Re: Cups in sarge stops a lot.. maybe lprng better

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

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.


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Re: Disabling access to SSH

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

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

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Usin CUPS client server model, how to see remote and local printers.

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Hi there,

I am running CUPS server in cross-platform academic environment.

People are using Debian Sarge as a desktop workstation, some have local
printers attached. How do I configure CUPS client so that it can use
both: queues on the CUPS server and local queues?

I can configure CUPS client to look for the server by using 
#ServerName in /etc/cups/client.conf. If I do this, client sees the main
server but fails to see any printers configured locally.

If I comment out #ServerName in /etc/cups/client.conf, the machine see
all local printers but fails to see any queues on the main CUPS server.

I configured a client to poll the server for the list of available
printers: BrowsePoll local.cups.server:631

Server configured to announces itself to the local subnet as follows:

BrowseAddress @LOCAL
BrowseOrder allow,deny
BrowseAllow @LOCAL

It does it properly all queues can be seen on the client only 
if ServerName on the client point's to the server. 

Thank you in advnace.

Ivan


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Re: Firefox, Thunderbird etc.

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

>Sayantan Sur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >is the firefox (or thunderbird) package going to be in the
>>unstable/testing of Debian Sarge? I am on sarge (testing) and can see
>> only Firefox version 0.9.3

> I'm also on sarge, but I use apt pinning to let me pull in particular
packages from unstable - in my case, specifically thunderbird, firefox,
and gaim.

>See http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html for more details. 

>It
>works for me.

Firefox 1.0.2 is current version in sarge (or at least this is the case
for my sarge).

||/ Name   VersionDescription
+++-==-==-
ii  mozilla-firefo 1.0-2  lightweight web browser based on
Mozilla

Are you using an up-to-date apt repository?

Chris


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Problem with installing fam on a remote host using apt-get over ssh.

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

I need to install fam on a linux machine remotely.

If I login to a remove host using ssh and run command 

apt-get install fam

everything works perfectly.

However I experience a problem with installing FAM using a script that
runs installation command on remove host via SSH.

Remote session gets stack on starting fam daemon. 

When terminated by Ctrl-C command process on a remote machine leaves
dirty "lock" /var/lib/dpkg/lock and /var/cache/apt/archives/lock.

"apt-get install pkg_name" would not work on the remote machine until I
remove "dirty" locks and run "dpkg --configure -a" to finish fam
installation.

I managed to recreate following steps:

1) Make a bash script install_fam.sh
#!/bin/bash
ssh $1 "apt-get install fam"

2) If fam is installed on the remove machine uninstall it and run the
script to install fam on the remote machine

$ ./install_fam.sh remote_machine
i
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fam
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded.
Need to get 69.2kB of archives.
After unpacking 213kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 ftp://mirror.cse.unsw.edu.au sarge/main fam 2.7.0-6 [69.2kB]
Fetched 69.2kB in 1s (41.4kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package fam.
(Reading database ... 139246 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fam (from .../archives/fam_2.7.0-6_i386.deb) ...
Setting up fam (2.7.0-6) ...
Starting file alteration monitor: 

# At this point remote process sits indefinitely.

# Pressing Ctrl-C
Killed by signal 2.

There is obviously a bug somewhere but it is not obvious to me where to
report it, is this is this a problem with fam or ssh?

What do I need to do to report this bug.

Thank you in advance.



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Re: Using AutoCAD 2005 on linux:

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

1. Try www.vmware.com - intel hardware emullator, works like a deam.

2. Google for BRL-CAD to search for the web site and see if it can be
used.


Have a look at 
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 15:33, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 20:25 -0800, Mike wrote:
> > I use autocad frequently.  Is there some way to emulate it or is there a 
> > linux version available.  I have heard that WINE and AutoCAD are not 
> > very stable.  I heard that architects prefer linux for large projects 
> > instead of windows.  I want to use AutoCAD.  There has to be some way.  
> > This is the last piece of software holding me back.
> 
> Try CrossOver Office.  It is the commercial version of Wine.


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apt-get over SSH - unexpected results

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

I have difficulties installing a package on a Debian Sarge machine. The
problem is rather strange, installation fails when I run apt-get
remotely over ssh and works fine when I work on the console. 

In more details:
 
If I login to a remove host using ssh and run command 

apt-get install fam

everything works perfectly.

However I experience a problem with installing FAM (only fam) using a
script that runs installation command on remove host via SSH.

Remote session gets stack on starting fam daemon. 

When terminated by Ctrl-C command process on a remote machine leaves
dirty "lock" /var/lib/dpkg/lock and /var/cache/apt/archives/lock.

"apt-get install pkg_name" would not work on the remote machine until I
remove "dirty" locks and run "dpkg --configure -a" to finish fam
installation.

