Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 29 ian 11, 19:02:38, Paul Scott wrote: > >>I'm attaching a dmesg because this might help me get the Orinoco > >>Silver working again for > >>secured networks with a newer kernel. It works fine using > >>dhclient now on unsecured > > > >

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 02:59:08PM -0500, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > > True... I think sudo is only installed if you disable root logins, otherwise > you're just stuck with su. Sigh. Are you running Ubuntu? Ubuntu is NOT Debian. -- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-30 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 07:43:09PM +, elbbit wrote: > It is widely accepted that Hollywood is based on real life, as a > starting reference point in any fiction, and then distorted to a point. Yeah right, but mainly by naive teenagers, who unfortunately are shaping the future. :( -- "Religio

"fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Lisi
In teh following: -rw-r--r-- 1 lisi lisi19503 2011-01-28 21:12 Etch_repositories.odt I can see eight pieces of information: permissions, directory or file (information that is also at the beginning of the permissions), owner, group (or group, owner), size, date, name of file or directory. W

Re: interfaces tab missing in network-admin on Squeeze

2011-01-30 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, Camaleón wrote: There is a bug report opened: gnome-system-tools: network-admin does not show the first "Connections" pane, so cannot modify interfaces http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610020 yes. Here is the bug report: > When I open network-admin (

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:26:16 +, Lisi wrote: > In teh following: > -rw-r--r-- 1 lisi lisi19503 2011-01-28 21:12 Etch_repositories.odt > > I can see eight pieces of information: permissions, directory or file > (information that is also at the beginning of the permissions), owner, > group (

Re: interfaces tab missing in network-admin on Squeeze

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:34:07 +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, Camaleón wrote: > >> There is a bug report opened: >> >> gnome-system-tools: network-admin does not show the first "Connections" >> pane, so cannot modify interfaces >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?b

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:35:56 Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:26:16 +, Lisi wrote: > > In teh following: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 lisi lisi19503 2011-01-28 21:12 Etch_repositories.odt > > > > I can see eight pieces of information: permissions, directory or file > > (information that i

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 31 ian 11, 01:01:11, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 02:59:08PM -0500, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > > > > True... I think sudo is only installed if you disable root logins, > > otherwise you're just stuck with su. > > Sigh. Are you running Ubuntu? > > Ubuntu is NOT D

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:01 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 02:59:08PM -0500, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: >> >> True... I think sudo is only installed if you disable root logins, otherwise >> you're just stuck with su. > > Sigh. Are you running Ubuntu? > > Ubuntu is NOT De

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Lisi, On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:18:39PM +, Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:35:56 Camaleón wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:26:16 +, Lisi wrote: > > > In teh following: > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 lisi lisi19503 2011-01-28 21:12 Etch_repositories.odt > > > > > > I can see eight pi

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:18:39 +, Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:35:56 Camaleón wrote: >> I call them "file attributes" but not sure if that's the technical name >> though :-) > > Thanks, Camaleón! Yes ,that it what they are in this context. But in > more general terms, like page

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 30 ian 11, 12:47:43, Camaleón wrote: > > sm01@stt008:~$ ls -l | awk '{print $9}' > > Desktop > Documentos > file: > News > PDF No need for awk, ls will do that with the -1 (the digit 1) option or by default if the output is not a terminal (ex. a pipe). Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discu

Re: 7zr compress include subdirs?

2011-01-30 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011, Anand Sivaram wrote: > If you are using tar, then try "xz" instead of 7-zip. Both xz and 7-zip use > lzma2 compression. But xz command line utility is very similar to > gzip/bzip2, so most of the gzip options could be used. In fact tar has a > filter also for xz which is 'J'.

