automate apt-get update

2010-04-08 Thread Jozsi Vadkan
I don't want to put: apt-get update in: /etc/crontab But then how could I "automate" the: apt-get update ? Is there a program for it? [e.g.: update-manager under GUI?] that randomly runs apt-get update? Thank you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a su

Re: automate apt-get update

2010-04-08 Thread julio
El jue, 08-04-2010 a las 09:02 +0200, Jozsi Vadkan escribió: > apt-get update > > ? Is there a program for it? [e.g.: update-manager under GUI?] that > randomly runs apt-get update? apt-watch - Applet that monitors apt sources for upgrades JulHer signature.asc Description: Esta parte del men

Re: Display Problems with several Web Browsers

2010-04-08 Thread Robin Krahl
> On 07.04.2010 13:06, Camaleón wrote: > > Anyway, updating the whole OS to testing just for the browser is > > > having a > > problem to display some CSS stuff is a bit... adventurous? :-) > > Furthermore, it did not help. :-/ I was wrong; it really did help! :) So this problem is fixed, now. :)

Re: OT: Script to add line to file if it doesn't exist

2010-04-08 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 07.04.2010 23:56, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 04/07/2010 05:45 PM, Mart Frauenlob wrote: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> grep -w "fred" file || printf "%s\n" "fred">>file >> >> > > Why not simply use > echo "fred" >> file > for the second command? > > 1: I'm used to it. 2: saving me typing (qu

Re: OT: Script to add line to file if it doesn't exist

2010-04-08 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 07.04.2010 23:12, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-07 15:45, Mart Frauenlob wrote: >> On 07.04.2010 22:10, Kent West wrote: [...] >>> I want a script that will read the file and look for the name "fred", >>> and if it's found, leave the file alone, but if it's not found, to add >>> the name "fr

Re: OT: Script to add line to file if it doesn't exist

2010-04-08 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 08.04.2010 00:49, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-07 16:12, Ron Johnson wrote: > [snip] >> >> Mart's method is the shell way. The 3GL Way is: >> >> grep -w "$NAME" "$FILE" >> TMP=$? >> if [ "$TMP" = "1" ]; > > That should be: > > if [ "$TMP" = "0" ]; > >> then >> echo -e "$NAME\n" >> "$F

Re: automate apt-get update

2010-04-08 Thread Nacer ADAMOU
Hi, On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 09:02:31AM +0200, Jozsi Vadkan wrote: > I don't want to put: > > apt-get update > > in: > > /etc/crontab > > But then how could I "automate" the: > > apt-get update > > ? Is there a program for it? [e.g.: update-manager under GUI?] that > randomly runs apt-get upda

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 08.04.2010 01:59, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When > I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of lines about unlinking > files in debian/... On a slow link, this is very annoying (if I forget > to run screen) > > I have RTFM

Re: how to control tty to external monitor or local lcd

2010-04-08 Thread Alexander Samad
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 02:31:48 -0400 (EDT), Alexander Samad wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > >> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:53:46 -0400 (EDT), Alex Samad wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > yep external keyboard - does

Re: recompiling the kernel with a different version name

2010-04-08 Thread Lorenzo Bettini
On 04/07/2010 07:48 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 13:17:30 -0400 (EDT), Lorenzo Bettini wrote: I tried also with --revision, e.g., fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=lore01 --initrd --append-to-version=-recompiled kernel-image kernel-headers but I cannot seem to get rid of that +drm3

Re: recompiling the kernel with a different version name

2010-04-08 Thread Jochen Schulz
Lorenzo Bettini: > > sorry I pasted the wrong name: --revision actually took effect since the > generated .deb is now (note the 'lore01') > > linux-image-2.6.32.10+drm33.1-recompiled_lore01_i386.deb > > but what I need to do is to get rid of '+drm33.1' which seems to be > automatically added

