debian lenny serial console garbage with a cyclades

Hello, I have a few dell poweredge servers (with debian lenny) connected through a serial port with a cyclades console server. I can log in into the cyclades and connect to one of this server. Then, I can see the boot of the server and so on. The problem I have is that du

Re: Need advice analyzing S.M.A.R.T data of HDD in "Imminent disk failure".

On 09-11-03 21:29:19, Luis Maceira wrote: > In Ubuntu9.10 I have received warnings that a HDD is in > pre-failure.The disk(Iomega Prestige mobile USB external) has 1 > month.In Debian Testing and OpenSolaris(installed on the same HDD I > have no warnings.).Using smartmontools (this disk is not in i

Re: install

chandrashekar sasnoor wrote: i wanted to download the debain install but it dosen t allow me what should i do http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ -- Jimmy Johnson SimplyMEPIS - EXT4 at sda8 Registered Linux User #380263 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a sub

Re: Need advice analyzing S.M.A.R.T data of HDD in "Imminent disk failure".

On Tuesday 03 November 2009 17:29:19 Luis Maceira wrote: > In Ubuntu9.10 I have received warnings that a HDD is in pre-failure.The > disk(Iomega Prestige mobile USB external) has 1 month.In Debian Testing and > OpenSolaris(installed on the same HDD I have no warnings.).Using > smartmontools (this d

Re: Need to reconfigure sound on every boot

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:58:40 -0500 Dave Witbrodt wrote: > Neal Hogan wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Andreas Ronnquist > > wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I need to do a alsaconf after every boot, otherwise I don't get any > >> sound. This is on a ABit motherboard, Nvidia nforce 590 chipset

Re: Help, the template debian/rules is too simple

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 20:25 +0800, waixy zhou wrote: > "debian/" directory, then i find the file mdebian/rules is too simple, just > 3 lines left after eliminating the comments, as follows: > #! /usr/bin/make -f >

Need advice analyzing S.M.A.R.T data of HDD in "Imminent disk failure".

In Ubuntu9.10 I have received warnings that a HDD is in pre-failure.The disk(Iomega Prestige mobile USB external) has 1 month.In Debian Testing and OpenSolaris(installed on the same HDD I have no warnings.).Using smartmontools (this disk is not in its database) I get below: m...@mycomputer:~$ su

Catalyst & xorg1.7

Hi, I noticed your post at debian.org when I was scroogling for info' on the catalyst xorg1.7 incompatibility. I have been using Arch for a while, & due to the rolling release upgrade system, those of us that were using catalyst 9.10 found that xorg1.7 is incompatible. Here is a list of fi

Re: Help, the template debian/rules is too simple

On Monday 02 November 2009 23:42:54 waixy zhou wrote: > I admit what I'm doing is a little beyond my current skill, after all, I'm > just a user of Debian not a developer. But I think it is better using > apt/dpkg to manage the software/tools I need in my research than just using > "./configure &&

RE: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

--- On Sat, 10/31/09, Kevin Ross wrote: > If you want to have your connection > be established on bootup, the "Debian > way" is to add your PPP connection to your > /etc/network/interfaces file, > like: > > auto ppp0 > iface ppp0 inet ppp > provider dsl-provider This worked perfectly - I no

evolution calendar doesn't show birthdays from ldap addressbook

Hello, as the subject already describes I cannot find out how to make Evolution display the birthdays stored in my ldap addressbook. The addressbook itself is read without problems (i use the evolution ldap scheme). does anyone have a hint where to search or is evolution generally incapable of r

Re: xpdf printing with pdftops

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 00:35:02 +0100, Andreas Goesele wrote: > >>Despite the warning the file is printed, just that additionally I get > >>the warning and a non-essential image is replaced by a blurry box. > > >Is the page expanded to fit the paper? > > On the command line, yes. Not in xpdf >

Re: Iptables & ip6tables

On Tuesday 03 November 2009 13:34:42 David Baron wrote: > Should ip6tables replace iptables? No. > Should both be running? Yes. > Is there a proper firewall with just iptables? If it does not have a IPv6 address, and rejects all IPv6-in-IPv4 tunneling traffic, yes. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

