Re: Testing a network card

2011-01-29 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:34, logb wrote: > Hello, > > Is there anyone know how to test PPS (packet per second) of a nic? > I tried to googled it, only found how to test the bandwidth using > iperf or netperf. None found for PPS. > > Any hint are welcome. > > TIA. > > -- > -- logb - monkey.org f

Re: 7zr compress include subdirs?

2011-01-29 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 01:33, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Wayne Topa wrote: > >> On 01/27/2011 04:28 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Trying to use 7zr, used example 1 from the man: >>> >>> 7zr a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on archive.7z dir1 >>> >>> But my 'dir1' has subdi

Re: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06)

2011-01-29 Thread vr
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:38:32 -0500, Celejar wrote: > > Using hostapd (I think): > > http://blog.dmaggot.org/2010/05/setting-up-an-atheros-based-ap-using-ath5k-and-hostapd/ Excellent link. A few minor tweaks and I can see the AP from a wireless device now. thank you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06)

2011-01-29 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:53:42 -0500 vr wrote: > > I'm playing with a laptop that has an Atheros AR2413 based (badged as > Dynex DG-WGNBC) pcmcia card and a wired NIC using Debian Unstable, > current as of a few hours ago. I'd like to make an access point. > > lspci | grep -i atheros > 06:00.0

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06)

2011-01-29 Thread vr
I'm playing with a laptop that has an Atheros AR2413 based (badged as Dynex DG-WGNBC) pcmcia card and a wired NIC using Debian Unstable, current as of a few hours ago. I'd like to make an access point. lspci | grep -i atheros 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 80

Testing a network card

2011-01-29 Thread logb
Hello, Is there anyone know how to test PPS (packet per second) of a nic? I tried to googled it, only found how to test the bandwidth using iperf or netperf. None found for PPS. Any hint are welcome. TIA. -- -- logb - monkey.org fans - logb.dagdigdug.com - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: How to debug: "INIT: PANIC: segmentation violation at 0xb776c417! sleeping for 30 seconds."

2011-01-29 Thread Arturo R.
I hate to "bump" my own message, but I'm making some progress and I'm wondering if anyone can help me further debug. My initial message: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Arturo R. wrote: > Hi all. > > Per the title, I'd love to get your input on how to debug/fix this > particular issue. A descr

Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-29 Thread david wildgoose
Hey everyone, I've created a USB installer stick and I am trying to install squeeze on my Acer Aspire D250. The system boots off the USB stick and brings me to the Installer boot menu, but the internal speaker beeps and the system freezes. Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: Down

Re: approx for new "netinst" installation

2011-01-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Greg Madden [110130 04:03]: > Does you mirror have 'Testing' or 'Squeeze"? or missing symlink, if > applicable. The directories are: /var/cache/approx/debian/dists/squeeze/... /var/cache/approx/debian/dists/lenny/... the structure after /approx having been added by approx. What is the

Re: hide url in apache2

2011-01-29 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Jesus arteche wrote: >Hi guys, > >I have a web application running in apache2, www.example.com. When I put >this on the navigator it goes to www.example.com/users/login. I want the >client just see www.example.com in the url of the navigator. And the same >for the others webs in the applicati

Re: [squeeze] "Open with..." gone from Ark?

2011-01-29 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <201101291059.21594.gomadtr...@gci.net>, Greg Madden wrote: >On Saturday 29 January 2011 02:48:18 am S D wrote: >> Very disappointing. Can anyone tell how long Lenny will be supported once >> Squeeze is released? > >I think it is one year. Depends on what you mean by "support". From what I und

Re: approx for new "netinst" installation

2011-01-29 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110129230759.gd2...@rlharris.org>, Russell L. Harris wrote: >* Greg Madden [110126 03:45]: >> On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote: >> > I am trying to discover how -- if it is >> > possible -- to use "approx" in >> > order to minimize download time and >> > bandwidth

Re: putting "/tmp" to memory help

2011-01-29 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:32:15 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-01-25 22:44 +0100, Celejar wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:02:50 +0100 > > Sven Joachim wrote: > >> > >> Yes, that's it (compare the output of "free" before and after > >> hibernating to convince yourself). If you don't want

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/29/2011 06:10 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/29/2011 07:40 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 02:01:49PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 03:02:20PM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:23:54 -0500 (EST), Paul Scott wrote: I must leave for a while

Re: help

2011-01-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 29 ian 11, 20:03:14, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:40:24 +0200 > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Hello Andrei, > > > But it doesn't work on amd64 :( > > You need to : Oh no, skype works (the Ubuntu 64bit version), the repo doesn't... Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions amo

