Re: help in resolving error,building a .deb pkg ;newbie!!

Osamu Aoki wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:52:53AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: ... This means it attempted to sign the .dsc and .changes as "Joey Hess ", probably because that's the author of the last changelog entry. If you'll update the changelog to contain your name and email

Re: help in resolving error,building a .deb pkg ;newbie!!

Osamu Aoki wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:52:53AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: ... This means it attempted to sign the .dsc and .changes as "Joey Hess ", probably because that's the author of the last changelog entry. If you'll update the changelog to contain your name and email

Re: tail broken (?!) and devices not activating

On Mon,21.Sep.09, 22:17:39, Celejar wrote: > Hi, > > I'm seeing some really weird problems on my system. I don't know if > they're at all related, but I'll report them both in the same email, in > case they are. > > 1) tail -f stops working - I see the tail of the file, but it fails to > refresh

Re: help in resolving error,building a .deb pkg ;newbie!!

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:52:53AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: ... > This means it attempted to sign the .dsc and .changes as "Joey Hess > ", probably because that's the author of the last changelog > entry. If you'll update the changelog to contain your name and email it will > try an

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

On Mon,21.Sep.09, 21:46:37, Mike McClain wrote: > > The only way I've found 'til now is to echo a string back and forth, > as in: > >>From the CLI: echo 'some string' > /dev/pts/2 > >>From xterm: echo 'some string' > /dev/tty9 > > Awkward but less so than writing to a file. One other way w

Re: tail broken (?!) and devices not activating

On 2009-09-22 04:17 +0200, Celejar wrote: > I'm seeing some really weird problems on my system. I don't know if > they're at all related, but I'll report them both in the same email, in > case they are. > > 1) tail -f stops working - I see the tail of the file, but it fails to > refresh when cont

Re: help in resolving error,building a .deb pkg ;newbie!!

In <4ab86311.1040...@gmail.com>, shampavman wrote: >What does this mean? >gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on configuration file >`/home/shampavman/.gnupg/gpg.conf' This means you have the wrong permissions on that file or the directory it is in. >gpg: skipped "Joey Hess ": secret key not availab

Re: help in resolving error,building a .deb pkg ;newbie!!

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 15:27:11 shampavman wrote: Im new to .deb packaging.. and learning it as a test I wanted to modify the alien pkg such that it automatically creates a symlink from /usr/bin/alien to /usr/sfw/bin/alien.. and thus i changed the rules file

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 09:52:59AM -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 01:28:21AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > Then you need an MTA/MDA and just don't run it in daemon mode. I fail > Earlier in this thread someone suggested editing /etc/default/exim4 > setting QUEUERUNNER

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 03:32:06PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: > >>[H]ow can I > >>grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? > > > >I believe xclip

Mini 10v (was: Lightweight alternative MTA?)

Tzafrir Cohen wrote: What desktop are you running there? I bounce between Dell's 8.04 GNome and UNR 9.04 GNome. I'm not too keen on GNome but haven't had the bug to move to XFCE or KDE. I many bounce between the two because Dell's 8.04 has better hardware support while UNR 9.04 has new

Re: tail broken (?!) and devices not activating

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:44:29 -0400 Tim Tebbit wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm seeing some really weird problems on my system. I don't know if > > they're at all related, but I'll report them both in the same > > email, in case they are. > > > > 1) tail -f stops working - I see the

Re: Xfce GNU/Icecat and Gnome-programs

On Mon September 21 2009 03:39:48 am Liviu Andronic wrote: > On 9/21/09, ura wrote: > > I have this problem: using Xfce, browser GNU/Icecat, Evolution, and > > other Gnome-programs can not open links to Internet. I have read some thing related in the list, but i am not sure; look at preference

Re: tail broken (?!) and devices not activating

Celejar wrote: > Hi, > > I'm seeing some really weird problems on my system. I don't know if > they're at all related, but I'll report them both in the same email, in > case they are. > > 1) tail -f stops working - I see the tail of the file, but it fails to > refresh when content is added to th

Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:18:50 -0300 Vinícius Massuchetto wrote: > Celejar escreveu: > > [...] > > > You'd normally use 'master' / hostapd where the wireless clients are > > connecting to the box. I've never used ad-hoc mode, and I don't > > know anything about it. > > I've been trying to set i

Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface

Celejar escreveu: [...] You'd normally use 'master' / hostapd where the wireless clients are connecting to the box. I've never used ad-hoc mode, and I don't know anything about it. I've been trying to set it to master mode, but I'm starting to think that this card doesn't support it. How c

tail broken (?!) and devices not activating

Hi, I'm seeing some really weird problems on my system. I don't know if they're at all related, but I'll report them both in the same email, in case they are. 1) tail -f stops working - I see the tail of the file, but it fails to refresh when content is added to the file. What on earth could be

Re: How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished?

