Re: installing java plugin in browsers other than Iceweasel in amd64 etch

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:56:08 + "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Debianists, > > I use Debian Etch 4.0 r1 (amd64) on an amd64 box. I use Iceweasel. > I installed the gcj java plugin that is available as a deb file into > Iceweasel and it works after a fashion. > > But n

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

On 2007-08-19 23:03:50 -0500, Anthony M Simonelli wrote: > How about Zenity? I've used it before to provide a GUI interface to > some of my simple bash scripts. It seems that the UI::Dialog Perl module allows to use the same interface to various dialog backends (including zenity). This is particu

Re: Version number of Lenny

On 8/20/07, Masatran, R. Deepak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is it that Etch incremented the major version number (3.1 to 4.0), but > Lenny will increment only the minor version number (4.0 to 4.1)? Etch had a lot of major changes. Sarge had kernel 2.4 or 2.6, Etch had just 2.6. Sarge had Xfre

Re: Python init (was: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?)

On 2007-08-20 19:45:19 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: >> There are also maintenance issues with incorporating a complex language >> that's under active development as a critical part of an operating system. >> FreeBSD dropped Perl from their base system because "base Perl" became >> such a pain to ma

Re: webmin replacement?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don''t have webmin open on the net, so I'm not so concerned with security. I suggest you consider your own needs relative to the value of your assets, the openness of the system, etc. Sounds like you'll be fine, as long as you keep it LAN side. Sam

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

On 2007-08-20 10:38:32 -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > There are also maintenance issues with incorporating a complex > language that's under active development as a critical part of an > operating system. FreeBSD dropped Perl from their base system > because "base Perl" became such a pain to mainta

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

On 2007-08-19 18:26:38 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > >if [ $foo == "" ] > Yeah, and the spaces between the [ $ and the " ] are critical too; I > just forget in what way. Yes, because of tokenization. But tokenization is a notion that exists in every language. Now, unlike in Python (with its i

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

On 2007-08-19 21:23:12 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Manon Metten wrote: > > David Brodbeck wrote: > > > It certainly has its warts. In particular, Bash's "test" (aka "[") > > > operator has pitfalls. > > The test command was originally not a shell built-in. It was an > external standalong /bin/tes

Version number of Lenny

Why is it that Etch incremented the major version number (3.1 to 4.0), but Lenny will increment only the minor version number (4.0 to 4.1)? -- Masatran, R. Deepak -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

On 2007-08-19 12:56:51 -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > It certainly has its warts. In particular, Bash's "test" (aka "[") > operator has pitfalls. Testing for an empty variable, for example, is > awkward. If you do: > > if [ $foo == "" ] > > Bash will complain about missing arguments. Yes, bas

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

On 2007-08-18 22:33:57 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I guess a problem is the lack of definition of 'clean coding'. I don't > consider one-liners as clean code. One-liners *can* be clean code. I have lots of very clean and readable one-liners in my Makefiles. Also, I like the following one (v

Re: Apache2 & php5 Problem

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Randy Patterson wrote: On Monday 20 August 2007 22:27, Jeff D wrote: On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Randy Patterson wrote: On Monday 20 August 2007 21:52, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: Randy Patterson wrote: I am trying to setup a local web server on my machine to test php proj

Re: Apache2 & php5 Problem

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:56:10PM -0500, Randy Patterson wrote: > On Monday 20 August 2007 22:27, Jeff D wrote: > > > > did you do: > > a2enmod php5 > > /etc/init.d/apache2 restart > > I get the following error message trying to run that command; > > This module does not exist! > > aptitude sho

Re: Apache2 & php5 Problem

On Monday 20 August 2007 22:27, Jeff D wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Randy Patterson wrote: > > On Monday 20 August 2007 21:52, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: > >> Randy Patterson wrote: > >>> I am trying to setup a local web server on my machine to test php > >>> projects before going live. I ha

Re: DHCP auto renew - not working

betty Snoop wrote: > Out of the box Debian 4.0 installation. > > /etc/network/interfaces > -- > - > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > --- > > Unplugging my network cable I get the following output: > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link

Re: DHCP auto renew - not working

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 02:50:27PM -0600, betty Snoop wrote: > --- > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > --- > Plugging it in again recognized that it's connected in, but the IP will not > renew. On reboot it always renews the IP corr

Re: Apache2 & php5 Problem

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Randy Patterson wrote: On Monday 20 August 2007 21:52, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: Randy Patterson wrote: I am trying to setup a local web server on my machine to test php projects before going live. I have installed apache2, php5 and mysql using aptitude and apache a

