Re: How to make Debian/GNome manage network automatically

2009-10-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Jean-François Pirlet wrote: >> These are the only lines I have in my /etc/network/interfaces >> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system >> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). >> # The loopback networ

Re: fstab, could not mount cifs drive because network is not yet up?

2009-10-22 Thread Tom H
> I have an entry on /etc/fstab > //192.168.1.3/Shareddir /web/www cifs auto,user, > credentials=/etc/samba/net.pass 0 0 > Which connects to 192.168.1.3 (shared windows > folder). > Unfortunately, when my Debian Lenny boot's up it > could not connect directly to the drive because > /etc/init.d/

Re: installing mdadm breaks udev (and *lots* of other stuff!) in squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > Whooo boy! > > When I decided to raid my home directories, I never expected this! > > Anybody have any suggestions for getting udev and mdadm to coexist? > > Rick > > > squeeze:~# aptitude -Pv install mdadm > Re

Re: stuffed up rc0.d

2009-10-24 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Alex Samad wrote: > Some how my /etc/rc0.d is stuffed up, such that when I reboot/shutdown > my partitions don't get unmount and other things don't happen. > > with the new insserv how can I go about rebuilding rc0.d ? > > can I just do a insserv /etc/init.d ? Mov

Re: stuffed up rc0.d

2009-10-24 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Alex Samad wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 01:40:52PM +0200, Tom H wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Alex Samad wrote: >>> Some how my /etc/rc0.d is stuffed up, such that when I reboot/shutdown >>> my partitions don

Re: stuffed up rc0.d

2009-10-24 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Alex Samad wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:35:13PM +0200, Tom H wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Alex Samad wrote: >>> Something strange going on >> Re-did it: >> rm /etc/rc0.d/* >> insserv -dv /etc/init.d

Re: Help needed in getting WiFi working with Debian

2009-11-01 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Foss User wrote: > I am using Squeeze. I run aptitude update; aptitude full-upgrade every > day. I want to connect my laptop to the Wi-Fi I've setup in my home. I > am able to connect to it using Windows but not using Debian. I know > the SSID and WPA2-PSK key I hav

Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-08 Thread Tom H
> I have a laptop, with a fixed ip-address, and i want to change its > domainname. The current domainname is: local. > So i did a compleet NEW installation of Debian 5.0 and formatted the file > system during installation. I did give the new domainname: thuis.local. > If i look at the /etc/host fi

Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-09 Thread Tom H
>> I have a laptop, with a fixed ip-address, and i want to change its >> domainname. The current domainname is: local. >> So i did a compleet NEW installation of Debian 5.0 and formatted the file >> system during installation. I did give the new domainname: thuis.local. > >> If i look at the /etc/h

Re: fstab options for swap documented where?

2009-11-09 Thread Tom H
> I'm trying to find documentation for the mount options for swap, but am > turning up nothing in the man pages for fstab, swapon, or mount. Where > are the options documented? The Ubuntu fstab man page has pretty much the same output as "man fstab" in Debian: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/j

Re: Solved: ? Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-11 Thread Tom H
>> After emailing you, the .local suffix rang a bell and looking at your >> emails now confirms it. .local is an avahi-specific suffix and your >> log message comes from avahi-daemon. There is a setting (through the >> "hosts" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf, I think, although it does not make >> sense

Re: weird networking issue on lenny!

2009-11-11 Thread Tom H
> I just did fresh install of lenny, I have a DSL modem and run a static > IP setup so I manually set up my route (DHCP was enabled by default) > by killing the dhclient process and then setting up /etc/resolv.conf > and /etc/network/interfaces and doing "/etc/init.d/networking restart" > and  it w

Re: weird networking issue on lenny!

2009-11-12 Thread Tom H
>> Network Manager must be the culprit. > > You have quoted 260 lines and your answer was one sentence still at the > end of the mail. Next time quote only the things which are necessary > for someone else, who read your mail at google for example. You may have enough time to count lines in an em

Re: Giving a user root priveleges?

