Re: wireless (Atheros AR5001) was working on squeeze, then stopped

Brian C. Wells wrote: Hi. I have an HP G60-249WM laptop, and am currently using squeeze for better wireless support. (The latest kernel from backports might also work; but after trying that, I can say it doesn't play well with the non-free nvidia driver, which I also need.) After "upgrading" to

wireless (Atheros AR5001) was working on squeeze, then stopped

Hi. I have an HP G60-249WM laptop, and am currently using squeeze for better wireless support. (The latest kernel from backports might also work; but after trying that, I can say it doesn't play well with the non-free nvidia driver, which I also need.) After "upgrading" to squeeze, and updating m

Re: FW: python 2.6 migrated to testing

Le Tue 29/06/2010, T o n g disait > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:28:20 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > JFYI > > Thanks a lot. > > As a normal user who doesn't following any of the development mlist, I > really appreciate such FYI forwardings. > > Just hoping that all such changes that will affe

debian-user 7月欧地航线新价出炉

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Re: How to use btrfs as root?

You are good! And Sven Joachim is right. On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 28 June 2010 21:14:32 Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: >> Hi, >>   I am trying to make a debian sid system with btrfs as root. > > Make sure it is Sid.  There were some changes made to d

Re: [OT] Network Bizzard

Thank for you replies, Once those 3 PCs on level 5 turn on, after a few minutes, level 4 and 5 loose connections The PCs starting to throws errors IP duplications As I mentioned, DHCP server is on Netgear FVS318v3 I should mentioned earlier, the cabling are straight to the switches are Netgear -

Re: The empty primary partition, where should it be

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:41:22 +, T o n g wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:38:09 +0200, Klistvud wrote: > >> By Empty, do you mean: >> a) unpartitioned space >> b) zero-length partition >> c) partition with no filesystem (unformatted) or d) none of the above? > > d: > > . . . > /dev/hda4

Re: FW: python 2.6 migrated to testing

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:28:20 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > JFYI Thanks a lot. As a normal user who doesn't following any of the development mlist, I really appreciate such FYI forwardings. Just hoping that all such changes that will affect/influence end users will get forwarded here as wel

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:10:44 -0500 Arthur Machlas shared this with us all: >> The fact that the rest of us have no problem surely lends credence >> to the idea that the problem is local to the OP.  And abuse is not >> the best way to get people to help! (The OP, not Joey.) >> >> Lisi > >I took

Re: gpart can retire now

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:39:14 -0700, Mark wrote: >> It sounds like a good time to stop using "Windows apps". >> >> > Especially naughty runaway Windows apps that wipe partition tables. Honestly, all I did was just to close the lid of my laptop and went to sleep. Next morning, I found my laptop wi

Re: Host configuration

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am 29.06.10 02:50, schrieb Mag Gam: > I manage close to 4k servers at my research lab. Most of these hosts > are used for research simulations. > > My problem is, most of these hosts need to have a very similar > configuration such as having the sam

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:12:40PM +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > Huh? There isn't a difference. Or, at least you are going to have > > to be a bit more explicit about what you want told to not-new users. > > The partition containing your file system mounted at

Re: The empty primary partition, where should it be

Dne, 30. 06. 2010 00:08:19 je T o n g napisal(a): /dev/hda1 Primary /dev/hda2 Primary /dev/hda3 Empty /dev/hda4 Extended /dev/hda5 Logical but what I found most existing partitions look like this: /dev/hda1 Primary /dev/hda2 Primary /dev/hda3 Extended /dev/hda4 Empty /dev/hda5 Logical By Em

The empty primary partition, where should it be

Hi, Do you have empty primary partitions? Have you noticed where they are? When leaving an empty primary partition, I'm thinking: /dev/hda1 Primary /dev/hda2 Primary /dev/hda3 Empty /dev/hda4 Extended /dev/hda5 Logical but what I found most existing partitions look like this: /dev/hda1 Primary

Lenny outperforms Windows 7 using Nvidia NVS 280 graphics card

Had some spare time last weekend so I installed Windows 7 on a desktop before installing Lenny. Specs are below, but in a nutshell, the graphics card is a PCI Nvidia NVS 280, which is supported in Windows 7 by official drivers. Doing nothing but a stock Lenny installation (plus flash player) afte

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

Mark wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Merciadri Luca > > wrote: > > Mark wrote: > > > Yes, but you said this wasn't for beginners in your original post so > > if a non-beginner can't get the Bootable Flag set up on the right > > par

