Re: cron does not launch jobs correctly

2010-07-11 Thread Jordon Bedwell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 7/12/2010 1:24 AM, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good day. > > Why is it so: > > when a job is been run by cron then I get: > > /etc/cron.weekly/ntping: > run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.weekly/ntping: Exec format error > run-parts: /etc/cron.weekly/ntp

cron does not launch jobs correctly

2010-07-11 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. Why is it so: when a job is been run by cron then I get: /etc/cron.weekly/ntping: run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.weekly/ntping: Exec format error run-parts: /etc/cron.weekly/ntping exited with return code 1 when I lunch at command prompt, then: /etc/cron.weekly/ntping 12 Jul 13:

Re: Very slow LVM performance

2010-07-11 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Arcady Genkin put forth on 7/11/2010 10:46 PM: > lvcreate -l 102389 vg0 Should be: lvcreate -i 10 -I [stripe_size] -l 102389 vg0 I believe you're losing 10x performance because you have a 10 "disk" mdadm stripe but you didn't inform lvcreate about this fact. Delete the vg, and then recreate t

Re: why don't scanner permissions get assigned correctly ?

2010-07-11 Thread briand
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:35:48 -0400 Alan Greenberger wrote: > On 2010-07-10, wrote: > > My scanner, a very old epson, shows up in dmesg: > > > > Processor EPSONGT-9700 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 > > scsi 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 3 > > Try running sane-find-scanner (

Re: why don't scanner permissions get assigned correctly ?

2010-07-11 Thread briand
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:56:26 + (UTC) Bill Dennen wrote: > I would suspect that the vendor and device IDs for your device do not > match those listed in libsave. You can determine your scanner's > identity through lspci -nn. If it's not 04b8:0112 then there's no > match for that entry. Pro

Re: why don't scanner permissions get assigned correctly ?

2010-07-11 Thread briand
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:35:48 -0400 Alan Greenberger wrote: > On 2010-07-10, wrote: > > My scanner, a very old epson, shows up in dmesg: > > > > Processor EPSONGT-9700 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 > > scsi 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 3 > > Try running sane-find-scanner (

Why does not update-grub detect Fedora 13 installation?

2010-07-11 Thread H.S.
On a newly installed Debian Testing system, I installed Fedora 13 in a partition but chose not to install the boot loaded since I wanted to use Debian's boot loader for all OSes. Now when I do update-grub in Debian, it detects all OSes installed in the hard drives connected to the system, but doe

RE: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network

2010-07-11 Thread John Frankish
> -Original Message- > From: Felipe Sateler [mailto:fsate...@debian.org] > Sent: Sunday, 11 July, 2010 21:46 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network > > On 10/07/10 01:49, John Frankish wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just installed Ne

Very slow LVM performance

2010-07-11 Thread Arcady Genkin
I'm seeing a 10-fold performance hit when using an LVM2 logical volume that sits on top of a RAID0 stripe. Using dd to read directly from the stripe (i.e. a large sequential read) I get speeds over 600MB/s. Reading from the logical volume using the same method only gives around 57MB/s. I am new t

Re: lenny boot with grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 11 July 2010 14:52:05 mess-mate wrote: > Hi list, > i've installed sqeeze (amd64) and grub2 as the boot loader. > On an 2d hd lenny with grub (older version with the stage.. files) is > installed. > Since grub2 is installed on the mbr no way to boot my lenny system. > Here is the lenny p

Re: Wireless Encryption (was Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network)

2010-07-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/11/2010 06:11 AM, John Frankish wrote: -Original Message- From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, 11 July, 2010 14:04 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Wireless Encryption (was Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network) On 07/10/2010 1

Re: how to backup and restore /var partition.

