dist-upgrade problem
I routinely run apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade to keep my packages up to date, well when I went to do a dist-upgrade today it wants to install many texlive-* packages, yet i don't have texlive installed and i don't want it installed ! i use tetex for my tex/latex needs and don't want to install another tex distribution. why is dist-upgrade wanting to install these packages? how can i tell it to NOT install them? i run testing release and 2.6.18 kernel. regards, zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dist-upgrade problem
On 7/8/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Zach, It might be a better idea to run aptitude (or apt-get) upgrade rather than dist-upgrade as a matter of routine. I think you will avoid these kinds of problems this way. Cheers, Jonathan Hi Jonathan, Ok, I'm curious though 1) why it wants to install all the texlive-* packages when I don't even have texlive installed and 2) how i could force it to not install these during the dist-upgrade? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dist-upgrade problem
On 7/8/07, Graham Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: tetex no longer exists (except historically) and to automatically and seamlessly Hi Graham, Wow, this is news to me. What happened the project was going strong just 1-2 years ago. Did all the developers suddenly abandon it? How strange. transition people to the new TeX (texlive) the tetex packages are probably empty packages depending on texlive. Thus apt-get is trying to upgrade you. Unless you have a specific reason to stay with tetex, might be best to just go with the flow. My observation is that the transition, left to apt-get, works just fine. Ok and will all my commands like tex, latex, texmf, latex2html still work the same with texlive? dist-upgrade says it needs to download 256MB and I am on dialup modem :( Most of this seems to be texlive-* packages so it seems much bigger than tetex, there is also some gnome upgrades. BTW since texlive-* is replacing tetex why didn't apt say "The following packages will be removed: texlive-*"? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
need good file explorer
I am looking for a Debian package which will provide nice functionality equivalent to the MS Windows (file) Explorer (not Internet Explorer!) which lets you quickly view all directories and files on your filesystem in a tree structure and allows quickly moving/renaming/deleting files using the mouse. I have not found anything in comparable functionality and speed. I tried Konqueror but it was massively bloated (installed lots of big KDE libs) and the response time seems much worse than MS Windows file explorer program. I need something lightweight and fast. Hope someone knows of any such program(s). I run Debian testing but if something is not packaged I can always compile and install in /usr/local. Regards, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dist-upgrade problem
On 7/8/07, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "upgrade" is extremely conservative and will bail if it encounters even something as trivial as a new dependency that needs to be installed. "dist-upgrade" is a much better alternative if you're tracking unstable or testing; with "upgrade", many of your packages will simply refuse to upgrade. Thanks Daniel, yes I do track testing so I will use dist-upgrade from now on! Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dist-upgrade problem
On 7/8/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just today I wanted to upgrade amarok to 1.4.6 and as a result installed newer versions of a couple of other packages. That certainly unblocked things because when I did my normal upgrade I had 193 upgrades to make. I take this to be normal. If I'm in a rush for a newer version (as today) I can alt-pin it or How do you alt-pin? I've seen this before where I wanted to upgrade just one package but `apt-get upgrade` would install many. It would be cool to only upgrde what I wanted at the time. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: need good file explorer
On 7/8/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Zach, Krusader? Dolphin? gnome midnight commander (really mean and lean)? Cheers, Krusader sounds like KDE app, I run GNOME and eschew KDE apps since they tend to be bloated and require many libraries :) But thanks I will try Dolphin and midnight commander in "apt-cache search" ! Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: need good file explorer
On 7/8/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You definitely should have a look at Thunar; it's one of the fastest file managers I've ever seen. Hi Mathias, Ok I will try it - thanks! BTW do you need to run Xfce desktop to use it? Regards, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dist-upgrade problem
On 7/8/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. In your /etc/apt folder create a file called "preferences" which looks something like this Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600 Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing Pin-Priority: 650 What do the numbers represent? Do I need to add the first entry which has "a=unstable" even though I run testing? 2. If you want something from Sid (unstable) then do this: aptitude -t unstable install What if I want to do it in testing not unstable? I run only testing (lenny?) That's it. aptitude (apt-get) will default to testing unless you specify otherwise. Ah, but I don't use aptitude I just use apt-get on command line. :-) Thanks, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dist-upgrade problem
If I wish to upgrade a package would I do "upgrade" instead of "install" in your example? Should I delete this file if I wish to not do pinning? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] A significant negative impact on Linux's popularity?
On 7/8/07, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And in the future, even with the EA announcement, I doubt it will change anything except with the five people who love football so much they absolutely must have the latest Madden game every year... And if they really care so much about games more likely they can save the money they'd spend on a PC and just buy an Xbox (with it's broken hardware hehe). Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: need good file explorer
On 7/8/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thunar depends on its vfs libs, libexo and xfce4-panel. Dunno how much else this pulls in, but since Xfce is pretty lightweight, it probably won't matter that much. That sounds good :) Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: need good file explorer
On 7/8/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: $ apt-cache search file manager| grep -v ^lib | grep fm|sort Cool what does the "^lib" do? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: need good file explorer
On 7/8/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It anchors the three character string literal "lib" to the start of the line: library -> matches glib -> does not match Oh, that is nifty. Zach
need help with fonts in Debian testing after upgrade
i did an upgrade last night and also installed some new packages and now my fonts aren't correct, i checked in gnome-terminal and firefox and emacs and the fonts are appearing too small and even the window dimensions of gnome-terminal and emacs is too small now when they open! it has even affected my gmail when i open it now everything is too small and is readable but strains my eyes :( and i did NOT change firefox settings in any way so it must be the system wide X fonts. i never had this problem in the past and apt did NOT ask or inform me it would be changing fonts, or changing X in any way. i use X.Org, 4 months ago I switched to it from XFree86 when i upgraded my testing release. i had no problems until now. i did dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and that didn't help, i even removed the 100dpi font lines from /etx/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/X11/Xfree8 i looked in /var/log/dpkg.log to see what packages were updated last night and these looked relevant: xfonts-base xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-encodings also i have: /usr/lib/X11/fonts -> ../../X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ (symlink) i have attached 2 files, my current xorg.conf and one from several months ago when i know it was working i'd really appreciate any help, i want my gnome-terminal and emacs to open at normal size and i want my fonts in all programs running in X to go back to their normal (larger) font size which doesn't strain my eyes. regards, zach xorg.conf Description: Binary data xorg.conf.20070412022748 Description: Binary data
font problem - please help!
I'm having a font problem, can someone take a look at my paste: http://pastebin.ca/649456 Thanks, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: font problem - please help!
On 8/8/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Zach, > I had a look at your xorg.conf file that you pasted up and I'm not surprised > you're having font problems. There's nothing in the fonts section of your > config file. You have: > > > I'd say you're definitely missing something. Someone said the new version of the X.Org xserver no longer puts the Font lines in the xorg.conf file. I wonder where it puts them? I just remember one of the packages that it upgraded was xserver-xorg yet it didn't show anything on stdout indicating it was changing font directors or anything! Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: font problem - please help!
On 8/8/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I read your long post at break-neck speed with 20% comprehension, so
> forgive me if I got this wrong, but you claimed that you removed some of
> the font paths. To me it looks like you removed all of them, or perhaps
> a bug in the configuration script left them out.
Hi Mumia,
When the xserver-xorg package was upgraded it seems to have removed them.
Someone said the new version of X.Org does this.
> I suggest putting the font paths back. Your best bet is to shutdown X
> and reconfigure the X server:
>
> mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak # create backup
> /etc/init.d/gdm stop # (I'm assuming gdm. Correct for {x,k}dm.)
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> The above should result in a completely new xorg.conf. Check that the
> required font paths are in the "Files" section of your xorg.conf file.
>
> When you get back into X, if the fonts are still screwy, use an X
> terminal to save the output of this to a file:
Yes I use gdm. I did what you said and the newly generated xorg.conf
has no Font stuff in it. So I started X and again same font problem.
So then I manually added in the font lines and I even put the 75dpi
one at as the top line but still the problem doesn't go away.
> xset q
> xlsfonts
>
> The first command shows X settings, and the second one shows the fonts
> that X recognizes. This information helps in debugging the problem.
Ok here is that output:
http://pastebin.ca/650819
> Submitting your post by linking to a pastebin...interesting. While
> pastebin-ing the xorg.conf is appropriate, it's better to put the text
> describing the problem in the e-mail you send to the list.
Heh, ok.
Zach
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Re: font problem - please help!