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Mart Frauenlob writes: >On 08.04.2010 01:59, Cameron Hutchison wrote: >> Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When >> I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of lines about unlinking >> files in debian/... On a slow link, this is very annoying (if I forget >> to

Re: Keyboard gets stuck when closing PPP

2010-04-08 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:07:14PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> The problem is reported here: >> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508589 >> >> Does anyone know if it has been fixed, and how? I don't have the >> possibility of installing Sid. "A. F. Cano" writes: > Do

Re: Keyboard gets stuck when closing PPP

2010-04-08 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:07:14PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> The problem is reported here: >> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508589 >> >> Does anyone know if it has been fixed, and how? I don't have the >> possibility of installing Sid. "A. F. Cano" writes: > D

Re: [OT] Ipod nano5g Debian support

2010-04-08 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:24:20 +1000, Julian DeMarchi wrote: > Has anyone got an ipod nano5g working in Debian? Not sure if this will help, but AFAIK iPod Nano (G5) is supported in the newer libgpod (>0.7.0) package. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: [OT] Ipod nano5g Debian support [SOLVED]

2010-04-08 Thread Julian De Marchi
Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:24:20 +1000, Julian DeMarchi wrote: > >> Has anyone got an ipod nano5g working in Debian? > > Not sure if this will help, but AFAIK iPod Nano (G5) is supported in the > newer libgpod (>0.7.0) package. Worked perfect! Weird, I manually compiled libgpod an

unable to connect to Debian BTS

2010-04-08 Thread Γιώργος Πάλλας
The last few days, when using reportbug, I get (from two machines, on two different networks): Querying Debian BTS for reports on linux-2.6 (source)... Unable to connect to Debian BTS; continue [y|N|?]? except some very rare cases. Anybody else having the same problem? smime.p7s Description

Re: recompiling the kernel with a different version name

2010-04-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 05:56:58 -0400 (EDT), Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > ... > --revision actually took effect since the > generated .deb is now (note the 'lore01') > > linux-image-2.6.32.10+drm33.1-recompiled_lore01_i386.deb > > but what I need to do is to get rid of '+drm33.1' which seems to be > a

Re: How do I get the mbr package to do its job quietly?

2010-04-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:10:49 -0400 (EDT), Gerald wrote: > Stephen, How about MBRWORK. > This little program runs from a floppy or pehaps fron a CD. > I have found it very useful Gerald, you replied to me personally instead of the list. Please reply to the list. There is no Debian package that I co

Re: recompiling the kernel with a different version name

2010-04-08 Thread Lorenzo Bettini
On 04/08/2010 12:06 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote: Lorenzo Bettini: sorry I pasted the wrong name: --revision actually took effect since the generated .deb is now (note the 'lore01') linux-image-2.6.32.10+drm33.1-recompiled_lore01_i386.deb but what I need to do is to get rid of '+drm33.1' which see

Re: recompiling the kernel with a different version name

2010-04-08 Thread Lorenzo Bettini
On 04/08/2010 02:09 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 05:56:58 -0400 (EDT), Lorenzo Bettini wrote: ... --revision actually took effect since the generated .deb is now (note the 'lore01') linux-image-2.6.32.10+drm33.1-recompiled_lore01_i386.deb but what I need to do is to get rid of

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 08.04.2010 12:12, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Mart Frauenlob writes: > >> On 08.04.2010 01:59, Cameron Hutchison wrote: >>> Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When >>> I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of lines about unlinking >>> files in debian/... O

squeeze guest OS won't boot in virtualbox

2010-04-08 Thread Monsieur Louk
Hello everyone I currently have two PCs with virtualbox 3.1.6, one has a P8400 cpu (mobile version of the Core 2 Duo series I think), the other one an Athlon X2 4200+ (socket 939). The first one can boot a squeeze guest OS without troubles (with the current kernel). With the other one I always ge