Re: Apache2 & php5 Problem

On Monday 20 August 2007 21:52, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: > Randy Patterson wrote: > > I am trying to setup a local web server on my machine to test php > > projects before going live. I have installed apache2, php5 and mysql > > using aptitude and apache and mysql seem to be working fine. I

Re: phpmyadmin

ArcticFox wrote: On Aug 20, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Freddy Freeloader wrote: ArcticFox wrote: On Aug 20, 2007, at 12:10 AM, Freddy Freeloader wrote: ArcticFox wrote: Have you taken a look at the phpmyadmin site? I had some trouble getting it to work on my system too and their was a rather nice

Re: Apache2 & php5 Problem

Randy Patterson wrote: > I am trying to setup a local web server on my machine to test php projects > before going live. I have installed apache2, php5 and mysql using aptitude > and apache and mysql seem to be working fine. I try to load a test page in a > browser; > > http://localhost/apache2

Re: Python init

Steve Lamb wrote: When it comes to Python in a role of system initialization there are some very simple things one can do that would dramatically increase load times. Decrease load times, increase efficiency. Meh, my mind combined the two rather poorly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Python init (was: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?)

David Brodbeck wrote: The other is that the load time for bash is shorter. Everyone complains that their system boots too slowly as it is. ;) Microscopically. On the other hand it has been my experience that it isn't the load time of bash that is the problem, it is the constant fork/exec

Apache2 & php5 Problem

I am trying to setup a local web server on my machine to test php projects before going live. I have installed apache2, php5 and mysql using aptitude and apache and mysql seem to be working fine. I try to load a test page in a browser; http://localhost/apache2-default/test.php The file contain

Re: Using deborphan

Csányi Pál wrote: > Is there an automated way to do this task out there? Try 'orphaner'. sudo orphaner Or sudo orphaner --purge Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 11:03:50PM -0500, Anthony M Simonelli wrote: > On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 14:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Python + Tcl/Tk should be easier than Python + Gtk. > > > > Even simpler would be bash + dialog or it's GUI companion gtkdialog. > > > > How about Zenity? I've use

Multiple monitors, fglrx, Debian Etch

Dear Debian users, I'm trying to get working my VGA chip (ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)) the following configuration: - this laptop has an LCD screen with a recommended resolution of 1280x800 @ 60 Hz - this machine has a D-SUB connector for CRT monitor devices, I've

hardware temp and gkrellm

I set up etch on a new pc and gkrellm can't find any CPU or mobo monitors for temperature monitoring. My other older system uses mbmon and hdmon. Is this out of date now? When I start mbmon on the new box it complains: Starting motherboard sensor monitoring daemon: No Hardware Monitor found!!

Re: how to add the bluetooth rfcomm0 device at boot up automatically with debian.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 05:53:10PM -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: > i am trying to automate how my debian box acknowledges that there is a > bluetooth device attached to my bluetooth dongle. > Does anyone know how i can do that automatically at boot up? > In order for me to create the rfcomm0 device

Re: Source of Debian wisdom

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 01:04:15PM +0200, Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby wrote: > In _my_ opinion: > Installing and using a distribution implies using its package manager. > Or, if you dont want that, install LFS. > Packaging is one of the strength of Linux distributions over than other > OS. > B

Re: problems read/write mounting of NTFS

Bob McGowan wrote: Bob McGowan wrote: Krzysztof Lubański wrote: On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 14:03 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: But, it was formatted with NTFS and I was not able to write to it[...] [...] I've also adjusted the associated options in /etc/fstab, but I still can't write to the disk.

Re: Source of Debian wisdom

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:20:51AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I ditched aptitude a couple of years ago in favour of wajig. I'm willing > to believe that most or even all of the problems I had with aptitude > were my own fault, but wajig is brilliant IMO and I don't find a need > for anythin

Re: webmin replacement?

Quoting Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Monday 20 August 2007 16:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Mike, > I just grab the .deb from the webmin site and use dpkg -i to install it. Thanks! I will try that. D

Re: webmin replacement?

On Monday 20 August 2007 16:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi Mike, > > I just grab the .deb from the webmin site and use dpkg -i to install it. > > Thanks! I will try that. > > Do you ever worry about se

Re: webmin replacement?

