Re: Transferring files over SSH in the console

2010-03-23 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:52:36AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I am managing a small embedded device that I SSH into over the LAN. To > run commands, I use KDE Konsole, and to transfer files I use Konqueror > and SFTP. I understand that SFTP also runs over SSH, so is there a way > to send files in

Re: Any incompatibility with Ethernet adapters?

2010-03-23 Thread Jason Filippou
Hi, As requested, here's the output pf lspci -nn | grep -i ether: 03:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet [10ec:8167] (rev 10) The output of lspci -n is: 00:00.0 0600: 8086:29a0 (rev 02) 00:01.0 0604: 8086:29a1 (rev 02) 00:1a.0 0c03

virt-manager on debian lenny

2010-03-23 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
hi, how do i get to install virt-manager on debian lenny 64-bit aside from compiling the whole thing and it dependencies? -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal.my

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-23 Thread Arthur Marsh
Stephen Powell wrote, on 2010-03-23 00:50: OK, there are a couple of things to check. First of all, make sure you have MODULES=most listed in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf. grep -v \# /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf|uniq MODULES=most BUSYBOX=y KEYMAP=n BOOT=local DEVICE=eth0 N

Re: Linux and Windows partitioners fail to see opposite partitions

2010-03-23 Thread Joe
Elmer E. Dow wrote: I have an IBM R40 laptop which had WinXP and Debian Lenny installed. Due to a problematic upgrade to XP SP2, I decided to use the built-in system restore to reinstall XP. Also, I wanted to play around with Lenny more, so I decided that I'd reinstall two versions of Lenny, to

Re: pivot_root. unmount old root

2010-03-23 Thread brandlk
>> I really wonder in which context this example (and also the other one >> given >> in the manpage) could work? Have you sucessfully tried it on your >> system? > > No, I've never had occasion to. > But where exactly is the failure occuring? > Does the mount command fail? > Does the pivot_root com

Re: How to obtain UUID of drives (squeeze udev lacks vol_id)

2010-03-23 Thread Lubos Rendek
Hi there are couple ways on how to retrieve UUID but all of then are essentially accessing the same information you already have with your ls command. Try here: http://www.linuxconfig.org/how-to-retrieve-and-change-partitions-universally-unique-identifier-uuid-on-linux for more info... lubo On

Samba 3.4.7 on Debian Squeeze does not allow Vista machines to connect to shares XP users can connect though

2010-03-23 Thread Siju George
Hi, The following ii samba2:3.4.7~dfsg-1 SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix ii samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1 common files used by both the Samba server and client ii samba-common-bin 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1 common fi

Re: virt-manager on debian lenny

2010-03-23 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2010-03-23, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > --000e0cd138a0bec34f048273a887 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > hi, how do i get to install virt-manager on debian lenny 64-bit aside from > compiling the whole thing and it dependencies? > It is available at backports.org. Not sure about 64-b

No startup of daemon at installation

2010-03-23 Thread Markus Meyer
Hi all, I'm building a server package for myself and I don't want it to start at installation. I could use an /etc/default/servicename file with something like START_SERVICE=no. But I want this service to start at boot time. So I'm forced to edit the default file after the installation. Is there a

Re: Any incompatibility with Ethernet adapters?

2010-03-23 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Jason Filippou put forth on 3/23/2010 3:07 AM: > As requested, here's the output pf lspci -nn | grep -i ether: > > 03:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet [10ec:8167] (rev 10) > I'm still looking for a driver-based solution prior t

Re: How to obtain UUID of drives (squeeze udev lacks vol_id)

2010-03-23 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 21 March 2010 22:52:59 Tom H wrote: > >> You can cnahe the UUID of any ext partition with > > > > cnahe??? > > It is Sunday and my first weekend off in a few weeks so my fingers are > on holiday... Yes - excuse accepted. But that still leaves the question marks. Is it meant to be "cha

Re: No startup of daemon at installation

2010-03-23 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Markus Meyer schreef: Hi all, I'm building a server package for myself and I don't want it to start at installation. I could use an /etc/default/servicename file with something like START_SERVICE=no. But I want this service to start at boot time. So I'm forced to edit the default file after the