2010-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
H. S. wrote: > I want to reinstall Debian on a machine which is also running my local > web server. I am planning on backing up /home, /var and /etc. Backups are good. But... Re-install? Why? Is the machine running now? If so then why not simply upgrade it? Please tell us more! Sometimes

Re: lenny boot with grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
mess-mate wrote: > i've installed sqeeze (amd64) and grub2 as the boot loader. > On an 2d hd lenny with grub (older version with the stage.. files) is > installed. > Since grub2 is installed on the mbr no way to boot my lenny system. Have you tried the chainloader? I haven't so don't know but

Re: basic installation question x 2

2010-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Jim Pazarena wrote: > (a) is it possible to avoid/cancel the initial request for a user name >(other than root)? Sure. Just don't create one. The debian-installer asks if you would like to create a user but you can skip that step. It is optional. And then as the others said it is possible

Re: Getting my init-script to run at the correct time

2010-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Thue Janus Kristensen wrote: > I am having trouble getting it to run at the right place in the shutdown > sequence. It used to work, but recently stopped working for no apparent > reason. What Debian release are you running? Lenny, Sqeeze or Sid? In Lenny the startup and shutdown is still the tr

Re: Spamassassin Cutoff

2010-07-11 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 02:56:25PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > Where might I set the cutoff number of points of spamassassin? Currently > (defaults to) 5 and I get a lot of false alarms at 5.2, for example. > > Alternatively, where might I lower the points for its internal ruleset? You can do bo

Re: basic installation question x 2

2010-07-11 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 01:32:26PM -0700, Jim Pazarena wrote: > I'm new to Debian, and would like to give it serious consideration. > I'm from a FreeBSD camp, so the differences are enough to > challenge me. > > Two questions. > > (a) is it possible to avoid/cancel the initial request for a user na

Re: IPtables localhost redirect

2010-07-11 Thread Daniele Orlando
>From the netfilter mailing list: http://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=127377479932181&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=126950781622980&w=2 http://www.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial/images/tables_traverse.jpg http://xkr47.outerspace.dyndns.org/netfilter/packet_flow/packet_flow10.png Nothing new, j

Re: IPtables localhost redirect

2010-07-11 Thread Daniele Orlando
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 19:00, Mart Frauenlob wrote: > This picture shows the netfilter traffic flow: > http://jengelh.medozas.de/images/nf-packet-flow.png > > Source address selection is done before the OUTPUT path. > Locally generated packets NEVER hit the PREROUTING chain in mangle or nat > tab

lenny boot with grub2

2010-07-11 Thread mess-mate
Hi list, i've installed sqeeze (amd64) and grub2 as the boot loader. On an 2d hd lenny with grub (older version with the stage.. files) is installed. Since grub2 is installed on the mbr no way to boot my lenny system. Here is the lenny part on grub.cfg: menuentry "Lenny, kernel 2.6.28_mm01 (on

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:05:30 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Besides, GRUB (legacy and 2) if the default bootloader in many linux >> distriburions, as well as BSD and OpenSolaris. It manages well with >> many different environments, is very flexible and powefull so it tends >> to be

how to backup and restore /var partition.

2010-07-11 Thread H. S.
I want to reinstall Debian on a machine which is also running my local web server. I am planning on backing up /home, /var and /etc. When I want to restore these on the newly installed system, how exactly do I do the restore with /var? Do I just copy the earlier /var to the new one? During and

Re: basic installation question x 2

2010-07-11 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jim Pazarena: > > (a) is it possible to avoid/cancel the initial request for a user name >(other than root)? >My goal is to have an install routine which _after_ the base install >creates all the users I need, possibly in non-default locations. Debian-installer has the concept "pre-se

output from udevadm

2010-07-11 Thread peasthope
The following short transcript is from adapting the udevadm invocation in http://wiki.debian.org/udev to investigate 1394 support in my Squeeze system. Two questions. * What exactly is meant by "device specified by the devpath" in the output? According to the udevadm man page, devpath is

basic installation question x 2

2010-07-11 Thread Jim Pazarena
I'm new to Debian, and would like to give it serious consideration. I'm from a FreeBSD camp, so the differences are enough to challenge me. Two questions. (a) is it possible to avoid/cancel the initial request for a user name (other than root)? My goal is to have an install routine which _

Getting my init-script to run at the correct time

2010-07-11 Thread Thue Janus Kristensen
I have a custom initscript /etc/init.d/sshfs , which mounts and unmounts sshfs from my server. I am having trouble getting it to run at the right place in the shutdown sequence. It used to work, but recently stopped working for no apparent reason. I have a symlink /etc/rc0.d/K01sshfs -> ../init

Re: installing a second hard disk?

