dpkg issue
I have an error in dpkg where whenever I try to install a package, it gives me this error: dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 11991 package 'vinagre': `Depends' field, reference to `libvte9': version contains ` ' I can't figure out how to fix this. Any help would be nice. I am using the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS distro. Thanks, Mark
Superblock unreadable with upgrade from 2.2.20 to 2.4.18-586tsc kernel on Woody
I am running Debian 3.0r1 (woody/stable). Initially, I installed kernel-2.2.20. I
would like to upgrade to kernel-2.4.18-586tsc.
My system has two harddrives. The second harddrive contains only a single extended
partition divided into a logical linux swap partition and a logical ext2 partition.
This harddrive is a Western-Digital Cavalier 2340 (Capacity: 341MB, 3322 RPM, 13ms
(Read), ECC (Reed Soloman), No CHS(?), No LBA, Settings: DMA). Both the swap
partition and ext2 partition operate with no problems with kernel-2.2.20 both before
and after obtaining the fsck complaint noted below.
1) During the process of upgrading to kernel-2.4.18-586tsc, fsck complains when trying
to read the superblock of the ext2 partition on the second harddrive. See
Installation message below. After installation, executing "e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hdb6",
or "e2fsck -b 24577 /dev/hdb6", ... to correct the problem, repeats the message.
2) After installation and then booting with kernel-2.4.18-586tsc, the swap partition
on my second harddrive is never added to swap space.
As I have alternated running the machine with kernel-2.2.20 'vanilla', kernel-2.4
'bf2.4', and kernel-2.4.18-586tsc, through a number of installations, reinstallations
and upgrades, over the past month, and as the drive is alway readable with 2.2.20 and
the partition table is always unreadable with either of the two 2.4 kernels, and as
the drive had no problems when running Windows 98 a month ago, I question if something
is going on in the 2.4 kernel or if something is wrong with the harddrive.
Might the 2.4 kernels (kernel-2.4.18-586tsc, bf2.4) not include a kernel option that
is included in 'vanilla' which would solve my problem? Say because this is an old
disk that does not support LBA and CHS?
Are there particular reasons why the 2.4 kernels might be picking up something wrong
with my harddrive that the 2.2.20 kernel is not? Are the 2.4 kernels more sensitive?
Can anyone offer any other suggestions as to what I might try to do to eliminate the
fsck and ignored swap partition problems?
Detailed messages and logs follow.
Thanks,
-- Mark
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Note: Installation of Woody on my machine with bf2.4 proceeds through creating
partitions /dev/hdb6 and /dev/hdb6, however, both partitions are then unreadable and
ignored through the remainder of the installation as their partition tables are
immediately corrupt after they are written.
Note: Repartitioning the drive to contain two primary partitions using fdisk (as
opposed to cfdisk did not change the problem.}
Installation messsages:
==
fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
fsck.ext2: Invalid argument while trying to open /dev/hdb6
/dev/hdb6:
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is currupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193
fsck failed. Please repair manually.
CONTROL-D will exit from this shell and continue system startup.
