Re: kernel update breaks network

2008-05-22 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi kj, On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 01:50:04PM +0100, kj wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just updated an Etch server to linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7 (from -5-) and > after a reboot network won't come up. The network card is an Intel > 100mbit, uses the e100 driver. The driver loads, but trying to bring > eth

Re: Python problems with a lot of applications.

2008-05-22 Thread Axel Freyn
Hello Dark, On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 03:46:29PM +0100, Dark Nebula wrote: > [ python does not find "pygtk" and "gtk" ] > [ ... ] > *I have a lot of packages installed for python: > [...] > ii python-gtk2 2.12.1-3 > ii python-gtk2-dev

Re: Python problems with a lot of applications.

2008-05-22 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Dark, On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 04:48:32PM +0100, Dark Nebula wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ python > Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Apr 5 2008, 16:44:07) > [GCC 4.2.3 (Debian 4.2.3-3)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import sys > >>> print sys

Re: Python problems with a lot of applications.

2008-05-23 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi dark, On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 08:59:29PM +0100, Dark Nebula wrote: > hallo Axel, > > yes i have the file: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/python2.5 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1174932 2008-05-15 18:36 /usr/bin/python2.5 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Well, I think I know your error: the vodaphone pa

Re: how is it possible to assign ip ending in 255 ?

2008-06-15 Thread Axel Freyn
Hello, On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:38:03PM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: > Hello,... > > I work in a IT-Network help desktop (help desk that is designed to > fix/assist in network problems) and few weeks ago i got a call from a > service Technion that asked me to check ips that end in 255. > > At first

Re: pxe booting problem

2009-09-14 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, > I tried to install debian via PXE. > following the doc, I install netboot.tar.gz which contains pxe file. > I configured the dhcpd.conf here is relevant part : > > host 00016CB3066E{ # MAC > hardware ethernet 00:01:6C:B3:06:6E; > fixed-address172.19.6.224; > server-n

Re: Decrypt, Edit and Encrypt a File

2009-04-05 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Sämi, > Some weeks ago I found on debian-security [1] the following script: > > #!/bin/sh > gpg keys.gpg > /dev/null > emacs keys > rm keys.gpg > gpg -r "user-ID" -e keys > rm keys > > What do you guys think is this approach reasonably secure? I like > the script above because it is rather sim

Re: mutt and /var/spool

2009-04-14 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Marcelo, > > Can I use mutt to read and administrate emails from > /var/spool/username ? Can it be done without any MTA, just with mutt > only? I have many emails waiting in my /var/spool/username file. just start mutt, type "c" and enter /var/spool/username - mutt will open the file and you ca

Re: problem with flex; pls reply urgent

2008-09-13 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Raman, On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 08:18:18AM -0400, raman narasimhan wrote: > [...] > Executing this code gives the result: > *debian:~# lex idtoken.l -ll > lex: can't open -ll > /usr/bin/m4:stdin:2550: ERROR: end of file in string > debian:~# > * > what do i do to solve this problem??? You have to

Re: howto make root emacs open in X

2009-01-10 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 03:19:03PM +0100, Tom Rauchenwald wrote: > Harry P writes: > > > I'm running a recently installed lenny with default xfce desktop. > > > > While working in the X session I often ssh to r...@localhost for a > > root shell and have one running as I work. I'd like to be

Re: howto make root emacs open in X

2009-01-10 Thread Axel Freyn
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 01:10:09AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 09:26:07AM -0600, Harry P wrote: > > Axel Freyn writes: > > > > > Why do you use ssh to connect to the local machine? I would propose to > > > > I have no security worri

Re: post-installation error

2009-01-15 Thread Axel Freyn
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:41:53AM -0200, macdowell@dpf.gov.br wrote: > After that start to get problems like this: (sorry for the portuguese output) If you execute LC_ALL=C apt-get upgrade he will speak english... > > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub > User po

Re: sed help please

2009-01-27 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Daniel, On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 09:35:46PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > I've come up with this sed command: > sed s//media// filename > > One question, how can I include the / charactar in the search patton? > This works fine except, I need to add a / in the search patton, any > idea

Re: CUPS broadcasting print queue availability

2010-04-03 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Ron, > > My server has a print queue that looks like this: > $ lpstat -v > device for Dell_3100cn: socket://192.168.1.11 > device for dell_310...@haggis: socket://192.168.1.11 > device for PDF: cups-pdf:/ > > The server's /etc/cups/cupsd.conf looks like: > Browsing On > BrowseOrder allow,deny >

Re: Does Linux respect gratuitous arp replies?

