Re: LVM and install over existing installation

2009-03-11 Thread randall
Tim Anstey wrote: Hi, I've recently acquired a cheap dedicated server for testing purposes which was shipped was CentOS, not my preferred distro. To resolve this I intend to install Debian from within the existing install as documented in the Debian installation guide. Now, this has always

Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread Steven Demetrius
For all you posters discussing Top posting vs Bottom posting and taking other threads off topic here is a thread for you. First my opinion, Since this mailing list historically has been Bottom posting then we stick with it. Using both top and bottom posting in the mailing list will lead to incon

Re: LVM and install over existing installation

2009-03-11 Thread Tim Anstey
Ah, so if I see this right, I can configure LVM and treat it as I would any other partition. So say I had this: > --- Logical volume --- > LV Name/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 > I could treat that exactly the same as /dev/hdax? If so that's awfully helpful, I assumed LVM relied on

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread randall
Steven Demetrius wrote: For all you posters discussing Top posting vs Bottom posting and taking other threads off topic here is a thread for you. First my opinion, Since this mailing list historically has been Bottom posting then we stick with it. good point. personally the most e-mails i re

Staying on topic and quoting

2009-03-11 Thread Steven Demetrius
Staying on topic and quoting. One of the things that causes confusion is going off topic and improper quoting. Staying on topic makes the thread easy to follow and understand. We all go off topic now and then but we need to curb this as it makes the mailing list seem chaotic. If you find that yo

Re: LVM and install over existing installation

2009-03-11 Thread randall
Tim Anstey wrote: Ah, so if I see this right, I can configure LVM and treat it as I would any other partition. So say I had this: --- Logical volume --- LV Name/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 I could treat that exactly the same as /dev/hdax? yes, you can mount LogVol0

Re: LVM and install over existing installation

2009-03-11 Thread Tim Anstey
Fantastic. Thanks for all of your assistance.

Re: Xorg failure

2009-03-11 Thread Javier Barroso
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Baz wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Javier Barroso > wrote: >> >> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Baz wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Got a serious problem here.  After the upgrade from "etch" to "lenny" >> > several weeks ago, xorg is failing at various

vim

2009-03-11 Thread hr mahan
Hi all, I would like to use vim as editor for my Fortran programs.  In Fedora vim colorizes the program's text.  I would like to have this option enabled on my Debian box as well.  What is the solution? Thanks. Hamid

Re: Aptitude tries to replace backport kernel with older version

2009-03-11 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 16:11:20 +1100, Robert S (robert.spam.me.sensel...@gmail.com) wrote: > I have replaced the stock etch kernel with 2.6.26-bpo.1-686 by adding > backports to my sources.list and the following to /etc/apt/preferences: > > Package: linux-image-2.6-486 > Pin relase a=etch-bac

Re: Why is Firefox calling gimp instead of xpdf?

2009-03-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Mar 2009, Mr. Wang Long wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 01:53, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 10 Mar 2009, Mr. Wang Long wrote: > >> > >> Try to install the package mozplugger > > > > I already have it. > > > Then you can choose your desired program here: > Firefox -> Edit -> Preferences ->

Re: vim

2009-03-11 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 00:42:50 -0700, hr mahan (hr.ma...@yahoo.com) wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to use vim as editor for my Fortran programs.  In Fedora vim > colorizes the program's text.  I would like to have this option enabled on my > Debian box as well.  What is the solution? A g

Re: Why is Firefox calling gimp instead of xpdf?

2009-03-11 Thread Bob Cox
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 09:35:54 +, Anthony Campbell (a...@acampbell.org.uk) wrote: > On my laptop I have set Preferences to use xpdf to read pdf files, but > for some reason it keeps calling gimp instead. Is there any way to make > it do what I want? If you are using KDE, then I would take

netinstall using 1 wireless usb rtl-8187L

2009-03-11 Thread consultores1
hello does somebody know how to do an installation using a wireless usb rtl-8187L, which does not need any kind of firmware, it works correctly with lenny, sid and maybe with any other linux distribution. My problem is that the netinstall does not recognize the usb card at the beginning, then i h

Re: vim

2009-03-11 Thread Owen Townend
2009/3/11 hr mahan : > Hi all, > > I would like to use vim as editor for my Fortran programs.  In Fedora vim > colorizes the program's text.  I would like to have this option enabled on > my Debian box as well.  What is the solution? First, make sure that you have the syntax file for fortran. e.g.