2009-11-17 Thread Tom H
> I edited /etc/sudoers file and added: > user    ALL=(ALL) ALL > > But when I try to sudo as that user to root I get error: > $ sudo su root > [sudo] password for zu22: > Sorry, try again. > [sudo] password for zu22: > sudo: pam_authenticate: Conversation error > How can I fix this? This message

Re: weird networking issue on lenny!

2009-11-17 Thread Tom H
Network Manager must be the culprit. >>> You have quoted 260 lines and your answer was one sentence still at the >>> end of the mail. Next time quote only the things which are necessary >>> for someone else, who read your mail at google for example. >> You may have enough time to count lines

Re: Inquiry:What is the equivalent of "ping -f -l" on the Debian server?

2009-11-18 Thread Tom H
> To find the optimum MTU size , on the MS Windows client , we need to try for > "C:\ping www.google.com -f -l 1472" and then do for trial and error to find > the optimum size . Can you please do me favor and let me know what is the > equivalent of "ping -f -l" on the Debian server ? -l = -s No i

Re: BIND 9 messages

2009-11-21 Thread Tom H
> Hi, I'm running Lenny with Bind 9 on my server; all working fine, except > that whenever I connect a new client, I get the syslog message: > > tony-lx named[4179]: client 192.168.1.12#56479: updating zone > 'magpieway.net/IN': update unsuccessful: TONY-XP.magpieway.net/CNAME: 'rrset > does not ex

Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

2009-11-30 Thread Tom H
Johannes Graumann wrote: >> A recent update of both my home machines running sid pulled in an update of >> grub2. Now both machines are stuck with the grub menu showing up fine, but >> no matter which kernel I choose, I always end up with this error: >> "error: you need to load the kernel first" >

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread Tom H
> If you (or anyone else) is using Grub, simply copying your  files across > your files will not work due to the presence of UUIDs in the Grub2 config > files.  I have been unable to find the proper procedure for updating those > UUIDs. # chroot / then # update-grub -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

2009-12-02 Thread Tom H
>> >>at the moment 'grub-pc' is broken in sid. When you have a separate /boot >> >>partition, the package generates a wrong '/boot/grub/grub.cfg'. Look at >> >>the BTS for bug #558042. There is also the workaround for the problem. >> I ran across the same problem, but I am running mdraid RAID 1, w

Re: Migrating to Grub2 deletes kernel automagic updates and other settings

2009-12-03 Thread Tom H
>> Is the os-prober package installed? > Nope... They may or may not be an os-prober package but when it comes to grub, os-prober is a script in /etc/grub.d (/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober). If it is executable, it will add the kernels that it finds to /boot/grub/grub.cfg when update-grub is run. >>

Re: Migrating to Grub2 deletes kernel automagic updates and other settings

2009-12-04 Thread Tom H
> Actually, if you've ever used lilo, it will bring back memories: they > were days when you made your changes, hit Ctrl-Al-Delete and oh, shoot, > I forgot to run lilo yet again. With grub-legacy you edited menu.lst, > saved your changes, and you were good to go.. not any more.. now you > make you

Re: Grub 2 does not boot Squeeze, Error 15, Need help

2009-12-04 Thread Tom H
>> I am using Squeeze. I booted successfully many times using the >> chainloaded grub2. So, I thought it would be safe to replace grub with >> grub2. >> So, I tried running update-from-grub-legacy but this command was not >> present even while logged in as root. >> So, I ran upgrade-from-grub-leg

Re: Grub 2 does not boot Squeeze, Error 15, Need help

2009-12-04 Thread Tom H
>> SGD only works with grub legacy. > SGD works with grub2 since 1.21 (for sure, maybe before that), grub > "legacy" edition is now deprecated (but still available). SGD is also > now included in boot menu of SystemRescueCD and PartedMagic maintenance > live-cd. My mistake. Checked the home page