Re: "fields" in files - thanks! :-)

2011-01-30 Thread Lisi
Thanks so much all of you. I am rushing to go out, but will get straight back on this when I get back and start using - or at least analysing - what you have so kindly given me. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: Testing a network card

2011-01-30 Thread elbbit
On 30/01/11 05:04, logb wrote: > Hello, > > Is there anyone know how to test PPS (packet per second) of a nic? > I tried to googled it, only found how to test the bandwidth using > iperf or netperf. None found for PPS. > > Any hint are welcome. > > TIA. > Maybe you could use a "ping -f " With

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread John Hasler
Lisi writes: > Thanks, Camaleón! Yes ,that it what they are in this context. But in more > general terms, like page, chapter, section etc., rather than the names of > that particular page etc. - what are they called? The appropriate context is "database". They are fields. The line is a reco

About Asterisk, 'best' practices, suggestions, etc.

2011-01-30 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
Hello, kind people. I'm interested if people on the lists are using asterisk (well, of course they are), but: In what environments you use Asterisk, is it just small hobby systems, or small/medium business environments; Do you use just plain asterisk or with various GUI add-ons such as FreePBX o

Re: Testing a network card

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:04:14 +0700, logb wrote: > Is there anyone know how to test PPS (packet per second) of a nic? I > tried to googled it, only found how to test the bandwidth using iperf or > netperf. None found for PPS. > > Any hint are welcome. I found an article on the matter: Benchmark

logrotate

2011-01-30 Thread Informatik.hu
Hi All! I have got a strange problem, every day, a got the following error: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: apache2_template:1 lines must begin with a keyword or a filename (possibly in double quotes) error: apache2_template:13 unexpected } error: found error in file

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:23:55 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: Hello Andrei, > Oh no, skype works (the Ubuntu 64bit version), the repo doesn't... Sorry, Andrei. I misunderstood what you meant. I hadn't tried the repo. I have now and got error reports about it. I even tried to view the directory i

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > I've created a USB installer stick and I am trying to install squeeze on > my Acer Aspire D250. > > The system boots off the USB stick and brings me to the Installer boot > menu, but the internal speaker beeps and the system freezes. (

Re: logrotate

2011-01-30 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Sonntag, 30. Januar 2011 schrieb Informatik.hu: > Hi All! > > and i also checked /etc/logrotate.d/apache2, but also did not find > anything: > Is it a typo, or are the > " < at the first line originally in your conf? > "/var/log/apache2/*.log" { > weekly > missingok >

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Jan 2011 at 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: > > Downloaded the following files > http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/20110106/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-30 Thread Paul Scott
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:27:09AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 29 ian 11, 19:02:38, Paul Scott wrote: > > >>I'm attaching a dmesg because this might help me get the Orinoco > > >>Silver working again for > > >>secured networks with a newer kernel. It works fine using > > >>dhclient now o

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 30 ian 11, 14:07:30, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:23:55 +0200 > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Hello Andrei, > > > Oh no, skype works (the Ubuntu 64bit version), the repo doesn't... > > Sorry, Andrei. I misunderstood what you meant. I hadn't tried the > repo. I have now and

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:05:48 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 30 ian 11, 14:07:30, Brad Rogers wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:23:55 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: >> >> > Oh no, skype works (the Ubuntu 64bit version), the repo doesn't... >> >> Sorry, Andrei. I misunderstood what you meant.

iptables/routing network problem

2011-01-30 Thread geertsky
Hello, I'm having a wierd problem I cannot solve... I have a pptp connection from my house to my server using 192.168.2.0/24 range ip's I ḿ trying to make mysql access able from the 192.168.2.0/24 network. On the server I've got ufw firewall so I state "ufw insert 4 allow proto tcp from 192.168.2.0

Re: iptables/routing network problem

2011-01-30 Thread Mihira Fernando
On 01/30/2011 08:48 PM, geertsky wrote: Hello, I'm having a wierd problem I cannot solve... I have a pptp connection from my house to my server using 192.168.2.0/24 range ip's I ḿ trying to make mysql access able from the 192.168.2.0/24 network. On the server I've got ufw firewall so I state "ufw

