Rescued unbootable is system with d-i netinst CD and got Gnome 2.8 :-)
Hi, My recent sid upgrade ended me with unbootable PC. Rest assured it was relatively simple using d-i netinst image CD I had and now I am with Gnome 2.8 destop. Folder with many photos seems faster to display now and I am happy :-) In woody days, boot-CD can be booted with "rescue root=/dev/hda1" to get system booted. No more. New d-i CD uses modules, i.e., initrd image so this trick usually does not work. (Incompatible modules on HD) Smart one should have installed old bf2.4 kernel and keep it pointed grom GRUB by editting /boot/grub/menu.lst . But I being stupid usually did not do it nor created boot floppy. For me, 1. I booted with d-i CD 2. I performed some install process enough to get harddisk probed 3. I mounted hadrdisk (It is device file system. TAB key is handy when typing long device name.) 4. I chrooted to mount point. 5. I found old woody boot kernel (goodness) and missing links from /vmlinuz etc. Fixed it. /boot/grub/conf editted to add safe boot with old woody bf2.4 kernel. 6. Happy reboot. Does any one know simple way to specify modules location on CD as boot parameter? Then above process may be simpler like woody CD but I doubt it since boot process probing is needed even access HD. Anyone with idea? Osamu PS: The last resort is always install small system on old swap partition and fix system from there :-) I did not do it at least this time. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Beginner's?? Question
Quick answer: How might one retrieve the path to the most recent entry in a directory to pass to something else in a bash script? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fresh Debian Sarge Install ( no sound + keyboard )
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:34:41 -0500, Tomy Alarie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I just installed Sarge and I found it is a real good work ! But, my > onboard sound card doesn't work. ASUS P4P800-SE ( ADI AD1985 Audio Chipset ). Only a guess, if you use ALSA you probably need the "snd-intel8x0" module, http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=vendor-Analog_Devices#matrix > Anyone has ever make it work and how to ? Second point, my keyboard is > normally Canadian French, when i've installed XFree86, i choosed fr_CA, > didn't worked too ? Any suggestions ? > What doesn't work on your keyboard? Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: time out
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:59:33 +, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > michael wrote: > > I can't see any discussion on this list of the merits (or otherwise!) of > > timeoutd or autolog (or better equivalent)... thoughts? > > Michael running on > > 2.4.27-1-686-smp #1 SMP Fri Sep 3 06:34:36 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux > > Actually autolog doesn't do what it claims. I logged in to a console > (alt-F2) and left it overnight, doing nothing, and never got logged out... > Do you want your user to automatically logout if idle after a certain amount of time? Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
where are debian boot-messages logged?
Hi On my desktop (running SuSE 8.2) the messages printed to tty1 when the machine is booting are stored in /var/log/boot.msg. On my laptop I can't find any file in /var/log/ that contains these messages. Are they logged somewhere else? If so where and how should I have been able to find them? I haven't been able to find info on this on Google or in Debian's documentation. I would like to read them because I notice some messages about modules not being loaded correctly, but it scrolls by so quickly I can't read it properly. IIRC it mentions evdev, evbug and hw_random. The machine appears to work fine though. TIA Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 11:09am up 8 days 1:52, 11 users, load average: 0.73, 0.70, 0.40 # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
Hi there, Complete Linux newbie here. Successfully partitioned the disk on my W2K box, and got it dual-booting with Woody (installed from a CD set). I thought that was pretty cool, and I was going good! Tried startx, and got this: (EE) No devices detected. Hmmm, no video driver presumably. My video card is a an ASUS V9520 Magic (Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Series). No Linux drivers at Asus, so tried Nvidia: lots there! Unfortunately the most recent ones all refused to install because they don't support kernel versions earlier than 2.4 (despite the readme saying that 2.2.12 is the minimum). The Woody install seems to have given me 2.2.20. So, by trial and error, I have finished up with driver version 5328. However, when I run the Nvidia install, I finish up with the following error: "Unable to load the kernel module nvidia.o. This is most likely because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel header files. Blah blah blah." Now, I've used apt to install kernel-source-2.2.20. I have used the kernel-include-path switch on the Nvidia installer to point at the folder containing the kernel.h file, which is what the installer seems to want. Thus, my command line is this: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run --kernel-include-path /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.20/include But, I still get the error described above. Incidentally, before the install fails, I get a warning that "The compiler used to compile the kernel was gcc 2.7; the current compiler is gcc 2.95." Thus far I have overriden this warning and gone ahead anyway, but could someone tell me how to set the CC environment variable, as suggested by the installer, to get the correct compiler? If all this is complete codswallop (or if indeed I am in the wrong newsgroup!) please don't spare my feelings! As I said, I am a complete newbie, and all help will be very gratefully received, even if only to direct me elsewhere! If any technical help is forthcoming, please, please treat me like an idiot! I need actual commands to type! Many, many thanks! Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: where are debian boot-messages logged?
Bram Mertens wrote (21-11-2004 11:15): Hi On my desktop (running SuSE 8.2) the messages printed to tty1 when the machine is booting are stored in /var/log/boot.msg. On my laptop I can't find any file in /var/log/ that contains these messages. Are they logged somewhere else? If so where and how should I have been able to find them? I haven't been able to find info on this on Google or in Debian's documentation. I have then in /var/log/dmesg on my debian testing systems -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Re: where are debian boot-messages logged?
Hello Bram Mertens (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On my desktop (running SuSE 8.2) the messages printed to tty1 when the > machine is booting are stored in /var/log/boot.msg. On my laptop I > can't find any file in /var/log/ that contains these messages. Debian Sarge and Sid also have a boot log daemon, but you have to switch it on. Edit /etc/default/bootlogd. Maybe you also want to append the boot parameter "quiet", which will supress kernel messages being printed directly to a console. You can of course still read them using dmesg. That way the information displayed at boot time will be reduced, but the messages from hotplug about loading the modules will remain. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: have a question about /proc
On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 23:12, Michael Spang wrote: > Chris Lale wrote: > > This reminds me. I cannot view /proc in Nautilus - even as root. Is > > there a way to do it? > > > > Chris. > > Works for me.. does nothing appear or do you get an error? > Works fine for me too today!. I have been having some other problems and it looks like faulty memory (failed memtest86+) which I am replacing. I just hope that there is no disc corruption too. Thanks for checking your system for me. Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 10:30:17AM -, Brian wrote: > Hi there, > > Complete Linux newbie here. Successfully partitioned the disk on my W2K > box, and got it dual-booting with Woody (installed from a CD set). I > thought that was pretty cool, and I was going good! Tried startx, and got > this: (EE) No devices detected. > > Hmmm, no video driver presumably. My video card is a an ASUS V9520 Magic > (Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Series). No Linux drivers at Asus, so tried Nvidia: > lots there! Unfortunately the most recent ones all refused to install > because they don't support kernel versions earlier than 2.4 (despite the > readme saying that 2.2.12 is the minimum). The Woody install seems to have > given me 2.2.20. Well woody also supports Linux 2.4.x and that is what you should use. > Now, I've used apt to install kernel-source-2.2.20. I have used the > kernel-include-path switch on the Nvidia installer to point at the folder > containing the kernel.h file, which is what the installer seems to want. > Thus, my command line is this: > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run --kernel-include-path > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.20/include > > But, I still get the error described above. AFAIR Nvidia supports online Linux 2.4.x and Linux 2.6.x ATM. > Incidentally, before the install fails, I get a warning that "The compiler > used to compile the kernel was gcc 2.7; the current compiler is gcc 2.95." > Thus far I have overriden this warning and gone ahead anyway, but could > someone tell me how to set the CC environment variable, as suggested by the > installer, to get the correct compiler? gcc 2.7? I don't think that woody ships such an old compiler. 2.95 is default in woody. I suggest you to install a recent Linux Kernel, try www.backports.org packages. Then you should be able to run the nvidia driver. HTH Sven -- Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly, and modestly. - Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: where are debian boot-messages logged?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bram Mertens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On my desktop (running SuSE 8.2) the messages printed to tty1 when the >machine is booting are stored in /var/log/boot.msg. On my laptop I >can't find any file in /var/log/ that contains these messages. Suse uses bootlogd for that. If you're running testing/unstable you can edit /etc/default/bootlogd and enable bootlogd. The output will be in /var/log/boot. The reason that this is off by default is that it makes some systems unbootable, esp non-i386 machines with serial consoles. Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:30:17 -, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > Complete Linux newbie here. Successfully partitioned the disk on my W2K > box, and got it dual-booting with Woody (installed from a CD set). I > thought that was pretty cool, and I was going good! Tried startx, and got > this: (EE) No devices detected. > > Hmmm, no video driver presumably. My video card is a an ASUS V9520 Magic > (Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Series). No Linux drivers at Asus, so tried Nvidia: > lots there! Unfortunately the most recent ones all refused to install > because they don't support kernel versions earlier than 2.4 (despite the > readme saying that 2.2.12 is the minimum). The Woody install seems to have > given me 2.2.20. > > So, by trial and error, I have finished up with driver version 5328. > However, when I run the Nvidia install, I finish up with the following > error: "Unable to load the kernel module nvidia.o. This is most likely > because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel header files. > Blah blah blah." > > Now, I've used apt to install kernel-source-2.2.20. I have used the > kernel-include-path switch on the Nvidia installer to point at the folder > containing the kernel.h file, which is what the installer seems to want. > Thus, my command line is this: > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run --kernel-include-path > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.20/include > > But, I still get the error described above. > > Incidentally, before the install fails, I get a warning that "The compiler > used to compile the kernel was gcc 2.7; the current compiler is gcc 2.95." > Thus far I have overriden this warning and gone ahead anyway, but could > someone tell me how to set the CC environment variable, as suggested by the > installer, to get the correct compiler? > > If all this is complete codswallop (or if indeed I am in the wrong > newsgroup!) please don't spare my feelings! As I said, I am a complete > newbie, and all help will be very gratefully received, even if only to > direct me elsewhere! If any technical help is forthcoming, please, please > treat me like an idiot! I need actual commands to type! > Surely someone with a nvidia card that read this list will answer helping you, but in the meantime you can search for former answers in the Debian mailing list archive (http://lists.debian.org/search.html) or with google (you can search "debian woody geforce" or "debian woody nvidia"). Said that, probably you'll find easier to switch to Sarge, if you have a network connection, that should have better support for your card, as there should be some packages with support for the nvidia binary drivers, but YMMV... =) Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: where are debian boot-messages logged?