Problem can be recreate by following steps:

1) Make a bash script install_fam.sh
#!/bin/bash
ssh $1 "apt-get install fam"

2) If fam is installed on the remove machine uninstall it and run the
script to install fam on the remote machine

$ ./install_fam.sh remote_machine

Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fam
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded.
Need to get 69.2kB of archives.
After unpacking 213kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 ftp://mirror.cse.unsw.edu.au sarge/main fam 2.7.0-6 [69.2kB]
Fetched 69.2kB in 1s (41.4kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package fam.
(Reading database ... 139246 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fam (from .../archives/fam_2.7.0-6_i386.deb) ...
Setting up fam (2.7.0-6) ...
Starting file alteration monitor: 

# At this point remote process stops indefinitely.

# Pressing Ctrl-C
Killed by signal 2.

There is obviously a bug somewhere but it is not obvious to me where to
report it, is this is this a problem with fam or openssh? 

What do I need to do to report this bug.

Thank you in advance.



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ide-scsi emulation and modules configuration at

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Here is a good question. I am trying to get generic Sarge 2.4.26 system
to recognise and configure IDE CD-writer and CD-reader at a startup
using ide-scsi emulation as described in
file:///usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup

/boot/grub/menu.lst

title   Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.26-1-686
root(hd0,0)
kernel  /vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-686 root=/dev/sda5 ro hda=ide-scsi
hdc=ide-scsi

???
What is for
max_scsi_luns=1"

System has internal SCSI drive and 2 IDE cdroms. What should be a
max_scsi_luns?

initrd  /initrd.img-2.4.26-1-686
savedefault
boot

Lsmod shows that after reboot both cdrom and ide-cd modules are running
I can mount CDROMS to /dev/hdx. I have /dev/scdX setup properly.
Mounting of /dev/scdX fails, "dmesg shows that ise-scsi emulation does
not work.

The only way I can make ide-scsi emulation to work is to disable and
enable modules by running a script as follows:

# To activate scsi emulation ( enable CDWR support execute as # user
root). You need to do after a reboot. Login as root copy and paste into
a terminal window and press Enter.

# write to a tmp file
cat > /tmp/tmp_enable_scsi << EOF
rmmod ide-cd
rmmod cdrom
rmmod ide-scsi
rmmod sg
insmod sg
insmod ide-scsi
insmod cdrom
insmod sr_mod
EOF
# source the tmp files so all commands get executed
source /tmp/tmp_enable_scsi
#
# remove tmp file
/bin/rm /tmp/tmp_enable_scsi
#
# check that both cd and cdrw are emulated as scsi
cdrecord -scanbus

Ide-scsi is configured and I can write cd.

Q. Why ide-cd and cdrom modules start on reboot? How do I make it to
work in debian way "just works". I figured out which modules to disable
and to enable and I am happy to run my script script, but my users find
it difficult. I will eventually migrate to 2.6 but I cannot do it now.

Could this be because I have discover1 installed or something similar
that tries to reconfigure my kernel modules?

Any suggestions?




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Re: Conversion PDF->WMF

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Install PS printer on your windows machine. Print to a file to make a
PostScript file. On Linux PS files can be converted to CGM using ps2edit
on command line or interactively using vector drawing program "sketch".
I think that there is free plug-in for MS Word to import PS files.
Google for it.

On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 10:36, Gregory Seidman wrote:
> Because of unpleasant requirements at work, I am producing diagrams in a
> Windows program that has no export capabilities at all. I can print,
> however, and I am using the free PDFCreator project from sourceforge to
> generate PDFs. This is all well and good, but I now need to insert these
> diagrams in Word and modify them, which sucks.
> 
> It seems that the only vector formats Word understands are CGM, WMF, and
> EMF. I took the PDFs I'd produced over to a Debian box and looked into
> pstoedit. Unfortunately, its CGM output is mediocre (did terrible things to
> fonts) and I had to use acroread to convert the PDF to PS before using it.
> (It claims it works on PDF, and it should since it is based on ghostscript,
> but it did not like these PDFs.) Another try was using pstoedit to convert
> to an xfig file, then use fig2dev to convert to EMF, but that was even
> worse. Even the xfig file looked crappy. I suspect the problems with
> pstoedit had more to do with acroread's conversion to PS, but I'm not sure.
> 
> Does anyone have any other suggestions on how to translate from PDF to CGM,
> WMF, or EMF?
> 
> --Greg
> 


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Re: OpenOffice exporting EPS files

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Frederico,
 
If you have a PostScript printer configured, you can print to a PS file
and import PS to your LaTex document.

Ivan
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 06:56, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote:
> i saw nothing listed there... :(
> i am exporting a powerpoint drawing into an EPS file for a
> dissertation i'm doing in LaTeX.
> does anybody know any other way to do this?
> i have already tried exporting through Microsoft PowerPoint, but it's
> EPS exporter is terrible.
> -- Fred
> 
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:07:50 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 16:56 -0200, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote:
> > > it seems to be a problem with the EPS exporter.
> > > the people on the site have proposed the use of PNG files, but then i
> > > lose my vector format...
> > 
> > Hmm, good point.  What do they say about that?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > -- Fred
> > >
> > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:48:30 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 16:42 -0200, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi.
> > > > > Why do the EPS files exported by OpenOffice have opaque colors in
> > > > > the place of transparent objects ? Is this an OpenOffice bug or a
> > > > > limitation in the EPS format?
> > > >
> > > > Have you checked out www.openoffice.org?
> > 
> > --
> > -
> > 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
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> 


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Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

What is the best way to "apt-get update" a classroom full of debian
sarge machines. 

