Re: lvm2 and e2fsck

Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/22/2009 08:38 PM, Mark Allums wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Hi, # mount -v -t ext4 /dev/main_huge_vg/main_huge_lv /data/big $ dmesg | tail -n2 EXT4-fs: ext4_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 0 not in group (block 3120627712)! EXT4-fs: group descriptors corrupted

Re: How to protect an encrypted file system for off-line attack?

2009/2/21 Javier : > I'm actually using encfs to protect my sensitive data, Eh... http://xkcd.com/538/ - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug Report Advice - Segmentation fault crashes mouse service

Hi, I'd like to report a bug, but I'm not sure what package or location I should list it under. I would greatly appreciate your advice as to where this bug should be posted. Here is the description: -- I ran a program that I compiled from a makefile (SDLmame 0.129u4) from bash in Konsole. The p

Re: How to protect an encrypted file system for off-line attack?

Hi Javier, Thank you for your reply. Given the hypothetical (but all too possible) situation you describe, there are different considerations. > Now imagine the worst situation, that a friend wants to protect his data > from his corrupt dictatorial government Absolutely a possibility. There ar

Re: lvm2 and e2fsck

On 02/22/2009 08:38 PM, Mark Allums wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Hi, # mount -v -t ext4 /dev/main_huge_vg/main_huge_lv /data/big $ dmesg | tail -n2 EXT4-fs: ext4_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 0 not in group (block 3120627712)! EXT4-fs: group descriptors corrupted! Can I just do th

Re: KDE 4

thveillon.debian wrote: M. Lewis a écrit : Following the instructions at http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/experimental.html Is it a problem that aptitude wants to uninstall kde (as well as LOTS of other s/w)? TIA, Mike [snip] Hi, I installed kde4 from experimental on a testing syst

Re: Instaling Debian in netbooks

Luis M. A. Ruiz escribió: > Hi. I'm wondering about instaling Debian GNU/Linux in a LG X110 netbook > (no CD drive). > What is the best way to perform this? > The netbook specs are: > > Intel Atom N270 @ 1.6 Ghz > 1 Gb RAM > 120 Gb HDD > 1 SD card RW > 3 USB ports > 802.11 b/g wi-fi adapter > Real

Re: What do people do about large clock scews

On 2009-02-22_01:46:23, Harry Putnam wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: > > > On 02/22/2009 12:30 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> I have debian lenny in several vmware applications on different > >> windows machines so some of them don't get run too often. > >> > >> I noticed firing up one that hasn't bee

vx-1000 webcam in Debian

Hello, Does anyone know if Microsoft's VX-1000 webcam works in Debian Testing or Sid? I did a little search and it appears that it works in Ubuntu and kernel 2.6.26 but does not work in many other cases (different kernels I presume). However, this website lists it as working: http://mxhaard.free

Re: lvm2 and e2fsck

Ron Johnson wrote: Hi, # mount -v -t ext4 /dev/main_huge_vg/main_huge_lv /data/big $ dmesg | tail -n2 EXT4-fs: ext4_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 0 not in group (block 3120627712)! EXT4-fs: group descriptors corrupted! Can I just do this? # e2fsck /dev/main_huge_vg/main_huge_lv

Re: How to protect an encrypted file system for off-line attack?

On 02/22/2009 07:03 PM, Javier wrote: [snip] Now imagine the worst situation, that a friend wants to protect his data from his corrupt dictatorial government, and he doesn't want to directly make the question here, because he is afraid. From your name, we can reasonably narrow it down. I.e., h

Instaling Debian in netbooks

Hi. I'm wondering about instaling Debian GNU/Linux in a LG X110 netbook (no CD drive). What is the best way to perform this? The netbook specs are: Intel Atom N270 @ 1.6 Ghz 1 Gb RAM 120 Gb HDD 1 SD card RW 3 USB ports 802.11 b/g wi-fi adapter Realtec RTL8102E NIC Thanks in advance and sorry a

Re: How to protect an encrypted file system for off-line attack?