Iptables & ip6tables

The firewalls, i.e. guarddog, etc., set up rule sets for iptables. Iptables documentation says its for ip4. There is also an ip6tables. This does not have all the chains and rules set. Seems things are using ip6 now. Netstat cites ip6-localcost;. Should ip6tables replace iptables? Should bo

Re: Wireless and the rate

Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Scurz schreef: > >> Celejar wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:46:03 +0100 >>> Scurz wrote: >>> >>> ... >>> >>> >>> The bit rate is at 11 Mb/s but I download all files at 300 ko/s, not more. The rate seems to be limited.

Samba --- Can't see files in konqueror or nautulus

Hi, I have update my samba server with the latest version 3.2.5 on Debian - lenny and i have a problem. I can see the shares (including the Samba shares) from an XP workstation. I can't see any shares on my Linux Debian Box. I have tryed Konquerer and Nautilus. I do as a normal user : - Netwo

Re: 2.6.31 kernels

Alex Samad wrote: isn't there some issue with the broadcom-sta drivers and .31 ? The broadcom-sta source code that was included in non-free Debian would no longer compile with kernel 2.6.31. That's why they've been working on the b43 driver extensively in the 2.6.32 kernel so the broadcom-s

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Re: install

On Tuesday 03 November 2009 11:08:10 chandrashekar sasnoor wrote: > i wanted to download the debain install but it dosen t allow me what should > i do What is "it"? I'm assuming you get some sort of error message; what does that error message say, exactly? Please read

Re: a cautionary tale w/ successful recovery

On Tuesday 03 November 2009 10:38:41 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 07:08:00PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > >> For the sysems I back up at work, we do the dpkg --get-selections > >> thing, but I've never kept a copy of the boot sector -- that'

Re: A laptop installation challenge

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 11:16:55AM +, AG wrote: [...] I'm thinking that the way forward would be via the GRUB prompt I was able to get off of an old floppy, but to do so would mean being able to by-pass LILO and boot into the first partition on the HD (/), and

Re: install

chandrashekar sasnoor put forth on 11/3/2009 11:08 AM: > i wanted to download the debain install but it dosen t allow me what > should i do You should ask a more specific detailed question. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: Need to reconfigure sound on every boot

Neal Hogan wrote: On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Andreas Ronnquist wrote: Hi! I need to do a alsaconf after every boot, otherwise I don't get any sound. This is on a ABit motherboard, Nvidia nforce 590 chipset, with built-in sound. How can I make it configure the built-in sound-card automatic

Re: install

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:08 AM, chandrashekar sasnoor wrote: > i wanted to download the debain install but it dosen t allow me what should > i do Can you expand on that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

install

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Re: a cautionary tale w/ successful recovery

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 07:08:00PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: >> For the sysems I back up at work, we do the dpkg --get-selections >> thing, but I've never kept a copy of the boot sector -- that's an >> excellent idea. I guess the 'state of the art' way of recording

2.6.30-2 does not recognize lvm2 volume group at bootup

Hi, What might be the issue if stock kernel 2.6.30-1 boots my system just fine, but the 2.6.30-2 version after leaving grub just sits around "loading" and never recognizes my lvm2 volume group. I'd appreciate any hints on how to troubleshoot this. Thanks, Joh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: Need to reconfigure sound on every boot

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Andreas Ronnquist wrote: > > Hi! > > I need to do a alsaconf after every boot, otherwise I don't get any > sound. This is on a ABit motherboard, Nvidia nforce 590 chipset, with > built-in sound. How can I make it configure the built-in sound-card > automatically on

Need to reconfigure sound on every boot

Hi! I need to do a alsaconf after every boot, otherwise I don't get any sound. This is on a ABit motherboard, Nvidia nforce 590 chipset, with built-in sound. How can I make it configure the built-in sound-card automatically on every boot? I am running debian stable, Linux 2.6.26-2, amd64, and I'

heads-up for upcoming "favourite FLOSS" poll

Hi, For the past few years I've been running a "favourite FLOSS" poll and will do so this year too (real soon). You may check out the results for previous years, and comment with suggestions for improvement: 2008 results - http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/12/msg00031.html 2007 results - ht

Re: Network manager doesn't autoconnect to wireless networks in stable?