Re: Why is Firefox calling gimp instead of xpdf?

2009-03-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:09:10 + Anthony Campbell wrote: Hello Anthony, > As I said in my original post, this is what I do and it has no effect. A bit of a long shoot, but try looking in Tools>Add-ons>Plugins. There might be something there overriding your Preferences settings. It happens h

Re: openvpn restart - bridge loses tap0 interface

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:25:08AM +0100, Bernd Aufrecht wrote: >> sorry I must of missed somethnig you also have a brcmd bridge ? and tap0 >> is not being added to this bridge ? > > Hi, > > there seems to be no problem if the bridge is running an openvpn starts > as second. But if you stop openv

Re: netinstall using 1 wireless usb rtl-8187L

2009-03-11 Thread thveillon.debian
consultores1 wrote : > hello > > does somebody know how to do an installation using a wireless usb > rtl-8187L, which does not need any kind of firmware, it works correctly > with lenny, sid and maybe with any other linux distribution. > > My problem is that the netinstall does not recognize the

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-11 Thread Glyn Astill
--- On Tue, 10/3/09, Lydgate wrote: > > http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130477 > > On ebuyer it's called a Plexus V 500VA. I've read > elsewhere that this > is marketed under different brands/names. In the states I > think it > might be branded and sold by Fry's Electronics. > With the ris

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 07:23, randall wrote: > personally the most e-mails i receive and sent are in a "corporate" > environment and everybody uses top posting there, i clearly see it has > benefits since it is used more as a "notification" to have the latest one > (and probably most relevant) o

Old versions of Debian

2009-03-11 Thread Ata ur Rehman
Dear All I'm new to this list. I'm looking for CD/DVD images for Debian 4.0 r7 but I could not find. Can someone help me? I tried my best to find the archives at debian.org but unfortunately couldn't Regards, Ata ur Rehman, AM Library, National Centre for Physics (NCP), Quaid-i-Azam Univers

Re: vim

2009-03-11 Thread Jochen Schulz
hr mahan: > > I would like to use vim as editor for my Fortran programs.  In Fedora > vim colorizes the program's text.  I would like to have this option > enabled on my Debian box as well.  What is the solution? Look into /etc/vim/vimrc to configure system-wide defaults or make the appropriate c

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-11 Thread Aneurin Price
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Steven Demetrius wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:27 +, Aneurin Price wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Steven Demetrius >> wrote: >> > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 11:19 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> >> > Does anyone here power off their computer without

Re: vim

2009-03-11 Thread Gavin Elliot Jones
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:42:50AM -0700, hr mahan wrote: > I would like to use vim as editor for my Fortran programs.  In Fedora > vim colorizes the program's text.  I would like to have this option > enabled on my Debian box as well.  What is the solution? If I recall correctly, the default vers

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread Sander Marechal
Nuno Magalhães wrote: > I think most people top post in corporate enviroments 'cos they just > click and type and don't really care about proper use of email or > computers in general. It's just the thing to send messages. Actually, top posting makes some sense in a corporate environment. There is

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:18:52PM +0100, Sander Marechal wrote: Actually, top posting makes some sense in a corporate environment. There Not really. is no mailinglist or archive to see the entire discussion there. Suppose you are discussing something with a coworker over e-mail. With top pos

running X without desktop

2009-03-11 Thread Dirk Vervoort
Hi All, How far can I go on a remote pc with only 96 Mb, - Can I run X on a remote pc 192.168.1.2 without a desktop and export a display like DISPLAY=192.168.1.5 to my client pc were I run xhost + 192.168.1.2. - Is there a very small kernel available or should I compile one myself ( never

Re: Old versions of Debian

2009-03-11 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 15:36 +0500, Ata ur Rehman wrote: > Dear All > > I'm new to this list. I'm looking for CD/DVD images for Debian 4.0 r7 > but I could not find. Can someone help me? > > I tried my best to find the archives at debian.org but unfortunately > couldn't Try this location: http:

Re: Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Leon
Mark Allums wrote: Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:23:43PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Masatran / Deepak, R.: Recently, I re-partitioned my flash drive. I made one FAT32 partition, and one Ext3 partition. Is ext3 on a flash medium really a good idea? At least cheap flash

