I've been trying to get my hand rolled iptables firewall to
masquerade traffic on the LAN to/from a Win2K box. I've gotten it to
the point that I can ping from the boxes both ways, smbclient can move
files both ways and the Win2K box can ping Google's IP address but DNS
lookup fails even though
On 06/08/14 09:33 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> My Debian Sid box won't restart after today's full-upgrade.
Brian writes:
> On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 12:39:59 +0100, Brian wrote:
>
>> At the prompt issue the commands
>>
>grub-install /dev/sda
>
>update-grub
>
>exit
>
> Then re
On 7 August 2014 16:44, Aramir Galanodonel wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm having trouble to determinate which package is responsible for a bug.
> Here's the short version of the story:
> I boot up using debian 7.6.0 DVD1 and uefi is set on. I manage to get to
> the grub menu with the "install debian", "in
On 08/07/2014 07:00 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
> Cognitive dissonance?
What are you referring to?
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 7:24 AM, PaulNM wrote:
>> Hi, please reply to the list as I am subscribed.
>>
>> On 08/07/2014 05:56 PM, Johann Spies wrote:
>>> For the sake of clarity: The failure to boot w
Hi Rodolfo,
> Two days ago, after full-upgrade, as explained, it was impossible to boot
> neither to reboot and I had to
> unplug the machine. Thanks to lister's help, the above commands through
> debian-installer in rescue mode
> managed to repair the system. But now two problems still remain
On 7 August 2014 10:26, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> Are there any programmes in the repos for dieting/losing weight please?
> (...)
> Sharon.
>
Hi Sharon,
It appears that pondus helps to track weight. Maybe it would be of some
helps for you:
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pondus
Regards,
Florent
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 07:51:04 + Bonno Bloksma sent:
> Don't shutdown with the halt(8) command, it is not supposed to power
> off the machine, and the systemd maintainers consider it a bug[1]
> that the sysvinit implementation does it anyway. Use the poweroff
> command instead.
I found that, th
Hi all,
While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
I'm thinking about the optimal way of archiving my photographs. Since btrfs
comes with integrated checksumming and RAID1 support, it seems as being the
top choice for this use case.
The only reason why I'm still hesit
Hi all,
While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
next 10 years :-)
The system looks like:
Haswell 3.4 GHz
8 GB RAM (later upgradeable up to 32 GB)
250 GB SSD
2 TB HDD
What do you think abo
On 8/8/14, B. M. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
> I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for
> the
> next 10 years :-)
>
> The system looks like:
> Haswell 3.4 GHz
> 8 GB RAM (later upgradeable up to 32 GB)
On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 11:35:32AM +0200, B. M. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
> I'm thinking about the optimal way of archiving my photographs. Since btrfs
> comes with integrated checksumming and RAID1 support, it seems as being the
>
On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 07:25:19 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> 2) I don't manage to move boot partition from sda7 (Sid) to sda6 (oldstable):
> the commands
>
> # grub
> grub > root (hd0,5)
> grub > setup (hd0)
> grub > quit
Your prompt is for GRUB. The commands seem to be GRU
On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 07:57:41 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Brian wrote:
> > On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 20:25:22 +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> >
> >> After rescuing two laptops which were unbootable after the installation of
> >> systemd-sysfs I had problems with stuff as b
On 08/07/14 14:17, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
Anyone use MESS and have it working? :
$ /usr/games/mess c64n -sc|egrep -i path
# CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS
rompath /tmp/bios
$ ls -l /tmp/bios/901226-01.u3
-rw--- 1 me me 8192 Dec 24 1996 /tmp/bios/901226-01.u3
$ /usr/games/mess
On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 10:21:04AM -0700, Rusi Mody wrote:
> On Thursday, August 7, 2014 7:40:02 PM UTC+5:30, Steve Litt wrote:
> > I don't necessarily disagree, but I very strongly believe its first
> > step should be to go to a text file with one line per event, or perhaps
> > some sublines. If t
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:14:31 +0200
"B. M." wrote:
> optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
> next 10 years :-)
I've found that using lvm is a great idea. Resizing volumes is incredibly
easy. You can even easily resize a volume to occupy a portion of a new HDD.
