Re: Starting Google Chrome

2013-04-16 Thread Roberto Torres Lomo
El lun, 15-04-2013 a las 19:09 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD escribió: > Dear list - > > Installed Google Chrome. Can start from the applications dropdown list. > > 1] No desktop icon > 2] Wish to be able to start from command line so that I can start it > with a specific file. > > A search on

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> > + dropping human readable textfiles in favour of c binary code, which makes > > it > > needless more complex to debug the whole show. > > That's non-sense. systemd unit files are text-files in ini-like format > and much more readable then shell scripts with all their boiler plate. I think

Error kobject_add_internal failed for threshold_bank (Squeeze 6.0.7)

2013-04-16 Thread nnmbnmbnmnm .
i am using Debian squeeze 6.0.7 with RAID 1. all is working well. system got 32 GB RAM. here is my dstat output used buff cach free 152M 5240k 56.7M 31.3G however i am getting these messages when my system starts root@acivirtsrv:~# dmesg | grep 'failed for threshold' [2.14679

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:33:47AM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > I think you miss the point which is those unit files depend on C code So do classic init scripts: $ file /sbin/init /sbin/init: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), fo

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 09:20:03PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > Lets not pollute this useful thread with systemd It seems a thread about init systems and administration/tweaking of them is the most appropriate place for systemd to be mentioned. Not least that it can solve the problem the OP had.

huawei e169 +asterisk

2013-04-16 Thread binary dreamer
hi. i am running debian 6.0.6 that has asterisk on it. i am trying to install chan_dongle to make use of my Huawei e169 usb, to make/receive calls. after following the instructions http://wiki.e1550.mobi/doku.php?id=installation i do the ./configure, but it stops to the make. it gives me errors. is

Re: huawei e169 +asterisk

2013-04-16 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 01:36:14PM +0300, binary dreamer wrote: >hi. i am running debian 6.0.6 that has asterisk on it. >i am trying to install chan_dongle to make use of my Huawei e169 usb, to >make/receive calls. >after following the instructions >[1]http://wiki.e1550.mobi/dok

Re: huawei e169 +asterisk

2013-04-16 Thread binary dreamer
Sorry, my mistake. i forgot to mention the errors: root@debPBX:/usr/src/dongle-read-only# automake -a configure.in:6: installing `./config.guess' configure.in:6: installing `./config.sub' configure.in:7: installing `./install-sh' configure.in:7: installing `./missing' automake: no `Makefile.am' f

Re: Starting Google Chrome

2013-04-16 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:08:44PM -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > On 04/15/2013 07:59 PM, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 07:48:39PM -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > >>Kumar - > >> > >>Thanks. > >> > >> It would be useful to know how you installed Google Chrome. If you >

Re: huawei e169 +asterisk

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Grace
On 16/04/13 12:12, binary dreamer wrote: > Sorry, my mistake. i forgot to mention the errors: > > root@debPBX:/usr/src/dongle-read-only# automake -a > configure.in:6: installing `./config.guess' > configure.in:6: installing `./config.sub' > configure.in:7: installing `./install-sh' > configure.in:

Re: Error kobject_add_internal failed for threshold_bank (Squeeze 6.0.7)

2013-04-16 Thread nnmbnmbnmnm .
it was a kernel bug, downgrading or upgrading may resolve the issue. in my case upgrade works. On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:25 PM, nnmbnmbnmnm . wrote: > i am using Debian squeeze 6.0.7 with RAID 1. all is working well. > system got 32 GB RAM. > > here is my dstat output > > used buff cach

Re: Starting Google Chrome

2013-04-16 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/15/2013 11:13 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > On 04/15/2013 09:41 PM, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 04/15/2013 07:09 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: >>> Dear list - >>> >>> Installed Google

Re: huawei e169 +asterisk

2013-04-16 Thread binary dreamer
On 04/16/2013 02:54 PM, Tom Grace wrote: On 16/04/13 12:12, binary dreamer wrote: Sorry, my mistake. i forgot to mention the errors: root@debPBX:/usr/src/dongle-read-only# automake -a configure.in:6: installing `./config.guess' configure.in:6: installing `./config.sub' configure.in:7: installin