RAID 5 data structures

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Leon
I have a funny question. I have been playing with a 3 disk raid 5 setup for my desktop. I guess I don't fully understand how the "stripe" is managed or even what it is. I know the stripe is made up of a chunk from each disk. Now I always thought of the stripe in raid the same as a block in

Re: Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-11 Thread Mark Allums
Sam Leon wrote: Mark Allums wrote: Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:23:43PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Masatran / Deepak, R.: Recently, I re-partitioned my flash drive. I made one FAT32 partition, and one Ext3 partition. Is ext3 on a flash medium really a good idea? At l

Re: RAID 5 data structures

2009-03-11 Thread Mark Allums
Sam Leon wrote: I have a funny question. I have been playing with a 3 disk raid 5 setup for my desktop. I guess I don't fully understand how the "stripe" is managed or even what it is. I know the stripe is made up of a chunk from each disk. Now I always thought of the stripe in raid the sam

Re: Problems with compilation

2009-03-11 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:51:34 +0800 Uwe Dippel wrote: ... > Therefore, I tried > apt-get install g++ > but it gives me > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > g++: Depends: cpp (>= 4:4.3.2-2) but it is not going to be installed >Depends: gcc (>= 4:4.3.2-2) but it is not goin

Re: Aptitude tries to replace backport kernel with older version

2009-03-11 Thread Thorny
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:11:20 +1100, Robert S wrote: > I have replaced the stock etch kernel with 2.6.26-bpo.1-686 by adding > backports to my sources.list and the following to /etc/apt/preferences: > > Package: linux-image-2.6-486 > Pin relase a=etch-backports > Pin-Priority: 999 > > If I run ap

IP Forward Problems

2009-03-11 Thread Gerard Hooton
Hello, Fist my system: Linux uepc004 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Thu May 8 02:16:39 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Network: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:48:29:e9:40 inet addr:143.239.184.13 Bcast:143.239.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 inet6 addr: fe80::230:48ff:fe29:e940/64 Scop

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:31:39AM +, Nuno Magalhães was heard to say: > I think most people top post in corporate enviroments 'cos they just > click and type and don't really care about proper use of email or > computers in general. It's just the thing to send messages. Ever seen > IT Crew?

Re: running X without desktop

2009-03-11 Thread Daniel Lannstrom
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:57:43PM +0100, Dirk Vervoort wrote: > Hi All, > > How far can I go on a remote pc with only 96 Mb, > > - Can I run X on a remote pc 192.168.1.2 without a desktop and export a > display like DISPLAY=192.168.1.5 to my client pc were I run xhost + > 192.168.1.2. > - Is

Re: running X without desktop

2009-03-11 Thread Dirk Vervoort
Daniel Lannstrom wrote: On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:57:43PM +0100, Dirk Vervoort wrote: Hi All, How far can I go on a remote pc with only 96 Mb, - Can I run X on a remote pc 192.168.1.2 without a desktop and export a display like DISPLAY=192.168.1.5 to my client pc were I run xhost + 1

scripts for batch treatment

2009-03-11 Thread Bernard
Hi to Everyone ! I intend to copy a number of files chosen from a given directory. At first, I've made a mistake : instead of deleting unwanted files from a copy of said directory, I worked on deleting lines on a filelist that I had extracted using 'ls -l > filename.txt'. This sorting job, on

Re: scripts for batch treatment

2009-03-11 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone ! > > I intend to copy a number of files chosen from a given directory. At > first, I've made a mistake : instead of deleting unwanted files from a > copy of said directory, I worked on deleting lines on a filelist that I > had extracted > using 'ls -l > filename.

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Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-11 Thread Thorny
Steven, As Aneurin has pointed out, you seem to have responded to the wrong thread, that doesn't relieve the confusion for those of us who use a list reader which threads correctly. And that is a part of what you are complaining about. I expect that you've reacted emotionally, and that is human and

Re: openvpn restart - bridge loses tap0 interface

2009-03-11 Thread Bernd Aufrecht
Can i ask why you are bridging a openvpn interface ? why not route ? For security reasons. My wireless access point has only WEP and so i have it connected to my second LAN Port on my home server. I then use openvpn to connect from from my notebook and bridge into the my local lan. This s

Re: scripts for batch treatment

2009-03-11 Thread Jochen Schulz
Bernard: > > I intend to copy a number of files chosen from a given directory. At > first, I've made a mistake : instead of deleting unwanted files from a > copy of said directory, I worked on deleting lines on a filelist that I > had extracted > using 'ls -l > filename.txt'. I am not sure