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:05:09AM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished? Can I ask why you want to do that ? > > What do I need to put into > /etc/init.d/rc.local's > INIT INFO section? > > Can I put it there or must I put it into /

Re: EIP: [] do_exit+0x40c/

On Mon September 21 2009, Florian Kriener wrote: > Sounds like a kernel bug. Can you reproduce the bug? Please send the > output of dmesg. yes, I see the message appearing every day... paulandcilla:/home/pbc/Documents/software# dmesg [0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset [0.00]

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 04:23:34AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> Not running a daemon means that you have the overhead of startup for >> each new delivery. It implies less efficient handling of a queued mail. > > Given that he is doing this for local messages from daemons o

Re: nvidia problems after upgrade

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 08:35:55PM -0400, Charles Kroeger wrote: > > It is? How do you do that? > > Make sure you have installed: > > nvidia-glx > nvidia-glx-dev > > nvidia-kernel-source > > compile the source with the following command: > > #m-a -t clean,a-i nvidia-kernel-source > > enjoy th

Re: Can't write iso image to cd [2.6.30]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 02:00:20PM +0200, Rob Gom wrote: > Hi there, Hi, > I can't write iso image to blank cd under Linux. Under windows xp the > same works fine. OK. Then maybe this ... > ~# hdparm -i /dev/sr0 > /dev/sr0: > Model=HL-DT-ST DVD+/-RW GH50N , FwRev=B102, > Ser

Re: alsa does not (re-)store audio levels

On 9/20/09, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Do 'alsactl store' and 'alsactl restore' work for root? Do you have the > package alsa-utils installed? > This started to work OK after I supplied correct load-up options to solve a distinct issue (see [1]). Liviu [1] http://www.pubbs.net/debian/200909/110516/

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 15:15:42 Wayne Topa wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 14:32:06 Wayne Topa wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: [H]ow can I grab some text on the c

Re: help in resolving error,building a .deb pkg ;newbie!!

On Monday 21 September 2009 15:27:11 shampavman wrote: > Im new to .deb packaging.. and learning it as a test I wanted to modify > the alien pkg such that it automatically creates a symlink from > /usr/bin/alien to /usr/sfw/bin/alien.. and thus i changed the rules file > appropriately... but when I

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

On Monday 21 September 2009 15:15:42 Wayne Topa wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Monday 21 September 2009 14:32:06 Wayne Topa wrote: > >> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >>> On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: > [H]ow can I > grab some text on the command

Re: help in resolving error,building a .deb pkg ;newbie!!

On 2009-09-21 22:27 +0200, shampavman wrote: > Im new to .deb packaging.. and learning it as a test I wanted to > modify the alien pkg such that it automatically creates a symlink from > /usr/bin/alien to /usr/sfw/bin/alien.. and thus i changed the rules > file appropriately... but when I do a bui

Size of a kernel module is different at build place and after installation

I have built a custom kernel, using make-kpgk, from debian source. Using ls -l, there is difference in the size of kernel modules, .ko files, at build place and after installation of the package. I only looked at 2 unrelated modules, but I think there will be a difference in the size of other

help in resolving error,building a .deb pkg ;newbie!!

Hi, Im new to .deb packaging.. and learning it as a test I wanted to modify the alien pkg such that it automatically creates a symlink from /usr/bin/alien to /usr/sfw/bin/alien.. and thus i changed the rules file appropriately... but when I do a build this is what I get make[1]: Leaving dire

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 14:32:06 Wayne Topa wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: [H]ow can I grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? I believe xclip

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:06, Mike McClain wrote: > Is there a way to get gpm to use the same copy buffer at the > command line that it dowes in X? Or in other words how can I > grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? I just use the Primary Selection (select text to

Re: no sound in headphones

Liviu Andronic wrote: > On 9/21/09, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: >> > Liviu Andronic wrote: >> > front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 >> I think this is the one you should try. May be we can exchange snapshots >> of >> what alsamixer looks like. It seems you have similar audio controller to >> my one. >> > I think I f

Re: Firewall solution.