Re: OT: Script to add line to file if it doesn't exist

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 03:03, Mart Frauenlob wrote: On 08.04.2010 00:49, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-04-07 16:12, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] Mart's method is the shell way. The 3GL Way is: grep -w "$NAME" "$FILE" TMP=$? if [ "$TMP" = "1" ]; That should be: if [ "$TMP" = "0" ]; then echo -e "$NAM

Re: OT:Script idea/problem

2010-04-08 Thread Monsieur Louk
2010/4/8 John Hasler > Thierry writes: > > Yes, Ron, I told them to do it on a regular time, every other week, > > but they don't do it. So a mail telling them it' s time could > > help. Well, if it is too complicated I will have to still go around > > every now and then to upgrade their box, but

Re: OT: Script to add line to file if it doesn't exist

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 03:01, Mart Frauenlob wrote: On 07.04.2010 23:12, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-04-07 15:45, Mart Frauenlob wrote: On 07.04.2010 22:10, Kent West wrote: [...] I want a script that will read the file and look for the name "fred", and if it's found, leave the file alone, but if it'

Re: OT: Script to add line to file if it doesn't exist

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 02:56, Mart Frauenlob wrote: [snip] 2: saving me typing (quick web search): http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.shell/2006-12/msg00934.html Interesting. -- "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." Dwight Eisenhower -- To UNSUBS

Re: question concerning dmesg entry

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 01:10, Robert Cates wrote: Hi all, I've got Lenny running, quite fine actually, and I keep up with the updates, but I just noticed the following at the very end of my dmesg which I've never seen before and I'm hoping somebody can explain to me what this means and if I some kind

Re: unable to connect to Debian BTS

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 06:40, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: The last few days, when using reportbug, I get (from two machines, on two different networks): Querying Debian BTS for reports on linux-2.6 (source)... Unable to connect to Debian BTS; continue [y|N|?]? except some very rare cases. Anybody else havin

Re: regexp a package with apt?

2010-04-08 Thread thib
Jozsi Vadkan wrote: Is there a regexp for the: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad package? I mean like: apt-get install gstreamer*-plugins-bad so that later, when it will get a new version number, it would still be downloadable by a "script" written e.g.: now. Sure, gstreamer.*-plugins-bad$ Just do

Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Camaleón
Hello, I just have noted that Google Maps keeps freezing with "loading... still loading?" text on top and nothing works (no zoom, no panning neither with mouse nor using the icons to make the movement in the map). I barely remember there was a recent update for "xulrunner" but knowing Google i

Re: OT: Script to add line to file if it doesn't exist

2010-04-08 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 08.04.2010 14:58, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-08 03:01, Mart Frauenlob wrote: >> On 07.04.2010 23:12, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 2010-04-07 15:45, Mart Frauenlob wrote: On 07.04.2010 22:10, Kent West wrote: >> >> [...] >> > I want a script that will read the file and look for the nam

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, Apr 08 2010, Mart Frauenlob wrote: > Does v.12.033 always run a 'clean' first? Yes. > Mine with lenny v.11.015 does not. That is one major version ago. Things changed a lot witht he new major version. manoj -- mophobia, n.: Fear of being verbally abused by a

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Julio
El jue, 08-04-2010 a las 13:27 +, Camaleón escribió: > Anyone experiencing this error on Lenny and Iceweasel 3.0.6? me too. JulHer signature.asc Description: Esta parte del mensaje está firmada digitalmente

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 08:42, Julio wrote: El jue, 08-04-2010 a las 13:27 +, Camaleón escribió: Anyone experiencing this error on Lenny and Iceweasel 3.0.6? me too. escomposlinix.org looks to be from Spain, and the name Camaleón sure looks Spanish. So, since it works perfectly for me in the US

Re: recompiling the kernel with a different version name

2010-04-08 Thread briand
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:09:09 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 05:56:58 -0400 (EDT), Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > > ... > > --revision actually took effect since the > > generated .deb is now (note the 'lore01') > > > > linux-image-2.6.32.10+drm33.1-recompiled_lore01_i386.deb >