Re: Fatal: Only RAID1 devices are supported as boot devices

2009-12-04 Thread Tom H
>> That's extremely clear indeed ! The issue is that I was confusing >> software RAID and hardware RAID. So I rebooted the system and in the >> BIOS I setup the RAID0. >> It now shows up as "DELL Virtual Disk" with 6Tb of disk (4 * 1.5Tb). >> What I do not understand is why the very first disk is

Re: Running fsck automatically on boot

2009-12-06 Thread Tom H
>> Anyway, the reason of me looking for a way to run it automatically is that >> other distributions (like ArchLinux) can do it, so I suppose that it's not >> impossible :P > They do what, exactly? Automatically run fsck on a running system? > Run it at boot if errors are found? Perhaps ask in the

Re: How to move an OS install from one primary partition to another?

2009-12-08 Thread Tom H
> IMHO, your biggest problem won't be with copying/ghosting/dd-ing your > Windows partition: your biggest (in fact, unsurmountable) problem will > be all your C:\Windows and C:\Documents and Settings and C:\Program > Files (and similar) references, hard-coded into your Windows Registry. > IIRC from

Re: How to move an OS install from one primary partition to another?

2009-12-08 Thread Tom H
>> Swapping (hd0) and (hd1) >> grub1: >> map (hd0) (hd1) >> map (hd1) (hd0) >> grub2: >> drivemap -s (hd0) (hd1) > Right. Thanx for doing my homework. Sometimes, I'm so lazy, I'd kick > myself in the behind... Naah, I'd have to stand up to do that. No probs. I wouldn't have remembered had I not b

Re: How to move an OS install from one primary partition to another?

2009-12-08 Thread Tom H
>> IMHO, your biggest problem won't be with copying/ghosting/dd-ing your >> Windows partition: your biggest (in fact, unsurmountable) problem will be >> all your C:\Windows and C:\Documents and Settings and C:\Program Files (and >> similar) references, hard-coded into your Windows Registry. IIRC fr

Re: can't mke2fs hdb, says already mounted, but it isn't

2009-12-15 Thread Tom H
> Here is a good puzzler.  I got a second ATAPI disk in my machine that I > was able to partition with fdisk, but cannot mkfs it.  It says that the > device is already mounted but when I try to umount it, it says it is not > mounted.  the blkid command I ran on the device contradicts with what df >

Re: Re (2): new udev

2009-12-16 Thread Tom H
>> Some of the .rules files on your system are using >> a deprecated syntax, ... > The message in syslog has a rather obscure way of > putting that. Can't a syslog message be as direct > as Brian has stated it? >> ... and also your kernel isn't configured to udev's liking. > Non-obvious details,

Re: Debian Etch Install

2009-12-21 Thread Tom H
> Any PC, desktop or laptop (or server), built in the last 6+ years has built-in > wired ethernet. (If yours don't have it, you went _way_ out of your way to > find > machines without it) So, in your scenario, instead of throwing your hands up > crying "I can't net install because the wireless car

Re: Ugly VGA fonts with console-setup (Squeeze)

2009-12-24 Thread Tom H
Summary of OP rather than complicated snip: What is the grub2 equivalent of setting "vga=" in the grub1 "kernel" line and of setting "SCREEN_FONT=" or "CONSOLE_FONT=" in "/etc/console-tools/config" or "/etc/kbd/config" respectively? vga 1: even though it is deprecated, you can still use "vga="

Re: Ugly VGA fonts with console-setup (Squeeze)

2009-12-24 Thread Tom H
>> Summary of OP rather than complicated snip: >> >> What is the grub2 equivalent of setting "vga=" in the grub1 "kernel" >> line and of setting "SCREEN_FONT=" or "CONSOLE_FONT=" in >> "/etc/console-tools/config" or "/etc/kbd/config" respectively? >> >> vga 1: even though it is deprecated, you