I tired using

apt-get update
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade

Nevertheless I was asked some questions as follows:

Configuration file `/etc/profile'
 ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
  D : show the differences between the versions
  Z : background this process to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** profile (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?

I have already tested the most recent updates and I want everything to
happen non-interactively.

What is the best way?


Thank you in advance.


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Can someone replicate a firefox/cups printing bug

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

I do not have xprint installed.

I encountered a problem with the latest firefox and mozilla (in sarge
and sid). Both firefox and/or mozilla fail to print to a remote cups
server if paper size specified in File > Print > Properties is different
from the paper size configuration of the printer the job is sent to. 

I am able to generate a postscript file (mozilla.ps) by printing to a
file. Spooling this file to a postscript printer fails. 

Cups detects that something is wrong; status of the printer changes to
"job sent to printer, waiting for completion ..." or something similar
and remains this way until next job is sent to a printer ( I not 100%
about status).
   
Logs on cups server are misleading. List of printed jobs shows that the
job was printed successfully. May be it was sent successfully, but
nothing comes out of the printer, so perhaps it should be marked as
unsuccessful?

Parsing mozilla.ps through ps2ps distiller, generates a normalised
postscript file mozilla_norm.ps. 

The normalised postscript is spooled without any problems.

Can anyone confirm this behaviour?! 

It looks like a bug to me, but I not sure whom to report it to GUPS or
mozilla? Or perhaps it is a printer's fault, because it is configured to
reject jobs unless a correct paper size is used? Can any one advise,
please.

I found a reference to a similar bug printed on mozilla zine site.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=797&highlight=papersize

Posted: Nov Fri 15th 2002 3:17am  Print always reverts to "Letter" paper
size.  It looks it still exists in firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4 but fixed in
mozilla (in sarge).

The date suggests that bug is over 3 years old and nobody cared about
fixing it. This is a worry considering how many new features were added
to firefox in the last 3 years.

It is an interesting case because neither bugs are critical, but have
cumulative effect on decreasing usability of firefox in production
environment. I teach a small group of users to change settings to use
preferred paper size ( with large number of users, this is
impractical) , but I cannot expect from any user to remember to change
paper settings every time application is restarted. 

In academic and business environment web browser is a flagman
application, it is used to view (on screen or paper) and manipulate ,
financial documents, date, information (books, papers, documents, etc). 

Inability to print or even unreliable printing means that software is
not suitable for production work. In my opinion, combined effect of
these two bugs is a new - critical bug which makes firefox unsuitable
for stable release.

Summary of questions
=

Can someone please confirm that firefox is not able to print when paper
size does not match on on the printer?

Is it possible to configure firefox to use a certain paper size?

Should I report failure to print to cups or mozilla?

What status should be assigned to this bug?
 
Thank you for your attention.

Regards,

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Re: java

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Streef,

I never had any problems with SUN Java on Sarge.
Sun Java 1.5 installed by the  method described below works with all
browsers including konqueror-browser.

I have installed:

ii  java-common0.22   Base of all Java packages
ii  java-package   0.24   utility for building Java(TM) 2 
ii  java2-common   1  Common facilities for all Java2
environments

#If you want to install JDE (no development tools) just copy and paste
#script below into your termianl, it will download and install Java for
#you. If you do not have sudo configured on your machine, run line which
# start with sudo in su mode.

export JAVA_SDE=jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586.bin 

# Comment out the above and comment out next line to install Java
Development environment. 
# Adjust name of the .deb package created by make-jpkg utility. 
# JAVA=jdk-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.bin 

# Go to a tmp directory 
cd /var/tmp  

# Install necessary utility tool make java.deb package 
sudo /usr/bin/apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y install fakeroot
java-package wget

# Download Java JDK package from SUN. 

/usr/bin/wget ftp://ftp/software/linsoft/java/sun/${JAVA_SDE}  


# create java package do as normal user
fakeroot /usr/bin/make-jpkg $JAVA_SDE  

sudo /usr/bin/dpkg -i sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0+update02_i386.deb 

If you want to install JDK use this script instead:
===

export JAVA=jdk-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.bin 

# Go to a tmp directory 
cd /var/tmp  

# Install necessary tools
sudo /usr/bin/apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y install fakeroot \
java-package wget

# Download Java JDK package from SUN ftp site.

/usr/bin/wget ftp://ftp/software/linsoft/java/sun/${JAVA}  

# Create debian java package
# you must run this as normal user
fakeroot /usr/bin/make-jpkg ${JAVA}  

# install java package
sudo /usr/bin/dpkg -i sun-j2sdk1.5_1.5.0+update01_i386.deb  

Regards.