So, my recommenda
On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 05:19:14PM +0100, Glyn Astill wrote:
> > From: B
> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2014,
> >15:58 Subject: postgresql doesn't start at boot
> >
> >
> >sid amd64
> >
> >Hi mailing-listers,
> >
> >since the upgrade from 9.3 to
On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 09:18:08AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> I'm using TexLive 2014 from the jessie repos, and also keeping a
> watching brief on "comp.text.tex" where it shows updates to packages as
> they occur. I'm interested in the "tcolorbox" and "glossaries" packages
> and see that they h
On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 05:13:36AM -0700, teddymwas wrote:
> Commands to use when mounting ISO and installing packages from ISOs.
>
> 1. copy over all the ISO images over to the server you want to use
> 2. Create a directory in /media/ call it mountpoint1 i.e >> mkdir
> /media/mountpoint1
> 3. ed
Brian writes:
> On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 07:25:19 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>
>> 2) I don't manage to move boot partition from sda7 (Sid) to sda6
>> (oldstable): the commands
>>
>> # grub
>> grub > root (hd0,5)
>> grub > setup (hd0)
>> grub > quit
>
> Your prompt is for GRUB. T
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Slavko wrote:
> Dňa Wed, 6 Aug 2014 16:25:21 -0400 Tom H napísal:
>>
>> I've saved one or two relevant URLs from debian-devel@ pre-CTTE bug
>> thread. I can dig them up and post them if you're interested.
>
> Please, give them.
More than two...
I'd intended to re
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Brian wrote:
>> On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 20:25:22 +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
>>
>>> After rescuing two laptops which were unbootable after the installation of
>>> systemd-sysfs I had problems with stuff as bluetooth a
On Sat, 09 Aug 2014, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > I'm using TexLive 2014 from the jessie repos, and also keeping a
> > watching brief on "comp.text.tex" where it shows updates to packages as
> > they occur. I'm interested in the "tcolorbox" and "glossaries" packages
> > and see that they have recentl
Norbert Preining writes:
> On Sat, 09 Aug 2014, Chris Bannister wrote:
>> > I'm using TexLive 2014 from the jessie repos, and also keeping a
>> > watching brief on "comp.text.tex" where it shows updates to packages as
>> > they occur. I'm interested in the "tcolorbox" and "glossaries" packages
>>
Florent Bories writes:
> On 7 August 2014 10:26, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>
> Are there any programmes in the repos for dieting/losing weight please?
> (...)
> Sharon.
>
> Hi Sharon,
>
> It appears that pondus helps to track weight. Maybe it would be of some helps
> for you:
> https://t
- Original Message -
> From: "AW"
>
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 15:28:08 -0400
> Rob Owens wrote:
>
> > I do miss the ability to grep my bookmarks.html file. Maybe there's a
> > way to do it with sqlite, but I never learned.
> >
> > One thing that attracted me to Linux many years ago was
On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 13:20:40 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Brian writes:
>
> > Boot into the OS on sda6. Read the documentation for the version of grub
> > on it, Try 'grub-install /dev/sda'.
>
> Thanks. The last command (grub-install /dev/sda) succeded in putting sda6 in
> master boot reco
Rusi Mody writes:
> On Thursday, August 7, 2014 2:00:01 PM UTC+5:30, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> I've recently been looking in the jessie repos for any programme relating
>> to diet management, or weight management, i.e. anything at all about
>> dieting or losing weight. And I can't find any! The nea
- Original Message -
> From: "Rob Owens"
>
> - Original Message -
> > From: "AW"
> >
> > On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 15:28:08 -0400
> > Rob Owens wrote:
> >
> > > I do miss the ability to grep my bookmarks.html file. Maybe there's a
> > > way to do it with sqlite, but I never learne
- Original Message -
> From: "Brad Rogers"
>
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 15:28:08 -0400
> Rob Owens wrote:
>
> Hello Rob,
>
> >I do miss the ability to grep my bookmarks.html file. Maybe there's a
> >way to do it with sqlite, but I never learned.