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:15:53AM +0100, Bram Mertens wrote: > On my desktop (running SuSE 8.2) the messages printed to tty1 when the > machine is booting are stored in /var/log/boot.msg. On my laptop I > can't find any file in /var/log/ that contains these messages. /var/log/boot seems the place. Better: try the `dmesg' command. -- Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [Dutch/Nederlands] "Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: autofs or am-utils?
On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 10:42, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If I just want my USB pen drive to be automounted & dismounted, > >it sounds like autofs would be the one to use, then. > > Or supermount. That's a seperate kernel patch, though. > > http://supermount-ng.sourceforge.net/ > http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.9/2.6.9-ck2/patches/supermount-ng207.diff supermount is only for 2.4 kernels. Does this mean that 2.6 kernels already have this functionality? Chris. -- Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
Many thanks for your reply. I really appreciate your efforts to help. Unfortunately, you have overestimated my abilities! I started on this literally just yesterday, and doing anything at all is requiring a great deal of research and trial-and-error! Specifically: > Well woody also supports Linux 2.4.x and that is what you should use. > AFAIR Nvidia supports online Linux 2.4.x and Linux 2.6.x ATM. > I suggest you to install a recent Linux Kernel, try www.backports.org packages. > Then you should be able to run the nvidia driver. I've looked at the page you suggest. There are lots of files named kernel-something-2.4.x-something. I'm afraid I've no idea which ones to download, or what to do with them once I've downloaded them! > gcc 2.7? I don't think that woody ships such an old compiler. 2.95 is default > in woody. > Believe me, apart from umpteen versions of the Nvidia driver installation file, everything I have came right off the Woody cd's in a vanilla install! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
"Andrea Vettorello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:30:17 -, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > Complete Linux newbie here. Successfully partitioned the disk on my W2K > > box, and got it dual-booting with Woody (installed from a CD set). I > > thought that was pretty cool, and I was going good! Tried startx, and got > > this: (EE) No devices detected. > > > > Hmmm, no video driver presumably. My video card is a an ASUS V9520 Magic > > (Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Series). No Linux drivers at Asus, so tried Nvidia: > > lots there! Unfortunately the most recent ones all refused to install > > because they don't support kernel versions earlier than 2.4 (despite the > > readme saying that 2.2.12 is the minimum). The Woody install seems to have > > given me 2.2.20. > > > > So, by trial and error, I have finished up with driver version 5328. > > However, when I run the Nvidia install, I finish up with the following > > error: "Unable to load the kernel module nvidia.o. This is most likely > > because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel header files. > > Blah blah blah." > > > > Now, I've used apt to install kernel-source-2.2.20. I have used the > > kernel-include-path switch on the Nvidia installer to point at the folder > > containing the kernel.h file, which is what the installer seems to want. > > Thus, my command line is this: > > > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run --kernel-include-path > > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.20/include > > > > But, I still get the error described above. > > > > Incidentally, before the install fails, I get a warning that "The compiler > > used to compile the kernel was gcc 2.7; the current compiler is gcc 2.95." > > Thus far I have overriden this warning and gone ahead anyway, but could > > someone tell me how to set the CC environment variable, as suggested by the > > installer, to get the correct compiler? > > > > If all this is complete codswallop (or if indeed I am in the wrong > > newsgroup!) please don't spare my feelings! As I said, I am a complete > > newbie, and all help will be very gratefully received, even if only to > > direct me elsewhere! If any technical help is forthcoming, please, please > > treat me like an idiot! I need actual commands to type! > > > > Surely someone with a nvidia card that read this list will answer > helping you, but in the meantime you can search for former answers in > the Debian mailing list archive (http://lists.debian.org/search.html) > or with google (you can search "debian woody geforce" or "debian woody > nvidia"). > > Said that, probably you'll find easier to switch to Sarge, if you have > a network connection, that should have better support for your card, > as there should be some packages with support for the nvidia binary > drivers, but YMMV... =) > > > Andrea > Thank you Andrea for your reply. I have spent hours trawling archives, and found lots of threads about Nvidia drivers, but none that I could understand! I really need a complete idiot's guide to doing this which, as you say, will need to come from someone who's done it. Regarding Sarge, isn't that unstable? What exactly does that mean? How exactly would I switch to it? I deliberately chose to install Woody, from a set of CD's, because I felt that for a complete dunce like me it would be far easier than downloading and installing bleeding-edge stuff that I don't understand. I do have a network connection, which is working OK. Thanks, Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
applications on gnome don't start.
Hi, I installed Sarge (Debian 3.1 testing) on my machine. It looks very nice. It was a basic install and I selected the Desktop Environment packages only during install. I was able to answer the right questions and gnome started very well. I also made a normal user account. However, when I login using gdm to gnome, many applications like openoffice, gnomemeeting, Desktop Background etc. and many more don't run. I see in the ps list that the processes are running but they just don't show up. And some times, the application that I ran comes up after like 10 minutes. Also, some times, the Application, and Action drop-down menus freeze, and then again start working after like 10 minutes. Does any one out there know what the problem is? Thanks for your help in advance. Regards, -Nabil. DISCLAIMER: Bu elektronik posta ve ekleri, sadece yukarida ismi yazili alicinin dikkatine gonderilmistir. Mesajin muhatabi degilseniz, icerigini ve varsa ekindeki dosyalari kimseye aktarmayiniz ya da kopyalamayiniz. Boyle bir durumda gondereni uyarip, mesaji imha ediniz. KUVEYT TURK E.F.K. A.S bu e-postanin ve eklerinin icerdigi bilgilerin size degisiklige ugrayarak ulasmasindan veya gec ulasmasindan, butunlugunun ve gizliliginin korunamamasindan veya icerigine guvenilerek yapilacak islemlerden dolayi sorumlu tutulamaz. This e-mail & its content have been sent to the attention of the receiver named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error), Please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Kuwait Turkish Evkaf Finance House shall not be held liable for the arrival of this e-mail & its content as modified or late, the protection of integrity and secrecy and shall not be liable to any person who acts or omits to do anything in reliance upon it.
Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 11:32, Brian Coiley wrote: > > Regarding Sarge, isn't that unstable? What exactly does that mean? > Sarge is "Testing" - between Stable and Unstable. Sarge will soon (?) become the new stable. > How > exactly would I switch to it? I deliberately chose to install Woody, from a > set of CD's, because I felt that for a complete dunce like me it would be > far easier than downloading and installing bleeding-edge stuff that I don't > understand. > Easy as 123. One of the benefits of Debian. 1. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to include mirrors like these: deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ sarge/non-US main You can find your local Debian mirror here: http://www.debian.org/mirror/list 2. Login as a normal user, switch to root user using su and update the package list: $ su (supply root password) # apt-get update 3. Upgrade and install the packages #apt-get dist-upgrade Do look at the Debian Reference http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference > I do have a network connection, which is working OK. You will need some kind of broadband internet connection. I estimate that a 56k dialup connection would take 20 hours to download the files. Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:32:49 -, Brian Coiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Andrea Vettorello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] > > Thank you Andrea for your reply. I have spent hours trawling archives, and > found lots of threads about Nvidia drivers, but none that I could > understand! I really need a complete idiot's guide to doing this which, as > you say, will need to come from someone who's done it. > > Regarding Sarge, isn't that unstable? What exactly does that mean? How > exactly would I switch to it? I deliberately chose to install Woody, from a > set of CD's, because I felt that for a complete dunce like me it would be > far easier than downloading and installing bleeding-edge stuff that I don't > understand. > Actually Sarge is an alias of the "testing" Debian branch, in the next few weeks, when all the release bug will be fixed, will be declared "stable". Unstable, or Sid, is another branch of Debian, in few words, it's a fast moving target, packages changes often, and sometimes things broken up... The problem with Woody is that was released more than 2 years ago, so you can have some trouble installing with newer HW. Anyway, if you want to give Sarge a try, modify your /etc/apt/sources.list commenting or deleting the stable/woody lines and adding something like deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free and deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main for security updates. I've put the UK Debian mirror, should works without problems, if not you can choose the mirror you prefer. After that, you update the apt packages list with "apt-get update" and start the installing with "apt-get dist-upgrade". This should proceed without problems, changing all the Woody packages with the corresponding Sarge versions. If apt spit out some error messages, usually an "apt-get -f install" should resolve broken dependencies. If you still have problems, ask here... =) After that, you can install a 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel, in the "non free" repository (for the details on "non free" look on the Debian pages) there's a nvidia-kernel-2.4.27-1-386 kernel (or 686,k5,k6,k7, choose what suits you better), so this could be the easier path to install the binary nvidia drivers. Don't know if you'll find compiled binary drivers or need to compile them from sources, you should find enough information in the nvidia-kernel documentation and, in case of compiling from sources, you should find some scripts to automate the process. Hope this helps. Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
On Sunday 21 November 2004 06:32 am, Brian Coiley wrote: > "Andrea Vettorello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:30:17 -, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > Complete Linux newbie here. Successfully partitioned the disk on my > > > W2K box, and got it dual-booting with Woody (installed from a CD set). > > > I thought that was pretty cool, and I was going good! Tried startx, > > > and > > got > > > > this: (EE) No devices detected. > > > > > > Hmmm, no video driver presumably. My video card is a an ASUS V9520 > > Magic > > > > (Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Series). No Linux drivers at Asus, so tried > > Nvidia: > > > lots there! Unfortunately the most recent ones all refused to install > > > because they don't support kernel versions earlier than 2.4 (despite > > > the readme saying that 2.2.12 is the minimum). The Woody install seems > > > to > > have > > > > given me 2.2.20. > > > > > > So, by trial and error, I have finished up with driver version 5328. > > > However, when I run the Nvidia install, I finish up with the following > > > error: "Unable to load the kernel module nvidia.o. This is most likely > > > because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel header > > > files. Blah blah blah." > > > > > > Now, I've used apt to install kernel-source-2.2.20. I have used the > > > kernel-include-path switch on the Nvidia installer to point at the > > folder > > > > containing the kernel.h file, which is what the installer seems to > > > want. Thus, my command line is this: > > > > > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run --kernel-include-path > > > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.20/include > > > > > > But, I still get the error described above. > > > > > > Incidentally, before the install fails, I get a warning that "The > > compiler > > > > used to compile the kernel was gcc 2.7; the current compiler is gcc > > 2.95." > > > > Thus far I have overriden this warning and gone ahead anyway, but could > > > someone tell me how to set the CC environment variable, as suggested by > > the > > > > installer, to get the correct compiler? > > > > > > If all this is complete codswallop (or if indeed I am in the wrong > > > newsgroup!) please don't spare my feelings! As I said, I am a complete > > > newbie, and all help will be very gratefully received, even if only to > > > direct me elsewhere! If any technical help is forthcoming, please, > > please > > > > treat me like an idiot! I need actual commands to type! > > > > Surely someone with a nvidia card that read this list will answer > > helping you, but in the meantime you can search for former answers in > > the Debian mailing list archive (http://lists.debian.org/search.html) > > or with google (you can search "debian woody geforce" or "debian woody > > nvidia"). > > > > Said that, probably you'll find easier to switch to Sarge, if you have > > a network connection, that should have better support for your card, > > as there should be some packages with support for the nvidia binary > > drivers, but YMMV... =) > > > > > > Andrea > > Thank you Andrea for your reply. I have spent hours trawling archives, and > found lots of threads about Nvidia drivers, but none that I could > understand! I really need a complete idiot's guide to doing this which, as > you say, will need to come from someone who's done it. > > Regarding Sarge, isn't that unstable? What exactly does that mean? How > exactly would I switch to it? I deliberately chose to install Woody, from > a set of CD's, because I felt that for a complete dunce like me it would be > far easier than downloading and installing bleeding-edge stuff that I don't > understand. > > I do have a network connection, which is working OK. > > Thanks, > > Brian Brian, The problem seems to be with the installation itself. If you included the X window system (graphical desktop) during the install, you would not have had to type "startx". You would most likely be presented with a Desktop Manager like GDM or KDM where you would logon to Gnome or KDE. Since you just started, I would go back through the install process again, making sure to include the desktop system. Select "Sarge" instead of "Woody" as your installation choice. If you do not have a choice of a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel in the installation process, you may want to download newer installation media, or if you have broadband internet, try the "net install" CD image. http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ As far as the video driver is concerned, a driver called "nv" (http://www.xfree86.org/current/nv.4.html) will be used and installed by default for the nvidia card. If you need special features, look into the "nvidia" driver (http://www.desktop-linux.net/nVidia.htm), but you don't need it to use the card. -- Alvin Smith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Nvidia Kernel Drivers ( Sarge )
Frederik Dannemare wrote: On Saturday 20 November 2004 22:03, Tomy Alarie wrote: Hi ! I just want to know if anyone here has installed yet these drivers with Sarge and how did you do. Newbie with NVIDIA-Linux drivers ! Though it doesn't cover the fancy module-assistant, it's still a pretty easy task (especially if you're using 2.4.x). I have written down the instructions at: http://www.sentinel.dk/cookbook/?nvidia_drivers Nice recipe-book. B/R, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: framebuffer in 2.6.9, anybody got it working?