Contents of /var/sys/messages during booting with kernel-2.4.18-586tsc:
==
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: [PTBL] [787/128/63]
p1 p2 < p5 p6 > p3
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0:hdb: lost interrupt
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: hdb: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady
SeekComplete DataRequest }
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: unknown partition table
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: Adding Swap: 644476k swap-space (priority -1)
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: hdb6: bad access: block=2, count=2
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:46 (hdb), sector 2
Feb 25 21:52:40 braniac kernel: EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
Output from initial initialization of this filesystem:
=
Select /dev/hdb6 to initialize as a Linux ext2 filesystem and run a bad-block scan
mke2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
Filesystem label=
OStype: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
6 inodes, 239552 blocks
11977 blocks (5.00% reserved for the super user
First data block=1
30 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2000 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
8193, 24577, 40961, 57345, 73729, 204801, 221185
Mount as user directory filesystem "/home"
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Shadow RAM can't be disabled
Hi. I am not able to disable shadow RAM through the BIOS on my IBM Aptiva 2161 Pentium 166 PC. Here are the forced Shadow RAM settings: F000 - (System BIOS) E800 - EFFF (Rapid Resume BIOS) E000 - E7FF (System POST) Upper Memory Boundary F200 I am working through my installation of Debian. What misbehaviors might I experience due to these settings? Thanks, -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (no subject)
I didn't take this as an attack in any way, but you should realize why a great many of us run Debian systems... "Polish," as you put it, isn't on top of the priority list. Neither is "snazz(iness) out of the box." If we want polish and snazzy, we know where to find it. If: good = snazzy, cute logos, and a nice (a la Windows) GUI install And: bad = a no-frills, fast, clean, stable out-of-the-box OS suitable for running in a production environment Then: You're right... Debian is not for you. Mark >On the up side though,debian seem to run faster and cleaner > than anything Ive used so far,and perhaps when the polish is applied > and it looks a little snazzier out of the box,I'll come back,but until > then I'll have to just say no thanks.Maybe some people out there will > take this as the constructive criticism its meant as and point it in > the right direction,and more likely some people will take this as an > attack that its not. >All Im saying is that until its more idiot firendly,Ill have to > take a pass,because IMO the bad outwieghs the good. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: argh! aptitude/dselect/apt-get dieing????
Brian Nelson wrote: > The problem is simply that the library file was misnamed to > libstdc++libc6.2-2.so.3. This may be easy enough for some people to fix, but how exactly do explain to the common man how to fix it when the basic tools (dselect and apt-get) no longer work? At least on my system they didn't. It's a shame something like this gets uploaded, even for unstable. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: argh! aptitude/dselect/apt-get dieing????
Colin Watson wrote: > This may sound callous, but those "some people" - or at least those > people who *can* fix it, perhaps not trivially easily - are the only > people who should be using unstable. ... and there are some people who run unstable because certain packages and/or versions of packages they need are only in unstable. The alternative would be to run a different distribution or compile from source, and we wouldn't want that, would we? :) Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: argh! aptitude/dselect/apt-get dieing????
Craig Dickson wrote: > What's wrong with compiling from source? If you download the Debian > source package, it should have everything you need to build a proper > deb package, so what's the problem? Even if you don't build a deb, you > just install to /usr/local, and as long as you don't break any of the > app's dependencies, it should work fine. You missed my point entirely, probably because I was trying to use sarcasm and be witty, but failed miserably. :) *I* compile things all the time and put them in /usr/local. Hell, I usually make it a separate partition. My point was, there are some people who use unstable because they need certain packages, or the latest versions of them, and may not know how to compile, make a .deb, etc. There's testing, of course, but I know a number of people (for some odd reason) who shy away from it because they think it's an after-thought. You can argue that if a person lacks certain skills they shouldn't be running this and they shouldn't be running that. Fine. I agree, to a point. But when a package maintainer uploads a package with a blatant typo that should have been caught with a simple test-run, it has absolutely nothing to do with the user-base or their skill-set. *THAT* was my point. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: argh! aptitude/dselect/apt-get dieing????
