killed with a series of Ctrl-Alt-Backspace any longer, it came back here for sur

Re: Sam Hocevar, is this true?

Ed G wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:21:09 -0400, Matthew Blanc wrote: > >> Hello, I had recently saw this site on a forum I go to: >> (elided) , and was wondering if anyone know the veracity of >> these allegations against our new

Re: New package for ktorrent

J. Pablo Fernández wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > I've just finished upgrading the ktorrent package to the latest mainstream > version, 2.1.3. I am running it and it seems ok. > Is there some way in which I can *contribute* this package back to Debian? H

Re: (root) AUTH (crontab command not allowed)

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:46:35AM +0200, Franck Joncourt wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:29:07AM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > I get always the error message > > > (root) AUTH (crontab command not allowed) > > in my logs. I interpret this that root is not allowed to run crontab. > > But my

Re: Using Etch to resize NTFS partitions??

Please start a new thread when you start a new topic. Hitting reply to an unrelated message and changing the subject is not starting a new thread. Randy Patterson wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > I am wanting to install Etch on a home PC with one NTFS par

What is the URL for the Etch i386 iso MD5SUMs (e.g. debian-40r0-i386-CD-1.iso)

I'm downloading the Etch i386 iso's with jigdo-lite (brilliant program) and, while I've not experienced any problems with CD #1, I'd like to verify the MD5SUM on each .iso after it's constructed as a final check. Jigdo-lite prints this message after the .iso is generated: OK: Checksums match,

Re: Console Login of kdm disappeared after upgrade to Etch

Kent West wrote: I tried 'init 3', 'kdm stop' but nothing seems to work When you say that you tried "kdm stop", do you mean you tried "/etc/init.d/kdm stop"? If not, try that. (You'll need to do so as super-user). Thanks Kent, long time no hear ! - Yes, yes, I know. Alt-F2, log on, su,

Re: SSH port 22 is invisible from the internet!! - SOLVED

Hello! :) On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 03:53:24PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > If you suspect SSH is being blocked by a system not under your control, > you could try to have sshd listen on a port other than 22 (443 comes to > mind). Maybe your ISP/hosting provider blocks 22. Yes, my ISP/hosting pro

Re: The List Standard

Ted Hilts wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > Thunderbird runs with threads beginning with the first issue ins the > subject line and then all successive emails related are tied together in > a descending fashion. I take this to mean that one can first see th

Re: how to read debian-user as newsgroup using Evolution

Ron Johnson wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > On 04/03/07 08:27, michael wrote: >> I'm trying to read d-u as a newsgroup using Evolution (details below) >> but can't get it to work... anybody else succeeded? > > The group is linux.debian.user. What problem

Re: SSH port 22 is invisible from the internet!! :(

csanyipal wrote: > Hello! > > I have installed on Etch openssh-client & openssh-server. > > I can to login to localhost with ssh. > > I want to allow a remote user to login with ssh on to my system. > What is the contents of your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny? According to /usr/share/do

Re: The List Standard

Ted Hilts wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi > > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html > > This helps a lot but I have a few issues with a couple of the statements. > > First: as I understand your guideline I a

Re: SSH port 22 is invisible from the internet!! - SOLVED

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:17:58PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > Hello! :) > > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 03:53:24PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > If you suspect SSH is being blocked by a system not under your control, > > you could try to have sshd lis

Re: The List Standard

> First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but > simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automatically > added to the descending list. Most email clients have 3 options : Reply, Reply to All, Reply to List. You should use Reply to List when replying to l

Re: Sam Hocevar, is this true?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:16:39AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ed G wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to > gmane.linux.debian.user: > > > On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:21:09 -0400, Matthew Blanc wrote: > > > >> Hello, I had recently saw this site

Re: Security updates during install

On 4/10/07, Mark Panen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Is there any way to bypass the security repo retrival during install as i did not have an internet connection when i installed Etch and apt sat forever waiting going through the differnet security update urls ? When installing on such a sys