Jeff Soules escribió: > As Ron said, the problem you're describing is a little bit different > from the one the man page talks about. > >> The most intrusive attacks, where an attacker has complete control of >> the user's machine (and can therefor modify EncFS, or FUSE, or the >> kernel itself) a

Re: Virtual box - guest with transparent background]

Rodrigo Hashimoto wrote: Hi there, I have two guest hosts, one Debian and one Windows, and both of them have the background transparent, I have no idea what happened. It's like the transparent terminal with compiz-fusion. If anyone has any idea please post it. Thanks a lot. Bye. Transpare

Virtual box - guest with transparent background

Hi there, I have two guest hosts, one Debian and one Windows, and both of them have the background transparent, I have no idea what happened. It's like the transparent terminal with compiz-fusion. If anyone has any idea please post it. Thanks a lot. Bye.

Re: Logitech MX Revolution/MX1100

Aneurin Price wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm thinking about replacing my mouse soon as the ball is starting to stick > after about a decade of use, and I'm looking at either the Logitech MX > Revolution or MX1100. Does anybody have any experience with either of these in > Linux? I'm particularly inter

Re: lenny kde artwork

You're not confusing the grub splash screen with the desktop background image, are you? I don't think so. The location mentioned by Jimmy has a 24bpp splash image for grub-pc called moreblue-orbit-grub.png

Re: Planet.Debian down?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:10:40AM -0600, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > It is known that some Debian machines (gluck, samose etc.) are samosa, actually > down at the moment. They should come back on soon. gluck is back, and so is planet.debian.org. :-) Kum

Re: How does Debian know how to execute my .NET programs even if I don't specify mono?

Hi, Foss User writes: > I have a program compiled with mcs meant for mono called: hello.exe. > If I just do ./hello.exe it runs automatically. How does it happen? > why do I not have to do mono hello.exe. Why does it run only with > ./hello.exe You can register interpreters for binary formats w

How does Debian know how to execute my .NET programs even if I don't specify mono?

I have a program compiled with mcs meant for mono called: hello.exe. If I just do ./hello.exe it runs automatically. How does it happen? why do I not have to do mono hello.exe. Why does it run only with ./hello.exe I mean Linux wouldn't execute a code unless it knows the interpreter from the she-

Re: Upgrading from Etch to Lenny - aptitude ERROR

Daniel Burrows writes: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:39:51AM +0100, Csanyi Pal > was heard to say: >> When I try to use apt-get: >> >> apt-get update >> >> I get the same error message: >> >> Illegal instruction >> >> What can I do to solve this problem? > > What hardware are you running t

Re: Upgrading from Etch to Lenny - aptitude ERROR

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:39:51AM +0100, Csanyi Pal was heard to say: > When I try to use apt-get: > > apt-get update > > I get the same error message: > > Illegal instruction > > What can I do to solve this problem? What hardware are you running this on? What does "ldd /usr/bin/apt-ge

Re: how to find why packages are automatically installed?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 01:49:34AM -0800, "Michael M. Moore" was heard to say: > Celejar wrote: >> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:34:09 -0800 >> "Michael M. Moore" wrote: >> >>> I thought I had this down by now, but I'm lost. >>> >>> I am in the process of removing much of GNOME, so I removed >>> gnom

lvm2 and e2fsck

Hi, # mount -v -t ext4 /dev/main_huge_vg/main_huge_lv /data/big $ dmesg | tail -n2 EXT4-fs: ext4_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 0 not in group (block 3120627712)! EXT4-fs: group descriptors corrupted! Can I just do this? # e2fsck /dev/main_huge_vg/main_huge_lv -- Ron Johnson, Jr.

Touchpad frozen after resume

Hello. I'm having an issue with my suspend/resume on my Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop with Debian Lenny installed. After resume, my touchpad is frozen. I have a script in /etc/pm/sleep.d/ that's being executed that does # on sleep echo -n "i8042" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/i8042/unbind modprobe -r p

Re: Logitec quickcam pro 9000 [was: Re: good webcam for Linux (low light, mic, 'just works')]

> H.S. wrote : > > Got it working in ekiga after installing libpt-1.11.2-plugins-v4l2 > package. Video in kopete is garbled in the top 25% of the video sceen, > the rest being all green. > > > Kopete never worked properly for me with any of my webcams... Even though every other softwares were

Re: Logitec quickcam pro 9000 [was: Re: good webcam for Linux (low light, mic, 'just works')]

> H.S. wrote : > > Okay, bought this one yesterday and so far it is working with xawtv and > skype and luvcview. Did nothing special to have it detected on Debian > Testing. Did install the gspca module for my kernel though, but I am not > sure how it actually helps. > > It low light performance

Re: How to protect an encrypted file system for off-line attack?