2010-07-11 Thread Joe
On 11/07/10 19:55, Charles Kroeger wrote: It looks as if the point you're missing is the nature of an image. Thanks for your reply. I was aware of the nature of an image, that's what I like about them. If your HD blows up or your computer is stolen just restore the image to the new hardware a c

Re: installing a second hard disk?

2010-07-11 Thread Charles Kroeger
>It looks as if the point you're missing is the nature of an image. Thanks for your reply. I was aware of the nature of an image, that's what I like about them. If your HD blows up or your computer is stolen just restore the image to the new hardware a chasteningly but wiser user perhaps but not t

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Camaleón wrote: > Bob proulx wrote: > > Hmm... Is there something in particular that makes grub different from > > any other random project? > > Yes. There are not many bootloaders out there with the same capabilities > that show GRUB :-) > > Besides, GRUB (legacy and 2) if the default bootlo

Re: Dash shell documentation

2010-07-11 Thread Javier Barroso
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > As part of trying to keep up to date about Squeeze (which I am running > now), > I want to learn more about the dash shell. I look at the man page and see > what looks like a very good effort, but not being familiar with dash, I > have > no w

Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network

2010-07-11 Thread Felipe Sateler
On 10/07/10 01:49, John Frankish wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed NetworkManager and started to use it with wired/wireless > connections. > > Things work fine with the wired connection, but although NetworkManager > displays several available wireless networks, it will not connect. > > The pr

Re: IPtables localhost redirect

2010-07-11 Thread Daniele Orlando
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 13:06, Javier Barroso wrote: > Hi, If you have ssh access to 192.168.1.113, you can try ssh port > forwarding, with -L 5432:192.168.1.113:5432 option > > Regards, Hi Javier, thanks for the tip. Your solution is one of the possible workarounds we came. Another one (I'm usi

Dash shell documentation

2010-07-11 Thread Paul E Condon
As part of trying to keep up to date about Squeeze (which I am running now), I want to learn more about the dash shell. I look at the man page and see what looks like a very good effort, but not being familiar with dash, I have no way to know what is wrong, or missing (if anything). I see in the

Re: installing a second hard disk?

2010-07-11 Thread Joe
On 11/07/10 04:18, Charles Kroeger wrote: Are you saying you took a copy of the partition using something like dd if=/dev/sdXy of=/mnt/removeable-media/a-file-on this-media or did you just copy the files? Thanks for your interesting suggestions; however, they reflect a considerable knowledge.

Re: Missing key issue

2010-07-11 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 08:57 -0500, John W Foster wrote: > Anyone know how to get rid of this issue. I,m getting this message with > every reload of Synaptic. > > W: GPG error: http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze Release: The > following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key

Re: Clarification: Opinions & why: What's the best DVD setup for Debian AMD64 system

2010-07-11 Thread Stephen Fishpaste
> Well that took care of the worst of the flash issues. I suppose I will > just have to wait until Adobe gets their crap together & realizes that > Linux users are a rapidly growing percentage of the software using > market. The results arw that using the 32bit libs plays the video > streams; but t

Missing key issue

2010-07-11 Thread John W Foster
Anyone know how to get rid of this issue. I,m getting this message with every reload of Synaptic. W: GPG error: http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907 Thanks John -- To

Re: why don't scanner permissions get assigned correctly ?