Sridhar M.A. wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 09:59:48AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Sridhar M.A. wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 03:55:23PM -0500, H. S. wrote: > > > I have been trying to get frambuffer bootup work in 2.6.9 without > > > success so far. Cannot get the logo at all. > > > >I have it on my machine with a custom logo on bootup. I thought I would > >like to see something other than Tux on bootup screen. > > > >The debian kernels do not give the logo. (I tried 2.6.6/7/8/9). The > >configuration for the logo to show up is now a separate option unlike in > >2.4. > > > > > > > > If somebody has that high resolution screen boot up working with the > > tux > logo in 2.6.9, could you post the relevant parts of the .config > > file? > > > > >Here is the relevant portion of my config file: > > What are your boot parms with those fonts? > Sorry if I am misreading you. Are you referring to the standard kernel or my compiled kernel? These are the options I am passing: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9 root=/dev/hda3 ro ide0=ata66 idebus=66 vga=791 That generally switches to high res mode (both standard and mine), but in the latter I did not get the logo. I generally like to compile my own kernel and load things that are necessary. Most of the things I never need, so I drop them. Regards, Because your config file shows you load 2 fonts: CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y so the reason for my question was, what font gets loaded, since the only framebuffer boot parm you have seems to be vga=791. I do just that, but with the CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16, and get a blank screen. Like I said in my previous post, the vesafb-tng patch WFM. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Nvidia Kernel Drivers ( Sarge )
also sprach Nicolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.11.21.0041 +0100]:
> Yep, I installed the nvidia modules. It's a shame that's so badly made!
They are well-made and you can compile drivers with one command:
Make a new directory and drop the following Makefile there:
---snip---
KROOT = /usr/src/kernel-headers
.PHONY: all
all: modules/nvidia-kernel
ifndef KVERS
@echo "You must specify the kernel version to use like so:" 1>&2
@echo " make ... KVERS=2.6.9-1-k7"
@/bin/false
endif
@(umask 007 && KSRC=$(KROOT)-$(KVERS) fakeroot make -C $< -f debian/rules
binary_modules)
chmod -R ug=rwX,o= $<
find $< -type d -exec chmodd g+s {} \;
modules/nvidia-kernel: /usr/src/nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz modules
rm -rf modules/nvidia-kernel
tar xfz $<
chmod -R ug=rwX,o= $@
find $@ -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;
modules:
mkdir -p2770 modules
/usr/src/nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz:
apt-get install -t unstable nvidia-kernel-source
---snip---
Now amend the first line and run
make KVERS=2.6.9-1-k7
or whichever is your version.
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Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Alvin Smith wrote: .. > > > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run ... > As far as the video driver is concerned, a driver called > "nv" (http://www.xfree86.org/current/nv.4.html) will be used and installed by > default for the nvidia card. If you need special features, look into the > "nvidia" driver (http://www.desktop-linux.net/nVidia.htm), but you don't need > it to use the card. thre is nv and nvidia... nvidia is needed if you want 3D support the above NVIDIA installer sucks ... it doesnt know how to get rid of the old nvidia files you have to manually clean it up - if you use the *.run pkg to create the nvidia drivers, it'd probably be todays date - check and move all the old nvidia drivers aside find /lib /usr -name \*nvidia\* -ls http://www.linux-1u.net/MotherBoard/X11.nvidia.install.txt and you might need to fix glut, dri, drm, .. too http://www.linux-1u.net/MotherBoard/X11.GLUT.install.txt c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is life with 'udev' good?
Jules Dubois wrote: On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:41:32 -0500, Williams, Allen wrote: What did you have to do to get it to work with the nvidia driver? Apparently -- I don't buy closed hardware -- udev is not able to create the device nodes needed by X quickly enough to satisfy the NVidia server. So, as others have pointed out, it should be loaded through /etc/modules, and the race condition is avoided. That does not seem to be quite the same. I use Multi-Seat Ruby for multiple displays/keyboards/mice on 1 PC and I ran into udev installing gnome-volume-manager, which uses hal, which wants udev. I put nvidia in /etc/modules and only one server started instead of the 2. I started reading the manpage for udev, I must say, it is hard going on an empty stomach. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Nvidia Kernel Drivers ( Sarge )
I noticed that my Makefile was suboptimal. Here's a better version,
requiring no modifications.
---snip---
KSRC ?= /usr/src/kernel-headers-$(KVERS)
SUITE ?= unstable
.PHONY: all
all: modules/nvidia-kernel $(KSRC)
ifndef KVERS
@echo "You must specify the kernel version to use like so:" 1>&2
@echo " make ... KVERS=2.6.9-1-k7"
@/bin/false
endif
(umask 007 && fakeroot make -C $< -f debian/rules binary_modules)
chmod -R ug=rwX,o= $<
find $< -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;
modules/nvidia-kernel: /usr/src/nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz modules
rm -rf modules/nvidia-kernel
tar xfz $<
chmod -R ug=rwX,o= $@
find $@ -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;
modules:
mkdir -p2770 modules
/usr/src/nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz:
apt-get install -t $(SUITE) nvidia-kernel-source
$(KSRC):
apt-get install -t $(SUITE) kernel-headers-$(KVERS)
---snip---
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X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to forward X through ssh you still need X there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to > forward X through ssh you still need X there. You don't need the X server to run any X clients (the programs themselves). The clients will forward their requests over ssh to your X server. You need xauth and all the libs installed on the headless server, however. If you for some weird reason NEED a local Xserver, have a look at vnc. It will run headless. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:40:57 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to > forward X through ssh you still need X there. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] You won't need the X server present on that machine, but you'd need the X utilities, then forward the X request via ssh or xauth. I think you'd also need to set the DISPLAY variable to the host you'd output the display (works just fine with my Oracle installation on headless chickens as compared to using xhost+ ...) -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:58:05AM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, > > to > > forward X through ssh you still need X there. > > You don't need the X server to run any X clients (the programs themselves). > The clients will forward their requests over ssh to your X server. > > You need xauth and all the libs installed on the headless server, however. > > If you for some weird reason NEED a local Xserver, have a look at vnc. It > will run headless. In sid xbase-utils provides xauth, is sarge is about the same (probably). Is there any short howto anywhere? Thank you guys. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:40:57 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to > forward X through ssh you still need X there. Here's where the X notion of client/server can be confusing. If you consider a server which provides programs to clients, then this server would be running X client programs, and each terminal an X server. :) -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Webcam in Debian Sarge?
Hi all! Does anyone have any recommendations as to what webcam to use for videoconferencing under Debian GNU/Linux (Sarge)? I have been reading here and there on the subject, but I haven't found an obvious candidate yet. It seems that the Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 is one of the better supported ones, but now the driver is no longer actively maintained due to some conflict with the kernel developers? I intend to use the webcam with gnomemeeting (or similar, maybe from open323.org), to connect with my family on their laptop running WinXP, don't know yet what client. Budget is of course an issue. Luckily, I can get some hardware cheap through a friend. I am not currently subscribing to the mailing list, but scan the archives for any and all responses. Feel free to mail me with your suggestions, though. Thanks for all your help! best regards, Inge Thorin Eidsaether probot at warpmail dot net *** If an electronic circuit cannot fail, it will. *** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:09:42 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In sid xbase-utils provides xauth, is sarge is about the same > (probably). Is there any short howto anywhere? > Thank you guys. If your headless machine has sshd running and your terminal has an X server, a) apt-get install some-program b) ssh -X headless c) some-program -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 02:10:41PM +, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:40:57 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, > > to > > forward X through ssh you still need X there. > > Here's where the X notion of client/server can be confusing. If you > consider a server which provides programs to clients, then this server > would be running X client programs, and each terminal an X server. :) > Yeap, confusing. H cr**! So, in this case, X server is: X client is: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > Here's where the X notion of client/server can be confusing. If you > > consider a server which provides programs to clients, then this server > > would be running X client programs, and each terminal an X server. :) > > Yeap, confusing. H cr**! So, in this case, No, you just need to understand how it works. X server is a *screen server*, thus it is your screen/station. X client is a program that wants to talk to a "screen server" so that it can display something. There, easy to remember now, isn't it? the server/client notion is not backwards. It is exacly right. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Webcam in Debian Sarge?