(solved) Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:50:04 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-08 08:42, Julio wrote: >> El jue, 08-04-2010 a las 13:27 +, Camaleón escribió: >>> Anyone experiencing this error on Lenny and Iceweasel 3.0.6? >> >> me too. >> >> > escomposlinix.org looks to be from Spain, and the name Ca

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Julio
El jue, 08-04-2010 a las 08:50 -0500, Ron Johnson escribió: > So, since it works perfectly for me in the US, could > there be a local issue? I dont know, but it work now. greetings signature.asc Description: Esta parte del mensaje está firmada digitalmente

Re: (solved) Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Julio
El jue, 08-04-2010 a las 14:01 +, Camaleón escribió: > Julio, can you test if this link also works for you?: Yes,it works but the problem is gone... :-? greetings JulHer signature.asc Description: Esta parte del mensaje está firmada digitalmente

Correct way to (re)compile a kernel on Debian Sid

2010-04-08 Thread Ivan Marin
Hi all, I've seen a lot of traffic lately about how to compile a fresh kernel, from debian ou vanilla, in this list. After the changes in make-kpkg and kernel-package, I'm now completely lost. Before the changes, I just had to issue make-kpkg with --initrd (and others) flags, and 1) the kernel was

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:04:51 +0200, Julio wrote: > El jue, 08-04-2010 a las 08:50 -0500, Ron Johnson escribió: >> So, since it works perfectly for me in the US, could there be a local >> issue? > > I dont know, but it work now. Confirmed: with no proxy now seems to be working again :-? Thanks a

[OT] Ubuntu vs Debian forums (was recompiling the kernel with a different version name)

2010-04-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:57:17 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:09:09 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> BTW, does anyone know why Ubuntu users seem to want to use the Debian> >> forums? Don't they have forums of their own? > > Yes they do, and in fact I find them

Re: Correct way to (re)compile a kernel on Debian Sid

2010-04-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:55:46 -0400 (EDT), Ivan Marin wrote: > > I've seen a lot of traffic lately about how to compile a fresh kernel, from > debian ou vanilla, in this list. After the changes in make-kpkg and > kernel-package, I'm now completely lost. Before the changes, I just had to > issue make

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Tony Nelson
On 10-04-08 10:11:59, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:04:51 +0200, Julio wrote: > > > El jue, 08-04-2010 a las 08:50 -0500, Ron Johnson escribió: > >> So, since it works perfectly for me in the US, could there be a > local > >> issue? > > > > I dont know, but it work now. > > Confirmed:

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread jeremy jozwik
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Camaleón wrote: > I just have noted that Google Maps keeps freezing with "loading... still > loading?" text on top and nothing works (no zoom, no panning neither with > mouse nor using the icons to make the movement in the map). i get the same nonsense with google

Re: Correct way to (re)compile a kernel on Debian Sid

2010-04-08 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:40:46 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: ... > It sounds to me like you want to get pristine kernel sources directly > from kernel.org and compile them and run them on a Debian system. > I've never done that, but others tell me that they do it. Of course, > this is not supp

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:53:55 -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote: (...) > i blame all those iphone slowing down googles map servers! He, he... I add the iPad® boom to that /blame/ list ;-D Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "un

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:45:57 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: > On 10-04-08 10:11:59, Camaleón wrote: >> Confirmed: with no proxy now seems to be working again :-? >> >> Thanks all :-) > > WAG: Does the problem reappear if you clear the browser cache? Nop, it seems to keep working as always used to

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread jeremy jozwik
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Camaleón wrote: > Nop, it seems to keep working as always used to. > It's just today the first time I was getting that "freeze" :-? does it freeze and never return or just lag for a while then start working? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: Correct way to (re)compile a kernel on Debian Sid

2010-04-08 Thread Stephen Powell
Thu, 8 Apr 2010 11:01:01 -0400 (EDT), Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:40:46 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> It sounds to me like you want to get pristine kernel sources directly >> from kernel.org and compile them and run them on a Debian system. >> I've never done that, but others tel

Re: Google Maps keeps "loading... still loading?"