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 23:57 +0200, steef wrote:
> hi folks,
> 
> which (external) java-package works with konqueror-browser under sarge?
> 
> tried several blackdown and sun packages (1.3.x, 1.4.x) but could not 
> see any applet. guess i missed something.
> by the way: read the how-to on java.
> (and, i know using java can be a real nuisance)
> 
> kr.,
> 
> steef
> 

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Re: Firefox pdf plugin suddenly broken

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 21:51 +, Pollywog wrote:
> On Saturday 21 May 2005 09:37 pm, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> 
> >
> > I spoke too soon.  It worked once, and then stopped again.  I can't
> > purge xpdf-utils because cups-pdf needs it.  Any other thoughts?
> >
> > Patrick
> 
> If you don't have the mozplugger package installed, try installing it.  That 
> might fix it for Firefox.  Make sure you have a symlink in your 
> mozilla-firefox plugins directory that points to mozplugger.so

I tried using mozplugger and in my case it stopped acroread (as plugin)
from working. When I installed acroread, mozilla-acroread and
acroread-plugins and things went back to normal.

I used this site to get acroread packages
# deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
> 
> 8)
> 

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How to enable a user access to fsck at boot up.

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Good day.

When machine reboots and there is problem with file system one has an
option to enter root password and user fsck utility to check and fix
file system errors. 

I think this is done via sulogin utility and /etc/init.d/fscheck.sh
script.

On some machines I have trusted users who can su via sudo, but I am
reluctant to give away root password. Is it possible to allow trusted
users to run fsck without knowing root password.

I could find some explanation about how sulogin work in it's manual. It
says:

... if  the -e option is specified, sulogin examines these
files directly to find the root password:

   /etc/passwd,
   /etc/shadow (if present)

   If they are damaged or non-existant, sulogin will start  a  root
shell without  asking  for a password. ...

Ivan
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firefox and mozilla fail to pring if papersize is incorrect, is there a fix?

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

I do not have xprint installed.

I encountered a problem with the latest firefox and mozilla (in sarge
and sid). Both firefox and/or mozilla fail to print to a remote cups
server if paper size specified in File > Print > Properties is different
from the paper size configuration of the printer the job is sent to. 

I am able to generate a postscript file (mozilla.ps) by printing to a
file. Spooling this file to a postscript printer fails. 

Cups detects that something is wrong; status of the printer changes to
"job sent to printer, waiting for completion ..." or something similar
and remains this way until next job is sent to a printer ( I not 100%
about status).
   
Logs on cups server are misleading. List of printed jobs shows that the
job was printed successfully. May be it was sent successfully, but
nothing comes out of the printer, so perhaps it should be marked as
unsuccessful?

Parsing mozilla.ps through ps2ps distiller, generates a normalised
postscript file mozilla_norm.ps. 

The normalised postscript is spooled without any problems.

Can anyone confirm this behaviour?! 

It looks like a bug to me, but I not sure whom to report it to GUPS or
mozilla? Or perhaps it is a printer's fault, because it is configured to
reject jobs unless a correct paper size is used? Can any one advise,
please.

I found a reference to a similar bug printed on mozilla zine site.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=797&highlight=papersize

Posted: Nov Fri 15th 2002 3:17am  Print always reverts to "Letter" paper
size.  It looks it still exists in firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4 but fixed in
mozilla (in sarge).

The date suggests that bug is over 3 years old and nobody cared about
fixing it. This is a worry considering how many new features were added
to firefox in the last 3 years.

It is an interesting case because neither bugs are critical, but have
cumulative effect on decreasing usability of firefox in production
environment. I teach a small group of users to change settings to use
preferred paper size ( with large number of users, this is
impractical) , but I cannot expect from any user to remember to change
paper settings every time application is restarted. 

In academic and business environment web browser is a flagman
application, it is used to view (on screen or paper) and manipulate ,
financial documents, date, information (books, papers, documents, etc). 

Inability to print or even unreliable printing means that software is
not suitable for production work. In my opinion, combined effect of
these two bugs is a new - critical bug which makes firefox unsuitable
for stable release.

Summary of questions
=

Can someone please confirm that firefox is not able to print when paper
size does not match on on the printer?

Is it possible to configure firefox to use a certain paper size?

Should I report failure to print to cups or mozilla?

What status should be assigned to this bug?
 
Thank you for your attention.

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Re: discover1 vs discover vs discover2 debian installer bug

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 10:30 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> On Monday 16 May 2005 10:04 am, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> > discover issues:
> >
> > I have seen references to /media/cdrom0 and /media/cdrom2 not being created
> > as a result of a bug in discover.
> 
> >
> > apt-cache show discover1 is what i have loaded. it is credited to the
> > debian installer team version 1.7.7 is current.
> >
> > discover2 is version 2.0.7-2.1
> > credited to the discover workers and is in conflict with discover1.
> >
> > i did a debian sarge install with i guess discover1. is my problem the need
> > to switch to discover2 which fixed the bug?
> 
> Even though I googled and found a ubunto thread that claimed that 
> the /media/cdom0 was fixed with later discover versions, and 
> 
> 
> i tried this solution and I am running sid, and upgraded to discover = 
> discover2 from discover1, i still have the problem. 


Desktop System Setup with Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 'Sarge' located at
http://thegoldenear.org/toolbox/unices/desktop-system-setup-debian-sarge.html#installation
mentions this problem abd suggests work around.

(In Installation section):

When asked during the installation if you want 'discover' to
manage /media/cdrom0, choose 'no' otherwise gnome-volume-manager won't
be able to auto-mount discs for you when inserted and logged in as a
normal user. (this may now be fixed).