Re: Unable to run grub setup on Squeeze

2009-12-26 Thread Tom H
> I want to setup grub on another partition. So, I tried running the > 'grub' command but it seems the command is absent. > > nifty:/home/fossist# grub > bash: grub: command not found > nifty:/home/fossist# aptitude search grub > p   ggz-grubby >     - GGZ Gaming Zone: chat bot with the ability to

Re: Re: Ugly VGA fonts with console-setup (Squeeze)

2009-12-27 Thread Tom H
> |>  vga 1: even though it is deprecated, you can still use "vga=" in > |>  the "linux" line. > |> > |>  vga 2: if you would rather not use "vga=", you can set the > |>  resolution  with "set gfxmode=" > |> > |>  font: you need to use "pf2" fonts and set them with "loadfont > |>  (hd0,X)/boot/grub

Re: Having Grub2 use UUID instead of (hd0,1)?

2009-12-28 Thread Tom H
>> Hmm, didn't need to do anything special. The default config for grub2 in >> squeeze and sid has this: >> ,[ /etc/default/grub ] >> | # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to >> Linux >> | #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true > That's not what I'm asking about.  My k

Re: Having Grub2 use UUID instead of (hd0,1)?

2009-12-28 Thread Tom H
> I'm not sure that's what the OP was asking for, though, because I'm > unclear as to how he could have a kernel that treats all drives as sda.. > Sounds pretty risky to me. This is standard behaviour for Fedora and Ubuntu. The kernel uses libata for both SATA and PATA. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Having Grub2 use UUID instead of (hd0,1)?

2009-12-28 Thread Tom H
> Is it possible to tell Grub2 to use the UUID of the partition > /boot/grub resides instead of its default (hd0,1) notation? The reason > I ask is that I am using a custom kernel that treats all drives as sda, > but Debian's Grub2 pukes on it. Specifically, installing and updating > Grub results i

Re: Ugly VGA fonts with console-setup (Squeeze)

2009-12-28 Thread Tom H
>> I think that you mean "set gfxpayload=keep". I did not mention it >> because it has not worked for me (my boot-up stops with a black >> screen) but I have seen various sites that recommend it. > That would (should?) work if you also set $GRUB_GFXMODE to the desired > mode (which resulted in str

Re: Having Grub2 use UUID instead of (hd0,1)?

2009-12-28 Thread Tom H
>> Do both the "set root" and "search" lines point to the partition where /boot >> is? >> To check the UUID of /boot: >> grub-probe -t fs_uuid /boot > Yes. >> [And (just in case), unlike grub1, for grub2 sda1<-->(hd0,1), >> sda2<-->(hd0,2).] For the sake of thread-completeness, to check the g

Re: IPv4 localhost network problem

2009-12-29 Thread Tom H
> I have problem with IPv4 on my local network. Applications that is trying to > connect to localhost with IPv4 gets “connection refused”. I have constructed a > simple Java program that is triggering the problem. The program simple just > open a socket port and waiting for a connection. > Starting

Re: Re: Ugly VGA fonts with console-setup (Squeeze)

2009-12-30 Thread Tom H
>> What I found interesting about this thread is that the OP found a >> non-grub2 way of restoring his boot-up look in spite of using grub2... > Actually, what I did was to de-install grub (as referred to by Squeeze, > grub2 as referred to by Lenny) and install lilo instead. I thought > about goin

Re: Ugly VGA fonts with console-setup (Squeeze)

2009-12-30 Thread Tom H
> In my (limited) reading of grub2 docs and a few tests, gfxmode changes > the video mode only for grub[1], it does not replicate the behaviour of > the "old" vga= variable. > [1] this is also nice as it allows use of highres images for the grub > background OK. Thanks. >> avoided it almost imm

Re: GRUB2?

2010-01-04 Thread Tom H
>> The upstart directory of 9.10 is /etc/init (whereas it was >> /etc/event.d in 9.04 as it is in Fedora). > Note this has changed in rawhide and no auto conversion is done. So if you > have custom upstart scripts they will break. Thanks for the info. it is a relief; I was worried that I was goin

Re: New testing install; no /boot/grub/menu.lst exists.