2010-04-15 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Celejar, On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:20:31PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > Does Linux respect gratuitous arp replies? This page claims that it > does: > > Linux kernels will respect gratuitous ARP frames. > > http://linux-ip.net/html/ether-arp.html It depends on your configuration: If you do: ech

Re: [OT] errors with g++-4.5 not with g++-4.4

2011-03-12 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Hugo, On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 11:17:19AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for your opinion as to whose bug this is. > > I have a C++ project ( http://gpc-qt.sourceforge.net/ ) that consists of > more than 103 C++ sourcefiles (1000's of lines of code) that get copiled > in

Re: [OT] errors with g++-4.5 not with g++-4.4

2011-03-13 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Hugo, On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 03:35:55PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Axel Freyn wrote: >> Hi Hugo, >> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 11:17:19AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am looking for your opinion as to whose bug this is.

Re: [OT] errors with g++-4.5 not with g++-4.4

2011-03-13 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Hugo, > > > > Thanks Axel. It is stranger yet: > > 1. mutrec is defined in aa.cpp > > 2. It is used as extern in mc.cpp, grafrs.cpp and setfile.cpp > > 3. But g++-4.5 only finds undefined referenes in mc.cpp and grafrs.cpp, > > *not* in setfile.cpp > > 4. Yet the extern for mutrec is defined

Re: Addressing a machine behind the router without port forwarding or DMZ

2011-04-03 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Dotan, On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:25:29PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Not a Debian-specific question, but I turn to the best brains that I know. > > Assuming a LAN with a router and three machines: > 10.0.0.1 Router > 10.0.0.2 Computer1 > 10.0.0.3 Computer2 > 10.0.0.4 Computer3 > > The router

Re: Managing large numbers (100+) of Debian-based machines

2011-04-07 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 01:45:55PM +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > 07/04/2011 13:21, Laurence Hurst: > > Hi folks, > > I am looking at possibly deploying Debian (or a derivative thereof) > >on a large number of machines (initially 80 but I fully expect the final > >number to end up bei

Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:57:19PM -0400, Borden Rhodes wrote: > Good evening, > > I do mean this earnestly and, despite my frustration, I am not trying > to flame the good people of Debian, GNU or Linux. Nevertheless, I > have to ask: why is it that in 2011, the world's greatest operating >

Re: Roman Gelfand has invited you to open a Google mail account

2010-01-05 Thread Axel Freyn
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 10:55:09AM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Roman Gelfand put forth on 1/5/2010 9:55 AM: > > I never sent this. Outrageous. This is real garbage. Did this ever > > happen to anyone before? > > This is the first I've seen of it. I just copied the spam-l list. I'm pretty >

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: preparing upgrade

2011-05-11 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 04:52:06PM +0200, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking at the release notes to get comfortable with what's in > them and to get a feeling for what I need to look at when upgrading > our debian servers. > Most of our servers were installed as Etch and then upgrade

Re: finding the category of a package.

2011-05-11 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:01:32AM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Folk, > By examining the repositories, a user can learn whether a package > is in main or contrib or non-free. Is there any other way to find > the category of a package? > > http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/ shows th

Re: Access to non-free from aptitude?

2011-05-12 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Charles, On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 06:25:53AM -0500, Charles Blair wrote: >Somewhere I read that this should be done by modifying > the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I tried changing this to: > > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ le

Re: access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?

2011-05-12 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Charles, On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:38:10AM -0500, Charles Blair wrote: >[Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let > me post follow-ups] > > Thanks to everyone for the prompt responses, but I still have > a problem. My /etc/apt/sources.list includes > > > deb http://de

Re: access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?

2011-05-14 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Andrei, On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 02:03:22PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Jo, 12 mai 11, 18:50:33, Axel Freyn wrote: > > [...] > > > And another remark: Whenever there appear NEW packages, aptitude will > > show them in a special section (not "not

Re: Waking from the Dead

2011-05-14 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Tom, On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 12:43:22PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > I have some computers here that haven't been turned on for what looks > like 2 years and 3 months. > > And so there are a few things I need refreshers on. But I'll get to > those later. Right now I am not sure where all my

Re: ia64 and i386

2011-05-24 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:18:01AM +0900, J.Hwan.Kim wrote: > Hi, everyone > > If the CPU core is i5, what package should be installed ia64 or i386? You should use amd64 :-) i386 is the 32-bit version -- you can use it, but it won't use all features of your system (e.g: no single program can

Re: ia64 and i386

2011-05-24 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Miles, On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:39:04AM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Tom Grace wrote: > > On 24/05/11 16:18, J.Hwan.Kim wrote: > > > >> If the CPU core is i5, what package should be installed ia64 or i386? > >> > > You should be able to choose between amd64 and i386. Depending on wha

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 01:17:35PM -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/03/11 at 12:43pm, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jari Fredriksson" > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2011 11:58:15 AM > > Subject: Re: Samba or NFS > >

Re: Re (4): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

2011-06-07 Thread Axel Freyn
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 01:12:46PM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > From: Camaleon > Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:34:24 + (UTC) > > Can you give a concrete example of your goal? > > In your home directory, make a file named Category2.html containing any > valid html text. The example you gav