2009/9/21 Leandro Quibem Magnabosco : > Jesús M. Navarro escreveu: > > You are aware you are comparing apples to oranges, aren't you? You asked > for > a firewall when it seems you are looking for a gateway solution. pfSense, > as > you certainly know is not a script or even a bunch of scripts bu

Re: Firewall solution.

Jesús M. Navarro escreveu: You are aware you are comparing apples to oranges, aren't you? You asked for a firewall when it seems you are looking for a gateway solution. pfSense, as you certainly know is not a script or even a bunch of scripts but a whole system solution. Hmm... What

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

On Monday 21 September 2009 14:32:06 Wayne Topa wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: > >> [H]ow can I > >> grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? > > > > I believe xclip

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 06:21:16PM +0200, Ole Toft Jensen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 05:58:51PM +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: > > > Frank wrote: > > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 > > >> "thveillon.debian" wrote: > > >> Obviously grub-pc is not ready for primetime yet. On the update

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: [H]ow can I grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? I believe xclip can do this.

Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:28:06 -0300 Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: ... > That's exactly it. I've got a 3G modem connected to the box, and I > want other computers to get this connection wirelessly. > > I followed this tutorial to get this configuration: > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sharing

Re: /bin/sh shell for www-data ?

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Ali Jawad wrote: > Just a quick Question, why does apache have a shell in passwd file > on debian ? not sure this answers your question, but you can't use that as a login account since its entry in /etc/shadow has no legal password. so, unless i'm missing something, i guess

Re: Why can't I install skype on debian?

On 9/18/09, Micha Feigin wrote: > I think that the current "ubuntu" skype version from skype website depends > on this, but turns out that you may also need to move /usr/lib32/libpulse* > out > of the way or it may crash (did for me) > Indeed. Thank you for the suggestion. Now skype-ubuntu-intr

Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface

Hi. Thanks for helping. On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:49:35 -0300 > Vinícius Massuchetto wrote: > >> Dear all. >> >> I've been trying to serve a ppp0 internet >> connection through a wireless network. I made a >> small script to be ran when i want to do

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:00:04 -0400 Frank wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:21:16 +0200 > Ole Toft Jensen wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 05:58:51PM +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: > > > > Frank wrote: > > > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09

/bin/sh shell for www-data ?

Just a quick Question, why does apache have a shell in passwd file on debian ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: > [H]ow can I > grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? I believe xclip can do this.

Re: root fs incorrectly unmounted

Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-09-14 16:00 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-09-13 17:31 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: On a recent Sid upgrade upon booting I now get the message that the root fs was incorrectly unmounted. How do I debug that t find out what is wrong? I

Re: Raid disk delimma

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:03:45 +0200 martin f krafft wrote: > Let's keep this on the list... OK with me.. I normally just hit reply in Claws 3.5. You may get 2 if I use reply-all.. > > also sprach Jack Schneider [2009.09.21.1857 > +0200]: > > Results from : mdadm -Asayes > > > >

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:21:16 +0200 Ole Toft Jensen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 05:58:51PM +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: > > > Frank wrote: > > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 > > >> "thv

Re: sudden power off ... ?!?

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Dan wrote: > Hello List, > > It is few days that I installed (standard installation) Debian Lenny on > this pc. Which pc? If it's a harware issue, perhaps letting us know what hardware you have may help (dmesg?). Perhaps someone may have had similar issues wi

Re: sudden power off ... ?!?