Osamu Aoki wrote: > > The alternative would be to run a different distribution or compile from > > source, and we wouldn't want that, would we? :) > > No that is not correct if you understand basics of Debian. Sarcasm, my man, Sarcasm. :) Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new gnome2 in sarge : startup error
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 07:43:39PM -0500, Hanasaki JiJi wrote: > just updated to gnome2 in sarge with an: > apt-get update > apt-get distupgrade > > worked like a charm, till a logout / login > > gdm tried to login my id and something failed and send me back to gdm. > nothing in the log files. same result from startx from the cmd line. > > deleted ~/.xinitrc and startx from the command line worked > deleted ~/.gnome2* and login from gdm worked > > one item left... on login a gnome error msg box comes up. > - there was an error starting the gnome settings daemon > > any thoughts on resolving this? did the upgrade go smooth for anyone? I'm running sarge and got exactly the same error when updating this weekend. It's apparently because the Gnome 2 control center is not in testing yet. (I inferred that from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/34593, found through Googling.) Sure would be nice if Gnome were upgraded a little more coherently ;) Mark Garland Gainesville, Florida U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new gnome2 in sarge : startup error
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 01:07:22AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: [snip] > See my recent post to debian-release on what's needed: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-release-0306/msg8.html > > (I'm not sure how much sense that will make if you don't follow release > issues closely, but it might provide some useful information here.) > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! I normally pay no attention to release issues, but I'm trying to get an idea of when I'll get a Gnome desktop back with panel applets and Abiword. Just saw this from Johannes Rohr on debian-gtk-gnome: > About a year ago I saw real flamefests happening on this list > concerning the piecemal Gnome transition in unstable. Now, I looks > like very few people care about the poor picture of Gnome in > testing, probably because no DD uses testing, which is quite > natural. Still I think that what is happening now in testing is > worse than what happened when Gnome 2 entered unstable. > It looks like that there is no such thing as a working strategy to > ensure smooth upgrades of large package groups in testing and that > such a strategy would be bitterly needed. Or maybe the testing > scripts are not fully suited to cope with really large package > groups like Gnome or KDE. http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2003/debian-gtk-gnome-200306/msg00187.html But I'm not complaining. I'm still amazed at how well Debian works! -- Mark Garland Gainesville, Florida U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help w/ Linux install
I have a question which I can not seem to find an answer from the online documentation, FAQs, etc. I would like to install Linux on a PC which has 3, 2-GB partitions. Partition C contains my required corporate (ugh) Microsoft Software. Partition D holds the Debian distribution and Partition E is empty. I would like to install Linux on the E partition. Is there any way I can specify access to that specific partition when I am installing from a floppy? Thanks for any information you can send my way on this. Mark -- * Mark A. Zottola Alabama Research and Education Network 119 Rust Research Center Nichols Research Corporation University of Alabama-Birmingham VOICE: (205) 934-3893 Birmingham, AL 35294 EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to enable pop3?
> You will need to install a pop server package. Hamm has both qpopper > and cucipop and I believe at least qpopper is in 1.3.1. Be aware that qpopper has been subject to buffer overflow exploits the past few days. Patches were posted, but today a new series of attacks proved the patches worthless. Monitor BUGTRAQ for more info. Just a heads-up. Mark smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Ftape w/ Colorado FC10/20
Hello: If anyone is using Ftape with a Colorado FC10 or 20 controller card, please contact me regarding your setup. I'm having a few problems. Thanks, Mark == Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Systems/Security Administrator www.pmihwy.com/~markb Preferred Medical Informatics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USA www.linux.org == smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Illegal Seek (Sendmail)
Hello: Can anyone tell me the possible reasons I'd be getting these errors in my mailq? Machine is running Debian Linux with Sendmail 8.8.8... the machine that these messages are trying to get to is also running sendmail 8.8.8 (SCO UnixWare 2.1). KAA13042 5112 Mon Jul 20 10:50 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Deferred: Illegal seek) [EMAIL PROTECTED] TIA, Mark == Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Systems/Security Administrator www.pmihwy.com/~markb Preferred Medical Informatics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USA www.linux.org == smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would like to invest in Linux but can't find a stock in that name -- > can you help That's the beauty of it. Mark P.S. If this isn't a troll, try researching Red Hat or Caldera if you really need to *invest* in something. Better yet, make a contribution to the Debian project. Your hard-earned money will be much better utilized. ====== Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Network/Security Manager http://www.linux.org Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USA Debian/GNU Linux Documentation Project == smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
sendmail 8.9.2 & Verisign