2010-01-07 Thread Tom H
>> > first time.  I just installed both squeeze(?)/testing and OpenBSD 4.6. >> > How do I add the latter to testing's grub?  /boot/grub/menu.lst >> > doesn't exist, and /boot/grub contains stuff I've never seen before. >>  Testing uses grub2 by default. >>  # update-grub >>  creates a new grub.

Re: How to fix ipaddress

2010-01-07 Thread Tom H
>> I set /etc/network/interfaces as follows : >>      auto lo >>      iface lo inet loopback >>      allow-hotplug eth0 >>      iface eth0 inet static >>            address 192.168.0.7 >>            netmask 255.255.255.0 >>            network 192.168.0.0 >>            broadcaset 192.168.0.255 >>  

Re: Having Grub2 use UUID instead of (hd0,1)?

2010-01-09 Thread Tom H
> I just did an update on the laptop and I get the following output from > aptitude when upgrading the Grub2 packages: > Setting up grub-common (1.98~20100101-1) ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/grub.d/00_header ... > Setting up grub-pc (1.98~20100101-1) ... > /usr/sbin/grub-probe:

Re: New testing install; no /boot/grub/menu.lst exists.

2010-01-09 Thread Tom H
>>  What is your 40... entry? > Generic chainloader +1 stuff: >   # OpenBSD 4.6 on /dev/hda1 >   title         OpenBSD 4.6 >   root          (hd0,0) >   savedefault >   makeactive >   chainloader +1 >>  Are you loading the ufs module(s)? > Never heard of 'em. Will research, thanks. (1a) There i

Re: How to temporary set dvorak keymap in terminal

2010-01-10 Thread Tom H
> I was hoping there would be a way without using root. But loadkeys > changes the keymap for all users on all virtual terminals AFAIK which > is what I'm trying to avoid cause I do usually have several running > sessions under several different usernames (e.g. myself messing, > myself working, mys

Re: nsswitch.conf/LDAP

2010-01-11 Thread Tom H
> I have a problem with my NSS/LDAP setup. When I set > passwd:    files [SUCCESS=return] ldap > group:       files [SUCCESS=return] ldap > shadow:    files > in /etc/nsswitch.conf and then enter 'id root' in the shell the NSS > tries to contact the LDAP server *although* root is contained in > /

Re: New testing install; no /boot/grub/menu.lst exists.

2010-01-11 Thread Tom H
 What is your 40... entry? >>> Generic chainloader +1 stuff: >>  (1a) There is no (hd0,0) in grub2. sda = (hd0,1), etc > Ah!  This is a most informative/educational reply, thanks. You're welcome. > I've a few leads to track down now: >    sed '%s/hda/sda/g' /boot/grub/menu.lst      # or

Re: /etc/resolv.conf and resolvconf

2010-01-21 Thread Tom H
> Sometime ago, I switched to OpenDNS using the resolvconf program.  I now want > to switch back to the default DNS provided by the gateway - 192.168.1.254, > which, I think, passes over to ATT's server. I'd use resolvconf, but I > forgot how and the man page isn't much help to me. So, I purged res

Re: Re: console resolution

2010-01-23 Thread Tom H
> It's weird but it's not working for me.  Somehow update-grub (as well as > update-grub2, in case they are different) ignore all modifications to > /etc/default/grub.  I'm giving up.  Should I report a bug? Are you making all the changes that have been suggested? In short: In /etc/default/grub

Re: How to shrink a LVM partition

2010-01-25 Thread Tom H
>>> I'd like to shrink a LVM partition on my harddisk. >> Check your file systems.  Make sure they are clean before the process starts. >> Take backups. >> First make sure you have enough free space in your LVs.  Then use a >> combination of pvmove and pvresize to shrink your PE that corresponds t

Re: console resolution

2010-01-25 Thread Tom H
> My complaint is neither grub-legacy nor grub2 ever pick up my OBSD > install, yet /etc/grub.d/40_custom is there and describes it, and > /boot/grub/menu.lst is there to upgrade from. From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/os-prober/+bug/432254 I finally got the boot into FreeBSD to wor

Re: Reducing size of /lib following an 'apt-get upgrade'?