On 8/8/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Version 7.2 of Xorg includes the default font paths automatically now, > so most of these lines are not needed anymore in the "Files" section of > xorg.conf: I checked apt-cache for xserver-xorg and you're right I have "Version: 1:7.2-5". So where does the xserver keep the list of fonts to use and where is this file? Can I edit it or would that mess up debconf? I already tried putting the 75dpi font I wanted as the first line but my font still don't look how they did before I upgraded the xserver-xorg package. When I do ps I see: root 2371 0.0 0.5 3584 1380 ?Ss Aug08 0:00 /usr/bin/xfs -daemon root 2545 6.1 8.1 27344 20812 tty9 S (This is from my /var/log/Xorg.0.log; I reformatted the long line to > make it more easily readable.) Here is my Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.ca/650829 As you can see at the top of the log where it sets font paths there are some errors, it is trying to load the 100dpi fonts but I purged that package from my system so obviously the font listing it has is outdated. How can I update it? I don't have a Xorg.0.log from when the fonts were working (wish it archived more than just 1 revision) but I do have a log from when I used the XFree86 xserver for this machine. Here is the XFree86.0.log: http://pastebin.ca/650833 > Zach, since you have problems with the sizes of both fonts and entire > windows I suspect that your Xorg is currently working with a wrong > resolution setting, maybe due to a graphics driver update. (It could > also be that the resolution setting was wrong earlier and you set your > application font preferences and default window sizes for this wrong > configuration...) I know my max screen resolution is 1024x768 cause the laptop specs said so. And the desktop looks exactly like it did before I upgraded the xserver-xorg package except for when I start up applications and they appear with smaller fonts and sometimes smaller window dimensions. Is there a command that will display what resolution the X server is using? I'm like 95% certain it is using 1024x768. This is what I've always used, even back when I ran XFree86 on this machine. > I think the best approach is to put the real physical dimensions of your > screen into the "Monitor" section of your xorg.conf: > > DisplaySize width height > > (Width and height are given as dimensionless numbers and are understood > to be in millimeters; see "man xorg.conf" for details.) My laptop LCD is 11.25" (285.75mm) width x 8.4375" (214.312mm) height > Then you can restart X and check if the settings are correct now: > > $ egrep 'physical|dimensions|DPI' /var/log/Xorg.0.log > (**) intel(0): Display dimensions: (340, 270) mm > (**) intel(0): DPI set to (95, 120) > (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 338 x 270 Ok I will do that as my next task and let you know the results. > The DPI (dots per inch) values should correspond to the number of pixels > in horizontal (vertical) direction divided by the width (height) of the > display. (Give-or-take 1-2 millimeters is fine; 1 inch = 25.4 mm.) The > first DPI value (horizontal) is more critical for the font rendering > than the second one. Ah but I see 2 DPI values above, how is each one calculated? What is the relation between DPI and screen resolution (ie 1024x768)? I thought DPI was dependent on the type of screen/monitor you had. How do I find out the correct DPI for my laptop's LCD? I know my screen can't do more than 24 bits per pixel color depth. > Another thing to check is the Xft.dpi setting in the X resource > database: > > $ xrdb -query | grep Xft > Xft.antialias: 1 > Xft.dpi:96 > Xft.hinting:1 > Xft.hintstyle: hintfull > Xft.rgba: none > > You can change the setting like this: > > echo "Xft.dpi: 96" | xrdb -m > > You have to restart running programs to see the effect. If you find a > setting that you like you can put it into your ~/.Xresources file to > make it permanent. I did that command and it did not return any result: netrek:~# xrdb -query | grep Xft So does that indicate my fonts are broken? How can I fix it so this command will work as yours does? Assuming we can get that working and iif I find one that works I can create a ~/.Xresources for root and my normal user accounts? I currently don't have that file in either root or normal user accounts. Can I see yours? Another thing I noticed, as a test I uninstalled and then reinstalled some of my font packages and I found some directory problems such as: Setting up xfonts-75dpi (1:1.0.0-4) ... warning: /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi does not exist or is not a directory warning: /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi does not exist or is not a directory Th
Re: font problem - please help!
On 8/9/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well there's one quick way to find out. Assuming you have the correct font > packages installed, then just add the font directories in my or Mumia's > xorg.conf files that we've posted on this thread. Stop and restart your > xserver. If the problem goes away then that's the solution. If it doesn't, > then that wasn't the problem. OK I will try to add your font lines to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf even though someone said in version 7.2, which I have, it no longer keeps fonts directors listed in there. I wonder where it does keep them? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dialup connectivity problem
ybody logged in. # *.emerg * # # I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual # console I usually leave idle. # #daemon,mail.*;\ # news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\ # *.=debug;*.=info;\ # *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty8 # The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility. To use it, # you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option: # #$ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...] # # NOTE: adjust the list below, or you'll go crazy if you have a reasonably # busy site.. # daemon.*;mail.*;\ news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\ *.=debug;*.=info;\ *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole BASTILLE ADDITIONS BELOW : # # Log all kernel messages to the new file /var/log/kernel kern.* /var/log/kernel # Log all logins to /var/log/loginlog auth.*;user.*;daemon.none /var/log/loginlog # Log additional data to the Alt-F7 and Alt-F8 screens (Pseudo TTY 7 and 8) *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none /dev/tty7 authpriv.* /dev/tty7 *.warn;*.err/dev/tty7 kern.* /dev/tty7 mail.* /dev/tty8 *.* /dev/tty12 ## BASTILLE ADDITIONS CONCLUDED : ### Regards, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dialup connectivity problem
On 1/24/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: AFAIK that has nothing to do with Debian but with your ISP. Hi Hugo, Oh. This is what I get sometimes (Sid): ... Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Modem hangup Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Connect time 39.0 minutes. ... This ISP switched to v.92 protocol and my old modem would not connect. The ISP said nothing, but with a new v.02 analog modem the connections are a lot better. If it is the modem protocol why can it sometimes stay connected for 3 hours and other times only 15 or 20 minutes before it disconnects? Do you think if I buy a new model of external serial modem it will stop disconnecting? Did my syslog file look good in terms of logging everything I can? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dialup connectivity problem
On 1/24/07, Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Another thing to check is the line quality. If your line has a lot of noise on it, the connection can get lost that way and would degrade the speed before that. On bad days, I get speeds down to 9600, varying lengths of time on-line, then the system misses 4 pings to the ISP and disconnects. Of course, even on a good day, every two hours my ISP dumps me... I think they call it "load sharing"... I call it lame... Hi Wulfmann, I think line quality is fine because in Windoze I have no problems using the modem. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dialup connectivity problem
On 1/25/07, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had the problem of only 2KB/s on Debian and 4 on Windows. I fiddled around with it and discovered that when I ran "wvdial" it would do the full 4 (you get 30-50 with dialup?! This was in the country though, a Hi Owen, Oops I meant Kb/s :-) Big difference in the capitalization heh. ways from town...). You might try using wvdial, and also enabling all the compression parameters in the ppp conf file. Somehow there is a way to find out exactly what wvdial is using for parameters when it gives control of the connection to pppd; that is what I had to use. wvdial does the connecting, pppd takes care of the rest, when wvdial is used. Sorry I can't give more specifics, the computer is someone else's and my memory of the incident is incomplete. Ok so I just run wvdial with no parameters? I used ppconfig to setup the ppp connection. I just type "pon ispc.com" to connect and "poff isp.com" to disconnect. Can you send me your wvdial.conf and ppp config file? 40C is quite fine, my drives idle at nearly that (spinning but idle). Sometimes they get up to almost 70C when they are really busy. Maybe that's too hot? Comments... Cool. -- I don't have decent access to the Internet now, so replies come rarely. Ok. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!
From: "Piotr Dziubinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-project@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whoa dude relax. Why did you contact so many people to complain? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dialup connectivity problem
On 1/27/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't suppose you told pppconfig to make it an on-demand connection? Hi Douglas, Exactly how can I enable this? Personally, I also use the persist option so that it redials if the connection dies. Cool. How can I enable this also? I'm out in the country miles from the phone switch, so I routinly get an average of 3 KB/s. How do you get 30-50 KB/s? At 28.8 K bps with n81 that's 9 bits per byte so that's 3.2 K bytes/s. At 56 Kbps at n81 that's 6.2 K bytes/s. I wonder what units linux's 30 KB and Windoze 50 KB are referring to. Could it be something like the difference between K=1000 and K=1024? Sorry a typo :) Meant Kb[it] not KB[yte]. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security
On 1/28/07, John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Make sure you buy v4 or below. v5 can't be upgraded (and doesn't run Linux) The WRT54G v4 was re-released as the WRT54GL - the L for Linux. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
moving partitions
I have 2 machines: one is a laptop, the other is an old desktop. Neither has a CD/DVD burner nor do I have broadband internet access yet however both machines have NIC cards so I thought I could buy a few feet of CAT5 ethernet cable and connect them to transfer everything from the laptop to the desktop (which has an extra 50GB hard disk that is empty and would be perfect for this task). The laptop has 2 partitions: /hda1 for Win32 and /hda2 for Linux. Both machines are running Debian testing release. The laptop machine is up to date howver the dekstop has not been updated in 3 years and it would not be practical to update it at this point since I don't yet have broadband. Hopefully that will not hinder me from the task at hand. The desktop has 3 partitions: /hda1 for Win32, hda2 for Linux and hdb1 (IIRC) which is either blank or was formatted for Linux Swap. I've never hooked up ethernet or setup a LAN nor transferred a hard disk image from one machine to another. I want to transfer the Win32 AND Linux partitions from the laptop over to the desktop extra hard disk. The ethernet cable I just plug into each NIC. Never setup a NIC before so does someone know how I do this? After that is working what should I do to get the 2 machines talking to one another. And what is the method method for transferring the data (20GB Win32 and 16HB Linux partitions). Also should I copy the data over rather than move it in case there is a problem? I don't have enough spare space on the laptop side for this though (only about 200MB free total on the entire disk including Win32 and Linux partitions). Regards, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gibberish in log file?
CTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@^@ Feb 4 06:17:42 netrek chat[3253]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@^@([EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@([EMAIL PROTECTED]@:^Fd(D^No8EH^M'[EMAIL PROTECTED]@fe;[EMAIL PROTECTED]@R3~~!E@ Feb 4 06:17:42 netrek chat[3253]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]@^E^B^A^@,Q#p([EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@)[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@^@ Feb 4 06:17:44 netrek chat[3253]: alarm Feb 4 06:17:44 netrek chat[3253]: Failed Feb 4 06:17:45 netrek pppd[3252]: Exit. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gibberish in log file?
On 02/04/08 Ron Johnson wrote: > >*VERY* important questions: > >What do you mean by "old" ISP? Do you now have a "new" ISP? Yes my old isp was ISP.com, my new ISP (which I'm trying to get working) is Sysim. So before to start my connection I'd do: pon isp.com (and never saw any weird characters in logfile) Now I'm attempting to do: pon sysim(and I get the weird characters) I no longer have access to my old ISP but I decided to try it and see if the weird characters would show up, that is I did "pon isp.com" and now the log has that gibberish in it. Yet when I tried my old ISP only 1 day earlier on Saturday it failed (as expected, couldn't authorize) but there was NOT gibberish in the log and it was normal. So I don't understand what happened in that 1 day when the computer was powered off and I didn't do anything to it. Very baffling. I even went into pppconfig and deleted the entry for sysim and created a new one and tried it again and the gibberish still shows up in the log. What is really weird is that my old ISP entry "isp.com" now produces this same gibberish yet that chat script wasn't modified in anyway from when it ran the day before and did not produce the strange characters. Any clue how I can fix this? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gibberish in log file? SOLVED
When I was setting up the new ISP in pppconfig I pasted from a document I had mounted from my MS Windows partition (vfat) and it must have included some of those weird control characters. I used fromdos (part of the dos2unix package) on: /etc/ppp/pap-secrets /etc/ppp/peers/sysim /etc/chatscripts/sysim And after that no more problems and I was able to connect using my new ISP Sysim :-) Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Setting up ADSL?