Re: GPG error: http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release: Unknown error executing gpgv

On 4/10/07, Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I have been getting the following error on my Etch on amd64. running apt-get update agai as said does not solve the problem Could some one please tell me how to fix this? Thankyou so much Kind Regards Siju ===

RE: etch upgrade problem

Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:54 AM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > > failed to initialize core devices > > > ^^^ > > > X cannot find your mouse. Try another device

Re: [Multi] Wireless Network Configuration

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:36:07AM -0500, Alejandro Barcena Campos wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > >> I used to have the same problem, so I made a very little script for > >> that, you can see it here[1], even do it is in spanish, I think you can > >

Re: etch upgrade problem

"Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, > April 10, 2007 2:54 AM -0500: > > > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > > > failed to initialize core devices > > > > ^^^

Wrong behaviour of touchpad / mouse after upgrade to Etch; and problems with xfce

Slightly disappointed by Etch: 257302 is unresolved after 3 years. On the DELL D400 X -configure still sets xorg.conf to /dev/mouse; and does not find any mouse. So it needs vi to change to /dev/input/mice before it starts. The default configure at upgrade leaves the touchpad almost non-func

Re: Linux kernel for external hard drive

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:59:02PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: > 1. In an external hard drive which is used on multiple computers, what Linux > kernel is appropriate? I work on Pentium 4 / Sempron / Athlon 64, and > similar computers. I am currently considering "linux-image-686". > > 2. Can

Re: Problems with sarge to etch upgrade

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 02:00:09AM -0400, Patrick Cummings wrote: > Hello list, I just upgraded from sarge to etch using apt-get > dist-upgrade. I have a few problems. The OS won't completely start. I > made a complete capture of the console output, if anybody is kind > enough to try to understand

Re: Console Login of kdm disappeared after upgrade to Etch

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:44:57PM +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: > I did the upgrade, with some minor problems on X. > In order to debug it, I need a console login. Alas, kdm has lost the > 'Console Login' option here. Also, X cannot be killed with a series of > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace any longer, it came

Re: What is the URL for the Etch i386 iso MD5SUMs (e.g. debian-40r0-i386-CD-1.iso)

On 4/10/07, Keith Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm downloading the Etch i386 iso's with jigdo-lite (brilliant program) and, while I've not experienced any problems with CD #1, I'd like to verify the MD5SUM on each .iso after it's constructed as a final check. Jigdo-lite prints this mes

Re: [Multi] Wireless Network Configuration

Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem is that I'm frequently roaming (Family matters and personal > matters), and although I could just put multiple profiles in > /etc/network/interfaces and comment each one out in a per-area basis, I > would find it easier to have a program to

VNC not working after upgrade to etch.

Hello, After upgrading to Etch, I'm having problems remotely accessing the native X server (i.e., display :0) using VNC. I can successfully connect to the VNC server (connection initiated with vncviewer 4.0 from Sarge (package xvnc4viewer)) but I have the following problems: 1. screen element

Re: (root) AUTH (crontab command not allowed)

Kay Smarczewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Me too, and it works fine. I do not edit /etc/crontab, but prefer > > adding files to the cron directories. > > (/etc/cron.d, /etc/cron.hourly ...) > Checksecurity also installed itself this way. But I wonder why all > cron jobs work fine but this doe

Re: Using Etch to resize NTFS partitions??