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 29. 06. 2010 22:48:59 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): >> the distinction the Debian installer makes >> between the `/' as it is normally in Linux filesystems, and the `/' in >> the installation process, which is actually everything except what was >> asked to be put on other pa

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Merciadri Luca < luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote: > Mark wrote: > > > Yes, but you said this wasn't for beginners in your original post so > > if a non-beginner can't get the Bootable Flag set up on the right > > partition to boot, they are not a non-beginn

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

Joey Hess wrote: > Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> First, I always found the `mount point' expression weird in this >> context, because, for me, the mount point _is_ always the partition, >> during the installation, but this is not the problem. >> > > You have this common terminology exactly bac

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:02:49 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > (...) > > >> First, I always found the `mount point' expression weird in this >> context, because, for me, the mount point _is_ always the partition, >> during the installation, but this is not the problem. >> >

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

Mark wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Merciadri Luca > > wrote: > > > A last problem (still for me) is that the `Bootable flag' thing is not > clear: you can choose to put the bootable flag on, say, /tmp/ (if you > choose to put /tmp/ o

Re: Debian Install stalls at 5% (at least for 3 hours, don't know if it suffices to designate this state as `stall')

Mark wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Merciadri Luca > > wrote: > > I tried a first Debian install, which stalled at 5%. I then > re-tried, and > here I am: stuck at 5% for a long time (~3 hours). I did not mess > anything with the

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

Dne, 29. 06. 2010 22:48:59 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): the distinction the Debian installer makes between the `/' as it is normally in Linux filesystems, and the `/' in the installation process, which is actually everything except what was asked to be put on other partitions. And what, pray,

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

Merciadri Luca wrote: > First, I always found the `mount point' expression weird in this > context, because, for me, the mount point _is_ always the partition, > during the installation, but this is not the problem. You have this common terminology exactly backwards. One mounts /dev/hda1 on mount

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:02:49 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: (...) > First, I always found the `mount point' expression weird in this > context, because, for me, the mount point _is_ always the partition, > during the installation, but this is not the problem. "Mount point" or "bind" yes, at last i

Re: Debian Install stalls at 5% (at least for 3 hours, don't know if it suffices to designate this state as `stall')

Arthur Machlas wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Merciadri Luca > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm installating Debian Lenny on an old P2 350 Mhz to make a server. >> >> tried a first Debian install, which stalled at 5%. I then re-tried, and >> here I am: stuck at 5% for a long time (~3 hours

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Merciadri Luca < luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote: > > A last problem (still for me) is that the `Bootable flag' thing is not > clear: you can choose to put the bootable flag on, say, /tmp/ (if you > choose to put /tmp/ on a seperate partition), where I don'

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 29 June 2010 15:48:59 Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> I'm not sure to understand fully your answer. I know that `guided >> partitioning' is what's adviced for a new user, because it's easy to >> configurate, but I'm here speaking about users who're not begin

Re: Debian Install stalls at 5% (at least for 3 hours, don't know if it suffices to designate this state as `stall')

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Merciadri Luca < luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote: > I tried a first Debian install, which stalled at 5%. I then re-tried, and > here I am: stuck at 5% for a long time (~3 hours). I did not mess > anything with the parameters, and this is not at all my first

Re: Debian Install stalls at 5% (at least for 3 hours, don't know if it suffices to designate this state as `stall')

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hi, > > I'm installating Debian Lenny on an old P2 350 Mhz to make a server. > > tried a first Debian install, which stalled at 5%. I then re-tried, and > here I am: stuck at 5% for a long time (~3 hours). I did not mess > anything with the

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

On Tuesday 29 June 2010 15:48:59 Merciadri Luca wrote: > I'm not sure to understand fully your answer. I know that `guided > partitioning' is what's adviced for a new user, because it's easy to > configurate, but I'm here speaking about users who're not beginners, > but who want to understand the d

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > On 06/29/2010 04:48 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > I'm not sure to understand fully your answer. I know that `guided > > partitioning' is what's adviced for a new user, because it's easy to > > configurate, but I'm here speaking about users who're not beginners, > > but who

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/29/2010 04:48 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I'm not sure to understand fully your answer. I know that `guided > partitioning' is what's adviced for a new user, because it's easy to > configurate, but I'm here speaking about users who're not begin

Debian Install stalls at 5% (at least for 3 hours, don't know if it suffices to designate this state as `stall')