Dan wrote: Hello List, It is few days that I installed (standard installation) Debian Lenny on this pc. Randomly (maybe once or sometimes two a day) it powers off like if it has suddenly been plugged off from the AC. If I then soon turn it on no problems to start up. I suspect this could be a

Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface

On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:49:35 -0300 Vinícius Massuchetto wrote: > Dear all. > > I've been trying to serve a ppp0 internet > connection through a wireless network. I made a > small script to be ran when i want to do that: > > ifdown wlan0 > iwconfig wlan0 essid "VinaNET" mode Ad-Hoc > ifconfig

Re: no sound in headphones

On 9/21/09, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > > Liviu Andronic wrote: > > front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > I think this is the one you should try. May be we can exchange snapshots of > what alsamixer looks like. It seems you have similar audio controller to my > one. > I think I found it. This specific problem of no

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

>Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 21 September 2009 09:49:39 Frank wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 >> "thveillon.debian" wrote: >>> The package "os-prober" is taking care of other OS detection, it's >>> "recommended" but not automatically installed. >>Does that mean maint

Re: no sound in headphones

Liviu Andronic wrote: > front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 I think this is the one you should try. May be we can exchange snapshots of what alsamixer looks like. It seems you have similar audio controller to my one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

>Ole Toft Jensen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 05:58:51PM +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: >>> Frank wrote: >>> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 "thveillon.debian" wrote: Obviously grub-pc is not ready for primetime yet. On the update it > did on my machine, it failed to pick up

gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

Is there a way to get gpm to use the same copy buffer at the command line that it dowes in X? Or in other words how can I grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? TIA, Mike -- Satisfied user of Linux since 1997. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbo

John the Ripper

I've had John running since Jan '08 and it's yet to break my password. Admittedly the password is non-trivial being 13 characters, mixed upper and lower case, numbers and punctuation but I keep expecting John to send me a note saying it's been cracked since John runs six hours each night and my com

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 01:28:21AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Then you need an MTA/MDA and just don't run it in daemon mode. I fail Earlier in this thread someone suggested editing /etc/default/exim4 setting QUEUERUNNER='nodaemon'. When I tried this and the mail stopped getting delivered un

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 15:04:57 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/skxmail/ > > > >Works for me on my laptops.. > > That looks very interesting. Why isn't it available from official Debian > repos? Because exim, postfix, nullmailer, ssmtp, all exist al

sudden power off ... ?!?

Hello List, It is few days that I installed (standard installation) Debian Lenny on this pc. Randomly (maybe once or sometimes two a day) it powers off like if it has suddenly been plugged off from the AC. If I then soon turn it on no problems to start up. I suspect this could be a hardware fa

Re: Raid disk delimma

Let's keep this on the list... also sprach Jack Schneider [2009.09.21.1857 +0200]: > Results from :mdadm -Asayes > > Just returns a prompt: # > > vgchange -a (gives argument needed message) > > vgchange -a y :gives "7 logical vol

Re: java6update15 - how, where,..?

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 07:45:44AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 07:09:28AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: Hi, > > does that mean they have all the java moved over to openjdk & classpath, > > last time I looked openjdk was still not a drop in replacement for sun > > jdk - it has be

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 05:58:51PM +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: > > Frank wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 > >> "thveillon.debian" wrote: > >> Obviously grub-pc is not ready for primetime yet. On the update it > >>> did on my machine,

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

> Frank wrote: > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 >> "thveillon.debian" wrote: >> >>> I still fail to understand what went wrong. After the installation and >>> reboot which went OK, I picked the chain option and that's when it all >>> went downhill. >> The chaining from grub-legacy menu to g

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

On Monday 21 September 2009 09:49:39 Frank wrote: > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 > "thveillon.debian" wrote: > > The package "os-prober" is taking care of other OS detection, it's > > "recommended" but not automatically installed. > >Does that mean maintainers assume you only have one in

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

Frank wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 "thveillon.debian" wrote: I still fail to understand what went wrong. After the installation and reboot which went OK, I picked the chain option and that's when it all went downhill. The chaining

Re: EIP: [] do_exit+0x40c/

On Sunday 20 September 2009 14:04:33 Paul Cartwright wrote: > I started getting this error recently, and I'm not sure why. I found > this reference to a kernel error, but it says unstable/testing, and > it is rather OLD..: > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bugme-new/2004-December/ >

Re: Fwd: kdump/kexec support

On Monday 21 September 2009 15:02:05 Celejar wrote: > surreal wrote: > > Does debian lenny kernel support kdump/kexec support like RHEL 5 EE > > server? > > According to this page, Lenny has 2.6.26: > > http://wiki.debian.org/NewInLenny#Kernelandutilities > > and kexec is supported. According