I am getting ADSL (728/128) next week and have some questions. I run Debian lenny with a 2.6.18 kernel. The DSL connection will use PPPoE and I'll be getting a static IP. I guess I just need 1 ethernet cable to connect the DSL modem to my NIC right? How do I setup the PPPoE account (username, password)? The modem also has a built in 4 port router so how can I setup NAT (I only have 1 machine now but plan to add more in the future)? How do I setup DHCP for my private addresses which NAT will use? Anyone have a good basic firewall (especially example rules scripts!) that I can put up? Besides a plain firewall what else can I do to make my machine more secure since it will be connected to the outside world nearly 24x7 from now on. Last week one of my friends had their machine ping flooded, they couldn't get any packets out and the attacker only stopped after he unplugged his router and waited a few hours before reconnecting. Questions: 1) If this happens to me what should I do to stop the attacker and get back online? (A quick way to ignore their IP would be good for starters.) 2) Why didn't his ISP or even the ISP's upstream provider catch this and automatically null route the offender? Also how can I manually bring my connection up and down? Anyone know some good packages for logging network trafficing, deciphering logs, getting useful reports etc? If you log a lot I suppose there is no way to get around having to read many log mails every day, the price of security eh? Thanks, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Measuring & optimizing broadband speed
I am looking for accurate methods of measuring broadband speed, particularly for a 728 kbps / 128 kbps DSL line. I want to see how close my real world throughput gets to the advertised bandwidth. Also what is the theoretical maximum and minimum ping (average return time) and lag (standard deviation of the ping) for such a DSL line? Is there any sort of MTU, routing table or TCP/IP stack changes I can make (if so please explain how) to increase my latency, lag and packet loss? I use Debian lenny with a 2.6.18 kernel. Oh yes I will have a static IP address. Also I got some advice on how to setup my ADSL line I'm getting next week but no one mentioned using the "route" command and setting up the routing table (gateway, metrics, netmask). Is that not necessary in my case? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux network security poll
I need to get serious about security since I will be soon connected to the net almost 24x7 (barring a power outage etc.) so I was wondering if list members could explain their security setup (network configuration, DMZ, firewalls, IDS, logging, etc.). Also what would you recommend for someone like me who is still on an entry level in terms of my understanding of Linux and network security and what would recommend for later on down the road once I get more sophisticated? I run Debian lenny with a 2.6.18 kernel. I will be getting ADSL next week and plan on having a DSL modem/router doing NAT. I only have one machine now but plan on adding another one within the next 3 months or so. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Archiving audio (high fidelity)?
I would like to transfer my collection of LPs (record albums) and audio cassette tapes onto optical media for archival. I have a high end CD player and a medium end LP player and wonder precisely how I can transfer these to DVD? I would like to maintain the highest possible fidelity so even dumping to .WAV or .FLAC is fine with me. I have audio cables with gold plated connectors and my CD player is connected to a powered amplifier. Also I want to remove any cracks or pops from the LPs (especially) before archiving. What settings should my amplifier have (or the sound card) when I do this? I have a relatively cheap sound card so what sound card would you recommend for this project (it must be Linux friendly)? I saw this USB device (apparently it uses a custom USB board to do the D/A conversion with claimed high fidelity) Xitel Import Deluxe device at Radio Shack: http://www.xitel.com/USA/prod_inportdl.htm But it only seems to save to MP3 and comes with MS Windows software only. If you can be as specific as possible that would really help (hardware, software, procedures, tips, etc.) Regards, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
weird problem
I noticed a problem with using grep and more. I am using the defaults for the package which is running on a Debian lenny system, using the BASH shell. Lets say the file foo has 40 lines: 1. one 2. two 3 three 4. four . . 40. forty I type on the command line: $ grep o foo the first line in my gnome-terminal window will show: 2. two So to see the command line and the first line I must scroll up. I noticed if I use grep it shows the first line but it doesn't show my command line. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ipchains -> iptables?
On Feb 12, 2008 7:20 PM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The topology of chains to tables is fundamentally different, In chains > a packet that is to be forwarded must also go though the input and > output chains. Under tables this packet only has to traverse the > forward table, input and output tables only refer to packets destined > for and from the firewall machine. Hi Adrian, Ah I see so we're dealing with apples and oranges here. > I am happy to post my tables script and you can use that as the basis > of yours if you like. Thank you, that would be great. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ipchains -> iptables?
Anyone know a way (or even better have a script) to convert a file of ipchains rules into iptables rules? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
php and apache?
Hello, I am trying to open some PHP test scripts but my webserver (running on localnet) prompts me to download them when I try to load one in apache. Here are the packages I have installed: ii libapache2-mod-php5 5.2.4-2+b1 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag ii php55.2.4-2 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag ii php5-cgi5.2.4-2+b1 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag ii php5-cli5.2.4-2+b1 command-line interpreter for the php5 script ii php5-common 5.2.4-2+b1 Common files for packages built from the php ii apache2 2.2.6-3 Next generation, scalable, extendable web se ii apache2-common 2.0.55-4 next generation, scalable, extendable web se ii apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.6-3 Traditional model for Apache HTTPD ii apache2-utils 2.2.6-3 utility programs for webservers ii apache2.2-common2.2.6-3 Next generation, scalable, extendable web se Must I change /etc/apache2/apache2.conf somehow to get this working? Running Debian lenny. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: php and apache?
On Feb 19, 7:40 am, "Kushal Kumaran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Run a2enmod php5 to enable the php5 module. Then restart apache2. > You don't need to have both php5-cgi and libapache2-mod-php5 > installed. Unless you specifically need the cgi version, you can just > stick to the apache2 module. Ok but it seems I already have this module loaded and I still can't open php scripts. When I try to open /var/www/phpsysinfo/index.php it says "You have chosen to open: index.php which is a PHP script" and it queries me if I want to save it to disk or open with Bluefish. Any other ideas? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: php and apache?
2008/2/19, Sergio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >Hello, > >do you have a line like this in your config files: > >AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .php3 > >I think it is in the file: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf > >That should do the trick. Hello Sergio, Yes everything seems fine yet it still doesn't work - very perplexing. Here is what I know so far: When I try to load one locally such as /var/www/phpsysinfo/index.php it opens a dialog box asking me whether I'd like to download it or open with an editor, it never renders the PHP script. I also tried remotely by loading http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/~chaos/foo.php in my browser and it just prints out the file contents. I verified that apache2 has the php module loaded: netrek:~# a2enmod php5 This module is already enabled! I also confirmed that in /etc/apache2/mods-available/dir.conf DirectoryIndex has an entry for index.php: DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml ind ex.htm And I also confirmed that in /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf it has as apropriate AddType entry: AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .php3 AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .php3 AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps And /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf has: DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml ind ex.htm Here are the packages I have installed: ii libapache2-mod-php5 5.2.4-2+b1 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag ii php55.2.4-2 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag ii php5-cgi5.2.4-2+b1 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag ii php5-cli5.2.4-2+b1 command-line interpreter for the php5 script ii php5-common 5.2.4-2+b1 Common files for packages built from the php ii apache2 2.2.6-3 Next generation, scalable, extendable web se ii apache2-common 2.0.55-4 next generation, scalable, extendable web se ii apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.6-3 Traditional model for Apache HTTPD ii apache2-utils 2.2.6-3 utility programs for webservers ii apache2.2-common2.2.6-3 Next generation, scalable, extendable web se ii iceweasel 2.0.0.11-1 lightweight web browser based on Mozilla Must I change /etc/apache2/apache2.conf somehow to get this working? Running Debian lenny. So apache is passing the php files as if they were just normal text files or something. They are never passed off to the php module and executed for some reason. Any help would be greatly appreciated. As far as I can tell it *should* work but doesn't obviously. Regards, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: php and apache?
Jeff wrote: > >What does 'apache2ctl -M' tell you? That should tell you what modules apache is loading. Have you restarted apache? I see the php module in there: netrek:~# apache2ctl -M Loaded Modules: core_module (static) log_config_module (static) logio_module (static) mpm_prefork_module (static) http_module (static) so_module (static) alias_module (shared) auth_basic_module (shared) authn_file_module (shared) authz_default_module (shared) authz_groupfile_module (shared) authz_host_module (shared) authz_user_module (shared) autoindex_module (shared) cgi_module (shared) dir_module (shared) env_module (shared) geoip_module (shared) mime_module (shared) negotiation_module (shared) perl_module (shared) php5_module (shared) setenvif_module (shared) status_module (shared) Syntax OK Yes I've done a "/etc/init.d/apache2 restart" Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: php and apache?
On Feb 19, 2008 11:28 PM, John W Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sounds like apache2 knows what to do, BUT...did you check the > >/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini for proper configs. > This may require a bit of study and effort on your part to determine > exactly how you want php5 to work. In the 'out of the box' set up > php.ini is NOT properly configured for a production system..but rather > for development. Thanks John, I will look into that. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt is killing my machine
Do you know if it's expected for installing packages to take longer the more total packages one has installed? In recent months I notice sometimes when I install packages (sometimes one, sometimes many) the machine will be in nearly unusable state while it read's the package database. Such as just happened: enetrek:~# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: mplayer The following packages will be upgraded: linux-libc-dev 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/720kB of archives. After unpacking 32.8kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y (Reading database ... << At this point it hung for 20 minutes! << It then proceeded: 316137 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev 2.6.22-6 (using .../linux-libc-dev_2.6.22-6.lenny1_i386.deb) ... Setting up linux-libc-dev (2.6.22-6.lenny1) ... [ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.0 ] File updated: searched for 151 files, found 131 I'm going to start using the time command with apt so I can get some hard data. My xload spiked up to near the very top for this entire time and then when apt finished it went back down to the bottom. I don't know if it is CPU or disk IO or a combination. I wonder if I can do anything to optimize apt so it will stop doing this? My machine is a P3/700MHz. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DSL in Linux - direct setup?
I have the DSL modem, plugged the ethernet cable between ETHERNET port
on modem and my NIC, I attached the phone line into the DSL port on
the modem but I still don't see any network connection. My ISP said
they use PPPoE but they never told me a username or password. Assuming
they tell me this how can I access the DSL modem and input these
settings? In the future I will do NAT and add a router, but for now I
want just a direct connection in Linux.
The ISP said I get a static ip, how do I find out this IP and how do I
set things up so I have connectivity (and I'd like the settings to be
saved so if I reboot it will immediately reestablish connectivity and
using my same static IP when I login again).
I run Debian lenny with a 2.6.18 Debianized stock kernel.