Hello: Has anyone else noticed this little problem I upgraded my sendmail (8.9.2 from frozen), and now our Verisign Digital Signatures don't work. Well, they kind of don't. Here's the deal: If I simply sign an email without an attachment, the signature arrives valid. If I sign AND encrypt an email without an attachment, the signature arrives valid. If I sign AND encrypt an email WITH an attachment, the signature arrives valid. If I sign an email WITH an attachment, the signature arrives INVALID. So, the only thing that appears to be a problem is a signed message, with an attachment. Strange. Is there some new "feature" I'm not aware of? I have verified this is not a POP/IMAP problem. Everything worked fine under 8.8, and I just tested against another box running 8.8. Everything's good so it's gotta be post-8.8 sendmail doing something funky. Any help would sure be appreciated. Thanks, Mark -- ====== Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Network/Security Manager http://www.linux.org Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USADebian/GNU Linux ==
Recreating Installed Package Lists
Hi: I did a stupid thing... I accidently blew away a bunch of stuff in /var/lib/dpkg I didn't think things were working correctly, and I wanted a fresh start with dselect. Obviously, I know better now, and I just restored from tape. This does pose an interesting question, though. Is it possible to "re-create" which packages and versions are on a system, so dselect doesn't complain about dependencies? For example, before I restored from tape, I tried to install package X. X depends on Perl, which dselect said I didn't have. Well, I do, but not to its knowledge Is this info stored anywhere else besides /var/lib/dpkg that i could have recreated from? Thanks for any help. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE Wallpaper & Backgrounds
Hi: Is it just me, or does anyone else have trouble setting their backgrounds and wallpaper in Beta4? I've installed it on 2 seperate machines, and can't get the backgrounds to appear on either one. The jpg and gif files are there and selectable, but won't take. Sometimes my display properties window just closes by itself when selecting one. Any thoughts? Thanks, Mark == Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Systems/Security Administrator www.pmihwy.com/~markb Preferred Medical Informatics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USA www.linux.org == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Compiling w/shadow support
Hi, I've recently switched over to Debian, and have shadow support installed. I seem to have a reacurring problem when I need to compile my own software. I've figured out that I need to add -I/usr/src/linux/include to many of my CFLAGS, but when the make gets down to the -lshadow area, ld dies with the old: ld: cannot open -lshadow: No such file or directory This happens on many programs I attempt to compile. Is there a simple solution for this on Debian systems? Thanks for any help, Mark ====== Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6700 Systems/Security Administrator www.pmihwy.com/~markb Preferred Medical Informatics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USA www.linux.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Compiling w/shadow support
>There should be very few packages you need to do this for. Is this >plain Debian 1.3.1? Well, it was. Since I went to libc6, it's now 2.0 or something :) >> ld: cannot open -lshadow: No such file or directory > >Try leaving it out, or using -lcrypt. The latter is for libc6, IIRC. But how do these packages know to use /etc/shadow instad of /etc/passwd then? Thanks, Mark == Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6700 Systems/Security Administrator www.pmihwy.com/~markb Preferred Medical Informatics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USA www.linux.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
kernel source?
Hello: Forive me if this a newbie question, but I can't seem to find my question documented anywhere. I'm a long-time slackware user, and compile a new kernel with my eyes closed. I've decided to give Debian a try, and everything's been going well. Here's my one problem. I selected to install the kernel-source for 2.0.29 and 2.0.30 from my new 1.3.1 cd using dselect. Afterwards, it shows that it was installed, but my /usr/src directory is still empty. #1 Where is this source? #2 Do I still compile using the make config like before? #3 If I just pull the kernel source via ftp, can I compile like before (slackware) or do I risk damaging any of Debian's package management features? Thank for any help! Mark ====== Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6700 Systems/Security Administrator www.pmihwy.com/~markb Preferred Medical Informatics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USA www.linux.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
telling apt to ignore and continue
Hi, Majordomo was removed from the official distributions, but I needed it. It was automatically removed when I used apt-get dist-upgrade. So, I forced dpkg to add it manually. Now, when I try to apt-get upgrade my system, it won't continue because Majordomo is installed, and has unmet dependencies. Actually, it depends on perl, and for some reason it doesn't recognize my existing perl as being valid. Whatever. My question is... how can I tell apt-get to just ignore this majordomo package and never tell me about it again? Thanks, Mark
Re: Tape backup software?
Gary Hennigan wrote: > There's at least one issue with tar that's kept me from using it, you > don't want to use software compression with tar. In addition, you should have some sort of verification that the data written to tape is actually good. I personally have used BRU for over 5 years. Very flexible, and has never failed me once. http://www.estinc.com Regards, Mark ======= Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Network/Security Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc.Mequon, WI
Re: Buggered up my router somehow.