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 "thveillon.debian" wrote: > > I still fail to understand what went wrong. After the installation and > > reboot which went OK, I picked the chain option and that's when it all > > went downhill. > > The chaining

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

> Ondemand, the same as what appears in the applet, after boot. > However, despite "Ondemand", even a huge CPU load does not make Debian > asking for more CPU resources, such as 100%. Notice that "ondemand" and such are completely implemented inside the kernel. So all the relevant parameters are

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:43:48 -0400 Charles wrote: Hello Charles, > boot process:) Obviously grub-pc is not ready for primetime yet. On Whilst I can't offer any advice about where and what went wrong in your instance, I can tell you that I've been

Re: passwd: Permission denied ?

On 2009-09-21 15:27 +0200, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:39:28AM +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: > >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1358 2009-09-18 09:21 /etc/passwd > > These permissions are wrong. No, they are not. It's /etc/passwd, not /usr/bin/passwd. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: No low-disk-space notification in Gnome?

On 9/21/09, Klistvud wrote: > I'm running dangerously low on disk space in my /home partition, but > Gnome has not once alerted me disk space was low. Is this a known Gnome > I don't know about Gnome, but Xfce has a xfce4-fsguard-plugin for the panel, which alerts you for any defined mount point

Re: passwd: Permission denied ?

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:39:28AM +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1358 2009-09-18 09:21 /etc/passwd These permissions are wrong. The missing suid bit (as someone else pointed out) will prevent anyone but root using it. The missing e(x)ecute bit will prevent even root. Eith

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

Charles wrote: > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:47:48 +0100 > Joe wrote: > [snip...] > > > > Well as I said in earlier mail, the Supergrub disk saved my...err..bacon. > It allowed me to reinstall Grub, then I purged Grub-pc (grub2) and was > back in business. > I still fail to understand what went

Re: Fwd: kdump/kexec support

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:30:11 + surreal wrote: > Does debian lenny kernel support kdump/kexec support like RHEL 5 EE > server? According to this page, Lenny has 2.6.26: http://wiki.debian.org/NewInLenny#Kernelandutilities and kexec is supported. According to this page, it was added in 2.6.

Re: Grub update problems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:54:44 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun,20.Sep.09, 22:34:23, Frank McCormick wrote: > > [snip grub2 troubles] > > As far as I understand you "fixed" your problem by going back to grub1. > > For the archives, to boot othe

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:47:48 +0100 Joe wrote: > Frank wrote: > > > > During today's update on my testing machine I was asked whether I wanted to > > update to grub2. I said OK - after the re boot I picked the chain option. > > The boot went well, so

Re: how to migrate smb accounts to new lenny system?

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > having finally made the switch from an old server running lenny to > a new one (running at the same IP address), most functions seem to > be working, but samba shares are failing -- people who used to be > able to access shares from their windows sy

how to migrate smb accounts to new lenny system?

having finally made the switch from an old server running lenny to a new one (running at the same IP address), most functions seem to be working, but samba shares are failing -- people who used to be able to access shares from their windows systems now can't, and the log file reports that: ch

No low-disk-space notification in Gnome?

Hello, list! I'm running dangerously low on disk space in my /home partition, but Gnome has not once alerted me disk space was low. Is this a known Gnome bug, has this ever worked or...? What's your experience with low disk space notification in Debian/Gnome? BTW, I'm running Lenny. TIA and ha

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Mon,21.Sep.09, 10:32:19, Steve Kemp wrote: > > http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/skxmail/ > >Works for me on my laptops.. That looks very interesting. Why isn't it available from official Debian repos? It might solve the endless "let's make postfix the default MTA in Debian" thre

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Monday 21 September 2009 10:06:25 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,21.Sep.09, 00:48:29, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > >Besides (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) cron doesn't need > > >an MTA listening on port 25, it uses /sbin/sendmail. > > > > Ok, first response was t

Re: Grub update problems

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:54:44 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun,20.Sep.09, 22:34:23, Frank McCormick wrote: > > [snip grub2 troubles] > > As far as I understand you "fixed" your problem by going back to > grub1. > > > I also don't see any reference in it to the Ubuntu which I have on > > h

Re: Support for the Maxtor Onetouch4 Plus

Tim Beauregard wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dr. George E. Moore wrote: List, Is there support for the Maxtor Onetouch4 Plus 1TB external drive in Debian 5.0 release? If not, are there 1TB external drives that are I can't see the ums-onetouch module within the

Fwd: kdump/kexec support

Does debian lenny kernel support kdump/kexec support like RHEL 5 EE server? -- Harshad Joshi -- Harshad Joshi

Gnome-volume-manager not automounting fixed partitions?