As Ron said, the problem you're describing is a little bit different from the one the man page talks about. > The most intrusive attacks, where an attacker has complete control of > the user's machine (and can therefor modify EncFS, or FUSE, or the > kernel itself) are not guarded against. Do not

Re: Logitec quickcam pro 9000 [was: Re: good webcam for Linux (low light, mic, 'just works')]

H.S. wrote: > > Okay, bought this one yesterday and so far it is working with xawtv and > skype and luvcview. Did nothing special to have it detected on Debian > Testing. Did install the gspca module for my kernel though, but I am not > sure how it actually helps. > > It low light performance is

Logitec quickcam pro 9000 [was: Re: good webcam for Linux (low light, mic, 'just works')]

thveillon.debian wrote: >> Alex Samad wrote : >>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 04:49:27PM +, thveillon.debian wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I use a Logitech QC Pro 9000, bought it for ± £60, it's expensive but >> you talking about one of these >> >> 046d:0990 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 9000 >> >> > > Yes

Lenny stable does not assign correct permissions to USB devices

Hola list, After my migration from Lenny testing to Lenny stable U'm unable to import photos from my own user as a default. I get the following error: $ LC_ALL=C LANG=C gphoto2 --list-files *** Error *** An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB device'): Could not claim i

Re: Planet.Debian down?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 05:03:17PM +0100, widux wrote: >Am Sonntag, 22. Februar 2009 16:51:55 schrieb Laurent Guignard: >> On dim, 22 f*v 2009 07:15:35 -0800, Ken Teague wrote: >> > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> >> Am I the only one who can't resolve Planet Debian today? >> > >

Re: Planet.Debian down?

Am Sonntag, 22. Februar 2009 16:51:55 schrieb Laurent Guignard: > On dim, 22 fév 2009 07:15:35 -0800, Ken Teague wrote: > > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > >> Am I the only one who can't resolve Planet Debian today? > > > > Inaccessible via http from San Jose, California as well. > > Same state from Fra

Re: Planet.Debian down?

On dim, 22 fév 2009 07:15:35 -0800, Ken Teague wrote: > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> Am I the only one who can't resolve Planet Debian today? > > Inaccessible via http from San Jose, California as well. > > Same state from France in LYON. -- Laurent Guignard, Registered as user #301590 with the L

Re: Planet.Debian down?

Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Am I the only one who can't resolve Planet Debian today? Inaccessible via http from San Jose, California as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Further paranoia: LVM and a decommisioned RAID member.

also sprach Hendrik Boom [2009.02.22.1451 +0100]: > Is that superblock the same one used by LVM to identify LVM partitions > within the RAID? Of course not. > Because if not at boot time =, LVM is going to detect > all the LVM partitions both on the remaining RAID and on the > decommissioned

Planet.Debian down?

Am I the only one who can't resolve Planet Debian today? AndyC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Java in Debian 5

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Adrian Levi wrote: If you have issues with Java 'tainting' your system then power to you, but both Staroffice and Java were invented by Sun Microsystems then released to the community freely. Open JDK is a completely free implementation of Java that satisfies the DSFG. I re

Re: problem with my (global) environment

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:23:53 +0100, Robert Cates (rob...@kormar.de) wrote: > Hi, > > I just recently upgraded my etch server to lenny, and except for one > problem it ended up upgrading very well. During the upgrade though I > saw a lot of notices or warnings I believe that my environmen

Re: good webcam for Linux (low light, mic, 'just works')

H.S. a écrit : > Hello, > > I am looking to buy a good webcam for linux. Some of the things I have > in mind are: > 1. Have good low light performance (at least better among the usual > consumer webcams) > 2. Mic built in that works in Linux (Debian Testing, Sid, Ubuntu) > 3. Reasonable price, it

Re: good webcam for Linux (low light, mic, 'just works')

> Alex Samad wrote : >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 04:49:27PM +, thveillon.debian wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I use a Logitech QC Pro 9000, bought it for ± £60, it's expensive but > > you talking about one of these > > 046d:0990 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 9000 > > Yes, it's the one I have. I was tol

Further paranoia: LVM and a decommisioned RAID member.