Here is what I have now:
dsl modem
--- ---
| | - - - - - ethernet cable -| |
--- ---
laptop |
| phone line
|
[ x ] line filter
|
Zach
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HD problems
Hello,
Two day ago I suddenly got lots of I/O and read errors which went to
all consoles on my laptop (Latitude C600 running Debian testing
release with Linux kernel 2.6.18) followed by loud clicking noises
coming from the area where the HD is then the kernel panicked and the
screen froze and I then heard several high pitched beeps and loud
chirping noises like a cricket. This is the small ATA/IDE HD that came
with the laptop (~8 years old, Hitachi Travelstar 08K0851, 20GB). I
tried rebooting and it said it could not load the root filesystem and
complained about error reading disk and input/output error and I
heard beeping noises again - 2 quick very sharp beeps ~90 seconds
after it tried loading the / filesystem. I booted into my Ubuntu Live
CD and tried mounting the disk but it gave read error. So I went to a
local computer shop and bought another HD and installed it in the
laptop; I made sure the laptop had no power (battery is dead and I
unplugged power cord) and I used latex gloves and had the laptop on a
wen table when inserting the new drive into the side of the laptop.
It's a Toshiba ATA disk, MK6026 GAX, 60GB, another $60 sigh. That
drive also gave similar read, I/O problems so I suspect it is a bad
hardware controller or maybe even the interface connection. Two drives
both cannot be read. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this
happening before (the HD is god but cannot be read due to fault in the
system's hardware)? I hope whatever is wrong didn't damage the data on
my drives.
Do you know something I could buy that would connect to my small
laptop hard drive and allow me to mount it as an external hard disk? I
found enclosures that come with an interface for IDE 3.5" sized HDs
and connect via USB but nothing for these small laptop HDs - they're
about the size of the palm on the hand and only 0.20" thick.
I was able to install Ubuntu 7.04 onto my external SCSI disk (ATA/IDE
interface enclosure connected to laptop via USB) but my system's BIOS
doesn't seem to recognize/be aware of it and I tried using the Ubuntu
Live CD to do "root=/dev/sda5" but it only seems to be aware of hda
disks and not SCSI disks (or at least not ones connected via USB). I
am wondering if there is anyway I can boot into the Ubuntu
installation on the external disk. That way I'd at least be able to
save files and it would be a lot faster than running from the Live
CD's ramdisk.
The drive's relevant partition table entries:
/dev/sda5, Boot, Logical, Linux ext3, 19GB
/dev/sda6, Logical, Linux swap, 764MB
And the boot files are:
/initrd.img -> /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23.386
/vmlinuz -> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386
The external disk is a Seagate ST380021 A (80GB) and I'm using a Mad
Dog enclosure connected to my USB 1 port.
When I boot into Ubuntu Live CD it automatically finds the disk and
mounts it but unless some USB drivers are loaded at the boot stage I
guess it won't be aware of its' existence but USB drivers are only
loaded when the kernel is booting so it looks like I'm stuck in a
Catch-22 situation. Yet I've heard of people running Linux off USB
{pen,thumb}drives so it must be possible. I am very open to any ideas
at this point. It will likely be another month before I can buy
another machine. I'm glad Ubuntu came with pppoeconf or I wouldn't
have gotten my DSL connection working. I also have an old 10GB IDE
drive I could try in the USB enclosure if you think that would work.
Thanks,
Zach
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DSL speed
The speed test at dslreports.com is showing my download speed as 625 Kb/s. This seems a lot less than the 768 Kb/s I'm supposed to have. My latency to their test server in NY was 50ms. Is there anything I can do to to increase my download speed? I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 Live CD until I can buy a new computer. Running 2.6.18 kernel and Debian/Ubuntu. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DNS problem?
Hi everyone,
Nslookup/ping work, irc works, & i can connect to most websites but
having trouble with certain websites such as google/gmail, says can't
find host, then after refresh same error, after many refreshes it
works, for each refresh it generates an error in /var/log/syslog
saying "ICMP message type destination unreachable - bad port from
127.0.0.1", i clearned cache in firefox, same problem, this only
manifested in past 24 hours since i did a few "apt-get upgrade"s. here
is list of my running processes -> http://pastebin.com/742796
see anything suspicious? why is rarpd running? i am ppp dialup,
running Debian testing, 2.4.27 kernel
i upgraded from apache to apache2 but i don't see how that would
impact this problem. i connect to ISP with PAP and I do not run local
DNS. When I connect with PPP it places my ISP's 2 nameservers in
/etc/resolve.conf
I seem to recall setting up a loopback address ("lo") but forget what
file this was done in way back when I first installed/setup machine.
Someone said when I upgraded from 2.2.20-idepci kernel to 2.4.18
kernel that uses udev it may have removed this loopback support. Can
someone tell me the name of the file that does this setup and how I
can confirm if it is working. Or is this not relevant to my problem?
regards,
zach
ratpoison install error
Hi I'm running Debian testing release and got this error when installing ratpoison: Setting up ratpoison (1.4.0-beta4-10) ... error in control file: `Index' value missing for format `info' at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 709, line 8. Here is some info: netrek:~# dpkg -l | grep ratpoison ii ratpoison1.4.0-beta4-10 Simple window manager with no fat library de netrek:~# cat /etc/deb debconf.confdebfoster.conf debian-builder/ debian_version netrek:~# cat /etc/debian_version testing/unstable netrek:~# uname -r 2.4.27-2-686 netrek:~# apt-cache show ratpoison Package: ratpoison Priority: extra Section: x11 Installed-Size: 324 Maintainer: Jonathan Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.4.0-beta4-10 Provides: x-window-manager Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libreadline5 (>= 5.1), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxtst6Recommends: xterm | x-terminal-emulator Suggests: ratmenu, emacs21, xbindkeys, xclip Filename: pool/main/r/ratpoison/ratpoison_1.4.0-beta4-10_i386.deb Size: 138670 MD5sum: 3bb38856874c69d4feffd9bef5abe333 Regards, Zach
Re: ratpoison install error
On 5/29/06, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cannot be reproduced on Debian unstable machine. It is either a problem with testing or your mirrors are not up to date! I pull from http://http.us.debian.org/ and my sources are up to date. Zach
Re: Your notice in Internet.
Keep this stuff OFF the list! The list is about DEBIAN issues. Zach On 5/29/06, Zygmunt Orłowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Comment for METOZ By Orlowski Zygmunt Poland 2005 index html Comments concerning machine "METOZ" "METOZ" is able to realize the cycle "deflection" and the cycle "straighening." Both cycles are in accordance with current physic's laws. "METOZ" as machine can not work and hand over the energy because it would be inconsonant to the law of conservation of energy. I propose to execute the following intelectual process: we have found ourselves in the Europe of XVII century. We know the trigonometry in the scope of being occured for "METOZ." We know what is the even-arm lever and moment of force too. Just appeears Mr. Baise Pascal / 1623--1662/ and he publishes his hydraulics law with adequated experiment. All thinkers are sure that this law is correct and quite real. This time someone invents machine "METOZ". Now turn up the following questions: 1/ why the implementation of the cycle "deflection" is impossible? 2/ why the implementation of the cycle "straightening" is impossible?Both groups: opponents and followers of bulding "METOZ" live in XVII--th century and they not know that: a/ the idea of an "energy" will be introduced into science scarlerly in mid. of XIX century, b/ the law of conservation of the energy will be exist scarlerly after 1847 y. QVESTION!!! WHAT KIND OF RATIONALY ENTERELY / ARGUMENT/ CAN BE DREAMED UP THE OPPONENTS OF BUILDING THE MACHINE "METOZ' IN XVII CENTURY. === Please open GOOgle and klick metozor and after : index of metozor At is site that explains technical details in easy to understand language. Typical example : http://www.nets.pl/~metozor/for_greenpeace.html Thank you for your time and interest. Zygmunt Orlowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web only mode?
Is it possible to set list preferences to web only so that mail will not be sent? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian testing repository broken?
Never gotten this error before. I am running Debian testing and I am doing an 'apt-get update' as it instructs but I still get the error: I have copied this to the debian-testing group since this may be a problem with apt. netrek:~# apt-get update Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages/DiffIndex Get:2 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch Release.gpg Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch Release.gpg Get:3 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch Release [3156B] Get:4 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/custom Packages/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/custom Packages/DiffIndex Get:5 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/main Packages/DiffIndex Get:6 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Get:7 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Get:8 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/custom Packages Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/custom Packages Get:9 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/main Packages Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/main Packages Get:10 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/non-free Packages Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/non-free Packages Get:11 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/contrib Packages Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/contrib Packages Hit ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/custom Packages Get:12 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/main Packages [4056B] Hit ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/non-free Packages Hit ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/contrib Packages Fetched 7401B in 16s (441B/s) Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/PackagesIndex MD5Sum mismatch Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Here is my /etc/apt/sources.list : deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.real-time.com/linux/real-time etch custom main non-free contrib Regards, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Need help with MBR.
Hi, I am running a dual boot system (Debian "testing" with 2.4.27 kernel and Windows 98 SE) and I was using LILO to give me a boot menu. Well recently I had to reinstall Windows 98 and it installed it's loader into the MBR so my Linux boot block in the MBR was wiped out and now LILO menu doesn't come up - it just boots directly into the Windows 98 menu. In the past when I was running 2.2.20-idepci kernel I was able to get back into my Debian system using the Debian Install Disk 1 and at the boot prompt typing : "rescue root=/dev/hda2" (Windows 98 partition is /dev/hda1), however it seems this no longer works since I upgraded to the 2.4.27 kernel. It complains about "kernel is too old" or something to that effect. I used a Morphix (Debian based live CD distro) disc and was able to mount /dev/hda2 but it won't let me run lilo (there is no LILO installed with Morphix), I need a way to boot into my Debian system and run LILO so it reads my /etc/lilo.conf and writes a boot block into the BIOS' MBR (master boot record). Can someone please tell me explicitly how to do this??? Also can someone tell me how to make a boot floppy disk (3.5") once I get my system working again so that if this happens again I can use that to get back into Debian. Thanks, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need help with MBR.