2010-04-08 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:11:35 -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote: > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> Nop, it seems to keep working as always used to. It's just today the >> first time I was getting that "freeze" :-? > > does it freeze and never return or just lag for a while then start >

Tomcat5.5 with apache2 and mod_jk on Lenny: error 400

2010-04-08 Thread Jérôme Gaulin
Hello ! I cant get working tomcat5.5 on apache2 via mod_jk on debian lenny 64 up to date. When i try to reach a .jsp file i've got an 400 error. The dpkg -l ii libtomcat5.5-java 5.5.26-5 Java Servlet engine -- core libraries ii solr-tomcat5.5

Re: How do I get the mbr package to do its job quietly?

2010-04-08 Thread Bob McGowan
On 04/08/2010 05:38 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:10:49 -0400 (EDT), Gerald wrote: >> Stephen, How about MBRWORK. >> This little program runs from a floppy or pehaps fron a CD. >> I have found it very useful > > Gerald, you replied to me personally instead of the list. > Please

Re: 'looking up xxxx' forever

2010-04-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:26:14 -0400 (EDT), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: This is a graphical representation of the problem: http://www.esnips.com/doc/84c672ef-50e8-446e-9560-4c4316ae68e9/do_sysup_201004 Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: [OT] Ubuntu vs Debian forums (was recompiling the kernel with a different version name)

2010-04-08 Thread Bob McGowan
On 04/08/2010 07:17 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:57:17 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: >> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:09:09 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> BTW, does anyone know why Ubuntu users seem to want to use the Debian> >>> forums? Don't they have forums of

Console font turned cyan

2010-04-08 Thread Robert Latest
Hello folks, I don't know when it happened but it must have been during some "aptitude upgrade" run lately: My console font turned from white to cyan. At first I thought that the red VGA signal had a bad contact, but X came up in full color. Console apps can control the color to a certain extent,

Re: [OT] Ubuntu vs Debian forums (was recompiling the kernel with a different version name)

2010-04-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:13:22 -0400 (EDT), Bob McGowan wrote: > > I run Ubuntu on my laptop, because I got tired of the manual Nvidia > setup every time the kernel changed. I have been a regular on this forum for several months now, and I know from experience that the topic of the proprietary nvidi

Xorg and cpu usage

2010-04-08 Thread Smokejohn
Hello there. I own a dell studio 1555 with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570. I have a debian testing installation and currently I have to use either radeon or the radeonhd drivers cause the proprietary (fglrx) driver doesn't support the xserver currently available in testing. Everything works just fin

Re: Retrieve hardware and modules info..

2010-04-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,05.Apr.10, 07:36:03, Lubos Rendek wrote: > thanks guys for this.. Now what is the best way to link modules to a > specific hardware. for example my lsmod shows that I use 'ecb' module. > For someone like me this name does not say much. Is there a way to > find which module belongs to which p

Re: interfaces - proper configuration

2010-04-08 Thread Axton
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Axton wrote: > I am trying to set up the /etc/network/interfaces script properly so that > all interfaces are started/stopped properly by /etc/init.d/networking. I > have this set up correctly, mostly, I think, but there is a flurry of > warning messages on start

Re: Retrieve hardware and modules info..

2010-04-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 18:15:33 -0400 (EDT), Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,05.Apr.10, 07:36:03, Lubos Rendek wrote: >> thanks guys for this.. Now what is the best way to link modules to a >> specific hardware. for example my lsmod shows that I use 'ecb' module. >> For someone like me this name does no

Re: Hello

2010-04-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,11.Mar.10, 09:01:02, surreal wrote: > I am using a grsecurity hardened kernel downloaded from here - > http://indiaforcekernel.googlecode.com/files/linux-image-2.6.32.9-grsecindiaforce1.1_1.1_i386.deb > > It is patched to provide maximum security but it prevents segment > relocation.. > >

Correct way to (re)compile a kernel on Debian Sid

2010-04-08 Thread Ivan Marin
(I'm posting again because, for some reason, my emails are not getting to the mail list. Sorry about that.) Hi all, I've seen a lot of traffic lately about how to compile a fresh kernel, from debian ou vanilla, in this list. After the changes in make-kpkg and kernel-package, I'm now completely lo

Re: Retrieve hardware and modules info..