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 03:06:43PM +0100, Inge Thorin Eidsaether wrote: > > Hi all! > > Does anyone have any recommendations as to what webcam > to use for videoconferencing under Debian GNU/Linux (Sarge)? > > I have been reading here and there on the subject, but I haven't found > an obvious candidate yet. It seems that the Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 > is > one of the better supported ones, Yes pwc (Phillips chipset) based webcams are well supported and have a good quality. > but now the driver is no longer > actively > maintained due to some conflict with the kernel developers? Well Nemosoft stopped working on his driver but it's still avaible and working well with linux 2.4.x. Of course it's a little bit hand work to copy in all needed files. Anyway someone wrote a new, reverse engineered, driver. A friend told me that this driver works but I haven't tested it so far. > Budget is of course an issue. Luckily, I can get some hardware cheap > through a friend. I got my Phillips ToUCamXS via ebay for 13EUR including shipping. Sven -- Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly, and modestly. - Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Multiple domains in exim4
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: MD5 Hello. I am currently using qmail-vpopmail to manage multiple email domains. Can I manage these domains with exim4? How could I define domains? Thanks! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6 iQEVAwUAQaCrTSz0qkmHAn1PAQFO2wf7BPOz61mkHbm/LkCgF5Co+9aJ16Uhntrn 6ns50G+Tw5npCPcJaSZ9BLs85rDPQJRuJOL6iZYjPzRle1dxpNRX09UOWz1v263j wu7r3WV368lDM+uZ9IkartsM0Y0COo0+SSa6/gN5knD1FMgMRp+iD5Nesrp2yU0m Q0YEPOdgj+kwnXBh9mLM2V9DcABB4pYdsqhs2zRHbGMcWDmumISStpYI45PrhSA1 fVV0Kqj5UPEKSYAl0mE6HRORiYjJ4UOUUzHwebWY1eGCgBVX4SvJN07NDnLJ7At+ VBo0jspuGuOVZ2Xmo+z7soUQIIpwKw4tAc2QhCvcdNWcu1mOqmwQ7A== =GqW0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cyberjack cardreader with libchipcard on sarge
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I have a ReinerSCT Cyberjack PinPad USB. I'm using Debian Sarge with Kernel 2.6.8. The driver used for the reader is the NEW libctapi-cyberjack-2.0.1. A test with ReinerSCT check programm cjgeldkarte is successful, it shows the correct amount on the chip. When I am starting chipcardd from libchipcard, it floods my syslog with respawning messages. Something is wrong, but what could it be? I tried with all possible USB port numbers (0-3). This new driver version doesn't need a /dev/ttyUSBx file, but works completely in the /proc fs. Has anybody been successful with this? Regards, Rainer Höckmann - -- GnuPG-Key: F7B7 7C52 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBoKuG07XFkfe3fFIRAjmBAJ4oHonCM7Bs8WBO9Xco1IgOD9QPBQCfY4td 9cUQQhkTx49ijXCMkRrccMo= =f9kC -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 12:44:27PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > No, you just need to understand how it works. > > X server is a *screen server*, thus it is your screen/station. > > X client is a program that wants to talk to a "screen server" so that it can > display something. > > There, easy to remember now, isn't it? the server/client notion is not > backwards. It is exacly right. > >From this point of view is perfectly right. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mounting Windows problem
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Re: mounting Windows problem
The linux ntfs code can't stably mount read-write yet, and I'm pretty sure the debian stable and testing stock kernels can't mount ntfs rw at all. freire wrote: > For some reason my windowsnt filesystem in may debian istalation is > owned by root and > is mounted as read only (and tgherefore I cant change anything). > Teh line in /etc/fstab is: > /dev/hda1 /Winntfsrw,user,noauto 0 0 > but... > Someone can tell me why? > Thanks > > -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>$L$*-- P+>++$ L+++()$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e-> h* r? z* --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- David Mandelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: mounting Windows problem
freire wrote: For some reason my windowsnt filesystem in may debian istalation is owned by root and is mounted as read only (and tgherefore I cant change anything). Teh line in /etc/fstab is: /dev/hda1 /Winntfsrw,user,noauto 0 0 but... Someone can tell me why? Because NTFS filesystem is undocumented and it is a Really Bad Idea to write into it with Linux. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Beginner's?? Question
David Baron wrote: Quick answer: How might one retrieve the path to the most recent entry in a directory to pass to something else in a bash script? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo $OLDPWD /home/kspecial [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo $PWD /tmp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ PWD contains the current directory while OLDPWD contains the last accessed directory. --K-sPecial [ http://xzziroz.freeshell.org irc://xzziroz.dtdns.net ] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
User can't start firefox
I just installed debian on a computer for a friend (PIII 500meg ram) and everything has gone fairly well. I installed firefox and thunderbird and some of the basic programs. Root can start and run firefox and thunderbird. there is only 1 other user. He can start thunderbird but not firefox. When entering the command mozilla-firefox from the terminal there is a error message. Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client! (firefox-bin:1449): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: How do I correct this situation with the authorization keys? I do not understand what it is referring to, or how to correct it. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem
Brian Coiley wrote: Many thanks for your reply. I really appreciate your efforts to help. Unfortunately, you have overestimated my abilities! I started on this literally just yesterday, and doing anything at all is requiring a great deal of research and trial-and-error! Specifically: As others have suggested, I'd upgrade to Sarge or Sid; Woody is (imo) unusably old for a desktop system. (Also, top-posting is generally frowned upon on this list; the preferred method is to respond just below that to which you're responding.) Complete Linux newbie here. Successfully partitioned the disk on my W2K box, and got it dual-booting with Woody (installed from a CD set). I thought that was pretty cool, and I was going good! Tried startx, and got this: (EE) No devices detected. Rather than trying to use an nVidia driver, you might try VESA. Just run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" as root and select "vesa" (or, horrors!, vga) as your video device. Regarding Sarge, isn't that unstable? What exactly does that mean? How exactly would I switch to it? I deliberately chose to install Woody, from a set of CD's, because I felt that for a complete dunce like me it would be far easier than downloading and installing bleeding-edge stuff that I don't understand. Yeah; that's the way to reply to email. "stable" means that this version of Debian as a whole (not individual packages) undergoes almost no change; only necessary changes like security fixes. The current version of stable is named "Woody". "testing" means that this version of Debian is being stretched and pulled and pushed and prodded in preparation for becoming the next "stable". The current testing is very close to becoming stable. The current version of testing is named "Sarge". "unstable" means that this version of Debian is constantly under flux; this package being removed; that package being added; another several packages being merged into one; another package split into several; new features added to a package; new features breaking a package, etc. However, the ability of a system to stay usable which has been built with unstable has no relation whatsoever to the name "unstable". My desktop workstations all run unstable. My servers run Woody. In my experience, an "unstable" Debian system is far more stable than a similarly equipped MS-Windows workstation. All versions of unstable are named "Sid" (for the kid next door in "Toy Story" that was always breaking the toys; however, some people think of it unofficially as Still In Development). For maximum usability (all the neat toys) on a workstation, I'd definitely recommend unstable. If you're a bit more cautious, testing is satisfactory today, but three months after it moves to stable, testing will tend to break less often than sid, but will stay broken longer than does sid. (When something breaks in testing, it might be a couple of weeks before the fix trickles in; with sid, the fix is usually within hours or days.) However, after testing goes to stable, you can change your sources.list file to point to stable, and stick with an unchanging system untll the next version of stable comes out in a year or seven. For a server, woody is still a good choice in many situations, although I'd probably go with testing, and then switch to stable when testing moves to stable. The advantage of moving to testing or unstable is that you'll get newer packages that are likely to handle your video system better. As mentioned, Woody is really ancient now. At any rate, there's an open-source driver for nVidia (called nv) in Debian, which is okay, and there's a proprietary driver for nVidia (called nvidia, I believe), which must be downloaded and partially compiled which means you have to have headers and maybe sources and maybe compile your own kernel, etc etc etc. You also might want to upgrade your kernel. Run "apt-get search kernel-image-2.6" and/or "apt-get search kernel-image-2.4" to see what 2.6 and 2.4 kernel images are available in your current distribution (Woody). Then you can install one with a command like "apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686-1". The "686" means its compiled to run on a Pentium system; a 386 would mean its for the entire 386-class of machines. A "k7" is for AMD, etc. "SMP" means more than one processor (not likely for most people - you'd likely know if you have such as system). -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: applications on gnome don't start.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I installed Sarge (Debian 3.1 testing) on my machine. It looks very nice. It was a basic install and I selected the Desktop Environment packages only during install. I was able to answer the right questions and gnome started very well. I also made a normal user account. However, when I login using gdm to gnome, many applications like openoffice, gnomemeeting, Desktop Background etc. and many more don't run. I see in the ps list that the processes are running but they just don't show up. And some times, the application that I ran comes up after like 10 minutes. Also, some times, the Application, and Action drop-down menus freeze, and then again start working after like 10 minutes. So, what happens if you login via gdm to icewm, or wmaker, or KDE? What happens if you disable gdm and start gnome (or icewm, or wmaker, etc) via "startx". Do you have "lo" definined in /etc/networking/interfaces? Does it show up in the output of "ifconfig"? Do you have your localhost defined in /etc/hosts? What happens if you try with a different user? -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: User can't start firefox
Jerry Turba wrote:
I just installed debian on a computer for a friend (PIII 500meg ram)
and everything has gone fairly well. I installed firefox and thunderbird
and some of the basic programs.
Root can start and run firefox and thunderbird. there is only 1 other
user. He can start thunderbird but not firefox. When entering the command
mozilla-firefox from the terminal there is a error message.
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client!
(firefox-bin:1449): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
How do I correct this situation with the authorization keys? I do not
understand what it is referring to, or how to correct it.
Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks
Jerry
Are you starting X via "xdm"? If so, try disabling it ("/etc/init.d/xdm
stop") and start X with "startx".
Any difference?
What happens if you create another new user? Does that user have
problems also?
What happens if you delete any .xauth -type files in that user's home
directory and have him login again and try again?