Kevin wrote: > I see you have both 192.* nets using the same broadcast... > 255.255.255.0 > Can you do that.. anyone ? Those aren't broadcast addresses... they're subnet masks. === Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Network/Security Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc.Mequon, WI
Re: Buggered up my router somehow.
Kevin wrote: > whoopsie... :) been in windows too long.. > anyhow.. possible though ? Sure, you may have many different networks all using the same subnet masks. 255.255.255.0 will give his networks a network number of 192.168.1.0 with a broadcast of 192.168.1.255, and 192.168.0.0/192.168.0.255. All the IP's in-between are useable. I forget if he said he was using a router nor not... If so, it *could* be that his router is unaware of how to get to either of the 192.168 nets... not enough info was provided. Running RIP/routed or entering static routes should clear that up. If this is a linux router on the same box, could it be that IP forwarding has not been turned on? Mark === Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Network/Security Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc.Mequon, WI
Re: sources.list
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security potato updates/main updates/contrib updates/non-free Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Can some one send me a copy of his sources.list with entries to > main; non-free; non-us; and security? That is, to all.? === Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Network/Security Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Infinity HealthCare, Inc.Mequon, WI
Re: Printing from browser
Fetch magic-filter and configure it for your printer. Good luck, Mark "Cavaiani, Don" wrote: > > I have netscape working fine. I can print fine for a command line. When I > hit the print button from the Netscape browser, I just get pages and pages > of garbage. What should I be looking at ??
Re: backups
BRU. It works. Well. http://www.estinc.com Mark > On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 05:11:32PM -0500, Ken Weingold wrote: > I am going to be setting up Linux server at work for something and > want to do backups, weekly I guess. Any suggestions on software to do > this? I am not familiar with unix backups.
newusers file format
Hello: Has anyone used the 'newusers' command to suck in a bunch of new users and their passwords from a text file? The users do not currently have accounts on the system, so I can't use chpasswd. I built a new Debian box, and have all my users and passwords in a text file. I want to add them in bulk, plus have the home directories created, etc. man newusers is absolutely no help whatsoever. I'm stuck on the input file format. Thanks much, Mark -- ====== Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Network/Security Manager http://www.linux.org Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USA Debian/GNU Linux Documentation Project == smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Bulk Import of users
Hello: Has anyone used the 'newusers' command to suck in a bunch of new users and their passwords from a text file? The users do not currently have accounts on the system, so I can't use chpasswd. I built a new Debian box, and have all my users and passwords in a text file. I want to add them in bulk, plus have the home directories created, etc. man newusers is absolutely no help whatsoever. I'm stuck on the input file format. Thanks much, Mark -- ====== Mark A. Bialik (414) 290-6749 Network/Security Manager http://www.linux.org Infinity HealthCare, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mequon, WI USA Debian/GNU Linux Documentation Project == smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: Printing to remote ps printer
I think you need to put a \ character after the :rp=raw: Mark Mark Leary wrote: > > I'm having problems printing plain text to a remote postscript > printer... Here is my printcap entry: > > myprinter|HP LaserJet 4000TN in room E52-242:\ > :sh:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/myprinter:\ > :rm=myprinter.mit.edu:\ > :rp=raw: > :if=/etc/magicfilter/psonly600-filter:\
Re: UPS hardware and software
Liebert equipment is true line-interactive hardware... you are always running from battery (which is continuously charging). Try running APC's in an environment with a backup power source (Diesel/Natural Gas) and see how they handle the switch-off... maybe you'll get lucky, maybe not. Liebert beats anything APC and comparative ilk puts out. Data center quality. There are downloads of the SNMP/Client software on their web page for most UNIX and Windows systems. I don't work for them... just swear by them. You'll pay a little bit more, but you all know the saying. Mark > Charles Baker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > What brands of UPS's do you all use? What software do > > you use on your debian boxen to interface with the UPS?