On 6/17/06, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You need to mount your root partition and chroot into it. An example for using Knoppix as a rescue CD: http://tinyurl.com/ldwn8 (This points to the relevant section of the wiki on www.knoppix.net; I used tinyurl.com since the original link is almost 300 characters long.) Hoi Florian, Thanks! By the way I am currently watching the latest concert of Andre Rieu from Maastricht - wonderful !!! Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
did my message get through?
please help, i posted 2 days ago with 4 specific problems i have after upgrading from 2.4.27 kernel to 2.6.18 kernel and i've not received a single reply. i really would appreciate some help with this. zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
need kernel help (2.6)
, exiting: Failed to lock '/tmp/gconfd-zu22/lock/ior': probably another process has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file locking misconfigured (Resource temporarily unavailable) Jun 8 15:49:36 netrek gconfd (zu22-3557): Resolved addre
Re: need kernel help (2.6)
On 6/9/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why build from source? What do you need that the binary kernel images don't provide? Hi Roberto, I wanted a leaner and faster kernel and I wanted my sound card supported at kernel level. Also it was learning experience. Strange. My udev-based Etch system has a /dev/ttyS0 present. Have you modified anything in your udev configuration? I have never used udev before and don't even know how to modify it ! :) I think I must have done something wrong in my kernel .config, can I send it to you? That could indicate a damaged CD or failing drive. What is the output of 'hdparm /dev/hdc' and also 'hdparm -i /dev/hdc'? But this does not happen in my 2.4.27 kernel, I get no such error messages and when I cp file from my CD drive in 2.4.27 it is instantaneously and does not take the 40 seconds to do it the first time as happens in 2.6.18, again I think this is problem in my .config but it is so big I am not sure what part needs fixed. My friend said maybe I did not enable support for the 8250 serial driver, do you know how I can enable this in my .config? And if I must recompile how can i tell make to read in my old .config but then let me change it and save changes before proceeding with kernel compile? If this is happening at boot, you have a failing drive or motherboard. My motherboard and drive is fine, I get none of these messages in my 2.4.27, if you wish I can post output of dmesg from my 2.4.27 kerenel ok? Depends on what is trying to access it. It says these will be removed in future so how do I handle this? udev is so confusing, I have no idea why kernel developers decided it was better than devfs :( any simple document to read which explains udev and how to use it clearly? > Problem 3: > In my /var/log/syslog I see tons of messages on boot dealing with > "class_uevent" and "class_device_create_uevent" is this a problem or > not? Below I have included the logfile excerpt. > Not sure. It seems to need register every device (physical device, character device, block device), does this happen with your udev too? Zach
Re: did my message get through?
On 6/10/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't recall seeing it. What was the problem?
Hello Douglas,
I guess my message was too long so the list software rejected it.
I recently upgraded from 2.4.27 to 2.6.18 kernel in Debian testing
and had 4 issues. I will append my original post at the end of this email.
Boot into your 2.4.27 and give us uname -a
Linux 2.6.18-686 netrek
Give us your /boot/grub/menu.list
I use LILO.
Give us your /etc/apt/sources.list
I use local mirror pair.com and all references are to "testing"
Give us your /etc/modules
Ok will get that next time I boot. Here is a link to my kernel .config:
http://pastebin.ca/557205
Zach
--- original email -
I just upgraded my kernel in Debian testing release from 2.4.27 to
2.6.18 and ran into some problems I would appreciate help with.
I built the kernel from the Debian kernel source package which has
some bug fixes and patches not found in the upstream (official) kernel
sources but I asked around and these don't seem to be related to my
problems. I built the .config from scratch (took 3.5 hours).
Total time for the kernel project was 9 hours heh!
Problem 1:
Since devfs has been replaced by udev (dynamic device naming) there is
no longer a /dev/ttyS0 for my serial modem. Also this was symlinked to
/dev/modem and that device is also no longer present in 2.6.18. Do I
just need to change /var/lib/setserial/autoserial.conf so it uses
/dev/tty0? How can I create a /dev/modem block device?
Problem 2:
Something weird is happening with my CDROM.
netrek:~# mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
netrek:~# cd /cdrom
netrek:/cdrom# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 9906644 9240328163080 99% /
tmpfs 128628 0128628 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 1024044 10196 1% /dev
tmpfs 128628 0128628 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hdc693330693330 0 100% /cdrom
netrek:/cdrom# ls
0001.tmp dxsetup movies01.mix scores.mixsizzle1.vqa
autoplay.wav install multi.mix setup ts1.dsk
autorun.exe license.doc readme.docsetup.exe westwood.hlp
autorun.inf maps01.mix readme.txtsidecd01.mix wolapi
netrek:/cdrom# ls -l /tmp/license.doc
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 26112 Jun 8 16:02 /tmp/license.doc
It took a very long time for such a small file (nearly 40 seconds) and
/var/log/messages showed:
Jun 8 16:02:38 netrek kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jun 8 16:02:38 netrek kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Jun 8 16:02:38 netrek kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete
However when I removed the file in /tmp and copied it over again this
time it worked instantaneously as it should. So i think my ide/ATAPI
is setup wrong but the .config has so many options i'm not sure which
ones i may have set wrong, I can send you my kernel .config if that would help.
Further I noticed some other messages, possibly related, from boot up
in my /var/log/syslog:
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: ide-cd: cmd 0x28 timed out
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: hdc: DMA interrupt recovery
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x58 {
DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: hdc: DMA disabled
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command
Jun 8 15:47:57 netrek kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete
Jun 8 15:47:59 netrek kernel: Warning: /proc/ide/hd?/settings
interface is obsolete, and will be removed soon!
Note that I get no such problems with my 2.4.27 kernel. And what
should I do about /proc/ide/hd?/settings?
Problem 3:
In my /var/log/syslog I see tons of messages on boot dealing with
"class_uevent" and "class_device_create_uevent" is this a problem or
not? Below I have included the logfile excerpt.
Problem 4:
Something is wrong with gconfd. Note I do not have NFS installed nor
supported in the kernel. From /var/log/syslog:
Jun 8 15:49:36 netrek gconfd (zu22-3557): starting (version 2.16.1),
pid 3557 user 'zu22'
Jun 8 15:49:36 netrek gconfd (zu22-3555): starting (version 2.16.1),
pid 3555 user 'zu22'
Jun 8 15:49:36 netrek gconfd (zu22-3555): Failed to get lock for
daemon, exiting: Failed to lock '/tmp/gconfd-zu22/lock/ior': probably
another process has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file
locking misconfigured (Resource temporarily unavailable)
Jun 8 15:49:36 netrek gconfd (zu22-3557): Resolved address
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how to configure users X setup?
i looked in /home/foo and /root (i hav 2 users: 1 regular and root) neither has a .xinitrc or .Xclients i am running Debian testing release thx! zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
trouble playing WMA
Does anyone know how to play WMA audio files in Linux? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/music$ mpg123 Various\ Artists\ -\ JS\ Bach\ \ Choral\ Du\ Veuilleur.wma Creating link /home/zu22/.kde/socket-netrek. can't create mcop directory I've used mpg123 to play MP3 and OGG files just fine. I use ALSA for sound. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to configure users X setup?
On 6/12/07, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Both of those files influence what clients (e.g. window managers) are run when the user starts an X server. They do not set up X itself. Just what setting up do you want to achieve? Right. I want certain programs run when I start X such as xscreensaver, xload, and a certain custom built window manager in /usr/local (not a debian package). Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to configure users X setup?
On 6/12/07, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are also a few ways to start X: from a display mananger, from the console with startx, from a special program like startkde and a few other. Which one do you want to use? I start X different ways: if I am gonna do a lot of desktop-ish stuff I use my display manager gdm, otherwise I use xinit/startx. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble playing WMA
On 6/12/07, "Miguel J. Jiménez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You will need windows codecs to play that... mplayer is a good option to play them... Hola Miguel, Ok I found mplayer package in Debian testing but where do I get the codecs? Gracias, Zach
Re: trouble playing WMA
On 6/12/07, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Add to /etc/apt/sources.list the line: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main Ok. If you need to capture streaming audio in wav format, the key is to use "pcm" as the "-ao" option to mplayer; see the excellent article at: http://grimthing.com/archives/2004/05/20/recording-streaming-audio-with-mplayer/ Hey that's good to know, thanks! Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] A significant negative impact on Linux's popularity?
I care more about the quality of Linux users than the quantity. There are millions and millions of MS Windows uers who can't do much beyond checking email, surfing the web and playing games and then millions more who are what I call 'corporate users; they only do certain tasks using involving Office. The typical Linux user tended to be more savvy and educated about the OS though with Ubuntu and similar efforts this is probably degrading. One can argue if this is good or not for Linux. Linux can run any MS Windows game using certain software. Zach On 6/12/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/technology/12apple.html Electronic Arts and Id announced that they would begin releasing popular games for the Macintosh simultaneously with Windows versions. A Unix that has current, popular, *native* games? "Many" Windows users will feel it's now safe to move to OS X, and (some) Linux users will be tempted because of the games. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
non-packaged window managers?
I wanted to try some window managers (and add ons) not yet packaged for debian testing. What is best way to handle it? And I want to update the Debian Menu so I can choose this custom wm from my other Debian-aware wms and I also wish to add the Debian Menu to my custom wm. And I want to add my custom wm to gdm. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is this a bug?
You also must be careful with `unlink` :) From the package info for `irpas`: " Like all powerful tools, someone whom is terminally stupid could cause great damage when using these tools, so be careful." Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: udev rule writing help needed
Sheesh talk about jumping through hoops. Udev was supposed to be so great and make life easier? haha that sure turned out great eh? Give me back devfs! I seriously hope kernel architects drop udev in the future (Please Lord) and go back to the devfs extensions which were already in the pipeline and were superior solutions in some top kernel peoples' minds. Linux politics at work I guess :-( Can you imagine a newbie to moderate Linux user having to write such complex rules and shell scripts just to setup a device? They will be RUNNING back to Windoze. Hope Linux kernel team keeps this in mind and dumps udev or makes it MAGNITUDES simpler to manage. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gimp?
i need to know how to add a transparent background to an image (an existing image). would like the new image to be saved as PNG. and i need to shrink variable sized images down to 40x40 pixels. what is best way to shrink so the final quality is still good? asked in #gimp and #gimp-users but everyone asleep it seems :) zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to save Internet radio played by realplayer
Cool. How to adapt this for capturing streaming mp3 files? And is there anyway to remove the cracks/pops from the final recording from the line noise? Zach On 6/17/07, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Serena Cantor wrote: > I use sarge > > I listen to Internet radio by realplayer, how to save the broadcast(audio) > to a file? You can probably use mplayer -v -dumpstream rtsp://linktoaudofile.rm -dumpfile audio.rm Replace the rtsp://linktoaudofile.rm with the corresponding link you want to download. raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USB enclosure?