In troubleshooting section.

gnome-volume-manager won't be able to auto-mount discs when inserted if
discover/discover1 is managing /media/cdrom0 because that directory will
get removed by discover/discover1. To fix this, either choose not to
have discover/discover1 do this at installation (see note in the
'Installation' section; or uninstall discover/discover1 (but we don't
yet know of other ramifications of doing this); or there should be a way
of disabling this aspect of discover/discover1 once its installed, but
we don't know of it yet)

I wonder if one should simple reconfigure discover to stop it from
removing CDROM.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure discover1


> 
> >
> > if so has this been passed to the debian installer team?
> 
> i am suprised to have to do mkdir /media/cdrom[01] each time i reboot. I know 
> how to write my own init script to do this, and yet it seems stupid to have 
> to do this. what is overwriting /media or over mounting /media???
> >
> > mitchell
> 

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How to preserve sub-tree in a tmporary directory from been cleaned by tmpreaper?

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Hi there,

I am using a tmpreaper to clean up public space on an anonymous FTP
server. Each user has a a public ftp directory:

/var/ftp/pub/$USER

Each user's directory contains a sub-directory "permanent"

/var/ftp/pub/$USER/permanent

This directory is used to keep files or directories which users want to
be on the ftp server permanently.

I would like tmpreaper to clean /var/ftp/pub/
but to skip anything that is located in /var/ftp/pub/*/permanent.

There is --protect  option described in a man file, but it is not
obvious to me (please excuse me my stupidity).

If I use --protext '/var/ftp/pub/ftp/permanent/*' it will preserve files
in permanent but will remove everything in e.g. permanent/new/*. 

from tmpreaper man file

--protect ''
... Protect  the files that match the  from deletion.
This option may be used more than once.  It has  no  one  letter
abbreviation, you must spell out the full word "protect".

If  you do not enclose the  in single quotes, the
shell will perform the  expansion  before  tmpreaper  reads  its
argument  array.   The  program does not support that syntax, so
you must use single quotes around the glob pattern.

tmpreaper will chdir(2) into  each  of  the  directories  you've
specified   for  cleanup,  and  check  for  files  matching  the
 there.  It then builds a list of them, and  uses
that to protect them from removal.  For example:

tmpreaper --test --verbose --protect \
 '.X*-{lock,unix{/*,}}' --protect '.ICE-{unix{/*,}}' \
 5d /tmp  # 5 day grace period

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Re: X configuration probs

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

# Dirt and easy method.
===
If you do not know much about Xfree, why should you?
try this dirt and easy methods. On many machines I tried it worked just
find.

# I assuming that you know how to run command from command line and 
# that /etc/apt/sources.list is configured properly.

# Install as root

apt-get update
apt-get install xdebconfigurator hwinfo

# if any suggestions are given install them as well.

# copy you original 
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.bkp

# run autoconfigurator
xdebconfigurator && dexconf

# try starting X
startx

# Check your resolution and adjust it by adding to higher values if
necessary. Your new /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

# In gnome there is nice Desctop Resolution Tool : Apps > Desktop
Properties > Screen Resolution, have a look what is available there.

# If you think that both your graphics card and monitor can support
higher values, adjust your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Look for lines as
shown below and add new modes with higher resolution.

SubSection "Display"  
Depth 16 
Modes  "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"
Depth   24
Modes   "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection

Restart your X by pressing Ctrl-Alt-BackSpace or 

by restarting desktop manger, I use Gnome and do it as follows:

/etc/init.d/gdm restart

Tell us what you see.

On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 11:31 -0500, Abhishek wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>  I am basically a redhat linux user &
> tryingout the debian distro.
>  I have written the XFree86 file but when trying the command X or
> startx it is refusing to start but when I am using X -xf86config
> /etc/X11/XFree86 the server is starting but the GNOME env is not
> appearing. The config files r also present in /usr/X11R6. I have herd
> that there is no command equivalent to redhat-config-xfree86 which
> configures automatically.
>  Please help me out.
> Frm,
> Abhishek.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Debian java howto for sarge?

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Wim De Smet wrote:

Wim,

I needed to install latest SUN on Debian Sarge machine in one of our lab 
and I did some research on the topic. Below is quick summary of what I 
found.

1) Installing Java in Woody 2R.

http://www.debian.org.hk/en/node/view/1833 This site describes a method of
installing java by creating java deb packages from sun linux tgz file.  
The method should work on Woody, Testing and unstable version of
Debian/GNU Linux. Please note if you have kaffe installed, you need to
uninstall it first. Then, install java as instructed.
 
Kaffe has higher degree of preference in "update-alternatives system". If 
you leave kaffe, it will stay as preferred java on your machine. You can 
change java preference manually using "update-alternative" command.


2) This is how java is installed in Open Source Lab.
 http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/DEV/Java+on+Debian

Hope it helps.


If you find a better way, please let me know.

> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 05:34:57 +0200, Christian Leimer
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The debian java howto is very old. Is there one for sarge in wotk?
> > 
> > I try to setup an IBM-Java2-ppc-142(which is only avaiable as tar.gz or rpm
> > file) SDK kit for my old powerpc.I installed it to /opt/IBM-Java2-ppc-142/
> > So how do I setup it correct, that other packages which need java2 do not
> > install kaffe or something else.
> 
> I followed: http://serios.net/content/debian/java.php
> 
> Though that one is probably written for the sun howto. There used to
> be debian packages available from blackdown.org, but they kinda
> stopped updating them. If you have an rpm you can try running the
> "alien" program on it, though you'll probably have to symlink the java
> executables yourself. (or kid around abit with update-alternatives)
j2> 
> > And how do I get .jar files to work by doubleklickind under kde 3.2.3?
> > Are there maybe some security problems?
> 
> There's probably some sort of configuration dialog in KDE to establish
> a relationship between filetypes and programs. Find it and add jar to
> it. The command to be executed should probably be "java -jar"
> 
> greets,
> Wim
> 

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Re: using scp to move files

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

I recently migrated about 100GB of user accounts from one Solaris machine
to another.

I had better success of using rsync over ssh, see man file there is a
couple of useful examples at the end.

Regards,

Ivan.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, diego wrote:

> I bet the issue is already solved, but I just read the thread and wanted
> to give my 2 cents ;-)
> 
> I searched for the move option in scp not few moths ago and I read
> somewhere (googling around) that scp -u did this, **if you had ssh v2**.
> But if you still have v1 ... you'd better simulate it as described in
> this thread or better upgrade to ssh v2.
> 
> Hope this helps anyone.
> 
> 
> 
> El lun, 04-10-2004 a las 19:34, Pete Conkin escribiѓ:
> > From: "Kamaraju Kusumanchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >I need to move some files from a server to client. I am planning to
> > > use scp for this. Using scp, I can only copy the files. But I want to
> > > move the files instead of copying them. Any ideas? The manual of scp
> > > does not have any option for this.
> > >
> > > Are there any other programs which achieve the same result?
> > 
> >   The scp program from SSH.com's package supports this via the -u option
> > which will remove source files after copying them.
> > 
> >   Pete
> > 
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > raju
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Re: Howto get more than 800X600 on Radon 8500.

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Before making any changes backup your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

If you have Radeon 8500 check this link, it has very comprehensive
instructions on howto build Radeon Drivers and configure XFree86.

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html

If can easily do it by hand as root user. Below are relative lines in my
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. Copy lines starting from Tag "Copy lines
start" to "Copy Tag end". and put paste them in Section "Screen" of your
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. Please note that Section "Screen" is
subsection of Section "Monitor" as shown below.

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier  "Generic Monitor"
   HorizSync   28-50
   VertRefresh 43-75
   Option  "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier  "Default Screen"
   Device  "Generic Video Card"
   Monitor "Generic Monitor"

###
# Copy lines start.
#
#
   DefaultDepth   24
   SubSection "Display"
  Depth1
  Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
  Depth4
  Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
  Depth8
  Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
  Depth15
  Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
  Depth16
  Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
  Depth24
  Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#
#
# End copy lines


   EndSubSection
EndSection

If you know Horizontal Sync.  and Vertical Refresh Rate  of your monitor
(refer to a manual for your monitor or search on the web) 
My values are defaults and they are very low, this is because I am using
LCD on a laptop.

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier  "Generic Monitor"
   HorizSync   28-50
   VertRefresh 43-75
   Option  "DPMS"
EndSection


Check under Section "Device" that your are using "ATI" driver. Below are
settings for my laptop, but the driver name should be the same.

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility M6 [LY]"
   Driver  "ati"
   VideoRam 16384
   BusID"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Finally reboot and see new settings work for you. If nothing works, roll
back to the backup /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.

If it works and your are running Gnome, check menu to see what
resolutions do you have:

Applications > Desktop References > Desktop Resolution

Hope it helps.

Ivan

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> Subject: No Subject
> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:44:57 +1100
> 
> debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2004 : Issue 1588
> 
> Today's Topics:
>   Re: why debian[ EJ Finneran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
>   OT: Re: why debian[ Eddy Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
>   Re: why debian[ Andrea Vettorello  ]
>   Re: why debian[ Matt Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
>   Re: debian hangs with syslog/syslog-  [ Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED] ]
>   Re: OT: Re: why debian[ Andrea Vettorello  ]
>   RE: The debian-mirror script suite[ Zlatko Calusic <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
>   Re: How to get more than 800x600? [ Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
>   Re: LILO menu wiped off MBR   [ Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
>   nvidia driver "disappeared"   [ David Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
>   Re: How do I get /dev/ub  [ Jim McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
>   Re: root crash recovery   [ Al Nikolov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
>   Re: network install over nVidia nFor  [ "Ben Hutchings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
>   Re: network install over nVidia nFor  [ "Ben Hutchings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
>   Re: why debian[ Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
>   mysql db creation: HELP!  [ Francisco Borges <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> ]
>   Re: why debian[ Emil Perhinschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
>   Re: mysql db creation: HELP!  [ nullman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> 
> __
> From: EJ Finneran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: why debian
> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 03:26:09 -0600
> 
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:11:27 -0800 (PST), ken keanon
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi, 
> >   
> > There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why Debian
> > should be the preferred choice? 
> >   
> > Any statistics from any source(s) to proof the popularity of Debian? 
> >   
> > I'm in the dark waiting to be enlightened. 
> >   
> > Cheers 
> >   
> > Ken
> The beauty of Debian and Linux in general is that when you ask users
> why they use it, you'll get many different answers.  The reason their
> are so many distributions is that enables choice. If you 

Re: printing from firefox

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Add to your /etc/profile and make sure it is sourced at the start up.