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Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 08:40:57AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > How do you set up X to run in a machine without monitor, or even may > be without video card? About this last one I am not sure. A hosted server, to > forward X through ssh you still need X there. You need xfree86-common installed on the remote machine and X11 forwarding enabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Re: Kernel 2.4
Oh, sorry. I misunderstood your question and can't help on the 2.6 issue. Still, starting a new thread with a more specific subject may get you better responses. All the logs are in /var/log, so looking there for your 2.6 sessions' problems may be instructive. Good luck! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mutt + squirrelmail
On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:06:12PM +0100, Maurits van Rees wrote: [...] > > Some snippets from my .muttrc: > > # Default mail directory - `=' refers to this folder. > set folder=imaps://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/INBOX. > > # Local mail spool box: > mailboxes /var/mail/maurits > # IMAP inbox: > mailboxes imaps://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > # debian-user is sorted delivered here: > mailboxes imaps://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/INBOX.Debian > # junk/spam is delivered here: > mailboxes imaps://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/INBOX.Junk > > > > With that pressing 'c' shows the mailbox with the new mail. That did not seem to work for me, but set folder=imap://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ and mailboxes =INBOX does, at last, allow me to return to the INBOX via 'c' and tab. So I am making progress. Is there a way to move a message to another mailbox? I have only found 'C' and then 'd' to do this. Anyway, thanks for the help. I shall probably gradually get it all working now. UPDATE: I have been stuck for a day unable to send any messages from mutt (and something I did in mutt has upset kmail, so that option is gone (kmail cannot work out what folders are there -- keeps jumping back and forth between two interpretations of the folder list). I do not quite know where to look for the explanation of no outgoing mail from mutt. Outgoing mail from the command line goes with no problem. I assume something in the default mutt and/or the bits I cribbed from various sources is disagreeing with exim4. Or doesn't exim4 come into the sending of mail? I get so confused by these components. I have tried setting exim4 (with dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config) as internet server and as using smarthost (my ISP). Both work from command line. What log files should I be examining? -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug Reporting for Woody & Sarge Installations
I was directed to file bug reports for installations of Woody (which failed with a P4 system), and Sarge (which failed on a P3 system and succeeded on a P4 system). My question is which package should I indicate for the bug reports? jjwdeck Juno Platinum $9.95. Juno SpeedBand $14.95. Sign up for Juno Today at http://www.juno.com! Look for special offers at Best Buy stores. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug Reporting for Woody & Sarge Installations
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:50:42 -0600, John J Waldeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was directed to file bug reports for installations of Woody > (which failed with a P4 system), and Sarge (which failed on a P3 system > and succeeded on a P4 system). My question is which package should I > indicate for the bug reports? > > jjwdeck > I would suggest debian-installer. greets, Wim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TEST: New MOC source and binary available
Hi list, there is a new console music player available. _M_usic _O_n _C_onsole ->MOC http://moc.daper.net deb http://www.lxtec.de/debarchiv binary-powerpc/ deb http://www.lxtec.de/debarchiv binary-i386/ deb-src http://www.lxtec.de/debarchiv sources/ moc (2.1.3+2.2.0alpha1-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream * Added support for FLAC audio format. * Added suport for various file formats like au, aiff, voc, and more using libsndfile. This also provides better support for waves. * Going to a directory by typing the path with file-name completion (i command). * Ability to use default (transparent) and grey color. * Added a theme with transparent background. * Global theme directory. * MOC should now work on big-endian processors. * Added XTermTheme option to use a different theme when running on XTerm. * Fixed the 'next' command when AutoNext option is turned off. * Corrected note about how to start moc in README.Debian (shame ..) It runs well on my PowerBook5,2 and i386-box. Other ppc-platforms not tested yet, but should run anyway now. If someone is interested, please test it and send comments, sugestions and/or flames ;-) Ciao Elimar -- Do you smell something burning or ist it me? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Kernel 2.4
| Oh, sorry. I misunderstood your question | and can't help on the 2.6 issue. Ralph No problem My question maybe could have been worded a bit better in general Are internet connection problems with common NICs that function well under kernel 2.4 but fail under 2.6 well known and easily correctable ? | Still, starting a new thread | with a more specific subject | may get you better responses. Will do when I attempt the 2.6 kernel install if connection problems arise Earlier experience on a few other installs here has indicated that I may have problems | All the logs are in /var/log, | so looking there for your 2.6 sessions' problems | may be instructive. Thanks for the info | Good luck! Thanks Can always use a few extra spots of that -- Cousin Stanley Human Being Phoenix, Arizona -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HELP!!!, can't login even as root
Running sid, computer went bananas. Gnome terminal
froze. Logged out from X. Couldn't come back.
Rebooteed. This is what happens:
INIT: cannot excute "/etc/init.d/rcS"
INIT: Entering runlevel:2
INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init/d/rc"
INIT: cannot execute "/usr/sbin/secvpnmon"
same same same
Id "SVPN" respawning too fast:
disabled for 5 minutes
(none) login: {I enter root}
Password: {I enter root password}
Unable to change tty /dev/tty1: Read-only file
system.
Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied.
Debian Gnu/Linux 3.1 (none) tty1
(none) login:
{I do again Control + Alt + Delete}
Init: Switching to runlevel:6
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal
INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init.d/rc"
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue)
{I enter root password}
/bin/bash/: Permission denied
/bin/sh: Permission denied
Login incorrect
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue.
After several of these cycles I give up, pull my
Knoppix CD, boot from it, and from this yahoo
account send this desperate SOS to my debian
fellow users.
A few mintes after, from webmail at rr i repeat
the message. I think from the yahoo account it
didn't make it.
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Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root
Try this from a knoppix xterm (or other terminal)
$ su
# mkdir /mnt/debian
# mount -o rw,exec -t auto /dev/ /mnt/debian
# chroot /mnt/debian /bin/bash
# mount -a
# /etc/fstab
make sure that / is mounting read-write and exec
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Running sid, computer went bananas. Gnome terminal
> froze. Logged out from X. Couldn't come back.
> Rebooteed. This is what happens:
>
> INIT: cannot excute "/etc/init.d/rcS"
> INIT: Entering runlevel:2
> INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init/d/rc"
> INIT: cannot execute "/usr/sbin/secvpnmon"
> same same same
> Id "SVPN" respawning too fast:
> disabled for 5 minutes
> (none) login: {I enter root}
> Password: {I enter root password}
> Unable to change tty /dev/tty1: Read-only file
> system.
> Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied.
> Debian Gnu/Linux 3.1 (none) tty1
> (none) login:
> {I do again Control + Alt + Delete}
> Init: Switching to runlevel:6
> INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
> INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal
> INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init.d/rc"
> Give root password for maintenance
> (or type Control-D to continue)
> {I enter root password}
> /bin/bash/: Permission denied
> /bin/sh: Permission denied
> Login incorrect
> Give root password for maintenance
> (or type Control-D to continue.
>
> After several of these cycles I give up, pull my
> Knoppix CD, boot from it, and from this yahoo
> account send this desperate SOS to my debian
> fellow users.
>
> A few mintes after, from webmail at rr i repeat
> the message. I think from the yahoo account it
> didn't make it.
>
>
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Re: Woody -> Sarge with apt-cdrom
On 2004-11-18, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Felixk Karpfen wrote: >> before plunging into an upgrade >> via "apt-cdrom". >> >> I have used this routine successfully to add the "Debian 3.0R2" upgrade >> disk to my successfully-installed "Debian 3.0R1"; but I blench at an >> upgrade that involves tampering with the installed kernel. >> > > You want to go from Woody to Sarge and you have the 14 Sarge CD's? > Why the kernel-upgrade? The packages will be dist-upgraded. Not > necessarily the kernel. Thank you for the advice. The unasked query - because it related specifically to my box: Drivers for most of the hardware needed by my (recently-purchased) computer are not (readily?) available for the Woody kernel (2.4.18bf2.4). I am hoping that the kernels packaged with Sarge will do better. The 14 CDs are currently in the mail. When they arrive, my query may be fully answered in the included documentation - if I know where to look. Felix Karpfen -- Felix Karpfen Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xprt broke my printing in Galeon
I used to be able to print double-sided from Galeon. After a recent upgrade (Sarge) which pulled in xprt-xprintorg, there are two immediate problems: 1. Printing is single-sided (yes, Printer is set to my double-sided spool ds and yes, lpr -Pds still prints double-sided). 2. The print is HUGE and only the upper left-hand corner of the page is getting printed (yes, size is set to na-letter). Another thing I've noticed is that: 3. The Printer used is not selected by default the next time I print. How do you spell relief? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root
Well, I did it, but it didn't help. Still unable to boot. The corresponding
entry in fstab was changed to
r,w,exec
Even from the woody rescue cd couldn't get in, same response. Used a grub
floppy, tried to load another kernel, 2.4.20 i think, same response.
Any ideas what to do? Sunday, all are resting, bad luck for me.
Don't want to reinstall everything from scratch.
Hoping some ideas will pop from someones fingers.
Thank you David.
Try this from a knoppix xterm (or other terminal)
$ su
# mkdir /mnt/debian
# mount -o rw,exec -t auto /dev/ /mnt/debian
# chroot /mnt/debian /bin/bash
# mount -a
# /etc/fstab
make sure that / is mounting read-write and exec
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Running sid, computer went bananas. Gnome terminal
> froze. Logged out from X. Couldn't come back.
> Rebooteed. This is what happens:
>
> INIT: cannot excute "/etc/init.d/rcS"
> INIT: Entering runlevel:2
> INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init/d/rc"
> INIT: cannot execute "/usr/sbin/secvpnmon"
> same same same
> Id "SVPN" respawning too fast:
> disabled for 5 minutes
> (none) login: {I enter root}
> Password: {I enter root password}
> Unable to change tty /dev/tty1: Read-only file
> system.
> Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied.
> Debian Gnu/Linux 3.1 (none) tty1
> (none) login:
> {I do again Control + Alt + Delete}
> Init: Switching to runlevel:6
> INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
> INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal
> INIT: cannot execute "/etc/init.d/rc"
> Give root password for maintenance
> (or type Control-D to continue)
> {I enter root password}
> /bin/bash/: Permission denied
> /bin/sh: Permission denied
> Login incorrect
> Give root password for maintenance
> (or type Control-D to continue.
>
> After several of these cycles I give up, pull my
> Knoppix CD, boot from it, and from this yahoo
> account send this desperate SOS to my debian
> fellow users.
>
> A few mintes after, from webmail at rr i repeat
> the message. I think from the yahoo account it
> didn't make it.