2010-04-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,08.Apr.10, 14:11:02, Stephen Powell wrote: > > Andrei, I already told the OP about modinfo in an earlier post; but If you look at the headers you can see that in theory I beat you by ~30 minutes, but in practice, the mail was stuck in my postfix queue until today, because wicd does not r

Re: Xorg and cpu usage

2010-04-08 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Concerning Xorg, look through the log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log, e.g., the command $ grep -i dynamic should tell you if power saving ("Dynamic Clock Scaling") is enabled or not. Generally, the problem of energy consumption can be tackled with the program powertop best called as root. Maybe, it ca

Re: Xorg and cpu usage

2010-04-08 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Concerning Xorg, look through the log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log, e.g., > the command > > $ grep -i dynamic uuhm, $ grep -i dynamic /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > should tell you if power saving ("Dynamic Clock Scaling") is enabled or not. > > Generally, the problem of energ

Re: Re: Correct way to (re)compile a kernel on Debian Sid

2010-04-08 Thread Ivan Marin
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:40:46 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> It sounds to me like you want to get pristine kernel sources directly >> from kernel.org and compile them and run them on a Debian system. >> I've never done that, but others tell me that they do it. Of course, >> this is not sup

Debian Sys Admin Training / Certification

2010-04-08 Thread Abraham Chaffin
What training / certification courses would you guys recommend for Sys Admin / Security Admin training or certification for Debian? Is the LPIC a good route? Go with Red Hat certification? Or what do you all suggest? Thank you, Abraham

Correct way to (re)compile a kernel on Debian Sid

2010-04-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:01:03 -0400 (EDT), Ivan Marin wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:40:46 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> It sounds to me like you want to get pristine kernel sources directly >> from kernel.org and compile them and run them on a Debian system. >> I've never done that, but othe

Re: Keyboard gets stuck when closing PPP

2010-04-08 Thread A. F. Cano
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 12:14:47PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > ... > > phone (motorola e815) through a usb cable. It's not 100% repeatable. > > I suspect something in the close routine is overwriting part of the > > keyboard driver, but only some times. BTW, this is on a Dell 8600, > > with th

Re: Re: [OT] Ubuntu vs Debian forums (was recompiling the kernel with a different version name)

2010-04-08 Thread James P. Wallen
Stephen Powell wrote: On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:13:22 -0400 (EDT), Bob McGowan wrote: I run Ubuntu on my laptop, because I got tired of the manual Nvidia setup every time the kernel changed. I have been a regular on this forum for several months now, and I know from experience that the topic of th

Re: How do I get the mbr package to do its job quietly?

2010-04-08 Thread Gerald
On Thursday 08 April 2010 10:38:11 pm Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:10:49 -0400 (EDT), Gerald wrote: > > Stephen, How about MBRWORK. > > This little program runs from a floppy or pehaps fron a CD. > > I have found it very useful > > Gerald, you replied to me personally instead of t

Re: Debian Sys Admin Training / Certification

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 15:34, Abraham Chaffin wrote: What training / certification courses would you guys recommend for Sys Admin / Security Admin training or certification for Debian? Is the LPIC a good route? Go with Red Hat certification? Or what do you all suggest? Towards what end? Better emplo

Re: Debian Sys Admin Training / Certification

2010-04-08 Thread Tom Furie
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 01:34:28PM -0700, Abraham Chaffin wrote: > What training / certification courses would you guys recommend for Sys Admin > / Security Admin training or certification for Debian? > Is the LPIC a good route? Go with Red Hat certification? Or what do you all > suggest? I have t