2010-07-11 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2010-07-10, wrote: > My scanner, a very old epson, shows up in dmesg: > > Processor EPSONGT-9700 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 > scsi 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 3 Try running sane-find-scanner (in package sane-utils). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@

Re: Signing Email Messages

2010-07-11 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 07/02/2010 12:52 PM, Arthur Machlas wrote: > I just recently setup encrypted mail for my personal mail account, > using icedove and enigmail. I'm curious about a general feature of > "signing" the email. Why can't I just copy the "signature" portion of > the email, which many people on this list

I need a patched lib for a Logitech G110 keyboard

2010-07-11 Thread John W Foster
Any one have an already patched libg15.c lib for the Logitech G110 keyboard. It works for the most part out of the box, but the macro keys are yielding the same output codes as the F1,F2 etc. keys. I read that there is a way to patch this g15 lib which is in squeeze for amd64 to handle the G110 ke

RE: Re:Clarification: Opinions & why: What's the best DVD setup for Debian AMD64 system

2010-07-11 Thread John W Foster
On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 16:43 -0800, James Zuelow wrote: > Original Message > From: John W Foster [mailto:jfoster81...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:31 PM > To: Debian Users > Subject: Re:Clarification: Opinions & why: What's the best DVD setup > for Debian AMD64 system > >

Re: Clarification: Opinions & why: What's the best DVD setup for Debian AMD64 system

2010-07-11 Thread John W Foster
On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 01:47 +0100, Angus Hedger wrote: > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:30 AM, John W Foster wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 21:57 -0500, John W Foster wrote: > >> Opinions & why: What's the best DVD setup for Debian AMD64 system. > >> > > I have a DVD Player thet simply does not work w

Re: Spamassassin Cutoff

2010-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:56:25 +0300, David Baron wrote: > Where might I set the cutoff number of points of spamassassin? Currently > (defaults to) 5 and I get a lot of false alarms at 5.2, for example. Uusually (it varies depending on you setup) under "/etc/mail/spamassassin/ local.cf" required_s

Spamassassin Cutoff

2010-07-11 Thread David Baron
Where might I set the cutoff number of points of spamassassin? Currently (defaults to) 5 and I get a lot of false alarms at 5.2, for example. Alternatively, where might I lower the points for its internal ruleset? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network

2010-07-11 Thread John
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:49 AM, John Frankish wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed NetworkManager and started to use it with wired/wireless > connections. > > Things work fine with the wired connection, but although NetworkManager > displays several available wireless networks, it will not connect

Re: newly installed KDE: don't want Nautilus window when USB memory inserted

2010-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:06:14 -0400, H.S. wrote: > On a newly installed KDE on a Testing system, I notice that when I > connect a USB flash stick memory, it automatically opens in a Nautilus > window. > > On the previously installed system, the Nautilus window did not open and > only the removable

Re: why don't scanner permissions get assigned correctly ?

2010-07-11 Thread Bill Dennen
I would suspect that the vendor and device IDs for your device do not match those listed in libsave. You can determine your scanner's identity through lspci -nn. If it's not 04b8:0112 then there's no match for that entry. Probably did match on generic, and that rule may not set the GROUPID a

RE: Wireless Encryption (was Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network)

2010-07-11 Thread John Frankish
> -Original Message- > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > Sent: Sunday, 11 July, 2010 14:04 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Wireless Encryption (was Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect > to Wireless Network) > > On 07/10/2010 11:12 PM, John Frankish wrote:

Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network

2010-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:09:37 +0200, John Frankish wrote: >> Mmm, try by right-clicking on NM icon and select "Edit connections", >> then go to the "Wireless" tab and try to add it from here. >> > Thanks for the suggestion - I'd already tried that with the same result > - i.e. that as soon as I se

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:06:12 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> It is strange because it would have been easy and wold not have been >> taxing to have a >> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grublegacy.html page for those >> people who need to consult or refer others to grub-legacy's

Re: [info] grub2

2010-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:05:53 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> They can "move on" without hurting users >:-( > > Hmm... Is there something in particular that makes grub different from > any other random project? Yes. There are not many bootloaders out there with the same capabil

Re: Wireless Encryption (was Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network)

2010-07-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/10/2010 11:12 PM, John Frankish wrote: [snip] According to the IEEE, WEP-40 and WEP-104 "have been deprecated as they fail to meet their security goals". You should instead use WPA2-AES or, if that is not possible, WPA2-PSK. Thanks for the suggestion, but my old router does not suppo