>
>
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Re: courier-mta + amavisd-new + spamassassin
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:10:10 +0100, Mark Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Mark, >central point. But take a look at LDAP. With LDAP you can do the >same things and also do future things from this one database. >Creating a "single-sign-on" environment for your users. I considered moving the user information to a MySQL or LDAP Server but I'm searching for a setup which I can implement at some customers and I think some of them would see it as overkill if I for example setup an ldap/sql server for only 5 users. Do you know a tool like phpMyAdmin for LDAP? Because some customers can be convinced with graphical tools ;-) >The courier MTA was made by them to indeed fulfill the demand for >"everything from one distribution point". And although it eases the >integration, you get the idea there not using standards for it. Yes, that's right. And although I like courier, I must admit, that the configuration is very unlikely like every other mta I ever configured. >Hehe, it took me a while before switching from Sendmail as well. >Exim is a breaze compared to Sendmail. And a LOT better in security! The Security issues with sendmail where also my motivation to switch because if found courier is designed very secure. It seems that you know courier as well as exim - is the security compareable? >Maildrop and ".forward" files (exim's own filtering language real >easy to understand compared to procmail), and procmail. >Users can use any of these. Web interfaces make creating rules easy >for users. That sounds sexy! >As a side effect when users want to report spam to me, they send it >to a special "spam" email adress. This email then gets "fed" in to >there spamassassin database. Thereby strengthening spamassassin for >the next similar spam that comes along. This is done with procmail >recipies. And this even more! You offered to send me your exim configuration. If this offer still stands I would like to accept it? Cheers, Horst -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Development Headers
Just re-checking because I hadn't gotten a response. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Jeremy Jeremy Brown wrote: Is there any script or command in Debian that will install development header subpackages for all of the packages on my system? If you'd like to compile software above and beyond what is shipped with Debian, I've found that you end up manually searching for -dev packages for each piece of software your from-source software might possibly depend on. Jeremy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Beginner's?? Question
On Sunday 21 November 2004 10:34 am, K-sPecial wrote: > David Baron wrote: > > Quick answer: How might one retrieve the path to the most recent entry in > > a directory to pass to something else in a bash script? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo $OLDPWD > /home/kspecial > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo $PWD > /tmp > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ > > PWD contains the current directory while OLDPWD contains the last > accessed directory. > > --K-sPecial Just maybe you could use $ cd - It worked for me. daveA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xprt broke my printing in Galeon
- Original Message - From: Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, November 21, 2004 2:55 pm Subject: xprt broke my printing in Galeon > I used to be able to print double-sided from Galeon. After a recent > upgrade (Sarge) which pulled in xprt-xprintorg, there are two > immediateproblems: > > 1. Printing is single-sided (yes, Printer is set to my double-sided > spool ds and yes, lpr -Pds still prints double-sided). > > 2. The print is HUGE and only the upper left-hand corner of the > page is > getting printed (yes, size is set to na-letter). > > Another thing I've noticed is that: > > 3. The Printer used is not selected by default the next time I print. > > How do you spell relief? > > -- > Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG > ID:610BD9ADMaintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! > If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Select postscript default to print from mozilla, the output will be fine. Don't know how to make it default, but works good. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: courier-mta + amavisd-new + spamassassin
Hi Frederik, Thank you very much for your notes - I'll give them a try in the next days and let you know if I find something that may be not in your notes. On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 03:10:10 +0100, Frederik Dannemare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >mention. Maybe you can use some of it, maybe you can't. The patch I >refer to is a slightly edited version of the courier patch that is >included in the amavisd-new Debian package. I had to slighty adjust the >pacth here and there - otherwise it would not apply cleanly (maybe this >has changed since I did my install?). Do you still have the adjusted patch or is http://sentinel.dk/linux/debian/patches/amavisd-new-courier-debian.patch already the modified version? Did amavisd-new in your setup work with full features? Or are there some limitations? Cheers, Horst -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, I did it, but it didn't help. Still unable to boot. The corresponding
> entry in fstab was changed to
> r,w,exec
That should be
rw,exec
If that doesn't fix it, try (in knoppix, after the chroot and mount -a):
# apt-get update
# apt-get install --reinstall `dpkg --get-selections \
| grep install | awk '{print $1};'`
note that this last command reinstalls everything on your system, so it
may take a while. also note that there are back-ticks and single-quotes
in there, so be carefull
If it still doesn't work, try these commands and email the output:
# apt-get install file # only if you don't already have it
# stat /bin/bash
# file /bin/bash
# ls -l /bin/bash
--
-BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-
Version: 3.1
GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$
UB+++>$L$*-- P+>++$ L+++()$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K-
w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-)
b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e-> h* r? z*
--END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
David Mandelberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root
the chroot step didn't work, rr webmail is being a pain, loging me out every 5
sec, sorry if send this mail twice, dont know if it made it
is chroot indispensible for the dpkg reinstallation?
Thanks david
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, I did it, but it didn't help. Still unable to boot. The corresponding
> entry in fstab was changed to
> r,w,exec
That should be
rw,exec
If that doesn't fix it, try (in knoppix, after the chroot and mount -a):
# apt-get update
# apt-get install --reinstall `dpkg --get-selections \
| grep install | awk '{print $1};'`
note that this last command reinstalls everything on your system, so it
may take a while. also note that there are back-ticks and single-quotes
in there, so be carefull
If it still doesn't work, try these commands and email the output:
# apt-get install file # only if you don't already have it
# stat /bin/bash
# file /bin/bash
# ls -l /bin/bash
--
-BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-
Version: 3.1
GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$
UB+++>$L$*-- P+>++$ L+++()$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K-
w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-)
b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e-> h* r? z*
--END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
David Mandelberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
error in apt updating to Sarge
Hello I have installed Woody and i want to upgrade to Sarge. I put the sources but when i update i have this error Reading Package ListsError! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing po4a (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testin_main_binary-i386_packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened I thank all answers, thank you. Igor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DSL+PPPoE with Efficient Networks LANL card (legacy SBC)?
[This message has also been posted.] A friend of mine has residential DSL service from SBC. I can move him from MSFT to Debian if I can get his DSL service going. Apparently he was an early adopter, and let the telco install and configure his service, and it took them nine house calls to get it working on Windoze 98! This is the legacy SBC service, from before they outsourced their residential ISP operation to Yahoo. (Their current service uses a normal Ethernet card and external DSL box, and their outsourced tech support had never heard of this setup.) They installed an unmarked PCI card which reads "Efficient Networks (LANL)" in lspci. It's got one green LED and an RJ11 phone jack. There is no external DSL modem/bridge/router; this thing just hooks up to the phone line upstream of the lowpass filter for the POTS phone. It came with a PPPoE client called "EnterNet" and put some kind of ATM module in the Windoze TCP/IP/PPP stack. Any idea what this thing is? Should it work like the Speedstream 3060 et al? Should it be recognized by some Ethernet driver? Do we have to scrap it and get a normal Ethernet card and external DSL box? That would be bad. TIA. Will post the solution. If you reply off-list, delete the "-du" from my address. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: courier-mta + amavisd-new + spamassassin
On Sunday 21 November 2004 21:45, Horst Bursik wrote: > Hi Frederik, > > Thank you very much for your notes - I'll give them a try in the next > days and let you know if I find something that may be not in your > notes. > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 03:10:10 +0100, Frederik Dannemare > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >mention. Maybe you can use some of it, maybe you can't. The patch I > >refer to is a slightly edited version of the courier patch that is > >included in the amavisd-new Debian package. I had to slighty adjust > > the pacth here and there - otherwise it would not apply cleanly > > (maybe this has changed since I did my install?). > > Do you still have the adjusted patch or is > http://sentinel.dk/linux/debian/patches/amavisd-new-courier-debian.pa >tch already the modified version? Yes, http://sentinel.dk/linux/debian/patches/amavisd-new-courier-debian.patch is my modified version of the original courier patch. My modified patch will apply cleanly to the amavisd-new sources in Debian, whereas the original patch (named amavisd-new-courier.patch) does not apply cleanly, simply because the Debian package maintainers of amavisd-new have made small changes to the amavisd-new sources (which the original courier patch, of course, does not know about). > Did amavisd-new in your setup work with full features? Or are there > some limitations? I haven't noticed any limitations in my particular setup, but on the other hand, I may not be using features that you may want to use. -- Frederik Dannemare | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Frederik+Dannemare http://frederik.dannemare.net | http://www.linuxworlddomination.dk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > the chroot step didn't work, rr webmail is being a pain, loging me out every > 5 sec, sorry if send this mail twice, dont know if it made it Hmm, it worked before though, are you sure you followed the exact same steps (mkdir /mnt/debian, then mount /dev/ /mnt/debian, then chroot /mnt/debian /bin/bash)? > is chroot indispensible for the dpkg reinstallation? It's much easier with the chroot, but it's possible without chrooting. Just a brief overview on how chroot (the program not the C function) works: 1. make some directory e.g. /mnt/debian the new root (/) for the current process 2. cd into / (/mnt/debian to the rest of the computer) 3. run another program e.g. /bin/bash (/mnt/debian/bin/bash to the rest of the computer) What that effectively does is put you 'in' your debian system even though the computer is running knoppix. -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>$L$*-- P+>++$ L+++()$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e-> h* r? z* --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- David Mandelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: error in apt updating to Sarge
Igor Arruza([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello > I have installed Woody and i want to upgrade to Sarge. > I put the sources but when i update i have this error > > Reading Package ListsError! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing po4a (NewVersion1) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testin_main_binary-i386_packages > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened > > I thank all answers, thank you. > search the archives. This comes up every month. -- USER, n.: The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot." -- Dave Barry, "Claw Your Way to the Top" ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nautilus-audio-view dies unexpectedly, nautilus becomes unusable