I don't see any way to set my default networks or autoconnect properties. If I right-click on the network manager applet there is "Connection Information" which is entirely passive and "Edit Wireless Networks" which brings up a dialog that contains an entry for my wireless network but there's n

Re: compiled C function for postgresql fails (64-bit only)

--- On Tue, 3/11/09, Frank Miles wrote: > > I have a function that I've used > since early postgres-7.x days.  Now migrating to a > 64-bit > (i7) machine - running 2.6.30/'squeeze' with > postgresql-8.4.1-1.  This function is a simple > one that takes a string representation of a number as its > s

Re: compiled C function for postgresql fails (64-bit only)

I don't see anything Debian-specific with your query, and I doubt there are that many persons on the list that have the pgSQL experience required to really dig into this. You might have better luck consulting the pgsql-general or pgsql-interfaces list maintained by postgresql.org. I don't reco

compiled C function for postgresql fails (64-bit only)

I have a function that I've used since early postgres-7.x days. Now migrating to a 64-bit (i7) machine - running 2.6.30/'squeeze' with postgresql-8.4.1-1. This function is a simple one that takes a string representation of a number as its sole argument (engineering notation), and returns the

Re: ffmpeg, h.264, and mpeg2video

10/30/2009 01:32 AM, lrhorer:: OK, thanks. I tried verious versins, and after a long climb up the dependency tree, I was finally able to get it installed from stable. How? -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche & Developpement

Re: ffmpeg, h.264, and mpeg2video

May be you forget to do "apt-get update"? Send here your sources.list and we'll tell you if there's something wrong with it. Alexey On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:37 AM, lrhorer wrote: > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > >> lrhorer wrote: Have you tried getting packages from

Re: ffmpeg, h.264, and mpeg2video

lrhorer wrote: > I tried that, but I could not get it to work. I think I was setting up > my sources list incorrectly. I must have been inputting something > wrong, but for the life of me I cannot figure out what. Tell us what you did, what you expected to happen, and what actually happened, an

Re: fetchmail -v

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 06:02:47AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > I am having issue with email, my /var/log/mail.err is full of socket > errors over the weekend. Tech support said to try fetchmail -v from > the command line. My problem is, my fetchmailrc file has many > entries for users, none lo

fetchmail -v

I am having issue with email, my /var/log/mail.err is full of socket errors over the weekend. Tech support said to try fetchmail -v from the command line. My problem is, my fetchmailrc file has many entries for users, none local, so I don't think I can run fetchmail from the command line. anyon

Re: Tgz Backups

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Merciadri Luca writes: > Hi, > > I often backup everything of my Debian systems with the tgz utility. > > Is it possible to boot a LiveCD, to put the whole content of the tgz > (assuming it is complete) on the partition (assuming there is enough > fr

system hangs when network shares down

Hello all, I have mounted some windows shares on my linux debian computer using smbfs. Everything works fine when the windows shares are available. However sometimes the windows samba server goes down and the windows shares are not available. On my /home/ directory I created a soft link to a mou

Re: Tgz Backups

Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Γιώργος Πάλλας writes: Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I often backup everything of my Debian systems with the tgz utility. Is it possible to boot a LiveCD, to put the whole

Re: Tgz Backups

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Γιώργος Πάλλας writes: > Merciadri Luca wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi, >> >> I often backup everything of my Debian systems with the tgz utility. >> >> Is it possible to boot a LiveCD, to put the whole content of

Re: Tgz Backups

Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I often backup everything of my Debian systems with the tgz utility. Is it possible to boot a LiveCD, to put the whole content of the tgz (assuming it is complete) on the partition (assuming there is enough free space), an