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:31:48 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:22:43 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > >> also sprach Hendrik Boom [2009.02.17.1747 >> +0100]: >>> But I understand these partitions are marked in some way to identify >>> them as RAID members, and that these marks a

Re: good webcam for Linux (low light, mic, 'just works')

> Philips SPC1000NC > I have this camera and I am unhappy with it. The colurs are near- black&white, there is much noise, and getting the drivers installed (Phillips does not provide drivers, but links to underdeveloped third-party drivers) was a pain. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com htt

Re: doc. on failure recovery using LVM for RAID1

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:36:26PM -0500, Daniel B. wrote: > I've read that LVM can perform RAID1 mirroring. > > However, I'm having trouble finding documentation of RAID1 failure > recovery using LVM (recognizing failures, what to do with LVM > after replacing a failed disk, and how LVM rebuilds t

Re: good webcam for Linux (low light, mic, 'just works')

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 04:49:27PM +, thveillon.debian wrote: > H.S. a écrit : > > Hello, > > [snip] > > Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 ($130) > > Logitech Quickcam Connect Webcam ($29) > > Logitech Quickcam Deluxe For Notebooks ($83) > > Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks ($35) > > Creative Live!

Re: Problems with python on etch

Jochen Schulz schrieb: Michael Schwartzkopff: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free These entries don't point to etch anymore. Lenny is stable now. If you already have installe

Re: Dual monitor problem (intel, GNOME)

Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > W. Martin Borgert wrote: > >> On 2009-02-19 12:52, Mirco Piccin wrote: >>> grandr is a frontend to xrandr. >>> You can edit a simple bash script that launch xrandr with your >>> preferred settings. >> >> Hm, I found the commands for resolution and putting one screen >> r

Re: VirtualBox on lenny

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:06:55PM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > 2009/2/22 Harry Putnam > > > Paul Fraser writes: > > > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 07:21, Harry Putnam wrote: > > >> Or any posters here have VirtualBox running on lenny that can say how > > >> they did it? > > > > > > I'd reco

Re: is it possible to install a custom initramfs USB bootable system?

Miernik wrote: > Hello, > > I have a computer with 10 GB of RAM, but no hard disks. I want to > install Debian to make it work this way: > > 1. Debian is installed in RAM (maybe from PXE netboot) > > 2. with some command a compressed squashfs image is created of the > current system, and

Re: Problems with python on etch

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:47:23 +0100, Michael Schwartzkopff (mi...@multinet.de) wrote: > Bob Cox schrieb: >> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:44:40 +0100, Michael Schwartzkopff >> (mi...@multinet.de) wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> since this morning I have problems installing any packages that ar

Re: Problem with default resolution starting Debian Lenny

I am using Debian Lenny Stable, and the xorg.conf is: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "es" EndSectio

Re: Problems with python on etch

Michael Schwartzkopff: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free These entries don't point to etch anymore. Lenny is stable now. If you already have installed packages from these source

Re: Problems with python on etch

Bob Cox schrieb: On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:44:40 +0100, Michael Schwartzkopff (mi...@multinet.de) wrote: Hi, since this morning I have problems installing any packages that are related to python on my fully patched debian etch system. See output of the command at the end of the mail. Am

Re: Problems with python on etch

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:44:40 +0100, Michael Schwartzkopff (mi...@multinet.de) wrote: > Hi, > > since this morning I have problems installing any packages that are related > to > python on my fully patched debian etch system. See output of the command at > the end of the mail. Am I the on

Re: VirtualBox on lenny

Harry Putnam wrote: > Googling about virtualbox on debian.. I see only older information. > Looks like the wiki at http://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox > Appear to be somewhat old too and only goes up to etch. Other stuff > shows its from 2007. I know VirtualBox is under very active > development so

Upgrading from Etch to Lenny - aptitude ERROR

Hi, I follow the steps from here: http://debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html and after I install aptitude with aptitude install aptitude and try to run aptitude upgrade I get the error message: Illegal instruction I can't to use aptitude anymore. When I try t

Re: good webcam for Linux (low light, mic, 'just works')

H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking to buy a good webcam for linux. Some of the things I have > in mind are: > 1. Have good low light performance (at least better among the usual > consumer webcams) > 2. Mic built in that works in Linux (Debian Testing, Sid, Ubuntu) > 3. Reasonable price, it sh

problem with my (global) environment

Hi, I just recently upgraded my etch server to lenny, and except for one problem it ended up upgrading very well. During the upgrade though I saw a lot of notices or warnings I believe that my environment is not set (properly). Basically it said that my LANGUAGE and related variables are no

Re: scp GUI?