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 02:53:14PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 30 ian 11, 12:47:43, Camaleón wrote: > > > > sm01@stt008:~$ ls -l | awk '{print $9}' > > > > Desktop > > Documentos > > file: > > News > > PDF > > No need for awk, ls will do that with the -1 (the digit 1) option or by > d

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 15:19 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:05:48 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Du, 30 ian 11, 14:07:30, Brad Rogers wrote: > >> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:23:55 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> > >> > Oh no, skype works (the Ubuntu 64bit version), the repo d

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 30 ian 11, 15:19:13, Camaleón wrote: > > It can be downloaded from here: > > http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/post-download/ > > Not a "repo" but a "deb" file and tagged for "lenny". Yes, but $ aptitude search ~o i skype - Skype

Re: iptables/routing network problem

2011-01-30 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 20:48, geertsky wrote: > Hello, > I'm having a wierd problem I cannot solve... > I have a pptp connection from my house to my server using > 192.168.2.0/24 range ip's > I ḿ trying to make mysql access able from the 192.168.2.0/24 network. > On the server I've got ufw firew

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:05:48 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: Hello Andrei, > I'm guessing the problem is that my arch is amd64, while the repo > might be i386 only. IDK, TBH. Like you, I use AMD64. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever imme

Re: logrotate

2011-01-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d45715f.8090...@informatik.hu>, Informatik.hu wrote: > > > > > > > >Hi All! http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct Specifically: "Never send your messages in HTML; use plain text instead." I've left some of the worst parts quoted; you can see what makes them diffi

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread david wildgoose
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Jan 2011 at 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > >> Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: >> >> Downloaded the following files >> http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/20110106/images/hd-media/bo

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:56:29 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 30 ian 11, 15:19:13, Camaleón wrote: >> >> It can be downloaded from here: >> >> http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/post-download/ >> >> Not a "repo" but a "deb" file and tagged for "lenny". > > Yes,

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:33:45 +, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 15:19 +, Camaleón wrote: >> It can be downloaded from here: >> >> http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/post-download/ >> >> Not a "repo" but a "deb" file and tagged for "lenny". >

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:53:14 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 30 ian 11, 12:47:43, Camaleón wrote: >> >> sm01@stt008:~$ ls -l | awk '{print $9}' >> >> Desktop >> Documentos >> file: >> News >> PDF > > No need for awk, ls will do that with the -1 (the digit 1) option or by > default if the

Re: logrotate

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:10:39 +0100, Informatik.hu wrote: (...) > I have got a strange problem, every day, a got the following > error: > /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: > error: apache2_template:1 lines must begin with a keyword or a filename > (possibly in double quotes) > error: apache2_template:1

Re: logrotate

2011-01-30 Thread Arturo R.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Informatik.hu wrote: > > It is an old ETCH box. I do not remember if i ever changed these config > files. > Any suggestions? (Maybe, I am blind?) Maybe you just can't see them. :) A common cause found on a quick Google search seems to be CRLF line endings on the c

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 17:26 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:33:45 +, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > > Isn't the lenny version 32bit only? IIRC you have to install the Ubuntu > > 64bit versions and a couple of ia32-* packages. (ia32-libs, > > ia32-libs-gtk) to get skype working on

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread Brian
On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > However I have a new problem with the installer. > > When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the > following error: > > "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" > Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. > This i

No sudo, no root, on a fully encrypted LVM filesystem

2011-01-30 Thread David Starner
I've managed to remove suid bits from all the files in my /usr/bin directory. As I have no root password, and I have a fully encrypted LVM filesystem, I'm at loss at how to recover them without deleting everything and starting all over. (It's not a disastrous option, I guess, since it's a fairly fr

Re: About Asterisk, 'best' practices, suggestions, etc.