Quoting Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Mike, I just grab the .deb from the webmin site and use dpkg -i to install it. Thanks! I will try that. Do you ever worry about security updates and such? or do you just keep a close eye on the webmin site an

Re: linphone: error while loading shared libraries: libosipparser2.so.3

On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 23:45 +0200, Gerard Robin wrote: > I had reinstalled libosip2-3 but the result was the same. > I just downgrad to libosip2-3 (2.2.2-3.1) instead libosip2-3 (3.0.3-2) > and now linphone starts witout complain, I have downloaded both versions of the package and the contents (

Re: Google checking my system?

KS wrote: > Mumia W.. wrote: >> On 08/20/2007 10:18 AM, KS wrote: >>> Mumia W.. wrote: This feature is called "safebrowsing," and turning it off is as easy as changing this option: Edit-> Preferences-> Security-> Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected forgery.

Re: Google checking my system?

Mumia W.. wrote: > On 08/20/2007 10:18 AM, KS wrote: >> Mumia W.. wrote: >>> This feature is called "safebrowsing," and turning it off is as easy as >>> changing this option: >>> >>> Edit-> Preferences-> Security-> Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a >>> suspected forgery. >>> >> >> But there are

Re: Running a program at system startup

* srgqwerty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Aug 20 14:25 -0500]: > Create a script in /etc/init.d and make a symbolic link to it in the rc > runlevel directory that corresponds to your runlevel (or whatever runlevel > you want the script to run). > > For example, the /etc/init.d/foo.sh may be: > #!/bi

Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:33:20PM +0200, Gerard Robin wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 02:44:31PM -0400, Neil Watson wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 08:40:09PM +0200, Gerard Robin wrote: First post: > ldd /bin/bash > libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x2b2d9014f

Re: Mdadm won't rebuild a RAID5

also sprach Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.08.21.0003 +0200]: >Any suggestions or warnings from others so I can make sure this doens't >happen again are appreciated. Remember, the two drives I've already >removed that mdadm had said were bad have tested out as fine. I suspect >

Re: Network Bandwidth Usage tool

On Aug 20, 2007, at 2:34 PM, betty Snoop wrote: I have Debian 4.0 installed running as a gateway. Command line only. How can I log the ethernet ports for bandwidth usage? Logging virtual ports would be nice too. Here's the situation. I set up OpenVPN to allow remote users to connect but I

Re: Mdadm won't rebuild a RAID5

On Monday 20 August 2007, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.08.20.2114 +0200]: > > It did on the first failure. Then another failed and I turned the > > machine off. When I got 2 more drives, I put them in and it > > rebuilt the array using 3 of the drives

Re: Mdadm won't rebuild a RAID5

also sprach Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.08.20.2114 +0200]: > It did on the first failure. Then another failed and I turned the > machine off. When I got 2 more drives, I put them in and it rebuilt > the array using 3 of the drives with one as a spare. Then when it > failed this time

how to add the bluetooth rfcomm0 device at boot up automatically with debian.

i am trying to automate how my debian box acknowledges that there is a bluetooth device attached to my bluetooth dongle. Does anyone know how i can do that automatically at boot up? In order for me to create the rfcomm0 device, I have to execute: 1. hcitool scan ---to get the mac address. 2. rfcom

Network Bandwidth Usage tool

I have Debian 4.0 installed running as a gateway. Command line only. How can I log the ethernet ports for bandwidth usage? Logging virtual ports would be nice too. Here's the situation. I set up OpenVPN to allow remote users to connect but I think the internet connection is not sufficient for

Re: linphone: error while loading shared libraries: libosipparser2.so.3

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 11:08:36PM +0200, Krzysztof Luba??ski wrote: From: Krzysztof Luba??ski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian-user list Subject: Re: linphone: error while loading shared libraries: libosipparser2.so.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on murphy.debia

Re: Google checking my system?

On 08/20/2007 10:18 AM, KS wrote: Mumia W.. wrote: This feature is called "safebrowsing," and turning it off is as easy as changing this option: Edit-> Preferences-> Security-> Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected forgery. But there are two choices there. The first one checks for

Re: linphone: error while loading shared libraries: libosipparser2.so.3

On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 19:49 +0200, Gerard Robin wrote: > >Do you have the relevant library package installed > > if it's libosip2-3, yes. > > ldd /usr/bin/linphone | grep libosipparser2.so.3 > libosipparser2.so.3 => not found > libosipparser2.so.3 => not found > > apt-cache pol

DHCP auto renew - not working

Out of the box Debian 4.0 installation. /etc/network/interfaces --- allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp --- Unplugging my network cable I get the following output: e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link down Plugging it in again recognized tha

Re: wierd network problem on debian 4

thanks.. will try that and see -m On 8/21/07, srgqwerty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do a tcpdump to capture network traffic and after that, have a look to it with > wireshark. > Sure that this will reveal to you what is the cause of your problem. > > In the server: > #tcpdump -n -i -w traffic.

