Re: dyndnsd

2013-07-12 Thread Hanspeter Spalinger
Hi, I setup my own dnydns style service using bind ddns with nsupdate: http://dag.wieers.com/howto/bits/bind-ddns.php Cheers HP On Fre, 2013-07-12 at 16:30 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Anyone know of a HOWTO or tutorial for running my own dynDNS server > using debian and libre software? > TIA >

Re: how to contribute package to repository

2013-07-12 Thread Jochen Spieker
Ovcharov Dmitry: > > Our company is software developer. > Our software is proprietary RDF database. > We would like to include our software package in the official Linux > distribution repository. > What do we need for this? A special license? Should we open source codes? Debian only ships softw

Re: Over 2.5 GB ram problem

2013-07-12 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/11/2013 9:49 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > On 07/11/2013 06:10 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> On 7/11/2013 6:10 PM, Gary Roach wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I've already done this with all possible permutations. They all >>> seem to be working fine. If I install a pair they show 2GB no matter >>> which pair I p

Re: Installing Mate - Sources List

2013-07-12 Thread Jochen Spieker
Ethan Rosenberg, PhD: > > You will probably need my sources list to help with my previous question. You would really help us helping you if you reply in your own threads instead of creating a new mail with no reference to the previous one. > Here it is: > > root@meow:/etc/apt# cat sources.list

Re: PCI Express 2.0 SATA 3 host bus adapter

2013-07-12 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/11/2013 10:03 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jul 2013, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>> 1. If you're buying enterprise RAID arrays, you should have matching disks >>> and firmware, and they must be in the vendor approved list. Best to get >>> them all from the same vendor. >> >>

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/13 12:03 AM, David Guntner wrote: Gary Dale grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Bacula. It backs up whatever you want it to however you want it to. It's not as simple as some, but if you want a comprehensive backup solution, it's hard to beat. Bacula has some pretty good job definitions set

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Teemu Likonen
Intense Red [2013-07-11 23:54:04 -04:00] wrote: > Is there any "copy" program that would logically copy/backup to a DVD > and use some intelligence to copy/backup the files so that the DVDs > get filled up? Not exactly what you imagined but maybe consider "dar" too. It's like "tar" but more conve

Re: Installing Mate

2013-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/13 12:27 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: Dear List - Thanks for your suggestions. I followed them, and it solved some errors, but some remain... root@meow:/etc/apt# apt-get update Get:4 http://repo.mate-desktop.org wheezy Release.gpg [836 B] Hit http://repo.mate-desktop.org wheezy Rel

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 05:42:27PM -0700, David Guntner wrote: > I've been religiously backing up my Windows machine for years with a > program called Acronis True Image. It works well, lets me backup my > system to a second hard drive in the computer, and will do a weekly full > backup and daily

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
OT: DVDs aren't safe medias for backups. -- 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/1373622656.697.21.camel@archlinux

Re: Installing Mate

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 00:27 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > W: GPG error: http://repo.mate-desktop.org wheezy Release: The > following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is > not available: NO_PUBKEY 68980A0EA10B4DE8 > W: GPG error: http://packages.mate-desktop.org wheezy R

Re: Installing Mate - Sources List

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 09:44 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Ethan Rosenberg, PhD: > > > > You will probably need my sources list to help with my previous question. > > You would really help us helping you if you reply in your own threads > instead of creating a new mail with no reference to the pr

Re: PCI Express 2.0 SATA 3 host bus adapter

2013-07-12 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/11/2013 11:23 PM, David Christensen wrote: > On 07/10/13 23:12, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > On 07/11/13 09:25, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > Thank you both for your insights. :-) > > > Stan - I assume you mean the Adaptec 6405E: > > https://www.adaptec.com/en-us/products/series/

Re: Installing Mate

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 11:59 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 00:27 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > > /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.deban.org_debian_dists_wheezy-updates_contrib_i18n_Translation-en ^^ Somebody else already pointed out that there is a ty