2011-01-30 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 13:57, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > wouldn't it be better to use Debian packages of Asterisk instead of > compiling? I'd say it depends: if the Debian package has everything you want, cool, use it; if not, compile it. Or both, you can use checkinstall and similar to co

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-30 Thread consul tores
2011/1/30 Paul Scott : > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:27:09AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Sb, 29 ian 11, 19:02:38, Paul Scott wrote: >> > >>I'm attaching a dmesg because this might help me get the Orinoco >> > >>Silver working again for >> > >>secured networks with a newer kernel.  It works fi

VM speed benchmark

2011-01-30 Thread T o n g
Hi, Talking about VM, some prefer virtulbox, some VMWare. Don't know how many of you prefer kvm. I'm wondering if you could do the speed benchmark of your preferred VM, and compare the result to that of your host. The reason that I'm asking -- recently I noticed that my kvm is extremely slow,

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Doug
On 01/30/2011 07:01 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 02:59:08PM -0500, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: True... I think sudo is only installed if you disable root logins, otherwise you're just stuck with su. Sigh. Are you running Ubuntu? Ubuntu is NOT Debian. You may have the

Re: approx for new "netinst" installation

2011-01-30 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110129_230759, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Greg Madden [110126 03:45]: > > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use "approx" in > > > order to minimize download time and bandwidth during a new "netinst" > >

Help with Sun Java in Debian Sid

2011-01-30 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have been buying music from a website called HDtracks.com recently using my Debian Sid desktop. They're wensite requires your run a download manager that is a Java application for all music downloads. I have downloaded 2 albums this past October without incident but ran into problems trying to b

Re: iptables/routing network problem

2011-01-30 Thread geertsky
On Jan 30, 4:50 pm, Mihira Fernando wrote: > On 01/30/2011 08:48 PM, geertsky wrote: > > > Hello, > > I'm having a wierd problem I cannot solve... > > I have a pptp connection from my house to my server using > > 192.168.2.0/24 range ip's > > I ḿ trying to make mysql access able from the 192.168.2

Re: iptables/routing network problem

2011-01-30 Thread geertsky
On Jan 30, 5:00 pm, Anand Sivaram wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 20:48, geertsky wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm having a wierd problem I cannot solve... > > I have a pptp connection from my house to my server using > > 192.168.2.0/24 range ip's > > I ḿ trying to make mysql access able from the 192.1

Re: iptables/routing network problem

2011-01-30 Thread geertsky
On Jan 30, 5:00 pm, Anand Sivaram wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 20:48, geertsky wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm having a wierd problem I cannot solve... > > I have a pptp connection from my house to my server using > > 192.168.2.0/24 range ip's > > I ḿ trying to make mysql access able from the 192.1

nameserver issues involving *.debian.org

2011-01-30 Thread Joel Roth
Hi all, Some nslookup oddities have been bothering me. Does it look to you like my ISP is blocking certain DNS queries? First, here's what I expect *and* what I get when I SSH to an account at maseru.dreamhost.com: [maseru]$ nslookup debian.org Server: 66.33.216.127 Addr

Re: iptables/routing network problem

2011-01-30 Thread geertsky
On Jan 30, 10:20 pm, geertsky wrote: > On Jan 30, 4:50 pm, Mihira Fernando wrote: > > > > > On 01/30/2011 08:48 PM, geertsky wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > I'm having a wierd problem I cannot solve... > > > I have a pptp connection from my house to my server using > > > 192.168.2.0/24 range ip's > >

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110130_134532, Axel Freyn wrote: > Hi Lisi, > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:18:39PM +, Lisi wrote: > > On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:35:56 Camaleón wrote: > > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:26:16 +, Lisi wrote: > > > > In teh following: > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 lisi lisi19503 2011-01-28 21:12 Et

which is at fault? iceweasel or drupal?

2011-01-30 Thread Russell L. Harris
Occasionally while browsing with iceweasel, the machine slows to a crawl and the processor usage (as displayed by system monitor) stays at 100 percent. Almost always, this happens when browsing a web site which uses drupal as its engine. I have experienced this phenomenon with Etch, Lenny, and Sq

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-30 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/30/2011 01:06 PM, consul tores wrote: 2011/1/30 Paul Scott: On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:27:09AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sb, 29 ian 11, 19:02:38, Paul Scott wrote: I'm attaching a dmesg because this might help me get the Orinoco Silver working again for secured ne

Re: which is at fault? iceweasel or drupal?