Nagy Daniel wrote: > Is there a GUI for SCP? I mean like browsing through scp just like in a > folder, in Midnight Commander. > > Thank you! I've been using gftp. I think it can be set using SCP regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsu

Problems with python on etch

Hi, since this morning I have problems installing any packages that are related to python on my fully patched debian etch system. See output of the command at the end of the mail. Am I the only one or does somebody else also see these problems? Michael Schwartzkopff. --- # apt-get install py

Re: Dual monitor problem (intel, GNOME)

W. Martin Borgert wrote: > On 2009-02-19 12:52, Mirco Piccin wrote: >> grandr is a frontend to xrandr. >> You can edit a simple bash script that launch xrandr with your preferred >> settings. > > Hm, I found the commands for resolution and putting one screen > right of the other, but I didn't fi

Re: console DVD writer?

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:19:01PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Volkan YAZICI wrote: > > >On Sat, 21 Feb 2009, asdf asdf writes: > >> What is the "best" DVD writing solution "without GUI"? :D > > >wodim. > > wodim does not support to write DVDs. Please tell that the the DVDs it has successf

Re: Java in Debian 5

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 01:18:16AM +0900, Bret Busby wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2009, Adrian Levi wrote: > >> >> 2009/2/21 Bret Busby : >>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:31:27AM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: If you install the desktop task you also get O

Re: Proper "modern" way to install TrueType fonts in Lenny/Sid?

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 08:50:29PM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:07:02 -0600 > Kent West wrote: > > > I'm trying to use an early-semitic font (midway down page > > http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/30_intro.html) on my Sid system. > > > > A couple of weeks ago I was playi

Re: security (malware) issues in Linux bases OSes

Ron Johnson wrote: >>> Hooking file-roller into gksu and dpkg wouldn't be that hard. >>> >>> In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that weren't already the case. >>> >> >> I think Ubuntu does it. > > Why am I *not* surprised? me neither :x tried kubuntu for about 3 months :x - never ever regar

Re: how to find why packages are automatically installed?

Celejar wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:34:09 -0800 "Michael M. Moore" wrote: I thought I had this down by now, but I'm lost. I am in the process of removing much of GNOME, so I removed gnome-desktop-environment, which also removed gnome-core, and a whole bunch of other things. I also remove

Re: security (malware) issues in Linux bases OSes

H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > In the last some weeks I recall reading in one of the mailing lists that > it is just a matter of popularity that we are not seeing bad intentioned > debs or rpms on the internet. If Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora were to become > sufficiently popular, the claim is that it would be

Re: upgrade to lenny report

Pavlos Parissis wrote: > Hi all, > > This morning I upgraded my etch desktop to lenny. > All went ok but with 3 small issues. > Hello, I upgraded my firewall server yesterday. I did upgrade from sarge -> etch -> lenny as proposed here before. Everything worked just fine. I hope I can upgrade

Re: Problem with default resolution starting Debian Lenny

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 14:40, Carlos Fernandez wrote: > Exactly, sorry if my english is too basic. It isn't too bad, I just wanted to make sure my understanding was correct. I guess that when X starts up, it can't probe the EDID of the monitor, so it defaults to VGA resolution . First, are you

Re: VirtualBox on lenny

2009/2/22 Harry Putnam > Paul Fraser writes: > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 07:21, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Or any posters here have VirtualBox running on lenny that can say how > >> they did it? > > > > I'd recommend installing VirtualBox from experimental -- 2.1.2 is the > > latest version, as

Re: Proper "modern" way to install TrueType fonts in Lenny/Sid?

Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:07:02 -0600 > Kent West wrote: > >> I'm trying to use an early-semitic font (midway down page >> http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/30_intro.html) on my Sid system. >> >> A couple of weeks ago I was playing with a Slashdot(?)-highlighted site >> that