Hi, I'm installating Debian Lenny on an old P2 350 Mhz to make a server. The BIOS has been flashed to get the most up-to-date configuration with this really racing beast. This P2 had, before, RH, that I deinstalled. I tried a first Debian install, which stalled at 5%. I then re-tried, and here I a

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm not sure to understand fully your answer. I know that `guided partitioning' is what's adviced for a new user, because it's easy to configurate, but I'm here speaking about users who're not beginners, but who want to understand the distinction the D

FW: python 2.6 migrated to testing

JFYI - Forwarded message from Andreas Barth - Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:45:09 +0200 From: Andreas Barth To: debian-devel-annou...@lists.debian.org Subject: python 2.6 migrated to testing Mail-Followup-To: Andreas Barth , debian-devel-annou...@lists.debian.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/29/2010 04:02 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to reinstall Debian on an older PC where I had installed RH > some months ago. I had numerous problems because of RH (I don't like RH > at all, actually). > > I often install Debian o

Misleading Debian's installer choice

Hi, I wanted to reinstall Debian on an older PC where I had installed RH some months ago. I had numerous problems because of RH (I don't like RH at all, actually). I often install Debian on different computers, but I noticed, this time (I'm using a netinst, as always), that, as always, in the par

Re: Current solution for ia32 on amd64?

On Monday 28 June 2010 12:51:28 ha...@softhome.net wrote: > I am having trouble figuring out what the right way to install i386 > packages on AMD64 Sid is. Specifically, I need to install some 32-bit dev > packages so I can compile Wine. (for regression testing) I have ia32-libs > installed, but

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

On Tuesday 29 June 2010 18:10:44 Arthur Machlas wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Lisi wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 June 2010 17:30:42 Joey Hess wrote: > >> sasha mal wrote: > >> > The bug exists, the iceweasel package maintainer is lazy and refuses > >> > to handle it. > >> > >> No, iceweael

Re: dpkg error code 2

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:51:31 -0700 ph wrote: > I got the following error while attempting an update and continue to get that > error when I run 'dpkg --configure -a'. > > dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 46290 package > 'libgnome-menu2': > missing version > > I've

Re: An explanation is needed on aptitude working.

On 24/06/10 18:26, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good day. > > Could You please explain me the situation. On aptitude update I see > this: > > Err http://ftp2.jp.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages > 404 Not Found [IP: 61.206.119.174 80] > > And latter I see: > > Get:16 http://ftp2.jp.debian.org testi

Re: Linux PDA cell phones - Linux on Android compatible cell phones? ; jor Debian

On 29 June 2010 09:59, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > On 29.6.2010 11:23, giovanni_re wrote: >> Anyone here have an Android cell phone that runs a some full capability >> linux distro? >> >> ie, making something like a linux pda with cell phone capability? >> >> Is there an Ubuntu, or Debian, or some o

[OT] Just curious... (was: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com)

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:30:42 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: (...) > [1] Presumably because he has not hopped on a plane to Spain and > visited your house to see the problem with your network for himself. Just out of curiosity... where did you get the Spanish nationality of the OP, by reading the o

Re: [OT] Network Bizzard

Camaleón put forth on 6/29/2010 10:43 AM: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:40:09 -0700, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > >> Today I found a network problem which being fixed but I can not explain >> why/how. So if someone can enlightening me, would be much appreciated > > (...) > > If both networks are workin

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 29 June 2010 17:30:42 Joey Hess wrote: >> sasha mal wrote: >> > The bug exists, the iceweasel package maintainer is lazy and refuses to >> > handle it. >> >> No, iceweael's maintainer has applied basic debugging logic and >> deduced that t

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

On Tuesday 29 June 2010 17:30:42 Joey Hess wrote: > sasha mal wrote: > > The bug exists, the iceweasel package maintainer is lazy and refuses to > > handle it. > > No, iceweael's maintainer has applied basic debugging logic and > deduced that the problem is somewhere in your network connection. > >

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

sasha mal wrote: > The bug exists, the iceweasel package maintainer is lazy and refuses to > handle it. No, iceweael's maintainer has applied basic debugging logic and deduced that the problem is somewhere in your network connection. You have, in turn, repeatedly called him "lazy"[1] and refused

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM, giovanni_re wrote: > Thanks Aaron & Tom - > That's progress, but not there yet. ;) > Further suggestion? Thanks :) You're welcome. I assumed that you only wanted installed packages because I thought that "dpkg -l" was meant for installed packages... For all pack