Re: Source of Debian wisdom

Mark Neidorff wrote: Hi all, Recently I've set up a Debian Etch box which I'm nearly ready to bring up full time (currently using a different distribution...been a linux user for over 10 years). Here's an example of what this message is about: I've been reading the debian-user list for a b

Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 02:44:31PM -0400, Neil Watson wrote: From: Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on murphy.debian.org X-Spam-Le

Re: Running a program at system startup

On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 21:20 +0200, srgqwerty wrote: > Create a script in /etc/init.d and make a symbolic link to it in the > rc runlevel directory that corresponds to your runlevel invoke-rc.d is the tool to do that. Anyway, you did not indicate enough how to run the things as a particular user.

Re: Source of Debian wisdom

On Aug 20, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: There's "Undo" (Ctrl-U) before pressing g and "Cancel Pending Actions" (in menu "Actions") that can be used after the first g. Is this what you need? It seems like I tried 'Cancel Pending Actions' once and it didn't seem to do anything, bu

Re: Re^4: Lenny, X, dead mouse

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 08:59:38AM -0700, Peter Easthope wrote: > Andrei, Florian, > > Thanks for the assistance. > I installed Lenny beginning with debootstrap. > Then copied some configurations from Etch. > Then used dselect. > > Andrei> What xorg packages do you have installed? (dpkg -l xorg*)

Re: network trouble: dhcp works, resolv.conf correct, ping doesn't work

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 09:26:11AM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > I'm having trouble with the internet connection on a Lenny/Sid system. > It is a very simple connection to a cable modem via an ethernet > cable. > > /etc/network/interfaces includes the lo interface and "iface eth0 inet dhcp". > >

Re: Running a program at system startup

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, ArcticFox wrote: On Aug 20, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Neil Watson wrote: The scripts in /etc/init.d are working examples of what you are trying to do. Yea I was directed there before, but those are what I was talking about where they don't do the two things I need them to do.

Re: wierd network problem on debian 4

Do a tcpdump to capture network traffic and after that, have a look to it with wireshark. Sure that this will reveal to you what is the cause of your problem. In the server: #tcpdump -n -i -w traffic.cap port 22 And after that: #wireshar traffic.cap Regards On Monday 20 August 2007 12:10, mee

Re: Running a program at system startup

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 02:17:24PM -0500, ArcticFox wrote: On Aug 20, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Neil Watson wrote: The scripts in /etc/init.d are working examples of what you are trying to do. Yea I was directed there before, but those are what I was talking about where they don't do the two things

Re: Running a program at system startup

Create a script in /etc/init.d and make a symbolic link to it in the rc runlevel directory that corresponds to your runlevel (or whatever runlevel you want the script to run). For example, the /etc/init.d/foo.sh may be: #!/bin/bash cd /foo /foo/make_something.sh If you want this script to run i

Re: Running a program at system startup

On Aug 20, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Neil Watson wrote: The scripts in /etc/init.d are working examples of what you are trying to do. Yea I was directed there before, but those are what I was talking about where they don't do the two things I need them to do. -- Neil Watson | Debian Lin

Re: Source of Debian wisdom

On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 03:31:19PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > I'm also curious about what problems other people are having with > aptitude. aptitude is slow on simple searches (so I use apt-cache for those), but the patterns are much more powerful. > -- > * However, I never do anyth

Re: Running a program at system startup

The scripts in /etc/init.d are working examples of what you are trying to do. -- Neil Watson | Debian Linux System Administrator| Uptime 2 days http://watson-wilson.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Mdadm won't rebuild a RAID5

On Monday 20 August 2007, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.08.20.2022 +0200]: > > In this case, I had 4 drives, so if one failed, then the spare > > should have been added but that hadn't happened. > > I thought your original email said it did resync the s

Re: Source of Debian wisdom

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:40:43AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2007, at 1:08 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> There were >> frequent posts to the list like "Aptitude wants to remove 150 >> packages!!!". They were using the CLI and didn't get the detailed >> explanation from aptitude

Running a program at system startup

Here's the situation; I have a program that needs to run at system startup, but there are a few issues with that. First, it must be run with a certain directory as the working directory. Second it must be run as the user 'Fox' The information I've been able to find would end up with the progra