2011-01-30 Thread David Christensen
Russell L. Harris wrote: Occasionally while browsing with iceweasel, the machine slows to a crawl I've been running Drupal sites for 2+ years, and haven't had browser issues when browsing them with Ice Weasel. (I have experienced Drupal and hosting issues.) Currently, my system bogs down

[Solution] Start synergy automatically when X starts (was: /etc/X11/Xsession.d)

2011-01-30 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:41:23 +, Camaleón wrote: >> I want to use it to start an app when X starts, synergyc to be exact, > (...) > > There is a doc on how to do this, but not sure if that will help: > > http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/autostart.html Thanks Camaleón. Been there, read that.

USB3.0 problem: xhci_hcd not found

2011-01-30 Thread Krzysztof Bieniasz
Hi all! I'm having an issue with my usb 3.0 port. I've recently bought an Asus N73JF laptop which has one such port. I'm running a fully updated Squeeze with the 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel image from the Debian repo. During boot I see lots of: "hub 1-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 5" and

Re: "fields" in files

2011-01-30 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 30 January 2011 21:59:03 Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20110130_134532, Axel Freyn wrote: > > Hi Lisi, > > > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:18:39PM +, Lisi wrote: > > > On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:35:56 Camaleón wrote: > > > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:26:16 +, Lisi wrote: > > > > > In te

USB3.0 problem: xhci_hcd not found

2011-01-30 Thread Krzysztof Bieniasz
Hi all! I'm having an issue with my usb 3.0 port. I've recently bought an Asus N73JF laptop which has one such port. I'm running a fully updated Squeeze with the 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel image from the Debian repo. During boot I see lots of: "hub 1-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 5", an

USB3.0 problem: xhci_hcd not found

2011-01-30 Thread Krzysztof Bieniasz
Hi all! I'm having an issue with my usb 3.0 port. I've recently bought an Asus N73JF laptop which has one such port. I'm running a fully updated Squeeze with the 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel image from the Debian repo. During boot I see lots of: "hub 1-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 5" and

module kvm-intel causing virtualbox problems

2011-01-30 Thread briand
I get an error message when I run virtual box and the inter-tubes led me to the answer of removing the kvm-intel module. I'm trying to figure out how it got loaded in the first place so I can keep it from being loaded, but I can't seem to track it down. Can some kind soul help me out. Thanks, B

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Tom Furie
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 03:35:59PM -0500, Doug wrote: > that way--I haven't looked. (Altho I have Deb installed on a > machine, I frankly don't like its politics, and I don't use it.) Okay, I know I should ignore it, but I can't. If you don't like Debian's politics and don't use it, what are you

Re: approx for new "netinst" installation

2011-01-30 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Paul E Condon [110130 21:15]: > On 20110129_230759, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > * Greg Madden [110126 03:45]: > > > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > > I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use "approx" in > > > > order to minimize download tim

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread david wildgoose
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > >> However I have a new problem with the installer. >> >> When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the >> following error: >> >> "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sd

Re: module kvm-intel causing virtualbox problems

2011-01-30 Thread Andrew Reid
On Sunday 30 January 2011 18:15:56 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > I get an error message when I run virtual box and the inter-tubes led > me to the answer of removing the kvm-intel module. > > I'm trying to figure out how it got loaded in the first place so I can > keep it from being loaded, but I can

Re: Help with Sun Java in Debian Sid

2011-01-30 Thread Jochen Schulz
Nick Lidakis: > > In trying to track down what was going on, I realized I had the Sun Java jre > installed from the non-free repository and openjdk-6-jre > openjdk-6-jre-headless. I tried using update-aletrnatives --config java to > pick between the two to no avail. I removed the openjdk packages

Re: No sudo, no root, on a fully encrypted LVM filesystem

2011-01-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , David Starner wrote: >I've managed to remove suid bits from all the files in my /usr/bin >directory. As I have no root password, and I have a fully encrypted >LVM filesystem, I'm at loss at how to recover them without deleting >everything and starting all over. If the root account is disable

Re: which is at fault? iceweasel or drupal?