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/29/2011 07:40 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 02:01:49PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 03:02:20PM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:23:54 -0500 (EST), Paul Scott wrote: I must leave for a while and I don't know whether it shows up for t

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Paul Scott
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 02:01:49PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 03:02:20PM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:23:54 -0500 (EST), Paul Scott wrote: > > > > > > I must leave for a while and I don't know whether it shows up for this > > > card but do you kn

Re: Quiet option for ifup/ifdown (dhcp)

2011-01-29 Thread James Robertson
On 29 January 2011 12:38, David Parker wrote: > > dhclient has a quiet option but because ifup/ifdown calls it I haven't > > been able overide this. > > ifup must get called from a script, so you could probably just edit the > script and suppress the output from ifup. > > - Dave > Thanks for

Re: approx for new "netinst" installation

2011-01-29 Thread Greg Madden
On Saturday 29 January 2011 02:07:59 pm Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Greg Madden [110126 03:45]: > > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use "approx" in > > > order to minimize download time and bandwidth durin

Re: approx for new "netinst" installation

2011-01-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Greg Madden [110126 03:45]: > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote: > > I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use "approx" in > > order to minimize download time and bandwidth during a new "netinst" > > installation. ... > During the 'net-install' when the

Re: Basic(?) network help, please...

2011-01-29 Thread Mark Neidorff
Thanks. You have clarified exactly what I need to know. Mark On Saturday 29 January 2011 04:19 pm, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:54:50 -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > (...) > > > I can't get PCs on the local LAN (192.168.1.x) to connect to the net > > using the cable provider's namese

Re: Basic(?) network help, please...

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:54:50 -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: (...) > I can't get PCs on the local LAN (192.168.1.x) to connect to the net > using the cable provider's nameservers. If I use the nameservers of my > old provider (which are still active for me, for now) they can connect > to the net.  Wh

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Paul Scott
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 03:02:20PM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:23:54 -0500 (EST), Paul Scott wrote: > > > > I must leave for a while and I don't know whether it shows up for this > > card but do you know what missing firmware err=-110 is? I can find > > other errors on

Re: 7zr compress include subdirs?

2011-01-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/27/2011 04:28 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Trying to use 7zr, used example 1 from the man: 7zr a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on archive.7z dir1 But my 'dir1' has subdirs and they are empty when I expand 'archive.7z'. I note a -r flag but with the warning

Re: [squeeze] "Open with..." gone from Ark?

2011-01-29 Thread Greg Madden
On Saturday 29 January 2011 02:48:18 am S D wrote: snip > Very disappointing. Can anyone tell how long Lenny will be supported once > Squeeze is released? I think it is one year. A longer term solution would be to use Trinity-KDE,continuing KDE3 development, v3.5.12 right now. http://trinity

Re: help

2011-01-29 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:40:24 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: Hello Andrei, > But it doesn't work on amd64 :( You need to : chmod a-r /usr/lib32/libpulse-simple.so.0.0.2 chmod a-r /usr/lib32/libpulse.so.0.8.0 chmod a-r /usr/lib32/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so to stop the crashes. -- Regards _

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:23:54 -0500 (EST), Paul Scott wrote: > > I must leave for a while and I don't know whether it shows up for this > card but do you know what missing firmware err=-110 is? I can find > other errors online but not this one. I haven't found any official documentation, but on

Re: help

2011-01-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 29 ian 11, 14:42:46, Daniel Andersson wrote: > > To install Skype in Debian stable, make use of their Debian > repository and add this line your repository sources: > > deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free But it doesn't work on amd64 :( Regards, Andrei -- O

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/29/2011 08:17 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:01:16 -0500 (EST), Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 06:36 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:51 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Paul Check this out.

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/29/2011 08:01 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 06:36 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:51 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Paul Check this out.

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/29/2011 08:17 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: Paul Had another thought this AM. Being that the driver is in the kernel, you should remove whatever ndiswrapper installed. Um, pardon me for mentioning the obvious, but I think I've read every post in this thread, and I don't think any

Basic(?) network help, please...