Howdy, fellow debianites! On my system (Lenny), gnome-volume-manager won't mount additional partitions that are present on my disk. I'm talking about clicking on the drive icons in Nautilus: gnome-volume-manager obviously detects them (hence the icons are present) but clicking on them just pr

Xfce GNU/Icecat and Gnome-programs

Sorry, I asked the wrong question. In connection everything is fine. I was trying to find configuration files gnome-preferences, but they could not find nowhere. Just do not want to download a lot of packages, running low on disk space. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

Tzafrir Cohen wrote: Not running a daemon means that you have the overhead of startup for each new delivery. It implies less efficient handling of a queued mail. Given that he is doing this for local messages from daemons only I think resident memory is the primary concern, not efficiency o

Re: Xfce GNU/Icecat and Gnome-programs

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:45 AM, ura wrote: > Good day! > I have this problem: using Xfce, browser GNU/Icecat, Evolution, and > other Gnome-programs can not open links to Internet. > How can I fix it? Can you you reach your ISP from the command line with ping? -- Lee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Xfce GNU/Icecat and Gnome-programs

On 9/21/09, ura wrote: > I have this problem: using Xfce, browser GNU/Icecat, Evolution, and > other Gnome-programs can not open links to Internet. > How do you access internet? Cable, wifi? What is your connection manager (NetworkManager, Wicd)? Do you need to pass through a proxy server? Pleas

Xfce GNU/Icecat and Gnome-programs

Good day! I have this problem: using Xfce, browser GNU/Icecat, Evolution, and other Gnome-programs can not open links to Internet. How can I fix it? Sorry for my bad English. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact li

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:06:25AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Well the requirements were: > > - respects /etc/aliases > - able to do local delivery > > NOT required (and not desired): > > - listening to port 25 What's wrong with listening on localhost:25 ? IIRC this is the default configu

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 09:30:28AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > And did some research. From the packages providing mail-transport-agent > (except the usual candidates) only xmail and dma seem interesting. > > Does anyone have experience with any of the two? I tried using xmail for a while, bu

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 11:06:25 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,21.Sep.09, 00:48:29, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > >Besides (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) cron doesn't need > > >an MTA listening on port 25, it uses /sbin/sendmail. > > > > Ok, first response was

Re: no sound in headphones

On 9/21/09, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > > # from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Dmix > did you read this? > the info there could help you. I don't know exactly how to help you. here > everything is working fine > Not entirely, but will take a closer look. In any case, thank you for all your sugg

Re: no sound in headphones

On 9/20/09, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > When starting multimedia application it picks up the default audio device > which is not your headset output. > Shouldn't the switch occur automatically when external speakers or headphones are plugged in? This is the behaviour that I always encountered on Wind

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

09/21/2009 11:46 AM, Andrei Popescu: - respects /etc/aliases - able to do local delivery Postfix with its non-monolithic architecture would help; but you'll need an MDA in that case (Exim fills both roles). Huh? Postfix works fine without an MDA... He did not tell Postfix doesnt work. Or my e

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

Andrei Popescu wrote: - I don't want to run a listening MTA on some machine just for that Then don't run it in daemon mode. Not seeing the problem here. It isn't like when it is called locally it binds to port 25. -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream?

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

Frank wrote: I have googled the problem but can't make head nor tail of the solutions. During today's update on my testing machine I was asked whether I wanted to update to grub2. I said OK - after the re boot I picked the chain option. The boot went well, so I ran the update-from-grub-legacy sc

Re: Lightweight alternative MTA? [was: Re: Starting MTA:]

On Mon,21.Sep.09, 01:28:21, Steve Lamb wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > >Well the requirements were: > > >- respects /etc/aliases > >- able to do local delivery > > Then you need an MTA/MDA and just don't run it in daemon mode. > I fail to see what the issue is with Exim in that case. If run

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