On Tuesday 10 April 2007 07:05, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:35:29PM -0500, Randy Patterson wrote: > > I am wanting to install Etch on a home PC with one NTFS partition. I have > > read alot about using Partition Magic and parted but was wondering now > > with the latest i

Re: "less" or "man" clear-screen issue

On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 10:28 +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Daniel Haude: > > > > when viewing man pages (or any kind of file, really) with "less", what > > bugs me is that less restores the screen content before its execution on > > exit. Which means that I always need to switch between two termina

Re: SSH port 22 is invisible from the internet!! :(

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:29:24PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > > > I have installed on Etch openssh-client & openssh-server. > > > > I can to login to localhost with ssh. > > > > I want to allow a remote user to login with ssh on to my system. > > > > What is the contents of your /etc

Re: sarge to etch upgrade failed with unmet dependencies

On 4/10/07, Tom Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I tried to uprade a dev server to etch today. The upgrade erred out on mysql upgrades. I'm told I might want to run 'apt-get -f install'. I've played with the force option before with bad results. Why are the libs that mysql depends on not upg

Re: What is the URL for the Etch i386 iso MD5SUMs (e.g. debian-40r0-i386-CD-1.iso)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >I'm downloading the Etch i386 iso's with jigdo-lite (brilliant program) and, >while I've not experienced any problems with CD #1, I'd like to verify the >MD5SUM on each .iso after it's constructed as a final check. > >Jigdo-lite prints this message after

Re: permission of shadow file and upgrade the kernel

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 05:52:19AM -0700, ann kok wrote: > --- Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:47:23PM -0700, ann kok > > wrote: > > > > > > why the permission of the shadow file in debian is > > > 640? > > > and > > > how can I upgrade the kernel? >

Re: What is the URL for the Etch i386 iso MD5SUMs (e.g. debian-40r0-i386-CD-1.iso)

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 07:32:07AM -0600, Keith Christian wrote: > I'm downloading the Etch i386 iso's with jigdo-lite (brilliant program) > and, while I've not experienced any problems with CD #1, I'd like to verify > the MD5SUM on each .iso after it's constructed as a final check. > > Jigdo-li

Re: Using Etch to resize NTFS partitions??

Randy Patterson wrote: On Tuesday 10 April 2007 07:05, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: Also, please don't thread-hijack. I had another response about needing to start a new thread and now this one. I am the one that started this thread with the subject titled "Using Etch to resize NTFS partition

Re: Off Topic - Open source flash support not looking too hopeless?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Arvidsson wrote: > Oh, and swfdec0.4 in all it's YouTubey glory is in unstable now. > I've been wanting that! Thanks for the note on it. I was going to use the tarball from the site. I <3 APT system - -- Please do not use HTML mail for fully-t

Re: Console Login of kdm disappeared after upgrade to Etch

On 4/10/07, Uwe Dippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kent West wrote: > When you say that you tried "kdm stop", do you mean you tried > "/etc/init.d/kdm stop"? If not, try that. (You'll need to do so as > super-user). Thanks Kent, long time no hear ! - Yes, yes, I know. Alt-F2, log on, su, etc.

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

Chris Lale wrote: David E. Fox wrote: [...] Normally, one should just reply-to list, and it's considered bad form to mail the poster directly, unless asked to do so. In Thunderbird (Icedove), either click on "Reply All", change "debian-user@lists.debian.org" from "Cc:" to "To:" and d

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 05:03 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote: > > He said, TRY IT FOR A SHORT TIME. Not forever. It is a tried and true > > troubleshooting method. Chnage one thing at a time until you find the > > issue. It might not be the problem. > >let's say I change it and i

Re: The List Standard

Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automatically added to the descending list. Most email clients have 3 options : Reply, Reply to All, Reply to List. You should use R

Re: Using Etch to resize NTFS partitions??

Randy Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had another response about needing to start a new thread and now > this one. I am the one that started this thread with the subject > titled "Using Etch to resize NTFS partitions" and every question that > I have asked has been a question about that s

RE: etch upgrade problem

Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 9:05 AM -0500: > Are you using gpm? IIRC the xorg.conf must be setup differently if you > use gpm. gpm package is not installed. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: Using Etch to resize NTFS partitions??