Re: No startup of daemon at installation

2010-03-23 Thread Markus Meyer
Sjoerd Hardeman schrieb: > So you don't want the daemon to be started straight away but it should > start when you reboot? Why? What do you want to accomplish? I don't want the service to start at installation time only. It seems that as soon as there is a Init-script in the package, dpkg seems to

Re: No startup of daemon at installation

2010-03-23 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Markus Meyer schreef: Sjoerd Hardeman schrieb: So you don't want the daemon to be started straight away but it should start when you reboot? Why? What do you want to accomplish? I don't want the service to start at installation time only. It seems that as soon as there is a Init-script in the

Re: Wifi Can't Connect

2010-03-23 Thread Jack Schneider
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:30:42 -0400 Mark wrote: > On 3/22/10 11:03 PM, Jack Schneider wrote: > > Hi, Mark > > Have you got wpa-supplicant /installed/loaded ? > > You need that for wpa access, I believe... > > > > FWIW > > Jack > > > > Good question, Jack. I had not remembered that there was a

SOLVED - Re: No startup of daemon at installation

2010-03-23 Thread Markus Meyer
Sjoerd Hardeman schrieb: > Another option would be to download the deb, unpack it and manually edit > the configuration scripts not to execute the init routine. > I don't think there's an easier way. It's not apt that calls the init, > it's the package its configuration scripts. > Maybe somebody el

Reinstalling original package maintainers conf file

2010-03-23 Thread VR
Hello, I apt-get dist-upgrade 'ed a system to Lenny and selected to not use the package maintainers .conf file for "syslog" during that install. After documenting the changes from the old syslog.conf I'm now trying to reinstall sysklogd to acquire the package maintainers /etc/sysklogd.conf.

aptitude upgrade problems

2010-03-23 Thread John O Laoi
Hello, I am using Lenny. When I try to upgrade, this is what happens: # aptitude safe-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done

Monitoring AutoFS in SNMP

2010-03-23 Thread Brian
I am trying to find a MIB to monitor AutoFS but everything I find is tied to the current pid AutoFS is running under which of course changes each time it is restarted making it useless as a monitoring metric. Has anyone setup SNMP to monitor AutoFS or a similar type of daemon on a Debain system

Re: aptitude upgrade problems

2010-03-23 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 13:57 +, John O Laoi wrote: > # aptitude safe-upgrade [...] > cvsnt: Conflicts: cvs but 1:1.12.13-12 is installed. [...] > Any ideas? I assume that aptitude needs to remove a package in order to satisfy other packages (cvsnt) dependencies/conflicts. Try "full-upgrade

Re: Reinstalling original package maintainers conf file

2010-03-23 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 09:41 -0400, VR wrote: > Is there a way to reinstall the sysklod package and have it prompt > me again to use the package maintainers sysklogd.conf? Use one of the following: dpkg --force-confmiss -i apt-get -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confmiss" --reinstall install aptit

Re: Reinstalling original package maintainers conf file

2010-03-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-23 08:41, VR wrote: Hello, I apt-get dist-upgrade 'ed a system to Lenny and selected to not use the package maintainers .conf file for "syslog" during that install. After documenting the changes from the old syslog.conf I'm now trying to reinstall sysklogd to acquire the package m

Re: aptitude upgrade problems

2010-03-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-23 08:57, John O Laoi wrote: Hello, I am using Lenny. When I try to upgrade, this is what happens: # aptitude safe-upgrade Reading package lists... Done [snip] Resolving dependencies... The following packages have unmet dependencies: cvsnt: Conflicts: cvs but 1:1.12.13-12

Re: Monitoring AutoFS in SNMP

2010-03-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-23 09:00, Brian wrote: I am trying to find a MIB to monitor AutoFS but everything I find is tied to the current pid AutoFS is running under which of > course changes each time it is restarted making it useless as a > monitoring metric. ??? Isn't that a *good* thing? I'd look at the

RE: Monitoring AutoFS in SNMP

2010-03-23 Thread James Wu
> I am trying to find a MIB to monitor AutoFS but everything I > find is tied to the current pid AutoFS is running under which > of course changes each time it is restarted making it useless > as a monitoring metric. I'm not familiar with autofs but if you do a snmpwalk for OID .1.3.6.1.2.1.25