Re: Starting Google Chrome

2013-04-16 Thread Linux-Fan
On 04/16/2013 01:09 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Dear list - > > Installed Google Chrome. Can start from the applications dropdown list. > > 1] No desktop icon > 2] Wish to be able to start from command line so that I can start it > with a specific file. > > A search on Google gives the st

debian wiki's mirror

2013-04-16 Thread låzaro
Hi, some peoples in my country have not internet access (please, do not ask whay) and will be very good if we could have mirror of the debian's wiki, so I wonder if exist some way for make a mirror of the wiki. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Yaro Kasear
On 04/16/2013 04:33 AM, Kevin Chadwick wrote: + dropping human readable textfiles in favour of c binary code, which makes it needless more complex to debug the whole show. That's non-sense. systemd unit files are text-files in ini-like format and much more readable then shell scripts with all th

Re: huawei e169 +asterisk

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Grace
On 16/04/13 13:54, binary dreamer wrote: > i have tried all versions from r10 to r14 and i am getting the same problem. I just tried, following the instructions on the page you linked with no problems, other than a missing libxml building asterisk. My system is as follows: $ cat /etc/debian_versio

vnc server

2013-04-16 Thread ChadDavis
I'm a bit confused about what package is the vnc server that I need to run in order to remote desktop into my machine. Installed by default is a "vino" and it says that it is a "VNC server for Gnome". But when I search about how to set up a vnc server on the internet, I keep finding vnc4server pa

Re: Starting Google Chrome

2013-04-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: "Ethan Rosenberg, PhD" > To: Debian Users List > Cc: > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 4:09 PM > Subject: Starting Google Chrome > > Dear list - > > Installed Google Chrome.  Can start from the applications dropdown list. > > 1] No desktop icon > 2] Wish

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Thilo Six
Hello Michael, Excerpt from Michael Biebl: -- -- + dropping human readable textfiles in favour of c binary code, which makes it needless more complex to debug the whole show. >>> That's non-sense. systemd unit files are text-files in ini-like format >>> and much more readable th

Re: vnc server

2013-04-16 Thread Bob Proulx
ChadDavis wrote: > I'm a bit confused about what package is the vnc server that I need to run > in order to remote desktop into my machine. With VNC there are two parts, the client and the server. Normally you start the server first and then connect to it with a client. $ vncserver New 'loca

Re: Fixing a half-configured package

2013-04-16 Thread sirquijote
Thanks to everyone who responded on this issue. Following the advice I managed to get this sorted. Cheers :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/19373.

Starting Google Chrome

2013-04-16 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Dear list - This will be a combined reply to all the suggestions I received: ethan@rosenberg:~/Desktop$ ls -l /usr/bin /usr/local/bin | grep -F chrom -rwxr-xr-x 1 rootroot3256 Apr 2 09:30 chromium lrwxrwxrwx 1 rootroot 32 Apr 6 01:13 google-chrome -> /opt/google/chro

Re: huawei e169 +asterisk

2013-04-16 Thread binary
Στις 16/4/2013 6:57 μμ, ο/η Tom Grace έγραψε: On 16/04/13 13:54, binary dreamer wrote: i have tried all versions from r10 to r14 and i am getting the same problem. I just tried, following the instructions on the page you linked with no problems, other than a missing libxml building asterisk. My

Re: How to get Debian live running from flash with persistence

2013-04-16 Thread Christer Oldhoff
Hi Michael, On 2013-04-15 15:26, Michael Heerdegen wrote: >> [...] > > Thanks for the hints, it now works! I labeled the partition > `persistence', but to get it work, I also had to put a persistence.conf > file on it. > [...] > > Many thanks, > > Michael. > I´m glad I could help. You were a

Re: huawei e169 +asterisk

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Grace
On 16/04/13 19:04, binary wrote: > thanks a lot for the answer. > i have done a clean install of debian > root@debPBX:/usr/src/chan_dongle-1.1.r14# uname -a > Linux debPBX 2.6.32-5-486 #1 Mon Feb 25 00:22:26 UTC 2013 i586 GNU/Linux > root@debPBX:/usr/src/chan_dongle-1.1.r14# > > and i have taken f