I just bought an external HDD enclosure for my old IDE disks so I can attack to my laptop using USB. How do I set this up? I will not always have the same IDE disk in there when I boot (there are 3 HDD) nor will I even have the enclosure connected to my USB port every time I boot up. So how do I handle this? I am running 2.6.18 kernel with udev (and no I have no clue how to write udev rules and I hope kernel developers abandon udev foolishness in the future and return to devfs + some extensions heh). What kernel modules will I need to load setup this device and do I just add them to /etc/modules, run depmod -a and reboot? And then lsmod to verify they were loaded and just plugin the drive enclosure? Do I need create a special device for USB? I would like /etc/fstab to automatically load the enclosure drive if it detects it was attached on boot up. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X problems
HorizSync 28-51 VertRefresh 43-60 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x" Monitor "Dell Latitude C600 LCD" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode0666 EndSection From lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Dell Latitude C600 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort- SERR- Latency: 32 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at f800 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Region 1: I/O ports at ec00 [size=256] Region 2: Memory at fdffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at fd00 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=32 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP+ GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=x2 Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Regards, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X problems
On 6/21/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: first thing I'd do is very closely read the xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log generated by *each* system and look for critical differences. It could be something as simple as the dpi setting, for example. It could also be a theme thing. THe default fonts, colors, etc could just be a better setup for you. Ok, do you know a general way to increase the screen brightness in X? Most gfx drivers in Windows come with a way to change the brightness but I have no driver for this so I guess X.org just picked something generic. I remember when I had my old Nvidia card I could use 'nv' or 'nvidia' driver to get hardware acceleration working. Any idea how to do so for my ATI card? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X problems
On 6/21/07, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To enable hardware acceleration, In the "Module" section of xorg.conf you should load "dri". So the corresponding stanza in /etc/X11/xorg.conf will look like Section "Module" # bunch of load statements here Load "dri" # bunch of load statements here EndSection Hi Raju, My /etc/X11/xorg.conf currently has: Section "Module" Load"dri" Section "DRI" Mode0666 EndSection What does the mode indicate? Could that be the problem? Maybe the game I played was misdetecting, is there a quick way to verify that hardware acceleration is working? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: help with "apt-get purge"
also you can always do: dpkg --purge zach On 6/22/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/21/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 21.06.2007 15:55: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me > > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an > > invalid operation. > > Dunno if you didn't see it but the last mail in this report says that the patch > providing the "purge" operation was not applied correctly. Either wait for an > update or get the source and fix it yourself. thanks for it now works and yes I didn't see it -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unexpected irq trap when booting
Try booting with kernel parameter: noirqdebug Also try the kernel paramater: debug (this should show what exactly is at irq vector XXX) Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unexpected irq trap when booting
Sorry I meant "noirq" is one kernel paramater and the other is "debug" :-) Zach On 6/23/07, Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Try booting with kernel parameter: noirqdebug Also try the kernel paramater: debug (this should show what exactly is at irq vector XXX) Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: help with "apt-get purge"
On 6/23/07, Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem with this solution being that you have to work out dependancy chains by yourself, where an apt-get/aptitude purge will work them out for you. To see for yourself, try it on any "-data" package. That's true but I like controlling exactly what is purged and I prefer CLI over GUI. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problem with CUPS
On Dec 31 2008, 7:40 pm, Ken Irving wrote: > It should be sufficient to be a member of group lpadmin; there's no need > to be root to manage CUPS, in my experience. I verified my normal user is in the group lpadmin but it still doesn't work. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: problem with CUPS
On Dec 31 2008, 7:10 pm, Bob McGowan wrote: > > > > Not sure what that would mean, so I can't provide any help there. > > But, when I run the browser based GUI, I do it as me, not root. Then, > when I do something that requires root permission to perform, the GUI > pops up a logine box, I enter 'root' and the root password. > > Could be it's not working for you because the root login permissions let > you run things, but the permissions aren't correctly propagated to the > Apache server side? Hi Bob, I tried web interface as root and normal user, I tried running gnome- cups-manager, I even tried running lpadmin. It either says in the cups log file I am not authorized or I get that weird "entity too large" message. Ugh this is maddening. Is there a non-cups method to get printing setup I could try? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: update on printing problem
On Jan 1, 3:10 pm, andmalc wrote: > > Did you see/try the suggestion I made in the original thread? > > "Install the printer by running 'hp-setup' as root. Choose the option > for a parallel connection. " There is no hp-setup installed. There is an hp-toolbox but that requires python-qt3 which needs 20MB of disk space which I don't have so I can't try it. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: update on printing problem
On Jan 1, 4:50 pm, Ken Irving wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 08:07:55AM -0500, Zach Uram wrote: > > I have exhausted every solution I could find :( As a last resort I > > tried running lpadmin to set the printer manually and I get that > > stupid ambiguous error message again, same one I got in the cups web > > interface. Does anyone know what this error message means and how I > > can get my printer (HP Deskjet 960C hooked up to parallel port) setup > > using lpadmin: > > > z...@hal9000:~$ sudo lpadmin -h localhost -p HP -D printer -u > > allow:zu22 -P /rofs/usr/share/cups/model/hpijs/HP/HP-DeskJet_960C-hpijs.ppd > > lpadmin: Request Entity Too Large > > I haven't been following this thread, but just to toss out a few > random thoughts... > > Googling that error message seems to indicate it's from the web server; > adding CUPS to the google query gives some possible hints, e.g., > > ... CUPS - Request Entity Too Large. If you get this CUPS error, > it may mean that you don't have write permission to your CUPS spool > directory ... > > If you add your user to the lpadmin group it won't take effect until > you log in again. > > In some cases running commands under sudo is not sufficient to give > root privileges to some of the arguments. I don't know why that is, > but suppose it's a matter of how/when the command line is parsed. > In such cases it might work to become root and remove all doubt. > > Here's a look at my cups spool on a working system: > > k...@denali:~$ sudo ls -ld /var /var/spool /var/spool/cups > /var/spool/cups/tmp > drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2008-08-27 13:03 /var > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2008-12-05 14:36 /var/spool > drwx--x--- 3 root lp 4096 2008-12-29 15:42 /var/spool/cups > drwxrwx--T 2 root lp 4096 2008-08-29 14:12 /var/spool/cups/tmp Hi Ken, Here is the output on mine: drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 160 2009-01-01 02:35 /var drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 80 2009-01-01 02:30 /var/spool drwx--x--- 5 cupsys lp60 2008-12-31 18:09 /var/spool/cups drwxrwx--T 4 cupsys lp40 2006-05-17 08:46 /var/spool/cups/tmp Before I ran the lpadmin program I ran "groups" and verified my normal user was in the lpadmin group. I also tried running lpadmin as root and same error occurs. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: problem with CUPS
On Jan 1, 9:10 am, "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 05:20:20AM -0800, Zach wrote: > > On Dec 31 2008, 7:10 pm, Bob McGowan wrote: > > I tried web interface as root and normal user, I tried running gnome- > > cups-manager, I even tried running lpadmin. It either says in the cups > > log file I am not authorized or I get that weird "entity too large" > > message. Ugh this is maddening. Is there a non-cups method to get > > printing setup I could try? > > Non-cups means using a different print spooler. e.g. lpd or LPRng. The > question is setting up the print filter. You can try apsfilter. Thanks Doug since I am desperate I will try that. I wish I could understand why I keep getting these baffling errors in cups. I have the correct drivers so it *should* work. Sigh. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: problem with CUPS
On Jan 2, 4:30 pm, Joel Roth wrote: > > Hi Zach, > > In my first search I found this link: > > http://www.laen.org/2005/11/15/cups-request-entity-too-large/ > > If you get this CUPS error, it may mean that you don't > have write permission to your CUPS spool directory > (/var/spool/cups, by default). > > For my properly running cups installation I have these > permissions: > > # ls -ld /var/spool/cups /var/spool/cups/tmp > drwx--x--- 3 root lp 4096 Jan 1 13:20 /var/spool/cups > drwxrwx--T 2 root lp 4096 Dec 28 11:06 /var/spool/cups/tmp > > It may be worth checking again. > > With some trial-and-error, I find I can set the permissions > properly thus: > > # chmod 710 /var/spool/cups > # chmod 1770 /var/spool/cups/tmp > > If the ownership is not corret, use chown: > > # chown root.lp /var/spool/cups > # chown root.lp /var/spool/cup/tmp > > Good luck (and successful printing!) > > Printing is a hard problem. CUPS is generally > easy to administer. I used to use lprng and one of those > filters. Sometimes you have to jiggle things a bit to get them to > settle down. :-) Hi Joel, I checked and cupsys is a member of group lp. I now have: drwx--x--- 5 root lp 60 2008-12-31 18:09 /var/spool/cups drwxrwx--T 4 root lp 40 2006-05-17 08:46 /var/spool/cups/tmp However it seems since cupsys is no longer the owner of the directories it will not load the printing database when gnome-cups- manager tries to read it. And I tried even running lpadmin as root but I get that same stupid "Request entity is too large" error message that is torturing me lol. Seems cups runs on Ubuntu as user cupsys. I also tried running gnome-cups-manager and lpadmin with these permissions: drwx--x--- 5 cupsys lp 60 2008-12-31 18:09 /var/spool/cups drwxrwx--T 4 cupsys lp 40 2006-05-17 08:46 /var/spool/cups/tmp But I get the same errors. This is sure vexing. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: problem with CUPS
On Jan 2, 5:10 pm, "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote: > > The "drivers" are likely ppd files for use of cups-type stuff. The only > cups filter in foomatic-printfilters. Note that you can use foomatic > with lpd or lprng. If your problem is the spooling and not the > filtering, that may be the way to go. > > At least with raw lpd, you should be able to print plain text to the > printer to verify that spooling works, then work on getting proper > filtering. Hi Doug, Yeah it looks like my next step may be to try a non-cups solution. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
packages broken
I am running Debian testing with 2.6.18 kernel and ALSA sound. Any fix for these likely to be available soon? I've been doing an update every day and still see these errors. Something broken in Gnome it seems related to the audio. Zach netrek:~# aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages are BROKEN: libwnck18 The following packages will be upgraded: efax-gtk gtkfontsel kaudiocreator kdemultimedia-kio-plugins libbluetooth2 libcdio7 libcpufreq0 libkcddb1 liboro-java libpulse0 libsnmp-base libsnmp15 libwnck-common mbr pmount psmisc python2.4 python2.4-minimal sitecopy sudo systemtap tcputils tellico tellico-data xfm The following partially installed packages will be configured: amarok audacity devhelp eog evince gedit totem totem-common totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla totem-plugins totem-xine The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: xless 25 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 15.2MB of archives. After unpacking 1016kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libwnck18: Depends: libwnck-common (< 2.19) but 2.20.2-1 is to be installed. Resolving dependencies... The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: libwnck-common [2.18.3-1 (now)] Score is 120 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y The following packages have been kept back: libwnck-common The following packages will be upgraded: efax-gtk gtkfontsel kaudiocreator kdemultimedia-kio-plugins libbluetooth2 libcdio7 libcpufreq0 libkcddb1 liboro-java libpulse0 libsnmp-base libsnmp15 mbr pmount psmisc python2.4 python2.4-minimal sitecopy sudo systemtap tcputils tellico tellico-data xfm The following partially installed packages will be configured: amarok audacity devhelp eog evince gedit totem totem-common totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla totem-plugins totem-xine The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: xless 24 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 14.9MB of archives. After unpacking 299kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main python2.4 2.4.4-7 [2814kB] Get:2 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main python2.4-minimal 2.4.4-7 [979kB] Get:3 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libbluetooth2 3.24-1 [43.2kB] Get:4 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main efax-gtk 3.0.16-2 [669kB] Get:5 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main gtkfontsel 1.1-10 [10.1kB] Get:6 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libkcddb1 4:3.5.8-1 [144kB] Get:7 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main kaudiocreator 4:3.5.8-1 [923kB] Get:8 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main kdemultimedia-kio-plugins 4:3.5.8-1 [180kB] Get:9 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libcdio7 0.78.2+dfsg1-2 [142kB] Get:10 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libcpufreq0 002-7 [11.6kB] Get:11 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main liboro-java 2.0.8a-4 [69.1kB] Get:12 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libpulse0 0.9.8-2 [179kB] Get:13 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libsnmp-base 5.4.1~dfsg-5 [1368kB] Get:14 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libsnmp15 5.4.1~dfsg-5 [2038kB] Get:15 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main mbr 1.1.10-1 [22.8kB] Get:16 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main pmount 0.9.17-1 [100kB] Get:17 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main psmisc 22.6-1 [84.7kB] Get:18 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main sudo 1.6.9p10-1 [172kB] Get:19 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main systemtap 0.0.20071229-1 [746kB] Get:20 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main tcputils 0.6.2-9 [18.8kB] Get:21 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main tellico 1.2.14-1 [834kB] Get:22 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main tellico-data 1.2.14-1 [3060kB] Get:23 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main xfm 1.5.3-1 [188kB] Get:24 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main sitecopy 1:0.16.3-14 [137kB] Fetched 14.9MB in 44m26s (5600B/s) (Reading database ... 307982 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace python2.4 2.4.4-6 (using .../python2.4_2.4.4-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement python2.4 ... Preparing to replace python2.4-minimal 2.4.4-6 (using .../python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement python2.4-minimal ... Preparing to replace libbluetooth2 3.22-1 (using .../libbluetooth2_3.24-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libbluetooth2 ... Preparing to replace efax-gtk 3.0.16-1 (using .../efax-gtk_3.0.16-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement efax-gtk ... Preparing to replace gtkfonts