2012-03-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2012-03-27 02:08 +0200, GoOSSBears wrote: > >> Have Debian Wheezy installed and recently performed an 'apt-get upgrade' to >> kernel 3.2.0 (3.2.0-2-686-pae in full). >> The system is a single-boot/Debian-only x86 machine with an >> intent

Re: update-alternatives vs. dpkg-divert [was: Re: rt kernel and nouveau]

2012-03-29 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 28 mar 12, 11:08:13, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Andrei POPESCU >> wrote: >> > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 16:45:39, Tom H wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Andrei POPESC

Re: When will Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x be Released?

2012-03-29 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 27 March 2012 19:00:18 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: >> >> I want it fast! > > Then use Ubuntu. You must mean "use non-LTS." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Dual-boot with kFreeBSD and Linux cannot find Linux kernel

2012-03-29 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 29 mar 12, 11:56:51, David Banks wrote: > > [snip no obvious problem] > > Sorry, I'm out of ideas. I would suggest, if you don't get any more > suggestions in a few days (say over the weekend) you contact the > kFreeBSD port maintaine

Re: Dual-boot with kFreeBSD and Linux cannot find Linux kernel

2012-03-29 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 29 mar 12, 11:56:51, David Banks wrote: > > [snip no obvious problem] > > Sorry, I'm out of ideas. I would suggest, if you don't get any more > suggestions in a few days (say over the weekend) you contact the > kFreeBSD port maintaine

Re: Xen vs KVM

2012-03-29 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:32 PM, francis picabia wrote: > > Xen requires a patched kernel.  It is unstable.  It crashed on > me randomly before I got as far as configuring any VM stuff. > The system which experienced this returned to a standard > Debian kernel and never had a problem again. > > K

Re: When will Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x be Released?

2012-03-29 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Lisi wrote: > On Thursday 29 March 2012 17:21:48 Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Lisi wrote: >> > On Tuesday 27 March 2012 19:00:18 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: >> >> I want it fast! >> > >> &g

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp

2012-03-30 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20120329_011019, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Mi, 28 mar 12, 20:47:45, Camaleón wrote: >> > On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:55:01 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> > > On Mi, 28 mar 12, 17:02:23, Camaleón wrote: >> > >> > >> > but the short version wo

Re: Xen vs KVM

2012-03-30 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 05:27:14PM +0800, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: >> >> Do you know when RHEL 7 might be released? > > Take a look at when RHEL 6 came out (very recently) and how long the gap > between RHEL releases is on average (lar

Re: Xen vs KVM

2012-03-30 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:13 AM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > On 29 March 2012 22:59, Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:32 PM, francis picabia wrote: >>> >>> Xen requires a patched kernel.  It is unstable.  It crashed on >>> me randomly before I go

Re: Compiling samba (almost) minimally for a NAS

2012-03-30 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:34:23 -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > >> I have an ARM NAS that runs Debian, and it is currently serving files >> via NFS to some machines of mine. >> >> Is there anybody that has attempted to create such a smaller package? I

Re: [OT] Posting styles

2012-03-30 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > > But some people like top posting, like me. I think that with top > posting the new message is easier to read than, when it's below the quote. http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser#What_is_top-posting_.28and_why_shouldn.27t_I_do_it.