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 12.07.2013 um 11:50 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: OT: DVDs aren't safe medias for backups. Hmm ... How safe is safe for backup? At home I rsync to an external SATA disk with 1 TB. And for musik, foto etc. I have 4 external USB-HDDs, each 0.5 - 1 TB. Burning DVDs is too much work. Helmut Wollme

apt-cacher-ng "500 Invalid header" after download some files

2013-07-12 Thread basti
Hello, I run the latest Version of apt-cacher-ng on my raspberry. All the clients in the network run fine expect the raspberry. I try to configure proxy via /etc/apt/apt.d/02proxy and also in the source.list without luck. I have also try to "regenerate" by remove all files, try a restart of apt

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 14:26 +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > Am 12.07.2013 um 11:50 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > > > OT: DVDs aren't safe medias for backups. > > Hmm ... How safe is safe for backup? > > At home I rsync to an external SATA disk with 1 TB. > > And for musik, foto etc. I have 4 ex

expresscard esata experiences anyone?

2013-07-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Any experiences with ExpressCard54 (or 34 for that matter) eSATA laptop cards someone can share? Wondering of course about linux support. tia zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org A

GTK3 apps crashs on Jessie

2013-07-12 Thread Roberto De Oliveira
Hello Everybody, Yesterday I did an aptitude full-upgrade on sid and all my gtk3 applications (nautilus, gedit, gnome-calculator) crashes on startup with segmentation fault. Does anyone has this situation to? -- Saludos, Roberto De Oliveira

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread David Guntner
Darac Marjal grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > May I put in a vote for BackupPC? Sure! :-) I'm interested in knowing what's out there, so I can look them all over and decide which one will best do the job I want it to do. > The Pros as I see them are: > * Web based configuration, making it ea

local (old) sid repo - manually updating Release date ?

2013-07-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
I am on a high-latency, low-bandwidth, rural connection, and maintain a few debian PCs, so I run a local debian repo mirror which I update at a friend's every now and then. My sources.list contains only: deb file:///public/debian/debian sid main Now, both of these: apt-get update apt-get --allow-

Re: expresscard esata experiences anyone?

2013-07-12 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hi Zenaan, Am Freitag, 12. Juli 2013, 23:43:55 schrieb Zenaan Harkness: > Any experiences with ExpressCard54 (or 34 for that matter) eSATA > laptop cards someone can share? > > Wondering of course about linux support. Have an Delock ExpressCard34 eSATA card here, works just fine. martin@merkaba

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "David Guntner" > > I've been religiously backing up my Windows machine for years with a > program called Acronis True Image. It works well, lets me backup my > system to a second hard drive in the computer, and will do a weekly > full > backup and daily incr

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread David Guntner
Rob Owens grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > In another post you stated that you wanted to be able to restore an > entire system. Just keep in mind that there are things like /dev, > /proc, and the mbr that you will need to work around. It's not quite > as simple as backing up everything and then

Re: Installing Mate

2013-07-12 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Dear List - My apologies for starting another thread. Anyway .. Corrected the typo, updated, installed, accepted w/o verification, rebooted IT INSTALLED and WORKED YIP, YIP, YIPEEE! Thanks to all Ethan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/13 09:43 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 14:26 +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: Am 12.07.2013 um 11:50 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: OT: DVDs aren't safe medias for backups. Hmm ... How safe is safe for backup? At home I rsync to an external SATA disk with 1 TB. And for m

Re: Installing Mate

2013-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/13 06:11 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 11:59 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 00:27 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.deban.org_debian_dists_wheezy-updates_contrib_i18n_Translation-en ^^ Somebody e

Wheezy issue with broadcom 5720 nic on new dell PowerEdge

2013-07-12 Thread Erwan LOAEC
Hello list, I know the subject has been already discussed on the list, but without any real solution... It seems that there is a real problem with the 12th Dell generation poweredge and Wheezy about the Broadcom NIC. In my case I'm using Dell R420 server and an up-to-date Wheezy. During my

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 08:14 -0700, David Guntner wrote: > "mypackagelist" I prefer to backup the working system as it is. To backup data and to restore software that is available by packages by repositories instead of restoring it from a backup easily could lead to issues. Perhaps there are reason

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 11:34 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 12/07/13 09:43 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 14:26 +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > >> Am 12.07.2013 um 11:50 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > >> > >>> OT: DVDs aren't safe medias for backups. > >> > >> Hmm ... How safe is saf