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

Same as Mr. Wolf here. Everything works pretty fine, with 3.0.6. Klaus Wolf wrote: > Sorry, > > I´m running the same iceweasel-version on Debian Lenny and it´s open > > http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/thoare/ > > correctly and immediate. Perhaps you should check out your > System-

Re: [OT] Network Bizzard

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:40:09 -0700, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > Today I found a network problem which being fixed but I can not explain > why/how. So if someone can enlightening me, would be much appreciated (...) If both networks are working fine when they act separately, then the problem may r

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

Sorry, I´m running the same iceweasel-version on Debian Lenny and it´s open http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/thoare/ correctly and immediate. Perhaps you should check out your System-Configuration for a bug on your machine? sincerley klaus Am Dienstag, den 29.06.2010, 09:02

Re: Re: mashup "apt-cache search "

> 3a) I'd like to get an output list including all the packages from > step 1 above, > 3b) Showing the package name, & its installed status (ii, un, etc) > like from step 2. > > Note: One way might be to: > 1) Do the apt-cache search Note that that searches the package descriptions. To search

Re: `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EA8E8B2116BA136C'

Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:09:56 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> Using apt-get's GUI, I receive >> >> == >> `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The >> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not >> available: NO_PUBKEY EA

Re: `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EA8E8B2116BA136C'

Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Ma, 29 iun 10, 12:09:56, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Using apt-get's GUI, I receive >> > > There is no apt-get GUI, do you mean aptitude? > > >> == >> `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The >> following signatures couldn

[OT] Network Bizzard

Hi People, Today I found a network problem which being fixed but I can not explain why/how. So if someone can enlightening me, would be much appreciated Network situation: Level 4 in the building 1 network router 192.168.1.1 (gateway and DHCP server) 1 Debian file/print server 192.168.1.2 5 wind

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Tuesday 29 June 2010 15:02:15 sasha mal wrote: Package: iceweasel Version: 3.0.6-3 The bug exists, the iceweasel package maintainer is lazy and refuses to handle it. Summary: Iceweasel cannot open research.microsoft.com as well as many pages on the site when cookie

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

On Tuesday 29 June 2010 15:02:15 sasha mal wrote: > Package: iceweasel > Version: 3.0.6-3 > > The bug exists, the iceweasel package maintainer is lazy and refuses to > handle it. > > Summary: > > Iceweasel cannot open research.microsoft.com as well as many pages on the > site when cookies are en

Re: Вопрос по оборудованию

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:36:30 +0400, Вахнин Виталий wrote: > Здравствуйте! > Какие райд контроллеры SATA совместимы с Debian4-5, а то возникают > сложности с выбором сервера. > > Я выбирал материнскую плату Intel S5520HCR (Hanlan Creek) , однако мне > сказали, что встроенный райд-контроллер работа

iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

Package: iceweasel Version: 3.0.6-3 The bug exists, the iceweasel package maintainer is lazy and refuses to handle it. Summary: Iceweasel cannot open research.microsoft.com as well as many pages on the site when cookies are enabled. For example, trying to open http://research.microsoft.com/en

Re: Bug#541658: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:02:15 -0400, sasha mal wrote: > Package: iceweasel > Version: 3.0.6-3 > > The bug exists, the iceweasel package maintainer is lazy and refuses to > handle it. (...) I did not read the full bug report but for sure that page it is loading well here (lenny and iceweasel 3.0

Re: Deterring mail relay attempts

On 29/06/10 11:46, Chris Davies wrote: Alan Chandler wrote: I have just moved my mail server (exim4 split config based) from one machine to another, and in doing so started examining the logs. I am being hit with multiple attempts to relay - several a second. They come in bursts from one host

Re: Deterring mail relay attempts

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Chris Davies wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: >> I have just moved my mail server (exim4 split config based) from one >> machine to another, and in doing so started examining the logs.  I am >> being hit with multiple attempts to relay - several a second.  They come

Re: Deterring mail relay attempts

Alan Chandler wrote: > I have just moved my mail server (exim4 split config based) from one > machine to another, and in doing so started examining the logs. I am > being hit with multiple attempts to relay - several a second. They come > in bursts from one host, then come from somewhere else

Re: Problem for installing gplflash

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:54:35 +0200, Lounis ILLOURMANE wrote: > Hello; > When I tried to build gplflash I got > ... > checking jpeglib.h usability... yes > checking jpeglib.h presence... yes > checking for jpeglib.h... yes > checking for gzsetparams in -lz... yes checking zlib.h usability... yes >

Re: Linux PDA cell phones - Linux on Android compatible cell phones? ; jor Debia

> > Anyone here have an Android cell phone that runs a some full capability > > linux distro? > > > > > > > > ie, making something like a linux pda with cell phone capability? > > > > > > > > Is there an Ubuntu, or Debian, or some other community based distro for > > the android phone hw? > > An

dpkg error code 2

I got the following error while attempting an update and continue to get that error when I run 'dpkg --configure -a'. dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 46290 package 'libgnome-menu2': missing version I've never been much good at fixing dpkg issues. Any suggestions?