Re: How to get Debian live running from flash with persistence

2013-04-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 Apr 2013 at 21:29:22 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, Brian wrote: > > That cannot happen. Updating the system might alter grub.cfg but GRUB > > itself is not installed or reinstalled to, for example, the MBR of any > > disk. > > This is not entirely corr

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> > Lets not pollute this useful thread with systemd > > It seems a thread about init systems and administration/tweaking of them is > the > most appropriate place for systemd to be mentioned. Not least that it can > solve > the problem the OP had. It should not be ignored or avoided from bein

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:33:47AM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > > I think you miss the point which is those unit files depend on C code > > So do classic init scripts: > > $ file /sbin/init > /sbin/init: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), > dynamically linked (uses

Unexpected results attempting to install Squeeze(6.0.5) to USB flash drive

2013-04-16 Thread Richard Owlett
CAUTION: My goal does *NOT* resemble a normal install I want to do a full install to a USB flash drive (thumb drive). I am not looking to run the installer ISO from the flash drive. I do not want a "LIVE install" with or without persistence. Due to constraints of another personal project I f

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 09:06:31PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > Yes and do you know it was designed to do just what it does for a good > reason in 32 kb of code. Hello world is 8kb Not relevant to choosing an init system. > I am saying it is easy for anyone to follow edit and lookup a man page

Re: Unexpected results attempting to install Squeeze(6.0.5) to USB flash drive

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Furie
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 02:46:07PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > *QUESTION:* Is there a way to defeat/disable OS_PROBER(sp?) during > installation? Os-prober is at most a 'recommends' of grub. You can quite easily not install it if you wish. I'm not sure if os-prober can be skipped if it's inst

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> > Yes and do you know it was designed to do just what it does for a good > > reason in 32 kb of code. Hello world is 8kb > > Not relevant to choosing an init system. I believe very strongly that it is. universality with Linux supporting smaller and smaller Arm chips is part of what I was touc

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:21:00AM -0500, Yaro Kasear wrote: > [systemd] has a concurrent startup, meaning it brings a system up and down > *very* quickly by starting independent units at the same time. > Standard SysV init generally cannot do this, though it's hard to > account for how initscripts

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 09:09:15PM +0200, Thilo Six wrote: > > update-rc.d foo disable|enable > > > > is one method. > > Thank you for sharing this! > It might be a nuisance but running the stop part of the initscript isn't the > same as not touching it all? Sorry, I don't quite understand the q

Re: Unexpected results attempting to install Squeeze(6.0.5) to USB flash drive

2013-04-16 Thread Brian
On Tue 16 Apr 2013 at 14:46:07 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > My second attempt was using Grub 1.99. It almost worked > satisfactorily. As I saw no way to disable OS_PROBER(sp?) during the > install, the menu written to the flash drive includes the Operating > Systems on the piece of hardware used

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Rick Thomas wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > >I have been using Debian for many years now. In all of that time I > >have never wanted to "manage" init scripts. I always wonder. What > >are people trying to do? > > For an example of where one will want to "manage" the init scripts, > take a look at

Re: Serveur with encrypted partition : 2 steps boot.

2013-04-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Erwan David wrote: > update-rc.d dovecot disable 2 > reboot, indeed dovecot is not started > telinit 3 > dovecot does not start (even if there is a Sxxdovecot in /etc/rc3.d) Hmm... It should start. I just tested this on a service locally and it starts for me. are you sure it isn't starting due

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:21:02PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > > > Yes and do you know it was designed to do just what it does for a good > > > reason in 32 kb of code. Hello world is 8kb > > > > Not relevant to choosing an init system. > > I believe very strongly that it is. universality wi

Re: iperf / ftp / http TCP poor performance in one direction (UDP good)

2013-04-16 Thread Guido Martínez
It certainly looks that way. It most likely cpu or nic related and not something you could fix by tweaking the system... Guido On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:50 AM, John Elliot wrote: > Ok - Just an update to this. > > Connected a Laptop to the same switch the Deb server is connected to @ POPB > - T

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-16 Thread staticsafe
On 4/16/2013 19:33, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:21:02PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: Yes and do you know it was designed to do just what it does for a good reason in 32 kb of code. Hello world is 8kb >>> >>> Not relevant to choosing an init system. >> >> I believ

Equivalent of --append-to-version for deb-pkg ?