newbie Qs about Debian 'Potato'
Hello, I'm currently using slackware 7.1 and want to try out 'Potato'. What kernel comes on the offical debian Potato release? I know it doesn't matter that much, bit I would like to know. :-) I heard the installation CD is not bootable? Any reason for this? Thanks for the info :-) -- Mark Hill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) WWW: www.fero.uklinux.net PGP Key: Here
Re: signing off
Jim Richardson wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 06:16:05AM -0700, paul taylor wrote: In the month or so I have had debian on the machine I have not been able to get pon to work. I can't get kppp to work. the printer does not work in star office or koffice. It just another distro that is not ready for prime time Perhaps you'd like to console yourself with a box of windows 2000 and a subscription to MSDN. Oh, but don't use the administrator account ;-) it dangerous! You're ready to be a star! -- Mark Hill "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." www.fero.uklinux.net
Re: [TriLUG] Re: Typing umlauts on an english keyboard
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:36:53PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > I haven't found a complete list of the multi_key combinations but have > > found quite a few through trial and error and will be happy to write > > up what I know if that would help. > > http://www.uni-ulm.de/~s_smasch/X11/multi_keys.txt > > I don't know that it's a complete list, but it's certianly got a lot of > wacky stuff on it. The complete list is in this file: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-1/Compose Got that info from "Jim's Tips" at http://www.slashdot.f9.co.uk/jim/tips-compose.html Mark Garland Tallahassee, Florida
Re: recent Canon printers and Linux
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:48:50AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Has anyone had any success at all with Canon I-series printers and Linux? > > The requirement is not to print from Linux itself, but to > a) Attach the (USB-only) printer > b) Share it > c) Use it from Windows and Macs. > > It's not the kind of Q&A I usually find at Linux Printing Dot Org. > > > -- > > Cheers > John > I have a Canon i560 parallel-port printer hooked up to my Debian unstable system. Windows/Mac drivers came with the printer. For Linux, I had to use TurboPrint for the driver (http://www.turboprint.de/english.html). It's about US$35.00 if you want full functionality, but works nicely. I don't have any experience sharing it over a network. -- Mark A. Garland 1016 NE 12th Avenue Gainesville, Florida 32601 U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: when is debian 3.0 coming out ?
No, everyone is too worried about creating testing/development/unstable/semi-stable/used-to-be-stable dists at the moment. An actual stable environment should be released in 2005. Mark faisal gillani wrote: > > does anyone knows the release date of debian 3.0 told > by the debian people ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
POP Mail Reader where Mail stays on server
I know a message was posted recently asking if a POP Mail Reader existed for Debian that would read mail on the server without downloading it. I did not see a response. Does anyone know of such a POP Mail Reader? Thanks, -- Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: serial config
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Kent West wrote: > "I am alone in a world of weirdos." wrote: > > > heya, > > > > i have a serial mouse which i am trying to get to talk to my debian > > system. thre isn't anything complicated about it, just a mouse on ttyS0. > > > > it used to work with the motherboard i am using, but i moved my system to > > a bigger case, and for various reasons when i did that i reinstalled the > > OS. since then it has not worked. > > > > its not just the mouse either, i try connecting my Palm III to ttyS1 and > > the palm claims i am trying to talk to a modem. needless to say the palm > > also used to work with this motherboard, and works on my ol' 486. > > > > my com ports are turned on in the bios, my /dev/ttyS* are all set to > > world rwx (i am not particularly concerned with security at the moment.) > > my serial.conf looks fine, and i am stumped. > > > > i edited the serial.conf in order to get my modem working on ttyS3, which > > it did. i have commented and commented that bunches of times, and even > > tried reinstalling the setserial package. > > > > when i first moved the motherboard to the new case i had some problems > > with the motherboard shorting out, but i have since insulated and fixed > > that and everything else except the com ports are working now. > > > > it seems like this is something stupid that has continued to slip past me, > > but i cannot figure it out. > > thanks, > > ~mark > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > This email is free email, and may be > > modified and/or distributed under the > > terms of the GNU General Public > > License available at: > > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html > > > > Copyright (C) 2000 Mark A. Torrey Esq. > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > You might try physically removing your modem, extra serial port/com port > devices, > etc, and then see if the mouse works. > > Also, if you have an external modem available (even an old slow one), you > might > attach it to a serial port and boot off a DOS floppy and give the command > "echo > ATDT[YourCellPhoneNumber] > com[1|2]"; if your cell phone rings, you know > that the > physical port is functioning. (You can "echo ATZ > com[1|2]" to hang up the > modem.) > > I also assume you've used gpmconfig to setup/test your mouse connection? And > that > you're testing in console mode rather than in X? > > Just some ideas > yeah i pulled all the cards out except my video card (i actually don't even need my modem at the moment) and set serial.conf back to just two serial ports, and neither of my serial ports worked. Yup, using gpmconfig in console mode (i only just set up X (without a mouse) today.) i'll see if i can track down an old external modem. i am starting to think maybe i toasted my serial ports when i shorted out my motherboard. though, that seems unlikely in my expierence. thanks for the suggestions. any other ideas? ~mark
RE: serial config
yeah i also tried plugging and unplugging all my ports from the motherboard a bunch of times. anyone know where i can get a good I/O card cheap? and is it fairly easy to get linux to talk to a card with serial ports on it? (just a matter of messing with setserial right?) thanks, ~mark On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, C. Falconer wrote: > Two possibilities... > > 1) you plugged the serial header cables into the motherboard backward, or > off-by-one, or you're using different ones from before which are wired > differently. > > 2) shorting the motherboard to the case has fritzed the serial controller. > Can you plug in an ISA IO card? I nuked the FDC on a P75 once - the only > way to get a floppy was to install a MFM / FDC controller :) > -- > From: I am alone in a world of weirdos.[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: I am alone in a world of weirdos. > Sent: Monday, 19 June 2000 4:36 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: serial config > > > heya, > > i have a serial mouse which i am trying to get to talk to my debian > system. thre isn't anything complicated about it, just a mouse on ttyS0. > > it used to work with the motherboard i am using, but i moved my system to > a bigger case, and for various reasons when i did that i reinstalled the > OS. since then it has not worked. > > its not just the mouse either, i try connecting my Palm III to ttyS1 and > the palm claims i am trying to talk to a modem. needless to say the palm > also used to work with this motherboard, and works on my ol' 486. > > my com ports are turned on in the bios, my /dev/ttyS* are all set to > world rwx (i am not particularly concerned with security at the moment.) > my serial.conf looks fine, and i am stumped. > > i edited the serial.conf in order to get my modem working on ttyS3, which > it did. i have commented and commented that bunches of times, and even > tried reinstalling the setserial package. > > when i first moved the motherboard to the new case i had some problems > with the motherboard shorting out, but i have since insulated and fixed > that and everything else except the com ports are working now. > > it seems like this is something stupid that has continued to slip past me, > but i cannot figure it out. > thanks, > ~mark > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > This email is free email, and may be > modified and/or distributed under the > terms of the GNU General Public > License available at: > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html > > Copyright (C) 2000 Mark A. Torrey Esq. > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Empty password field for libuuid & Debian-exim - Why not a security risk?
Upon installation, Debian includes users libuuid and Debian-exim in /etc/shadow with an empty password field: libuuid::14292:0:9:7::: Debian-exim::14377:0:9:7::: Although Debian-exim specifies /bin/false as a shell in /etc/passwd to eliminate login, libuuid does not: libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh Debian-exim:x:103:105::/var/spool/exim4:/bin/false Besides which, the use of /bin/false does not eliminate use of an account in ways through ssh. e.g. http://www.semicomplete.com/articles/ssh-security/ 1) What stops one from logging into a Debian machine through libuuid or Debian-exim by specifying a blank password? Or, using ssh though one of these users and a blank password? 2) For a greater degree of comfort or security, could I change the password field to an '*' for these users without causing a problem? And, where would I see that problem if it did occur (e.g. exim is not installed on my system.)? libuuid:*:14292:0:9:7::: Debian-exim:*:14377:0:9:7::: Thanks in advance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