Hi everyone, I recently upgraded to debian sid, with udev and gnome-volume-manager enabled and then after my first reboot I started getting strange messages about "nautilus-audio-view" dying unexpectedly. This happens every time after a reboot. Killing nautilus or killing X and starting it again doesn't help. I can start applications normally - only the desktop and nautilus seem to have problems. The fact that restarting X11 doesn't help indicates IMHO that this could be a deeper problem than just gnome and nautilus. Dmesg tells me: EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended EXT3 FS on hda6, internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. After running e2fsck it tells me that the filesystem is now clean. But then again on the next boot the same messages appear. My /etc/fstab looks like this: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # proc/proc procdefaults0 0 /dev/hda5 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hda4 / ext3defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda1 /home ext3defaults0 2 /dev/hdc /media/cdromiso9660 ro,user,noauto,exec 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/1fat vfat defaults,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/sda2 /mnt/2fat vfat defaults,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 vfat defaults,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/hda1 ext3 noauto,user,defaults 0 0 Is the message about EXT3-fs significant? If yes, what can I do about it? If it's not the EXT-3 error message that causes nautilus not to come up again - what could it be? Has anyone else had problems with nautilus-audio-view or is it just me? Thank you pascal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
atftpd installation and Multicast Transfer
What is Multicast Transfer and why would I use it? I'm not sure what the correct answer is during the installation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root
Ok, it seems someone got in, don't know, here goes what you asked me for: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mkdir /mnt/debian [EMAIL PROTECTED] mount -o rw,exec -t auto /dev/hdb1 /mnt/debian [EMAIL PROTECTED] chroot /mnt/debian /bin/bash chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls /mnt/debian bin cdrom flashcard lib mnt sbin tmp vmlinuz boot devfloppy lost+found proc stick usr vmlinuz.old card etchome memstickroot sysvar [EMAIL PROTECTED] file /mnt/debian/bin/bash /mnt/debian/bin/bash: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] stat /mnt/debian/bin/bash File: `/mnt/debian/bin/bash' Size: 666892 Blocks: 1312 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 341h/833d Inode: 2681751 Links: 1 Access: (0660/-rw-rw) Uid: ( 33/www-data) Gid: ( 33/www-data) Access: 2004-11-21 17:02:04.0 -0500 Modify: 2004-11-11 01:42:13.0 -0500 Change: 2004-11-21 11:44:15.0 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -l /mnt/debian/bin/bash -rw-rw 1 www-data www-data 666892 Nov 11 01:42 /mnt/debian/bin/bash Looks bad... Tell me guys, wipe all? David, thank you for all, same for Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > the chroot step didn't work, rr webmail is being a pain, loging me out every > 5 sec, sorry if send this mail twice, dont know if it made it Hmm, it worked before though, are you sure you followed the exact same steps (mkdir /mnt/debian, then mount /dev/ /mnt/debian, then chroot /mnt/debian /bin/bash)? > is chroot indispensible for the dpkg reinstallation? It's much easier with the chroot, but it's possible without chrooting. Just a brief overview on how chroot (the program not the C function) works: 1. make some directory e.g. /mnt/debian the new root (/) for the current process 2. cd into / (/mnt/debian to the rest of the computer) 3. run another program e.g. /bin/bash (/mnt/debian/bin/bash to the rest of the computer) What that effectively does is put you 'in' your debian system even though the computer is running knoppix. -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>$L$*-- P+>++$ L+++()$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e-> h* r? z* --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- David Mandelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TEST: New MOC source and binary available
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 07:35:33PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > Hi list, > [...] > Do you smell something burning or ist it me? It's you! Das ist hier naemlich die deutsche Liste. Gruss -- hgb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Access: (0660/-rw-rw) Uid: ( 33/www-data) Gid: ( 33/www-data) Do this: $ grep 33 /mnt/debian/etc/passwd $ grep 33 /mnt/debian/etc/group and email the user with uid 33 and the group with gid 33. If it actually is www-data/www-data, then you've probably been h4x0r3d, if it's bin/bin, then I'm just confused. Also, look around for a root-kit sniffer in knoppix and use it if you find one, this looks like either a break in or a really stupid mistake (no offense). -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>$L$*-- P+>++$ L+++()$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e-> h* r? z* --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- David Mandelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
LIRC modules and kernel 2.6
Hi all, I cannot compile lirc-modules with kernel 2.6.8. I have installed kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 and kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-686. This is what I get when I try to compile: salon:/usr/src/modules/lirc# debian/rules binary-modules sed -e "s!\$KVERS!`sed -n -e '/UTS_RELEASE/s/^[^"]*"\([^"]*\)".*$/\1/p' /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h`!g; s!\$KSRC!/usr/src/linux!; s!\$KARCH!i386!; s!\$KEMAIL!!; s!\$KMAINT!!; s!\$KDREV!"Custom.1.00"!;s!\$DEBDATE!lun, 22 nov 2004 08:29:53 +0100!" debian/control.in > debian/control dh_testdir # Add here commands to compile the package. /usr/bin/make debconf make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/lirc' /usr/bin/make -e -C drivers SUBDIRS="lirc_i2c lirc_dev" make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/lirc/drivers' Making all in lirc_i2c make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/lirc/drivers/lirc_i2c' Makefile:359: /usr/src/linux//Rules.make: No existe el fichero o el directorio make[3]: *** No hay ninguna regla para construir el objetivo `/usr/src/linux//Rules.make'. Alto. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/lirc/drivers/lirc_i2c' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/lirc/drivers' make[1]: *** [i2c] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/lirc' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 -- -- http://antares.sip.ucm.es/~luis In a world without walls, who neds Windows? pgptt555w4pi1.pgp Description: PGP signature
configure PS2 mouse through KVM Switch to serial port on Debian with Xfree
Hello Debian_User, How do you configure a PS/2 mouse through a KVM Switch connected to a PS/2 to serial port adaptor to the serial port on a PC with Xfree? Interesting point is old serial port mouse works fine in GUI (i.e. Xfree) but the new PS/2 mouse through the KVM switch does not work. Why would I get the same error message after leaving Xfree with either mouse connected, yet the old serial mouse works in GUI and the PS/2 mouse connected through the KVM switch does not? ,- [ 1st error message ] | (EE) xf86 OpenSerial: Cannont open device /dev/input/mice | No such device `- ,- [ should be GPM configuration IIRC ] | Current Configuration: -m/dev/psaux -t autops2 -Rms3 | Device: /dev/psaux | type: autops2 | Repeat_Type: ms3 `- Is this because I have gpm working and have Xfree configured incorrectly? If yes, how do I get the same settings in Xfree that I have in gpm? If no, then why would old serial mouse work in Xfree and not new PS2 mouse connected through KVM switch? I'm new to Linux and Debian. I've had problems from the get go with getting old graphics card working. I've gotten over that hurdle doing the research to get the chip set, now the mouse, then after that I'll have to figure out how to print to old HP Laser Jet 6P with a print server. Lot of stuff to read, and find myself reading material which isn't necessarily solving the problem. If you could point me in the right direction it would be of great help. Thanks! -- Best Regards, Greg Strong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: Nvidia Kernel Drivers ( Sarge )
On 11/20/2004 09:20 PM, Frederik Dannemare wrote: it's still a pretty easy task (especially if you're using 2.4.x). I have written down the instructions at: http://www.sentinel.dk/cookbook/?nvidia_drivers Frederik, Thank you! I've had several failed attempts at installing nvidia-glx and getting it working on sarge 2.4.27. Your "recipe" made it easy. (Some other time I'll look to tackle 'which AGP driver?') May I add suggestions to your fine recipe page under "Post-install?" 1) Directly edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. For some reason, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 didn't work for me. 2) adduser video # needed for dri to work 3) reboot. # The docs are correct about this! 4) Remind readers to read the docs in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx. Thanks again. Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bold Fonts Not Working in OpenOffice (Sid)
I have installed those packages and the problem is solved. I had some problems with the mstt fonts package (proxy issues) so it was installed later than the others and the problem did not resolve until this package was on, so it may be that I needed this package in particular. Thank you to everyone who has helped with this. It was my first experience looking to the community of Debian users for support and I have to say it was a very positive thing. Kind regards, Bernard Lineham On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 12:32 -0500, H. S. wrote: > Apparently, _Matt Price_, on 18/11/04 18:05,typed: > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:37:08AM +1100, Bernard Lineham wrote: > > > >>Many thanks for your reply. I did not have the theasaurus or the help > >>package installed so I added those but unfortunately it did not correct > >>the problem. > >>On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 14:04 -0500, H. S. wrote: > >> > >>>Bernard Lineham wrote: > >>> > I'm running a recently installed up to date Sid distribution. I am > having a problem where text in OpenOffice Writer that is marked as bold > is still showing up as plain text. Can anyone advise how I might solve > this problem? > >> > > > > this may be a problem with the rendering of text onscreen. In > > particular I notice that Bitstream Vera Charter (which was the default > > font when I first installed OOo) Bold does not look any different > > ONSCREEN than the non-bold. Try changing the font, e.g. to Times, see > > if that helps. If that solves your problem, then you just need to > > switch your default font to something that displays properly. If you > > really like charter and want to keep it as your default, than that > > demands a proper fix I unfortunatley am not competent to tell you how > > to arrange. > > > > g'luck! > > matt > > > Actually, yes. Since when I was having a problem in seeing bold fonts > onscreen, the exported PDF files looked okay with bold fonts printed nicely. > > I guess the problem would be in the fonts rendering on the system. I > have these packages installed: > $> dpkg -l xfs* *ftt* mstt* | grep ^ii > ii xfs4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X font server > ii xfs-xtt1.4.1.xf430-5 X-TrueType font server > ii xfstt 1.6-2 X Font Server for TrueType fonts > ii fttools1.2-13.1 FreeType font utilities. > ii msttcorefonts 1.1.12 Installer for Microsoft TrueType core > fonts > > To the OP, try installing the last package above (or others too if > needed), and see if that makes a difference. Sorry I can't be more > specific(its been too long since I encountered this problem), but I do > recall that the problem went away when I installed one or two additional > packages. You have already tried openoffice related ones, try giving the > above ones a shot. > > GL, > ->HS > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nikon Coolpix 5200
I am currently running debian sid kde 3.3.1 kernel 2.6.7-1-686-smp, and in the market for a digital camera, i really like the nikon coolpix 5200 but it is not listed in KDE's digital camera menu under control center. i was wondering if anyone out there might know if the 5200 would work with this setup thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Development Headers
Jeremy writes: > Is there any script or command in Debian that will install development > header subpackages for all of the packages on my system? apt-get build-dep -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root
yeap, it is www-data. See next www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www/:/bin/sh and www-data:x:33: It probably hapenned by allowing uploading of pictures through a perl script to my server without proper security. STUPID mistake, if it is the reason. And more stupid, if another mistake of mine. That h-thing is what, a code for what? Where can I read about this? Whats next step, wipe it all? What damage it could have done? Thank you guys for all. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Access: (0660/-rw-rw) Uid: ( 33/www-data) Gid: ( 33/www-data) Do this: $ grep 33 /mnt/debian/etc/passwd $ grep 33 /mnt/debian/etc/group and email the user with uid 33 and the group with gid 33. If it actually is www-data/www-data, then you've probably been h4x0r3d, if it's bin/bin, then I'm just confused. Also, look around for a root-kit sniffer in knoppix and use it if you find one, this looks like either a break in or a really stupid mistake (no offense). -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>$L$*-- P+>++$ L+++()$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e-> h* r? z* --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- David Mandelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: error in apt updating to Sarge
On Sunday 21 November 2004 04:23 pm, Igor Arruza wrote: > Hello > I have installed Woody and i want to upgrade to Sarge. > I put the sources but when i update i have this error > > Reading Package ListsError! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing po4a (NewVersion1) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testin_main_binary-i386_ >packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened > > I thank all answers, thank you. I went through this a while ago. I think you need to increase your cache(?) size, that is, the disk space apt allots for the packages. See if you can find the setting in apt.conf or something like that. Upgrade apt first. It's nasty but after that it's plain sailing. daveA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Nikon Coolpix 5200