2011-01-29 Thread Mark Neidorff
Since I don't do this often, what may be very easy is confusing me. I have switched from DSL (static IP) to cable internet (5 static IPs).  I have a sort of network diagram (in a format that I hope can be easily viewed) available at neidorff.com . Below the line there is a link that says "N

Re: How to start gdm by default

2011-01-29 Thread Osamu Aoki
HI, On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 03:22:12AM +, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > I need to start gdm by default on one of my boxes, which is currently > booting into text mode. > > I do have gdm installed: > > $ dpkg -l | grep gdm > ii gdm2.20.11-4 GNOME Display Manager > > It's stil

Re: apache2 ftp password

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:53:22 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > For the purpose of web site development and testing, I installed apache2 > as a local http server on another machine in the LAN. > > The default web page directory is /var/www . Of course, this directory > is owned by root. > > I wo

Re: interfaces tab missing in network-admin on Squeeze

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:47:52 +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > I have with network-admin a problem already reported in several forums > and bug reports(and in a previous post): the "interfaces" tab is > missing. The only fix I found was to install gnome-network-admin, but as > already said in the pr

Re: [squeeze] Can't run KDE apps as root (Alt+F2)

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:10:20 -0800, S D wrote: > Just installed Debian Squeeze. In Lenny I was able to run Konqueror as > root, when it was needed, but I can't do it in KDE 4.4.5 that comes with > Squeeze. > > What I did: Alt+F2, then select the app to run as root (tried Dolphin > and Konqueror),

Re: How to start gdm by default

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:22:12 +, T o n g wrote: > I need to start gdm by default on one of my boxes, which is currently > booting into text mode. (...) Maybe you can get some clues by reading this doc: Installing gnome on GRML http://www.mwhapples.plus.com/linux/howto/grml_install_gnome.html

Re: hide url in apache2

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:38:05 +0100, Jesus arteche wrote: > I have a web application running in apache2, www.example.com. When I put > this on the navigator it goes to www.example.com/users/login. I want the > client just see www.example.com in the url of the navigator. And the > same for the other

Re: APC ES-550 almost works perfectly

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:41:53 -0500, Curt Howland wrote: (...) > Anyway, it almost works perfectly. The unit physically works just fine, > the apcupsd is (as far as I can tell) configured correctly, it shuts > down the system I have on it in good order, but the shutdown command to > the UPS itself

Re: /etc/X11/Xsession.d

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:59:21 +, T o n g wrote: > Anywhere I can read more about /etc/X11/Xsession.d? > > I want to use it to start an app when X starts, synergyc to be exact, (...) There is a doc on how to do this, but not sure if that will help: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/autostart.h

Re: Squeeze volatile?

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:04:53 -0800, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 15:00 Thu 27 Jan, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> The volatile.debian.org stuff is going away, and it will be getting a >> home on the core infrastructure. Throughout the Squeeze lifetime, >> squeeze-updates will be provided and hav

Re: Problem Accessing Phone Modem

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:47:02 +0200, David Baron wrote: > On a Sid system after upgrading to a newer MB, neither minicom nor my > speakerphone plasma applet can access my modem (older analog Rockwell > chip), tried both my old ISA and a newer PCI card, same result. > > I am letting BIOS setup use

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:01:16 -0500 (EST), Wayne Topa wrote: > On 01/28/2011 06:36 PM, Paul Scott wrote: >> On 01/28/2011 02:51 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> Check this out. >>>

Re: Strange behaviour of files in /proc Explanation??

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:43:37 +, Lisi wrote: > On my main desktop running Lenny and KDE 3.5.10, I can open files in > /proc with cat, vi or OOo. I can open them neither with KWord nor with > KWrite, neither of which can even see them. > > Can anyone explain this?? Hum... maybe is some kind o

Re: hide url in apache2

2011-01-29 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi, Jesus: On Saturday 29 January 2011 13:38:05 Jesus arteche wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have a web application running in apache2, www.example.com. When I put > this on the navigator it goes to www.example.com/users/login. I want the > client just see www.example.com in the url of the navigator. And

Re: hide url in apache2

2011-01-29 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
Doesn't Apache mod_rewrite fit your needs? Regards Roman

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 06:36 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:51 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Paul Check this out. I have j

Re: hide url in apache2

2011-01-29 Thread godo
On 01/29/2011 01:38 PM, Jesus arteche wrote: Hi guys, I have a web application running in apache2, www.example.com . When I put this on the navigator it goes to www.example.com/users/login . I want the client just see www.example.com

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-29 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On 01/29/2011 12:01 AM, elbbit wrote: >> On 28/01/11 19:16, Chris Brennan wrote: >>> Off-list, BCC to postmaster@freebsd and debian lists >> Unfortunately, I think it is best if people see what you are >> saying. >> Read on for further understanding. >> >>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:56 PM, elbb

Re: [squeeze] "Open with..." gone from Ark?