Re: openvpn restart - bridge loses tap0 interface

2009-03-11 Thread Jochen Schulz
Bernd Aufrecht: > >> Can i ask why you are bridging a openvpn interface ? why not route ? > > For security reasons. My wireless access point has only WEP and so i > have it connected to my second LAN Port on my home server. I then use > openvpn to connect from from my notebook and bridge int

Re: help! debian sid cannot boot, kerel panic - not syncing

2009-03-11 Thread Star Liu
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Star Liu wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Leandro Doctors wrote: >> 2009/3/11 Star Liu : >>> These days my debian sid amd64 box is not stable, the last time when I >>> shutdown, I found some error message say the filesystem is readonly, >>> some /var/run

Re: netinstall using 1 wireless usb rtl-8187L

2009-03-11 Thread consultores1
El mié, 11-03-2009 a las 09:21 +, thveillon.debian escribió: > consultores1 wrote : > > hello > > > > does somebody know how to do an installation using a wireless usb > > rtl-8187L, which does not need any kind of firmware, it works correctly > > with lenny, sid and maybe with any other linux

Re: Why is Firefox calling gimp instead of xpdf?

2009-03-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Mar 2009, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:09:10 + > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Hello Anthony, > > > As I said in my original post, this is what I do and it has no effect. > > A bit of a long shoot, but try looking in Tools>Add-ons>Plugins. There > might be something ther

Re: Why is Firefox calling gimp instead of xpdf?

2009-03-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Mar 2009, Bob Cox wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 09:35:54 +, Anthony Campbell > (a...@acampbell.org.uk) wrote: > > > On my laptop I have set Preferences to use xpdf to read pdf files, but > > for some reason it keeps calling gimp instead. Is there any way to make > > it do what I wan

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> The message doesn't -tell- you what to do, but what I think one should > do is plug in the USB drive again and do fsck on the device. When fsck > runs, in immediately reruns the journal and fixes metadata > inconsistencies. Mounting the device would have done the same thing (even if mounted read

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Stefan: > The original post for this thread was a user asking whether to use ext2 > or ext3 on a removable USB HD. I know. And I strongly recommend ext3 over ext2 for such a use, for the reasons explained. Feel free to disagree. But the fact is that ext3 was specifically designed to be "alway

why /sys cannot be copied?

2009-03-11 Thread Star Liu
The matter is like this: My debian sid in /dev/sda4 was broken this morning, so I installed a new debian system in a new partition /dev/sda3, and in the new system, i run /sbin/e2fsck -C 0 -y -c -c /dev/hda4 to repair the broken system, and it works, after repair, I can view the content of /dev/sda

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 17:15:44 Stefan Monnier wrote: > So, yes, unplugging your USB key while it's still mounted is to be > avoided, and even more so while it's being written to. The OP asked about about a USB external HDD, not a key. I have not tested the theory, but I have always understo

Re: Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Recently, I re-partitioned my flash drive. I made one FAT32 partition, and >> one Ext3 partition. > Is ext3 on a flash medium really a good idea? At least cheap flash > drives probably don't have smart wear levelling. ext3 is not significantly different in this respect from most other FSes (inc

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Lisi Reisz wrote: > I have not tested the > theory, but I have always understood that keys are particularly vulnerable. > To physical damage if pulled out prematurely, not just damage to the > filesystem. Why so? Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Re: why /sys cannot be copied?

2009-03-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Star Liu wrote: > and i fount that the /sys in the broken system is a shell file, but > the /sys in the new system is a folder, so i tried to copy the sys > folder from new system to broken system, by cp /sys /root/OldRoot/sys, > but it says many files in the new sys folder cannot be read! why? how

Re: why /sys cannot be copied?