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp

2012-03-30 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20120330_030935, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Paul E Condon >> wrote: >> > On 20120329_011019, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >> On Mi, 28 mar 12, 20:47:45, Camaleón wrote: >> >&

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp

2012-03-31 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20120329_095413, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Mi, 28 mar 12, 16:58:03, Paul E Condon wrote: >> > > You could have also considered uncompressing the tarball somewhere else, >> > > like $HOME/tmp or $HOME/src, but it sure is a valid solutio

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp

2012-04-02 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20120401_130449, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Sb, 31 mar 12, 11:08:39, Paul E Condon wrote: Having a tmpfs filesystem for "/tmp" doesn't mean that a dedicated partition is required for "/tmp". >>> >>> What you say doesn't work

Re: Dual-boot with kFreeBSD and Linux cannot find Linux kernel

2012-04-02 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:48 AM, David Banks wrote: > On 29/03/12 17:23, Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Andrei POPESCU >> wrote: >>> On Jo, 29 mar 12, 11:56:51, David Banks wrote: >>> >>> [snip no obvious problem] >>> >>

Re: Live Squeeze system: ConsoleKit does not see serial console as active, cannot mount with udisk

2012-04-05 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Jason Heeris wrote: > I'm building a Debian Squeeze system with live-builder 3.0~a45 (from > Ubuntu 11.10). I'm running into a problem where I can't use udisk to > mount devices using a serial console on the live system (perhaps due > to problems with consolekit o

Re: Live Squeeze system: ConsoleKit does not see serial console as active, cannot mount with udisk

2012-04-05 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 5:05 AM, keith wrote: > Jason Heeris wrote: >> >> user@my-live-usb:~$ pkexec true >> Error executing command as another user: Not authorized >> >> This incident has been reported. > > Do you need to be root? pkexec is like sudo so you don't need to be root but you do need t

Re: Problems in fonts in console appear again

2012-04-05 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 5:04 AM, James Brown wrote: > On 04.04.2012 11:32, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 04/04/12 19:35, James Brown wrote: >>> After upgrading from lenny to sqeeuze last year I faced witha problem of >>> fonts in the console. >>> Problem has been overcome in this way: >>> http://list

Re: RAID1 does not boot

2012-04-05 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > sorry to bother you again. can you please give or guide me from where > i can find instruction for installation grub on both drives. grub-install /dev/sda grub-install /dev/sdb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: apt-get update error with volatile.debian.org

2012-04-06 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:42 PM, MPR wrote: > > Last year I started getting errors when running apt-get update. The > errors look like this: > > W: Failed to fetch > http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile/dists/squeeze/volatile/main/source/Sources.gz >  404  Not Found [IP: 130.89.148.13 80] > >

Re: terminal prompts

2012-04-07 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: > >  I have run into a problem in Mepis but have been unable to get an answer > yet from that community group. The distro is based on Debian Squeeze so I > thought someone here night have the answer. Normally I run Debian > Sid...Mepis is just

Re: terminal prompts

2012-04-08 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 04/07/2012 04:29 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Frank McCormick >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> �I have run into a problem in Mepis but have been unable to get an answer >>>

Re: Debian Installer flaw

2012-04-09 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Рыжков Алексей wrote: > > Debian installer work with WiFi, but support only WEP encryption which are > simply > ancient now. It cannot be connected thru WPA2-PSK + AES or TKIP. So I forced > to use wired connection for setup, it's nonsese. I hope it will be fixed.

Re: Live Squeeze system: ConsoleKit does not see serial console as active, cannot mount with udisk

2012-04-13 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Jason Heeris wrote: > On 5 April 2012 21:08, Tom H wrote: >> >> Re "/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy": (It's >> better to create a pkla file in >> "/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d&qu

Re: netinst CD image - too big, vaguely specified?

2012-04-13 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > 'base' in the Debian context has a very specific meaning. Somebody > correct me if I'm wrong but it specifically includes packages with: > > Essential: yes (of course) > Priority: required > Priority: important > > (and all their dependenc

Re: netinst CD image - too big, vaguely specified?