On Tuesday 10 April 2007 09:25, charlie derr wrote: > Randy Patterson wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 April 2007 07:05, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > > >> Also, please don't thread-hijack. > > > > I had another response about needing to start a new thread and now this > > one. I am the one that started

Re: Booting an iso file

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 02:55:25PM +0200, Olive wrote: > Hello, > > Does any one know if it is possible to convince lilo (or grub) to boot > from a .iso file that I have on a partition. This would allow me to test > live CD's without wasting a CD each time. This is not tested. Use bootloder ca

Youtube on non X86 platforms.

Hello all, I know cross-posting is frowned upon but I just discovered a useful item that you may like to try. http://blog.mikeasoft.com/2006/11/24/playing-youtube-videos-without-flash/ The above link is a Greasemonkey script that plays Youtube movies through MPlayer. You'll need MPlayer and t

Re: etch upgrade problem

"Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In another thread, someone suggested "dpkg-reconfigure udev" for other > hardware detection problems, so I tried it. That refuses to run > because it wants a more recent kernel. Missed this the first time. What kernel are you running and what version o

fsck fails!

I have /home on a logical volume and recently expanded it. This morning I started getting file system errors so I logged out, unmounted /home and ran e2fsk on it. All seemed to be going normally but now it has *twice* displayed the following: -- Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes G

Re: Youtube on non X86 platforms.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 04:34:46PM +0100, Ananda Samaddar wrote: > Hello all, > > I know cross-posting is frowned upon but I just discovered a useful > item that you may like to try. > > http://blog.mikeasoft.com/2006/11/24/playing-youtube-videos-wit

Re: OT: sponge burning!

Am 2007-03-29 09:17:41, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > "2. It is prohibited in all circumstances to make any military objective > located within a concentration of civilians the object of attack by > air-delivered incendiary weapons." > > which clearly happened in Fallujah. Right! -- 1800 Children

Re: OT: sponge burning!

Am 2007-03-29 08:39:57, schrieb Ron Johnson: > So, in other words, you can't use your most efficient weapons > against cowards? > > That sucks. several GAS-Grenades have hit the Hospital of Falluja and killed over 1800 children! Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadmin

Re: Best File System for partitions over 600GB

Am 2007-04-03 23:12:34, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty: > New project: > > Install Etch onto a ST138. Hmmm, the normal base has 186 MByte If you are fast enough, you can delete the /usr/doc/ of the already installed package while the installer tries to unpack the next one. In this case, "Etch"

Re: Best File System for partitions over 600GB

Am 2007-04-02 08:47:13, schrieb Roberto C. Sánchez: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 04:35:03PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > > > > But it seems ext3 has to be unmounted to increase and decrease in size > > right? > > That would mean downtime for server. > > > There is currently an experimental online re

Re: Bread

Am 2007-03-30 17:55:14, schrieb Andrew J. Barr: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 15:51 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Joe Hart writes: > > > Which country is this? Here, Aldi doesn't ever sell bread that cheap. > > > > I'm in the US. I suspect that we are talking about a different company. > > Aldi is fr

Re: distro for 486 with 32 MB ram

Am 2007-04-04 16:17:46, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty: > Thanks Michelle, > The other problem is that, for example, aptitude takes up a whole pile > of memory reading in the packages file (I think apt does too if I just > use apt-get, since it has to resolve dependancies). Under sarge, it > takes a

Re: Off Topic - Open source flash support not looking too hopeless?

Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, and swfdec0.4 in all it's YouTubey glory is in unstable now. Thanks! 'aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree' and one more non-free piece is gone. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein

Re: Netgear WPN311 Wireless G problems

Andrew J. Barr([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 11:37:03 -0400, Grok Mogger wrote: > > > > Also worth noting is that in the past NetworkManager had problems with > madwifi because of it's unique behavior when scanning. I do not know i

RE: etch upgrade problem

Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:35 AM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In another thread, someone suggested "dpkg-reconfigure udev" for > > other hardware detection problems, so I tried it. That refuses to > > run because it wa

  1   2   >