2009-03-11 Thread Sjors Gielen
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Star Liu wrote: >> , but >> the /sys in the new system is a folder, so i tried to copy the sys >> folder from new system to broken system, by cp /sys /root/OldRoot/sys, >> but it says many files in the new sys folder cannot be read! why? how >> could I resove the "mount

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 17:43:33 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I have not tested the > > theory, but I have always understood that keys are particularly > > vulnerable. To physical damage if pulled out prematurely, not just damage > > to the filesystem. > > Why so? As I say

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 11 March 2009 17:43:33 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> I have not tested the >>> theory, but I have always understood that keys are particularly >>> vulnerable. To physical damage if pulled out prematurely, not just damage >>> to the filesystem.

add epson EPL-6200L driver

2009-03-11 Thread Abdelkader Belahcene
Hi, my printer is epson EPL-6200L, I install the last Mepis 6. (debian-based distro); I have just epl-6100 , epl-6100PS, epl-7100. But no one ran. In fact when I tried to print, the pages sent spool, but no thing is printed, I concluded that the diver is not correct. So how to add the driver to th

Re: add epson EPL-6200L driver

2009-03-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > Hi, > my printer is epson EPL-6200L, I install the last Mepis 6. (debian-based > distro); > > I have just epl-6100 , epl-6100PS, epl-7100. But no one ran. In fact > when I tried to print, the pages sent spool, but no thing is printed, I > concluded that the diver is n

Re: Debian package configure options - repost

2009-03-11 Thread TR
Kumar Appaiah wrote: You could use the new Debian patch tracking service and view the debian/rules part of the changes: http://patch-tracking.debian.net/patch/debianonly/view/squid3/3.0.STABLE8-3 There, I see: --enable-auth="basic,digest,ntlm" --enable-basic-auth-helpers="LDAP,MSNT,NCSA,PAM,SA

Re: Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-11 Thread Jens Van Broeckhoven
Masatran / Deepak, R. wrote: Recently, I re-partitioned my flash drive. I made one FAT32 partition, and one Ext3 partition. The problem is that when I transfer files from my laptop to my work computer, the UIDs on the Ext3 partition are used for the permissions, so I am not able to access the dat

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread Jens Van Broeckhoven
Sander Marechal wrote: Nuno Magalhães wrote: I think most people top post in corporate enviroments 'cos they just click and type and don't really care about proper use of email or computers in general. It's just the thing to send messages. Actually, top posting makes some sense in a co

Re: Iceape Blocking Images - Thanks

2009-03-11 Thread Thomas H. George
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 10:43:55PM +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Thomas H. George wrote: > > Suddenly Iceape has started blocking images replacing them with a top > > row of black diamonds containing question marks. The images are not > > just popup ads. For example, if I click on Help/Abou

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread Jens Van Broeckhoven
Jens Van Broeckhoven wrote: Sander Marechal wrote: Nuno Magalhães wrote: I think most people top post in corporate enviroments 'cos they just click and type and don't really care about proper use of email or computers in general. It's just the thing to send messages. Actually, top post

Re: pam_ldap, nss_ldap and rfc2307bis (using member instead of memberUid)

2009-03-11 Thread Martin
Hi, 2009/3/4 Dave Ewart : > You don't explicitly mention this, so I'll just drop this in here: > typically, you need to set both pam_groupdn and pam_member_attribute in > /etc/pam_ldap.conf i have set that: # egrep -v '^$|^#' /etc/pam_ldap.conf base dc=marcher,dc=name uri ldap://localhost ldap_v

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread Bryan Bishop
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Steven Demetrius wrote: > For all you posters discussing Top posting vs Bottom posting and taking > other threads off topic here is a thread for you. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Stephen D. Barnes wrote: > Alan B. Pearce wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:56 AM

Re: no sound in kde 4.2 - SOLVED

2009-03-11 Thread Svend Runge Nielsen
I checked if phonon-backend-xine was installed. It wasn't - due to some broken dependencies. I've installed it, and now I have a functional sound system in KDE. /Svend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas..

Re: RAID 5 data structures

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Leon
Mark Allums wrote: Sam Leon wrote: I have a funny question. I have been playing with a 3 disk raid 5 setup for my desktop. I guess I don't fully understand how the "stripe" is managed or even what it is. I know the stripe is made up of a chunk from each disk. Now I always thought of the st

apt-get BROKEN (postgresql-client-7.4 lost its "libpq.so.3")... ideas?

2009-03-11 Thread will trillich
Thanks for the reply, Boyd -- There *is* no pidfile for postgres 7.4 (check the original message -- we've got one for 8.1, none for 7.4 :). The real problem is really "main/usr/lib/postgresql/7.4/bin/pg_controldata: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.3: cannot open shared object file:

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.