2012-04-15 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 13 apr 12, 10:35:33, Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Andrei POPESCU >> wrote: >> > >> > 'base' in the Debian context has a very specific meaning. Somebody >> >

Re: how to fix aptitude errors upgrading LMDE UP3 -> UP4

2012-04-17 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Tom Roche wrote: > > So I did > > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > sudo apt-get -f install > > which got the packages fixed and installed, as verified by subsequent In future, you might want to run "sudo apt-get upgrade" before "sudo apt-get dist-

Re: Partman-Auto - Multi-Disk OR Use Existing Layout via Preseed

2012-04-26 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Matthew Drobnak wrote: > > First, I have to say I love Debian. But I've been struggling with the > preseeding lately. First it was the keyboard layout, as the name has changed > a few times. > But that's been rectified. So, now I am trying to get partitioning righ

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-04-27 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:06:37 +0500 > Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> >> Thanks for the clearing my concept. >> however i read some of the part via google that there is a file >> /etc/network/iptables in Debian from where all the startup scripts run >>

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-04-27 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Tom H a écrit : >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Joe wrote: >>> >>> But the save and restore commands only give you the iptables rules, and >>> you may want to do other network-related things when t

Re: grub2 loop back is not working

2012-04-28 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: > > So I will ask again.  Where is the file you have the above mentioned > menuentry  located? /etc/grub.d/40_custom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-04-28 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:41:29 -0400 > Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Pascal Hambourg >> wrote: >> > Tom H a écrit : >> >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Joe wrote: >> >>> >

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-04-28 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Hello, > Tom H a écrit : >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Pascal Hambourg >> wrote: >>> Tom H a écrit : >>>> It's best to run an iptables script from "/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/".

Re: Partman-Auto - Multi-Disk OR Use Existing Layout via Preseed

2012-04-28 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Matthew Drobnak wrote: > On 04/26/2012 08:50 AM, Tom H wrote: >> >> The only, somewhat unhelpful, thing that I can contribute is that I've >> only been able to use two disks with pressed when creating an mdraid >> array. It hasn

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-04-30 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: >> It's best to run an iptables script from "/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/". > Only for the rules which are related to a specific interface. > Ruleset initialization should not be done from there. Why not? >>> >>> Because it

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-04-30 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Tom H a écrit : >> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Pascal Hambourg >> wrote: >>> Iptables should be initialized from an initscript run before networking. >> >> I agree but until someone else po

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-04-30 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 05:38:45AM -0400, Tom H wrote: >> >> …or using something more or less non-standard like the >> apf-firewall or arno-iptables-firewall packages (or any other iptables >> frontend; these

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-04-30 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Rob Owens wrote: > I have tried to use /etc/network/if-pre-up.d on my laptop (which uses > NetworkManager) and it does not load my iptables rules.  But if I call > my script manually, it will load properly.  Is NetworkManager > incompatible with /etc/network/if-

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-04-30 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Rob Owens wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:14:36AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: >> >> In the meantime, I'm trying out iptables-persistent.  I have it installed >> now, >> but there is no manpage and nothing useful in /usr/share/doc.  Time to >> do some research...

Re: how to set correct time, using debian wheezy with LXDE

2012-05-01 Thread Tom H
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-04-30 at 19:50 -0500, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: >> > > George Orwell (1984) >>         > >>         > 1. Take care about /etc/default/rcS, there's an entry >>         UTC=yes or UTC=no. >>         > It should fit to the wa

Re: iptables service with debian

2012-05-01 Thread Tom H
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 4:29 AM, Chris Davies wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> >> It's best to run an iptables script from "/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/". > > Unless you're using NetworkManager, which after two years and offers of > patches from the communit

Re: change local definitions

2012-05-01 Thread Tom H
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Ivo Daniel Alves wrote: > > I'm using Amanda on SL 6.2 to backup several computers including windows > workstations. > > When I do the backups from windows clients, I get some errors when > compressing with zip because of special chars that like "ç" "á", or" ã", for

Re: change local definitions

2012-05-01 Thread Tom H
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:22 AM, David Sastre Medina wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 08:55:47AM -0400, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Ivo Daniel Alves >> wrote: >> > >> > I'm using Amanda on SL 6.2 to backup several computers including windo

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