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:56:05 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote, on 2010-03-23 00:50: >> >> OK, there are a couple of things to check. First of all, make sure >> you have MODULES=most listed in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf. > > grep -v \# /etc/initramfs-tools/initramf

aptitude upgrade problems

2010-03-23 Thread John O Laoi
>> >> The following is my sources.list: >> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list >> # >> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST >> Binary-1 20090214-16:03]/ lenny main >> >> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST >> Binary-1 20090214-16:03]/ lenny main

Re: pivot_root. unmount old root

2010-03-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:18:03 -0400 (EDT), K. Haselhorst wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> But where exactly is the failure occuring? >> Does the mount command fail? >> Does the pivot_root command fail? Does exec chroot fail? > > The umount command fails with "device is busy". privot root and chro

Re: aptitude upgrade problems

2010-03-23 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 15:25 +, John O Laoi wrote: > > Why the mixed system? > Apologies, I am using Squeeze. The Lenny CDs are commented out. Important information - make sure to mention it next time. > > cvsnt conflicts with cvs.  You can't have both at the same time. > Should I remove o

Re: Intel Core i5 integrated graphics

2010-03-23 Thread Frank Miles
To Pasi: Sound has worked without any particular intervention - straight ALSA. I don't do anything complex with the sound system, though. As far as the video - while I'm presently using a custom-compiled kernel, I'm fairly sure I was getting the same rates with the stock 2.6.32 kernel

Re: aptitude upgrade problems

2010-03-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-23 10:32, Wolodja Wentland wrote: [snip] Read the manpage - In a nutshell: upgrade Deprecated safe-upgradeUpgrade listed/all packages to newest version, don't remove packages "don't remove packages" That's why OP is getting the failure. cvs and cvsnt c

Re: Monitoring AutoFS in SNMP

2010-03-23 Thread Brian
> > I am trying to find a MIB to monitor AutoFS but > everything I find > > is tied to the current pid AutoFS is running under > which of > > course changes each time it is restarted making it > useless as a > > monitoring metric. > > ???  Isn't that a *good* thing? > > I'd look at the "restart"

RE: Monitoring AutoFS in SNMP

2010-03-23 Thread Brian
> > I am trying to find a MIB to monitor AutoFS but > everything I > > find is tied to the current pid AutoFS is running > under which > > of course changes each time it is restarted making it > useless > > as a monitoring metric. > > I'm not familiar with autofs but if you do a snmpwalk for >

Votre devis Piscine

2010-03-23 Thread Justine
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Re: Mail clients attaching files (was Re: [SOLVED] How to reduce a debian system to a base system)

2010-03-23 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 23 March 2010 03:29:05 Ron Johnson wrote: > Next time you attach such a file, I suggest that you add a ".txt" so > that your email/webmail app knows that it is a text file, instead of > base64 encoded application/octet-stream. > > (Iceweasel/Thunderbird seems to "peek" into it, probably

Re: Wifi Can't Connect

2010-03-23 Thread godo
I've installed KNetworkManager, but I don't understand how it works, and adding my wifi network in the WiFi tab seems to do nothing at all. I would appreciate any help anyone can offer! - Mark I think that KNetworkManager (or some other package) have some problem. For example my router ha

RE: Monitoring AutoFS in SNMP

2010-03-23 Thread James Wu
> We are using autofs to mount cdrom and dvd iso images. There > are nearly 100 of them. Too many to really monitor > individually so we wanted to just monitor autofs. It looks > to me like each auto.* file in /etc spawns it's own process > and pid. And the pid changes each time the daemon

ssh warning!

2010-03-23 Thread consul tores
Hello I do not want to create panic, but playing with my Lenny Laptop, against Squezee and ArchLinux; i got (literaly) access without password. Conditions: New installation in my testing box, from Lenny i was ready to edit sshd_config after intallation, and i opened a console, i did ssh r...@ip, w

Re: Re: Linux and Windows partitioners fail to see opposite partitions

2010-03-23 Thread Elmer E. Dow
Elmer E. Dow wrote: I have an IBM R40 laptop which had WinXP and Debian Lenny installed. Due to a problematic upgrade to XP SP2, I decided to use the built-in system restore to reinstall XP. Also, I wanted to play around with Lenny more, so I decided that I'd reinstall two versions

Re: Re: Manage window: change positions, etc.