2009-03-11 Thread Robert Hodgins
I use an ATA Force card so that the machine can recognize the "large" hard drive and boot from the CD reader using an SBM card. I doubt that these are the problem since Etch installed okay, but heck, who knows. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: pam_ldap, nss_ldap and rfc2307bis (using member instead of memberUid)

2009-03-11 Thread Martin
OK I Managed to get at least group memberships (somehow working): # getent group testers users; id john.doe testers:*:5001:cn=Dummy,uid=john.doe,ou=People,dc=marcher,dc=name users:*:5000:cn=Dummy,uid=john.doe,ou=People,dc=marcher,dc=name uid=1000(john.doe) gid=5000(users) groups=5000(users) now,

Where to find old debian versions?

2009-03-11 Thread Jason Voorhees
Hi: Does anybody know where can I get the iso images of debian potato, woody and sarge maybe? I need to do some tests with old versions of some packages. Thanks P.D.: Does someone know what debian version included MySQL Server 3.x? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.

Re: why /sys cannot be copied?

2009-03-11 Thread Star Liu
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Sjors Gielen wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Star Liu wrote: >>> , but >>> the /sys in the new system is a folder, so i tried to copy the sys >>> folder from new system to broken system, by cp /sys /root/OldRoot/sys, >>> but it says many files in the new sys

Re: apt-get BROKEN (postgresql-client-7.4 lost its "libpq.so.3")... ideas?

2009-03-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 15:10:05 will trillich wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Boyd -- Please use interleaved quoting style. If that's too much effort, please bottom-post and trim the quoted text to only what is relevant. It makes the posts easier to read for experts that may have not been

Re: iceweasel thinks it has java but websites disagree

2009-03-11 Thread Ross Boylan
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 03:44 +, Bob Cox wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 18:39:14 -0700, Ross Boylan (r...@biostat.ucsf.edu) > wrote: > > > I've encountered 2 different websites today that told me I need a java > > plugin installed. But iceweasel shows that it has such a plugin. > > > > Can

how to get past apt-get errors? is there a manual workaround?

2009-03-11 Thread will trillich
Hi debianites -- a question for DPKG and APT experts: We're stuck with apt-get and haven't found a way past it yet -- any ideas would be welcome: Our postgresql-client-7.4 is missing its libpq.so.3 file, which means that pg_controldata can't do its thing, so that anything related to that debian p

Re: Where to find old debian versions?

2009-03-11 Thread Daryl Styrk
Jason Voorhees wrote: Hi: Does anybody know where can I get the iso images of debian potato, woody and sarge maybe? I need to do some tests with old versions of some packages. Thanks P.D.: Does someone know what debian version included MySQL Server 3.x? http://www.debian.org/distrib/archi

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Re: Where to find old debian versions?

2009-03-11 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 04:14:59PM -0500, Jason Voorhees wrote: > P.D.: Does someone know what debian version included MySQL Server 3.x? http://archive.debian.net http://archive.debian.net/mysql-server -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il |

Re: Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-11 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:19:09AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > Let's us all start a movement, an exFat on Linux movement. exFAT is written by a known patent troll who is already suing a Linux company for a patent that may or may not be valid. I'd stay away from exFAT. http://lwn.net/Articles

Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2

2009-03-11 Thread Robert Hodgins
I sent this email in two parts. It seems that only the second part got through. So, here are both parts combined into one email. I have a (old) Pentium 75 that used to run Etch. I have been trying to install Lenny on it without success. The installation stops at the 6% point of the "Installation o

Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.

2009-03-11 Thread Robert Hodgins
I have a (old) Pentium 75 that used to run Etch. I have been trying to install Lenny on it without success. The installation stops at the 6% point of the "Installation of Base System" step. Various packages are being retrieved at that point. At different times, the installation has stopped while it

Re: scripts for batch treatment

2009-03-11 Thread Mart Frauenlob
Jochen Schulz wrote: Bernard: I intend to copy a number of files chosen from a given directory. At first, I've made a mistake : instead of deleting unwanted files from a copy of said directory, I worked on deleting lines on a filelist that I had extracted using 'ls -l > filename.txt'.

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.