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "David Guntner" > > I'll look into the --set-selections thing you mention above; I'm > going > to assume there's a corresponding command that produces > "mypackagelist," > :-) so I suppose I could make it part of the backup procedure to make > a > new one of t

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread David Guntner
Gary Dale grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > You'd only need one new drive, and that's just because your two current > drives are apparently of different sizes. However, you can also create a > RAID 1 array using the smaller drive and part of the larger one. The > rest of the larger drive wouldn't

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread David Guntner
Rob Owens grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > - Original Message - >> From: "David Guntner" >> >> I'll look into the --set-selections thing you mention above; I'm >> going >> to assume there's a corresponding command that produces >> "mypackagelist," >> :-) so I suppose I could make it part of

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/13 12:18 PM, David Guntner wrote: Gary Dale grabbed a keyboard and wrote: You'd only need one new drive, and that's just because your two current drives are apparently of different sizes. However, you can also create a RAID 1 array using the smaller drive and part of the larger one. Th

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "Intense Red" > > Okay, here's a different backup software question. > >The scenario: Call me weird, but I buy plastic CDs and refuse to >buy > "electronic" music. I tediously rip my CDs to Ogg files and store > them on my > file server. (The CDs go i

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/13 12:05 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 11:34 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 12/07/13 09:43 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 14:26 +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: Am 12.07.2013 um 11:50 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: OT: DVDs aren't safe medias for backups. Hmm

OT: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 12:16 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > Ralf has a good point about backing up everything possible, just in > case. > But even if you do back up your entire system, there's no harm in > backing up your package list like this -- just in case. A hyper-paranoid +1 ;). There's a Wiki ab

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 12:29 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > But keep in mind that you don't have a "true" backup of those music > CDs unless you're encoding them in a lossless format such as flac. +1 Even if double-blind-tests should show that losses shouldn't be needed, the main argument is "just in ca

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/13 12:29 PM, Rob Owens wrote: - Original Message - From: "Intense Red" Okay, here's a different backup software question. The scenario: Call me weird, but I buy plastic CDs and refuse to buy "electronic" music. I tediously rip my CDs to Ogg files and store them on my f

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "Gary Dale" > > Good point about the use of FLAC instead of ogg. However, I wouldn't > advise a USB hard drive for backup. The problem is that they are > prone > to failure (as is any mechanical system), are expensive, and you need > multiple drives to have an

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hahaha :D The more backups the better. If you use GNOME or XFCE + an external USB device that does fulfill the EU regulations, then - disconnect the drive when it isn't needed - remove gvfs, so the drive won't spin down and up again and again _home solutions_ are _home solutions_ are _home solu

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread David Guntner
Gary Dale grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On 12/07/13 12:18 PM, David Guntner wrote: >> >> My particular issue is that while I have a second drive for backups >> already installed in the Windows machine, I don't for the Linux machine. >> So when I'm ready to start this, I'm going to have to buy the

Re: OT: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread David Guntner
Ralf Mardorf grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > There's a Wiki about what to consider for the most safe backup: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finagle%27s_law I used to read a lot of Larry Niven, so I'm well versed with the concept of Finagle's Law (and yes, I know it was John Campbell Jr who orig

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/13 01:09 PM, David Guntner wrote: Gary Dale grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 12/07/13 12:18 PM, David Guntner wrote: My particular issue is that while I have a second drive for backups already installed in the Windows machine, I don't for the Linux machine. So when I'm ready to start

Re: shared LVM

2013-07-12 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 10:12:45PM +0100, Tomá?? Hulata wrote: > Hello, > > related to shared lvm I was able to find from official how-to/documets only > this http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/sharinglvm1.html > > with recommanded procedure. I'm using shared lvm on the top of iscsi device on >

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 12:57 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > A friend of mine told me once that his company had archived some > customer data on CD-R, but years later they found that the CDs were > de-laminating. Not for CDs, here they are borked without such an issue after a short period. In the 80s I

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Re: OT: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 10:16 -0700, David Guntner wrote: > Ralf Mardorf grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > > There's a Wiki about what to consider for the most safe backup: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finagle%27s_law > > I used to read a lot of Larry Niven, so I'm well versed with the concep