2010-03-23 Thread Olivier Cailloux
Ron Johnson a écrit : On 2010-03-22 16:06, Olivier Cailloux wrote: Hi all, I would like to do automate two related tasks on my debian box (stable), preferably without changing my window manager (because I am happy with it and would prefer a simple solution if available). [snip] the one I a

Re: ssh warning!

2010-03-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , consul tores wrote: >I do not want to create panic, but playing with my Lenny Laptop, >against Squezee and ArchLinux; i got (literaly) access without >password. >Conditions: >New installation in my testing box, from Lenny i was ready to edit >sshd_config after intallation, and i opened a cons

Re: Manage window: change positions, etc.

2010-03-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-23 12:29, Olivier Cailloux wrote: Ron Johnson a écrit : On 2010-03-22 16:06, Olivier Cailloux wrote: Hi all, I would like to do automate two related tasks on my debian box (stable), preferably without changing my window manager (because I am happy with it and would prefer a simple

Re: why does resolv.conf change?

2010-03-23 Thread Clive McBarton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Mar 22, 2010, at 7:10 PM, Clive McBarton wrote: > >> prepends it with >> sufficiently many (3 suffices?) good nameservers, so it never gets used >> and everything is fine. > > Nothing is 100.000% certain, of course. But as

Can't install deb kernel in chroot environment

2010-03-23 Thread Tech Geek
I know this use to work in Debian Etch but it is not working in Lenny. So I am trying to install a kernel image (after custom compiling) on a exisiting Debian Lenny installation which is on a hard drive partition (/dev/hda5). Here is what I am doing as "root" from a current Debian installation (on

Re: Can't install deb kernel in chroot environment

2010-03-23 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
> Why is dpkg giving me errors? What did I miss? > > Note that the kernel that I am trying to install is suppose to boot without > initrd. I have installed this kernel on /dev/hda1 without any problems and I > am booting just fine from it. > > Thanks You need to mount dev for update-grub to functi

Re: Re: Manage window: change positions, etc.

2010-03-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:29:25 -0400 (EDT), Olivier Cailloux wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> You don't actually mention which WM/DE that you use... GNOME probably? > > Indeed I am using gnome. I did not mention which WM because I don't know > how to query for this information! Also I don't know what

Re: Manage window: change positions, etc.

2010-03-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-23 13:38, Stephen Powell wrote: On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:29:25 -0400 (EDT), Olivier Cailloux wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: You don't actually mention which WM/DE that you use... GNOME probably? Indeed I am using gnome. I did not mention which WM because I don't know how to query for this

Re: [SOLVED] Can't install deb kernel in chroot environment

2010-03-23 Thread Tech Geek
> Also, you should mount proc inside of the chroot, not to /proc. `mount -o bind > dev /mnt/dev; mount -t proc none /mnt/proc` Thanks! That worked!

Re: Manage window: change positions, etc.

2010-03-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:12:20 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-03-23 13:38, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> DE = Desktop Environment (GNOME, KDE, XFCE, etc.) >> WM = Window Manager >> >> A Desktop Environment is also sometimes referred to as a Session Manager. > > No. > > A Session Manager

playing/ripping audio cds

2010-03-23 Thread Rick Pasotto
Something has gotten broken on my system and I don't know where to start looking. I am running the 2.6.32-3-686 kernel and most of what's available from testing. I use a dvd+rw device for both cdroms and dvds. There is no more /dev/cdrom nor /dev/dvd. Instead there's /dev/dvd1 and /dev/dvdrw1, bo

Re: Wifi Can't Connect

2010-03-23 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 18:44:03 -0400, Mark wrote: > On Monday 22 March 2010 04:32:08 pm Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Please post the output of: > > > > lspci | grep -i wireless > > ~# lspci | grep -i wireless > 0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] > Network C

Re: Linux and Windows partitioners fail to see opposite partitions

2010-03-23 Thread Joe
Elmer E. Dow wrote: Recall that I used the DOS console to run fdisk /mbr to get XP to boot. Would installing grub on the MBR make Linux once again see the whole drive? It should at least allow correct booting. I wish I knew for sure. The XP Disc Manager and fdisk seem to agree on what's whe