Re: Mdadm won't rebuild a RAID5

also sprach Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.08.20.2022 +0200]: > In this case, I had 4 drives, so if one failed, then the spare should > have been added but that hadn't happened. I thought your original email said it did resync the spare? > I've also tested the two "failed" drives and they

Re: Can you disable SMP in the kernel by appending the kernel line in GRUB

On Monday 20 August 2007 19:24, Jeff D wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Nigel Henry wrote: > > I've been trying to help someone on the list with acpi related shutdown > > problems, with no success up to now. > > > > When I had shutdown problems with FC5 (fixed with using acpi=force), > > someone on th

Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 08:40:09PM +0200, Gerard Robin wrote: First post: ldd /bin/bash libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x2b2d9014f000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x2b2d9039b000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x2b2d9059f000) /lib64/ld-

Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 02:24:18PM -0400, Neil Watson wrote: From: Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on murphy.debian.org X-Spam-Le

Re: webmin replacement?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Mike, I just grab the .deb from the webmin site and use dpkg -i to install it. Sam -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGyeDcMwtNS8TLpaIRAm8yAJ9gmQXyesif/EN/D1DbF0Tvhr2dawCbBnQ3 eR3KM/CXnJd7NjAGcYUvH0Q= =l/t5 ---

webmin replacement?

Hi, Since webmin has pulled out of the archives, are there any other similar packages to webmin that give the same functionality, or are people using non-official debian mirrors to download webmin for installation? Thanks, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/20/07 11:39, Manon Metten wrote: > Hi Ron, > > On 8/20/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the links. You surely know how to find something. > > > >>> I find this much more comfortable than eg. typing: > rx mp3conv.

Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 08:12:24PM +0200, Gerard Robin wrote: find /f: /f /f/bin /f/bin/bash /f/lib /f/lib/libncurses.so.5 /f/lib/ld-2.6.1.so /f/lib/libdl.so.2 /f/lib/libc.so.6 First post: ldd /bin/bash libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x2b2d9014f000) libdl.so.

Re: Mdadm won't rebuild a RAID5

On Monday 20 August 2007, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.08.20.1627 +0200]: > > > 3) RAID 5 is not resilient against multiple failures.  We now use > > > RAID 1. RAID 1 is also faster, although it sometimes requires > > > more drives. In extreme cases we u

Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 02:01:07PM -0400, Neil Watson wrote: From: Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on murphy.debian.org X-Spam-Le

Re: chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

What does 'find /f' produce? -- Neil Watson | Debian Linux System Administrator| Uptime 2 days http://watson-wilson.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

Hello, I have a problem to use chroot: I did: sudo -s mkdir /f mkdir /f/bin /f/lib cp /bin/bash /f/bin ldd /bin/bash libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x2b2d9014f000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x2b2d9039b000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x2b2d

Re: linphone: error while loading shared libraries: libosipparser2.so.3

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 04:07:09PM +0200, Krzysztof Luba??ski wrote: From: Krzysztof Luba??ski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian-user list Subject: Re: linphone: error while loading shared libraries: libosipparser2.so.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on murphy.debia

CD player with CDDB

I generally use a tiling WM (xmonad, ion, stump, etc.) and listen to music with mpd. With that setup I can keep a small text monitor in the status bar, or other such place, for seeing just what is currently running. Every once in a while though I will actually play a cd and I would like to have

Re: Source of Debian wisdom

On Aug 19, 2007, at 1:08 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: There were frequent posts to the list like "Aptitude wants to remove 150 packages!!!". They were using the CLI and didn't get the detailed explanation from aptitude that they would from the curses interface. Dumb question: Is there a way to

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

On Aug 19, 2007, at 2:40 PM, Steve Lamb wrote: Besides, until operating systems start having init scripts written in Perl or Python, being able to write shell scripts is going to be an essential system administration skill. ;) Quite frankly they should now. Any time I've had to throw

Re: Can you disable SMP in the kernel by appending the kernel line in GRUB

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Nigel Henry wrote: I've been trying to help someone on the list with acpi related shutdown problems, with no success up to now. When I had shutdown problems with FC5 (fixed with using acpi=force), someone on the Fedora list suggested that it could be a problem with SMP kern

Re: my usb is not mounted for the user

abdelkader belahcene wrote: Hi, my usb pen is partitionned on 3 , it is automatically mounted, but the vfat partitions ( see below disk-1 and 2 ) are mounted for me ( bela), but the l can't write as bela in the linux partition (usbdisk) ? how to transform it ? drwxr-xr-x 4 1000 root 1024 Aug 18

latex2html dvips bug?