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread André Nunes Batista
Years back I went to duplicity, which is a highly flexible tool. Months ago I wrote a perl script to create duplicity backup profiles and set up cron entries to automate the backup procedure. Also, upon completion, it sends user a mail with backup summary and attached compressed backup log file. T

gnome windows became the old style and gnome-terminal's profile disappeared

2013-07-12 Thread Liu Binsheng
Hello all, I'm using the latest Debian testing. My gnome's window appearance became the old style after a safe-upgrade. For example LibreOffice and Chromium have the ugly button style. GUI of LibreOffice: http://imgur.com/gbzgwAB GUI of Chromium: http://imgur.com/E4U50Pn Another problem appears

Burning files to a dvd is not working

2013-07-12 Thread Charles Blair
On a new computer, I have tried to burn the files in a directory to a dvd with genisoimage -R ./mntpoint | wodim -v fs=6m speed=2 - (something like this [based on the wodim documentation] worked on a previous machine when I was burning CD's. I've also tried specifying dev=/dev/dvdrw, which do

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread MRH
On 12/07/13 01:58, Jeff Bauer wrote: On 07/11/2013 08:42 PM, David Guntner wrote: Is there a Linux backup package that will do pretty much what I described above? I know of no such package, though there very well may be one available. On the other hand, a simple back up script using rsync can

Re: command line hesitations and pixel fuzz (blit leakage?) in xfce4-terminal

2013-07-12 Thread Joel Rees
More information: On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > Ever since the update to wheezy, xfce4-terminal has been slow to respond > to a carriage return, and sometimes it leaves graphical update trash in the > screen. > In other words, rastor update trash -- horizontal and diagonal

Re: Burning files to a dvd is not working

2013-07-12 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On 07/12/2013 08:45 PM, Charles Blair wrote: >On a new computer, I have tried to burn the files in > a directory to a dvd with > > genisoimage -R ./mntpoint | wodim -v fs=6m speed=2 - > > (something like this [based on the wodim documentation] > worked on a previous machine when I was burnin

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:57:33 -0400 (EDT) "Rob Owens row...@ptd.net" sent this: >- Original Message - >> From: "Gary Dale" >> >> Good point about the use of FLAC instead of ogg. However, I wouldn't >> advise a USB hard drive for backup. The problem is that they are >> prone >> t

wheezy keyboard shortcuts w/ lxde

2013-07-12 Thread Robert Holtzman
In squeeze I was able to set up keyboard shortcuts in gnome using System->Preferences->keyboard shortcuts. In wheezy/lxde I can't find how to do this. Searching turned up a comment about editing a lxde-rc.xml file but I can't open it with anything except as a raw file which is unintelligible to me.

SOLVED - aka How to quickly override 'apt-get update' gpg repo check - was - local (old) sid repo - manually updating Release date ?

2013-07-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 7/13/13, Zenaan Harkness wrote: ... > Anyone know what's changed, that is stopping me from temporarily > ignoring the out of date Release file in my local repo, and/ or how to > get around this problem, since my previous workaround no longer works? > > Very much looking forward to a fix that do

Web Business Optimization: Mtkaalund.Dk : MT

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Re: PCI Express 2.0 SATA 3 host bus adapter

2013-07-12 Thread David Christensen
On 07/12/13 03:10, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Stan - I assume you mean the Adaptec 6405E: It's the best little SOHO RAID card for the money IMO, and the most flexible WRT PCIe slots, Okay. eats a $50 port that can be part of a RAID set. You can attach that SSD to a free mobo SATA port and use cl

Re: wheezy keyboard shortcuts w/ lxde

2013-07-12 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hi Robert, just a clue. As far as I know, lxde iks using the environment of the shell. So just install and configure the packages consolöe-data, console-setup and maybe kbd to your needs. Also make sure, your packages for the required language are installed. These are moytly packages *-l10n-*, I

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-07-13 at 09:06 +1000, Charlie wrote: > I think it's a lot about where you store them that affects their > lifespan? Correct but even some that were in the sunlight for around 10 years here still are ok, OTOH some that were protected are broken after a few weeks. CD and DVD aren't good