2013-04-16 Thread Laurent Debian
Hi all, testing solutions for a kernel bug I have recompiled several times the same version of the kernel. I like the command deb-pkg but I didn't find a easy way to change the name of each compiled version instead of erasing the previous one. Ideally I am searching for the exact equivalent of

Re: How to get Debian live running from flash with persistence

2013-04-16 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 16 Apr 2013, Brian wrote: > On Mon 15 Apr 2013 at 21:29:22 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, Brian wrote: > > > That cannot happen. Updating the system might alter grub.cfg but GRUB > > > itself is not installed or reinstalled to, for example, the MBR of any

Re: Equivalent of --append-to-version for deb-pkg ?

2013-04-16 Thread Jaikumar Sharma
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 6:10 AM, Laurent Debian wrote: > testing solutions for a kernel bug I have recompiled several times > the same version of the kernel. I like the command deb-pkg but I didn't > find a easy way to change the name of each compiled version instead of > erasing the previous

what's your Debian uptime?

2013-04-16 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Linux greer 3.2.6 #1 SMP Mon Feb 20 17:05:10 CST 2012 i686 GNU/Linux 22:35:31 up 412 days, 10:05, 1 user, load average: 1.18, 0.97, 0.44 -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org A

Re: Equivalent of --append-to-version for deb-pkg ?

2013-04-16 Thread Laurent Debian
Well thanks for your answer but not at all since my question was concerning the command make deb-pkg and not make-kpkg for which I simply uses --append-to-version Regards 2013/4/17 Jaikumar Sharma > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 6:10 AM, Laurent Debian > wrote: > >> testing solutions for a

Re: what's your Debian uptime?

2013-04-16 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Mittwoch, 17. April 2013 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > Linux greer 3.2.6 #1 SMP Mon Feb 20 17:05:10 CST 2012 i686 GNU/Linux > 22:35:31 up 412 days, 10:05, 1 user, load average: 1.18, 0.97, 0.44 Great, but beat this! More than 500 days. At about 650 days uptime I rebooted accidentlly. See the m

Re: How to install Debian in such a situation

2013-04-16 Thread Yuwen Dai
> You imply the machine is still functioning and the OS is bootable, so > d-i can be started up from this disk. > >>I bought a new hard disk and downloaded Debian testing version, >> then >> I found the CD-ROM is broken, it can not boot from the CD-ROM. The old >> PC >> can not boot fro

Re: what's your Debian uptime?

2013-04-16 Thread Tixy
On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 22:59 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Linux greer 3.2.6 #1 SMP Mon Feb 20 17:05:10 CST 2012 i686 GNU/Linux > 22:35:31 up 412 days, 10:05, 1 user, load average: 1.18, 0.97, 0.44 So you are over a year behind in installing security updates for the kernel. (I know, if your mach

Re: what's your Debian uptime?

2013-04-16 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Mittwoch, 17. April 2013 schrieb Tixy: > On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 22:59 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Linux greer 3.2.6 #1 SMP Mon Feb 20 17:05:10 CST 2012 i686 GNU/Linux > > > > 22:35:31 up 412 days, 10:05, 1 user, load average: 1.18, 0.97, 0.44 > > So you are over a year behind in installi

RE: what's your Debian uptime?

2013-04-16 Thread John Elliot
$ uptime 16:51:12 up 1136 days, 17:01, 1 user, load average: 0.22, 0.12, 0.08 From: hans.ullr...@loop.de To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: what's your Debian uptime? Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:58:31 +0200 Am Mittwoch, 17. April 2013 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > Linux greer 3.2.6 #1 SMP