Re: playing/ripping audio cds

2010-03-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-23 15:21, Rick Pasotto wrote: Something has gotten broken on my system and I don't know where to start looking. I am running the 2.6.32-3-686 kernel and most of what's available from testing. Most? Mixed system? I use a dvd+rw device for both cdroms and dvds. There is no more /de

Re: Samba 3.4.7 on Debian Squeeze does not allow Vista machines to connect to shares XP users can connect though

2010-03-23 Thread Tom H
> The following > ii  samba                                2:3.4.7~dfsg-1 > SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix > ii  samba-common                         2:3.4.7~dfsg-1 > common files used by both the Samba server and client > ii  samba-common-bin                     2:3.4.7~dfsg-1 > c

Re: Wireless - RTL 8187b + wicd + wpa_supplicant - naughty behaviour

2010-03-23 Thread Rogerio Luz Coelho
Same problem with current kernel 2010/3/22 Wayne > Rogerio Luz Coelho wrote: > > <---SNIP---> > > > >>> Here are some outputs >>> >>> >> # uname -a >> >> Linux casa 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 22:40:40 UTC 2010 x86_64 >> GNU/Linux >> >> That is not the current kernel. Many problems ha

Re: Sony voice recorder on Lenny

2010-03-23 Thread Rogerio Luz Coelho
Wine site: http://wiki.winehq.org/USB Rogerio 2010/3/21 Girish Kulkarni > Hello, > > I decided to try Wine after failing to get my Sony voice recorder > (model ICD-PX720) working on Lenny. Fortunately, the device drivers > and accompanying audio decoder program ("Digital Voice Editor") > inst

[OT] Pronunciation of "metacity" (was Manage window: change positions, etc.)

2010-03-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:55:00 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: > GNOME is a DE (Desktop Environment). It's standard WM is Metacity > (rhymes with mendacity and audacity). Well, you learn something new every day, if you stay awake. (That's what my grandfather always used to say.) I always pronounce

rkhunter mails to root: should I worry?

2010-03-23 Thread Dino Vliet
Dear Debian people, I'm getting rkhunter mails every day and have noticed the following contents: Warning: The file properties have changed: File: /usr/bin/dpkg Current hash: 77e5b6a35981d5d16310a1925d9566cd41d1b0fa Stored hash : 84f64e4ee0a279ae5bd20462da339e7998c1c5a2

Re: [OT] Pronunciation of "metacity" (was Manage window: change positions, etc.)

2010-03-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-23 16:39, Stephen Powell wrote: On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:55:00 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: GNOME is a DE (Desktop Environment). It's standard WM is Metacity (rhymes with mendacity and audacity). Well, you learn something new every day, if you stay awake. (That's what my grandfath

Re: Wifi Can't Connect

2010-03-23 Thread Rogerio Luz Coelho
Try installing the WICD pacckage to see it is KNetworkManager Rogerio 2010/3/23 Florian Kulzer > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 18:44:03 -0400, Mark wrote: > > On Monday 22 March 2010 04:32:08 pm Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > Please post the output of: > > > > > > lspci | grep -i wireless > > > > ~# l

Re: rkhunter mails to root: should I worry?

2010-03-23 Thread Oliver Schneider
> Should I worry? What are these messages I'm seeing? Especially the ones > that are reporting that the utilities sudo, dpkg-query and dpkg have > changed. How do I know these are legitimate? You should know whether the respective packages owning those files were updated by you (our the unattended

Re: Intel Core i5 integrated graphics

2010-03-23 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Frank Miles put forth on 3/23/2010 10:37 AM: > To Stan: > > I don't upgrade my computers very often. The last time I did, network > cards seemed pretty much all operable with Linux drivers - including > RealTek. > This has been a real disappointment to find that something has gone > backward

Re: Wifi Can't Connect - SOLVED

2010-03-23 Thread Mark
On Tuesday 23 March 2010 07:25:48 pm Rogerio Luz Coelho wrote: > Try installing the WICD pacckage to see it is KNetworkManager > > Rogerio GENIUS! I don't know why, but WICD worked. It took me a few minutes to figure out that I needed to disconnect the ethernet cable in order for the wireless to