Re: How to use btrfs as root?

On 2010-06-29 12:02 +0200, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 28 June 2010 21:14:32 Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: >> Hi, >> I am trying to make a debian sid system with btrfs as root. > > Make sure it is Sid. There were some changes made to dpkg in order to > prevent > package meta-data

Re: `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EA8E8B2116BA136C'

On Ma, 29 iun 10, 12:09:56, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hi, > > Using apt-get's GUI, I receive There is no apt-get GUI, do you mean aptitude? > == > `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The > following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not > avail

Re: `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EA8E8B2116BA136C'

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:09:56 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Using apt-get's GUI, I receive > > == > `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The > following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not > available: NO_PUBKEY EA8E8B2116BA136C' == > > Any i

prelink-2007* and libc6-2.11* don't mix.

Don't use prelink from Lenny with libc6 from testing or Sid. Once the newer libc libraries are processed by the old prelink, they are still loadable, but will crash. The first time this happened on my system, most new processes quickly received a SIGSEGV. The second time this happened on my s

Problem for installing gplflash

Hello; When I tried to build gplflash I got ... checking jpeglib.h usability... yes checking jpeglib.h presence... yes checking for jpeglib.h... yes checking for gzsetparams in -lz... yes checking zlib.h usability... yes checking zlib.h presence... yes checking for zlib.h... yes checking for X... l

Re: How to use btrfs as root?

On Monday 28 June 2010 21:14:32 Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to make a debian sid system with btrfs as root. Make sure it is Sid. There were some changes made to dpkg in order to prevent package meta-data corruption from occurring on btrfs. Btrfs behaves differently from m

Re: Host configuration

On Monday 28 June 2010 19:50:02 Mag Gam wrote: > I manage close to 4k servers at my research lab. Most of these hosts > are used for research simulations. > > My problem is, most of these hosts need to have a very similar > configuration such as having the same /etc/passwd, /etc/group, > /etc/host

Re: Linux PDA cell phones - Linux on Android compatible cell phones? ; jor Debian

On 29.6.2010 11:23, giovanni_re wrote: > Anyone here have an Android cell phone that runs a some full capability > linux distro? > > ie, making something like a linux pda with cell phone capability? > > Is there an Ubuntu, or Debian, or some other community based distro for > the android phone hw

Re: Compiling source code with my own flags

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 03:07:53PM -0400, Tomasz Maluszycki wrote: > I would like to compile packages for my laptop by myself, and I'm > tired of changing options in makefile by hand. Maybe is there way to > add them by these configure scripts? If I remember correctly packages > are built against i

Linux PDA cell phones - Linux on Android compatible cell phones? ; jor Debian

Anyone here have an Android cell phone that runs a some full capability linux distro? ie, making something like a linux pda with cell phone capability? Is there an Ubuntu, or Debian, or some other community based distro for the android phone hw? Refs: http://www.saurik.com/id/10 http://www.avsfo

Re: how to set up a wireless access point

Dne, 28. 06. 2010 20:53:58 je Mark Allums napisal(a): The short answer is most "92-function-in-one" home WiFi routers will act as an access point, I think that configuring your router as an access point is your best bet too: you'll hardly get the same signal range and stability from your

Re: Compiling source code with my own flags

On 2010-06-28 21:32 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-06-28 21:07 +0200, Tomasz Maluszycki wrote: > > (for me -O3 is stable... I didn't had any problem with it) > > Depends on the program, I think. In general, -O3 produces bigger > binaries (than -O2) that may or may not run faster. Mozilla

Re: How to use btrfs as root?

I did use Google, and followed some documents. Well, he succeeded, not me. And I think bootloader do not have to understand root partition, right? On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/29/2010 01:51 AM, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Ron J

Re: How to use btrfs as root?

On 06/29/2010 01:51 AM, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/28/2010 09:14 PM, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: Hi, I am trying to make a debian sid system with btrfs as root. Why? It's still tagged EXPERIMENTAL. I am just trying. 8-) Some