Need help installing an "alternative"

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
Hi, I just locally installed upstream firefox, and of course Debian Alternatives doesn't know about it, so Iceweasel, which uses x-www-browser loads iceape, which I don't want. "update-alternatives --install" seems to be what I want in order to add /usr/local/firefox/firefox to the x-www-bro

Re: Debian Sys Admin Training / Certification

2010-04-08 Thread Nuno Magalhães
What about Ubuntu? It seems to be the deb-based commercial distro of the moment, do they have any certification? It would probably be as "heard of" as Red Hat. Or not. -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\ ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Manoj Srivastava writes: >On Wed, Apr 07 2010, Cameron Hutchison wrote: >> Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When >> I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of lines about unlinking >> files in debian/... >Please file a wishlist bug. I have usually

Re: Debian Sys Admin Training / Certification

2010-04-08 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: t...@furie.org.uk >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Debian Sys Admin Training / Certification >Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 23:49:42 +0100 > >>On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 01:34:28PM -0700, Abraham Chaffin wrote: >>> What training / certification courses w

ditching mutt

2010-04-08 Thread Tyler MacDonald
After over 10 years of faithful service (essentially when I ditched pine), I am considering having my mutt put down. Should I move over to gmail, or is there some amazing scriptable GUI mail client that is going to knock my socks off with an array of pipes and regexps and color-highlighting and may

Re: ditching mutt

2010-04-08 Thread Steve Fishpaste
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 04:43:03PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald uttered: > After over 10 years of faithful service (essentially when I ditched pine), > I am considering having my mutt put down. Should I move over to gmail, or is > there some amazing scriptable GUI mail client that is going to knock my >

Re: ditching mutt

2010-04-08 Thread John Hasler
Tyler writes: > Should I move over to gmail, or is there some amazing scriptable GUI > mail client that is going to knock my socks off with an array of pipes > and regexps and color-highlighting and maybe even procmail-parsing and > custom keybinding? Of course: Gnus. -- John Hasler -- To UNSU

Re: ditching mutt

2010-04-08 Thread Tyler MacDonald
John Hasler wrote: > > Should I move over to gmail, or is there some amazing scriptable GUI > > mail client that is going to knock my socks off with an array of pipes > > and regexps and color-highlighting and maybe even procmail-parsing and > > custom keybinding? > Of course: Gnus. Hmm. Maybe it

About USB hard drives and errors

2010-04-08 Thread Paul E Condon
I want to use the low cost high capacity hard drives that are for sale in places like Best Buy and Costco. I have put ext3 on several of them and started experimenting. The results so far are puzzling. I do get errors. So I decided to do scans for bad blocks. The drives I'm using are all Western

Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

2010-04-08 Thread godo
Ron Johnson wrote: Hi, I just locally installed upstream firefox, and of course Debian Alternatives doesn't know about it, so Iceweasel, which uses x-www-browser loads iceape, which I don't want. "update-alternatives --install" seems to be what I want in order to add /usr/local/firefox/fire

Re: automate updates in Lenny

2010-04-08 Thread Chris Hiestand
On Apr 7, 2010, at 12:27 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-07 13:52, Jozsi Vadkan wrote: >> how do you automate the updates in Lenny? [if you're using it as a >> "desktop os", and you don't want to give: apt-get update; apt-get >> upgrade -y every week..]? > > That's a foolish thing to do, sin

Re: ditching mutt

2010-04-08 Thread Michael Elkins
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 04:43:03PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > After over 10 years of faithful service (essentially when I ditched pine), > I am considering having my mutt put down. Should I move over to gmail, or is > there some amazing scriptable GUI mail client that is going to knock my > so

Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 19:50, godo wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Hi, I just locally installed upstream firefox, and of course Debian Alternatives doesn't know about it, so Iceweasel, which uses x-www-browser loads iceape, which I don't want. "update-alternatives --install" seems to be what I want in ord