>
> Whilst it's not as convenient as greppin
On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 20:13:08 -0700 (PDT)
Rusi Mody wrote:
> On Friday, August 8, 2014 5:40:01 AM UTC+5:30, Joel Rees wrote:
> > You do understand the chicken-and-egg nature of what you're asking
> > for?
[clip]
> Is the problem absent with text files?
> If one wants to write a text-log one need
I am on windows at the moment however, after installing Ubuntu 14.04 the
screen locks up after several operations and on different sites. The only
way I can resolve is to use the Alt + Prt Scr Sysrq while typing REISUB.
Thanks. Regards
On 8/4/14, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 04/08/14 11:04 AM, Martin T wrote:
>
> On 8/4/14, Gary Dale wrote:
>
>> On 04/08/14 06:30 AM, Martin T wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I played around with a LSB init script under Squeeze(init is from
>>> sysvinit package version 2.88dsf-13.1+squeeze1) for learning purpose
Ahoj,
Dňa Fri, 8 Aug 2014 09:33:45 -0400 Tom H napísal:
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Slavko wrote:
> > Dňa Wed, 6 Aug 2014 16:25:21 -0400 Tom H
> > napísal:
> >>
> >> I've saved one or two relevant URLs from debian-devel@ pre-CTTE bug
> >> thread. I can dig them up and post them if you're
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:14:31 +0200
"B. M." wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine
> (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme
> which should last for the next 10 years :-)
>
> The system looks like:
> Haswell 3.4 GHz
> 8 GB RAM (late
Reco,
I moved the script from /etc/init.d to /etc/network directory and
changed the shebang line from /bin/bash to /bin/sh. /bin/sh on my
system points to /bin/dash. Thanks for those tips!
Content of firewall rule-files can be seen here:
# cat /etc/firewall.conf /etc/firewall6.conf
# Generated b
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On 08/08/2014 06:14 AM, B. M. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
> I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
> next 10 years :-)
>
> The system looks like:
>
Is it possible to mount the FreeBSD USB iso image on a
debian system? I need to edit one of the configuration files and
the nearest USB port is on a Debian system. The hope is to add a
line of text to a file, transfer the image to a USB drive and
boot the FreeBSD system from the memory stic
Am Donnerstag, 7. August 2014, 09:26:01 schrieb Sharon Kimble:
> I've recently been looking in the jessie repos for any programme relating
> to diet management, or weight management, i.e. anything at all about
> dieting or losing weight. And I can't find any! The nearest I could find
> was for "nut
On 8/8/14, AW wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 16:44:39 -0400
> Tom H wrote:
>
> > journalctl has output options:
> >
> > -o, --output=
> >
> > Controls the formatting of the journal entries that are shown.
> > Takes one of the following options:
>
> Seems fine to me after letting go of first im
On 8/8/14, Joel Rees wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 12:05 AM, Brian wrote:
>> On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 16:53:10 +0300, David Baron wrote:
>>> Wish there were not so many bugs around systemd. No objection to it as
>>> long as
>>> it works.
>>
>> The number of bugs on
>>
>>
>> https://bugs.debian.or
On 8/8/14, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 8/7/2014 8:28 PM, AW wrote:
>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 09:03:56 +0900
>> Joel Rees wrote:
>>
>> > You do understand the chicken-and-egg nature of what you're asking
>> for?
>> >
>> > You're needing to output logs to but up servers, but you have to boot
>> > a s
On 8/9/14, Martin G. McCormick wrote:
> Is it possible to mount the FreeBSD USB iso image on a
> debian system? I need to edit one of the configuration files and
> the nearest USB port is on a Debian system. The hope is to add a
> line of text to a file, transfer the image to a USB drive and
On 8/9/14, Martin McCormick wrote:
> Zenaan Harkness writes:
>> I think you meant "-o loop" rather than "-ro loop".