Re: C compiler cannot create executables no good google answers

2011-07-01 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Harry, > >> I got past that now... apparently finally got whatever it was > >> installed. But now ./configure complains about X libraries: > >> > >>error: You seem to be running X, but no X development libraries > >>were found. You should install the relevant development files for > >>

Re: Urgent XFS Recovery

2011-07-04 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, > > > So, the question is, how much is this data worth to you? If you made a > > backup before you started playing with it, it might not be more than $500 > > for a data recovery company to get your stuff back. If you didn't make that > > post 'oh shit' backup, your chance of recovering yourse

Re: String Manipulation and a Need for RS-232

2011-08-30 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Martin, On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 08:08:51AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > [...] > In the standard set of tools that are free and found on > most Unix systems, which language such as perl, python, etc can > handle rS-232 gracefully and do strings without having to > reen vent the wheel?

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread Axel Freyn
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:07:16AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:03:40AM +0800, lina wrote: > > mv *.txt *.pdf > > > > can it be done * way? > > > > all the *.txt in current directory? > > Yes. Checkout the rename(1) command. It comes from Perl, and can be used > for ex

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-15 Thread Axel Freyn
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:47:11AM +0800, lina wrote: > > > You have options. > > Just some additional remarks: > > a) the for-loop won't work, as "FILE" is expanded to the name including > > the .txt, so if you have a file "a.txt" this loop will execute > > mv a.txt.txt a.txt.pdf > >

Re: 100% used / file system. Help!

2011-09-21 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Lisi, On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 04:39:45PM +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 21 September 2011 16:16:31 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > On 9/21/2011 9:14 AM, Lisi wrote: > > > And I have taken in that /var/log is a likely culprit. > > > > Not necessarily. On a server /var/log is a likely culprit, but on

Re: Saving files of one folder in another partition, but without changing the path?

2010-07-04 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 11:33:04PM +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Put simply, I have a program which saves data in a subdirectory of > /var/lib/. The problem is double: > > 1. I can't modify the path where data are saved; > 2. I'm lacking free space in /var/lib/the_concerned_subfolder/ because

Re: ia64? amd64

2010-09-02 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Jangita, > Difference between ia64 and amd64? I'm moving to servers with larger > memory >4GB so want to move to 64 bit. This are two different, binary incompatible 64-bit architectures. However, also many intel-processors use amd64... In fact, I think the only "ia64"-processors are the Itaniu

Re: Ethernet connection

2010-09-03 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Rodolfo, > > Camaleón writes: > > > >> You can run "/sbin/ifconfig" in the old desktop PC to find out the IP > >> address in use. > > > >>>From the old desktop: > >> > >> # ifconfig > >> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:cb:d7:b6:c5 > >> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255

Re: How to format usb stick ?

2010-09-03 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, > How can I format USB stick with vfat? > In system menu, I cannot find the tools for it. I would propose to use a text console. The tool is "mkfs.vfat", contained in the debian-package "dosfstools" (This has to be installed first). HTH, Axel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: searching inside files with find, cat and grep as a oneliner ...

2010-09-17 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Albrecht, On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 06:08:18PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > search for files using a pattern (say all files with a certain extension) > then search inside each of the found files for a word or regexp pattern > You could do this using find, cat and grep in a script, but I was

Re: Xorg error with 2.6.32-5 kernel

2010-09-26 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:35:51PM +0530, Manu Krishnan T.V wrote: > I was using Squeeze for a while and recently updated my Kernel to > 2.6.32-5. Since then, the graphics won't start. The system is working > fine with the older kernel. > The Xorg log shows the following error when using th

Re: Can Debian Backup ntfs File System?

2010-11-28 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 03:31:48PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:54:49 -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > Situation: My daughter works for a bank and must use Microsoft to work > > at home. Yesterday the system would not boot - no safe mode, no > > nothing, just return to

Re: Can Debian Backup ntfs File System?

2010-11-28 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Camaleón, > > But that is extremly dangerous...: you risk to loose/destroy > > informations on the damaged filesystem (nobody guarantees, that scandisk > > is not destroying data...). And especially defrag: this WILL destroy > > data, which are in lost files (=sectors of the harddisk which seem

Re: How to check that if a package is installed?

2010-11-30 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:54:40AM -0800, S Mathias wrote: > if [ "$(dpkg -l | awk '/tofrodos/ && /^ii/ {print $2}' | awk '/^tofrodos/')" > == "" ]; then echo -e "error: no zip package detected\!\n\nYou could install > it like e.g.: \"apt-get install tofrodos\""; fi > > Is there a better way

Re: parsing problem

2010-12-09 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 11:33:13AM -0500, Bernard Fay wrote: > Hi, > > I have long strings to parse which have permanent and variable information. > Somewhere in the strings we have something like " Handle: 0x12a7 > ". Handle is permanent and 0x12a7 is variable. I wish to be able to