2011-01-29 Thread godo
On 01/29/2011 12:26 PM, S D wrote: --- On Sat, 1/29/11, godo wrote: Hi, maybe is something wrong because on my Squeeze you can do it with right mouse->open with->ark or just right mouse and extract. Once you opened an archive file with Ark, Ark will show you the content of the archive. Now,

Re: editing /var/lib/dpkg/available

2011-01-29 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:44 +, Waqqas Dadabhoy wrote: > SOLVED: I edited the available file manually, then used "dpkg > --update-avail /var/lib/dpkg/available". No problem, but why did you edit it? My point was that it does not make sense to edit that file manually, becauseit is *very* easy

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-29 Thread Daniel Andersson
On 01/29/2011 12:01 AM, elbbit wrote: On 28/01/11 19:16, Chris Brennan wrote: Off-list, BCC to postmaster@freebsd and debian lists Unfortunately, I think it is best if people see what you are saying. Read on for further understanding. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:56 PM, elbbit wrote: On 28/01

Re: help

2011-01-29 Thread Daniel Andersson
On 01/26/2011 07:41 PM, Padilla Juan Leon II wrote: greetings ! i just installed my debian 5.0.7 in my laptop. i just want to install 3 things in my debian OS 1 google chrome 2 skype 3 adobe flash player i read some of the text in the web but i can't install any of those things above. if you

Re: Looking advice for buy hard disks

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:34:49 +0100, Alfonso Ruiz wrote: > I would like ask here for advice about HDs for Linux, because I use > Squeeze and don´t want have the same problems that people that bought > WD20EARS disks. > > I plan buy one ST32000641AS for my desktop/server and one ST2000DL003 > for u

Re: help

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:42:36 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 08:05:42PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:54:01 +0100, Johan Grönqvist wrote: >> > According to the wiki-page the flashplugin may not work with debian >> > 5.0.7 (Lenny), but may need debian 6.0 (sque

hide url in apache2

2011-01-29 Thread Jesus arteche
Hi guys, I have a web application running in apache2, www.example.com. When I put this on the navigator it goes to www.example.com/users/login. I want the client just see www.example.com in the url of the navigator. And the same for the others webs in the application. There is some way to do this

Re: Why are my emails not making it to the list?

2011-01-29 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:40:15 +, elbbit wrote: > On 26/01/11 22:01, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> I believe it's a Gmail feature the inbound copy of the message is >>> discarded because it already has a copy in the sent folder. >> >> Yes, I've been working around that "feature" by receiving all l

Re: [squeeze] "Open with..." gone from Ark?

2011-01-29 Thread S D
--- On Sat, 1/29/11, S D wrote: > In Squeeze, a RMB click when you're *inside* Ark seemingly > does nothing, all you can do is to preview a file in the Ark > internal viewer, you can't open it with an application of > your choice. > > So, it appears that in Squeeze one would have to > *explici

Re: editing /var/lib/dpkg/available

2011-01-29 Thread Waqqas Dadabhoy
SOLVED: I edited the available file manually, then used "dpkg --update-avail /var/lib/dpkg/available". Thank you, Camaleón, Goran, and Wolodja . On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > Have a look at /var/lib/dpkg/available-old as well, as it should contain > a recent backup o

Re: apache2 ftp password

2011-01-29 Thread Waqqas Dadabhoy
I think you should mention the name of the ftp server software you are using. If you are using ftp to upload files to /var/www, I don't think it will have anything to do with Apache (as far as security or upload management is concerned). If have not installed ftp server software yet, a quick searc

Re: [squeeze] "Open with..." gone from Ark?

2011-01-29 Thread S D
--- On Sat, 1/29/11, godo wrote: > Hi, > maybe is something wrong because on my Squeeze you can do > it with right > mouse->open with->ark or just right mouse and > extract. Once you opened an archive file with Ark, Ark will show you the content of the archive. Now, select/highlight one of the

Re: aptitude update 255 exit status, no errors/warnings

2011-01-29 Thread Javier Barroso
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-01-28 21:07 +0100, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > >> Attempting my usual aptitude update and package download today: >> >>     aptitude update && aptitude -dy full-upgrade >> >> ... I noticed that the full-upgrade didn't run. >> >> Checking a

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-29 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 3:32 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > This thread was started by Daniel, looking for a survey software in > Debian. Instead of helping him you took the opportunity to invite people > to vote in your survey, completely unrelated to Debian. > > Hijacking a thread is considered r

RTL-8187L problem after installation.

2011-01-29 Thread consul tores
Hello all I am having a really weird problem with my RTL-8187L usb card, it is used during the installation without any problem, but after that, it stop working correctly, it stops connection and shows as if it were connected! i have to down it and up it, again and again. I did a test with older

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 28 ian 11, 23:37:48, elbbit wrote: > On 28/01/11 22:30, Daniel Andersson wrote: > > On 01/28/2011 06:14 PM, elbbit wrote: > >> On 28/01/11 16:26, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > > What the hell? > > > > Start your own thread next time elbitt. This is not what I wanted to > > discuss with this