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 17:41 -0500, Clifton Sluss wrote: > I am currently running debian sid kde 3.3.1 kernel 2.6.7-1-686-smp, > and in the market for a digital camera, i really like the nikon > coolpix 5200 but it is not listed in KDE's digital camera menu under > control center. i was wondering if anyone out there might know if the > 5200 would work with this setup > thanks http://www.gphoto.org/ http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/linux/digicam.html If the cp 5200 doesn't integrate with gphoto2, then you can probably mount it as a USB flash drive. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament -- disarmament follows peace." Bernard M Baruch signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Cups in sarge stops a lot.. maybe lprng better
I was having exactly the same problem. I noticed when my HP4100 printers goes off-line, cups disables printer gueue. The only way I could think of fixing it is to run /usr/bin/enable from the cron. My respect to all people on this list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disabling access to SSH
There are several approaches: 1) Use tcpd - access control facility for internet services Configure your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny as follows: Add to /etc/hosts.allow # Services that can be contacted externally. sshd: IP-host1/255.255.255.0 IP-host2/255.255.255.0 172.16.145.0/255.255.255.0 - the local subnet Add to /etc/hosts.deny # Deny everything unless allowed by /etc/hosts.allow ALL : [EMAIL PROTECTED], PARANOID man 3 hosts_access - functions provided by the libwrap library. man 5 hosts_access - format of the tcpd access control tables. man 5 syslog.conf - format of the syslogd control file. man 5 inetd.conf - format of the inetd control file. 2) One can also disable external machine using PAM ( Portable Authentication Module ACL for OpenSSH? server. 1. Create /etc/sshd.acl that includes a list of users who are allowed to access to the machine. 2. Make /etc/sshd.acl readable by user root only. # chmod 660 /etc/sshd.acl 3. Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/ssh (for Debian Gnu/Linux) or /etc/pam.d/sshd (for Redhat Linux) # make sure that it one line # auth required /lib/security/pam_listfile.so file=/etc/sshd.acl item=user sense=allow onerr=fail Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem with CUPS: need to enter password for lp and lpq several times
Hi, I'm using CUPS (cupsys-1.1.20final+rc1-10) in Sarge and have a problem using any functions that require authentication. If I want to print a document using lp, I have to enter my password three times before it is accepted. If I want to query the status of the printer queue using lpq, I have to enter the password five (usually) or four (rarely) times. I see similar issues when I'm trying to access the web interface. I can login to the main menu without problem, but if I try to access the jobs listing, I am prompted for the password for what seems to be an infinite number of times. I am quite certain that my mistyping the password over and over again is not the cause of this problem. :) Any ideas? Cheers, Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mounting Windows problem
Lauri Tischler wrote: freire wrote: For some reason my windowsnt filesystem in may debian istalation is owned by root and is mounted as read only (and tgherefore I cant change anything). Teh line in /etc/fstab is: /dev/hda1 /Winntfsrw,user,noauto 0 0 but... Someone can tell me why? Because NTFS filesystem is undocumented and it is a Really Bad Idea to write into it with Linux. Yes. If you want read/write access to certain files, you could create a vfat partition to store those files. Both OS can read/write vfat. - Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with CUPS: need to enter password for lp and lpq several times
On Sunday 21 November 2004 17:34, Andreas Ehn wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using CUPS (cupsys-1.1.20final+rc1-10) in Sarge and have a problem > using any functions that require authentication. > > If I want to print a document using lp, I have to enter my password > three times before it is accepted. If I want to query the status of the > printer queue using lpq, I have to enter the password five (usually) or > four (rarely) times. > > I see similar issues when I'm trying to access the web interface. I can > login to the main menu without problem, but if I try to access the jobs > listing, I am prompted for the password for what seems to be an infinite > number of times. It sounds like you have /jobs set to AuthType Basic / AuthClass User; which I believe is the default. It should accept your Unix password. Are you using some other sort of authentication, such as NIS or ldap? If not, I would strace your attempts at using lp to see just what the hell cups is doing ... like: strace lp filename -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ ( t | i | m | @ | i | t | . | k | p | t | . | c | c ) \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ GPG key fingerprint = 1DEE CD9B 4808 F608 FBBF DC21 2807 D7D3 09CA 85BF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Development Headers
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 03:59:03PM -0500, Jeremy Brown wrote: > Jeremy Brown wrote: > > >Is there any script or command in Debian that will install development > >header subpackages for all of the packages on my system? > > > >If you'd like to compile software above and beyond what is shipped > >with Debian, I've found that you end up manually searching for -dev > >packages for each piece of software your from-source software might > >possibly depend on. > > > >Jeremy > > > > > Just re-checking because I hadn't gotten a response. Anyone know how to > do this? How about: for x in `dpkg --get-selections | cut -f 1 | grep lib | grep -v dev`; do apt-cache show $x'-dev' > /dev/null 2>&1 && apt-get install -y $x'-dev'; done -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F signature.asc Description: Digital signature
does kernel 2.4 support scsi AC-520A
i have a ISA scsi card, the model name is AC-520A, the chipset is adaptec AIC-6360L, does kernel 2.4 support it? Thanks! __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with CUPS: need to enter password for lp and lpq several times
On Sunday 21 November 2004 18:03 -0600, Tim Kelley wrote: > It sounds like you have /jobs set to AuthType Basic / AuthClass User; which I > believe is the default. Yes, you are right. I have now changed that to AuthType Digest, with the result that I can now access /jobs. I still have the same problem with lp and lpq, though. > It should accept your Unix password. Are you using some other sort of > authentication, such as NIS or ldap? I'm using CUPS passwords in /etc/cups/passwd.md5 set with lppasswd. > If not, I would strace your attempts at using lp to see just what the hell > cups is doing ... > > like: > > strace lp filename I tried that, as well as looking at the network traffic when trying to print a document in Ethereal, but I can't really figure out what's going on. Cheers, Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Courier certificate
Every time I log on to IMAP server via mutt, it says This certificate belongs to: localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] Courier Mail Server Automatically-generated IMAP SSL key New York NY US This certificate was issued by: localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] Courier Mail Server Automatically-generated IMAP SSL key New York NY US ... WARNING: Server hostname does not match certificate I assume this is a default certificate generated by Courier at install. I have so far failed to find out how to replace it with a "correct certificate" Can anyone point me at the relevant instructions, please? -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Courier certificate
Edit `/etc/courier/imapd.cnf' accordingly, then run `/usr/lib/courier/mkimapdcert' to generate the new certificate. Reload /etc/init.d/courier-* and close your client, log in again. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time I log on to IMAP server via mutt, it says This certificate belongs to: localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] Courier Mail Server Automatically-generated IMAP SSL key New York NY US This certificate was issued by: localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] Courier Mail Server Automatically-generated IMAP SSL key New York NY US ... WARNING: Server hostname does not match certificate I assume this is a default certificate generated by Courier at install. I have so far failed to find out how to replace it with a "correct certificate" Can anyone point me at the relevant instructions, please? smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: does kernel 2.4 support scsi AC-520A
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 16:54 -0800, j smith wrote: > i have a ISA scsi card, the model name is AC-520A, the > chipset is adaptec AIC-6360L, does kernel 2.4 support > it? Thanks! Have you googled? -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes." Molly Ivins signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
clock oddity
I've been reading man pages of hwclock, xclock, adjtime, and so on, but cannot see how to adjust the time shown on teh icewm clock, which is steadfastly 56 minutes ahead of the hwclock (which is set reasonably correct). Which utility controls this? -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem with installing gnome
Hi all, I am using debian/unstable, and find i can't install gnome with the following error: #aptitude install gnome Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. E: Unable to correct dependencies, some packages cannot be installed E: Unable to resolve some dependencies! Some packages had unmet dependencies. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following packages have unmet dependencies: gnome: Depends: gnome-desktop-environment (= 61) but it is not installable Depends: gnome-office (= 61) but it is not installable Depends: evolution but it is not installable or balsa but it is not installable Depends: gnome-cups-manager but it is not installable Depends: gnome-system-tools (>= 0.90.0) but it is not installable Depends: magicdev but it is not installable or gnome-volume-manager but it is not installable Depends: rhythmbox but it is not installable Depends: totem but it is not installable There are some errors with dependence, how can i fix it? Thank you for suggestions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with installing gnome
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 09:26 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > Hi all, > I am using debian/unstable, and find i can't install gnome with > the following error: > > #aptitude install gnome > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree > Reading extended state information > Initializing package states... Done > Reading task descriptions... Done > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > E: Unable to correct dependencies, some packages cannot be installed > E: Unable to resolve some dependencies! > Some packages had unmet dependencies. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > gnome: Depends: gnome-desktop-environment (= 61) but it is not installable > Depends: gnome-office (= 61) but it is not installable > Depends: evolution but it is not installable or > balsa but it is not installable > Depends: gnome-cups-manager but it is not installable > Depends: gnome-system-tools (>= 0.90.0) but it is not installable > Depends: magicdev but it is not installable or > gnome-volume-manager but it is not installable > Depends: rhythmbox but it is not installable > Depends: totem but it is not installable > > > > There are some errors with dependence, how can i fix it? > > Thank you for suggestions. Pure Sid, or sarge/sid, or sid/experimental? Maybe you have something lurking in your /etc/apt/sources.list that you forgot about? What happens if you try: # apt-get -t unstable install evolution -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "A great many open minds should be closed for repairs." Toledo Blade Newspaper signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Problem with installing gnome
Try installing gnome-desktop-environment on its own and see what comes up. I remember having this problem, and I tried each package individually until it finally spat something out at me which was helpful. Lian Liming wrote: Hi all, I am using debian/unstable, and find i can't install gnome with the following error: #aptitude install gnome Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. E: Unable to correct dependencies, some packages cannot be installed E: Unable to resolve some dependencies! Some packages had unmet dependencies. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following packages have unmet dependencies: gnome: Depends: gnome-desktop-environment (= 61) but it is not installable Depends: gnome-office (= 61) but it is not installable Depends: evolution but it is not installable or balsa but it is not installable Depends: gnome-cups-manager but it is not installable Depends: gnome-system-tools (>= 0.90.0) but it is not installable Depends: magicdev but it is not installable or gnome-volume-manager but it is not installable Depends: rhythmbox but it is not installable Depends: totem but it is not installable There are some errors with dependence, how can i fix it? Thank you for suggestions. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