#get xprint to work
# needed for mozilla oofice to print
XPSERVERLIST="`/etc/init.d/xprint get_xpserverlist`"
export XPSERVERLIST

To check if it sourced, reboot, login as usual, open terminal and
execute command:

$ env | grep 64

# You should see something like this:
XPSERVERLIST=:64


env | grep 64


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Re: Debian on Toshiba 2500CDS

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Mitch,

What OS is it running now?

What password do you have problems with?

On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 10:13 -0800, Mitchell Verter wrote:
> ]
> I just got a great deal on a Toshiba 2500CDS:
> 
> The seller told me that he does not know the user/password.  Is there
> a
> way to crack this?
> 
> If not, what would be a good Debian distribution to install and from 
> where would I download it?  It is not a recent machine, 256MB, 2GB
> Hard
> Drive, 233 MHz Pentium processor.
> http://209.167.114.38/ISG/pastproducts/html/satellite/satellite_2500cds_spec.html
> 
> Also, any thoughts about putting Windows NT on a second partition?
No you would not be able to put NT or XP on the second partition. The
spec of the machine is too low and the drive is too small. Win 98 is
your best choice. 

> Will I be able to run XP programs on NT?  Where can I get a copy of
> NT?
XP is not longer support it by MS, try e-bay or your local computer shop
they may have a copy of win 98.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any advice
> 
> Yours,
> Mitch
> 
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Re: Debian on Toshiba 2500CDS?

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Consider getting a http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html
It is tiny linux OS around 50-100MB, you can always boot any machine
from this CD, mount file system and change files manually.
 
On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 12:15 -0800, Mitchell Verter wrote:
> I just got a great deal on a Toshiba 2500CDS:
> 
> The seller told me that he does not know the user/password.  Is there
> a
> way to crack this?
> 
> If not, what would be a good Debian distribution to install and from 
> where would I download it?  It is not a recent machine, 256MB, 2GB
> Hard
> Drive, 233 MHz Pentium processor.
> http://209.167.114.38/ISG/pastproducts/html/satellite/satellite_2500cds_spec.html
> 
> Also, any thoughts about putting Windows NT on a second partition?
> Will I be able to run XP programs on NT?  Where can I get a copy of
> NT?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any advice
> 
> Yours,
> Mitch
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Re: updating drivers for an ATI card

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 00:20 -0600, Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much)
wrote:

Sumo.

I am using  ati-driver-installer-8.23.7-i386.run
on Latitude D810 running Ubuntu (debian clone), 3d works fine but it
staffs up hybernation process. Download it from ATI site and run it as
root, it should work. 

Ivan.

 
> [od] eeman wrote:
> > [...]
> > IT has become clear now that the reason why xwindow
> > was not running was because of my video card. I found on ATI's site a Linux
> > driver update.( Clicky
> > clicky)
> > however it only says it's "stable" with Redhat and something else. If
> > all
> > possible, could somebody please give me a quick lesson on getting modules
> > for debian like this onto a cd and installing them? I tryed to simply put it
> > on a cd and run base config and scan it for modules (packages) but it then
> > asks me for a Debian cd. Somebody please help me if all possible with this.
> 
> I would take a chance with the installer. Even though ATI says that thay 
> support only Redhat and Suse, the installer might allow you to install 
> the files in a place of your chosing (I suggest /usr/local/lib/ati).
> 
> Or you could use rpm2cpio (in the "rpm" package) to manually extract the 
> files from the .rpm on ATI's web site. Then you should be able to look 
> in the directory structure that rpm2cpio created and find the required 
> drivers (and other files).
> 
> But before you download the software, make sure your system meets the 
> minimum requirements:
> https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.23.7.html#172686
> 
> Traditionally, to load a module you use insmod:
> # insmod ./some-module.o
> 
> But I've never loaded proprietary, pre-compiled modules before. Perhaps 
> there is a different procedure for that.
> 
> > 
> > various info
> > video card: genuine ATI X800XL AGP
> > 1 gig of ram
> > stable release of debian on i386 dvds
> > dual boot win/debian
> > 
> > --
> > Remeber! a sad face is a happy face! :D
> > 
> 
> 
> 


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Re: Limiting scp access

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

You may also want to look at SCPONLY.

Description: Restricts the commands available to scp- and sftp-users
 "scponly" is an alternative 'shell' (of sorts) for system
 administrators who would like to provide access to remote users to
 both read and write local files without providing any remote
 execution priviledges.  Functionally, it is best described as a
 wrapper to the mostly trusted suite of ssh applications.

Origin: Ubuntu

Ivan.