Hello, When attempting to use latex2html I encounter an error as images are attempted to be created: *** processing 4 images *** Generating postscript images using dvips ... /usr/bin/dvips -S1 -i -Ppdf -E -E -o/tmp/l2h30416/image ./images.dvi Error: Bad file descriptor Converting image #1 pst

Re: Source of Debian wisdom

Hi Mumia, On 8/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * However, I never do anything at the command line that hasn't been > verified as safe. I always use the curses interface to find out what is > going to happen before I enter a command at the command line. Well, that's a valuable advis

Re: problems read/write mounting of NTFS

Bob McGowan wrote: Krzysztof Lubański wrote: On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 14:03 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: But, it was formatted with NTFS and I was not able to write to it[...] [...] I've also adjusted the associated options in /etc/fstab, but I still can't write to the disk. Hello. The standa

Can you disable SMP in the kernel by appending the kernel line in GRUB

I've been trying to help someone on the list with acpi related shutdown problems, with no success up to now. When I had shutdown problems with FC5 (fixed with using acpi=force), someone on the Fedora list suggested that it could be a problem with SMP kernels. I Googled a bit the other day, and

Re: Source of Debian wisdom

Hi Douglas, On 8/19/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you mix with apt-get ... > > ... This leads to the cruft buildup that > aptitude is suposed to help you prevent. I remember a thread some time ago that just pointed out not to mix apt-get with aptitude. The other problem i

Re: shutdown

On Tuesday 14 August 2007 16:02, Mark Grieveson wrote: > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:00:13 + (UTC) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think it's more a kernel thingy, along with some hardware. > > > > Anyway. when you get Grubs menu, select the kernel you want to boot, > > then press "a". Do one spa

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

Hi Anthony, On 8/20/07, Anthony M Simonelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about Zenity? I've used it before to provide a GUI interface to > some of my simple bash scripts. Thanks for the tip. Gonna check this out too. Greetings, Manon.

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

Hi Douglas, On 8/19/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: However, I don't understand the concept of compeletly controlling and > editor from a script. Everything I can do by accessing a menu item or hitting some keys, I can do from within a script, and even more. I still haven't fo

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

Hi Bob, On 8/20/07, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. I copied this to my 'Bash-howto'. > > I would hate to see you record this in your howto with "==" without > knowing that "==" is a bash specific feature. :-) Well, actually it ain't that hard. I know from C that = assigns a

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

Hi Ron, On 8/20/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the links. You surely know how to find something. >> I find this much more comfortable than eg. typing: > >>> rx mp3conv.rexx 256kbps ~/mp3/work > >>> Even better: I run this script from within my dir util (DirOpus == > >>>

Re^4: Lenny, X, dead mouse

Andrei, Florian, Thanks for the assistance. I installed Lenny beginning with debootstrap. Then copied some configurations from Etch. Then used dselect. Andrei> What xorg packages do you have installed? (dpkg -l xorg*) Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files

Re: Mdadm won't rebuild a RAID5

also sprach Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.08.20.1627 +0200]: > > 3) RAID 5 is not resilient against multiple failures.  We now use RAID 1. > >    RAID 1 is also faster, although it sometimes requires more drives. > >    In extreme cases we use RAID 1 with three or more drives. > > On Monday

Re: problems read/write mounting of NTFS

Krzysztof Lubański wrote: On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 14:03 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: But, it was formatted with NTFS and I was not able to write to it[...] [...] I've also adjusted the associated options in /etc/fstab, but I still can't write to the disk. Hello. The standard NTFS kernel drive

Re: Organising MP3 Files into folders

Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amarok can indeed move/copy files. All one needs to do is to use the file > navagation and pick files that are not in the location of the settings for > the collection, then right click on the selection and choose either "copy > files to colletion" or "move fi

Re: phpmyadmin

On Aug 20, 2007, at 10:17 AM, ArcticFox wrote: On Aug 20, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Freddy Freeloader wrote: ArcticFox wrote: On Aug 20, 2007, at 12:10 AM, Freddy Freeloader wrote: ArcticFox wrote: Have you taken a look at the phpmyadmin site? I had some trouble getting it to work on my system

Re: Google checking my system?

Mumia W.. wrote: > > This feature is called "safebrowsing," and turning it off is as easy as > changing this option: > > Edit-> Preferences-> Security-> Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a > suspected forgery. > But there are two choices there. The first one checks for phishing from a downloa

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