Re: Installing Sugar in testing

2010-04-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Please see [1]. You probably want sucrose-0.86 for now; sucrose-0.88 still > has a few problems [2,3] (the fixes got delayed by the recent > ries.debian.org outage). Thanks, sucrose-0.86 indeed seems to install properly. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: About USB hard drives and errors

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 19:44, Paul E Condon wrote: I want to use the low cost high capacity hard drives that are for sale in places like Best Buy and Costco. I have put ext3 on several of them and started experimenting. The results so far are puzzling. I do get errors. So I decided to do scans for bad

Re: [OT] Ubuntu vs Debian forums (was recompiling the kernel with a different version name)

2010-04-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
> What I don't understand is why Ubuntu users *post* here, when they > actually run Ubuntu. I run Ubuntu and regularly read the Debian list, so maybe I can answer. If I need to know where is the menus Firefox is, or how to change my wallpaper, the Ubuntu list is fine. But nobody there understands

Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

2010-04-08 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Ron Johnson writes: ># update-alternatives --install x-www-browser firefox \ >/usr/local/firefox/firefox 3 >update-alternatives: error: alternative link is not absolute as it >should be: x-www-browser >What am I doing wrong? The easiest way to see how th

Re: Debian Sys Admin Training / Certification

2010-04-08 Thread Carlos Mennens
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Abraham Chaffin wrote: > What training / certification courses would you guys recommend for Sys Admin > / Security Admin training or certification for Debian? > Is the LPIC a good route? Go with Red Hat certification? Or what do you all > suggest? Certifications ar

Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

2010-04-08 Thread Tom Furie
On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 01:38:56AM -, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: > > ># update-alternatives --install x-www-browser firefox \ > >/usr/local/firefox/firefox 3 > >update-alternatives: error: alternative link is not absolute as it > >s

Re: [OT] Ubuntu vs Debian forums (was recompiling the kernel with a different version name)

2010-04-08 Thread Mark
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > [snip] > But the biggest reason that I run Ubuntu is to > promote it. I have done tens of installs for friends, neighbours, and > family. I need to be familiar with what they are running. Debian just > needs a bit too much work, a bit too much

Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

2010-04-08 Thread godo
Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-04-08 19:50, godo wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Hi, I just locally installed upstream firefox, and of course Debian Alternatives doesn't know about it, so Iceweasel, which uses x-www-browser loads iceape, which I don't want. "update-alternatives --install" seems to b

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Mart Frauenlob writes: >You want to see the output of the build, but the clean process is too >much? The build output will be multiple times greater anyways. This is >not a problem over the slow link? Ok. It looks like you haven't run the latest make-kpkg. I just did a rebuild of an existing bu

How do I transfer file through multiple jumps ssh connections

2010-04-08 Thread Kaicheng Zhang
Hi there, I have to ssh to a server A and then ssh to server B where I do my job. Therefore scp cannot work well when I want transfer files between remote and host machine. I used secureCRT in Windows, and its feature allow me to type "rz" in the remote machine and select the file I would l

Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 20:50, Tom Furie wrote: On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 01:38:56AM -, Cameron Hutchison wrote: Ron Johnson writes: # update-alternatives --install x-www-browser firefox \ /usr/local/firefox/firefox 3 update-alternatives: error: alternative link

Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

2010-04-08 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Tom Furie writes: >On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 01:38:56AM -, Cameron Hutchison wrote: >> Ron Johnson writes: >> >> ># update-alternatives --install x-www-browser firefox \ >> >/usr/local/firefox/firefox 3 >> >update-alternatives: error: alternative link i

Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

2010-04-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-08 20:38, Cameron Hutchison wrote: Ron Johnson writes: # update-alternatives --install x-www-browser firefox \ /usr/local/firefox/firefox 3 update-alternatives: error: alternative link is not absolute as it should be: x-www-browser What am

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