>>
>> > first to see what would happen and it appeared to work but ls
>> > /mnt throws an I/O error as does any operation on /mnt until one
>> > umounts /mnt.
>>
>> If the above don'
Le 8 août 2014 à 17:16, Steve Litt a écrit :
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:14:31 +0200
> "B. M." wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine
>> (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme
>> which should last for the next 10 years :-)
>>
On 8/8/2014 12:18 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 8/8/14, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 8/7/2014 8:28 PM, AW wrote:
>>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 09:03:56 +0900
>>> Joel Rees wrote:
>>>
>>> > You do understand the chicken-and-egg nature of what you're asking
>>> for?
>>> >
>>> > You're needing to output
On Sat 09 Aug 2014 at 02:44:31 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 8/9/14, Martin McCormick wrote:
> > Zenaan Harkness writes:
> >> I think you meant "-o loop" rather than "-ro loop".
> >>
> >> > first to see what would happen and it appeared to work but ls
> >> > /mnt throws an I/O error as does
On 08/08/2014 11:32 AM, Volker Wysk wrote:
Am Donnerstag, 7. August 2014, 09:26:01 schrieb Sharon Kimble:
I've recently been looking in the jessie repos for any programme relating
to diet management, or weight management, i.e. anything at all about
dieting or losing weight. And I can't find any
2014-08-08 09:04 keltezéssel, Mike McClain írta:
> I've been trying to get my hand rolled iptables firewall to
> masquerade traffic on the LAN to/from a Win2K box. I've gotten it to
> the point that I can ping from the boxes both ways, smbclient can move
> files both ways and the Win2K box can
Hello,
Mike McClain a écrit :
> I've been trying to get my hand rolled iptables firewall to
> masquerade traffic on the LAN to/from a Win2K box.
Please describe your network topology. Where's the Win2k box ?
What's S40 ?
> I've gotten it to
> the point that I can ping from the boxes both way
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 05 Aug 2014 at 09:36:18 +0200, Artifex Maximus wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I have a Wheezy system shared with MS XP. GRUB is not in MBR but in Debian
>> partition installed. Not recommended I know but basically works. Until last
>> upgrade when my
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Fourth, the same data in a SQL file takes up more space than in a text file.
>
> Fifth, log files can easily be rotated in a text file; it is much harder
> with a SQL database.
Also text files compress well by compressing a large block of text all
at once. It is efficient
On Vi, 08 aug 14, 10:34:24, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> 2) Write it to the screen. Relatively little happens before the
>filesystem comes up, anyway.
It's "only" about 750 lines on my laptop...
Kind regards,
Andrei
--
http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
Offtopic discussions among Debian use
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:38:55 -0400
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
> Nope. First of all, messages are NOT relational, unless you are
> calling the source of the message and the text of the message
> relational.
>
> Second, there is significant additional overhead when inserting into a
> SQL database v
Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Joel Rees wrote:
> > This is precisely why systemd should have been brought up to speed in
> > a separate, parallel, volunteer-only distro.
> >
> > (If you don't understand what I mean by a separate, parallel,
> > volunteer-only distribution, think of kfreebsd, but a little
- Original Message -
> From: "Martin T"
>
> Hi,
>
> I made a very simple bash script which loads the iptables
> configuration from /etc/firewall.conf and /etc/firewall6.conf files:
>
> # cat /etc/init.d/firewall
> #!/bin/bash
>
> iptables-restore < /etc/firewall.conf
> ip6tables-restor
On 08/08/2014 16:52, Martin G. McCormick wrote:
Is it possible to mount the FreeBSD USB iso image on a
debian system? I need to edit one of the configuration files and
the nearest USB port is on a Debian system. The hope is to add a
line of text to a file, transfer the image to a USB driv
On 8/8/2014 4:16 PM, Joe wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:38:55 -0400
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Nope. First of all, messages are NOT relational, unless you are
>> calling the source of the message and the text of the message
>> relational.