2011-01-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110130220014.ga2...@rlharris.org>, Russell L. Harris wrote: >Occasionally while browsing with iceweasel, the machine slows to a >crawl and the processor usage (as displayed by system monitor) stays >at 100 percent. Almost always, this happens when browsing a web site >which uses drupal as it

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-30 Thread Paul Scott
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 03:39:20PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > >>Paul > >What happend if you do: > > I have done these many times but I recently got and compiled a > driver from Realtek (from Wayne's suggestion). It isn't named > rtl8185 but r8185b. I thought I had tested that well enough and >

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem *solved*

2011-01-30 Thread Paul Scott
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 06:30:53PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 03:39:20PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > >>Paul > > >What happend if you do: > > > > I have done these many times but I recently got and compiled a > > driver from Realtek (from Wayne's suggestion). It isn't n

How to find (and remove) all installed recommended packages

2011-01-30 Thread S D
Hi, Is there a way to find all recommended packages that were automatically installed? It appears aptitude now installs recommended packages by default. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

panning using xrandr

2011-01-30 Thread T o n g
Hi, How to do panning using xrandr? Wouldn't xrandr --panning x be the same as xrandr -s x But it won't work -- I need to put --output before --panning. The problem is, I've searched everywhere, but every possible string I tried didn't work. warning: output LVDS1 not found; ignoring w

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 02:40:01PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 31 ian 11, 01:01:11, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 02:59:08PM -0500, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > > > > > > True... I think sudo is only installed if you disable root logins, > > > otherwise you're ju

installing rtl8187B on debian lenny with kernel 2.6.26 - need help on installing backport kernel to recognise chipset

2011-01-30 Thread Rico D
i'm trying to follow this article: http://wiki.debian.org/rtl818x But i'm very new to linux and i'm having trouble in installing the back port kernel. I know of the basic command which is |apt-get -t lenny-backports install "package" | and I tried running this command - aptitude -t lenny-b

Re: nameserver issues involving *.debian.org

2011-01-30 Thread Joel Roth
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:26:37AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hi all, > > Some nslookup oddities have been bothering me. Does it look > to you like my ISP is blocking certain DNS queries? At any rate, I can easily work around the issue by adding the entries I need to /etc/hosts. -- Joel Roth

Re: How to find (and remove) all installed recommended packages

2011-01-30 Thread elbbit
On 31/01/11 01:56, S D wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to find all recommended packages that were automatically > installed? It appears aptitude now installs recommended packages by default. > > Thanks My understanding of the Aptitude package management system is that once you have installed a

Re: No sudo, no root, on a fully encrypted LVM filesystem

2011-01-30 Thread Sascha
Am 30.01.2011 20:14, schrieb David Starner: > I've managed to remove suid bits from all the files in my /usr/bin > directory. As I have no root password, and I have a fully encrypted > LVM filesystem, I'm at loss at how to recover them without deleting > everything and starting all over. (It's not

Re: module kvm-intel causing virtualbox problems

2011-01-30 Thread briand
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:38:12 -0500 Andrew Reid wrote: > On Sunday 30 January 2011 18:15:56 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > I get an error message when I run virtual box and the inter-tubes > > led me to the answer of removing the kvm-intel module. > > > > I'm trying to figure out how it got loaded

Re: VM speed benchmark

2011-01-30 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 01:45, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > Talking about VM, some prefer virtulbox, some VMWare. Don't know how many > of you prefer kvm. I'm wondering if you could do the speed benchmark of > your preferred VM, and compare the result to that of your host. > > The reason that I'm ask