Re: packages broken
Florian wrote: > I am running Debian testing with 2.6.18 kernel and ALSA sound. Any fix > for these likely to be available soon? I've been doing an update every > day and still see these errors. Something broken in Gnome it seems > related to the audio. Please clarify this last point if you want help with the audio problem. Hi Florian, Oh sorry I meant that I noticed that most of the packages affected were audio packages. > > netrek:~# aptitude dist-upgrade BTW sometimes I use "apt-get dist-upgrade" and other times I use "aptitude dist-upgrade". Is this problematic? >Your most pressing issue seems to be a problem with libglib2.0-0, which >breaks the update-desktop-database tool. This means that dpkg cannot >configure any packages that use this tool in their installation scripts. Ah. >Make sure that you have the correct version of libglib2.0-0 installed. >On an up-to-date Lenny system "dpkg -l libglib2.0-0" should show version >2.14.3-1. Most likely you will find that you have the current version >installed, because aptitude should have tried to upgrade the package >otherwise. However, if you do see an older version then we have to have >a closer look at your apt configuration. I think I've discovered another problem. In the past 1-2 months I've noticed whenever I install a new package or query the dpkg package database it takes an inordinately long time and sends my CPU up to 90%-100% utilization while it's working. I timed it and there's no way it should be taking this long on my 700MHz PIII processor with very little system load: netrek:~# time dpkg -l|grep libglib2 ii libglib2-ruby 0.16.0-10 Glib 2 bindings for the Ruby language ii libglib2-ruby1.80.16.0-10 Glib 2 bindings for the Ruby language ii libglib2.0-02.14.3-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libglib2.0-data 2.14.3-1 Common files for GLib library ii libglib2.0-dev 2.14.3-1 Development files for the GLib library real1m18.728s user0m2.344s sys 0m0.236s What could be causing this bottleneck? Did my package database grow too big? I see libglib2.0-0 as being at the correct version 2.14.3-1. >My guess is that you have an outdated version of libglib-2.0.so.0 in >/usr/local/lib/ and that this non-Debian version is given precedence >over the Debian one by the linker. (This kind of problem has popped up >here a few times recently.) Run this command: > >ldd /usr/bin/update-desktop-database netrek:~# ldd /usr/bin/update-desktop-database linux-gate.so.1 => (0xe000) libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb7f0c000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7dbf000) libpcre.so.3 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3 (0xb7d99000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fcc000) Nope I see nothing being loaded from /usr/local/ >This might show you that update-desktop-database uses a library in >/usr/local/lib/. In that case I would recommend to get rid of the >non-Debian library unless you have a compelling reason to keep it. >Afterwards it should be enough to run (as root): > >ldconfig >aptitude install -f Any other ideas? :) >Finally, to get rid of the complaints about libwnck18, install libwnck22 >(which replaces the other package on Lenny). I can't seem to install any new packages since when I do it tries to configure all those broken packages. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: packages broken
Florian wrote: >The command itself seems to use only about 2.6 seconds of CPU time >(user+sys) and spends the rest of the 1m19s waiting for something, most >probably data transfer from the hard drive. You see the CPU at 90-100% >during the whole time, so maybe DMA is not working. You can use "hdparm >/dev/hda" to check this. (This command is part of package "hdparm" and >has to be run as root; replace "/dev/hda" as is appropriate for your >system.) Ah ok. >I saw that you filed a bug report (#460532). There seem to be two >related older reports (#406709, #396439). In one case the submitter >states in a follow-up that a corrupted .desktop file was to blame, but >the general problem still seems unresolved to me. (Even if you also have >a corrupt data file, the tool should deal more gracefully with such a >situation.) I checked in my normal user account's $HOME and in root's $HOME and there is no ~/.desktop file. Could that be the problem? I run Gnome. >I have two more suggestions for you to improve the chances of this >bug getting fixed: > >1) Just to be sure, check if there are any other stray libraries in > /usr/local/lib. Run "ldconfig -pNX | grep /local/" as a normal user. > If this comes up empty then your system is OK in that respect. It found some: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/ldconfig -pNX | grep /local/ libXm.so.2 (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libXm.so.2 libXm.so (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libXm.so libUil.so.2 (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libUil.so.2 libUil.so (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libUil.so libMrm.so.2 (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libMrm.so.2 libMrm.so (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libMrm.so libDtPrint.so.1 (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libDtPrint.so.1 libDtPrint.so (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libDtPrint.so What should I do about this? I guess I am at the mercy of the package maintainer fixing whatever is wrong and waiting for the new packages to be released but with this error I'm wondering if it will be able to install the new version of desktop-file-utils if it needs the broken update-desktop-database in order to install it! >2) Install the packages libglib2.0-0-dbg, libc6-dbg, and libpcre3-dbg. > Then use gdb again to get a better debugging report (with symbols) > and send this output as a follow-up to your bug. Good idea. >The following trick should allow you to get your package manager going >again: As root, do > >mv /usr/bin/update-desktop-database /usr/bin/update-desktop-database-HIDDEN >ln -s /bin/true /usr/bin/update-desktop-database > >This moves update-desktop-database out of the way and replaces it with a >symlink to /bin/true, a command that is always successful. The >problematic installation scripts should complete now and the package >manager should work again. (Once the bug is fixed you should remove the >symlink and put the original file back in its place, of course. Then run >update-desktop-database once as root.) Cool, good tip. Regards, Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: packages broken
I had a corrupt .desktop file in /usr/share/applications, removing it and running update-desktop-database fixed the problem and I was able to finish installing the limbo packages. A developer has fixed the problem in desktop-file-utils and a patch is ready , per the forwarded message below, for the Debian package maintainer to apply. Zach -- Forwarded message -- From: gnome-desktop (bugzilla.gnome.org) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 20, 2008 2:34 PM Subject: [Bug 509526] update-desktop-database crashed on corrupt .desktop files To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions why you received this email, please see the text at the end of this email. Replies to this email are NOT read, please see the text at the end of this email. You can add comments to this bug at: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509526 gnome-desktop | general | Ver: 2.14.x Vincent Untz changed: What|Removed |Added CC||[EMAIL PROTECTED] Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution||FIXED --- Comment #1 from Vincent Untz 2008-01-20 19:34 UTC --- Thanks, I've fixed this in desktop-file-utils. You can get a patch here for debian if you want: http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/menus/desktop-file-utils/src/update-desktop-database.c?r1=1.8&r2=1.9 (also, note that bugs of desktop-file-utils are tracked in freedesktop.org bugzilla) -- See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=email.html for more info about why you received this email, why you can't respond via email, how to stop receiving emails (or reduce the number you receive), and how to contact someone if you are having problems with the system. You can add comments to this bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509526. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Firefox error - SSL_ImplementedCiphers
After an upgrade a few weeks ago I now get an error every time I start firefox and I'm worried SSL is no longer working: /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin: Symbol `SSL_ImplementedCiphers' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking I'm running Debian lenny with 2.6.18 kernel and the firefox/iceweasel versions are: netrek:~# dpkg -S `which firefox` iceweasel: /usr/bin/firefox netrek:~# dpkg -l|grep iceweasel rc firefox 2.0.0.6-0etch1+lenny1 Transition package for iceweasel rename ii iceweasel 2.0.0.11-1 lightweight web browser based on Mozilla ii iceweasel-gnome-support 2.0.0.11-1 Support for Gnome in Iceweasel ii iceweasel-l10n-zh-tw 1:2.0.0.11+debian-2Chinese (Taiwan) language package for Icewea rc mozilla-firefox 2.0.0.6-0etch1+lenny1 Transition package for iceweasel rename Here are the dependencies: netrek:~# ldd /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin linux-gate.so.1 => (0xe000) libmozjs.so => not found libxpcom.so => not found libxpcom_core.so => not found libplc4.so.0d => /usr/lib/libplc4.so.0d (0xb7ef7000) libnspr4.so.0d => /usr/lib/libnspr4.so.0d (0xb7ec5000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7ead000) libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7b39000) libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7ab5000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb79c9000) libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xb79c5000) libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb79a2000) libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0xb7982000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb796d000) libssl3.so.0d => /usr/lib/libssl3.so.0d (0xb7945000) libsmime3.so.0d => /usr/lib/libsmime3.so.0d (0xb7921000) libnss3.so.0d => /usr/lib/libnss3.so.0d (0xb7802000) libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb778c000) libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb7783000) libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb778) libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xb773) libXp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXp.so.6 (0xb7729000) libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0xb7717000) libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb76ee000) libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb76c) libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb7683000) libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb7647000) libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb75a7000) libxpcom_compat.so => not found libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb74bb000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7495000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb748a000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb733d000) libplds4.so.0d => /usr/lib/libplds4.so.0d (0xb733a000) libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb7322000) libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb7306000) libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb7297000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb7293000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f1b000) libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xb728a000) libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0xb7287000) libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0xb7283000) libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb727e000) libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb727a000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb726c000) libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb7264000) libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb725d000) libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb7254000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7251000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb724c000) librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb7243000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb723a000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb7223000) libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb7203000) libpcre.so.3 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3 (0xb71dd000) Think any of these local libs could be causing trouble? Firefox was installed via apt with a normal package. netrek:~# ls /usr/local/lib LessTif libMrm.solibUil.so.2.0.1 python2.3 X11 libDtPrint.lalibMrm.so.2 libXm.la python2.4 xemacs libDtPrint.solibMrm.so.2.0.1 libXm.so python2.5 libDtPrint.so.1 libUil.lalibXm.so.2 sbcl libDtPrint.so.1.0.0 libUil.solibXm.so.2.0.1 site_ruby libMrm.la
dpkg crawling!