>>
>> Second, there is significant additional ove
On 08/07/2014 03:04 PM, Brian wrote:
I don't think anything that happened shows systemd as a prime cause of
your troubles. But the account will become part of the folklore. :)
Yes, such panic attacks will be fodder for the online Linux shows (The
HORROR! The HORROR!).
I think that if the OP
On 08/08/2014 09:35 AM, Tom H wrote:
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Brian wrote:
On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 20:25:22 +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
After rescuing two laptops which were unbootable after the installation of
systemd-sysfs I had problem
On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 21:42:01 +0200, Artifex Maximus wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Tue 05 Aug 2014 at 09:36:18 +0200, Artifex Maximus wrote:
> >
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> I have a Wheezy system shared with MS XP. GRUB is not in MBR but in Debian
> >> partition installe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA512
I have the 'gucharmap' package installed, and it bothers me a little to
see the "no glyph found" symbols in sections of the character map, due
to the lack of appropriate fonts. It also bothers me when I run across a
Web page with similar missing glyp
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 18:50:49 +0200
"B. M." wrote:
> Why should I keep /home off the SSD?
Every download, every user specific config change, goes in the /home
tree. That's a lot of writing, and some of the downloads can be quite
big.
SteveT
Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshoote
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:38:55 -0400
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
> Nope. First of all, messages are NOT relational, unless you are
> calling the source of the message and the text of the message
> relational.
>
> Second, there is significant additional overhead when inserting into a
> SQL database vs
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 22:52:36 +0300
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Vi, 08 aug 14, 10:34:24, Steve Litt wrote:
> >
> > 2) Write it to the screen. Relatively little happens before the
> >filesystem comes up, anyway.
>
> It's "only" about 750 lines on my laptop...
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
How'd
Steve Litt wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > Steve Litt wrote:
> > > 2) Write it to the screen. Relatively little happens before the
> > >filesystem comes up, anyway.
> >
> > It's "only" about 750 lines on my laptop...
>
> How'd you count the lines? Did you use a laptop as a serial console o
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 20:50:14 -0400
Steve Litt wrote:
> Seventh, there's 40 years of experience with text logs. Are they
> perfect? No.
The thread that doesn't die --- misinformation all over the place, and some it
that my misinformation -- sorry 'bout that.
Anyway, I feel prodded, so rebuttal.
On 08/08/2014 03:14 AM, B. M. wrote:
While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
next 10 years :-)
The system looks like:
Haswell 3.4 GHz
8 GB RAM (later upgradeable up to 32 GB)
250 GB SSD
2
On 08/08/2014 12:04 AM, Mike McClain wrote:
I've been trying to get my hand rolled iptables firewall to
masquerade traffic on the LAN to/from a Win2K box.
I used to write my own firewall/ router rules, but then discovered
purpose-built firewall/ router FOSS distributions. I used IPCop fo
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Martin T wrote:
>
> I moved the script from /etc/init.d to /etc/network directory and
> changed the shebang line from /bin/bash to /bin/sh. /bin/sh on my
> system points to /bin/dash. Thanks for those tips!
>
> Content of firewall rule-files can be seen here:
>
> #
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014, B. M. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine
> (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme
> which should last for the next 10 years :-)
10 years might be an overly optimistic expectation unless you plan on
upgradi
On 08/08/14 06:14 AM, B. M. wrote:
Hi all,
While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
next 10 years :-)
The system looks like:
Haswell 3.4 GHz
8 GB RAM (later upgradeable up to 32 GB)
250 G
On 8/8/2014 12:04 AM, Mike McClain wrote:
I've been trying to get my hand rolled iptables firewall to
masquerade traffic on the LAN to/from a Win2K box. I've gotten it to
the point that I can ping from the boxes both ways, smbclient can move
files both ways and the Win2K box can ping Google'
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