Re: VM speed benchmark

2011-01-30 Thread elbbit
On 30/01/11 20:15, T o n g wrote: > I'm wondering if you could do the speed benchmark of > your preferred VM, and compare the result to that of your host. > Inside a VirtualBox guest, running Debian Lenny, using a IDE based hard disk file (in the VM profile): Timing buffered disk reads: 62 MB

Re: VM speed benchmark

2011-01-30 Thread shawn wilson
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 3:15 PM, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > Talking about VM, some prefer virtulbox, some VMWare. Don't know how many > of you prefer kvm. I'm wondering if you could do the speed benchmark of > your preferred VM, and compare the result to that of your host. > > per vmware benches, a

Mounting local filesystems...mount: /dev/sdc1 special device doesn't exist failed.

2011-01-30 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, I just have installed Debian SID. When I reboot I forgot to plug out my USB stick and when the system boot, I get error message - warning, something like stand in the subject of this mail. How can I get rid of it? In my /etc/fstab I have the corresponding line for the usb device: /dev/sdc1

Re: Mounting local filesystems...mount: /dev/sdc1 special device doesn't exist failed.

2011-01-30 Thread Csanyi Pal
Csanyi Pal writes: > When I reboot I forgot to plug out my USB stick and when the system > boot, I get error message - warning, something like stand in the subject > of this mail. Because I plugged it out when the system reboot at, 'BIOS' time. -- Best Regards, Paul Chany http://csanyi-pal.inf

Reach ext3 partitions with UUID labels

2011-01-30 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, I just have installed Debian SID with linux kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP. I installed it following http://io.debian.net/~tar/gnustep/install.txt I have on my PC Box two SCSI hard disks: sda and sdb. Debian SID is on /dev/sda3 and the previously installed Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze is on /dev/s

Re: which is at fault? iceweasel or drupal?

2011-01-30 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [110131 04:12]: > In <20110130220014.ga2...@rlharris.org>, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >Occasionally while browsing with iceweasel, the machine slows to a > >crawl and the processor usage (as displayed by system monitor) stays > >at 100 percent. Almost always, this happens

Re: help

2011-01-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110131040038.GA3315@fischer>, Chris Bannister wrote: >On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 02:40:01PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Lu, 31 ian 11, 01:01:11, Chris Bannister wrote: >> > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 02:59:08PM -0500, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: >> > > True... I think sudo is only installe

Re: How to find (and remove) all installed recommended packages

2011-01-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <462154.23638...@web45807.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>, S D wrote: >Is there a way to find all recommended packages that were automatically >installed? It appears aptitude now installs recommended packages by >default. Not exactly, but something like (aptitude search '~M!~R~i') should get you close. T

Finding packages installed from experimental

2011-01-30 Thread Sven Joachim
How can I find out which packages on my system come from a certain suite, say experimental in this case? The naïve approach $ aptitude search "~i ~Aexperimental" does not work, because it lists all installed packages which have a version in experimental, even if another version is installed. Sv

Re: Finding packages installed from experimental

2011-01-30 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > > How can I find out which packages on my system come from a certain > suite, say experimental in this case?  The naïve approach > > $ aptitude search "~i ~Aexperimental" > > does not work, because it lists all installed packages which have a

Re: Mounting local filesystems...mount: /dev/sdc1 special device doesn't exist failed.

2011-01-30 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:27, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Csanyi Pal writes: > > > When I reboot I forgot to plug out my USB stick and when the system > > boot, I get error message - warning, something like stand in the subject > > of this mail. > > Because I plugged it out when the system reboot at, '

Re: Help with Sun Java in Debian Sid

2011-01-30 Thread godo
On 01/30/2011 10:16 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote: I have been buying music from a website called HDtracks.com recently using my Debian Sid desktop. They're wensite requires your run a download manager that is a Java application for all music downloads. I have downloaded 2 albums this past October witho