On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 13:38 +0100, Nico De Ranter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to setup a secure replacement for an ftp server where a
> limited set of users should be able to connect using scp only while the
> other users should not be able to connect at all.
> 
> I know scponly can be used to prevent a user from getting a full login
> using ssh, but how do I prevent regular users from logging in via ssh at
> all.
> 
> The idea is to setup a server which is available from the Internet for 1
> specific user using scp only, but all other users can get full ssh
> access when they are connecting from my internal network only. I want to
> make sure that a user who has full ssh access from my internal network
> cannot get full ssh access when trying to connect from home.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Nico
> 
> 
> -- 
> -
>  "It has been said that there are only two businesses that
>   refer to customers as users: illegal drug trade and
>the computer industry."
> -
> Nico De Ranter
> Senior System Administrator
> Sony Service Center (NSCE)
> The Corporate Village, Da Vincilaan 7-D1
> B-1935 Zaventem, Belgium
> Telephone: +32 (0)2 700 86 41 Fax: +32 (0)2 700 86 22
> 
> 
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update-rc.d questions: best practice?

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Hi everyone.

I am pursing a task of establishing a procedure among my colleagues -
system administrator which will help us enable/disable services on
Debian servers.

I am considering "update-rc.d" script that is mentioned in Debian
documentation and was also mentioned on this list on a few occasions. 
I have 2 questions which are not covered by either manual for
update-rc.d or the official Debian documentation:

1. How do I preserve a knowledge of priority level (K or S) for a
daemon?

For example:

When daemon is installed, some default priority values are setup.

e.g. for "amd" both K and S value are equal to 35.
  Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/am-utils ...
   /etc/rc0.d/K35am-utils
   /etc/rc3.d/S35am-utils

or for "nfs-kernel-server" K=80 and S=20.
/etc/rc5.d/S20nfs-kernel-server
/etc/rc6.d/K80nfs-kernel-server

Let assume that I disable nfs-kernel-server by setting up K=80 for all
run levels. How I am suppose to know that value of S should be equal to
20, 3 months later when I decide that I need this service. I have seen
in the past a formula K=100-S, but it obviously does not apply
universally to all daemons ( in case of AMD S=K=35).

I can purge and re-install and the package, but I do not to loose all
configuration settings.

For example 

2. Is there a command/tool to display status of all services in all
runlevels. I recall that such tool existed in RedHat 8.0 

/sbin/chkconfig --list 

if I am not mistaken.

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update-rc.d questions: best practice?

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

Hi everyone.

I am pursing a task of establishing a procedure among my colleagues -
system administrator which will help us enable/disable services on
Debian servers.

I am considering "update-rc.d" script that is mentioned in Debian
documentation and was also mentioned on this list on a few occasions. 
I have 2 questions which are not covered by either manual for
update-rc.d or the official Debian documentation:

1. How do I preserve a knowledge of priority level (K or S) for a
daemon?

For example:

When daemon is installed, some default priority values are setup.

e.g. for "amd" both K and S value are equal to 35.
  Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/am-utils ...
   /etc/rc0.d/K35am-utils
   /etc/rc3.d/S35am-utils

or for "nfs-kernel-server" K=80 and S=20.
/etc/rc5.d/S20nfs-kernel-server
/etc/rc6.d/K80nfs-kernel-server

Let assume that I disable nfs-kernel-server by setting up K=80 for all
run levels. How I am suppose to know that value of S should be equal to
20, 3 months later when I decide that I need this service. I have seen
in the past a formula K=100-S, but it obviously does not apply
universally to all daemons ( in case of AMD S=K=35).

I can purge and re-install and the package, but I do not to loose all
configuration settings.

For example 

2. Is there a command/tool to display status of all services in all
runlevels. I recall that such tool existed in RedHat 8.0 

/sbin/chkconfig --list 

if I am not mistaken.

-- 
Ivan Teliatnikov
F09 Madsen Bld.
School of Geosciences,
University of Sydney
phone:  +612 9351 2031 
mobile: +614 02 173 179
fax:+612 9351 3644
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Re: Debian 3.1 on a Dell PowerEdge 2800 Server

[Ivan Teliatnikov]

On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 14:56 -0500, Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
Have a look at
Confluence - Debian on Dell Servers
http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/LNX/Debian+on+Dell+Servers

It has Debian Sarge installation disk with various drivers included.

Good luck!

> I'm plan on installing Debian 3.1 (2.4.27 kernel) on a Dell PE2800 server 
> soon (just waiting for a few more pieces of equip. to arrive) and while I 
> have used Debian a little bit in the past, I've never installed in on a 
> server before.  I was hoping somebody who has done this before can give me 
> some tips/info on the following:
> 
>   1) does/will Debian have issues if I use the hw RAID controller on the 
> Dell server?
> 
>   2) the server will have dual Xeon processors and 8GB of RAM, does 
> Debian suppor this? (I've read in some places that Debian doesn't support > 
> 4GB of RAM, etc. but I haven't been able to get a definite answer to that 
> from googling)
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Glen Yu | 416-739-4861 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Modelling & Integration Research Section
> Science and Technology Branch
> Environment Canada
> 4906 Dufferin St., Downsview, ON, M3H 5T4
> 
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