2009-03-11 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 04:39:51PM EDT, Robert Hodgins wrote: > Any ideas to diagnose what is going on or to get the installation to > complete would be appreciated. Not sure.. but have you tried (re)installing etch.. just to make sure lenny vs. etch is really the problem? Thanks, CJ -- To

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2

2009-03-11 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 16:22 -0600, Robert Hodgins wrote: > ATA Force card so that the machine can recognize the "large" > hard drive The computer came with a 1.2 GB hard drive. The BIOS doesn't recognize the larger 4 GB hard drive. So, I use a ATA Force card (Micro Firmware ATA PRO FLASH BIOS 1.76

Re: IP Forward Problems

2009-03-11 Thread Gerard Hooton
I realy need help on this! //Ger > Hello, > Fist my system: > > Linux uepc004 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Thu May 8 02:16:39 UTC 2008 i686 > GNU/Linux > > Network: > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:48:29:e9:40 > inet addr:143.239.184.13 Bcast:143.239.255.255 > Mask:255.255.0.0 >

Re: how to get past apt-get errors? is there a manual workaround?

2009-03-11 Thread will trillich
apt-get clean (and autoclean) don't seem to help any, either. argh! On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:26 PM, will trillich wrote: > Hi debianites -- a question for DPKG and APT experts: > > We're stuck with apt-get and haven't found a way past it yet -- any > ideas would be welcome: > > Our postgresql-

Re: scripts for batch treatment

2009-03-11 Thread Mart Frauenlob
Mart Frauenlob wrote: Jochen Schulz wrote: Bernard: I intend to copy a number of files chosen from a given directory. At first, I've made a mistake : instead of deleting unwanted files from a copy of said directory, I worked on deleting lines on a filelist that I had extracted using 'ls

USB stick checkup - is heavy daily use taking its toll?

2009-03-11 Thread Chris Jones
I have been using a run-of-the-mill 8GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro for nightly backups for c. 6 months and I am curious as to wear and tear. The smartctl utility does not give me much information: "SMART Health Status: OK" + a cryptic "Read defect list: asked for grown list but didn't get it" - I don't

samba - smb.conf

2009-03-11 Thread Rodrigo Hashimoto
Hello guys, I have two questions, the first one is how to generate a new "smb.conf" ?? And the second question is regarding the aptitude on Debian Lenny. I tried to removed the samba with "dpkg -r samba" and reinstall it with "aptitude install samba" to check if I get a new "smb.conf". However I

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2

2009-03-11 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:22:57 -0600 Robert Hodgins wrote: > I sent this email in two parts. It seems that only the second part got > through. So, here are both parts combined into one email. > > I have a (old) Pentium 75 that used to run Etch. I have been trying to > install Lenny on it without s

Re: Where to find old debian versions?

2009-03-11 Thread Jason Voorhees
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 04:14:59PM -0500, Jason Voorhees wrote: > >> P.D.: Does someone know what debian version included MySQL Server 3.x? > > http://archive.debian.net > http://archive.debian.net/mysql-server > Maybe I'm getting blind but

Re: samba - smb.conf

2009-03-11 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:51:01 -0300 Rodrigo Hashimoto wrote: > Hello guys, > > I have two questions, the first one is how to generate a new > "smb.conf" ?? Do you just mean the smb.conf from the package or do have specific settings you want. If you want to configure your smb.conf without doing

Re: netinstall using 1 wireless usb rtl-8187L

2009-03-11 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:51:30 -0700 consultores1 wrote: ... > Is it possible installing from Slax, chrooting i mean? Debootstrap (I've never used it)? http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/debootstrap http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/426 Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remo

Re: openvpn restart - bridge loses tap0 interface

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 04:33:24PM +0100, Bernd Aufrecht wrote: > >> Can i ask why you are bridging a openvpn interface ? why not route ? > > For security reasons. My wireless access point has only WEP and so i > have it connected to my second LAN Port on my home server. I then use > openvpn t

Re: Staying on topic and quoting

2009-03-11 Thread Dennis Wicks
Steven Demetrius wrote the following on 03/11/2009 02:07 AM: Staying on topic and quoting. One of the things that causes confusion is going off topic and improper quoting. Staying on topic makes the thread easy to follow and understand. We all go off topic now and then but we need to curb this

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:18:52PM +0100, Sander Marechal wrote: > Nuno Magalhães wrote: [snip] > > For a real mailinglist (such as this) there is no such benefit when top > posting. Everyone already has all the previous messages because they are > subscribed here, and in the rare case you want

Re: RAID 5 data structures

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 07:11:11AM -0500, Sam Leon wrote: > I have a funny question. I have been playing with a 3 disk raid 5 setup > for my desktop. I guess I don't fully understand how the "stripe" is > managed or even what it is. I know the stripe is made up of a chunk > from each disk.

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