I am not sure exactly when this behaviour manifested but it was within the past 2 months or so. Now whenever I install something the dpkg package database will eat up like 90%-100% of my CPU and the machine is near frozen until it completes. Even installing a small single package this will happen, when I install a lot of packages like in a recent dist-upgrade worth 70MB my machine was in basically unusable state for over 20 minutes until it finished! 0 upgraded, 44 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 906kB/73.4MB of archives. After unpacking 185MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Get:1 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main mesademos 6.2.1-1 [807kB] Get:2 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main stx2any 1.56-2 [98.8kB] Fetched 556kB in 2m23s (3862B/s) Extracting templates from packages: 100% Preconfiguring packages ... [At this point the trouble began and my CPU jumped way up for about 3 minutes.] Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.0. (Reading database ... 310013 files and directories currently installed.) [This is where things got really bad and I was over 90% CPU util for the next 17 minutes!] Any clue what is causing such poor performance and how I can fix it? I run Debian lenny with 2.6.18 kernel. CPU is P3 700MHz with 256MB RAM. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hang on bootup
mine does this too but onmine if I wait about 5 minutes and let it sit there, sooner or later it will skip past that portion and go on into linux.. ---Jason and Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to install Debian on my Digital P166, but it's hanging > hard right after the line: > > md driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4 MAX_REAL=8 > > I've found a couple other reports of this in Dejanews, but no answers > to the problem... > > jason > > -- > "The man who marries a modern woman marries a woman who expects to vote > like a man, smoke like a man, have her hair cut like a man, and go without > restrictions and without chaperones and obey nobody." > BOBBED HAIR - John R. Rice, 1941 http://www.primenet.com/~steiners/ > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Gimp
I installed The Gimp from the debian ftp site via dselect, and it installed properly.. no errors all was good.. but when I attempt to run the program I get the error cannot find libXpm.so.2 I have xpm installed but do not seem to have this file anywhere on my system.. where would I go about finding this file? Thanx, Zach _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Window Managers..
okay I've used linux for a little bit now but I have yet to figure this one out.. How do you change the window manager for X? and where does one get new window managers? I was reading boot magazine the other day and it had an article on linux and it had a picture of a really cool geiger-esque window manager and I was wondering where one would get something like that.. Thanx, Zach __ Sent by Yahoo! Mail. Get your free e-mail at http://mail.yahoo.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
pppd
okay.. I've gotten my chat script to dial and connect.. pppd gets my ip and gets the ip of the remote system.. my resolv.conf looks good (from what I can tell), hosts looks good according to the ppp-howto.. but, after all this.. after I'm sure it should work great.. I get "network is unreachable" errors.. nslookup knows which nameservers it's looking for but it just cant reach them.. is there some special program I have to run in order for programs to use the ppp connection?? Zach __ Sent by Yahoo! Mail. Get your free e-mail at http://mail.yahoo.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xterm
Is there any way to change the colors of Xterm? mine defaults to black on white (which gets really annoying when you telnet to a machine using really light ansi colors), and I would rather have it white on black.. Zach __ Sent by Yahoo! Mail. Get your free e-mail at http://mail.yahoo.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: X session error
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having problems logging into my gnome desktop environment as my regular users. I can however log into it as root. When I attempt to log in as a regular user I get a message which states the following,"Xsession warning: unalbe to write to /tmp;xsession may exit with an error." When I look at the xsession-error file it states that there is not space left on device, however I just bought the hard drive that Linux is operating and I know I should have plenty of room. It also gives me the message "mkdtemp private socket dir". Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Mike You may need to do an 'apt-get clean' . I found myself running out of hard drive space a few times after installing debian my first times. If you don't do that , it just leaves all the software packages on your hard drive, filling it up, and you can run yourself out of space pretty quick. But , first , I'd do the 'df -h' as other people suggested to see if hard drive space is truly your problem :) -- You are dishonest, but never to the point of hurting a friend. Tuesday May 10, 2005 ---- begin:vcard fn:Jay Zach n:Zach;Jay email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: CUPS? Printer.
Jim Hall wrote: Brendan wrote: On Wednesday 25 May 2005 12:02 pm, Stephen Queen wrote: I can think of a couple of things to try here, depending on how you do things. 1. When you run kprinter, make sure that the pull down list about 75% down in the kprinter window that is labeled "Print system currently used:" is set to CUPS. 2. From the application you are running, when you click on file-print, try entering kprinter, rather than the lpr or lp command. When the kprinter dialogue appears, check as in 1. above. I've done both of those many times, now and in the past. It shows up, but no printing commences. If I may, a comment. I had the printer in our church computer lab working. Now, it only works for the Windoze systems. I'm going to hazard a guess that something is broken and will eventually be fixed. If people with your levels of expertise and experience are puzzeled, I see no other conclusion. Good luck, Jim I don't do much printing , but my wife noticed this same problem on my desktop. I had a working CUPS install to my HP1100 laserjet. All of a sudden it won't print. I get no error messages when sending a print job. I tried sending a test job, and don't see it queue up, it just disappears. When I go to the web interface and 'show completed jobs' , it shows the jobs as cancelled. I'm running testing/unstable, and believe there may be a bug in the newest CUPS packages. I've tried deleting and re-installing the printer with the same results. I've been running Linux since '98, and Debian for about a year and a half, so I'm not exactly a noob either. I even had a 30 printer CUPS print server set up at one time (although I can't say that I'm really a Cups 'expert'. I'm not sure on how to file a bug report for CUPS either. begin:vcard fn:Jay Zach n:Zach;Jay email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: CUPS? Printer.
Jay Zach wrote: Jim Hall wrote: Brendan wrote: On Wednesday 25 May 2005 12:02 pm, Stephen Queen wrote: I can think of a couple of things to try here, depending on how you do things. 1. When you run kprinter, make sure that the pull down list about 75% down in the kprinter window that is labeled "Print system currently used:" is set to CUPS. 2. From the application you are running, when you click on file-print, try entering kprinter, rather than the lpr or lp command. When the kprinter dialogue appears, check as in 1. above. I've done both of those many times, now and in the past. It shows up, but no printing commences. If I may, a comment. I had the printer in our church computer lab working. Now, it only works for the Windoze systems. I'm going to hazard a guess that something is broken and will eventually be fixed. If people with your levels of expertise and experience are puzzeled, I see no other conclusion. Good luck, Jim I don't do much printing , but my wife noticed this same problem on my desktop. I had a working CUPS install to my HP1100 laserjet. All of a sudden it won't print. I get no error messages when sending a print job. I tried sending a test job, and don't see it queue up, it just disappears. When I go to the web interface and 'show completed jobs' , it shows the jobs as cancelled. I'm running testing/unstable, and believe there may be a bug in the newest CUPS packages. I've tried deleting and re-installing the printer with the same results. I've been running Linux since '98, and Debian for about a year and a half, so I'm not exactly a noob either. I even had a 30 printer CUPS print server set up at one time (although I can't say that I'm really a Cups 'expert'. I'm not sure on how to file a bug report for CUPS either. I believe that bug #219892 at bugs.debian.org is the same thing we are experiencing. Reading through it, it sounds like it may be something with the gimpprint driver. I'm going to fiddle with it a bit. I'd like to contribute to a resolution, but not quite sure how, and I'm not sure if I'm quite good enough with printing to help out much. -- Real Programmers don't play tennis, or any other sport that requires you to change clothes. Mountain climbing is OK, and real programmers wear their climbing boots to work in case a mountain should suddenly spring up in the middle of the machine room. Tuesday May 31, 2005 begin:vcard fn:Jay Zach n:Zach;Jay email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
